-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VmaZFjItzjzqyy0bRIdLSdl9r6mxFjVdNSv3KqXoeW62B3fJgp8Q+adQ4miyxZhH CJonDVeGLi7hKBRJ+v4d6w== 0000950137-01-501988.txt : 20010622 0000950137-01-501988.hdr.sgml : 20010622 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-01-501988 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-3/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 53 FILED AS OF DATE: 20010621 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000783005 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 351542018 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172 FILM NUMBER: 1665101 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE EMMIS PLAZA STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE SUITE 700 CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE EMMIS PLZ STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE #700 CITY: INDIAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS RADIO CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081431 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 351705332 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-01 FILM NUMBER: 1665102 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3176846548 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS BROADCASTING CORP OF NEW YORK DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS MEADOWLANDS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081433 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 351756647 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-02 FILM NUMBER: 1665103 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3176846548 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS PUBLISHING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081434 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 351748335 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-03 FILM NUMBER: 1665104 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3176846548 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS INDIANA BROADCASTING LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081473 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 352039701 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-04 FILM NUMBER: 1665105 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3176846548 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS TELEVISION BROADCASTING LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081474 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 352051031 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-05 FILM NUMBER: 1665106 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3176846548 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS PUBLISHING LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081475 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 352039702 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-06 FILM NUMBER: 1665107 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3176846548 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE , 7TH FL CITY: INDIAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081478 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 954662829 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-07 FILM NUMBER: 1665108 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 BUSINESS PHONE: 8188178522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS FM LICENSE CORP OF ST LOUIS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081492 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 954662857 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-08 FILM NUMBER: 1665109 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 BUSINESS PHONE: 8188178522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP OF NEW YORK CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081500 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 954662859 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-09 FILM NUMBER: 1665110 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 BUSINESS PHONE: 8188178522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS LICENSE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081509 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 954662830 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-10 FILM NUMBER: 1665111 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 BUSINESS PHONE: 8188178522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081510 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 311573818 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-11 FILM NUMBER: 1665112 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 BUSINESS PHONE: 8188178522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081511 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 352051237 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-12 FILM NUMBER: 1665113 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 BUSINESS PHONE: 8188178522 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP STREET 2: 15821 VENTURA BLVD #685 CITY: ENCINO STATE: CA ZIP: 91436 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORP OF HONOLULU DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS OPERATING CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001141732 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 352141064 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IN FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-13 FILM NUMBER: 1665114 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SJL OF KANSAS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001141733 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: KS FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-14 FILM NUMBER: 1665115 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TOPEKA TELEVISION CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001141734 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: MO FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-15 FILM NUMBER: 1665116 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS LATIN AMERICA BROADCASTING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001141735 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 352083818 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-16 FILM NUMBER: 1665117 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS LATIN BROADCASTING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20010531 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS SOUTH AMERICA BROADCASTING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001141736 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-17 FILM NUMBER: 1665118 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS STREET 2: 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE 7TH FLOOR CITY: INDIANAPOLIS STATE: IN ZIP: 46204 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORP OF WICHITA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001141737 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-18 FILM NUMBER: 1665119 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3500 W OLIVE AVENUE #300 CITY: BURBANK STATE: CA ZIP: 915054604 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3500 W OLIVE AVENUE #300 CITY: BURBANK STATE: CA ZIP: 915054604 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORP OF TOPEKA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001141738 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-62172-19 FILM NUMBER: 1665120 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3500 W OLIVE AVENUE #300 CITY: BURBANK STATE: CA ZIP: 915054604 BUSINESS PHONE: 3172660100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3500 W OLIVE AVENUE #300 CITY: BURBANK STATE: CA ZIP: 915054604 S-3/A 1 c63012a1s-3a.txt AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT 1 As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2001 REGISTRATION NO. 333-62172 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ---------- AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) INDIANA INDIANA (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 35-1542018 35-2141064 (IRS Employer Identification No.) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
ONE EMMIS PLAZA, 7TH FLOOR 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204 317-266-0100 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices) J. SCOTT ENRIGHT, ESQ. VICE PRESIDENT AND ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION ONE EMMIS PLAZA, 7TH FLOOR 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204 317-266-0100 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ---------- COPIES TO: JOHN C. KENNEDY, ESQ. ALAN W. BECKER, ESQ. PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS LLP 1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS 135 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019-6064 SUITE 2700 212-373-3000 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204 317-684-5000 ---------- APPROXIMATE DATE OF PROPOSED SALE TO PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective. ---------- If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [ ] If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X] If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.[ ] If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [X] ---------- CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 2 The following direct and indirect subsidiaries of Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company may guarantee certain of the debt securities and are co-registrants under this registration statement:
ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND STATE OR OTHER TELEPHONE NUMBER, JURISDICTION OF I.R.S. EMPLOYER INCLUDING AREA CODE, NAME OF CO-REGISTRANT INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION IDENTIFICATION NO. OF REGISTRANT - --------------------- ----------------------------- ------------------ -------------------- Emmis Radio Corporation Indiana 35-1705332 (1) Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. Indiana 35-2051031 (1) Emmis Publishing, L.P. Indiana 35-2039702 (1) Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P. Indiana 35-2039701 (1) Emmis Publishing Corporation Indiana 35-1748335 (1) Emmis Meadowlands Corporation Indiana 35-1756647 (1) Topeka Television Corporation Missouri 48-0889210 (1) SJL of Kansas Corp. Kansas 48-0547582 (1) Emmis International Broadcasting Corporation California 35-2014974 (1) Emmis South America Broadcasting Corporation California 35-2086430 (1) Emmis Latin America Broadcasting Corporation California 35-2083818 (1) Emmis License Corporation California 95-4662830 (2) Emmis Radio License Corporation California 95-4662829 (2) Emmis Television License Corporation California 35-2051237 (2) Emmis License Corporation of New York California 95-4662857 (2) Emmis Radio License Corporation of New York California 95-4662859 (2) Emmis Television License Corporation of Wichita California 31-1750981 (2) Emmis Television License Corporation of Topeka California 31-1751188 (2)
---------- - ---------- (1) The address of this registrant is One Emmis Plaza, 7th Floor, 40 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 and its telephone number is (317) 266-0100. (2) The address of this registrant is 3500 West Olive Avenue, #300, Burbank, California 91505-4604 and its telephone number is (818) 937-2722. THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE. 3 The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be amended. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell nor is it seeking an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted. PROSPECTUS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 21, 2001 $500,000,000 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY Class A Common Stock Debt Securities Preferred Stock Guarantees of the Debt Securities Depositary Shares of Emmis Communications Corporation Debt Securities Warrants Guarantees of the Debt Securities of Emmis Operating Company
---------- We may offer from time to time: o shares of Class A common stock, o shares of preferred stock, o depositary shares representing fractions of shares of preferred stock, o debt securities, which may consist of debentures, notes or other types of debt, o warrants to purchase common stock, preferred stock or debt securities, and o guarantees of the debt securities of Emmis Operating Company. Emmis Operating Company may offer from time to time: o debt securities, which may consist of debentures, notes or other types of debt, and o guarantees of our debt securities. Some of our direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries may guarantee the debt securities of Emmis or Emmis Operating Company offered under this prospectus. The aggregate offering price of the securities offered by us and Emmis Operating Company will not exceed $500,000,000. Each time we offer securities, we will provide a supplement to this prospectus that will describe the specific terms of any securities we offer and the specific manner in which we will offer the securities. The prospectus supplements may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. Our Class A common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol "EMMS." Any Class A common stock offered under this prospectus will be listed on the Nasdaq National Market, subject to notice of issuance. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THIS PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. ---------- The date of this prospectus is , 2001. ---------- 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Where You Can Find More Information......................................................................2 Incorporation of Documents by Reference..................................................................2 Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements................................................4 Emmis Communications Corporation.........................................................................5 Recent Developments......................................................................................6 Use of Proceeds..........................................................................................7 Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.......................................................................7 Description of Capital Stock of Emmis....................................................................8 Description of Depositary Shares of Emmis...............................................................11 Description of Debt Securities of Emmis.................................................................15 Description of Warrants of Emmis........................................................................23 Description of Debt Securities of Operating Company.....................................................24 Description of the Guarantees...........................................................................32 Plan of Distribution....................................................................................34 Legal Matters...........................................................................................35 Experts.................................................................................................35
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. We have also filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-3 to register the securities offered in this prospectus. This prospectus, which forms part of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information included in that registration statement. For further information about Emmis and the securities offered in this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement and its exhibits. You may read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC's Public Reference Room, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the SEC's regional offices in New York (7 World Trade Center, 13th Floor, New York, New York 10048) and Chicago (Citicorp Center, 14th Floor, 500 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661). Copies of these reports, proxy statements and information may be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the Public Reference Room. In addition, the SEC maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding registrants, such as us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of this web site is http://www.sec.gov. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE This prospectus incorporates by reference important business and financial information about our company that is not included in or delivered with this document. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. Any statement modified or superseded by subsequently filed materials shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this prospectus. Subject to the preceding, the information in this prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents incorporated by reference. We incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any other filings made with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 prior to termination of this offering: o Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2001. o Our Proxy Statement for our 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. o Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 12, March 13 and April 12, 2001. 2 5 o The historical financial statements of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s St. Louis Radio Group, KZLA-FM and Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, Certain Broadcasting Operations and pro forma financial statements meeting the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act from our Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on June 1, 2001. You may request a copy of any of these documents, at no cost, by contacting us in writing or by telephone at our principal executive office: Emmis Communications Corporation One Emmis Plaza, 7th Floor 40 Monument Circle Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Telephone: (317) 266-0100 EXCEPT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE, NO OTHER INFORMATION IS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THIS PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE). 3 6 CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This prospectus includes or incorporates forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You can identify these forward-looking statements by our use of words such as "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "project," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "continue," "potential," "opportunity," and similar expressions, whether in the negative or affirmative. We cannot guarantee that we actually will achieve these plans, intentions or expectations. All statements regarding our expected financial position, business and financing plans are forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. We have included important facts in various cautionary statements in this prospectus that we believe could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements that we make. These include, but are not limited to, those under the heading "Risk Factors" in any prospectus supplement and the following: o the ability of our stations and magazines to attract and retain advertisers; o the level of our capital expenditures and whether our programming and other expenses continue to increase or increase at a rate faster than expected; o whether any pending transactions are completed on the terms and at the times set forth, if at all; o financial community and rating agency perceptions of our business, operations and financial condition and the industry in which we operate; o the ability of our stations to attract programming and our magazines to attract writers and photographers; o uncertainty as to the ability of our stations to increase or sustain audience share for their programs and our magazines to increase or sustain subscriber demand; o risks and uncertainties inherent in the radio and television broadcasting and magazine publishing businesses; o material adverse changes in economic conditions in the markets of our company; o future regulatory actions and conditions in the operating areas of our company; and o competition from other media and the impact of significant competition for advertising revenues from other media. The forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers or dispositions. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise. ----------- In this prospectus, "we," "us," "our," the "company" and "Emmis" refer to Emmis Communications Corporation and its subsidiaries, unless it is clear from the context that we mean only Emmis Communications Corporation. References to Operating Company refer to Emmis Operating Company. 4 7 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Emmis is a leading media company with radio broadcasting, television broadcasting and magazine publishing operations. We conduct substantially all of our business operations through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Emmis Operating Company, and its subsidiaries. Approximately 10.8 million listeners currently tune in to our 23 radio stations each week. We currently operate 20 FM and 3 AM stations located primarily in the nation's top 20 radio markets. In the three largest U.S. radio markets, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, we have developed top performing radio stations that rank in the top ten in terms of primary demographic target audience share according to the Fall 2000 Arbitron Survey. We have also developed strong market positions in Denver, Phoenix, St. Louis, and Indianapolis by clustering our radio stations for demographic audience share. The combination of our large market radio presence, the diversity of our station formats and our advertising, sales and programming expertise has allowed us to achieve same-station revenue growth rates in excess of industry-wide growth for recent years. In addition to our strong internal growth, we have demonstrated our ability to selectively acquire underdeveloped properties in desirable markets and create value by improving their ratings, revenues and cash flow through focused marketing and innovative programming techniques. We currently own and operate 15 television stations in the United States, reaching approximately 6.1 million television households nationally. We believe that broadcast television has been and will continue to be the most effective way for advertisers to reach mass audiences in local markets. The television stations we currently operate serve geographically diverse, mid-sized markets in the U.S. and have a variety of television network affiliations, including five with CBS, five with Fox, three with NBC, one with ABC and one with WB. We have demonstrated our ability to create value in our television stations by acquiring underperforming television assets and employing strategies similar to those that have proven successful with our radio properties, including focused marketing and sales efforts and innovative programming techniques. In addition to our radio and television broadcasting properties, we currently publish eight award-winning city, regional and specialty magazines. Our publications have received a number of industry awards for editorial excellence. Our magazine portfolio currently includes Texas Monthly, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Indianapolis Monthly, Cincinnati Magazine, Country Sampler, Country Marketplace and Wildlife Journal. We also operate news and agriculture radio networks in Indiana and own majority interests in a national radio station in Hungary and two radio stations in Buenos Aires, Argentina, including the top ranked stations in each of those markets. In our efforts to enhance the advertiser appeal of our mediums and increase our listening, viewing and reading audiences, we are continually pursuing opportunities to develop complementary products and services using emerging technologies. As part of these efforts, we have led the formation of the Local Media Internet Venture, a consortium of radio broadcasters formed to bring the benefits of scale in technology and content development to a local station's on-line presence. BUSINESS STRATEGY We are committed to maintaining our leadership position in broadcasting, enhancing the performance of our broadcast and publishing properties, and distinguishing ourselves through the quality of our operations. Our strategy has the following principal components: o develop innovative programming for our radio and television stations based on local market research and audience preferences; o emphasize a focused sales and marketing strategy based on advertiser demand and our programming compared to the competitive formats within each market; 5 8 o develop strong local station identities for our television stations allowing viewers and advertisers to identify with the station while building the station's franchise value; o pursue strategic acquisitions in desirable markets and enhance their cash flow; and o encourage an entrepreneurial management approach that empowers and rewards all employees based on performance and promotes equity ownership in Emmis. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS On June 22, 2001, we transferred all of our assets and liabilities to Operating Company, a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary. As a result we are a holding company and conduct substantially all of our business operations through Operating Company and its subsidiaries. Immediately following the asset transfer, Emmis Escrow Corporation and Emmis Escrow Holding Corporation merged with and into us and we assumed $370 million principal amount at maturity of Emmis Escrow Corporation's 12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes Due 2011. ---------- The principal executive offices for both Emmis and Operating Company are located at One Emmis Plaza, 7th Floor, 40 Monument Circle, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. Their telephone number is (317) 266-0100. 6 9 USE OF PROCEEDS Unless we state otherwise in the accompanying prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities offered under this prospectus for general corporate purposes, which may include additions to working capital, repayment or redemption of existing indebtedness and financing of capital expenditures and acquisitions. RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for Emmis for the periods indicated (unaudited, dollars in thousands).
YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28 OR 29, PRO FORMA -------------------------------------------------------------- --------- 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------ 3.4 2.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 N/A(1)
(1) On a pro forma basis, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the year ended February 28, 2001 is less than 1.0 and the amount of insufficiency is $25,816. In accordance with applicable rules, depreciation and amortization expense is deducted from earnings when computing the ratio of earnings to fixed charges. Pro forma depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended February 28, 2001 was $103,009. Earnings include pretax income from continuing operations, fixed charges, amortization of capitalized interest and our share of pre-tax losses of equity investments and exclude interest capitalized, preferred stock dividend requirements and minority loss of consolidated subsidiaries. Fixed charges include interest expensed and capitalized, amortization of deferred financing expenses, preferred stock dividend requirements and an amount equivalent to interest included in rental charges. We have assumed that one-third of rental expense is representative of the interest factor. 7 10 DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK OF EMMIS As of May 25, 2001, our authorized capital stock includes 170,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, $.01 par value per share, 30,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, $.01 par value per share, 30,000,000 shares of Class C common stock, par value $.01 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value per share. Holders of common stock have no preemptive rights. At May 25, 2001, there were 42,100,498 shares of Class A common stock outstanding, and 3,556,837 shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding stock options; 5,230,396 shares of Class B common stock outstanding and 1,400,000 shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding stock options; no shares of Class C common stock outstanding; and 2,875,000 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock outstanding. COMMON STOCK GENERAL. Our shares of Class A common stock are traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol EMMS. Under Indiana law, shareholders are generally not liable for our debts or obligations. All shares of common stock issued will be duly authorized, fully paid, and non-assessable. DIVIDENDS. Holders of record of shares of common stock on the record date fixed by our board of directors are entitled to receive such dividends as may be declared by the board of directors out of funds legally available for such distributions. Emmis may not declare or pay dividends in cash or property on any share of any classes of common stock, however, unless simultaneously the same dividend is declared or paid on each share of the other class of common stock. In the case of any stock dividend, the stock dividend shall be payable at the same rate on each class of common stock and shall be payable only in Class A shares to holders of Class A common stock, in Class B shares to holders of Class B common stock and in Class C shares to holders of Class C common stock. The payment of dividends in cash or in certain of our securities is currently prohibited by our credit facility and restricted by the indenture relating to our senior discount notes and the indenture relating to Operating Company's senior subordinated notes. VOTING RIGHTS. Holders of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote as a single class on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders, with each share of Class A common stock entitled to one vote and each share of Class B common stock entitled to ten votes, except: o for the election of two directors; o with respect to any proposed "going private" transaction (as defined below) between the Company and Jeffrey H. Smulyan (the holder of all shares of the Class B common stock), or an affiliate of Mr. Smulyan, or any group of which Mr. Smulyan or an affiliate of Mr. Smulyan is a member; and o as otherwise provided by law. Holders of the shares of Class C common stock have no right to vote on any matter except as otherwise provided by law. In the election of directors, the holders of Class A common stock are entitled to vote as a separate class to elect two of our directors, who must be independent directors. For this purpose, an "independent director" means a person who is not an Emmis officer or employee, and who does not have a relationship which, in the opinion of the board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. The holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock are entitled to elect the remaining directors by voting as a single class with each share of Class A common stock entitled to one vote and each share of Class B common stock entitled to ten votes. Holders of common stock are not entitled to cumulate votes in the election of directors. 8 11 The holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote as a single class with respect to any proposed "going private" transaction, with each share of each class of common stock entitled to one vote per share. A "going private" transaction is any "Rule 13e-3 Transaction," as that term is defined in Rule 13e-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, between Emmis and Mr. Smulyan, any affiliate of Mr. Smulyan or any group of which Mr. Smulyan or an affiliate of Mr. Smulyan is a member. An "affiliate" is defined as: o any individual or entity who or that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Mr. Smulyan; o any corporation or organization (other than Emmis or a majority-owned subsidiary of Emmis) of which Mr. Smulyan is an officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of 10% or more of any class of voting securities, or in which Mr. Smulyan has a substantial beneficial interest; o a voting trust or similar arrangement pursuant to which Mr. Smulyan generally controls the vote of the shares of common stock held by or subject to such trust or arrangement; o any other trust or estate in which Mr. Smulyan has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which Mr. Smulyan serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; or o any relative or spouse of Mr. Smulyan, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as Mr. Smulyan. Under Indiana law, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of any class of capital stock is required to approve, among other things, a change in the designation, rights, preferences or limitations of the shares of such class of capital stock. LIQUIDATION RIGHTS. Upon liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Emmis, the holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock are entitled to share ratably with each other in all assets available for distribution after payment in full of creditors and payment in full to any holders of our preferred stock then outstanding of any amount required to be paid under the terms of such preferred stock. OTHER PROVISIONS. Each share of Class B common stock is convertible, at the option of its holder, into one share of Class A common stock at any time. One share of Class B common stock converts automatically and without the requirement of any further action into one share of Class A common stock upon its sale or other transfer to a person or entity other than Mr. Smulyan or an affiliate of Mr. Smulyan. A pledge of shares of Class B common stock is not considered a transfer for this purpose unless the pledge is enforced. All outstanding shares of Class B common stock will convert automatically and without the requirement of any further action into an equivalent number of shares of Class A common stock upon the earlier of Mr. Smulyan's death or his ceasing to own at least 3,040,000 shares of common stock, as adjusted for any stock splits or stock dividends. The holders of common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights. In any merger, consolidation or business combination, the consideration to be received per share by holders of Class A common stock, Class B common stock and Class C common stock must be identical, except that in any such transaction in which shares of common stock are distributed, such shares may differ as to voting rights to the extent that voting rights now differ among the classes of common stock. No class of common stock may be subdivided, consolidated, reclassified or otherwise changed unless concurrently the other classes of common stock are subdivided, consolidated, reclassified or otherwise changed in the same proportion and in the same manner. FOREIGN OWNERSHIP. Our articles of incorporation restrict the ownership, voting and transfer of our capital stock, including the Class A common stock, in accordance with the Communications Act and the rules of the FCC, to prohibit ownership of more than 25% of our outstanding capital stock or more 9 12 than 25% of the voting rights it represents by or for the account of aliens (as defined in the Communications Act) or corporations otherwise subject to domination or control by aliens. The articles of incorporation authorize our board of directors to prohibit any transfer of our capital stock that would cause Emmis to violate this prohibition. In addition, the articles of incorporation provide that shares of our capital stock determined by the board of directors to be beneficially owned by an alien shall always be subject to redemption by Emmis by action of the board of directors to the extent necessary, in the judgment of the board of directors, to comply with the alien ownership restrictions of the Communications Act and FCC rules. The articles of incorporation further authorize our board of directors to adopt such provisions as it deems necessary to enforce these alien ownership restrictions. REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT. The registrar and transfer agent for our common stock is First Union National Bank, Charlotte, North Carolina. PREFERRED STOCK Under our articles of incorporation, our board of directors is authorized, without further shareholder action, to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value, in one or more series, with such voting powers or without voting powers, and with such designations, preferences and relative participation, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions, as are set forth in the designating amendment relating to the preferred stock. In October 1999, we issued 2,875,000 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock in a registered offering. Our shares of Series A convertible preferred stock are traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol EMMSP. The Series A convertible preferred stock has a liquidation performance of $50 per share, and pays 6.25% cumulative annual cash dividends, payable quarterly in arrears. The shares of Series A convertible preferred stock are convertible into shares of Class A common stock at any time at a conversion price of $39.0625 per share, subject to adjustment. In addition, these shares may be redeemed by us, at our option, at a redemption premium of 104.911%, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends, on or after April 15, 2001 but prior to October 15, 2002 if the trading price for our Class A common stock equals or exceeds established per share prices. Beginning on October 15, 2002, these shares may be redeemed, at any time at established redemption premiums, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, shares of preferred stock issued under this prospectus will rank pari passu with the Series A convertible preferred stock. The following is a description of certain general terms and provisions of the shares of our preferred stock. The particular terms of any series of preferred stock will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. If so indicated in a prospectus supplement, the terms of any such series may differ from the terms set forth below. The summary of the terms of the shares of our preferred stock contained in this prospectus does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by, the provisions of our Articles of Incorporation relating to each series of preferred stock, which will be filed as an exhibit to or incorporated by reference in this prospectus at or prior to the time of issuance of any such series of preferred stock. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth the number of shares, particular designation, relative rights and preferences and the limitations of any series of preferred stock in respect of which this prospectus is delivered. The particular terms of any such series will include the following: o the maximum number of shares to constitute the series and the designation of the series; o the annual dividend rate, if any, on shares of the series, whether such rate is fixed or variable or both, the date or dates from which dividends will begin to accrue or accumulate, whether dividends will be cumulative and whether such dividends shall be paid in cash, shares of common stock or otherwise; 10 13 o whether the shares of the series will be redeemable and, if so, the price at and the terms and conditions on which the shares of the series may be redeemed, including the time during which shares of the series may be redeemed and any accumulated dividends thereon that the holders of shares of the series shall be entitled to receive upon the redemption thereof; o the liquidation preference, if any, applicable to shares of the series; o whether the shares of the series will be subject to operation of a retirement or sinking fund and, if so, the extent and manner in which any such fund shall be applied to the purchase or redemption of the shares of the series for retirement or for other corporate purposes, and the terms and provisions relating to the operation of such fund; o the terms and conditions, if any, on which the shares of the series shall be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes of capital stock of Emmis or any series of any other class or classes, or of any other series of the same class, including the price or prices or the rate or rates of conversion or exchange and the method, if any, of adjusting the same; o the voting rights, if any, of the shares of the series; o the currency or units based on or relating to currencies in which such series is denominated and/or in which payments will or may be payable; o the methods by which amounts payable in respect of such series may be calculated and any commodities, currencies or indices, or price, rate or value, relevant to such calculation; o any listing of the shares of the series on a securities exchange; and o any other preferences and relative, participating, optional or other rights or qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. Any material United States federal income tax consequences and other special considerations with respect to any preferred stock offered under this prospectus will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. DESCRIPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES OF EMMIS GENERAL We may issue depositary shares, each of which will represent a fractional interest of a share of a particular series of preferred stock, as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. We will deposit with a depositary (the "preferred stock depositary") shares of preferred stock of each series represented by depositary shares. We will enter into a deposit agreement (each a "deposit agreement") with the preferred stock depositary and holders from time to time of the depositary receipts issued by the preferred stock depositary which evidence the depositary shares ("depositary receipts"). Subject to the terms of the deposit agreement, each owner of a depositary receipt will be entitled, in proportion to the holder's fractional interest in the preferred stock, to all the rights and preferences of the series of the preferred stock represented by the depositary shares (including dividend, voting, conversion, redemption and liquidation rights). Immediately after we issue and deliver the preferred stock to a preferred stock depositary, we will cause the preferred stock depositary to issue the depositary receipts on our behalf. You may obtain copies of the applicable form of deposit agreement and depositary receipt from us upon request. The statements made in this section relating to the deposit agreement and the depositary receipts are summaries of certain 11 14 anticipated provisions. These summaries are not complete and we may modify them in a prospectus supplement. For more detail, we refer you to the deposit agreement itself, which we will file as an exhibit to the registration statement. DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS The preferred stock depositary will distribute all cash dividends or other cash distributions received in respect of the preferred stock to the record holders of depositary receipts in proportion to the number of the depositary receipts owned by the holders, subject to the obligations of holders to file proofs, certificates and other information and to pay certain charges and expenses to the preferred stock depositary. In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the preferred stock depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary receipts in proportion to the number of the depositary receipts owned by the holders, unless the preferred stock depositary determines that it is not feasible to make the distribution, in which case the preferred stock depositary may, with our approval, sell the property and distribute the net proceeds from the sale to the holders. No distribution will be made in respect of any depositary share that represents any preferred stock converted into other securities. WITHDRAWAL OF STOCK Upon surrender of the depositary receipts at the corporate trust office of the preferred stock depositary (unless we have previously called for redemption or converted into other securities the related depositary shares), the holders will be entitled to delivery at that office of the number of whole or fractional shares of the preferred stock and any money or other property represented by the depositary shares. Holders of depositary receipts will be entitled to receive shares of the related preferred stock as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, but holders of the shares of preferred stock will not thereafter be entitled to receive depositary shares. REDEMPTION OF DEPOSITARY SHARES Whenever we redeem shares of preferred stock held by the preferred stock depositary, the preferred stock depositary will concurrently redeem the number of depositary shares representing shares of the preferred stock so redeemed, provided we have paid the applicable redemption price for the preferred stock to be redeemed plus an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption. The redemption price per depositary share will be equal to the corresponding proportion of the redemption price and any other amounts per share payable with respect to the preferred stock. If fewer than all the depositary shares are to be redeemed, the depositary shares to be redeemed will be selected pro rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional depositary shares) or by any other equitable method determined by us. From and after the date fixed for redemption: o all dividends in respect of the shares of preferred stock called for redemption will cease to accrue; o the depositary shares called for redemption will no longer be deemed to be outstanding; and o all rights of the holders of the depositary receipts evidencing the depositary shares called for redemption will cease, except the right to receive any moneys payable upon the redemption and any money or other property to which the holders of the depositary receipts were entitled upon redemption and surrender to the preferred stock depositary. 12 15 VOTING OF THE PREFERRED STOCK Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of the preferred stock are entitled to vote, the preferred stock depositary will mail the information contained in the notice of meeting to the record holders of the depositary receipts. Each record holder of these depositary receipts on the record date (which will be the same date as the record date for the preferred stock) will be entitled to instruct the preferred stock depositary as to the exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of preferred stock represented by the holder's depositary shares. The preferred stock depositary will vote the amount of preferred stock represented by the depositary shares in accordance with the instructions, and we will agree to take all reasonable action necessary to enable the preferred stock depositary to do so. The preferred stock depositary will abstain from voting the amount of preferred stock represented by the depositary shares for which it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary receipts evidencing the depositary shares. The preferred stock depositary will not be responsible for any failure to carry out any instruction to vote, or for the manner or effect of any vote made, as long as the action or non-action is in good faith and does not result from the preferred stock depositary's negligence or willful misconduct. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE If we voluntarily or involuntarily liquidate, dissolve or wind up, the holders of each depositary receipt will be entitled to the fraction of the liquidation preference accorded each share of preferred stock represented by the depositary shares, as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. CONVERSION OF PREFERRED STOCK The depositary shares, as such, are not convertible into any class of our common stock or any of our other securities or property. Nevertheless, if we so specify in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to an offering of depositary shares, holders may surrender depositary receipts to the preferred stock depositary with written instructions to the preferred stock depositary to instruct us to convert the preferred stock represented by the depositary shares into whole shares of the specified class of common stock, other shares of our preferred stock or other shares of stock. We have agreed that upon receipt of the instructions and any amounts payable, we will convert the depositary shares using the same procedures as those provided for converting preferred stock. If the depositary shares evidenced by a depositary receipt are to be converted in part only, the preferred stock depositary will issue a new depositary receipt(s) for any depositary shares not converted. No fractional shares of common stock will be issued upon conversion, and if the conversion would result in a fractional share being issued, we will pay an amount in cash equal to the value of the fractional interest based upon the closing price, if any, of the applicable class common stock on the last business day prior to the conversion. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE DEPOSIT AGREEMENT We may amend the form of depositary receipt and any provision of the deposit agreement at any time by agreement between us and the preferred stock depositary. However, any amendment that materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of depositary receipts or that would be materially and adversely inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the related preferred stock will not be effective unless the holders of at least a majority of the depositary shares evidenced by the depositary receipts then outstanding approve the amendment. No amendment will impair the right, subject to the exceptions set forth in the depositary agreement, of any holder of depositary receipts to surrender any depositary receipt with instructions to deliver to the holder the related preferred stock and all money and other property, if any, represented by the depositary receipt, except in order to comply with law. Every holder of an outstanding depositary receipt at the time any such amendment becomes effective will be deemed, by continuing to hold the receipt, to consent and agree to the amendment and to be bound by the deposit agreement as amended. We may terminate the deposit agreement upon not less than 30 days' prior written notice to the preferred stock depositary if a majority of each series of preferred stock affected by the termination 13 16 consents to the termination. Upon termination, the preferred stock depositary will deliver or make available to each holder of depositary receipts, upon surrender of the depositary receipts held by the holder, the number of whole or fractional shares of preferred stock represented by the depositary shares evidenced by the depositary receipts together with any other property held by the preferred stock depositary with respect to the depositary receipt. In addition, the deposit agreement will automatically terminate if: o all outstanding depositary shares have been redeemed; o there has been a final distribution of the related preferred stock in connection with our liquidation, dissolution or winding up and the distribution has been distributed to the holders of depositary receipts evidencing the depositary shares representing the preferred stock; or o each share of the related preferred stock has been converted into our securities which are not represented by depositary shares. CHARGES OF PREFERRED STOCK DEPOSITARY We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the existence of the deposit agreement. In addition, we will pay the fees and expenses of the preferred stock depositary in connection with the performance of its duties under the deposit agreement. However, holders of depositary receipts will pay the fees and expenses of the preferred stock depositary for any duties requested by the holders to be performed which are outside of those expressly provided for in the deposit agreement. RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF DEPOSITARY The preferred stock depositary may resign at any time by delivering to us notice of its election to do so, and we may at any time remove the preferred stock depositary. Any such resignation or removal will take effect upon our appointment of a successor preferred stock depositary. We must appoint a successor preferred stock depositary within 60 days after delivery of the notice of resignation or removal, and any preferred stock depositary must be a bank or trust company having its principal office in the United States and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. MISCELLANEOUS The preferred stock depositary will forward to holders of depositary receipts any reports and communications the preferred stock depositary receives from us relating to the preferred stock. We will not be liable, nor will the preferred stock depositary be liable, if we are prevented from or delayed in, by law or any circumstances beyond our control, performing our obligations under the deposit agreement. Our obligations and the obligations of the preferred stock depositary under the deposit agreement will be limited to performing our duties in good faith and without negligence (in the case of any action or inaction in the voting of preferred stock represented by the depositary shares), gross negligence or willful misconduct. We will not be obligated, nor will the preferred stock depositary be obligated, to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of any depositary receipts, depositary shares or shares of preferred stock represented thereby unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished to us. We may rely, and the preferred stock depositary may rely, on written advice of counsel or accountants, or information provided by persons presenting shares of preferred stock represented thereby for deposit, holders of depositary receipts or other persons we believe in good faith to be competent to give such information, and on documents we believe in good faith to be genuine and signed by a proper party. 14 17 In the event the preferred stock depositary receives conflicting claims, requests or instructions from holders of depositary receipts, on the one hand, and us, on the other hand, the preferred stock depositary will be entitled to act on such claims, requests or instructions received from us. DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES OF EMMIS We may issue senior or subordinated debt securities. The senior debt securities will constitute part of our senior debt, will be issued under a senior debt indenture, and will rank on a parity with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be issued under a subordinated debt indenture, and will be subordinate and junior in right of payment, as set forth in the subordinated debt indenture, to all of our senior indebtedness. If this prospectus is being delivered in connection with a series of subordinated debt securities, the accompanying prospectus supplement or the information we incorporate in this prospectus by reference will indicate the approximate amount of senior indebtedness outstanding as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter. We refer to our senior debt indenture and our subordinated debt indenture individually as an "indenture" and collectively as the "indentures." The forms of the indentures are exhibits to the registration statement we filed with the SEC, of which this prospectus is a part. We have summarized below the material provisions of the indentures and the debt securities, or indicated which material provisions will be described in the related prospectus supplement. These descriptions are only summaries, and each investor should refer to the applicable indenture, which describes completely the terms and definitions summarized below and contains additional information regarding the debt securities. Any reference to particular sections or defined terms of the applicable indenture in any statement under this heading qualifies the entire statement and incorporates by reference the applicable section or definition into that statement. GENERAL The debt securities that may be offered under the indentures are not limited in aggregate principal amount. We may issue debt securities at one or more times in one or more series. Each series of debt securities may have different terms. The terms of any series of debt securities will be described in, or determined by action taken pursuant to, a resolution of our board of directors or in a supplement to the indenture relating to that series. The prospectus supplement, including any related pricing supplement, relating to any series of debt securities that we may offer will state the price or prices at which the debt securities will be offered, and will contain the specific terms of that series. These terms may include the following: o the title of the series of debt securities; o whether the debt securities are senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities or any combination thereof; o the purchase price, denomination and any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; o the date or dates on which principal and premium, if any, on the debt securities will be payable; o the terms and conditions, if any, under which the debt securities may be converted into or exchanged for Class A common stock or other securities; o the rate or rates at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating the rate or rates of interest, the date or dates from which interest will accrue or the 15 18 method by which the date or dates will be determined, the dates on which interest will be payable, and any regular record date for payment of interest; o the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will be payable; o any covenants to which Emmis may be subject with respect to the debt securities; o the place or places where the debt securities may be exchanged or transferred; o the terms and conditions upon which we may redeem the debt securities, in whole or in part, at our option; o the terms and conditions upon which we may be obligated to redeem or purchase the debt securities under any sinking fund or similar provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a holder; o the denominations in which the debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000; o if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies, including the currency unit or units, in which payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will or may be payable, or in which the debt securities shall be denominated, and any particular related provisions; o if we or a holder may elect that payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities be made in a currency or currencies, including currency unit or units, other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies in which such payments are to be made, including the terms and conditions applicable to any payments and the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined, and any particular related provisions; o if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on debt securities are determined with reference to an index, formula or other method, which may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the index, formula or other method by which the amounts will be determined; o if other than the full principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of the debt securities which will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of maturity; o the applicability of the provisions described in "--Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance" below; o whether the subordination provisions summarized below or different subordination provisions will apply to any debt securities that are subordinated debt securities; o the events of default; o any agents for the debt securities, including trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars; o any provisions relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the debt securities; 16 19 o if we will issue the debt securities in whole or in part in the form of global securities; and o any other terms of the debt securities. The debt securities may be offered and sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount and may be "original issue discount securities." "Original issue discount securities" will bear no interest or interest at a rate below the prevailing market rate at the time of issuance. In addition, less than the entire principal amount of these securities will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of their maturity. We will describe any United States federal income tax consequences and other special considerations applicable to any such original issue discount securities in the applicable prospectus supplement. EXCHANGE, REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND PAYMENT Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will be payable, and the exchange of and the transfer of debt securities will be registrable, at our office or agency maintained for such purpose in New York and at any other office or agency maintained for that purpose. We will issue the debt securities in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000. Unless otherwise provided in the debt securities to be transferred or exchanged, no service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed because of the transactions. All money paid by us to a paying agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any debt security which remains unclaimed for one year after the principal, premium or interest has become due and payable may be repaid to us, and thereafter the holder of the debt security may look only to us for payment of those amounts. In the event of any redemption, we will not be required to (a) issue, register the transfer of or exchange the debt securities of any series during a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of debt securities of that series to be redeemed and ending on the date of the mailing or (b) register the transfer of or exchange any debt security, or portion thereof, called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any debt security being redeemed in part. GLOBAL DEBT SECURITIES AND BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM The following provisions will apply to the debt securities of any series if the prospectus supplement relating to such series so indicates. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities of that series will be issued in book-entry form and will be represented by one or more global securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, New York, or its nominee. This means that we will not issue certificates to each holder. Each global security will be issued to DTC, which will keep a computerized record of its participants, such as your broker, whose clients have purchased debt securities. Each participant will then keep a record of its clients who purchased the debt securities. Unless it is exchanged in whole or in part for a certificate, a global security may not be transferred, except that DTC, its nominees, and their successors may transfer a global security as a whole to one another. Beneficial interests in global securities will be shown on, and transfers of global securities will be made only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants. If you are not a participant in DTC, you may beneficially own debt securities held by DTC only through a participant. The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of the securities in definitive form. These limits and laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security. 17 20 DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the United States Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered under the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act. DTC holds the securities that its participants deposit. DTC also records the settlement among participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through computerized records for participants' accounts. This eliminates the need to exchange certificates. Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. The rules that apply to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC. DTC's book-entry system is also used by other organizations such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that work through a participant. DTC is owned by a number of its participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. We will wire payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest to DTC's nominee. We and the trustee will treat DTC's nominee as the owner of the global securities for all purposes. Accordingly, we, the trustee and any paying agent will have no direct responsibility or liability to pay amounts due on the global securities to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities. It is DTC's current practice, upon receipt of any payment of principal or interest, to credit participants' accounts on the payment date according to their respective holdings of beneficial interests in the global securities as shown on DTC's records. In addition, it is DTC's current practice to assign any consenting or voting rights to participants whose accounts are credited with debt securities on a record date, by using an omnibus proxy. Payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities, and voting by participants, will be governed by the customary practices between the participants and owners of beneficial interests, as is the case with debt securities held for the account of customers registered in "street name." However, payments will be the responsibility of the participants and not of DTC, the trustee or us. So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of a global security, DTC or that nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by that global security for all purposes under the indenture. Owners of beneficial interests in a global security (a) will not be entitled to have the debt securities represented by that global security registered in their names, (b) will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the debt securities in definitive form, and (c) will not be considered the owners or holders of the debt securities under the indenture. We will issue debt securities of any series then represented by global securities in definitive form in exchange for those global securities if: o DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or if DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under applicable law and a successor depositary is not appointed by us within 90 days; or o we determine not to require all of the debt securities of a series to be represented by a global security. If we issue debt securities in definitive form in exchange for a global security, an owner of a beneficial interest in the global security will be entitled to have debt securities equal in principal amount to the beneficial interest registered in its name and will be entitled to physical delivery of those debt securities in definitive form. Debt securities issued in definitive form will, except as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, be issued in denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000 and will be issued in registered form only, without coupons. 18 21 INDENTURES Debt securities that will be senior debt will be issued under a senior indenture between us and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. We call that indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time, the Senior Debt Indenture. Debt securities that will be subordinated debt will be issued under a subordinated indenture between us and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. We call that indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time, the Subordinated Debt Indenture. We refer to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York as the "senior debt indenture trustee" or as the "subordinated debt indenture trustee" as the context may require. SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES Holders of subordinated debt securities should recognize that contractual provisions in the Subordinated Debt Indenture may prohibit us from making payments on these securities. Subordinated debt securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner stated in the Subordinated Debt Indenture, to all of our senior indebtedness. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the subordination provisions of the Subordinated Debt Indenture will apply to subordinated debt securities. The Subordinated Debt Indenture provides that, unless all principal of and any premium or interest on the senior indebtedness has been paid in full, or provision has been made to make these payments in full, no payment of principal of, or any premium or interest on, any subordinated debt securities may be made in the event: o of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings involving us or a substantial part of our property; o that (a) a default has occurred in the payment of principal, any premium, interest or other monetary amounts due and payable on any senior indebtedness or (b) there has occurred any other event of default concerning senior indebtedness, that permits the holder or holders of the senior indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of the senior indebtedness, with notice or passage of time, or both, and that event of default has continued beyond the applicable grace period, if any, and that default or event of default has not been cured or waived or has not ceased to exist; or o that the principal of and accrued interest on any subordinated debt securities have been declared due and payable upon an event of default as defined under the Subordinated Debt Indenture and that declaration has not been rescinded and annulled as provided under the Subordinated Debt Indenture. The subordinated debt securities may have such other subordination provisions as are set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS We may not consolidate or merge with or into any other person, including any other entity, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our properties and assets to any person or group of affiliated persons unless: o we are the continuing corporation or the person, if other than us, formed by such consolidation or with which or into which we are merged or the person to which all or substantially all our properties and assets are conveyed, transferred or leased is a corporation or other entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any of its States or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes our obligations under the debt securities and each indenture; and o immediately after giving effect to the transaction, there is no default and no event of default under the relevant indenture. 19 22 If we consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our property and assets as described in the preceding paragraph, the successor corporation or entity shall succeed to and be substituted for us, and may exercise our rights and powers under the indentures, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, we will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the indentures and all outstanding debt securities. EVENTS OF DEFAULT Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, "events of default" under each indenture with respect to debt securities of any series will include: o default in the payment of interest on any debt security of that series when due that continues for a period of 30 days; o default in the payment of principal of or premium on any debt security of that series when due; o default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment on that series for five days after it becomes due; o failure to comply with any of our other agreements contained in the indenture for a period of 60 days after written notice to us in accordance with the terms of the indenture; o failure to pay when due the principal of, or acceleration of, any indebtedness for money borrowed by us in excess of the amount specified in the indenture, if the indebtedness is not discharged, or the acceleration is not annulled, within 30 days of our receiving written notice of the failure in accordance with the indenture; o certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization; and o any other events of default specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. No event of default with respect to a particular series of debt securities, except as to certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to us, necessarily constitutes an event of default with respect to any other series of debt securities. In general, each indenture obligates the trustee to give notice of a default with respect to a series of debt securities to the holders of that series. The trustee may withhold notice of any default, except a default in payment on any debt security, if the trustee determines it is in the best interest of the holders of that series to do so. If there is a continuing event of default, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of an affected series may require us to repay immediately the unpaid principal, or if the debt securities of that series are original issue discount securities, the portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series, of and interest on all debt securities of that series. Subject to certain conditions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of a series may rescind our obligation to accelerate repayment and may waive past defaults, except a default in payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any debt security of that series and some covenant defaults under the terms of that series. Under the terms of each indenture, the trustee may refuse to enforce the indenture or the debt securities unless it first receives satisfactory security or indemnity from the holders of debt securities. Subject to limitations specified in each indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee. 20 23 No holder of any debt security of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to each indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under each indenture except as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holder of any debt security will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the debt security on or after the due dates expressed in the debt security and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment. Each indenture requires us to furnish to the trustee annually a certificate as to our compliance with such indenture. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE We can discharge or defease our obligations under the indentures as stated below or as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may discharge obligations to holders of any series of debt securities that have not already been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and that have either become due and payable or are by their terms to become due and payable, or are scheduled for redemption, within one year. We may effect a discharge by irrevocably depositing with the trustee cash or United States government obligations, as trust funds, in an amount certified to be enough to pay when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities and any mandatory sinking fund payments. MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURES Each indenture permits us and the relevant trustee to amend the indenture without the consent of the holders of any of the debt securities: o to evidence the succession of another corporation or entity and the assumption of our covenants under such indenture and the debt securities; o to add to our covenants or to the events of default or to make certain other changes which would not adversely affect in any material respect the holder of any outstanding debt securities; o to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; and o for other purposes as described in each indenture. Each indenture also permits us and the trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of each series affected by the amendment, with each such series voting as a class, to add any provisions to or change or eliminate any of the provisions of such indenture or any supplemental indenture or to modify the rights of the holders of debt securities of each series, provided, however, that, without the consent of the holder of each debt security so affected, no such amendment may: o change the maturity of the principal of or premium, if any, or any installment of principal or interest on any debt security; o reduce the principal amount of any debt security, or the rate of interest or any premium payable upon the redemption, repurchase or repayment of any debt security, or change the manner in which the amount of any of the foregoing is determined; o reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of maturity; 21 24 o change the place of payment where, or the currency or currency unit in which, any debt security or any premium or interest on the debt security is payable; o reduce the percentage in principal amount of affected debt securities the consent of whose holders is required for amendment of the indenture or for waiver of compliance with some provisions of the indenture or for waiver of some defaults; or o modify the provisions relating to waiver of some defaults or any of the provisions relating to amendment of the indenture except to increase the percentage required for consent or to provide that some other provisions of the indenture may not be modified or waived. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of any series may, on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series, waive, insofar as is applicable to that series, our compliance with some restrictive provisions of the indentures. We may not amend the Subordinated Debt Indenture to alter the subordination of any outstanding subordinated debt securities in a manner adverse to the holders of senior indebtedness without the written consent of the holders of senior indebtedness then outstanding under the terms of such senior indebtedness. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Except as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may elect either o to be discharged from all our obligations in respect of debt securities of any series, except for our obligations to register the transfer or exchange of debt securities, to replace temporary, destroyed, stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities, to maintain paying agencies and to hold monies for payment in trust (we will refer to this discharge as "defeasance"), or o to be released from our obligations to comply with some restrictive covenants applicable to the debt securities of any series (we will refer to this release as "covenant defeasance"); in either case upon the deposit with the trustee, or other qualifying trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. government obligations which will provide money sufficient to pay all principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities of that series when due. We may establish such a trust only if, among other things, we have received an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of debt securities of the series (a) will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance or covenant defeasance and (b) will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit, defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. The opinion, in the case of defeasance under the first bullet point above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable federal income tax laws occurring after the date of the relevant indenture. We may exercise the defeasance option with respect to debt securities notwithstanding our prior exercise of the covenant defeasance option. If we exercise the defeasance option, payment of the debt securities may not be accelerated because of a default. If we exercise the covenant defeasance option, payment of the debt securities may not be accelerated by reason of a default with respect to the covenants to which covenant defeasance is applicable. However, if the acceleration were to occur by reason of another default, the realizable value at the acceleration date of the money and U.S. government obligations in the defeasance trust could be less than the principal and interest then due on the debt securities, in that the required deposit in the defeasance trust is based upon scheduled cash flow rather than market value, which will vary depending upon interest rates and other factors. 22 25 CONVERSION RIGHTS The terms and conditions, if any, on which debt securities being offered are convertible into Class A common stock or other of our securities will be set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement. Those terms will include the conversion price, the conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion will be at the option of the holder or us, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event that the debt securities are redeemed. REGARDING THE TRUSTEE The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York will serve as the senior debt indenture trustee and as the subordinated debt indenture trustee. The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York currently serves as trustee under the indenture governing our senior discount notes. Each indenture contains limitations on the rights of the trustee, should the trustee become our creditor, to obtain payment of claims in some cases, or to realize on specified property received in respect of these claims, as security or otherwise. The trustee and its affiliates may engage in, and will be permitted to continue to engage in, other transactions with us and our affiliates, provided, however, that if it acquires any conflicting interest as described under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, it must eliminate the conflict or resign. DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS OF EMMIS Emmis may issue warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock, preferred stock or debt securities. Warrants may be issued, subject to regulatory approvals, independently or together with any shares of common stock, preferred stock or debt securities and may be attached to or separate from such shares of common stock or preferred stock or debt securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement (each, a "Warrant Agreement") to be entered into between Emmis and a warrant agent (each, a "Warrant Agent"). The Warrant Agent will act solely as an agent of Emmis in connection with the Warrants of such series and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or beneficial owners of warrants. The following sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the warrants offered hereby. Further terms of the warrants and the applicable Warrant Agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the following terms of any warrants in respect of which this prospectus is being delivered: o the title of the warrants; o the securities (which may include shares of Class A common stock or preferred stock or debt securities) for which the warrants are exercisable; o the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued; o the periods during which the warrants are exercisable; o the number of shares of Class A common stock or preferred stock or the amount of debt securities for which each warrant is exercisable; o the exercise price for the warrants, including any changes to or adjustments in the exercise price; o the currency or currencies, including composite currencies, in which the exercise price of the warrants may be payable; 23 26 o if applicable, the designation and terms of the series of preferred stock with which the warrants are issued; o if applicable, the terms of the debt securities with which the warrants are issued; o the number of warrants issued with each share of Class A common stock or preferred stock; o if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related Class A common stock, preferred stock or debt securities will be separately transferable; o any listing of the warrants on a securities exchange; o if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax consequences and other special considerations with respect to any warrants; and o any other terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the transferability, exchange and exercise of such warrants. DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES OF OPERATING COMPANY Operating Company may issue senior or subordinated debt securities. The senior debt securities will constitute part of its senior debt, will be issued under a senior debt indenture and will rank on a parity with all of its other unsecured and unsubordinated debt. The subordinated debt securities will be issued under its subordinated debt indenture and will be subordinate and junior in right of payment, as set forth in the subordinated debt indenture, to all of Operating Company's senior indebtedness. If this prospectus is being delivered in connection with a series of subordinated debt securities, the accompanying prospectus supplement or the information we incorporate in this prospectus by reference will indicate the approximate amount of senior indebtedness outstanding as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter. Operating Company refers to its senior debt indenture and its subordinated debt indenture individually as an "indenture" and collectively as the "indentures." The forms of the indentures are exhibits to the registration statement Operating Company filed with the SEC, of which this prospectus is a part. Operating Company has summarized below the material provisions of the indentures and the debt securities, or indicated which material provisions will be described in the related prospectus supplement. These descriptions are only summaries, and each investor should refer to the applicable indenture, which describes completely the terms and definitions summarized below and contains additional information regarding the debt securities. Any reference to particular sections or defined terms of the applicable indenture in any statement under this heading qualifies the entire statement and incorporates by reference the applicable section or definition into that statement. GENERAL The debt securities that may be offered under the indentures are not limited in aggregate principal amount. Operating Company may issue debt securities at one or more times in one or more series. Each series of debt securities may have different terms. The terms of any series of debt securities will be described in, or determined by action taken pursuant to, a resolution of Operating Company's board of directors or in a supplement to the indenture relating to that series. The prospectus supplement, including any related pricing supplement, relating to any series of debt securities that Operating Company may offer will state the price or prices at which the debt securities will be offered, and will contain the specific terms of that series. These terms may include the following: o the title of the series of debt securities; 24 27 o whether the debt securities are senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities or any combination thereof; o the purchase price, denomination and any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; o the date or dates on which principal and premium, if any, on the debt securities will be payable; o the terms and conditions, if any, under which the debt securities may be converted into or exchanged for Class A common stock or other securities; o the rate or rates at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating the rate or rates of interest, the date or dates from which interest will accrue or the method by which the date or dates will be determined, the dates on which interest will be payable, and any regular record date for payment of interest; o the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will be payable; o any covenant to which Operating Company may be subject with respect to the debt securities, o the place or places where the debt securities may be exchanged or transferred; o the terms and conditions upon which Operating Company may redeem the debt securities, in whole or in part, at our option; o the terms and conditions upon which Operating Company may be obligated to redeem or purchase the debt securities under any sinking fund or similar provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a holder; o the denominations in which the debt securities will be issuable, if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000; o if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies, including the currency unit or units, in which payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will or may be payable, or in which the debt securities shall be denominated, and any particular related provisions; o if Operating Company or a holder may elect that payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities be made in a currency or currencies, including currency unit or units, other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies in which such payments are to be made, including the terms and conditions applicable to any payments and the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined, and any particular related provisions; o if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on debt securities are determined with reference to an index, formula or other method, which may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the index, formula or other method by which the amounts will be determined; o if other than the full principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of the debt securities which will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of maturity; 25 28 o the applicability of the provisions described in "--Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance" below' o the events of default; o whether the subordination provisions summarized below or different subordination provisions will apply to any debt securities that are subordinated debt securities; o any agents for the debt securities, including trustees, depositories, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars; o any provisions relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the debt securities; o if we will issue the debt securities in whole or in part in the form of global securities; and o any other terms of the debt securities. The debt securities may be offered and sold at a substantial discount below their stated principal amount and may be "original issue discount securities." "Original issue discount securities" will bear no interest or interest at a rate below the prevailing market rate at the time of issuance. In addition, less than the entire principal amount of these securities will be payable upon declaration of acceleration of their maturity. Operating Company will describe any United States federal income tax consequences and other special considerations applicable to any such original issue discount securities in the applicable prospectus supplement. EXCHANGE, REGISTRATION, TRANSFER AND PAYMENT Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities will be payable, and the exchange of and the transfer of debt securities will be registrable, at the office or agency maintained by Operating Company for such purpose in New York and at any other office or agency maintained for that purpose. Operating Company will issue the debt securities in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000. Unless otherwise provided in the debt securities to be transferred or exchanged, no service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of the debt securities, but Operating Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed because of the transactions. All money paid by Operating Company to a paying agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any debt security which remains unclaimed for one year after the principal, premium or interest has become due and payable may be repaid to Operating Company, and thereafter the holder of the debt security may look only to Operating Company for payment of those amounts. In the event of any redemption, Operating Company will not be required to (a) issue, register the transfer of or exchange the debt securities of any series during a period beginning 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of debt securities of that series to be redeemed and ending on the date of the mailing or (b) register the transfer of or exchange any debt security, or portion thereof, called for redemption, except the unredeemed portion of any debt security being redeemed in part. GLOBAL DEBT SECURITIES AND BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM The following provisions will apply to the debt securities of any series if the prospectus supplement relating to such series so indicates. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities of that series will be issued in book-entry form and will be represented by one or more global securities registered 26 29 in the name of The Depository Trust Company, New York, or its nominee. This means that Operating Company will not issue certificates to each holder. Each global security will be issued to DTC, which will keep a computerized record of its participants, such as your broker, whose clients have purchased debt securities. Each participant will then keep a record of its clients who purchased the debt securities. Unless it is exchanged in whole or in part for a certificate, a global security may not be transferred, except that DTC, its nominees, and their successors may transfer a global security as a whole to one another. Beneficial interests in global securities will be shown on, and transfers of global securities will be made only through, records maintained by DTC and its participants. If you are not a participant in DTC, you may beneficially own debt securities held by DTC only through a participant. The laws of some states require that certain purchasers of securities take physical delivery of the securities in definitive form. These limits and laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a global security. DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the United States Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered under the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act. DTC holds the securities that its participants deposit. DTC also records the settlement among participants of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through computerized records for participants' accounts. This eliminates the need to exchange certificates. Participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations. The rules that apply to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC. DTC's book-entry system is also used by other organizations such as securities brokers and dealers, banks and trust companies that work through a participant. DTC is owned by a number of its participants and by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., the American Stock Exchange, Inc. and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Operating Company will wire payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest to DTC's nominee. Operating Company and the trustee will treat DTC's nominee as the owner of the global securities for all purposes. Accordingly, Operating Company, the trustee and any paying agent will have no direct responsibility or liability to pay amounts due on the global securities to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities. It is DTC's current practice, upon receipt of any payment of principal or interest, to credit participants' accounts on the payment date according to their respective holdings of beneficial interests in the global securities as shown on DTC's records. In addition, it is DTC's current practice to assign any consenting or voting rights to participants whose accounts are credited with debt securities on a record date, by using an omnibus proxy. Payments by participants to owners of beneficial interests in the global securities, and voting by participants, will be governed by the customary practices between the participants and owners of beneficial interests, as is the case with debt securities held for the account of customers registered in "street name." However, payments will be the responsibility of the participants and not of DTC, the trustee or Operating Company. So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of a global security, DTC or that nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by that global security for all purposes under the indenture. Owners of beneficial interests in a global security (a) will not be entitled to have the debt securities represented by that global security registered in their names, (b) will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the debt securities in definitive form, and (c) will not be considered the owners or holders of the debt securities under the indenture. Operating Company will issue debt securities of any series then represented by global securities in definitive form in exchange for those global securities if: 27 30 o DTC notifies Operating Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or if DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under applicable law and a successor depositary is not appointed by Operating Company within 90 days; or o Operating Company determine not to require all of the debt securities of a series to be represented by a global security. If Operating Company issues debt securities in definitive form in exchange for a global security, an owner of a beneficial interest in the global security will be entitled to have debt securities equal in principal amount to the beneficial interest registered in its name and will be entitled to physical delivery of those debt securities in definitive form. Debt securities issued in definitive form will, except as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, be issued in denominations of $1,000 and any multiple of $1,000 and will be issued in registered form only, without coupons. INDENTURES Debt securities that will be senior debt will be issued under a senior indenture between us and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. Operating Company calls that indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time, the Senior Debt Indenture. Debt securities that will be subordinated debt will be issued under a Subordinated Indenture between Operating Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. Operating Company calls that indenture, as it may be supplemented from time to time, the Subordinated Debt Indenture. Operating Company refers to The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York as the "senior debt indenture trustee" or as the "subordinated debt indenture trustee" as the context may require. SUBORDINATION OF SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES Holders of subordinated debt securities should recognize that contractual provisions in the Subordinated Debt Indenture may prohibit Operating Company from making payments on these securities. Subordinated debt securities are subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner stated in the Subordinated Debt Indenture, to all of the senior indebtedness of Operating Company as defined in the Subordinated Debt Indenture. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, the subordination provisions of the Subordinated Debt Indenture will apply to subordinated debt securities. The Subordinated Debt Indenture provides that, unless all principal of and any premium or interest on the senior indebtedness has been paid in full, or provision has been made to make these payments in full, no payment of principal of, or any premium or interest on, any subordinated debt securities may be made in the event: o of any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar proceedings involving us or a substantial part of our property; o that (a) a default has occurred in the payment of principal, any premium, interest or other monetary amounts due and payable on any senior indebtedness or (b) there has occurred any other event of default concerning senior indebtedness, that permits the holder or holders of the senior indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of the senior indebtedness, with notice or passage of time, or both, and that event of default has continued beyond the applicable grace period, if any, and that default or event of default has not been cured or waived or has not ceased to exist; or o that the principal of and accrued interest on any subordinated debt securities have been declared due and payable upon an event of default as defined under the Subordinated Debt Indenture and that declaration has not been rescinded and annulled as provided under the Subordinated Debt Indenture. The subordinated debt securities may have such other subordination provisions as are set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. 28 31 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER AND SALE OF ASSETS Operating Company may not consolidate or merge with or into any other person, including any other entity, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of our properties and assets to any person or group of affiliated persons unless: o Operating Company is the continuing corporation or the person, if other than Operating Company, formed by such consolidation or with which or into which Operating Company is merged or the person to which all or substantially all its properties and assets are conveyed, transferred or leased is a corporation or other entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any of its States or the District of Columbia and expressly assumes Operating Company's obligations under the debt securities and each indenture; and o immediately after giving effect to the transaction, there is no default and no event of default under the relevant indenture. If Operating Company consolidates with or merges into any other corporation or entity or conveys, transfers or leases all or substantially all of its property and assets as described in the preceding paragraph, the successor corporation or entity shall succeed to and be substituted for Operating Company, and may exercise its rights and powers under the indentures, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, Operating Company will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the indentures and all outstanding debt securities. EVENTS OF DEFAULT Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, "events of default" under each indenture with respect to debt securities of any series will include: o default in the payment of interest on any debt security of that series when due that continues for a period of 30 days; o default in the payment of principal of or premium on any debt security of that series when due; o default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment on that series for five days after it becomes due; o failure to comply with any of our other agreements contained in the indenture for a period of 60 days after written notice to Operating Company in accordance with the terms of the indenture; o failure to pay when due the principal of, or acceleration of, any indebtedness for money borrowed by us in excess of the amount specified in the indenture, if the indebtedness is not discharged, or the acceleration is not annulled, within 30 days of Operating Company's receiving written notice of the failure in accordance with the indenture; o certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization; and o any other events of default specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. No event of default with respect to a particular series of debt securities, except as to certain events involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to Operating Company, necessarily constitutes an event of default with respect to any other series of debt securities. 29 32 In general, each indenture obligates the trustee to give notice of a default with respect to a series of debt securities to the holders of that series. The trustee may withhold notice of any default, except a default in payment on any debt security, if the trustee determines it is in the best interest of the holders of that series to do so. If there is a continuing event of default, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of an affected series may require us to repay immediately the unpaid principal, or if the debt securities of that series are original issue discount securities, the portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series, of and interest on all debt securities of that series. Subject to certain conditions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of a series may rescind our obligation to accelerate repayment and may waive past defaults, except a default in payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any debt security of that series and some covenant defaults under the terms of that series. Under the terms of each indenture, the trustee may refuse to enforce the indenture or the debt securities unless it first receives satisfactory security or indemnity from the holders of debt securities. Subject to limitations specified in each indenture, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee. No holder of any debt security of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to each indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under each indenture except as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holder of any debt security will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the debt security on or after the due dates expressed in the debt security and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment. Each indenture requires Operating Company to furnish to the trustee annually a certificate as to our compliance with such indenture. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE Operating Company can discharge or defease its obligations under the indentures as stated below or as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, Operating Company may discharge obligations to holders of any series of debt securities that have not already been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and that have either become due and payable or are by their terms to become due and payable, or are scheduled for redemption, within one year. Operating Company may effect a discharge by irrevocably depositing with the trustee cash or United States government obligations, as trust funds, in an amount certified to be enough to pay when due, whether at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the debt securities and any mandatory sinking fund payments. MODIFICATION OF THE INDENTURES Each indenture permits Operating Company and the relevant trustee to amend the indenture without the consent of the holders of any of the debt securities: o to evidence the succession of another corporation or entity and the assumption of Operating Company's covenants under such indenture and the debt securities; 30 33 o to add to our covenants or to the events of default or to make certain other changes which would not adversely affect in any material respect the holder of any outstanding debt securities; o to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; and o for other purposes as described in each indenture. Each indenture also permits Operating Company and the trustee, with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of each series affected by the amendment, with each such series voting as a class, to add any provisions to or change or eliminate any of the provisions of such indenture or any supplemental indenture or to modify the rights of the holders of debt securities of each series, provided, however, that, without the consent of the holder of each debt security so affected, no such amendment may: o change the maturity of the principal of or premium, if any, or any installment of principal or interest on any debt security; o reduce the principal amount of any debt security, or the rate of interest or any premium payable upon the redemption, repurchase or repayment of any debt security, or change the manner in which the amount of any of the foregoing is determined; o reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of maturity; o change the place of payment where, or the currency or currency unit in which, any debt security or any premium or interest on the debt security is payable; o reduce the percentage in principal amount of affected debt securities the consent of whose holders is required for amendment of the indenture or for waiver of compliance with some provisions of the indenture or for waiver of some defaults; or o modify the provisions relating to waiver of some defaults or any of the provisions relating to amendment of the indenture except to increase the percentage required for consent or to provide that some other provisions of the indenture may not be modified or waived. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of any series may, on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series, waive, insofar as is applicable to that series, Operating Company's compliance with some restrictive provisions of the indentures. Operating Company may not amend the Subordinated Debt Indenture to alter the subordination of any outstanding subordinated debt securities in a manner adverse to the holders of senior indebtedness without the written consent of the holders of senior indebtedness then outstanding under the terms of such senior indebtedness. DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Except as provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, Operating Company may elect either o to be discharged from all our obligations in respect of debt securities of any series, except for its obligations to register the transfer or exchange of debt securities, to replace temporary, destroyed, stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities, to maintain paying agencies and to hold monies for payment in trust (we will refer to this discharge as "defeasance"), or 31 34 o to be released from its obligations to comply with some restrictive covenants applicable to the debt securities of any series (we will refer to this release as "covenant defeasance"); in either case upon the deposit with the trustee, or other qualifying trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. government obligations which will provide money sufficient to pay all principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities of that series when due. Operating Company may establish such a trust only if, among other things, it has received an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of debt securities of the series (a) will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance or covenant defeasance and (b) will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit, defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. The opinion, in the case of defeasance under the first bullet point above, must refer to and be based upon a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable federal income tax laws occurring after the date of the relevant indenture. Operating Company may exercise the defeasance option with respect to debt securities notwithstanding its prior exercise of the covenant defeasance option. If Operating Company exercises the defeasance option, payment of the debt securities may not be accelerated because of a default. If we exercise the covenant defeasance option, payment of the debt securities may not be accelerated by reason of a default with respect to the covenants to which covenant defeasance is applicable. However, if the acceleration were to occur by reason of another default, the realizable value at the acceleration date of the money and U.S. government obligations in the defeasance trust could be less than the principal and interest then due on the debt securities, in that the required deposit in the defeasance trust is based upon scheduled cash flow rather than market value, which will vary depending upon interest rates and other factors. CONVERSION RIGHTS The terms and conditions, if any, on which debt securities being offered are convertible into Class A common stock or other securities will be set forth in an applicable prospectus supplement. Such terms will include the conversion price, the conversion period, provisions as to whether conversion will be at the option of the holder or Operating Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event that the debt securities are redeemed. REGARDING THE TRUSTEE The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York will serve as the senior debt indenture trustee and as the subordinated debt indenture trustee. The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York currently serves as trustee under the indenture governing our senior subordinated notes. Each indenture contains limitations on the rights of the trustee, should the trustee become our creditor, to obtain payment of claims in some cases, or to realize on specified property received in respect of these claims, as security or otherwise. The trustee and its affiliates may engage in, and will be permitted to continue to engage in, other transactions with us and our affiliates, provided, however, that if it acquires any conflicting interest as described under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, it must eliminate the conflict or resign. DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTEES Emmis may from time to time guarantee the obligations of Operating Company relating to its debt securities issued under this prospectus. Operating Company may from time to time guarantee the obligations of Emmis relating to its debt securities issued under this prospectus. 32 35 Certain of the direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Emmis may guarantee the obligations of Emmis and/or Operating Company relating to the debt securities of either of them issued under this prospectus. The specific terms and provisions of each guarantee, including any provisions relating to the subordination of any guarantee, will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. The obligations of each guarantor under its guarantee will be limited as necessary to seek to prevent that guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable federal or state law. 33 36 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION We may sell the securities being offered by this prospectus in various ways, including through agents, through underwriters, through dealers and directly to one or more other purchasers. We may designate agents from time to time to solicit offers to purchase these securities. We will name any such agent, who may be deemed to be an underwriter as that term is defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and state any commissions we are to pay to that agent in the applicable prospectus supplement. That agent will be acting on a reasonable efforts basis for the period of its appointment or, if indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, on a firm commitment basis. If we use any underwriters to offer and sell these securities, we will enter into an underwriting agreement with those underwriters when we and they determine the offering price of the securities, and we will include the names of the underwriters and the terms of the transaction in the applicable prospectus supplement. If we use a dealer to offer and sell these securities, we will sell the securities to the dealer, as principal, and will name the dealer in the applicable prospectus supplement. The dealer may then resell the securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by that dealer at the time of resale. Our net proceeds will be the purchase price in the case of sales to a dealer, the public offering price less discount in the case of sales to an underwriter or the purchase price less commission in the case of sales through an agent -- in each case, less other expenses attributable to issuance and distribution. Sales of shares of Class A common stock and other securities also may be effected from time to time in one or more types of transactions (which may include block transactions, special offerings, exchange distributions, secondary distributions or purchases by a broker or dealer) on the Nasdaq National Market or any other national securities exchange or automated trading and quotation system on which the Class A common stock or other securities are listed, in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through options transactions relating to the shares, or a combination of such methods of sale, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at negotiated prices or at fixed prices. Such transactions may or may not involve brokers or dealers. Any shares of Class A common stock offered under this prospectus will be listed on the Nasdaq National Market, subject to notice of issuance. Each issue of preferred stock, warrants and debt securities will be a new issue of securities with no established trading market. It has not been established whether the underwriters, if any, of the securities will make a market in these securities. If a market in the preferred stock, warrants or debt securities is made by any such underwriters, such market-making may be discontinued at any time without notice. We can give no assurance as to the liquidity of the trading market of these securities. In order to facilitate the offering of the securities offered under this prospectus, the underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the securities or any other securities the prices of which may be used to determine payments on these securities. Specifically, the underwriters may over-allot in connection with the offering, creating a short position in these securities for their own accounts. In addition, to cover over-allotments or to stabilize the price of these securities or of any other securities, the underwriters may bid for, and purchase, these securities or any other securities in the open market. Finally, in any offering of the securities through a syndicate of underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a dealer for distributing these securities in the offering, if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed securities in transactions to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilization transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain the market price of these securities above independent market levels. The underwriters are not required to engage in these activities, and may end any of these activities at any time. 34 37 If so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, one or more firms, which we refer to as "remarketing firms," acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us, may offer and sell these securities as part of a remarketing upon their purchase, in accordance with their terms. We will identify any remarketing firm, the terms of its agreement, if any, with us and its compensation in the applicable prospectus supplement. Remarketing firms, agents, underwriters and dealers may be entitled under agreements with us to indemnification by us against some civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business. If so indicated in the prospectus supplement, we will authorize agents, underwriters or dealers to solicit offers by some purchasers to purchase debt securities, purchase contracts or units, as the case may be, from us at the public offering price stated in the prospectus supplement under delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on a specified date in the future. These contracts will be subject to only those conditions described in the prospectus supplement, and the prospectus supplement will state the commission payable for solicitation of these offers. Any underwriter, agent or dealer utilized in the initial offering of securities will not confirm sales to accounts over which it exercises discretionary authority without the prior specific written approval of its customer. LEGAL MATTERS Certain legal matters relating to the validity of the securities will be passed upon for the Company by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, New York, and by Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the underwriters, if any, by Latham & Watkins, New York, New York, or by the counsel named in the applicable prospectus supplement. EXPERTS The consolidated financial statements of Emmis and its subsidiaries as of February (29) 28, 2000 and 2001 and for each of the three years in the period ended February 28, 2001, incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their report with respect thereto, and are incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said report. The audited financial statements of Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.'s St. Louis Radio Group as of December 31, 1999 and for the year ended December 31, 1999, incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement, have been audited by Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their report with respect thereto, and are incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said report. The combined financial statements of KZLA-FM and the related FCC broadcasting license owned by Bonneville Holding Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 1999, incorporated in this prospectus by reference from Emmis Communications Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed on June 1, 2001, have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference, and have been so incorporated in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in auditing and accounting. The audited financial statements of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, Certain Broadcasting Operations as of September 30, 1999 and 2000 and for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2000, which are incorporated by reference in this prospectus, have been audited by McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, independent public accountants, as indicated in their report incorporated by reference herein and are incorporated herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm as experts in giving said reports. 35 38 ================================================================================ $500,000,000 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Class A Common Stock Preferred Stock Depositary Shares Debt Securities Warrants Guarantees of the Debt Securities of Emmis Operating Company ---------- EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY Debt Securities Guarantees of the Debt Securities of Emmis Communications Corporation -------------- Prospectus , 2001 -------------- No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation other than those contained in this prospectus, and, if given or made, any information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities other than the securities to which it relates or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities in any circumstances in which this offer or solicitation is unlawful. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made under this prospectus shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of Emmis Communications Corporation, Emmis Operating Company or any subsidiary guarantor that has guarantees registered under this prospectus since the date of this prospectus or that the information contained in this prospectus is correct as of any time subsequent to its date. Broker-dealers that effect transactions in these securities, whether or not participating in this offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This is in addition to the broker-dealers' obligation to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions. ================================================================================ 39 PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 14 - OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION The following sets forth expenses, other than underwriting fees and commissions, expected to be borne by the Registrants in connection with the distribution of the securities being registered: Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee................. $125,000 NASD filing fee .................................................... 30,500 Legal .............................................................. 100,000 Printing ........................................................... 25,000 Accounting ......................................................... 50,000 Miscellaneous ...................................................... 20,500 -------- TOTAL ....................................... $351,000 ========
All amounts listed above, except for the SEC registration fee, are estimates. ITEM 15 - INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS. Emmis Communications Corporation and Emmis Operating Company are Indiana corporations. Chapter 37 of The Indiana Business Corporation Law (the "IBCL") requires a corporation, unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, to indemnify a director or an officer of the corporation who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, against reasonable expenses, including counsel fees, incurred in connection with the proceeding. Emmis' Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation expressly require such indemnification. The IBCL also permits a corporation to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent who is made a party to a proceeding because the person was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or its subsidiary against liability incurred in the proceeding if (i) the individual's conduct was in good faith and (ii) the individual reasonably believed (A) in the case of conduct in the individual's official capacity with the corporation that the conduct was in the corporation's best interests and (B) in all other cases that the individual's conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation's best interests and (iii) in the case of a criminal proceeding, the individual either (A) had reasonable cause to believe the individual's conduct was lawful or (B) had no reasonable cause to believe the individual's conduct was unlawful. The IBCL also permits a corporation to pay for or reimburse reasonable expenses incurred before the final disposition of the proceeding and permits a court of competent jurisdiction to order a corporation to indemnify a director or officer if the court determines that the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not the person met the standards for indemnification otherwise provided in the IBCL. Emmis' Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation generally provide that any director or officer of Emmis or any person who is serving at the request of Emmis as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity shall be indemnified and held harmless by Emmis to the fullest extent authorized by II-1 40 the IBCL. The Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation also provide such persons with certain rights to be paid by Emmis the expenses incurred in defending proceedings in advance of their final disposition and authorize Emmis to maintain insurance to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of Emmis or any person who is or was serving at the request of Emmis as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another entity against expense, liability or loss, whether or not Emmis would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. The charter or similar documents of Operating Company and the subsidiary guarantors listed as registrants under this registration statement contain similar provisions. ITEM 16 - EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES. 1.1*** Form of Underwriting Agreement. 3.1 Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Communications Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Emmis Communication Corporation's Form 10-K/A for the year ended February 29, 2000. 3.2*** Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Communications Corporation relating to the Preferred Stock. 3.3 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Emmis Communications Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Emmis Communications Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended February 29, 2000. 3.4* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Operating Company. 3.5* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Operating Company. 3.6* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Radio Corporation and the amendment thereto. 3.7* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Radio Corporation. 3.8* Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of SJL of Kansas Corp. 3.9* Amended and Restated By-Laws of SJL of Kansas Corp. 3.10* Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Topeka Television Corporation. 3.11* Amended and Restated By-Laws of Topeka Television Corporation. 3.12* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Meadowlands Corporation. 3.13* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Meadowlands Corporation. 3.14* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Publishing Corporation and articles of amendment thereto. 3.15* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Publishing Corporation. 3.16* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis International Broadcasting Corporation. 3.17* Bylaws of Emmis International Broadcasting Corporation. 3.18* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Latin America Broadcasting Corporation. 3.19* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Latin America Broadcasting Corporation. 3.20* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis South America Broadcasting Corporation. 3.21* Code of By-Laws of Emmis South America Broadcasting Corporation. 3.22* Agreement of Limited Partnership of Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P. 3.23* Certificate of Indiana Limited Partnership of Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P. and the amendment thereto. 3.24* Agreement of Limited Partnership of Emmis Publishing, L.P. 3.25* Certificate of Indiana Limited Partnership of Emmis Publishing, L.P. 3.26* Agreement of Limited Partnership of Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. and the first and second amendments thereto. 3.27* Certificate of Indiana Limited Partnership of Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. 3.28* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis License Corporation. 3.29* Bylaws of Emmis License Corporation. 3.30* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Radio License Corporation and the certificate of amendment thereto. 3.31* Bylaws of Emmis Radio License Corporation. 3.32* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Television License Corporation and the certificate of amendment thereto. 3.33* Bylaws of Emmis Television License Corporation. 3.34* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis License Corporation of New York. 3.35* Bylaws of Emmis License Corporation of New York. 3.36* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Radio License Corporation of New York. 3.37* Bylaws of Emmis Radio License Corporation of New York. 3.38* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Television License Corporation of Wichita. 3.39* Bylaws of Emmis Television License Corporation of Wichita. 3.40* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Television License Corporation of Topeka. II-2 41 3.41* Bylaws of Emmis Television License Corporation of Topeka. 4.1* Form of Senior Debt Indenture between Emmis Communications Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee, including as an exhibit thereto the form of note. 4.2* Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture between Emmis Communications Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee, including as an exhibit thereto the form of note. 4.3* Form of Senior Debt Indenture between Emmis Operating Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee, including as an exhibit thereto the form of note. 4.4* Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture between Emmis Operating Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee, including as an exhibit thereto the form of note. 4.5*** Form of Warrant Agreement for Common Stock of Emmis Communications Corporation including as an exhibit thereto the form of warrant certificate. 4.6*** Form of Warrant Agreement for Preferred Stock of Emmis Communications Corporation including as an exhibit thereto the form of warrant certificate. 4.7*** Form of Warrant Agreement for Debt Securities of Emmis Communications Corporation including as an exhibit thereto the form of warrant certificate. 4.8 Form of Certificate of the Class A Common Stock of Emmis Communications Corporation, incorporated by reference to Emmis Communications Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-73218. 4.9*** Form of Deposit Agreement, including as an exhibit thereto the form of depositary receipt for depositary shares. 5.1* Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison regarding the legality of the securities being registered. 5.2* Opinion of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP regarding the legality of the securities being registered. 12.1** Statements re computation of ratios. 23.1* Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (included in Exhibit 5.1). 23.2* Consent of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). 23.3* Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana. 23.4* Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Baltimore, Maryland. 23.5* Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. 23.6* Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP. 24.1** Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement). 25.1* Statement re eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 of the Emmis Communications Corporation Senior Debt Indenture. 25.2* Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 of the Emmis Communications Corporation Subordinated Debt Indenture. 25.3* Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 of the Emmis Operating Company Senior Debt Indenture. 25.4* Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 of the Emmis Operating Company Subordinated Debt Indenture. - ---------- * Filed herewith. ** Previously filed. *** Subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, to be filed by amendment or incorporated herein by reference. ITEM 17 - UNDERTAKINGS. Each Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: II-3 42 (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement; (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering; (4) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (5) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. (6) That for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of a registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective. (7) To file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the Trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses II-4 43 incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer, or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. II-5 44 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION By: /s/ Walter Z. Berger ---------------------------------------------- Name: Walter Z. Berger Title: Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------ and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------ Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer Walter Z. Berger and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------ Susan B. Bayh
II-6 45 * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Richard A. Leventhal * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Greg A. Nathanson * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Doyle L. Rose * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Frank V. Sica * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Lawrence B. Sorrel *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright --------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in Fact
II-7 46 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - -------------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - -------------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-8 47 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS RADIO CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - -------------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - -------------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-9 48 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS TELEVISION BROADCASTING, L.P. By Emmis Communications Corporation, its General Partner By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ---------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-10 49 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS PUBLISHING, L.P. By Emmis Communications Corporation, its General Partner By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-11 50 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS INDIANA BROADCASTING, L.P. By Emmis Communications Corporation, its General Partner By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
11-12 51 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS PUBLISHING CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-13 52 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS MEADOWLANDS CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-14 53 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. TOPEKA TELEVISION CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright --------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-15 54 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. SJL OF KANSAS CORP. By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright --------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-16 55 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright --------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-17 56 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS SOUTH AMERICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Randall D. Bongarten *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright --------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-18 57 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS LATIN AMERICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board of Directors, President June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- and Chief Executive Officer and Director Jeffrey H. Smulyan (Principal Executive Officer) * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Financial Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Randall D. Bongarten *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright --------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-19 58 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * President and Director (Principal Executive June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer) Doyle L. Rose * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan
II-20 59 * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Richard F. Cummings *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright --------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-21 60 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * President and Director (Principal Executive June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer) Doyle L. Rose * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan
II-22 61 * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Richard F. Cummings *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-23 62 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * President and Director (Principal Executive June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer) Doyle L. Rose * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan
II-24 63 * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Richard F. Cummings *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-25 64 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * President and Director (Principal Executive June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer) Doyle L. Rose * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan
II-26 65 * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Richard F. Cummings *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-27 66 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * President and Director (Principal Executive June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer) Doyle L. Rose * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan
II-28 67 * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Richard F. Cummings *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-29 68 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF WICHITA By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * President and Director (Principal Executive June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer) Doyle L. Rose * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan
II-30 69 * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Richard F. Cummings *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-31 70 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this amendment to the registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 21, 2001. EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF TOPEKA By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE ---------- ----- ---- * President and Director (Principal Executive June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer) Doyle L. Rose * Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Officer (Principal Financial Walter Z. Berger Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) * Director June 21, 2001 - ------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan
II-32 71 * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Gary L. Kaseff * Director June 21, 2001 - -------------------------- Richard F. Cummings *By: /s/ J. Scott Enright -------------------- J. Scott Enright Attorney-in-Fact
II-33 72 EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - ------ ----------- 1.1*** Form of Underwriting Agreement. 3.1 Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Communications Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Emmis Communication Corporation's Form 10-K/A for the year ended February 29, 2000. 3.2*** Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Communications Corporation relating to the Preferred Stock. 3.3 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Emmis Communications Corporation, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Emmis Communications Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended February 29, 2000. 3.4* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Operating Company. 3.5* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Operating Company. 3.6* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Radio Corporation and the amendment thereto. 3.7* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Radio Corporation. 3.8* Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of SJL of Kansas Corp. 3.9* Amended and Restated By-Laws of SJL of Kansas Corp. 3.10* Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Topeka Television Corporation 3.11* Amended and Restated By-Laws of Topeka Television Corporation. 3.12* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Meadowlands Corporation. 3.13* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Meadowlands Corporation. 3.14* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Publishing Corporation and articles of amendment thereto. 3.15* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Publishing Corporation. 3.16* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis International Broadcasting Corporation. 3.17* Bylaws of Emmis International Broadcasting Corporation. 3.18* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Latin America Broadcasting Corporation. 3.19* Code of By-Laws of Emmis Latin America Broadcasting Corporation. 3.20* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis South America Broadcasting Corporation. 3.21* Code of Bylaws of Emmis South America Broadcasting Corporation. 3.22* Agreement of Limited Partnership of Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P. 3.23* Certificate of Indiana Limited Partnership of Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P. and the amendment thereto. 3.24* Agreement of Limited Partnership of Emmis Publishing, L.P. 3.25* Certificate of Indiana Limited Partnership of Emmis Publishing, L.P. 3.26* Agreement of Limited Partnership of Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. and the first and second amendments thereto. 3.27* Certificate of Indiana Limited Partnership of Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. 3.28* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis License Corporation. 3.29* Bylaws of Emmis License Corporation. 3.30* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Radio License Corporation and the certificate of amendment thereto. 3.31* Bylaws of Emmis Radio License Corporation. 3.32* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Television License Corporation and the certificate of amendment thereto. 3.33* Bylaws of Emmis Television License Corporation. 3.34* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis License Corporation of New York. 3.35* Bylaws of Emmis License Corporation of New York. 3.36* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Radio License Corporation of New York. 3.37* Bylaws of Emmis Radio License Corporation of New York. 3.38* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Television License Corporation of Wichita. 3.39* Bylaws of Emmis Television License Corporation of Wichita. 3.40* Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Television License Corporation of Topeka. 3.41* Bylaws of Emmis Television License Corporation of Topeka. 4.1* Form of Senior Debt Indenture between Emmis Communications Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee, including as an exhibit thereto the form of note. 4.2* Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture between Emmis Communications Corporation and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee, including as an exhibit thereto the form of note.
II-34 73 4.3* Form of Senior Debt Indenture between Emmis Operating Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee, including as an exhibit thereto the form of note. 4.4* Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture between Emmis Operating Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee, including as an exhibit thereto the form of note. 4.5*** Form of Warrant Agreement for Common Stock of Emmis Communications Corporation including as an exhibit thereto the form of warrant certificate. 4.6*** Form of Warrant Agreement for Preferred Stock of Emmis Communications Corporation including as an exhibit thereto the form of warrant certificate. 4.7*** Form of Warrant Agreement for Debt Securities of Emmis Communications Corporation including as an exhibit thereto the form of warrant certificate. 4.8 Form of Certificate of the Class A Common Stock of Emmis Communications Corporation, incorporated by reference to Emmis Communications Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-73218. 4.9*** Form of Deposit Agreement, including as an exhibit thereto the form of depositary receipt for depositary shares. 5.1* Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison regarding the legality of the securities being registered. 5.2* Opinion of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP regarding the legality of the securities being registered. 12.1** Statements re computation of ratios. 23.1* Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (included in Exhibit 5.1). 23.2* Consent of Bose McKinney & Evans LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). 23.3* Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana. 23.4* Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, Baltimore, Maryland. 23.5* Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. 23.6* Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP. 24.1** Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement). 25.1* Statement re eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 of the Emmis Communications Corporation Senior Debt Indenture. 25.2* Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 of the Emmis Communications Corporation Subordinated Debt Indenture. 25.3* Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 of the Emmis Operating Company Senior Debt Indenture. 25.4* Statement of eligibility of trustee on Form T-1 of the Emmis Operating Company Subordinated Debt Indenture.
- ---------- * Filed herewith. ** Previously filed. *** Subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, to be filed by amendment or incorporated herein by reference. II-35
EX-3.4 2 c63012a1ex3-4.txt ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 1 Exhibit 3.4 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY The undersigned Incorporator, desiring to form a corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"), pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as now or hereafter amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), executed the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLE I Corporate Name The name of the Corporation is Emmis Operating Company. ARTICLE II Purposes This Corporation is formed for the purpose of transacting any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Act. The Corporation shall have the same capacity to act as possessed by natural persons and shall have and exercise all powers granted to business corporations formed under the Act and permitted by the laws of the State of Indiana in force from time to time hereafter, including, but not limited to, the general rights, privileges and powers set out in the Act, the power to enter into and engage in partnerships and joint ventures, and to act as agent. The Corporation shall have the power and capacity to engage in all business activities, either directly or through any person, firm, entity, trust, partnership or association. ARTICLE III Term of Existence The period during which the Corporation shall continue is perpetual. 2 ARTICLE IV Registered Office and Registered Agent The street address of the registered office of the Corporation is 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and the name of the registered agent at that address is J. Scott Enright. ARTICLE V Authorized Shares The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares consisting of one thousand (1,000) nonassessable shares without par value. ARTICLE VI Terms of Authorized Shares Section 6.01. Terms. All shares are of one and the same class with equal rights, privileges, powers, obligations, liabilities, duties and restrictions. These shares may be issued for any consideration consistent with the Act, including tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation, at such price and amount per share as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Section 6.02. Dividends. The shareholders shall be entitled to receive dividends as declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Act; dividends may be paid in cash, property or in authorized but unissued shares of the Corporation. Section 6.03. Payment on Dissolution. In the event of voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation, the shareholders shall be entitled, after payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation, to share ratably in the remaining assets of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII Voting Rights Section 7.01. Voting Rights. Every shareholder of the Corporation shall have the right, at every shareholders' meeting, to one vote for each share standing in the shareholder's name on the books of the Corporation as of the record date for such meeting. 2 3 Section 7.02. Shareholder Action. Except as otherwise provided in the Act or these Articles of Incorporation, all actions taken by the shareholders shall be by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote, including but not limited to an election of directors. ARTICLE VIII Board of Directors The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors shall be one (1). Thereafter, the number of directors shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation. ARTICLE IX Data Respecting Initial Directors The name and address of the initial members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation are as follows:
Name Address City and State ---- ------- -------------- Jeffrey M. Smulyan 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
ARTICLE X Data Respecting Incorporator The name and address of the Incorporator of the Corporation are David L. Wills, 2700 First Indiana Plaza, 135 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. ARTICLE XI Certificates for Shares Each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate certifying the number of shares owned by such shareholder in the Corporation. 3 4 ARTICLE XII Indemnification Section 12.1. General. The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent to which it is empowered to do so by the Act, or any other applicable laws, as from time to time in effect, indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether formal or informal, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or who, while serving as such a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, whether for profit or not, against expenses (including counsel fees), judgments, settlements, penalties and fines (including excise taxes assessed with respect to employee benefit plans) actually or reasonably incurred by such person in accordance with such action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed, in the case of conduct in his or her official capacity, was in the best interests of the Corporation, and in all other cases, was not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, such person either had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct. Section 12.2. Authorization of Indemnification. To the extent that a director or officer of the Corporation has been wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 12.1, or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Corporation shall indemnify such person against expenses (including counsel fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Any other indemnification under Section 12.1 (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 director or officer is permissible in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct. Such determination shall be made (i) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not at the time parties to such action, suit or proceeding; or (ii) if a quorum cannot be obtained under clause (i), by a majority vote of a committee duly designated by the Board of Directors (in which designation directors who are parties may participate), consisting solely of two or more directors not at the time parties to such action, suit or proceeding; or (iii) by special legal counsel (A) selected by the Board of Directors or its committee in the manner prescribed in clauses (i) or (ii), or (B) if a quorum of the Board of Directors cannot be obtained under clause (i) and a committee cannot be designated under clause (ii), selected by a majority vote of the full Board of Directors (in which selection directors who are parties may participate); or (iv) by the stockholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of directors or officers who are at the time parties to such action, suit or proceeding may not be voted on the determination. Authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible, except that if the 4 5 determination is made by special legal counsel, authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made by those entitled under foregoing clause (iii) to select counsel. Section 12.3. Good Faith. For purposes of any determination under Section 12.1, a person shall be deemed to have acted in good faith and to have otherwise met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 12.1 if his or her action is based on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by (i) one or more officers or employees of the Corporation or other enterprise whom he or she reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented; (ii) legal counsel, public accountants, appraisers or other persons as to matters he or she reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence; or (iii) a committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation or other enterprise of which the person is not a member if he or she reasonably believes the committee merits confidence. The term "other enterprise" as used in this Section 12.3 shall mean any other corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which such person is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, partner, trustee, employee or agent. The provisions of this Section 12.3 shall not be exclusive or limit in any way the circumstances in which a person may be deemed to have met the applicable standards of conduct set forth in Section 12.1. Section 12.4. Payment of Expenses in Advance. Expenses incurred in connection with any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid for or reimbursed by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, as authorized in the specific case in the same manner described in Section 12.2, upon receipt of the director or officer's written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct described in Section 12.1 and upon receipt of a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she did not meet the standard of conduct set forth in this Article XII, and a determination is made that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification under this Article XII. Section 12.5. Other Indemnitees. The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, indemnify employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect and pursuant to the same procedures as provided in this Article XII for directors and officers. Section 12.6. Provisions Not Exclusive. The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled under these Articles of Incorporation, the Corporation's By-Laws, any resolution of the Board of Directors or stockholders, any other authorization, whenever adopted, after notice, by a majority vote of all voting shares of the Corporation then outstanding, or any contract, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to serve in his or her official capacity, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. 5 6 Section 12.7. Vested Right to Indemnification. The right of any person to indemnification under this Article shall vest at the time of occurrence or performance of any event, act or omission giving rise to any action, suit or proceeding of the nature referred to in Section 12.1 and, once vested, shall not later be impaired as a result of any amendment, repeal, alteration or other modification of any or all of the provisions of this Article XII. Section 12.8. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against or incurred by the individual in that capacity or arising from the individual's status as a director, officer, employee or agent, whether or not the Corporation would have power to indemnify the individual against the same liability under this Article XII. ARTICLE XIII Business Combination Chapter The provisions of I.C. 23-1-43-1 et seq. of the Act are not applicable to the Corporation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator designated in Article X, executes these Articles of Incorporation this 30th day of May, 2001. /s/ David L. Wills ------------------------------------ David L. Wills, Incorporator 6
EX-3.5 3 c63012a1ex3-5.txt CODE OF BY-LAWS 1 Exhibit 3.5 CODE OF BY-LAWS OF EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY ARTICLE I IDENTIFICATION AND OFFICES Section 1.01. Name. The name of the Corporation is Emmis Operating Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"). Section 1.02. Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation shall be as provided and designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, from time to time, change its registered office or registered agent. On or before the day that any such change is to become effective, a certificate of such change shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana. Section 1.03. Other Offices. The Corporation may establish and maintain such other offices, within or without the State of Indiana, as are from time to time authorized by the Board of Directors. The principal office of the Corporation is at 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. ARTICLE II MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 2.01. Place of Meeting. All meetings of the Shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Indiana or at such other place within or without the 2 State of Indiana as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chairman of the Board, or the President, or by written consent of all the Shareholders entitled to vote thereat. Section 2.02. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the Shareholders, for election of Directors and for transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held on such date as the Board of Directors or the President shall establish. Section 2.03 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by Indiana law or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman of the Board, by the President, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting upon delivery to the Corporation's Secretary of one or more written demands, signed and dated, describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held. Section 2.04. Notice of Meetings. There shall be mailed or sent by express delivery, to each Shareholder, shown by the books of the Corporation to be a holder of record of voting shares, at the Shareholder's address as shown by the books of the Corporation, a notice setting out the time and place of each annual meeting and each special meeting, except where the meeting is an adjourned meeting and the date, time and place of the meeting were announced at the time of adjournment. Such notice shall be mailed or sent by express delivery not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. However, notice of a meeting at which (i) an agreement of merger or exchange, or (ii) the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the Corporation's property otherwise than in the normal course of business, is to be considered shall be mailed or sent by express delivery to all Shareholders of record, whether or not entitled to vote, not 3 less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. Every notice of any special meeting called pursuant to this Section 2.04 shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called, and the business transacted at all special meeting shall be confined to the purpose stated in the notice. Section 2.05 Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing by a Shareholder, before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Attendance by a Shareholder at a meeting in person or by proxy: (a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting unless the Shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to the holding of the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (b) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the Shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. Section 2.06. Quorum, Adjourned Meetings. At any meeting of Shareholders, a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. The act of a majority of the shares represented at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Directors of the Corporation shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. In case a quorum shall not be present at a meeting, those present may adjourn to such day as they shall, by majority vote, agree upon, and a notice of such adjournment shall be mailed to each Shareholder entitled to vote at least ten (10) days before such adjourned meeting. If a quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At adjourned meetings at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as 4 originally noticed. If a quorum is present, the Shareholders may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Shareholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 2.07. Voting. At each meeting of the Shareholders, every Shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months unless a longer period is expressly provided for in the appointment. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors to prohibit voting pursuant to Section 5.05 of these By-Laws, each Shareholder, unless the Articles of Incorporation or statute provide otherwise, shall have one vote fore each share having voting power registered in such Shareholder's name on the books of the Corporation. Jointly owned shares may be voted by any joint owner unless the Corporation receives written notice from any one of them denying the authority of that person to vote those shares. Upon the demand of any Shareholder, the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote and represented at the meeting at the time of the vote unless otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws. Section 2.08 Closing of Books. The Board of Directors may fix a time, not exceeding seventy (70) days preceding the date of any meeting of Shareholders, as a record date from the determination of the Shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after any record date so fixed. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. If the Board of Directors fails to fix a record date from determination of the Shareholders entitled to notice of, an to vote at, any meeting of Shareholders, the record date shall be the twentieth (20th) day preceding the date of such meeting. 5 Section 2.09. Organization of Meetings. The Chairman of the Board, or in his absence the President or any person appointed by the Chairman of the Board, shall preside at and act as chairman of all meetings of the Shareholders; and the Secretary, or in his absence any person appointed by the Chairman of the Board, shall act as secretary of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at every meeting of the Shareholders may be determined by the presiding officer. Section 2.10. Action Without a Meeting. Any action which may lawfully be taken at a Shareholders' meeting may be taken without a meeting if authorized in writing or writings signed by all of the holders of shares who would be entitled to notice of a meeting for such purpose. Such action shall be effective on the date on which the last signature is placed on such writing or writings, or such earlier effective date as is set forth therein. If any action so taken requires a certificate to be filed with the office of the Secretary of State, the officer signing the same shall state therein that the action was effected in the manner aforesaid. Section 2.11 Conference Communications. Any Shareholder may participate in an annual or special meeting of the Shareholders by, or through use of, any means of communication by which all Shareholders participating in the meeting can simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. Participation by such Shareholder by this means shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at such meeting. ARTICLE III BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 3.01. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the authority of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the 6 Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 3.02. Number, Qualification and Term of Office. The Corporation shall have one (1) Director who does not need to be a Shareholder. The Director shall hold office until the annual meeting of Shareholders next held after the Director's election and until the Director's successors shall have been elected and qualified, or until the earlier death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of the Director. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at each Board of Directors meeting, and in his absence, the President or any person appointed by the Chairman of the Board shall preside at the meeting. Section 3.03. Board Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held from time to time at such time and place within or without the State of Indiana as may be designated in the notice of such meeting. Section 3.04. Calling Meetings; Notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President by giving at least twenty-four (24) hours' notice, or by any other Director by giving at least five (5) days' notice, of the date, time and place thereof to each Director by mail, express delivery, telephone, telegram or in person. Section 3.05. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors may be waived by any Director either before, at, or after such meeting by a writing signed by such Director. A Director, by attendance at any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting, unless the Director at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. 7 Section 3.06. Quorum and Action. A majority of the Directors holding office immediately prior to a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting. Section 3.07 Conference Communications. Any or all Directors may participate in any annual or special meeting of the Directors, or of any duly constituted committee thereof, by, or through use of, any means of communication by which all Directors participating in the meeting can simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. Participation by such Director or Directors by this means shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 3.08. Vacancies; Newly Created Directorships. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, including any vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of Directors, may be filled by (i) a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of the Shareholders or (ii) a majority vote of the Shareholders. Section 3.09. Removal. Any or all of the Directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause: (a) by the affirmative vote of the Shareholders holding a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of Directors (except, however, as limited by I.C. Section 23-1-33-8(c), as amended, when less than the entire Board is removed and the Shareholders have the right to cumulate their votes), and (b) in such other manner as permitted by Indiana law. In the event the entire Board of Directors or any one or more Directors are so removed, new Directors shall be elected at the same meeting. Section 3.10. Committees. A resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors may establish committees having the authority of the Board in the management of the business of the Corporation to the extent provided in the resolution and may 8 appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Committees are subject to the direction and control of, and vacancies in the membership thereof shall be filled by, the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided by Indiana law. A majority of the members of the committee present at a meeting is a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger or small proportion or number is provided in a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present. Section 3.11. Written Consents. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if, prior to such action, a consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed by all members of the Board of Directors and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings. Such action shall be effective on the date on which the last signature is placed on such writing or writings, or such earlier effective date as is set forth therein. Section 3.12. Resignations. Any Director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice, or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Section 3.13. Compensation of Directors. By resolution of the Board of Directors, each Director may be paid the Director's expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated amount as Director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or both. No such payment shall preclude a Director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed, pursuant to resolution by the Board of Directors, like compensation for attending committee meetings. 9 ARTICLE IV OFFICERS Section 4.01. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board, a President, one or more Vice Presidents (which may include an Executive Vice President), a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers, or such other officers as they deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 4.02 Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect or appoint, by resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors present, from within or without their number, the officers provided for in Section 4.01, each of whom shall have the powers, rights, duties, responsibilities, and terms of office provided for in these By-Laws or a resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent therewith. Except for the Chairman of the Board, no officer need be a director. The President and all other officers, except the Chairman of the Board, who may be Directors, shall continue to hold office until the election and qualification of their successors, notwithstanding an earlier termination of their directorship. Section 4.03. Removal and Vacancies. Any elective officer may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by majority vote of the entire Board of Directors. Such removal, however, shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of the person so removed. If there be a vacancy among the officers of the Corporation by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors. 10 Section 4.04. The Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and Directors and shall have such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. He may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is delegated by the Articles or these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Section 4.05. President. The President shall have general active management of the business of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, he shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and Directors. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless such authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is delegated by the Articles or these By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. He shall maintain records of and, whenever necessary, certify all proceedings of the Board of Directors and the Shareholders, and in general, shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of the President. He shall have such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4.05.1. Radio Division President. The Radio Division President, if one is elected, shall have general active management of all radio operations of the Corporation. He may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other 11 instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. He shall have such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4.05.2. International Division President. The International Division President, if one is elected, shall have general active management of all international operations of the Corporation. He may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. He shall have such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4.05.3. Television Division President. The Television Division President, if one is elected, shall have general active management of all television operations of the Corporation. He may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts, or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. He shall have such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4.06. Executive Vice President and other Vice Presidents. The Executive Vice Presidents and any other Vice Presidents shall have such powers and shall perform such duties specified in these By-Laws or prescribed by the Board of Directors or the President. Any Executive Vice President may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, 12 bonds, contracts, or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Section 4.07. Secretary. The Secretary shall be the secretary of and shall attend all meetings of the Shareholders and Board of Directors record all proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of the Corporation. He shall give proper notice of meetings of Shareholders and Directors. He shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4.08. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, if any, or if there shall be more then one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors or the President, shall in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform such other duties and have such powers and duties as the Board of Directors or the President may prescribed from time to time. An Assistant Secretary may, in the event or absence of the Secretary, attest to the execution by the Corporation of all documents. Section 4.09. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall maintain a correct and complete record of account showing accurately at all times the financial condition of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall be the legal custodian of all monies, notes, securities and other valuables which may from time to time come into the possession of the Corporation. The Treasurer shall immediately deposit all funds of the Corporation coming into his hands in some reliable bank or other depositary to be designated by the Board of Directors and shall keep such bank account in the name of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors or the President. 13 Section 4.10. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors or the President, shall in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such powers and duties as the Board of Directors or the President may prescribe from time to time. Section 4.11. Delegation of Authority. In the case of the absence or disability of the President, the Radio Division President, the Television Division President, the Executive Vice Presidents and other Vice Presidents shall succeed to the President's power and duties in the order designated by the Board of Directors or the President. In the case of the absence of any officer or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any Director, for the time being, provided a majority of the entire Board concurs therein. ARTICLE V CERTIFICATES OF STOCK Section 5.01. Certificates of Stock. All shares of the Corporation shall be certificated shares. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President or the Executive Vice President and the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by the Shareholder in the Corporation. The certificates of stock shall be numbered in the order of their issue. Each certificate shall set forth the number of shares and series, if any, and shall state that the Corporation 14 will furnish information relating to the rights, preferences and limitations of the class or series upon request. Section 5.02. Issuance of Shares. The Board of Directors is authorized to cause to be issued shares of the Corporation up to the full amount authorized by the Articles of Incorporation in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Directors and as may be permitted by law. If shares are issued for promissory notes or for promises to render services in the future, the Corporation must comply with I.C. Section 23-1-53-2(b), as amended. Section 5.03. Facsimile Signatures. Where a certificate is signed (a) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent, or (b) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and a registrar, the signature of the Chairman of the Board, the President, Executive Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary may be a facsimile. In case any officer or officers who have signed or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation. Section 5.04. Transfers of Stock. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors to prohibit transfer of stock ownership pursuant to Section 5.05, upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanies by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to 15 issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Section 5.05. Restriction on Ownership, Voting and Transfer. In accordance with the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Communications Act"), and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC Regulations"), the Board of Directors may (i) prohibit the ownership or voting of more than twenty percent (20%) of the Corporation's outstanding capital stock by or for the account of aliens or their representatives or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country (collectively, "Aliens"), or by or for corporations of which any officer is an Alien, more than one-fourth (1/4) of its directors are Aliens, or of which more than one-fourth (1/4) of its capital stock is owned of record or voted by Aliens; (ii) prohibit any transfer of the Corporation's stock which would cause more than twenty percent (20%) of the Corporation's outstanding capital stock to be owned or voted by or for any person or entity designated in the foregoing clause (i); and (iii) prohibit the ownership, voting or transfer of any portion of its outstanding capital stock to the extent the ownership, voting or transfer of such portion would cause the Corporation to violate any provision of the Communications Act or FCC Regulations. ARTICLE VI INDEMNIFICATION OF CERTAIN PERSONS Section 6.01. The Corporation shall indemnify such person, for such expenses and liabilities, in such manner, under such circumstances, and to such extent as permitted by I.C. Section 23-1-37, as now enacted or hereafter amended, and as provided and designated in the Articles of Incorporation. 16 ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 7.01. Dividends. Subject to provisions of applicable law and the Articles of Incorporation, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock. Section 7.02. Record Date. Subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may fix a date not exceeding 120 days preceding the date fixed for the payment of any dividend as the record date for the determination of the Shareholders entitled to receive payment of the dividend and, in such case, only Shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to receive payment of such dividend notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after the record date. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. Section 7.03. Annual Statement. The Board of Directors shall present at any annual or special meeting of the Shareholders when called for by vote of the Shareholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation. Section 7.04. Checks. All agreements, checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. If no such designation is made, they may be signed by either the Chairman of the Board, the President, Executive Vice President or Secretary, singly. 17 Section 7.05. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and in the absence of such resolution, the Corporation shall have a February 28/29 fiscal year. Section 7.06. Seal. The Corporation shall have no corporate seal. ARTICLE VIII AMENDMENTS Section 8.01. The power to make, alter, amend or repeal this Code of By-Laws is vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but such action shall be taken only at a meeting of the Board of Directors specifically called for such purpose. If such meeting is properly called, these By-Laws may be repealed, altered or amended, or new By-Laws adopted, by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. EX-3.6 4 c63012a1ex3-6.txt ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS RADIO CORP. 1 Exhibit 3.6 AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NEW YORK The above corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"), existing pursuant to the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as amended, (the "Act"), desiring to give notice of corporate action effectuating an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation, sets forth the following facts: ARTICLE I Section I: Date of Incorporation of the Corporation is July 3, 1986. Section II: The name of the Corporation following this amendment is Emmis Radio Corporation. Section III: That Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation be amended to read as follows: ARTICLE I Identification "The name of the Corporation is Emmis Radio Corporation." ARTICLE II The Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation by Written Consent dated December 8, 2000, and the Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was submitted to the Shareholders of the Corporation for approval in the same instrument. The proposed Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was approved by all of the shareholders of the Corporation by a Written Consent executed by all of the shareholders dated as of December 8, 2000. The manner of the adoption of the Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation and the vote by which they were adopted constitute full legal compliance with the provisions of the Act, the Articles of Incorporation and the Code of By-Laws of the Corporation. Executed this 8th day of December, 2000. /s/ Jeffrey H. Smulyan ------------------------------------------ Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Chairman of the Board 2 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NEW YORK The undersigned incorporator, desiring to form a Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") pursuant to the provisions of The Indiana Business Corporation Law, as now or hereafter amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), executes the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLE I Identification The name of the Corporation is EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. ARTICLE II Purposes This Corporation is formed for the purpose of transacting any or all lawful business for which corporation may be incorporated under the Act. The Corporation shall have the same capacity to act as possessed by natural persons and shall have and exercise all powers granted to business corporations formed under the Act and permitted by the laws of the State of Indiana in force from time to time hereafter, including, but not limited to, the general rights, privileges and powers set out in the Act, the power to enter into and engage in partnerships and joint ventures, and to act as agent. The Corporation shall have the power and capacity to engage in all business activities, either directly or through any person, firm, entity, trust, partnership or association. ARTICLE III Term of Existence The period during which the Corporation shall continue is perpetual. ARTICLE IV Registered Office and Registered Agent 3 The street address of the registered office of the Corporation is 1099 North Meridian Street, Suite 1197, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and the name of the registered agent at such address is Steven C. Crane. ARTICLE V Authorized Shares The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares consisting of one thousand (1,000) nonassessable shares having a par value of $.01 per share. ARTICLE VI Terms of Authorized Shares Section 6.01. Terms. All shares are of one and the same class with equal rights, privileges, powers, obligations, liabilities, duties and restrictions. These shares may be issued for any consideration consistent with the Act, including tangible or intangible property or benefit to the corporation, at such price and amount per share as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Section 6.02. Dividends. The Shareholders shall be entitled to receive dividends as declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Act; dividends may be paid in cash, property or in authorized shares of the Corporation consisting of either treasury shares or its authorized but unissued shares. Section 6.03. Payment on Dissolution. In the event of voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation, the Shareholders shall be entitled, after payment of all debts and liabilities of the corporation, to share equally in the remaining assets of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII Voting Rights Every Shareholder of the Corporation shall have the right, at every Shareholders' meeting, to one vote for each share standing in his name on the books of the Corporation. 4 ARTICLE VIII Initial Stated Capital The corporation will not commence business until consideration of the value of at least One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) has been received at its initial stated capital for the issuance of its shares; provided, however, that after August 1, 1987, or such sooner date as specified by the Board of Directors in the event that the Corporation makes an election to be governed by the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation Law prior to August 1, 1987, this Article VIII shall be null and void. ARTICLE IX Board of Directors Section 9.01. The number of Directors constituting the initial board of Directors shall be two (2). Thereafter, the number of Directors shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation. Section 9.02. Reliance by Directors on books of Account, Etc. Each Director of the Corporation shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon (a) the books of account of the Corporation, or (b) statements prepared by any of its officers and employees as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and net profits of the Corporation, or any of such items, or (c) statements or advice made by or prepared by an officer or employee of the Corporation, or any accountant, attorney, or other person or firm employed by the Corporation to render advice or service. Section 9.03. Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Agents. The Corporation shall indemnify any person made a party to an action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation against liability and expenses to the full extent allowable under the Act. ARTICLE X Data Respecting Directors The names and post office addresses of the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation are as follows: Name Address City and State --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan 1099 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Suite 1197 5 Steven C. Crane 1099 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Suite 1197 ARTICLE XI Data Respecting Incorporator The name and address of the incorporator of the Corporation is David L. Wills, Bose McKinney & Evans, 1100 First Indiana Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. ARTICLE XII Indiana Business Corporation Law After the earlier of August 1, 1987 or the effective date of an election by the Board of Directors to have the Corporation governed by the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation law, the term "Act" as used herein shall mean the Indiana Business Corporation Law as hereafter amended. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator designated in Article XI, executes these Articles of Incorporation and certifies to the trust of the facts herein stated, this 3rd day of July, 1986. /s/ David L. Wills ------------------------------- David L. Wills 6 I HEREBY VERIFY SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY THAT THE FACTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE TRUE. /s/ David L. Wills -------------------------------- David L. Wills, Incorporator This instrument was prepared by David L. Wills, Attorney at Law, 1100 First Indiana Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. EX-3.7 5 c63012a1ex3-7.txt CODE OF BY-LAWS OF EMMIS RADIO CORPORATION 1 Exhibit 3.7 CODE OF BY-LAWS OF EMMIS RADIO CORPORATION ARTICLE I Identification and Offices Section 1.1. Name. The name of the corporation is Emmis Broadcasting Corporation of New York (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"). Section 1.2. Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation shall be as provided and designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, from time to time, change its registered office or registered agent. On or before the day that any such change is to become effective, a certificate of such change shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana. Section 1.3. Other Offices. The Corporation may establish and maintain such other offices, within or without the State of Indiana, as are from time to time authorized by the Board of Directors. The principal office or the Corporation is at 1099 North Meridian Street, Suite 1197, Indianapolis, Indiana. ARTICLE II Meetings of Shareholders Section 2.1. Place of Meeting. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Indiana or at such other place within or without the State of Indiana as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, by the President, or by written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat. Section 2.2. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for election of Directors and for transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held on such date as the Board of Directors or the President shall establish. Section 2.3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by Indiana law or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the President, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of at least twenty-five 2 percent (25%) of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue Proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting upon delivery to the Corporation's Secretary of one or more written demands, signed and dated, describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held. Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings. There shall be mailed, or sent by express delivery, to each shareholder, shown by the books of the Corporation to be a holder of record of voting shares, at his address as shown by the books of the Corporation, a notice setting out the time and place of each annual meeting and each special meeting, except where the meeting is an adjourned meeting and the date, time and place of the meeting were announced at the time of adjournment. Such notice shall be mailed or sent by express delivery not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. However, notice of a meeting at which (i) an agreement of merger or exchange, or (ii) the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the Corporation's property otherwise than in the usual and ordinary course of business, is to be considered shall be mailed or sent by express delivery to all shareholders of record, whether or not entitled to vote, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. Every notice of any special meeting called pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called, and the business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purpose stated in the notice. Section 2.5. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing by a shareholder, before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Attendance by a shareholder at a meeting in person or by proxy: (a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to the holding of the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (b) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. -2- 3 Section 2.6. Quorum, Adjourned Meetings. At any meeting of shareholders, a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. The act of a majority of the shares represented at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, directors of the Corporation shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. In case a quorum shall not be present at a meeting, those present may adjourn to such day as they shall, by majority vote, agree upon, and a notice of such adjournment shall be mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote at least ten (10) days before such adjourned meeting. If a quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At adjourned meetings at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If a quorum is present, the shareholders may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 2.7. Voting. At each meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months unless a longer period is expressly provided for in the appointment. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors to prohibit voting pursuant to Section 5.7 of these By-Laws, each shareholder, unless the Articles of Incorporation or statute provide otherwise, shall have one vote for each share having voting power registered in such shareholder's name on the books of the Corporation. Jointly owned shares may be voted by any joint owner unless the Corporation receives written notice from any one of them denying the authority of that person to vote those shares. Upon the demand of any shareholder, the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the number of -3- 4 shares entitled to vote and represented at the meeting at the time of the vote unless otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws. Section 2.8. Closing of Books. The Board of Directors may fix a time, not exceeding seventy (70) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after any record date so fixed. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. If the Board of Directors fails to fix a record date for determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, the record date shall be the twentieth (20th) day preceding the date of such meeting. Section 2.9. Organization of Meetings. Unless a Chairman of the Board has beer elected, the President shall act as Chairman at all meetings of the shareholders, and in his absence any person appointed by the President shall act as Chairman; and the Secretary, or in his absence any person appointed by the Chairman, shall act as Secretary. Section 2.10. Action Without a Meeting. Any action which may lawfully be taken at a shareholders' meeting may be taken without a meeting if authorized by a writing or writings signed by all of the holders of shares who would be entitled to a notice of a meeting for such purpose. Such action shall be effective on the date on which the last signature is placed on such writing or writings, or such earlier effective date as is set forth therein. If any action so taken requites a certificate to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the officer signing the same shall state therein that the action was effected in the manner aforesaid. Section 2.11. Conference Communications. Any shareholder may participate in an annual or special meeting of the shareholders by, or through use of, any means of communication by which all shareholders participating in the meeting can simultaneously hear -4- 5 each other during the meeting. Participation by such shareholder by this means shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at such meeting. ARTICLE III Board of Directors Section 3.1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the authority of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Section 3.2. Number, Qualification and Term of Office. The Corporation shall have two (2) directors who need not be shareholders. Each of the directors shall hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders next held after such director's election and until such director's successor shall nave been elected and shall qualify, or until the earlier death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of such director. Section 3.3. Board Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held from time to time at such time and place within or without the State of Indiana as may be designated in the notice of such meeting. Section 3.4. Calling Meetings; Notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President by giving at least twenty-four (24) hours' notice, or by any other director by giving at least five (5) days' notice, of the date, time and place thereof to each director by mail, express delivery, telephone, telegram or in person. Section 3.5. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors may be waived by any director either before, at, or after such meeting by a writing signed by such director. A director, by his attendance at any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting, unless the director at the beginning of the meeting -5- 6 objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Section 3.6. Quorum and Action. A majority of the directors holding office immediately prior to a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting. Section 3.7. Conference Communications. Any or all directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any duly constituted committee thereof, by any means of communication through which the directors may simultaneously hear each other during such meeting. For the purposes of establishing a quorum and taking any action at the meeting, such directors participating pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall be deemed present in person at the meeting, and the place of the meeting shall be the place of origination of the conference communication. Section 3.8. Vacancies; Newly Created Directorships. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, including any vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 3.9. Removal. Any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause: (a) by the affirmative vote of the shareholders holding a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors (except, however, as limited by I.C. 23-1-33-8(c), as amended, when less than the entire Board is removed and the shareholders have the right to cumulate their votes), and (b) in such other manner as permitted by Indiana law. In the event the entire Board of Directors or any one or more directors are so removed, new directors shall be elected at the same meeting. Section 3.10. Committees. A resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors may establish committees having the authority of the Board in the -6- 7 management of the business of the Corporation to the extent provided in the resolution and may appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Committees are subject to the direction and control of, and vacancies in the membership thereof shall be filled by, the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided under Indiana law. A majority of the members of the committee present at a meeting is a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger or smaller proportion or number is provided in a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors Present. Section 3.11. Written Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if, prior to such action, a consent in writing setting for the action so taken shall be signed by all members of the Board of Directors and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings. Such action shall be effective on the date on which the last signature is placed on such writing or writings or such earlier effective date as is set forth therein. Section 3.12. Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice, or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Section 3.13. Compensation of Directors. By resolution of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated amount as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or both. No such payment shall preclude a director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed, pursuant to resolution by the Board of Directors, like compensation for attending committee meetings. -7- 8 ARTICLE IV Officers Section 4.1. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board, a President, at least one Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers, or such other officers as they deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 4.2. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect or appoint, by resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, from within or without their number, the officers provided for in Section 4.1. each of whom shall have the powers, rights, duties, responsibilities, and terms in office provided for in these By-Laws or a resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent therewith. The President and all other officers who may be directors shall continue to hold office until the election and qualification of their successors, notwithstanding an earlier termination of their directorship. Section 4.3. Removal and Vacancies. Any elective officer may be removed from his office at any time, with or without cause, by majority vote of the entire Board of Directors. Such removal, however, shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of the person so removed. If there be a vacancy among the officers of the Corporation by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors. Section 4.4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors and shall have such other duties as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the Board of Directors. He may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the -8- 9 Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Section 4.5. President. The President shall have general active management of the business of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. He shall maintain records of and, whenever necessary, certify all proceedings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders, and in general, shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of the President. He shall have such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Section 4.5.1. Radio Division President. The Radio Division President, if one is elected, shall be the chief operating officer and shall have general active management of all radio operations of the Corporation. He may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. He shall have such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. In the event of the absence or disability of the President, he shall succeed to the President's power and duties. Section 4.6. Executive Vice President and Other Vice Presidents. The Executive Vice President and each other Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as -9- 10 may be specified in the By-Laws or prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. The Executive Vice President may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is requited by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. In the event of the absence or disability of the President, Vice Presidents shall succeed to his power and duties in the order designated by the Board of Directors or by the President. Section 4.7. Secretary. The Secretary shall be secretary of and shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors and shall record all proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of the Corporation. He shall give proper notice of meetings of shareholders and directors. He shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. Section 4.8. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, if any, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors of by the President. shall in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time Prescribe. Section 4.9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall maintain a correct and complete record of account showing accurately at all times the financial condition of the Corporation. He shall be the legal custodian of all monies, notes, securities and other valuables which may from time to time come into the possession of the Corporation. He shall immediately deposit all funds of the Corporation coming into his hands in some reliable bank or other depository to be designated by the Board of Directors and shall keep such bank account in the name of the Corporation and shall -10- 11 perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. Section 4.10. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors or by the President, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe. Section 4.11. Assistant Officers. Such assistant officers as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate and elect shall have such powers and duties as the officers whom they are elected to assist shall specify and delegate to them and such other powers and duties as the By-Laws, the President or the Board of Directors may prescribe. An Assistant Secretary may, in the event of the absence or disability of the Secretary, attest to the execution by the Corporation of all documents. Section 4.12. Delegation of Authority. In the case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any Director, for the time being, provided a majority of the entire Board concurs therein. ARTICLE V Certificates of Stock Section 5.1. Certificates of Stock. All shares of the Corporation shall be certificated shares. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by the President or the Executive Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. The certificates of stock shall be numbered in the order of their issue. Each certificate shall set forth the number -11- 12 and class of shares and series, if any, and shall state that the Corporation will furnish information relating to the rights, preferences and limitations of the class or series upon request. Section 5.2. Issuance of Shares. The Board of Directors is authorized to cause to be issued shares of the Corporation up to the full amount authorized by the Articles of Incorporation in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Directors and as may be permitted by law. If shares are issued for promissory notes or for promises to tender services in the future, the Corporation must comply with I.C. 23-1-53-2(b). Section 5.3. Facsimile Signatures. Where a certificate is signed (a) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent, or (b) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and a registrar, the signature of the President, Executive Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary may be a facsimile. In case any officer or officers who have signed or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation. Section 5.4. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. Any shareholder claiming a certificate for shares to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall make an affidavit of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors or President shall require and shall, if the Board of Directors so requites, give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in a form, in an amount, and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors or President, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim which may be made against it on account of the reissue of such certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued in the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. -12- 13 Section 5.5. Transfers of Stock. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors to prohibit transfer of stock ownership pursuant to Section 5.7, upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Section 5.6. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Indiana. Section 5.7. Restriction on Ownership, Voting and Transfer. In accordance with the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Communications Act"), and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC Regulations"), the Board of Directors may (i) prohibit the ownership or voting of more than twenty percent (20%) of the Corporation's outstanding capital stock by or for the account of aliens or their representatives or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country (collectively, "Aliens"), or by or for corporations of which any officer is an Alien, more than one-fourth (1/4) of its directors are Aliens, or of which more than one-fourth (1/4) of its capital stock is owned of record or voted by Aliens, (ii) prohibit any transfer of the Corporation's stock which would cause more than twenty percent (20%) of the Corporations' outstanding capital stock to be owned or voted by or for any person or entity designated in foregoing clause (r); and (iii) prohibit the ownership, voting or transfer of any portion of its outstanding capital -13- 14 stock to the extent the ownership, voting or transfer of such portion would cause the Corporation to violate any provision of the Communications Act or the FCC Regulations. ARTICLE VI Indemnification of Certain Persons Section 6.1. The Corporation shall indemnify such persons, for such expenses and liabilities, in such manner, under such circumstances, and to such extent as permitted by I.C. 23-1-37, as now enacted or hereafter amended. ARTICLE VII General Provisions Section 7.1. Dividends. Subject to provisions of applicable law and the Articles of Incorporation, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in Property or in shares of the capital stock. Section 7.2. Record Date. Subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may fix a date not exceeding 120 days preceding the date fixed for the payment of any dividend as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive payment of the dividend and, in such case, only shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to receive payment of such dividend notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after the record date. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. -14- 15 Section 7.3. Annual Statement. The Board of Directors shall present at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders when called for by vote of the shareholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation. Section 7.4. Checks. All agreements, checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. If no such designation is made, they may be signed by either the President, Executive Vice President, or Secretary, singly. Section 7.5. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and in the absence of such resolution, the Corporation shall have a February 29 fiscal year. Section 7.6. Seal. The Corporation shall have no corporate seal. ARTICLE VIII Amendments Section 8.1. The power to make, alter, amend or repeal this Code of By-Laws is vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but such action shall be taken only (i) by a majority of the full Board of Directors at either an annual meeting or a special meeting specifically called for such purpose, or (ii) by written consent signed by all members of the Board of Directors. Section 8.2. Amendments to be Consistent with Applicable Law. Any amendment of these By-Laws shall be consistent with the Articles of Incorporation and Provisions of applicable law then in effect, including without limitation, the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. -15- 16 ARTICLE IX Securities of Other Corporations Section 9.1. Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the President shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to purchase, sell, transfer, encumber of vote any and all securities of any other corporation owned by the Corporation, and may execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such purchase, sale, transfer, encumbrance or vote. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, confer like powers upon any other person or persons. ARTICLE X Business Combinations Chapter 43 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law (IC 23-1-43) governing Business Combinations shall be inapplicable to the Corporation. -16- EX-3.8 6 c63012a1ex3-8.txt AMENDED & RESTATED ART. OF INCORP. OF SJL 1 Exhibit 3.8 AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF SJL OF KANSAS CORP. Pursuant to resolutions duly adopted by its Board of Directors and stockholders, and in accordance with the provisions of Section 17-6605 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, as amended, the undersigned corporation adopts the following Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, which supersede the original Articles of Incorporation, which were filed by the Secretary of State on the 11th day of August, 1950, and all Amendments to them: ARTICLE 1. The name of the corporation is: SJL OF KANSAS CORP. ARTICLE 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Kansas is 515 South Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas 66603, County of Shawnee. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Company, Inc. ARTICLE 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the General Corporation Code of Kansas. ARTICLE 4. (a) Stock. The Corporation shall have authority to issue a total of one thousand (1,000) shares of capital stock, which shall be designated as Class A Common Stock, with a par value of $.01 per share (the "Class A Stock"). (b) Voting. The entire voting power for the election of directors and for all other purposes shall be vested exclusively in the holders of Class A Stock. ARTICLE 5. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statutes, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the Corporation. ARTICLE 6. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Kansas, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Kansas at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors in the by-laws 2 of the Corporation. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the Corporation shall so provide. ARTICLE 7. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. ARTICLE 8. The Corporation shall have perpetual existence. ARTICLE 9. The governing body of the Corporation shall be a Board of Directors of at least one member, each of whom shall be of legal age and at least one of whom shall be a citizen of the United States of America. Such Board of Directors shall have full power, direction, management and control over the affairs of the Corporation, subject, however, to the limitations provided in these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. ARTICLE 10. These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation constitute all of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation. The original charter of the Corporation as filed in the office of the Kansas Secretary of State on August 11, 1950, and all amendments thereto and restatements thereof heretofore made and affected, are hereby repealed and superceded by these present Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. These Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation were duly proposed by the Board of Directors and duly adopted by the stockholders in accordance with K.S.A. 17-6602 and K.S.A. 17-6605, as amended. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, which amend and restate the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation as originally filed and as heretofore amended and restated, have been duly approved and proposed by the Board of Directors, and have been duly adopted by the stockholders, in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 17-6602 and K.S.A. 17-6605, as amended, and in full compliance with the currently existing Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Corporation. 2 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said SJL of Kansas Corp. has caused these Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of SJL of Kansas Corp. to be signed by J. Scott Enright, its Vice President and attested by David L. Wills, its Assistant Secretary, this 13th day of June, 2001. SJL OF KANSAS CORP. By /s/ J. Scott Enright --------------------------------------- J. Scott Enright, Vice President ATTEST: By /s/ David L. Wills ------------------------------------------ David L. Wills, Assistant Secretary STATE OF INDIANA ) ) SS: COUNTY OF MARION ) Be it remembered, that before me, Elizabeth Marie Ellis, a Notary Public in and for the County and State aforesaid, came J. Scott Enright, Vice President and David L. Wills, Assistant Secretary, of SJL of Kansas Corp., a corporation personally known to me to be the persons who executed the foregoing instrument of writing as Vice President and Assistant Secretary, respectively, and duly acknowledged the execution of the same this 13th day of June, 2001. My Commission Expires: /s/ Elizabeth Marie Ellis ---------------------------------------- Notary Public December 6, 2006 Printed: Elizabeth Marie Ellis -------------------------------- County of Residence: Hamilton - --------------------------- 3 EX-3.9 7 c63012a1ex3-9.txt AMENDED & RESTATED BY-LAWS OF SJL OF KANSAS CORP. 1 Exhibit 3.9 AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF SJL OF KANSAS CORP. (June 14, 2001) ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS Section 1. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK, Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by the President or a Vice-President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by the stockholder in the corporation. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In the event any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be an such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if the person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class of stock, and whenever the corporation shall issue any shares of its stock as partly paid stock, the certificates representing shares of any such class or series or of any such partly paid stock shall set forth thereon the statements prescribed by the Kansas General Corporation Code. Any restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of any shares of stock of any class or series shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of any lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate. Section 2. FRACTIONAL SHARE INTERESTS, The corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue fractions of a share. If the corporation does not issue fractions of a share, it shall (1) arrange for the disposition of a fractional interests by those entitled thereto, (2) pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or (3) issue scrip or warrants in registered or bearer form which shall entitle the holder to receive a certificate for a full share upon the surrender of such scrip or warrants aggregating a full share. A certificate for a fractional share shall entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, to receive dividends thereon and to participate in any of the assets of the corporation in the event of liquidation, by scrip or warrants shall not so entitle the holder thereof, 2 unless otherwise provided therein. The Board of Directors may cause scrip or warrants to be issued subject to the conditions that they shall become void if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares before a specified date, or subject to the conditions that the shares for which scrip or warrants are exchangeable may be sold by the corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed to the holders of scrip or warrants, or subject to any other conditions which the Board of Directors may impose. Section 3. STOCK TRANSFERS. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, transfers or registration of transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the stock ledger of the corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation or with a transfer agent or a registrar, if any, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares of stock properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon. Section 4. RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDERS. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty days nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting except that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjournment meeting. Section 5. RECORD DATE FOR CONSENT ACTION. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this act, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in this state, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by this act, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate actions in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action. 2 3 Section 6. RECORD DATE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS, ETC, In order that the corporation may determine any distribution or the allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. Section 7. MEANING OF CERTAIN TERMS, As used herein in respect of the right to notice of a meeting of stockholders or a waiver thereof or to participate or vote thereat or to consent or dissent in writing in lieu of a meeting, as the case may be, the term "share" or "shares" or "share of stock" or "shares of stock" or "stockholder" or "stockholders" refers to an outstanding share or shares of stock and to a holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of stock when the corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock, and said reference is also intended to include any outstanding share or shares of stock, and said holders of record of outstanding shares of stock of any class upon which or upon whom the shares of stock or upon which or upon whom the Kansas General Corporation Code confers such rights notwithstanding that the Articles of Incorporation may provide for more than one class or series of shares of stock, one or more of which are limited or denied such rights thereunder; provided, however, that no such right shall vest in the event of an increase or a decrease in the authorized number of shares of stock of any class or series which is otherwise denied voting rights under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation. Section 8. STOCKHOLDER MEETINGS. (a) TIME. The annual meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to time, by the directors, provided, that the first annual meeting shall be held on a date within thirteen months after the organization of the corporation, and each successive annual meeting shall be held on a date within thirteen months after the date of the preceding annual meeting. A special meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed by the directors. (b) PLACE. Annual meetings and special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Kansas, as the directors may, from time to time, fix. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in the State of Kansas. (c) CALL. Annual meetings and special meetings may be called by the directors or by any officer instructed by the directors to call the meeting. (d) NOTICE OR WAIVER OF NOTICE. Written notice of all meetings shall be given, stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting and stating the place within the city or other municipality or community at which any requisite list of stockholders of the corporation may be examined. The notice of any annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called for the 3 4 election of directors and for the transaction of other business which may properly come before the meeting, and shall, if any other action which could be taken at a special meeting is to be taken at such annual meeting, state the purpose or purposes. The notice of a special meeting shall in all instances state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. The notice of any meeting shall also include, or be accompanied by, any additional statement, information, or documents prescribed by the Kansas General Corporation Code. Except as otherwise provided by the Kansas General Corporation Code, a copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, unless the lapse of the prescribed period of time shall have been waived, and directed to each stockholder at his record address or at such other address which he may have furnished by request in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited, with postage thereon prepaid, in the United States mail. if a meeting is adjourned to another time, not more than thirty days hence, and/or to another place, and if an announcement of the adjourned time and/or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting unless the directors, after the adjournment, fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Notice need not be given to any stockholder who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, not the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice. (e) CONDUCT OF MEETING. Meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by one of the following officers in the order of seniority and if present and acting - the President, a Vice-President, or, if none of the foregoing is in office and present and acting, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders. The Secretary of the corporation, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary or Assistant Secretary is present the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting. (f) PROXY REPRESENTATION. Every stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, whether by waiving notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent in writing without a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the stockholder or by his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and, if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. (g) INSPECTORS. The directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. 4 5 If any inspector or inspectors are not appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots, or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots, or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question, or matter determined by him or them and execute a certificate of any fact found by him or them. (h) QUORUM. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders for the transaction of any business. The stockholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the absence of a quorum. (i) VOTING. Except as provided in subsection (j) or as otherwise provided by law, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to such number of votes as is specified, in respect of the class or series of capital stock held by such stockholder, in the corporation's Articles of Incorporation. Any vote on stock of the corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by his proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or his attorney thereto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting. Except as otherwise required by law or the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, or in electing directors, all matters coming before any meeting of the stockholders shall be decided by the vote of a majority of the voting power of all classes of stock of the corporation present in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present. At all elections of directors the voting may, but need not be, by ballot and a plurality of the votes cast thereat shall elect. (j) VOTING OF SHARES BY ALIENS. No more than twenty percent of the outstanding shares of stock of the corporation entitled to vote on any matter submitted to stockholders (including the election of directors) shall be voted, directly or indirectly, by or for the account of all aliens as a group. All references herein to "alien" shall include the representatives, associates and affiliates of such alien. The term "alien", "representative", "associate", and "affiliate" shall be defined as set forth in Subdivision (J) to Article FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lee Enterprises, Incorporates, sole stockholder of the Corporation. (k) LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in 5 6 alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. (1) WRITTEN ACTION. Any action required by the Kansas General Corporation Code to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, may be taken without a meeting and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the holders of shares of stock entitled to vote thereon. ARTICLE II DIRECTORS Section 1. FUNCTIONS AND DEFINITION. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of the members thereof. The use of the phrase "whole board" herein refers to the total number of directors which the corporation would have if there were no vacancies. Section 2. QUALIFICATIONS AND NUMBER. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Kansas. The number of directors constituting the whole board of directors shall be one (1). The number of directors may be increased or decreased (but not below one (1)) by action of the stockholders or of the directors. Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM. Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. In the interim between annual meetings of stockholders or of special meetings of stockholders called for the election of directors and/or for the removal of directors, vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum. 6 7 Section 4. MEETINGS. (a) TIME. Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board shall fix, except that the first meeting of a newly elected Board shall be held as soon after its election as the directors may conveniently assemble. (b) PLACE. Meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of Kansas as shall be fixed by the Board. (c) CALL. No call shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Special meetings may be called by or at the direction of the President or of a majority of the directors in office. (d) NOTICE OR ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE WAIVER. No notice shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. written, oral, or any other mode of notice of the time and place shall be given for special meetings in sufficient time for the convenient assembly of the directors thereat. Notice need not be given to any directors or to any member of a committee of directors who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of any such person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when he attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any regular or special meeting. (e) QUORUM AND ACTION. A majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum except when a vacancy or vacancies prevents such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum, provided, that such majority shall constitute at least one-third of the whole Board. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Except as herein otherwise provided, and except as otherwise provided by the Kansas General Corporation Code, the vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. The quorum and voting provisions herein stated shall not be construed as conflicting with any provisions of the Kansas General Corporation Code and these Bylaws which govern a meeting of directors held to fill vacancies and newly created directorships in the Board or action of disinterested directors. (f) CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING. The President, if present and acting, or any other director chosen by the Board, shall preside. (g) REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause or without cause by the stockholders. (h) COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member 7 8 at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation with the exception of any authority the delegation of which is prohibited by Section 17-6301 of the Kansas General Corporation Code, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. (i) INFORMAL ACTION. Any member or members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee may be taken without a meeting if all directors or members of the committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Section 5. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. (a) Each officer, director, employee and agent of the corporation and each person serving at the request of the corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified (including payment of expenses in advance) by the corporation to the full extent from time to time provided or authorized by the Kansas General Corporation Code. This right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other indemnification rights to which any such person may be entitled under contract, by-law, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise. The subsequent provisions of this By-law shall not limit or otherwise modify the foregoing provision. (b) The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he 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 or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or 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 person did not act in good faith and 8 9 in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not apposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. (c) The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he 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 or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys, fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such persons shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. (d) To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (b) and (c), or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys, fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. (e) Any indemnification under subsections (b) and (c) (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 director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (b) and (c). Such determination shall be made (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders. (f) Expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Section. such expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. (g) The indemnification and advance of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled 9 10 under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The corporation shall have authority to enter into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors, the terms of which shall be approved by the Board of Directors. (h) The corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance 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 or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this section. (i) For purposes of this Section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officer, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. (j) For purposes of this Section, references to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this Section. References to "actions" or "proceedings" shall include administrative or investigative inquiries as well as suits at law or in equity. (k) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. 10 11 ARTICLE III OFFICERS Section 1. DESIGNATION. The corporation shall have such officers with such titles and duties as shall be stated in a resolution of the Board of Directors which is not inconsistent with these By-Laws as may be necessary to enable the corporation to sign instruments and stock certificates which comply with the provisions of Section 17-6003 and 17-6408 of the Kansas General Corporation Code, and amendments thereto. one of the officers shall have the duty to record proceedings of the stockholders and the directors of the corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose. Each officer shall hold the office until such officer's successor is elected and qualified or until such officer's earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. QUALIFICATIONS. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution or instrument choosing him, no officer need be a director. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, as the directors may determine. Section 3. TERM OF OFFICE. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution or instrument choosing him, each officer shall be chosen for a term which shall continue until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor shall have been chosen and qualified. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors; and any subordinate or junior officer not chosen by the Board of Directors, but chosen under duly constituted authority conferred by the Board of Directors, may be removed, with or without cause, by the officer or officers who chose him. Any vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors. A vacancy in any junior or subordinate office not filled by the Board of Directors may be filled by the officer or officers duly vested with the authority to choose the person to fill such office. Section 4. CHOOSING OFFICERS. The Board of Directors shall choose the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, Vice-Presidents, if any, and such other assistant officers as may be designated by them, and may confer upon any executive officer or officers authority to choose junior or subordinate officers. Section 5. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. All officers of the corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management and operation of the corporation as shall be prescribed in these By-Laws and in the resolutions of the Board of Directors or the instruments designating and choosing such officers and prescribing their authority and duties, and shall have such additional authority and duties as are incident to their office except to the extent that such resolutions or instruments may be inconsistent therewith. 11 12 (a) PRESIDENT. The President shall be chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall have general supervision of the business, affairs and property of the corporation and over its several officers, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. He shall be ex officio a member of all standing committees, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He shall make recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to corporate policies and other matters of importance which he believes should be submitted for Board consideration. He shall have all the powers usually vested in the office of a general manager and chief executive officer of a corporation. He shall have power to execute contracts and other documents on behalf of the corporation, under seal or otherwise. (b) VICE PRESIDENTS. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors. (c) SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the President or the Board of Directors. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and, when authorized to do so, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary. (d) TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever and deposit all such monies in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of these By-Laws; and, in general, perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as shall from time to time be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors. (e) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, if any, shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the President or the Board of Directors. Section 6. RESOLUTIONS AND INSTRUMENTS - EFFECT. The Secretary of the corporation shall keep, or cause to be kept, with the By-Laws of the corporation a copy of every resolution or instrument designating and choosing officers and prescribing their qualifications, tenure, authority, duties, compensation, and other appropriate incidents and attributes of office; and each such resolution or instrument shall be deemed to be a component part of these By-Laws. 12 13 ARTICLE IV BANK ACCOUNTS. CHECKS, LOANS, ETC, Section 1. BANK ACCOUNTS AND CHECKS. Such officers or agents of the corporation as from time to time shall be designated by the Board of Directors shall have authority to deposit any funds of the corporation in such banks or trust companies as shall from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors; and such officers or agents as from time to time shall be designated by the Board of Directors shall have authority to withdraw from time to time any or all of the funds of the corporation so deposited in any bank or trust company, upon checks, drafts or other instruments or orders for the payment of money, drawn against the account or in the name or behalf of the corporation, and made or signed by such officers or agents; and each bank or trust company with which funds of the corporation are so deposited is authorized to accept, honor, cash and pay, without limit as to amount, all checks, drafts or other instruments or orders for the payment of money, when drawn, made or signed by officers or agents so designated by the Board of Directors, regardless of whether the same are payable to the order of any officer or agent signing the same, until written notice of the revocation by the Board of Directors of the authority of such officers or agents shall have been received by such bank or trust company. The officers of the corporation or any of them shall from time to time certify to the banks or trust companies in which funds of the corporation are deposited, the signatures of the officers or agents of the corporation so authorized to draw against the same, and such signatures may include the signature of such certifying officer or officers. Section 2. LOANS. Such officers or agents of the corporation as from time to time shall be designated by the Board of Directors shall have authority to effect loans, advances or other forms of credit at any time or times for the corporation from such banks or trust companies as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate, and as security for the repayment of such loans, advances or other forms of credit to assign, transfer, endorse and deliver, either originally or in addition or substitution, any or all stocks, bonds, rights and interests of any kind in or to stocks or bonds, certificates of such rights or interests, deposits, accounts, documents covering merchandise, bills receivable and other commercial paper and evidences of debt, at any time held by the corporation; and for such loans, advances, or other forms of credit to make, execute and deliver one or more notes, acceptances or other written obligations of the corporation on such terms, and with such provisions as to the securities including the sale or disposition thereof, as such officers or agents shall deem proper; and also to sell to, or discount or rediscount with, such banks or trust companies any and all commercial paper, bills receivable, acceptances and other instruments and evidences of debt at any time held by the corporation, and to that end to endorse, transfer and deliver the same. The officers of the corporation or any of them shall from time to time certify the signatures of the officers or agents so authorized, which may include the signature of such certifying officer or officers, to each bank or trust company so designated by the Board of Directors; and each such bank or trust company is authorized to rely upon such certification until written notice of the revocation by the Board of Directors of the authority of such officers or agents shall have been received by such bank or trust company. 13 14 ARTICLE V CORPORATE SEAL The corporate seal shall be in such a form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. ARTICLE VI FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS The By-Laws of the corporation shall be subject to alteration, amendment or repeal and new By-Laws not inconsistent with any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or statute may be made, either by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of stock representing a majority of the voting power of all classes of stock of the corporation present in person or by proxy at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board, given at any regular or special meeting of the Board, provided that notice of the proposal to so make, alter, amend or repeal such By-Laws be included in the notice of such meeting of the Board or the stockholders, as the case may be. By-Laws made, altered or amended by the Board may be altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Amended and Restated By-Laws of SJL of Kansas Corp., a Kansas corporation, as in effect on the date hereof. Dated: As of June 14, 2001 SJL OF KANSAS CORP. BY: /s/ David L. Wills ------------------------------------ Its: Assistant Secretary ------------------------------------ 14 EX-3.10 8 c63012a1ex3-10.txt AMENDED & RESTATED ART. OF INCORP. OF TOPEKA TV 1 EXHIBIT 3.10 AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF TOPEKA TELEVISION CORPORATION The above corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"), existing pursuant to the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri (the "Act"), desiring to give notice of corporate action effectuating the amendment and restatement of its Articles of Incorporation, sets forth the following facts: ARTICLE I Section I: Date of incorporation of the Corporation is August 14, 1964. Section II: The name of the Corporation following this amendment and restatement is Topeka Television Corporation. Section III: The exact text of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation is attached hereto and incorporated herein. ARTICLE II The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted the proposed Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation by unanimous written consent executed on June 13, 2001. The Shareholders of the Corporation duly adopted the proposed Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation by unanimous written consent executed on June 13, 2001. Of the 8,174 shares of common stock outstanding, 8,174 were entitled to vote. The number of shares voted in favor of the amendment were 8,174, and no shares voted against the amendment. The manner of the adoption of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the vote by which they were adopted constitute full legal compliance with the provisions of the Act, the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Corporation. Executed this 15th day of June, 2001. /s/ J. Scott Enright /s/ David L. Wills - -------------------------------- ------------------------------------ J. Scott Enright, Vice President David L. Wills, Assistant Secretary 2 State of Indiana ) ) SS: County of Marion ) I, Elizabeth Marie Ellis, a Notary Public, do hereby certify that on June 15, 2001, personally appeared before me J. Scott Enright and David L. Wills, known to be a Vice President and Assistant Secretary, respectively, of Topeka Television Corporation, and being duly sworn by me, acknowledged that they signed as their own free act and deed the foregoing document in the capacity therein set forth and declared that the statements therein contained are true. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year before written. /s/ Elizabeth Marie Ellis ----------------------------- Notary Public My Commission Expires December 6, 2006 ------------------- My County of Commission Hamilton -------------------- 3 AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF TOPEKA TELEVISION CORPORATION ARTICLE I Corporate Name The name of the Corporation following this amendment and restatement is Topeka Television Corporation (the "Corporation"). ARTICLE II Purposes This Corporation is formed for the purpose of transacting any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the General and Business Corporation Law of Missouri, as now or hereafter amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"). The Corporation shall have the same capacity to act as possessed by natural persons and shall have and exercise all powers granted to business corporations formed under the Act and permitted by the laws of the State of Missouri in force from time to time hereafter, including, but not limited to, the general rights, privileges and powers set out in the Act, the power to enter into and engage in partnerships and joint ventures, and to act as agent. The Corporation shall have the power and capacity to engage in all business activities, either directly or through any person, firm, entity, trust, partnership or association. ARTICLE III Term of Existence The period during which the Corporation shall continue is perpetual. ARTICLE IV Registered Office and Registered Agent The street address of the registered office of the Corporation is 120 South Central Avenue, Clayton, Missouri 63105, and the name of the registered agent at that address is CT Corporation Systems. 4 ARTICLE V Authorized Shares The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is ten thousand (10,000) shares of Common Stock, no par value. ARTICLE VI Terms of Authorized Shares Section 6.01. Terms. All shares are of one and the same class with equal rights, privileges, powers, obligations, liabilities, duties and restrictions. These shares may be issued for any consideration consistent with the Act, including tangible or intangible property or benefit to the Corporation, at such price and amount per share as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Section 6.02. Dividends. The shareholders shall be entitled to receive dividends as declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Act; dividends may be paid in cash, property or in authorized but unissued shares of the Corporation. Section 6.03. Payment on Dissolution. In the event of voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation, the shareholders shall be entitled, after payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation, to share ratably in the remaining assets of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII Voting Rights Section 7.01. Voting Rights. Every shareholder of the Corporation shall have the right, at every shareholders' meeting, to one vote for each share standing in the shareholder's name on the books of the Corporation as of the record date for such meeting. Section 7.02. Voting of Shares Owned by Other Corporations. Shares of the Corporation standing in the name of another corporation may be voted by such officer, agent or proxy as the Board of Directors of such other corporation may appoint, or as the By-Laws of such other corporation may prescribe. Section 7.03. Shareholder Action. Except as otherwise provided in the Act or these Articles of Incorporation, all actions taken by the shareholders shall be by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote, including but not limited to an election of directors. 5 ARTICLE VIII Board of Directors The number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be one (1). Thereafter, the number of directors shall be fixed by, or in the manner provided by, the By-Laws. ARTICLE IX Certificates for Shares Each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate certifying the number of shares owned by such shareholder in the Corporation. ARTICLE X The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation by unanimous written consent executed on June 13, 2001. The Shareholders of the Corporation duly adopted the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation by unanimous written consent executed on June 13, 2001. Of the 8,174 shares of common stock outstanding, 8,174 were entitled to vote. The number of shares voted in favor of the amendment were 8,174, and no shares voted against the amendment The manner of the adoption of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and the vote by which they were adopted constitute full legal compliance with the provisions of the Act, the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Corporation. /s/ J. Scott Enright /s/ David L. Wills - ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------- J. Scott Enright, Vice President David L. Wills, Assistant Secretary EX-3.11 9 c63012a1ex3-11.txt AMENDED & RESTATED BY-LAWS OF TOPEKA TV CORP. 1 Exhibit 3.11 AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF TOPEKA TELEVISION CORPORATION (June 19, 2001) ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS Section 1. CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING STOCK. Every holder of stock in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by or in the name of the corporation by the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by the stockholder in the corporation. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In the event any officer, transfer agent, or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be an such officer, transfer agent, or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effect as if the person were such officer, transfer agent, or registrar at the date of issue. Whenever the corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class of stock, and whenever the corporation shall issue any shares of its stock as partly paid stock, the certificates representing shares of any such class or series or of any such partly paid stock shall set forth thereon the statements prescribed by the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law. Any restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of any shares of stock of any class or series shall be noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares. The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen, or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of any lost, stolen, or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft, or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate. Section 2. FRACTIONAL SHARE INTERESTS. The corporation may, but shall not be required to, issue fractions of a share. If the corporation does not issue fractions of a share, it shall (1) arrange for the disposition of fractional interests by those entitled thereto, (2) pay in cash the fair value of fractions of a share as of the time when those entitled to receive such fractions are determined, or (3) issue scrip or warrants in registered or bearer form which shall entitle the holder to receive a certificate for a full share upon the surrender of such scrip or warrants aggregating a full share. A certificate for a fractional share shall entitle the holder to exercise voting rights, to receive dividends thereon and to participate in any of the assets of the 2 corporation in the event of liquidation, but scrip or warrants shall not so entitle the holder thereof, unless otherwise provided therein. The Board of Directors may cause scrip or warrants to be issued subject to the conditions that they shall become void if not exchanged for certificates representing full shares before a specified date, or subject to the conditions that the shares for which scrip or warrants are exchangeable may be sold by the corporation and the proceeds thereof distributed to the holders of scrip or warrants, or subject to any other conditions which the Board of Directors may impose. Section 3. STOCK TRANSFERS. Upon compliance with provisions restricting the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock, if any, transfers or registration of transfers of shares of stock of the corporation shall be made only on the stock ledger of the corporation by the registered holder thereof, or by his attorney thereunto authorized by power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary of the corporation or with a transfer agent or a registrar, if any, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares of stock properly endorsed and the payment of all taxes due thereon. Section 4. RECORD DATE FOR STOCKHOLDERS, In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty days nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting except that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjournment meeting. Section 5. RECORD DATE FOR CONSENT ACTION. In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Directors may fix a record date which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which date shall not be more than ten days after the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law, shall be the first date on which a signed written consent setting forth the action taken or proposed to be taken is delivered to the corporation by delivery to its registered office in this state, its principal place of business, or an officer or agent of the corporation having custody of the book in which proceedings of meetings of stockholders are recorded. Delivery made to a corporation's registered office shall be by hand or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested. If no record date has been fixed by the Board of Directors and prior action by the Board of Directors is required by the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to consent to corporate actions in writing without a meeting shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution taking such prior action. 2 3 Section 6. RECORD DATE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS, ETC, In order that the corporation may determine any distribution or the allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. Section 7. MEANING OF CERTAIN TERMS. As used herein in respect of the right to notice of a meeting of stockholders or a waiver thereof or to participate or vote thereat or to consent or dissent in writing in lieu of a meeting, as the case may be, the term "share" or "shares" or "share of stock" or "shares of stock" or "stockholder" or "stockholders" refers to an outstanding share or shares of stock and to a holder or holders of record of outstanding shares of stock when the corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock, and said reference is also intended to include any outstanding share or shares of stock, and said holders of record of outstanding shares of stock of any class upon which or upon whom the shares of stock or upon which or upon whom the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law confers such rights notwithstanding that the Articles of Incorporation may provide for more than one class or series of shares of stock, one or more of which are limited or denied such rights thereunder; provided, however, that no such right shall vest in the event of an increase or a decrease in the authorized number of shares of stock of any class or series which is otherwise denied voting rights under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation. Section 8. STOCKHOLDER MEETINGS. (a) TIME. The annual meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed, from time to time, by the directors, provided, that the first annual meeting shall be held on a date within thirteen months after the organization of the corporation, and each successive annual meeting shall be held on a date within thirteen months after the date of the preceding annual meeting. A special meeting shall be held on the date and at the time fixed by the directors. (b) PLACE. Annual meetings and special meetings shall be held at such place, within or without the State of Missouri, as the directors may, from time to time, fix. Whenever the directors shall fail to fix such place, the meeting shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in the State of Missouri. (c) CALL. Annual meetings and special meetings may be called by the directors or by any officer instructed by the directors to call the meeting. (d) NOTICE OR WAIVER OF NOTICE. Written notice of all meetings shall be given, stating the place, date, and hour of the meeting and stating the place within the city or 3 4 other municipality or community at which any requisite list of stockholders of the corporation may be examined. The notice of any annual meeting shall state that the meeting is called for the election of directors and for the transaction of other business which may properly come before the meeting, and shall, if any other action which could be taken at a special meeting is to be taken at such annual meeting, state the purpose or purposes. The notice of a special meeting shall in all instances state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. The notice of any meeting shall also include, or be accompanied by, any additional statement, information, or documents prescribed by the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law. Except as otherwise provided by the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law, a copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not less than ten days nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, unless the lapse of the prescribed period of time shall have been waived, and directed to each stockholder at his record address or at such other address which he may have furnished by request in writing to the Secretary of the corporation. Notice by mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited, with postage thereon prepaid, in the United States mail. If a meeting is adjourned to another time, not more than thirty days hence, and/or to another place, and if an announcement of the adjourned time and/or place is made at the meeting, it shall not be necessary to give notice of the adjourned meeting unless the directors, after the adjournment, fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Notice need not be given to any stockholder who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends the meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice. (e) CONDUCT OF MEETING. Meetings of the stockholders shall be presided over by one of the following officers in the order of seniority and if present and acting - the President, a Vice President, or, if none of the foregoing is in office and present and acting, by a chairman to be chosen by the stockholders. The Secretary of the corporation, or in his absence, an Assistant Secretary, shall act as secretary of every meeting, but if neither the Secretary or Assistant Secretary is present the chairman of the meeting shall appoint a secretary of the meeting. (f) PROXY REPRESENTATION. Every stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy in all matters in which a stockholder is entitled to participate, whether by waiving notice of any meeting, voting or participating at a meeting, or expressing consent or dissent in writing without a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the stockholder or by his attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date unless such proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and, if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. 4 5 (g) INSPECTORS. The directors, in advance of any meeting, may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors of election to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If any inspector or inspectors are not appointed, the person presiding at the meeting may, but need not, appoint one or more inspectors. In case any person who may be appointed as an inspector fails to appear or act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the directors in advance of the meeting or at the meeting by the person presiding thereat. Each inspector, if any, before entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector at such meeting with strict impartiality and according to the best of his ability. The inspectors, if any, shall determine the number of shares of stock outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares of stock represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the validity and effect of proxies, and shall receive votes, ballots, or consents, hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, ballots, or consents, determine the result, and do such acts as are proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all stockholders. On request of the person presiding at the meeting, the inspector or inspectors, if any, shall make a report in writing of any challenge, question, or matter determined by him or them and execute a certificate of any fact found by him or them. (h) QUORUM. The holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders for the transaction of any business. The stockholders present may adjourn the meeting despite the absence of a quorum. (i) VOTING. Except as provided in subsection (j) or as otherwise provided by law, each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be entitled to such number of votes as is specified, in respect of the class or series of capital stock held by such stockholder, in the corporation's Articles of Incorporation. Any vote on stock of the corporation may be given by the stockholder entitled thereto in person or by his proxy appointed by an instrument in writing, subscribed by such stockholder or his attorney thereto authorized and delivered to the Secretary of the meeting. Except as otherwise required by law or the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, or in electing directors, all matters coming before any meeting of the stockholders shall be decided by the vote of a majority of the voting power of all classes of stock of the corporation present in person or by proxy at such meeting and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present. At all elections of directors the voting may, but need not be, by ballot and a plurality of the votes cast thereat shall elect. (j) VOTING OF SHARES BY ALIENS. No more than twenty percent of the outstanding shares of stock of the corporation entitled to vote on any matter submitted to stockholders (including the election of directors) shall be voted, directly or indirectly, by or for the account of all aliens as a group. All references herein to "alien" shall include the representatives, associates and affiliates of such alien. The term "alien", "representative", "associate", and "affiliate" shall be defined as set forth in Subdivision (J) to Article FOURTH of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lee Enterprises, Incorporated, sole stockholder of the Corporation. 5 6 (k) LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS. The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. (1) WRITTEN ACTION. Any action required by the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the corporation, may be taken without a meeting and without a vote if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the holders of shares of stock entitled to vote thereon. ARTICLE II DIRECTORS Section 1. FUNCTIONS AND DEFINITION. The business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the corporation. The Board of Directors shall have authority to fix the compensation of the members thereof. The use of the phrase "whole board" herein refers to the total number of directors which the corporation would have if there were no vacancies. Section 2. QUALIFICATIONS AND NUMBER. A director need not be a stockholder, a citizen of the United States, or a resident of the State of Missouri. The number of directors constituting the whole board of directors shall be one (1). The number of directors may be increased or decreased (but not below one (1)) by action of the stockholders or of the directors. Section 3. ELECTION AND TERM. Directors who are elected at an annual meeting of stockholders, and directors who are elected in the interim to fill vacancies and newly created directorships, shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal. In the interim between annual meetings of stockholders or of special meetings of stockholders called for the election of directors and/or for the removal of directors, vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled by the vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, although less than a quorum. 6 7 Section 4. MEETINGS. (a) TIME. Meetings shall be held at such time as the Board shall fix, except that the first meeting of a newly elected Board shall be held as soon after its election as the directors may conveniently assemble. (b) PLACE. Meetings shall be held at such place within or without the State of Missouri as shall be fixed by the Board. (c) CALL. No call shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. Special meetings may be called by or at the direction of the President or of a majority of the directors in office. (d) NOTICE OR ACTUAL OR CONSTRUCTIVE WAIVER. No notice shall be required for regular meetings for which the time and place have been fixed. written, oral, or any other mode of notice of the time and place shall be given for special meetings in sufficient time for the convenient assembly of the directors thereat. Notice need not be given to any directors or to any member of a committee of directors who submits a written waiver of notice signed by him before or after the time stated therein. Attendance of any such person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when he attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any regular or special meeting. (e) QUORUM AND ACTION. A majority of the whole Board shall constitute a quorum except when a vacancy or vacancies prevents such majority, whereupon a majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum, provided, that such majority shall constitute at least one-third of the whole Board. A majority of the directors present, whether or not a quorum is present, may adjourn a meeting to another time and place. Except as herein otherwise provided, and except as otherwise provided by the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law, the vote of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board. The quorum and voting provisions herein stated shall not be construed as conflicting with any provisions of the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law and these Bylaws which govern a meeting of directors held to fill vacancies and newly created directorships in the Board or action of disinterested directors. (f) CHAIRMAN OF THE MEETING. The President, if present and acting, or any other director chosen by the Board, shall preside. (g) REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. Any or all of the directors may be removed for cause or without cause by the stockholders. (h) COMMITTEES. The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the corporation. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at 7 8 any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of any member of any such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation with the exception of any authority the delegation of which is prohibited by Section 351.330 of the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law, and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it. (i) INFORMAL ACTION. Any member or members of the Board of Directors, or of any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee may be taken without a meeting if all directors or members of the committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Section 5. INDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS. (a) Each officer, director, employee and agent of the corporation and each person serving at the request of the corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified (including payment of expenses in advance) by the corporation to the full extent from time to time provided or authorized by the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law. This right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of other indemnification rights to which any such person may be entitled under contract, by-law, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, policy of insurance or otherwise. The subsequent provisions of this By-Law shall not limit or otherwise modify the foregoing provision. (b) The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he 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 or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys, fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its 8 9 equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. (c) The corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he 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 or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys, fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such persons shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. (d) To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (b) and (c), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. (e) Any indemnification under subsections (b) and (c) (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 director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subsections (b) and (c). Such determination shall be made (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such a quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders. (f) Expenses incurred by an officer or director in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this Section. Such expenses incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board of Directors deems appropriate. (g) The indemnification and advance of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other 9 10 rights to which those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The corporation shall have authority to enter into indemnification agreements with its officers and directors, the terms of which shall be approved by the Board of Directors. (h) The corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance 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 or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this section. (i) For purposes of this Section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officer, and employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. (j) For purposes of this Section, references to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as referred to in this Section. References to "actions" or "proceedings" shall include administrative or investigative inquiries as well as suits at law or in equity. (k) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. 10 11 ARTICLE III OFFICERS Section 1. DESIGNATION. The corporation shall have such officers with such titles and duties as shall be stated in a resolution of the Board of Directors which is not inconsistent with these By-Laws as may be necessary to enable the corporation to sign instruments and stock certificates which comply with the provisions of Section 351.295 and 351.360 of the Missouri General and Business Corporation Law, and amendments thereto. One of the officers shall have the duty to record proceedings of the stockholders and the directors of the corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose. Each officer shall hold the office until such officer's successor is elected and qualified or until such officer's earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. QUALIFICATIONS. Except as may otherwise be provided in the resolution or instrument choosing him, no officer need be a director. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, as the directors may determine. Section 3. TERM OF OFFICE. Unless otherwise provided in the resolution or instrument choosing him, each officer shall be chosen for a term which shall continue until the meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor shall have been chosen and qualified. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors; and any subordinate or junior officer not chosen by the Board of Directors, but chosen under duly constituted authority conferred by the Board of Directors, may be removed, with or without cause, by the officer or officers who chose him. Any vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors. A vacancy in any junior or subordinate office not filled by the Board of Directors may be filled by the officer or officers duly vested with the authority to choose the person to fill such office. Section 4. CHOOSING OFFICERS. The Board of Directors shall choose the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, Vice Presidents, if any, and such other assistant officers as may be designated by them, and may confer upon any executive officer or officers authority to choose junior or subordinate officers. Section 5. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY. All officers of the corporation shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management and operation of the corporation as shall be prescribed in these By-Laws and in the resolutions of the Board of Directors or the instruments designating and choosing such officers and prescribing their authority and duties, and shall have such additional authority and duties as are incident to their office except to the extent that such resolutions or instruments may be inconsistent therewith. 11 12 (a) PRESIDENT. The President shall be chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall have general supervision of the business, affairs and property of the corporation and over its several officers, subject to the control of the Board of Directors. He shall be ex officio a member of all standing committees, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He shall make recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to corporate policies and other matters of importance which he believes should be submitted for Board consideration. He shall have all the powers usually vested in the office of a general manager and chief executive officer of a corporation. He shall have power to execute contracts and other documents on behalf of the corporation, under seal or otherwise. (b) VICE PRESIDENTS. Each Vice President shall have such powers and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors. (c) SECRETARY. The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the stockholders and record all votes and the minutes of all proceedings in a book to be kept for that purpose. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the President or the Board of Directors. He shall keep in safe custody the seal of the corporation and, when authorized to do so, affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed it shall be attested by his signature or by the signature of the Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary. (d) TREASURER. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds and securities of the corporation; receive and give receipts for monies due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever and deposit all such monies in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as shall be selected in accordance with the provisions of Article VI of these By-Laws; and, in general, perform all of the duties incident to the office of Treasurer and such other duties as shall from time to time be assigned to him by the President or the Board of Directors. (e) ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS. Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, if any, shall be appointed by the Board of Directors and shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the President or the Board of Directors. Section 6. RESOLUTIONS AND INSTRUMENTS - EFFECT. The Secretary of the corporation shall keep, or cause to be kept, with the ByLaws of the corporation a copy of every resolution or instrument designating and choosing officers and prescribing their qualifications, tenure, authority, duties, compensation, and other appropriate incidents and attributes of office; and each such resolution or instrument shall be deemed to be a component part of these Bylaws. 12 13 ARTICLE IV BANK ACCOUNTS, CHECKS, LOANS, ETC, Section 1. BANK ACCOUNTS AND CHECKS. Such officers or agents of the corporation as from time to time shall be designated by the Board of Directors shall have authority to deposit any funds of the corporation in such banks or trust companies as shall from time to time be designated by the Board of Directors; and such officers or agents as from time to time shall be designated by the Board of Directors shall have authority to withdraw from time to time any or all of the funds of the corporation so deposited in any bank or trust company, upon checks, drafts or other instruments or orders for the payment of money, drawn against the account or in the name or behalf of the corporation, and made or signed by such officers or agents; and each bank or trust company with which funds of the corporation are so deposited is authorized to accept, honor, cash and pay, without limit as to amount, all checks, drafts or other instruments or orders for the payment of money, when drawn, made or signed by officers or agents so designated by the Board of Directors, regardless of whether the same are payable to the order of any officer or agent signing the same, until written notice of the revocation by the Board of Directors of the authority of such officers or agents shall have been received by such bank or trust company. The officers of the corporation or any of them shall from time to time certify to the banks or trust companies in which funds of the corporation are deposited, the signatures of the officers or agents of the corporation so authorized to draw against the same, and such signatures may include the signature of such certifying officer or officers. Section 2. LOANS. Such officers or agents of the corporation as from time to time shall be designated by the Board of Directors shall have authority to effect loans, advances or other forms of credit at any time or times for the corporation from such banks or trust companies as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate, and as security for the repayment of such loans, advances or other forms of credit to assign, transfer, endorse and deliver, either originally or in addition or substitution, any or all stocks, bonds, rights and interests of any kind in or to stocks or bonds, certificates of such rights or interests, deposits, accounts, documents covering merchandise, bills receivable and other commercial paper and evidences of debt, at any time held by the corporation; and for such loans, advances, or other forms of credit to make, execute and deliver one or more notes, acceptances or other written obligations of the corporation on such terms, and with such provisions as to the securities including the sale or disposition thereof, as such officers or agents shall deem proper; and also to sell to, or discount or rediscount with, such banks or trust companies any and all commercial paper, bills receivable, acceptances and other instruments and evidences of debt at any time held by the corporation, and to that end to endorse, transfer and deliver the same. The officers of the corporation or any of them shall from time to time certify the signatures of the officers or agents so authorized, which may include the signature of such certifying officer or officers, to each bank or trust company so designated by the Board of Directors; and each such bank or trust company is authorized to rely upon such certification until written notice of the revocation by the Board of Directors of the authority of such officers or agents shall have been received by such bank or trust company. 13 14 ARTICLE V CORPORATE SEAL The corporate seal shall be in such a form as the Board of Directors shall prescribe. ARTICLE VI FISCAL YEAR The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed, and shall be subject to change, by the Board of Directors. ARTICLE VII AMENDMENTS The By-Laws of the corporation shall be subject to alteration, amendment or repeal and new By-Laws not inconsistent with any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or statute may be made, either by the affirmative vote of the holders of record of stock representing a majority of the voting power of all classes of stock of the corporation present in person or by proxy at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders and entitled to vote thereat, a quorum being present, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the whole Board, given at any regular or special meeting of the Board, provided that notice of the proposal to so make, alter, amend or repeal such By-Laws be included in the notice of such meeting of the Board or the stockholders, as the case may be. By-Laws made, altered or amended by the Board may be altered, amended or repealed by the stockholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of Topeka Television Corporation, a Missouri corporation, as in effect on the date hereof. Dated: As of June 19, 2001 TOPEKA TELEVISION CORPORATION BY: /s/ David L. Wills ---------------------------------- Its Assistant Secretary ---------------------------------- 14 EX-3.12 10 c63012a1ex3-12.txt ARTICLES OF INCORP. OF EMMIS MEADOWLANDS CORP. 1 Exhibit 3.12 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS MEADOWLANDS CORPORATION The undersigned incorporator, desiring to form a Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") pursuant to the provisions of The Indiana Business Corporation Law, as now or hereafter amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), executes the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLE I Corporate Name The name of the Corporation is Emmis Meadowlands Corporation. ARTICLE II Purposes This Corporation is formed for the purpose of transacting any or all lawful business for which corporation may be incorporated under the Act. The Corporation shall have the same capacity to act as possessed by natural persons and shall have and exercise all powers granted to business corporations formed under the Act and permitted by the laws of the State of Indiana in force from time to time hereafter, including, but not limited to, the general rights, privileges and powers set out in the Act, the power to enter into and engage in partnerships and joint ventures, and to act as agent. The Corporation shall have the power and capacity to engage in all business activities, either directly or through any person, firm, entity, trust, partnership or association. ARTICLE III Term of Existence The period during which the Corporation shall continue is perpetual. ARTICLE IV Registered Office and Registered Agent The street address of the registered office of the Corporation is 1099 North Meridian 2 Street, Suite 1197, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and the name of the registered agent at that address is Steven C. Crane. ARTICLE V Authorized Shares The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares consisting of one thousand (1,000) nonassessable shares having a par value of $.01 per share. ARTICLE VI Terms of Authorized Shares Section 6.01. Terms. All shares are of one and the same class with equal rights, privileges, powers, obligations, liabilities, duties and restrictions. These shares may be issued for any consideration consistent with the Act, including tangible or intangible property or benefit to the corporation, at such price and amount per share as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Section 6.02. Dividends. The shareholders shall be entitled to receive dividends as declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Act; dividends may be paid in cash, property or in authorized but unissued shares of the Corporation. Section 6.03. Payment on Dissolution. In the event of voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation, the shareholders shall be entitled, after payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation, to share equally in the remaining assets of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII Voting Rights Section 7.01. Voting Rights. Every shareholder of the Corporation shall have the right, at every shareholders' meeting, to one vote for each share standing in his name on the books of the Corporation as of the record date for such meeting. Section 7.02. Shareholder Action. Except as otherwise provided in the Act or these Articles of Incorporation, all actions taken by the shareholders shall be by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote, including but not limited to an election of directors. 3 ARTICLE VIII Board of Directors The number of directors constituting the initial board of Directors shall be two (2). Thereafter, the number of directors shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation. ARTICLE IX Data Respecting Directors The names and addresses of the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation are as follows:
Name Address City and State - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan 1099 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Suite 1197 Steven C. Crane 1099 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Suite 1197
ARTICLE X Data Respecting Incorporator The name and address of the incorporator of the Corporation is Richard J. McConnell, Bose McKinney & Evans, 1100 First Indiana Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. ARTICLE XI Certificates for Shares Each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate certifying the number of shares owned by such shareholder in the Corporation. ARTICLE XII Indemnification The Corporation shall indemnify any person made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the 4 Corporation against all liability and reasonable expense incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, if: (a) the individual's conduct was in good faith; and (b) the individual reasonably believed: (i) in the case of conduct in the individual's official capacity with the Corporation, that the individual's conduct was in its best interests; and (ii) in all other cases, that the individual's conduct was at least not opposed to the Corporation's best interests; and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual either: (i) had reasonable cause to believe the individual's conduct was lawful; or (ii) had no reasonable cause to believe the individual's conduct was unlawful. The terms used in this Article XII shall have the same meaning as set forth in IC 23-1-37. Nothing contained in this Article XII shall limit or preclude the ability of the Corporation to otherwise indemnify or to advance expenses to any director, officer, employee or agent. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator designated in Article X, executes these Articles of Incorporation and certifies to the trust of the facts herein stated, this 15th day of August, 1988. /s/ Richard J. McConnell ---------------------------------------- Richard J. McConnell 5 I HEREBY VERIFY SUBJECT TO THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY THAT THE FACTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE TRUE. /s/ Richard J. McConnell ---------------------------------------- Richard J. McConnell, Incorporator This instrument was prepared by Richard J. McConnell, Attorney at Law, 1100 First Indiana Building, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.
EX-3.13 11 c63012a1ex3-13.txt CODE OF BY-LAWS OF EMMIS MEADOWLANDS CORPORATION 1 EXHIBIT 3.13 CODE OF BY-LAWS OF EMMIS MEADOWLANDS CORPORATION ARTICLE I Identification and Offices Section 1.1. Name. The name of the corporation is Emmis Meadowlands Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"). Section 1.2. Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation shall be as provided and designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, from time to time, change its registered office or registered agent. On or before the day that any such change is to become effective, a certificate of such change shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana. Section 1.3. Other Offices. The Corporation may establish and maintain such other offices, within or without the State of Indiana, as are from time to time authorized by the Board of Directors. The principal office or the Corporation is at 1099 North Meridian Street, Suite 1197, Indianapolis, Indiana. ARTICLE II Meetings of Shareholders Section 2.1. Place of Meeting. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Indiana or at such other place within or without the State of Indiana as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, by the President, or by written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat. Section 2.2. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for election of Directors and for transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held on such date as the Board of Directors or the President shall establish. 2 Section 2.3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by Indiana law or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the President, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue Proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting upon delivery to the Corporation's Secretary of one or more written demands, signed and dated, describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held. Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings. There shall be mailed, or sent by express delivery, to each shareholder, shown by the books of the Corporation to be a holder of record of voting shares, at his address as shown by the books of the Corporation, a notice setting out the time and place of each annual meeting and each special meeting, except where the meeting is an adjourned meeting and the date, time and place of the meeting were announced at the time of adjournment. Such notice shall be mailed or sent by express delivery not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. However, notice of a meeting at which (i) an agreement of merger or exchange, or (ii) the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the Corporation's property otherwise than in the usual and ordinary course of business, is to be considered shall be mailed or sent by express delivery to all shareholders of record, whether or not entitled to vote, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. Every notice of any special meeting called pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called, and the business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purpose stated in the notice. Section 2.5. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing by a shareholder, before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Attendance by a shareholder at a meeting in person or by proxy: (a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to the holding of the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (b) waives objection to consideration of a 2 3 particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. Section 2.6. Quorum, Adjourned Meetings. At any meeting of shareholders, a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. The act of a majority of the shares represented at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, directors of the Corporation shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. In case a quorum shall not be present at a meeting, those present may adjourn to such day as they shall, by majority vote, agree upon, and a notice of such adjournment shall be mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote at least ten (10) days before such adjourned meeting. If a quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At adjourned meetings at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If a quorum is present, the shareholders may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 2.7. Voting. At each meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months unless a longer period is expressly provided for in the appointment. Each shareholder, unless the Articles of Incorporation or statute provide otherwise, shall have one vote for each share having voting power registered in such shareholder's name on the books of the Corporation. Jointly owned shares may be voted by any joint owner unless the Corporation receives written notice from any one of them denying the authority of that person to vote those shares. Upon the demand of any shareholder, the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the number of 3 4 shares entitled to vote and represented at the meeting at the time of the vote unless otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws. Section 2.8. Closing of Books. The Board of Directors may fix a time, not exceeding seventy (70) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after any record date so fixed. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. If the Board of Directors fails to fix a record date for determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, the record date shall be the twentieth (20th) day preceding the date of such meeting. Section 2.9. Organization of Meetings. Unless a Chairman of the Board has beer elected, the President shall act as Chairman at all meetings of the shareholders, and in his absence any person appointed by the President shall act as Chairman; and the Secretary, or in his absence any person appointed by the Chairman, shall act as Secretary. Section 2.10. Action Without a Meeting. Any action which may lawfully be taken at a shareholders' meeting may be taken without a meeting if authorized by a writing or writings signed by all of the holders of shares who would be entitled to a notice of a meeting for such purpose. Such action shall be effective on the date on which the last signature is placed on such writing or writings, or such earlier effective date as is set forth therein. If any action so taken requites a certificate to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the officer signing the same shall state therein that the action was effected in the manner aforesaid. Section 2.11. Conference Communications. Any shareholder may participate in an annual or special meeting of the shareholders by, or through use of, any means of communication by which all shareholders participating in the meeting can simultaneously hear 4 5 each other during the meeting. Participation by such shareholder by this means shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at such meeting. ARTICLE III Board of Directors Section 3.1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the authority of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Section 3.2. Number, Qualification and Term of Office. The Corporation shall have two (2) directors who need not be shareholders. Each of the directors shall hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders next held after such director's election and until such director's successor shall have been elected and shall qualify, or until the earlier death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of such director. Section 3.3. Board Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held from time to time at such time and place within or without the State of Indiana as may be designated in the notice of such meeting. Section 3.4. Calling Meetings; Notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President by giving at least twenty-four (24) hours' notice, or by any other director by giving at least five (5) days' notice, of the date, time and place thereof to each director by mail, express delivery, telephone, telegram or in person. Section 3.5. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors may be waived by any director either before, at, or after such meeting by a writing signed by such director. A director, by his attendance at any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting, unless the director at the beginning of the 5 6 meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Section 3.6. Quorum and Action. A majority of the directors holding office immediately prior to a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting. Section 3.7. Conference Communications. Any or all directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any duly constituted committee thereof, by any means of communication through which the directors may simultaneously hear each other during such meeting. For the purposes of establishing a quorum and taking any action at the meeting, such directors participating pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall be deemed present in person at the meeting, and the place of the meeting shall be the place of origination of the conference communication. Section 3.8. Vacancies; Newly Created Directorships. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, including any vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 3.9. Removal. Any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause: (a) by the affirmative vote of the shareholders holding a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors (except, however, as limited by I.C. 23-1-33-8(c), as amended, when less than the entire Board is removed and the shareholders have the right to cumulate their votes), and (b) in such other manner as permitted by Indiana law. In the event the entire Board of Directors or any one or more directors are so removed, new directors shall be elected at the same meeting. Section 3.10. Committees. A resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors may establish committees having the authority of the Board in the 6 7 management of the business of the Corporation to the extent provided in the resolution and may appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Committees are subject to the direction and control of, and vacancies in the membership thereof shall be filled by, the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided under Indiana law. A majority of the members of the committee present at a meeting is a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger or smaller proportion or number is provided in a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors Present. Section 3.11. Written Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if, prior to such action, a consent in writing setting for the action so taken shall be signed by all members of the Board of Directors and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings. Such action shall be effective on the date on which the last signature is placed on such writing or writings or such earlier effective date as is set forth therein. Section 3.12. Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice, or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Section 3.13. Compensation of Directors. By resolution of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated amount as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or both. No such payment shall preclude a director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed, pursuant to resolution by the Board of Directors, like compensation for attending committee meetings. 7 8 ARTICLE IV Officers Section 4.1. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a Chairman of the Board, a President, at least one Vice President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice Presidents, one or more Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers, or such other officers as they deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 4.2. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect or appoint, by resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, from within or without their number, the officers provided for in Section 4.1. each of whom shall have the powers, rights, duties, responsibilities, and terms in office provided for in these By-Laws or a resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent therewith. The President and all other officers who may be directors shall continue to hold office until the election and qualification of their successors, notwithstanding an earlier termination of their directorship. Section 4.3. Removal and Vacancies. Any elective officer may be removed from his office at any time, with or without cause, by majority vote of the entire Board of Directors. Such removal, however, shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of the person so removed. If there be a vacancy among the officers of the Corporation by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors. Section 4.4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors and shall have such other duties as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the Board of Directors. He may execute and deliver in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the 8 9 Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. Section 4.5. President. The President shall have general active management of the business of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. He shall maintain records of and, whenever necessary, certify all proceedings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders, and in general, shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of the President. He shall have such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Section 4.5.1. Radio Division President. The Radio Division President, if one is elected, shall be the chief operating officer and shall have general active management of all radio operations of the Corporation. He may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is required by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. He shall have such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. In the event of the absence or disability of the President, he shall succeed to the President's power and duties. Section 4.6. Executive Vice President and Other Vice Presidents. The Executive Vice President and each other Vice President shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as 9 10 may be specified in the By-Laws or prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. The Executive Vice President may execute and deliver, in the name of the Corporation, any deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or other instruments pertaining to the business of the Corporation unless the authority to execute and deliver is requited by law to be exercised by another person or is expressly delegated by the Articles or By-Laws or by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. In the event of the absence or disability of the President and the Radio Division President, Vice Presidents shall succeed to the President's power and duties in the order designated by the Board of Directors or by the President. Section 4.7. Secretary. The Secretary shall be secretary of and shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors and shall record all proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of the Corporation. He shall give proper notice of meetings of shareholders and directors. He shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. Section 4.8. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, if any, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors or by the President. shall in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time Prescribe. Section 4.9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall maintain a correct and complete record of account showing accurately at all times the financial condition of the Corporation. He shall be the legal custodian of all monies, notes, securities and other valuables which may from time to time come into the possession of the Corporation. He shall immediately deposit all funds of the Corporation coming into his hands in some reliable bank or other depository to be designated by the Board of Directors and shall keep such bank account in the name of the Corporation and shall 10 11 perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. Section 4.10. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors or by the President, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe. Section 4.11. Assistant Officers. Such assistant officers as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate and elect shall have such powers and duties as the officers whom they are elected to assist shall specify and delegate to them and such other powers and duties as the By-Laws, the President or the Board of Directors may prescribe. An Assistant Secretary may, in the event of the absence or disability of the Secretary, attest to the execution by the Corporation of all documents. Section 4.12. Delegation of Authority. In the case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any Director, for the time being, provided a majority of the entire Board concurs therein. 11 12 ARTICLE V Certificates of Stock Section 5.1. Certificates of Stock. All shares of the Corporation shall be certificated shares. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by the President or the Executive Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. The certificates of stock shall be numbered in the order of their issue. Each certificate shall set forth the number and class of shares and series, if any, and shall state that the Corporation will furnish information relating to the rights, preferences and limitations of the class or series upon request. Section 5.2. Issuance of Shares. The Board of Directors is authorized to cause to be issued shares of the Corporation up to the full amount authorized by the Articles of Incorporation in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Directors and as may be permitted by law. If shares are issued for promissory notes or for promises to tender services in the future, the Corporation must comply with I.C. 23-1-53-2(b). Section 5.3. Facsimile Signatures. Where a certificate is signed (a) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent, or (b) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and a registrar, the signature of the President, Executive Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary may be a facsimile. In case any officer or officers who have signed or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used on any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation. 12 13 Section 5.4. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. Any shareholder claiming a certificate for shares to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall make an affidavit of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors or President shall require and shall, if the Board of Directors so requites, give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in a form, in an amount, and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors or President, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim which may be made against it on account of the reissue of such certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued in the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. Section 5.5. Transfers of Stock. Subject to the power of the Board of Directors to prohibit transfer of stock ownership pursuant to Section 5.7, upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Section 5.6. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Indiana. Section 5.7. Restriction on Ownership, Voting and Transfer. In accordance with the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended (the "Communications Act"), and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC Regulations"), the Board of Directors may (i) prohibit the ownership or voting of more than twenty percent (20%) of the Corporation's 13 14 outstanding capital stock by or for the account of aliens or their representatives or by a foreign government or representative thereof or by any corporation organized under the laws of a foreign country (collectively, "Aliens"), or by or for corporations of which any officer is an Alien, more than one-fourth (1/4) of its directors are Aliens, or of which more than one-fourth (1/4) of its capital stock is owned of record or voted by Aliens, (ii) prohibit any transfer of the Corporation's stock which would cause more than twenty percent (20%) of the Corporations' outstanding capital stock to be owned or voted by or for any person or entity designated in foregoing clause (r); and (iii) prohibit the ownership, voting or transfer of any portion of its outstanding capital stock to the extent the ownership, voting or transfer of such portion would cause the Corporation to violate any provision of the Communications Act or the FCC Regulations. ARTICLE VI Indemnification of Certain Persons Section 6.1. The Corporation shall indemnify such persons, for such expenses and liabilities, in such manner, under such circumstances, and to such extent as permitted by I.C. 23-1-37, as now enacted or hereafter amended. ARTICLE VII General Provisions Section 7.1. Dividends. Subject to provisions of applicable law and the Articles of Incorporation, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in Property or in shares of the capital stock. Section 7.2. Record Date. Subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may fix a date not exceeding 120 days preceding the date fixed for the 14 15 payment of any dividend as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive payment of the dividend and, in such case, only shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to receive payment of such dividend notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after the record date. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. Section 7.3. Annual Statement. The Board of Directors shall present at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders when called for by vote of the shareholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation. Section 7.4. Checks. All agreements, checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. If no such designation is made, they may be signed by either the President, Executive Vice President, or Secretary, singly. Section 7.5. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and in the absence of such resolution, the Corporation shall have a February 29 fiscal year. Section 7.6. Seal. The Corporation shall have no corporate seal. ARTICLE VIII Amendments Section 8.1. The power to make, alter, amend or repeal this Code of By-Laws is vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but such action shall be taken only (i) by a majority of the full Board of Directors at either an annual meeting or a special meeting specifically called for such purpose, or (ii) by written consent signed by all members of the Board of Directors. 15 16 Section 8.2. Amendments to be Consistent with Applicable Law. Any amendment of these By-Laws shall be consistent with the Articles of Incorporation and Provisions of applicable law then in effect, including without limitation, the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission. ARTICLE IX Securities of Other Corporations Section 9.1. Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the President shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to purchase, sell, transfer, encumber of vote any and all securities of any other corporation owned by the Corporation, and may execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such purchase, sale, transfer, encumbrance or vote. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, confer like powers upon any other person or persons. ARTICLE X Business Combinations Chapter 43 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law (IC 23-1-43) governing Business Combinations shall be inapplicable to the Corporation. 16 EX-3.14 12 c63012a1ex3-14.txt ARTICLES OF INCORP. OF EMMIS PUBLISHING CORP. 1 EXHIBIT 3.14 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION EMMIS PUBLISHING CORPORATION The undersigned officers of Emmis Publishing Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") existing pursuant to the provisions of (indicate appropriate act): X Indiana Business Corporation Law [ ] Indiana Professional Corporation Act of 1983 as amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), desiring to give notice of corporate action effectuating amendment of certain provisions of its Articles of Incorporation, certify the following facts: ARTICLE I - Amendment(s) SECTION 1: The date of incorporation of the corporation is: August 30, 1988 SECTION 2: The name of the corporation following this amendment to the Articles of Incorporation is: Emmis Publishing Corporation SECTION 3: The exact text of Article(s) VI, Section 6.04________________________ of the Articles of Incorporation is now as follows: Section 6.04. Preemptive Rights. The shareholders shall have preemptive rights as provided by the Indiana Business Corporation Law of 1986, I.C. 23-1-27-1. SECTION 4 Date of each amendment's adoption: October 1, 1988 2 ARTICLE II - Manner of Adoption and Vote SECTION 1: Action by Directors The Board of Directors duly adopted a resolution proposing to amend the terms and provisions of Article(s) VI of the Articles of Incorporation and directing a meeting of the Shareholders, to be held on October 1, 1988, allowing such Shareholders to vote on the proposed amendment. The resolution was adopted by: (Select appropriate paragraph) (a) Vote of the Board of directors at a meeting held on ___________________, 19__, at which a quorum of such Board was present/ (b) Written consent executed on October 1, 1988, and signed by all members of the Board of Directors. SECTION 2 Action by Shareholders: The Shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect of the Articles of Amendment adopted the proposed amendment. The amendment was adopted by: (Select appropriate paragraph) (a) Vote of such Shareholders during the meeting called by the Board of Directors. The result of such vote is as follows: TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE: 80 SHAREHOLDERS VOTED IN FAVOR: 80 SHAREHOLDERS VOTED AGAINST: -0- (b) Written consent executed on October 1, 1988, and signed by all such Shareholders. SECTION 3 Compliance with Legal Requirements. The manner of the adoption of the Articles of Amendment and the vote by which they were adopted constitute full legal compliance with the provisions of the Act, the Articles of Incorporation, and the By-Laws of the Corporation. I hereby verify subject to penalties of perjury that the statements contained are true this 23rd day of January, 1989. Current Officer's Signature Officer's Name Printed /s/ Jeffrey H. Smulyan Jeffrey H. Smulyan - --------------------------------- Officer's Title President 3 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS PUBLISHING CORPORATION The undersigned incorporator, desiring to form a Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation") pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as now or hereafter amended (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), executes the following Articles of Incorporation: ARTICLE I Corporate Name The name of the Corporation is Emmis Publishing Corporation. ARTICLE II Purposes This Corporation is formed for the purpose of transacting any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Act. The Corporation shall have the same capacity to act as possessed by natural persons and shall have and exercise all powers granted to business corporations formed under the Act and permitted by the laws of the State of Indiana in force from time to time hereafter, including, but not limited to, the general rights, privileges and powers set out in the Act, the power to enter into and engage in partnerships and joint ventures, and to act as agent. The Corporation shall have the power and capacity to engage in all business activities, either directly or through any person, firm, entity, trust, partnership or association. ARTICLE III Term of Existence The period during which the Corporation shall continue is perpetual. ARTICLE IV Registered Office and Registered Agent The street address of the registered office of the Corporation is 1099 North Meridian Street, Suite 1197, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and the name of the registered agent at that address is Steven C. Crane. 4 ARTICLE V Authorized Shares The total number of shares which the Corporation is authorized to issue is one thousand (1,000) shares consisting of one thousand (1,000) nonassessable shares without par value. ARTICLE VI Terms of Authorized Shares Section 6.01. Terms. All shares are of one and the same class with equal rights, privileges, powers, obligations, liabilities, duties and restrictions. These shares may be issued for any consideration consistent with the Act, including tangible or intangible property or benefit to the corporation, at such price and amount per share as may be determined by the Board of Directors. Section 6.02. Dividends. The shareholders shall be entitled to receive dividends as declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with the Act; dividends may be paid in cash, property or in authorized but unissued shares of the Corporation. Section 6.03. Payment on Dissolution. In the event of voluntary or involuntary dissolution of the Corporation, the shareholders shall be entitled, after payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation, to share equally in the remaining assets of the Corporation. ARTICLE VII Voting Rights Section 7.01. Voting Rights. Every shareholder of the Corporation shall have the right, at every shareholders' meeting, to one vote for each share standing in his name on the books of the Corporation as of the record date for such meeting. Section 7.02. Shareholder Action. Except as otherwise provided in the Act or these Articles of Incorporation, all actions taken by the shareholders shall be by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote, including but not limited to an election of directors. ARTICLE VIII Board of Directors The number of directors constituting the initial Board of Directors shall be two (2). Thereafter, the number of directors shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation. 5 ARTICLE IX Data Respecting Directors The names and addresses of the initial Board of Directors of the Corporation are as follows:
Name Address City and State ---- ------- -------------- Jeffrey H. Smulyan 1099 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Suite 1197 Steven C. Crane 1099 N. Meridian St. Indianapolis, IN 46204 Suite 1197
ARTICLE X Data Respecting Incorporator The name and address of the incorporator of the Corporation is A. Demarest Allen, Bose McKinney & Evans, 2700 First Indiana Plaza, 135 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. ARTICLE XI Certificates for Shares Each shareholder shall be entitled to a certificate certifying the number of shares owned by such shareholder in the Corporation. ARTICLE XII Indemnification The Corporation shall indemnify any person made a party to any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation against all liability and reasonable expense incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, if: (a) the individual's conduct was in good faith; and (b) the individual reasonably believed: (i) in the case of conduct in the individual's official capacity with the Corporation, that the individual's conduct was in its best interests; and (ii) in all other cases, that the individual's conduct was at least not opposed to the Corporation's best interests; and (c) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the individual either: 6 (i) had reasonable cause to believe the individual's conduct was lawful; or (ii) had no reasonable cause to believe the individual's conduct was unlawful. The terms used in this Article XII shall have the same meaning as set forth in IC 23-1-37. Nothing contained in this Article XII shall limit or preclude the ability of the Corporation to otherwise indemnify or to advance expenses to any director, officer, employee or agent. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the incorporator designated in Article X, executes these Articles of Incorporation and certifies to the truth of the facts herein stated, this 30th day of August, 1998. /s/ A. Demarest Allen ------------------------------------- A. Demarest Allen 7 I HEREBY VERIFY SUBJECT TO PENALTIES OF PERJURY THAT THE FACTS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE TRUE. /s/ A. Demarest Allen ------------------------------------- A. Demarest Allen, Incorporator This instrument was prepared by A. Demarest Allen, Attorney at Law, 2700 First Indiana Building, 135 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46024.
EX-3.15 13 c63012a1ex3-15.txt CODE OF BY-LAWS OF EMMIS PUBLISHING CORPORATION 1 EXHIBIT 3.15 CODE OF BY-LAWS OF EMMIS PUBLISHING CORPORATION ARTICLE I Identification and Offices Section 1.1. Name. The name of the corporation is Emmis Publishing Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Corporation"). Section 1.2. Registered Office. The registered office and registered agent of the Corporation shall be as provided and designated in the Articles of Incorporation. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may, from time to time, change its registered office or registered agent. On or before the day that any such change is to become effective, a certificate of such change shall be filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana. Section 1.3. Other Offices. The Corporation may establish and maintain such other offices, within or without the State of Indiana, as are from time to time authorized by the Board of Directors. The principal office or the Corporation is at 1099 North Meridian Street, Suite 1197, Indianapolis, Indiana. ARTICLE II Meetings of Shareholders Section 2.1. Place of Meeting. All meetings of the shareholders shall be held at the principal office of the Corporation in the State of Indiana or at such other place within or without the State of Indiana as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, by the President, or by written consent of all the shareholders entitled to vote thereat. -12- 2 Section 2.2. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for election of Directors and for transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting, shall be held on such date as the Board of Directors or the President shall establish. Section 2.3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by Indiana law or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the President, by the Board of Directors, or by the holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%) of all votes entitled to be cast on any issue Proposed to be considered at the proposed special meeting upon delivery to the Corporation's Secretary of one or more written demands, signed and dated, describing the purpose or purposes for which it is to be held. Section 2.4. Notice of Meetings. There shall be mailed, or sent by express delivery, to each shareholder, shown by the books of the Corporation to be a holder of record of voting shares, at his address as shown by the books of the Corporation, a notice setting out the time and place of each annual meeting and each special meeting, except where the meeting is an adjourned meeting and the date, time and place of the meeting were announced at the time of adjournment. Such notice shall be mailed or sent by express delivery not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. However, notice of a meeting at which (i) an agreement of merger or exchange, or (ii) the sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of all, or substantially all, of the Corporation's property otherwise than in the usual and ordinary course of business, is to be considered shall be mailed or sent by express delivery to all shareholders of record, whether or not entitled to vote, not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the meeting. Every notice of any special meeting called pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting has been called, and the business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the purpose stated in the notice. Section 2.5. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting may be waived in writing by a shareholder, before or after the date and time stated in the notice. Attendance by a shareholder at -13- 3 a meeting in person or by proxy: (a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to the holding of the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and (b) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented. Section 2.6. Quorum, Adjourned Meetings. At any meeting of shareholders, a majority of the shares outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum. The act of a majority of the shares represented at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the shareholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, directors of the Corporation shall be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by the shares entitled to vote in the election at a meeting at which a quorum is present. In case a quorum shall not be present at a meeting, those present may adjourn to such day as they shall, by majority vote, agree upon, and a notice of such adjournment shall be mailed to each shareholder entitled to vote at least ten (10) days before such adjourned meeting. If a quorum is present, a meeting may be adjourned from time to time without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At adjourned meetings at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. If a quorum is present, the shareholders may continue to transact business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 2.7. Voting. At each meeting of the shareholders, every shareholder having the right to vote shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy, but no proxy shall be valid after eleven (11) months unless a longer period is expressly provided for in the appointment. Each shareholder, unless the Articles of Incorporation or statute provide otherwise, shall have one vote for each share having voting power registered in such shareholder's name on the books of the Corporation. Jointly owned shares may be voted by any joint owner unless the -14- 4 Corporation receives written notice from any one of them denying the authority of that person to vote those shares. Upon the demand of any shareholder, the vote upon any question before the meeting shall be by ballot. All questions shall be decided by a majority vote of the number of shares entitled to vote and represented at the meeting at the time of the vote unless otherwise required by statute, the Articles of Incorporation, or these By-Laws. Section 2.8. Closing of Books. The Board of Directors may fix a time, not exceeding seventy (70) days preceding the date of any meeting of shareholders, as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, such meeting, notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after any record date so fixed. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. If the Board of Directors fails to fix a record date for determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, any meeting of shareholders, the record date shall be the twentieth (20th) day preceding the date of such meeting. Section 2.9. Organization of Meetings. Unless a Chairman of the Board has beer elected, the President shall act as Chairman at all meetings of the shareholders, and in his absence any person appointed by the President shall act as Chairman; and the Secretary, or in his absence any person appointed by the Chairman, shall act as Secretary. Section 2.10. Action Without a Meeting. Any action which may lawfully be taken at a shareholders' meeting may be taken without a meeting if authorized by a writing or writings signed by all of the holders of shares who would be entitled to a notice of a meeting for such purpose. Such action shall be effective on the date on which the last signature is placed on such writing or writings, or such earlier effective date as is set forth therein. If any action so taken requites a certificate to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the officer signing the same shall state therein that the action was effected in the manner aforesaid. -15- 5 Section 2.11. Conference Communications. Any shareholder may participate in an annual or special meeting of the shareholders by, or through use of, any means of communication by which all shareholders participating in the meeting can simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. Participation by such shareholder by this means shall be deemed to constitute presence in person at such meeting. ARTICLE III Board of Directors Section 3.1. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the authority of its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Section 3.2. Number, Qualification and Term of Office. The Corporation shall have one (1) director who need not be shareholders. Each director shall hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders next held after such director's election and until such director's successor shall nave been elected and shall qualify, or until the earlier death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of such director. Section 3.3. Board Meetings. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held from time to time at such time and place within or without the State of Indiana as may be designated in the notice of such meeting. Section 3.4. Calling Meetings; Notice. Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or the President by giving at least twenty-four (24) hours' notice, or by any other director by giving at least five (5) days' notice, of the date, time and place thereof to each director by mail, express delivery, telephone, telegram or in person. -16- 6 Section 3.5. Waiver of Notice. Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors may be waived by any director either before, at, or after such meeting by a writing signed by such director. A director, by his attendance at any meeting of the Board of Directors, shall be deemed to have waived notice of such meeting, unless the director at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting and does not thereafter vote for or assent to action taken at the meeting. Section 3.6. Quorum and Action. A majority of the directors holding office immediately prior to a meeting of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting. Section 3.7. Conference Communications. Any or all directors may participate in any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any duly constituted committee thereof, by any means of communication through which the directors may simultaneously hear each other during such meeting. For the purposes of establishing a quorum and taking any action at the meeting, such directors participating pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall be deemed present in person at the meeting, and the place of the meeting shall be the place of origination of the conference communication. Section 3.8. Vacancies; Newly Created Directorships. Any vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, including any vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors, shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of the Board of Directors. Section 3.9. Removal. Any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause: (a) by the affirmative vote of the shareholders holding a majority of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors (except, however, as limited by I.C. 23-1-33-8(c), as amended, when less than the entire Board is removed and the shareholders have the right to cumulate their votes), and (b) in such other manner as permitted by Indiana law. In -17- 7 the event the entire Board of Directors or any one or more directors are so removed, new directors shall be elected at the same meeting. Section 3.10. Committees. A resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors may establish committees having the authority of the Board in the management of the business of the Corporation to the extent provided in the resolution and may appoint members of the Board of Directors to serve on them. Committees are subject to the direction and control of, and vacancies in the membership thereof shall be filled by, the Board of Directors, except as otherwise provided under Indiana law. A majority of the members of the committee present at a meeting is a quorum for the transaction of business, unless a larger or smaller proportion or number is provided in a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors Present. Section 3.11. Written Action. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if, prior to such action, a consent in writing setting for the action so taken shall be signed by all members of the Board of Directors and such written consent is filed with the minutes of the proceedings. Such action shall be effective on the date on which the last signature is placed on such writing or writings or such earlier effective date as is set forth therein. Section 3.12. Resignations. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written notice to the Secretary of the Corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of such notice, or at any later time specified therein, and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Section 3.13. Compensation of Directors. By resolution of the Board of Directors, each director may be paid his expenses, if any, of attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, and may be paid a stated amount as director or a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors, or both. No such payment shall preclude a director from -18- 8 serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed, pursuant to resolution by the Board of Directors, like compensation for attending committee meetings. ARTICLE IV Officers Section 4.1. Number. The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall include a President, Publisher, one or more Vice Presidents (if the Board of Directors deems such office necessary), a Secretary, and a Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose one or more Assistant Secretaries or Assistant Treasurers, or such other officers as they deem advisable. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 4.2. Election, Term of Office and Qualifications. The Board of Directors shall elect or appoint, by resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, from within or without their number, the officers provided for in Section 4.1. each of whom shall have the powers, rights, duties, responsibilities, and terms in office provided for in these By-Laws or a resolution of the Board of Directors not inconsistent therewith. The President and all other officers who may be directors shall continue to hold office until the election and qualification of their successors, notwithstanding an earlier termination of their directorship. Section 4.3. Removal and Vacancies. Any elective officer may be removed from his office at any time, with or without cause, by majority vote of the entire Board of Directors. Such removal, however, shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of the person so removed. If there be a vacancy among the officers of the Corporation by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Directors. -19- 9 Section 4.4. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors and shall have such other duties as may be prescribed, from time to time, by the Board of Directors. Section 4.5. President. The President shall be the chief executive officer and shall have general active management of the business of the Corporation. In the absence of the Chairman of the Board, he shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and directors. He shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. He shall maintain records of and, whenever necessary, certify all proceedings of the Board of Directors and the shareholders, and in general, shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of the President. He shall have such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors. Section 4.6. Publisher. The Publisher, if one is elected, shall be the chief operating officer of the Corporation. The Publisher shall perform such duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these By-Laws. The Board of directors may elect Co-Publishers, who shall share the powers and duties of Publisher as these By-Laws or the Board of Directors may prescribe. Section 4.7. Vice President. The Vice President, if one is elected, shall perform all duties incumbent upon the President during the absence or disability of the President, and perform such other duties as these By-Laws may require or the Board of Directors may prescribe; provided, that if the Board of Directors elects more than one Vice President, their right to act during the absence or disability of the President shall be in the order in which their names appear in the resolution, or resolutions, electing such Vice Presidents. Section 4.8. Secretary. The Secretary shall be secretary of and shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and Board of Directors and shall record all proceedings of such meetings in the minute book of the Corporation. He shall give proper notice of meetings of shareholders and -20- 10 directors. He shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. Section 4.9. Assistant Secretary. The Assistant Secretary, if any, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors or by the President. shall in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time Prescribe. Section 4.10. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall maintain a correct and complete record of account showing accurately at all times the financial condition of the Corporation. He shall be the legal custodian of all monies, notes, securities and other valuables which may from time to time come into the possession of the Corporation. He shall immediately deposit all funds of the Corporation coming into his hands in some reliable bank or other depository to be designated by the Board of Directors and shall keep such bank account in the name of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the Board of Directors or by the President. Section 4.11. Assistant Treasurer. The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors or by the President, shall, in the absence or disability of the Treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such powers as the Board of Directors or the President may from time to time prescribe. Section 4.12. Assistant Officers. Such assistant officers as the Board of Directors shall from time to time designate and elect shall have such powers and duties as the officers whom they are elected to assist shall specify and delegate to them and such other powers and duties as the By-Laws, the President or the Board of Directors may prescribe. An Assistant Secretary -21- 11 may, in the event of the absence or disability of the Secretary, attest to the execution by the Corporation of all documents. Section 4.13. Delegation of Authority. In the case of the absence of any officer of the Corporation, or for any other reason that the Board of Directors may deem sufficient, the Board of Directors may delegate the powers or duties of such officer to any other officer or to any Director, for the time being, provided a majority of the entire Board concurs therein. ARTICLE V Certificates of Stock Section 5.1. Certificates of Stock. All shares of the Corporation shall be certificated shares. Every holder of stock in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by the President or the Executive Vice President and the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation, certifying the number of shares owned by him in the Corporation. The certificates of stock shall be numbered in the order of their issue. Each certificate shall set forth the number and class of shares and series, if any, and shall state that the Corporation will furnish information relating to the rights, preferences and limitations of the class or series upon request. Section 5.2. Issuance of Shares. The Board of Directors is authorized to cause to be issued shares of the Corporation up to the full amount authorized by the Articles of Incorporation in such amounts as may be determined by the Board of Directors and as may be permitted by law. If shares are issued for promissory notes or for promises to tender services in the future, the Corporation must comply with I.C. 23-1-53-2(b). Section 5.3. Facsimile Signatures. Where a certificate is signed (a) by a transfer agent or an assistant transfer agent, or (b) by a transfer clerk acting on behalf of the Corporation and a registrar, the signature of the President, Executive Vice President, Secretary or Assistant Secretary may be a facsimile. In case any officer or officers who have signed or whose -22- 12 facsimile signature or signatures have been used on any such certificate or certificates shall cease to be such officer or officers of the Corporation before such certificate or certificates have been delivered by the Corporation, such certificate or certificates may nevertheless be adopted by the Corporation and be issued and delivered as though the person or persons who signed such certificate or certificates or whose facsimile signature or signatures have been used thereon had not ceased to be such officer or officers of the Corporation. Section 5.4. Lost or Destroyed Certificates. Any shareholder claiming a certificate for shares to be lost, stolen or destroyed shall make an affidavit of that fact in such form as the Board of Directors or President shall require and shall, if the Board of Directors so requites, give the Corporation a bond of indemnity in a form, in an amount, and with one or more sureties satisfactory to the Board of Directors or President, to indemnify the Corporation against any claim which may be made against it on account of the reissue of such certificate, whereupon a new certificate may be issued in the same tenor and for the same number of shares as the one alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed. Section 5.5. Transfers of Stock. Upon surrender tot he Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate for shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to issue a new certificate to the person entitled thereto, cancel the old certificate and record the transaction upon its books. Section 5.6. Registered Shareholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or -23- 13 not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Indiana. ARTICLE VI Indemnification of Certain Persons Section 6.1. The Corporation shall indemnify such persons, for such expenses and liabilities, in such manner, under such circumstances, and to such extent as permitted by I.C. 23-1-37, as now enacted or hereafter amended. ARTICLE VII General Provisions Section 7.1. Dividends. Subject to provisions of applicable law and the Articles of Incorporation, dividends upon the capital stock of the Corporation may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting and may be paid in cash, in Property or in shares of the capital stock. Section 7.2. Record Date. Subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of Directors may fix a date not exceeding 120 days preceding the date fixed for the payment of any dividend as the record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to receive payment of the dividend and, in such case, only shareholders of record on the date so fixed shall be entitled to receive payment of such dividend notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the Corporation after the record date. The Board of Directors may close the books of the Corporation against the transfer of shares during the whole or any part of such period. Section 7.3. Annual Statement. The Board of Directors shall present at any annual or special meeting of the shareholders when called for by vote of the shareholders, a full and clear statement of the business and condition of the Corporation. -24- 14 Section 7.4. Contracts and Checks. All contracts and agreements entered into by the Corporation shall, in the conduct of ordinary course of business of the Corporation, unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors or unless otherwise required by law, be signed by either the President, the Vice President or the Treasurer, singly; or by the President and the Publisher, the Vice President and the Publisher or the Treasurer and the Publisher, jointly. All checks, drafts and bills of exchange, and orders for the payment of money shall, in the conduct of the ordinary course of business of the Corporation, unless otherwise directed by the Board of Directors or unless otherwise required by law, be signed by an officer of the Corporation or Bruce S. LeDoux, Senior Corporate Accounting Manager. Any one of the documents heretofore mentioned in this section for use outside the ordinary course of the business of the Corporation, or any deeds, mortgages, notes or bonds of the Corporation shall be executed by and require the signature of both the President and the Treasurer. Section 7.5. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and in the absence of such resolution, the Corporation shall have a February 28/29 fiscal year. Section 7.6. Seal. The Corporation shall have no corporate seal. ARTICLE VIII Amendments Section 8.1. The power to make, alter, amend or repeal this Code of By-Laws is vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation, but such action shall be taken only at a meeting of the Board specifically called for such purpose. If such meeting is properly called, these By-Laws may be repealed, altered or amended, or new By-Laws adopted, by a majority vote of the Board of Directors. -25- 15 Section 8.2. Amendments to be Consistent with Applicable Law. Any amendment of these By-Laws shall be consistent with the Articles of Incorporation and provisions of applicable law then in effect. ARTICLE IX Securities of Other Corporations Section 9.1. Voting Securities Held by the Corporation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors, the President shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to purchase, sell, transfer, encumber of vote any and all securities of any other corporation owned by the Corporation, and may execute and deliver such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such purchase, sale, transfer, encumbrance or vote. The Board of Directors may, from time to time, confer like powers upon any other person or persons. ARTICLE X Business Combinations Chapter 43 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law (IC 23-1-43) governing Business Combinations shall be inapplicable to the Corporation. -26- EX-3.16 14 c63012a1ex3-16.txt ARTICLES OF INCORP. OF EMMIS INT'L BROADCASTING 1 EXHIBIT 3.16 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION I The name of this corporation is EMMIS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION. II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. III The name and address in the State of California of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is: Name Gary Kaseff Street Address Warner Center Plaza V, 21800 Oxnard Street, #790 City Woodland Hills State CALIFORNIA Zip 91367 IV This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each. /s/ David L. Wills -------------------------------------- David L. Wills, Incorporator Bose McKinney & Evans 135 North Pennsylvania Street Suite 2700 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 EX-3.17 15 c63012a1ex3-17.txt BYLAWS OF EMMIS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CORP. 1 EXHIBIT 3.17 EMMIS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION BYLAWS ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The principal executive office shall be located at 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held in Indianapolis, State of Indiana, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of directors, or at such other place either within or without the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of shareholders, commencing with the year 1998, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the board of directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if 2 sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the shareholders' meeting. ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the articles of incorporation, may be called by the chairman, the president, the board of directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any 2 3 meeting of the shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the articles of incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for directors, every shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him for as many persons as there are directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the articles, any action, except election of directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum 3 4 number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the board of directors not filled by the directors, directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of directors. Any election of a director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of directors shall be one (1). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor shareholders of the corporation. The directors, other than the first board of directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the shareholders, and each director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first board of directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a director, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a director shall be filled by the shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by directors and are not filled by the directors, may be filled by the shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and 4 5 things as are not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be exercised or done by the shareholders. Section 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within or without the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the board. Section 4. Special meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chairman of the board or president on one (1) day's notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two directors unless the board consists of only one director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the president or secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole director. 5 6 Section 5. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation. The act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the articles of incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of directors, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of directors fixed by the bylaws or otherwise, may designate two or more directors to constitute an executive committee, which committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the board of directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the board when required. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of the executive committee. The executive committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on 6 7 the board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of directors for serving on the board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the articles of incorporation or of these bylaws, notice is required to be given to any director or shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such director or shareholder, at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the corporation for such shareholder, notice may be given to such shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the corporation has outstanding shares held of record by 50() or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or these bylaws, a waiver 7 8 thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the corporation, except those elected in accordance with Sec.210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the board of directors and shall be a chairman, a president, a vice-president, a secretary and a chief financial officer. The board of directors may also choose additional vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers. Section 2. The board of directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of shareholders, shall choose a chairman, a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a chief financial officer, none of whom need be a member of the board. Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the board of directors. Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors. THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The chairman shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the chairman, the duties of the chairman shall be performed by the president. 8 9 Pursuant to the general policy established by the board of directors and the chairman of the board, the president shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the corporation and shall act as chief operating officer. The chairman and/or the president may sign in the name of the corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The president shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of president and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the board of directors or by the chairman of the board as prescribed by law or this Code of Bylaws. Section 7. The chairman or the president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision he shall be. He shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his signature or by the signature of such assistant 9 10 secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by his signature. Section 10. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The chief financial officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors. Section 12. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the board of directors so requires, an account of all his transactions as chief financial officer and of the financial condition of the corporation. Section 13. If required by the board of directors, he shall give the corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of directors for the faithful performance of the duties of his office and for the restoration to the corporation, in case of his death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his possession or under his control belonging to the corporation. Section 14. The chief financial officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the treasurer of the corporation. 10 11 THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The assistant treasurers, or, if there shall be more than one, the assistant treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the chief financial officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the chief financial officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the corporation by, the chairman of the board of directors, or the president or a vice-president and the chief financial officer or an assistant treasurer, or the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him in the corporation. If the shares of the corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. 11 12 LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The board of directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. A determination of shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, 12 13 and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the articles of incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the board of directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the articles of incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interest of the corporation, and the directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the board of directors. 13 14 SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of the board. The board of directors shall not make or alter any bylaw specifying a fixed number of directors or the maximum or minimum number of directors and the directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the bylaws. The board of directors shall not change a bylaw, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The directors shall cause to be sent to the shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the corporation shall have less than 100 shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the shareholder at least 15 (or if sent 14 15 by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the corporation, if it has more than 100 shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of forty thousand ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the corporation or its parent or subsidiary or (if known to the corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. 15 EX-3.18 16 c63012a1ex3-18.txt ARTICLES OF INCORP. OF EMMIS LATIN AMERICA BRDCAST 1 EXHIBIT 3.18 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS LATIN AMERICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION * * * * * FIRST: THAT THE NAME OF THE CORPORATION IS EMMIS LATIN AMERICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION. SECOND: THE PURPOSE OF THIS CORPORATION IS TO ENGAGE IN ANY LAWFUL ACT ACTIVITY FOR WHICH A CORPORATION MAY BE ORGANIZED UNDER THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW OF CALIFORNIA OTHER THAN THE BANKING BUSINESS, THE TRUST COMPANY BUSINESS OR THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION PERMITTED TO BE INCORPORATED BY THE CALIFORNIA CORPORATION CODE. THIRD: THE NAME OF THIS CORPORATION'S INITIAL AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS ON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS: C T CORPORATION SYSTEM FOURTH: THIS CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ONLY ONE CLASS OF SHARES OF STOCK; AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES WHICH THIS CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE IS ONE THOUSAND (1,000) WITH NO PAR VALUE EACH. FIFTH: THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH PERSON APPOINTED TO ACT AS INITIAL DIRECTOR IS AS FOLLOWS: NAME ADDRESS --------------------------------------------------------------- JEFFREY H. SMULYAN ONE EMMIS PLAZA 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE SUITE 700 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE EXECUTED THESE ARTICLES THIS 10TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1999. /s/ DAVID L. WILLS ----------------------------------- (SIGNATURE OF INCORPORATOR) DAVID L. WILLS ----------------------------------- (TYPED NAME OF INCORPORATOR) EX-3.19 17 c63012a1ex3-19.txt CODE OF BY-LAWS OF EMMIS LATIN AMERICA BROADCAST. 1 EXHIBIT 3.19 CODE OF BYLAWS OF EMMIS LATIN AMERICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 15821 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 685, Encino, California 91436. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 2000, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than ten (10) [or, if sent by third-class mail, thirty (30)] nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than ten (10) [or, if sent by third-class mail, thirty (30)] nor more than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized 3 attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be one (1). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and 4 things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act 5 of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. 6 Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Section 210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. 7 Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. 8 Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such 9 certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five (45) days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. 10 ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall commence on the first day of March and end on the last day of February. SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of 11 Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least fifteen (15) [or if sent by third-class mail, thirty-five (35)] days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. EX-3.20 18 c63012a1ex3-20.txt ARTICLES OF INCORP. OF EMMIS SO. AMERICA BRDCAST. 1 EXHIBIT 3.20 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS SOUTH AMERICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION * * * * * FIRST: THAT THE NAME OF THE CORPORATION IS EMMIS SOUTH AMERICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION. SECOND: THE PURPOSE OF THIS CORPORATION IS TO ENGAGE IN ANY LAWFUL ACT ACTIVITY FOR WHICH A CORPORATION MAY BE ORGANIZED UNDER THE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW OF CALIFORNIA OTHER THAN THE BANKING BUSINESS, THE TRUST COMPANY BUSINESS OR THE PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION PERMITTED TO BE INCORPORATED BY THE CALIFORNIA CORPORATION CODE. THIRD: THE NAME OF THIS CORPORATION'S INITIAL AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS ON THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS: C T CORPORATION SYSTEM FOURTH: THIS CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ONLY ONE CLASS OF SHARES OF STOCK; AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES WHICH THIS CORPORATION IS AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE IS ONE THOUSAND (1,000) WITH NO PAR VALUE EACH. FIFTH: THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF EACH PERSON APPOINTED TO ACT AS INITIAL DIRECTOR IS AS FOLLOWS: NAME ADDRESS JEFFREY H. SMULYAN ONE EMMIS PLAZA 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE SUITE 700 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46204 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE EXECUTED THESE ARTICLES THIS 2ND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1999. /S/ DAVID L. WILLS ------------------------------- (SIGNATURE OF INCORPORATOR) DAVID L. WILLS (TYPED NAME OF INCORPORATOR) EX-3.21 19 c63012a1ex3-21.txt CODE OF BYLAWS OF EMMIS SO. AMERICA BROADCASTING 1 EXHIBIT 3.21 CODE OF BYLAWS OF EMMIS SOUTH AMERICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 15821 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 685, Encino, California 91436. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 2000, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than ten (10) [or, if sent by third-class mail, thirty (30)] nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than ten (10) [or, if sent by third-class mail, thirty (30)] nor more than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized 3 attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be one (1). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and 4 things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act 5 of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of 6 record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Section 210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of 7 President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. 8 Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such 9 certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than sixty (60) days prior to any other action. A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than forty-five (45) days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. 10 ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall commence on the first day of March and end on the last day of February. SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of 11 Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least fifteen (15) [or if sent by third-class mail, thirty-five (35)] days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. EX-3.22 20 c63012a1ex3-22.txt AGREEMENT OF LTD. PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS INDIANA BR. 1 Exhibit 3.22 AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS INDIANA BROADCASTING, L.P. The undersigned hereby enter into and agree as provided in the following Agreement of Limited Partnership (the "Agreement"). ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 1.01. NAME. The name of the Partnership is Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P. (the "Partnership"). SECTION 1.02. PLACE OF BUSINESS. The principal business office of the Partnership shall be 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, or at such location as may be selected from time to time by the General Partner. SECTION 1.03. TERM. The term of the Partnership shall extend until December 31, 2047, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. SECTION 1.04. DEFINITIONS. The following terms have the following meanings herein: "ACT" means the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as now or hereafter amended. "AFFILIATE" means a Person who, with respect to another person, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such other Person. "ASSIGNEE" means a Person who has acquired a direct beneficial interest in the Partnership but who has not become a Substituted Partner. "ASSIGNMENT" means, for purposes of Articles VII and VIII with regard to interests in the Partnership, any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of, or the granting of a security interest in, such an interest, including without limitation a transfer in connection with a dissolution, merger, consolidation or similar action of a Partner. "BANKRUPTCY" means, with respect to a Person, the happening of any of the following: (A) The entry by a court or governmental agency having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Person in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or for any substantial part of such Person's property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of such Person's 2 affairs, and such decree or order remaining unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or (B) The commencement by the Person of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; or (C) The consent by the Person to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of any substantial part of such Person's property, or the filing of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing the inability of the Person to pay his, her or its debts as they become due; or (D) The making by the Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. "CAPITAL ACCOUNT" means, with respect to any Partner, an amount equal to the sum of: (A) the amount of cash such Partner has contributed to the Partnership (including any contribution pursuant to Section 4.01), (B) the fair market value of any property such Partner has contributed to the Partnership (net of any liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Partnership is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752) as a Capital Contribution, and (C) the amount of Profits allocated to such Partner and any items in the nature of income or Profits that are specifically allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06; reduced by the sum of: (W) the amount of Losses allocated to such Partner and any items in the nature of expenses or losses that are specifically allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06; (X) the amount of all cash distributed to such Partner, and (Y) the fair market value of any property distributed to such Partner (net of any liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Partner is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752); 2 3 subject, however, to such other adjustments as may be required under the Code and Treasury Regulations, including, but not limited to, increases or decreases to reflect a revaluation of Partnership property on the Partnership*s books in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). Generally, a transferee of a Partnership interest shall succeed to the Capital Account relating to the Partnership interest transferred. The Capital Account is to be determined and maintained at all times in strict accordance with all of the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). The Capital Account of a Partner may, under certain circumstances, be an amount less than zero. The Assignee of Record or Substituted Partner to whom a Partnership interest is transferred shall succeed to the Capital Account attributable to the Partnership interest (or portion thereof) transferred. "CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" means the total amount of cash or other consideration contributed to the Partnership by each Partner pursuant to Section 4.01. "CAPITAL TRANSACTION" means the sale, exchange, refinancing or other disposition of all or any substantial part of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein (with the exception of the sale of personal property or fixtures because of replacement or obsolescence), or casualty damage to, or condemnation of, all or any substantial part of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein (other than the proceeds of any business or rental interruption insurance), but not including the grant of an interest as security in or any encumbrance of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein. "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or as may hereafter be amended or supplemented. "DEPRECIATION" means for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Partnership asset is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such asset pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) of the Treasury Regulations, depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deductions shall be computed for book purposes with respect to such asset pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) of the Treasury Regulations. "DISTRIBUTABLE CASH" means for any fiscal period the total operating and investment revenues of the Partnership, reduced by (i) operating expenses requiring the expenditure of cash by the Partnership (to the extent not paid from reserves); (ii) debt amortization; (iii) management fees and administration fees; (iv) taxes, interest expense, repayment of loans outstanding pursuant to Section 3.10 and any other items reasonably determined by the General Partner to be necessary for the operations of the Partnership (to the extent not paid from reserves); and (v) reasonable additions to other reserves for working capital, contingencies and anticipated expenses, as determined by the General Partner. "Distributable Cash" does not include the proceeds of the sale, refinancing, exchange, condemnation or destruction (including insurance or condemnation proceeds in excess of amounts required to be applied to restore or replace the insured or condemned property other than the proceeds of any business or rental interruption 3 4 insurance) or other disposition of all or any substantial part of the Partnership's property or any interest therein in a Capital Transaction. Distributable Cash shall be determined separately for each fiscal period of the Partnership. "DISTRIBUTION" means any cash or property distributed to a Partner arising from its interest in the Partnership. "GENERAL PARTNER" means the Person specified as such in Exhibit A. "LIMITED PARTNER" means (i) each Person specified as such on Exhibit A to this Agreement and (ii) successors who have complied with the requirements of Article VIII and who have been accepted as substitute limited partners pursuant to Section 8.04. "LIMITED PARTNER CONSENT" means the approval or consent in writing of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners, measured by their respective Percentage Shares compared to the total Percentage Shares held by all Limited Partners. "OUTSTANDING CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" of a Partner means the amount of all cash contributed by the Partner to the capital of the Partnership, reduced (but not below zero) by all cash distributed to the Partner as a result of a Capital Transaction. "PARTNER" means a General Partner or a Limited Partner. "PARTNERSHIP" means the partnership governed by this agreement of limited partnership. "PERCENTAGE SHARE" means with respect to each Partner the percentage specified as such for that Partner in Exhibit A to this Agreement. "PERSON" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, estate, trust, pension or profit-sharing plan or other entity. "PROFITS" and "LOSSES" mean, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the Partnership's taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments: (i) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing profits or losses pursuant to this Section 1.04 shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (ii) Any Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures not otherwise taken into account in computing profits or losses pursuant to this Section 1.04 shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss; 4 5 (iii) In the event any asset of the Partnership is distributed to any Partner or sold by the Partnership, the difference on such date between (a) the gross fair market value (determined by agreement of the Partners or, if they cannot agree, by arbitration in accordance with the then current rules of the American Arbitration Association) and (b)(i) the adjusted basis of the asset for federal income tax purposes, or (2) if the asset is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such asset pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), the gross fair market value on the date of the contribution of the asset to the Partnership or the gross fair market value of the asset on the date of the asset*s revaluation on the Partnership*s books, as the case may be (as determined by the General Partner) less Depreciation, shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; (iv) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal year or other period; and (v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of the term "Profits and Losses", any items which are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06 shall not be taken into account in computing Profits and Losses. "SUBSTITUTED PARTNER" means an Assignee or other Person, who becomes a Partner pursuant to Article VIII. "TAX MATTERS PARTNER" means the General Partner, or any successor thereto appointed by the General Partner. "TREASURY REGULATIONS" mean the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or as hereafter amended or supplemented (including corresponding provisions of such succeeding regulations). Such terms shall be used either in the singular or plural and may be referred to in any gender as required by the context. 5 6 ARTICLE II MEMBERS AND STATUS SECTION 2.01. THE PARTNERS. The Partners of the Partnership shall consist of and be divided into two classes, with the General Partner as general partner and the Limited Partner as limited partner. SECTION 2.02. ADDITIONAL PARTNERS. Additional general or limited partners may be admitted from time to time by approval of the General Partner or as otherwise provided in this Agreement except that the admission of such additional partners shall not diminish the Percentage Share of any Partner in the Partnership unless otherwise agreed by the Partner whose Percentage Share is diminished. SECTION 2.03. LIABILITY OF GENERAL PARTNER. The General Partner shall have unlimited liability for the repayment, satisfaction and discharge of the obligations of the Partnership to third parties dealing with the Partnership as prescribed by law, except for non-recourse obligations which exculpt the Partnership from liability. The General Partner is not liable to the Partnership and the Limited Partners (i) for return of the Capital Contribution or any portion thereof of any Limited Partner, (ii) on account of any disallowance or adjustment by a taxing authority of deductions or credits in Partnership income tax returns, (iii) on account of any failure by the Partnership to achieve any forecasted financial return or (iv) for any action or omission to act not constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence. SECTION 2.04. LIMITATION UPON LIABILITY OF LIMITED PARTNERS. The personal liability of each Limited Partner to the Partnership (except as provided in Section 4.01), to the General Partner, to the creditors of the Partnership or to any other third party for the losses, debts or liabilities of the Partnership shall be limited to the amount of its Capital Contribution which has not theretofore been returned to it as a Distribution (including a Distribution upon liquidation). Distributions to a Limited Partner shall first be deemed a return of its Capital Contribution for purposes of the foregoing sentence. A Limited Partner shall not at any time be liable or held accountable to the Partnership, to the other Partners, to the creditors of the Partnership or to any other third party for or on account of any negative balance in its Capital Account. ARTICLE III SCOPE OF PARTNERSHIP AND MODE OF OPERATION SECTION 3.01. SCOPE OF PARTNERSHIP. The specific purpose of the Partnership is to engage in the business of radio broadcasting and publishing. The general purposes of the Partnership are to do each and every thing necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of the specific purpose or the attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated, either alone, or in association with, or as agent or representative for, other corporations (whether public, governmental or private), partnerships, individuals, or entities, or to accomplish any other 6 7 lawful business whatsoever, or which shall at any time appear conducive to or expedient for the protection or benefit of the Partnership. SECTION 3.02. POWERS OF THE PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership shall have all the powers permitted by law which are necessary or desirable in carrying out the purposes and business of the Partnership, including, but not limited to, the following powers: (a) To borrow or raise money for any of the purposes of the Partnership, and from time to time, without limitation as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, evidences of indebtedness and other instruments, and to secure the payment thereof, and the interest thereon, in any manner, including without limitation by mortgage on, or pledge, conveyance or assignment in trust of, the whole or any part of the assets of the Partnership, real, personal or mixed, including contract rights and options, whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired, and future earnings, and to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such securities or other obligations of the Partnership for the furtherance of its purpose. (b) To act in any state or nation in which the Partnership may lawfully act, for itself or as principal, agent or representative for any individual, association, partnership, corporation or legal entity, respecting business of the Partnership. (c) To enter into, make, amend, perform and carry out, or cancel and rescind, contracts and other obligations for any lawful purpose pertaining to the business of the Partnership. (d) To apply for, register, obtain, purchase or otherwise acquire trademarks, trade names, labels and designs relating to or useful in connection with any business of the Partnership, and to use, exercise, develop and license the use of the same. (e) To employ, on behalf of the Partnership, legal counsel, financial counsel, accountants, professional advisors, Persons or entities for the operation and management of the business of the Partnership. (f) To establish accounts and deposits and maintain funds in the name of the Partnership in banks or other financial institutions and to invest funds of the Partnership temporarily when not required for operation of its properties or distribution to the Partners, in short-term debt obligations, including obligations of federal and state governments, commercial paper and certificates of deposit of banks and other financial institutions. (g) To pay or reimburse any and all actual fees, costs and expenses incurred in the formation and organization of the Partnership. (h) To do all acts which are necessary, customary or appropriate for the protection and preservation of the Partnership's assets, including the establishment of reserves. 7 8 (i) To loan money to, borrow money from and engage in transactions with Affiliates, subject to Section 3.06. (j) To compromise, submit to arbitration, sue on, or defend claims in favor of or against the Partnership. (k) In general, to exercise all of the general rights, privileges and powers permitted to be had and exercised by the provisions of the Act. SECTION 3.03. MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP. The business and affairs of the Partnership shall be managed by the General Partner, who may exercise the powers specified in Section 3.02 on behalf of the Partnership, subject to the restrictions in Section 3.04(b). SECTION 3.04. LIMITATION ON POWERS. (a) As between the Partners, no Partner shall: (1) Use the Partnership name or assets in any way except for the transaction of legitimate Partnership business or do any act in contravention of this Agreement; or (2) Impart to any other person any information concerning the financial statements or operations of the Partnership except as may be necessary to carry on the business of the Partnership or the General Partner or as may be approved by the Partners or as may be required by the Act, the Code, Treasury Regulations, state or local tax laws, or other applicable laws or regulations or orders of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (3) Do any act which would make it impossible to carry on the business of the Partnership. SECTION 3.05. NON-PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT BY LIMITED PARTNERS. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the Limited Partners as such shall not participate in the control or management of the business of the Partnership, nor act for and on behalf of the Partnership in any manner whatsoever. SECTION 3.06. DEALINGS WITH RELATED ENTITIES. (a) The General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner may contract or otherwise deal with the Partnership for the purchase or sale of goods, property or services or for other purposes, and the Partnership shall have the power to so contract or deal, provided that (i) the compensation paid for and the terms of the transaction for such goods, services or property is comparable to compensation charged and terms provided for similar goods, services or property in an arms-length transaction, (ii) any goods, services or property furnished to or acquired by the Partnership are in furtherance of the Partnership business, and (iii) any material transaction 8 9 between the General Partner or any Affiliate and the Partnership is fully disclosed in writing to the Limited Partners upon request. The validity of any transaction, agreement, or payment involving the Partnership and an Affiliate otherwise permitted by this Agreement shall not be affected by reason of the relationship between the General Partner and the Affiliate or the approval of the transaction, agreement or payment by the General Partner, which is otherwise interested in or related to the Affiliate. (b) If the General Partner is employed by or retained by the Partnership in any capacity, compensation to such General Partner shall be deemed to be for services rendered not in the General Partner's capacity as a member of the Partnership, and it shall be treated for federal income tax purposes as a payment described by either Section 707(a) or 707(c) of the Code. SECTION 3.07. OTHER BUSINESS. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way or manner prohibit or restrict the right or freedom of any Partner, any Affiliate of any Partner or any other Person to conduct or participate in any business or activity individually or as a partner, shareholder or owner of any partnership, corporation or other entity other than the Partnership without any obligation or accountability to the Partnership or any other Partner, even if such business or activity competes with the business of the Partnership; and any entity which includes as a partner, shareholder or other owner a Partner, any Affiliate or any other Person shall have the right at any time to own and operate any business whatsoever other than the business of the Partnership, either individually or with one or more parties, and shall not be required to obtain the consent thereto by any other Partner or offer to any other Partner or the Partnership a participation therein. SECTION 3.08. INDEMNIFICATION. Each Person now or in the future a General Partner or an officer, director, general partner, member, trustee or Affiliate of a General Partner (and such Person's successors and assigns) shall be indemnified by the Partnership against expenses (including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees, related disbursements and removal of any liens affecting any property of the indemnitee), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which such Person may be made a party by reason of being, or having been, a General Partner or an officer, director, general partner, member, trustee or Affiliate of a General Partner, or such Person's successor or assign (whether or not continuing to be such at the time of incurring such expense), if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Any such indemnification shall be limited to the assets of the Partnership and shall not impose any personal liability upon any Partner. This provision is intended to provide such indemnification as is permitted under Indiana law; it shall not operate to indemnify any person in any case in which such indemnification is for any reason contrary to law. SECTION 3.09. TIME TO BE DEVOTED TO BUSINESS. The General Partner shall devote such time to the Partnership's business as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, shall deem to be necessary to manage and supervise the Partnership's business and affairs in an efficient manner. 9 10 Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the employment, at the expense of the Partnership, of any agent or third party to manage or provide other services with respect to the Partnership's business, subject to the control of the General Partner. SECTION 3.10. LOANS TO THE PARTNERSHIP. In the event that additional funds are required by the Partnership, the General Partner (or any Affiliate thereof) may, at its option, loan such funds to the Partnership. Each such loan shall be made upon terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those upon which a commercial lending institution would make such a loan to an entity with financial and business characteristics similar to the Partnership. SECTION 3.11. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. The Partnership shall reimburse the General Partner for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the General Partner or its partners, members, officers, employees or agents in performing the duties of the General Partner under this Agreement. SECTION 3.12. APPOINTMENT AND POWER OF GENERAL MANAGER AND ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. (a) The General Partner may in its discretion appoint (or remove) a general manager or an assistant general manager of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Either of the General Manager or the Assistant General Manager acting alone shall have full power and authority to execute any and all documents on behalf of the Partnership including, but not limited to, contracts, notes, mortgages, deeds and leases for and on behalf of the Partnership, which, when so executed and delivered, shall be binding upon the Partnership. Any responsibility or power specifically given to the General Manager herein may be performed by the Assistant General Manager if the General Manager is unavailable or unable to do so. Any person, firm or corporation dealing with the Partnership may rely on the authority of the General Manager or Assistant General Manager as outlined herein and need not inquire into the authority of such person. (b) The General Partner may remove such appointees and appoint (or remove) any other person as General Manager and Assistant General Manager by giving written notice thereof to the Partners, provided, however, any person, firm or corporation may rely on the certification of the General Partner as to who the General Manager or Assistant General Manager of the Partnership are and need not inquire further. (c) The General Manager and the Assistant General Manager shall not be personally liable for any liabilities or obligations of the Partnership as a result of holding the positions of General Manager or Assistant General Manager. 10 11 ARTICLE IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, PROFITS AND LOSSES AND DISTRIBUTIONS SECTION 4.01. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) The total Capital Contribution of the General Partner shall be as specified in Exhibit A, payable upon execution of this Agreement. (b) The total Capital Contribution of the Limited Partners shall be as specified in Exhibit A, payable upon execution of this Agreement. (c) From and after the date hereof, except as provided in this Section, the Partners shall not be obligated to make further contributions to the Partnership. SECTION 4.02. DISTRIBUTABLE CASH DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributable Cash for each fiscal year shall be determined and distributed annually to the Partners prior to each March 31, computed for the period ended the previous December 31. All Distributable Cash shall be distributed for the fiscal year. Distributions of Distributable Cash shall be made to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. SECTION 4.03. DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CAPITAL TRANSACTION. The Partnership's share of the proceeds from a Capital Transaction shall be applied and distributed in the following order, after adjusting Capital Accounts for all Distributions under Section 4.02 and all allocations of Profits and Losses: (a) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership deemed appropriate by the General Partner to pay at that time in the order of priority as provided by law (other than those to Partners) including the expenses of or relating to sale, refinancing, exchange, condemnation, destruction or other disposition; (b) To the setting up of such reserves as are reasonably necessary for any contingent liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or for the operation of the Partnership, as determined solely by the General Partner in good faith; (c) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership to the Limited Partners other than in respect to the Outstanding Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners; (d) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership to the General Partner other than in respect of the Outstanding Capital Contributions of the General Partner; and (e) To the Partners in accordance with the positive balances in their Capital Accounts. 11 12 SECTION 4.04. ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES. (a) After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Sections 4.05 and 4.06 hereof, including chargebacks of minimum gain, for each fiscal year of the Partnership or portion thereof, all Profits shall be allocated as follows: (i) Profits shall first be allocated to the Partners to offset any net Losses allocated pursuant to 4.4(b)(ii) below until each Partner's Capital Account has been brought equal to zero; (ii) Profits shall then be allocated to offset any net Losses allocated pursuant to 4.04(b)(i) below; and (iii) Any remaining Profits shall be allocated to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. (b) For each fiscal year of the Partnership or portion thereof, all Losses shall be allocated to the Partners as follows: (i) First, to each Partner having a positive balance in its Capital Account in the proportion that such Partner's positive Capital Account balance bears to the total of all positive Capital Account balances of Partners until all such positive Capital Account balances equal zero; and (ii) Second, to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. (iii) Notwithstanding (i) and (ii) above, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), the allocation of loss, deduction or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures to a Partner shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be so allocated without causing a violation of the alternate test of economic effect. (c) In connection with any Capital Transaction treated as an installment sale, Profits or Losses shall, for purposes of adjusting the Partners' respective Capital Accounts, be allocated under the foregoing provisions of this section as though the principal amount of the deferred obligation were received in full at the time of sale. In connection with any Capital Transaction properly treated as an installment sale under the Code, the portion of the Profits or Losses in each installment allocable to a given Partner shall, for federal income tax purposes, be in proportion to the Partner's total share of Profits or Losses from the Capital Transaction allocated to the Partner pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section. (d) For purposes of this section, the determination of a Partner's Capital Account shall be made without taking into account any liabilities treated as a contribution of money pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c) (if the Partnership's payment of 12 13 such liabilities would be treated as a distribution of money pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c)). SECTION 4.05. SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS. (a) The Partnership shall make the qualified income offset allocation required by the alternate test for economic effect under Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury Regulations. (b) In the event any Partner has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any Partnership fiscal year that is in excess of the amount such Partner is obligated to restore to the Partnership, each such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible. (c) The Partnership shall make as appropriate to the Partnership and the Partners all allocation of nonrecourse deductions and minimum gain chargebacks in accordance with the Code and Treasury Regulations. SECTION 4.06. CURATIVE ALLOCATIONS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof shall be taken into account in allocating other Profits, Losses, and items of income, gain, loss, and deduction among the Partners so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations to each Partner shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Partner if the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 had not occurred. (b) The Tax Matters Partner shall have reasonable discretion, with respect to each Partnership fiscal year, to (i) apply the provisions of this Sections 4.06 in whatever order is likely to minimize the economic distortions that might otherwise result from the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 SECTION 4.07. OTHER ALLOCATION RULES. Solely for purposes of determining a Partner's proportionate share of the "excess nonrecourse liabilities" of the Partnership within the meaning of Section 1.752-3(a)(3) of the Treasury Regulations, such excess nonrecourse liabilities shall be allocated among the Partners in the manner in which it is reasonably expected (as determined by the Tax Matters Partner) that the deductions attributed to those nonrecourse liabilities will be allocated. SECTION 4.08. TAX ALLOCATIONS; CODE SECTION 704(C). In the event any Partnership property is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such property at the time of its contribution to the Partnership or its revaluation pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), respectively, income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to such property shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners in the manner required by Code Section 704(c) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i). 13 14 SECTION 4.09. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Whenever a proportionate part of Partnership Profit or Loss is credited or charged to a Partner's Capital Account, every item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or tax preference entering into the computation of such Profit or Loss, or applicable to the period during which such Profit or Loss was realized, shall be considered credited or charged, as the case may be, to such account in the same proportion; provided, however, that in the event of an increase or a decrease in the interest of a Partner at any time after the Partnership's initial fiscal year other than at the end of a fiscal year of the Partnership, the share of the Profits and Losses and the net Distributable Cash of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Persons whose shares are changed in the same ratio as the number of days in such Partnership fiscal year before and after the date of such transfer, except that sale Profits and Losses, refinancing proceeds and the gain, loss and proceeds arising out of other extraordinary transactions shall be credited to the Person who is a Partner as of the date of such event. SECTION 4.10. NO INTEREST ON CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. No Partner shall be entitled to receive any interest from the Partnership on account of the amount of such Partner's Capital Account. SECTION 4.11. DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY. Unless the Partners otherwise agree, in the event it becomes necessary to make a distribution of Partnership property in kind, then such property shall be transferred and conveyed to the Partners, or their assigns, so as to vest in each of them as a tenant-in-common, a percentage interest in the whole of said property equal to the percentage interest such Partner would have received had such property not been distributed in kind. SECTION 4.12. RETURN OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION. Except as provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or to receive any distributions from the Partnership except as provided by this Agreement. No Partner shall have the right to demand or receive property other than cash in return for its Capital Contribution; and if upon dissolution the Partnership property remaining after the payment or discharge of debts and liabilities of the Partnership is insufficient to return said contributions, a Limited Partner shall have no recourse against the General Partner or any other Limited Partner. ARTICLE V ACCOUNTING, REPORTING AND HOLDING OF ASSETS SECTION 5.01. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Partnership shall commence on the 1st day of March and continue through the last day of February. SECTION 5.02. ACCOUNTING. The books of account and records of the Partnership shall be located at such place as may be specified by the General Partner and shall be kept and maintained on a federal income tax basis. All assets of the Partnership shall be reflected on the books of the Partnership at their adjusted basis as determined for the purpose of reporting gain or loss under the Code. 14 15 SECTION 5.03. RIGHT TO INSPECTION. Each Partner or such Partner's duly authorized agent shall at all reasonable times have access to and the right to inspect and copy any of the books and records of the Partnership. SECTION 5.04. HOLDING AND TRANSFER OF ASSETS. All property, real or personal, owned by the Partnership shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner or Assignee, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, of the General Partner, or of one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in its name shall be held in trust by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the terms or provisions of this Agreement. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership on its books and records, without respect to the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held. Any deed, bill of sale, note, mortgage, contract for sale or other document to which the Partnership is a party shall be valid and binding upon the Partnership if signed only by the General Partner, and any Person dealing with the Partnership may fully rely on the authority granted by this section and shall not be required to make any inquiry or investigation of the authority of such Person. SECTION 5.05. BANK ACCOUNTS. Funds of the Partnership may be deposited in its name in such bank account or accounts as shall be designated from time to time by the General Partner. All withdrawals from Partnership accounts shall be made upon checks signed by or upon the authorization of the General Partner. The General Partner may designate one or more Persons to sign checks upon its authorization. SECTION 5.06. TAX STATUS; NOTICE OF TAX CONTROVERSY. The Partnership shall be treated and shall file its tax returns as a partnership for federal, state and municipal income tax and other tax purposes. If any Partner shall receive notice of a tax examination of the Partnership by federal, state or local authorities, such Partner shall immediately give notice thereof to the other Partners. SECTION 5.07. TAX MATTERS PARTNER; TAX ELECTIONS. The Person named in Section 1.04 as "Tax Matters Partner" is hereby designated as the tax matters partner of the Partnership under Subchapter C of Chapter 63 as contained in subtitle F of the Code. All elections permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code shall be made by the Tax Matters Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Tax Matters Partner is authorized to make an election on behalf of the Partnership under Section 754 of the Code. On or before February 28 of each year or as soon as practicable thereafter (but prior to the expiration of any extension for filing of tax returns), the Tax Matters Partner shall cause to be prepared and distributed to the Partners the Partnership's federal and state tax returns. Failure of any Partner to object to the tax return within thirty (30) days after receipt of its K-1 Schedule (or any substitute or additional form hereafter required by the Code or Treasury Regulations) shall be deemed to be approval of such tax return as filed. 15 16 SECTION 5.08. TAX MATTERS PARTNER NOT LIABLE. The Tax Matters Partner shall not be liable to any Partner or the Partnership on account of any action taken or not taken so long as he shall act in good faith in such capacity. Without limiting the generality thereof, the Tax Matters Partner shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in taking any action which benefits Partners holding at least 50% of the interest in the Partnership, measured by Percentage Shares. ARTICLE VI DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP SECTION 6.01. DISSOLUTION. The Partnership shall be dissolved and, unless continued, its assets shall be disposed of and its affairs wound up upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) The Partners voluntarily agree to dissolve the Partnership. (b) The term stated in Section 1.03 expires. (c) The Bankruptcy of the Partnership. (d) The withdrawal, termination of existence or Bankruptcy of the General Partner and the failure of the Limited Partners to exercise the right provided in the first sentence of Section 7.02. SECTION 6.02. DEEMED CONTRIBUTION AND LIQUIDATION. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article VI, in the event the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) but where the Partnership is continued, the Partnership*s assets shall not be liquidated, the Partnership*s liabilities shall not be paid or discharged, and the Partnership*s affairs shall not be wound up. Instead, the Partnership shall be deemed to have contributed its assets to a new partnership (the "Successor Partnership"), and immediately thereafter, the Partners shall be deemed to have received interests in the Successor Partnership in liquidation of the Partnership without effecting any change in the ownership of interests in the Partnership or the Successor Partnership as a result of such contribution and liquidation. ARTICLE VII CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER SECTION 7.01. WITHDRAWAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER. The General Partner shall not voluntarily withdraw from the Partnership or sell, assign or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, or take any action described in items (B), (C) or (D) of the definition of "Bankruptcy" in Section 1.04, or sell, assign, or otherwise dispose of its Partnership 16 17 interest without the prior written consent of Limited Partners owning a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners. SECTION 7.02. CONTINUATION OF PARTNERSHIP. In the event of the Bankruptcy, termination of existence or withdrawal of the General Partner, all powers granted to the General Partner shall terminate and the Limited Partners owning a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners shall have the right to select a new general partner or general partners and to continue the business of the Partnership as a successor limited partnership. If the Limited Partners exercise such right, the successor limited partnership shall be governed by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. ARTICLE VIII CHANGES IN LIMITED PARTNERS SECTION 8.01. DISSOLUTION OR BANKRUPTCY OF A LIMITED PARTNER. The dissolution or Bankruptcy of a Limited Partner shall not dissolve the Partnership. Upon notice of such event thereof to the General Partner and the receipt by the General Partner of all instruments of transfer and other documents for the protection of the Partnership as the General Partner deems appropriate under the circumstances, the successor interest of the dissolved or Bankrupt Limited Partner shall become an Assignee of the interest of such Limited Partner and be entitled, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to all further allocations and distributions on account of the interest of such Limited Partner in the Partnership; however, no transferee of the interest of the dissolved or Bankrupt Limited Partner shall become a Substituted Partner without first obtaining the written consent of the General Partner. SECTION 8.02. TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST. (a) A Limited Partner shall have the right to assign the whole or any portion of its interest in the Partnership to any Person by a written assignment; provided that (i) the terms of such assignment are not in contravention of any of the provisions of this Agreement; (ii) such assignment is fully executed by the assignor and Assignee; (iii) such assignment is received by the Partnership and recorded on the books thereof; (iv) the General Partner, in its sole discretion, approves the transfer, and (v) the Limited Partner provides an opinion, if required by the General Partner, satisfactory to the General Partner, that no material adverse tax or securities law effects will result from such assignment. (b) In the event of an assignment of a Limited Partner's interest, the following rules shall govern: (i) The effective date of an assignment of Partnership interest shall be that date set forth on the written instrument of assignment; provided, however, that no assignment shall be retroactive. 17 18 (ii) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, both the Partnership and the General Partner shall be entitled to treat the Partner or Assignee with respect to such Partnership interest as the absolute owner thereof in all respects and shall incur no liability for Distributions of cash or other property made in good faith to such Partner or Assignee until such time as the written assignment has been delivered to the Partnership for registration of the assignment and any required approvals are given. (iii) An Assignee shall be entitled to receive Distributions of cash or other property from the Partnership attributable to the interest acquired by reason of such assignment from and after the date of the assignment of such interest to the Assignee except as provided in subparagraph (ii) above. (iv) The Profits, Losses, income, expense, deductions or credits attributable to the interest acquired by reason of such assignment shall be divided among and allocated between the assignor and Assignee of such interest and in accordance with subparagraph (v) below. (v) The division and allocation of Profits, Losses, income, expense, deductions or credits attributable to the Partnership interest between assignor and Assignee during any fiscal year of the Partnership shall be based upon the length of time during such fiscal year, as measured by the effective date of the assignment, that the interest was owned by each of them and shall not be based upon the date or dates during such fiscal year on which Profits were earned or Losses were incurred by the Partnership. SECTION 8.03. SUBSTITUTION AS A LIMITED PARTNER. No Assignee of the whole or any portion of a Limited Partner's interest shall have the right to become a Substituted Partner in place of the assignor unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) The assignor and Assignee execute and acknowledge a written instrument of assignment, together with such other instruments as the General Partner may deem necessary or desirable to effect the admission of the Assignee as a Substituted Partner. (ii) Such instrument of assignment provided for herein has been delivered to and received by the General Partner. (iii) The conditions to such substitution in Section 8.04 have been satisfied and any approvals required by Section 8.05 to such substitution have been obtained. 18 19 (iv) The written consent of the General Partner to such substitution has been obtained, the granting or denial of which shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner; provided that the consent of the General Partner to such substitution shall be withheld if the General Partner shall not have received evidence satisfactory to it that the Substituted Partner is authorized to acquire the interest so assigned and has the appropriate financial resources to acquire and maintain the Partnership interest assigned to it. (v) A transfer fee has been paid to the Partnership which is sufficient to cover all reasonable expenses connected with such assignment and substitution, including, but not limited to, legal and filing or recording fees. SECTION 8.04. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO ASSIGNMENT AND SUBSTITUTION. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not recognize any assignment or substitution for any purpose if (a) such transfer together with prior transfers would result in the sale or exchange of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total interest in the Partnership capital and profits within a twelve-month period, or (b) the Partnership shall not have received, if required by the General Partner, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such sale (i) will not result in termination of the Partnership under the Act; (ii) will not result in termination of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes or, if it does result in such a termination, such termination will not cause material adverse federal income tax consequences to the Partnership or the Partners requesting the opinion; (iii) will not change the status of the Partnership as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; (iv) will not give rise to liability of the Partnership, any Partner or any agent or advisor of any Partner for violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof; and (v) will not cause the Partnership to become subject to payment of the Indiana Gross Income Tax. SECTION 8.05. EFFECT OF TRANSFER. Any Assignee or other transferee of an interest in the Partnership shall take subject to the restrictions and conditions to assignment imposed by this Article. ARTICLE IX LIQUIDATION SECTION 9.01. LIQUIDATION DETERMINATION. In the event of dissolution where continuation of the Partnership is not provided for, the Partnership shall be liquidated. For purposes of this Article IX, liquidation for tax purposes shall occur upon the earlier of the date upon which the Partnership is terminated under Code Section 708(b)(1) or the date upon which the Partnership ceases to be a going concern (even though it may continue in existence for the purpose of winding up its affairs, paying its debts, and distributing any remaining balance to the Partners). 19 20 SECTION 9.02. ALLOCATION OF LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS. (a) Upon liquidation of the Partnership, the proceeds shall be applied and distributed in the following manner and order of priority: (i) to the payment of liabilities of creditors other than Partners and to the expenses of liquidation; (ii) to the setting up of any reserves which the General Partner determines reasonably necessary for any contingent liabilities of the Partnership or of any Partner arising out of or in connection with a Partnership liability, which revenues shall be paid over by the General Partner to an escrow agent or shall be held for the purpose of disbursing such reserves in payment of any such contingent liabilities and, at the expiration of such period as the General Partner shall deem advisable, the balance of which shall be distributed as otherwise provided in this section; (iii) to the payment of any liabilities to the Partners (other than Capital Accounts), arising out of or in connection with a Partnership liability, or if the amount available for such payment is insufficient, a pro rata portion thereof; and (iv) the remainder to the Partners in accordance with Article IV of this Agreement. (b) Liquidation proceeds shall be distributed within the time limits required by the Code. SECTION 9.03. LIQUIDATION PROCEDURE. A reasonable time, as determined by the General Partner, from the date of an event of dissolution shall be allowed for the orderly liquidation of the assets of the Partnership and the discharge of its liabilities. Upon the completion of dissolution in accordance with the terms hereof, the Partnership shall terminate and the General Partner shall execute, acknowledge and cause to be filed a certificate of cancellation of the Partnership whereupon it shall cease to exist in all respects. In the event of a dissolution of the Partnership, liquidation of the assets of the Partnership and discharge of its liabilities may be carried out by a liquidation trustee or receiver, who shall be a bank or trust company or other Person or firm having experience in managing, liquidating or otherwise handling property of the type then owned by the Partnership. Such liquidating trustee or receiver shall be designated by the General Partner. A liquidation trustee shall be not personally liable for the debts of the Partnership but otherwise shall have such obligations and authorities as are given the General Partner pursuant to this Agreement or as may be agreed upon between the Partners and said liquidation trustee. 20 21 ARTICLE X PAYMENTS TO GENERAL PARTNER AND AFFILIATES SECTION 10.01. PARTNERSHIP EXPENSES. The Partnership shall pay all expenses (which expenses shall be billed directly to the Partnership) of the Partnership which may include, but are not limited to: (i) all costs of personnel employed by the Partnership and involved in the business of the Partnership, (ii) all costs of borrowed money and taxes applicable to the Partnership, (iii) legal, audit, accounting, brokerage and other fees, (iv) printing, engraving and other expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and recording of documents evidencing ownership of an interest in the Partnership or in connection with the business of the Partnership, (v) fees and expenses paid to independent contractors, brokers, consultants and other agents, (vi) the cost of any insurance required in connection with the business of the Partnership, (vii) expenses of organizing, revising, amending, converting, modifying or terminating the Partnership, (viii) expenses in connection with distributions made by the Partnership to, and communications and bookkeeping and clerical work necessary in maintaining relations with the Limited Partners, including the cost of preparation of consents, (ix) expenses in connection with preparing reports required to be furnished to the Limited Partners for investor, tax reporting or other purposes, or which reports the General Partner deems the furnishing thereof to the Limited Partners to be in the best interests of the Partnership, (x) costs of any accounting, statistical or bookkeeping equipment necessary for the maintenance of the books and records of the Partnership, and (xi) the cost of preparation and dissemination of the informational material and documentation relating to potential sale, refinancing or other disposition of Partnership assets. ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 11.01. NOTICE. All notices, elections, consents and approvals under this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be effectively given to any Partner if delivered to the Partner or if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to such Partner at the address provided to the Partnership. Any Partner may change his or its address for notice by giving notice of such change to the General Partner. SECTION 11.02. CONSTRUCTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana. In the event any laws, rules, or regulations applicable to the Partnership require any Partner, or any group or class thereof, to have certain rights, options, privileges, or consents not granted by the terms of this Agreement, then such Partners shall have and enjoy such rights, options, privileges, and consents so long as (but only so long as) the existence thereof does not result in a loss of the limitation on liability enjoyed by any other Limited Partner under the Act or the applicable laws of any other jurisdiction. 21 22 SECTION 11.03. ASSIGNS AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall run for the benefit of the parties executing this Agreement, and the personal representatives, heirs, legatees, devisees, assigns and successors in interest of the Partners. SECTION 11.04. ASSIGNMENT. No Partner to this Agreement may assign its Partnership interest or any right therein to any other Person except with the express written consent of the other Partners or as otherwise provided in this Agreement. However, in the event of any assignment of a Partnership interest in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Partners agree to execute such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such change, including required changes to this Agreement and the Certificate described in Section 11.06. SECTION 11.05. AMENDMENT. (a) The General Partner, without obtaining the consent of the Limited Partners, may amend this Agreement at any time, in its sole and exclusive discretion, but only to reflect: (i) a change in the name of the Partnership; (ii) a change in the principal place of business of the Partnership; (iii) the admission, substitution, termination, or withdrawal of Partners in accordance with this Agreement; (iv) a change in address of any Partner; (v) a change that is (A) of an inconsequential nature and does not adversely affect any Limited Partner or any Assignees in any material respect, or (B) required or contemplated by this Agreement; (vi) a change in any provision of this Agreement which requires any action to be taken by or on behalf of the General Partner or the Partnership pursuant to the requirements of applicable law if the provisions of applicable law are amended, modified, or revoked so that the taking of such action is no longer required; or (vii) any other amendments similar to the foregoing. The authority set forth in subsection (vi) shall specifically include the authority to make such amendments to this Agreement and to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as the General Partner deems necessary or desirable in the event the Act is amended to eliminate or change any provision now in effect. 22 23 (b) This Agreement may be otherwise amended upon the consent of both the General Partner and the Limited Partners owning at least a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners. SECTION 11.06. CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership shall file a Certificate of Limited Partnership in such office or offices in such jurisdiction or jurisdictions where such a filing is required by applicable law or deemed desirable by the General Partner. In the event of any change requiring the cancellation or amendment of such certificate under the Act or such other applicable law, the General Partner shall cause the certificate to be cancelled or amended in accordance with law by an appropriate filing, without the necessity of first obtaining the prior consent of the Limited Partners. SECTION 11.07. FURTHER ASSURANCES. The Partners will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement. SECTION 11.08. WARRANTIES OF REPRESENTATIVES. Each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants that he has been fully empowered to execute this Agreement, and that all necessary action for the execution of this Agreement has been taken. SECTION 11.09. COMPUTATION OF TIME. In computing any period of time pursuant to this Agreement, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. SECTION 11.10. IDENTIFICATION OF OWNERS. If any governmental agency requires reporting or disclosure of ownership, control or financial condition, each Partner and Assignee shall, upon request of the General Partner, promptly submit to the General Partner a list showing the name and address of all Persons having any direct, indirect or beneficial ownership of such Partner or Assignee, together with such Person's ownership interest. SECTION 11.11. CAPTIONS. Article titles or captions contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof. SECTION 11.12. IDENTIFICATION. Whenever the singular number is used in this Agreement and when required by the context, the same shall include the plural; and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders. SECTION 11.13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts or by separate signature pages identified as such and all of such counterparts or signature pages shall for all purposes constitute an agreement binding on the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties are not signatory to the same counterpart or signature page. 23 24 SECTION 11.14. PARTNERS' CAPABILITY. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Partner, or any Assignee of the interests thereof, shall be a Person or organization prohibited by law from becoming such. Any assignment of an interest in the Partnership to any Person or organization not meeting such standard shall be void and ineffective and shall not bind the Partnership. SECTION 11.15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect so far as the intent of the parties can be carried out. SECTION 11.16. LIMITATION ON BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. It is the explicit intention of the Partners that no Person other than the Partners and the Partnership (and, to the extent provided in Section 3.08, the Persons entitled to be indemnified thereunder) is or shall be entitled to bring any action by or on behalf of the Partnership to enforce any provision of this Agreement against any Partner (or its successors and assigns) or the Partnership, and that the covenants, undertakings, and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable only by, the Partners (or their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder) and the Partnership (and, to the extent provided in Section 3.08, the Persons entitled to be indemnified thereunder). SECTION 11.18. APPROVAL OR CONSENT. Except as otherwise provided herein, any approval or consent required in this Agreement by Partners shall be deemed given upon the affirmative vote at a meeting, or the execution of a written ballot or consent form indicating consent, by Partners owning at least a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Partners required so to consent to or approve the matter. The terms "consent" and "approve" have the same meanings in this Agreement and shall be interchangeable for purposes of applying the Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership this 1st day of March, 1998. GENERAL PARTNER: EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ----------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President 24 25 LIMITED PARTNERS: EMMIS FM BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF INDIANAPOLIS By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ----------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President EMMIS FM RADIO CORPORATION OF INDIANAPOLIS By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ----------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President EMMIS AM RADIO CORPORATION OF INDIANAPOLIS By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ----------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President EMMIS 1310 AM RADIO CORPORATION OF INDIANAPOLIS By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ----------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President EMMIS 105.7 FM RADIO CORPORATION OF INDIANAPOLIS By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ----------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President 25 26 EXHIBIT A PARTNERS AND THEIR INTERESTS
PERCENTAGE PARTNER SHARE General Partner: Emmis Broadcasting Corporation 1% Limited Partners: Emmis FM Broadcasting Corporation of Indianapolis 35% Emmis FM Radio Corporation of Indianapolis 11% Emmis AM Radio Corporation of Indianapolis 40% Emmis 1310 AM Radio Corporation of Indianapolis 2% Emmis 105.7 FM Radio Corporation of Indianapolis 11%
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EX-3.23 21 c63012a1ex3-23.txt CERT. OF IND. LTD. PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS INDIANA 1 Exhibit 3.23 CERTIFICATE OF INDIANA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS INDIANA RADIO, L. P. Pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, IC 23-16, et seq., the undersigned general partner hereby signs and files this certificate of limited partnership on behalf of the above-named limited partnership: 1. The name of the limited partnership is: EMMIS INDIANA RADIO, L. P. 2. The address of the office at which the records required by IC 23-16-2-3(a) are to be kept is: 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 3. The name and Indiana business address of its registered agent is: David L. Wills 2700 First Indiana Plaza 135 N. Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 4. The name and business address of the general partner is: Emmis Broadcasting Corporation 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 5. This certificate is effective on March 1, 1998. 6. The latest date upon which the limited partnership is to dissolve is December 31, 2047. Executed by the general partner as of the 16th day of February, 1998. EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION General Partner By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ------------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President 2 AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF INDIANA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS INDIANA RADIO, L.P. Pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, IC 23-16, the undersigned general partner hereby amends the Certificate of Limited Partnership as follows: 1. The name of the limited partnership is Emmis Indiana Radio, L.P. 2. The initial Certificate of Limited Partnership was filed on March 1, 1998. 3. The Certificate of Limited Partnership is amended to reflect the change of the name of the Limited Partnership as follows: "The name of the Limited Partnership is: Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P." 4. The latest date upon which the limited partnership is to dissolve shall remain December 31, 2047. 5. The name and address of the registered agent for the Limited Partnership shall remain David L. Wills, 2700 First Indiana Plaza, 135 North Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204. 6. This amendment of Certificate of Limited Partnership is effective on the filing date. Dated: June 10, 1998 Emmis Broadcasting Corporation, General Partner By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz -------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Secretary EX-3.24 22 c63012a1ex3-24.txt AGREEMENT OF LTD. PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS PUBLISHING 1 Exhibit 3.24 AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS PUBLISHING, L.P. The undersigned hereby enter into and agree as provided in the following Agreement of Limited Partnership (the "Agreement"). ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 1.01. NAME. The name of the Partnership is Emmis Publishing, L.P. (the "Partnership"). SECTION 1.02. PLACE OF BUSINESS. The principal business office of the Partnership shall be 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, or at such location as may be selected from time to time by the General Partner. SECTION 1.03. TERM. The term of the Partnership shall extend until December 31, 2047, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. SECTION 1.04. DEFINITIONS. The following terms have the following meanings herein: "ACT" means the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as now or hereafter amended. "AFFILIATE" means a Person who, with respect to another person, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such other Person. "ASSIGNEE" means a Person who has acquired a direct beneficial interest in the Partnership but who has not become a Substituted Partner. "ASSIGNMENT" means, for purposes of Articles VII and VIII with regard to interests in the Partnership, any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of, or the granting of a security interest in, such an interest, including without limitation a transfer in connection with a dissolution, merger, consolidation or similar action of a Partner. "BANKRUPTCY" means, with respect to a Person, the happening of any of the following: (A) The entry by a court or governmental agency having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Person in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or for any substantial part of such Person's property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of such Person's 2 affairs, and such decree or order remaining unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or (B) The commencement by the Person of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; or (C) The consent by the Person to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of any substantial part of such Person's property, or the filing of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing the inability of the Person to pay his, her or its debts as they become due; or (D) The making by the Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. "CAPITAL ACCOUNT" means, with respect to any Partner, an amount equal to the sum of: (A) the amount of cash such Partner has contributed to the Partnership (including any contribution pursuant to Section 4.01), (B) the fair market value of any property such Partner has contributed to the Partnership (net of any liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Partnership is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752) as a Capital Contribution, and (C) the amount of Profits allocated to such Partner and any items in the nature of income or Profits that are specifically allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06; reduced by the sum of: (W) the amount of Losses allocated to such Partner and any items in the nature of expenses or losses that are specifically allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06; (X) the amount of all cash distributed to such Partner, and (Y) the fair market value of any property distributed to such Partner (net of any liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Partner is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752); 2 3 subject, however, to such other adjustments as may be required under the Code and Treasury Regulations, including, but not limited to, increases or decreases to reflect a revaluation of Partnership property on the Partnership*s books in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). Generally, a transferee of a Partnership interest shall succeed to the Capital Account relating to the Partnership interest transferred. The Capital Account is to be determined and maintained at all times in strict accordance with all of the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). The Capital Account of a Partner may, under certain circumstances, be an amount less than zero. The Assignee of Record or Substituted Partner to whom a Partnership interest is transferred shall succeed to the Capital Account attributable to the Partnership interest (or portion thereof) transferred. "CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" means the total amount of cash or other consideration contributed to the Partnership by each Partner pursuant to Section 4.01. "CAPITAL TRANSACTION" means the sale, exchange, refinancing or other disposition of all or any substantial part of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein (with the exception of the sale of personal property or fixtures because of replacement or obsolescence), or casualty damage to, or condemnation of, all or any substantial part of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein (other than the proceeds of any business or rental interruption insurance), but not including the grant of an interest as security in or any encumbrance of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein. "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or as may hereafter be amended or supplemented. "DEPRECIATION" means for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Partnership asset is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such asset pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) of the Treasury Regulations, depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deductions shall be computed for book purposes with respect to such asset pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) of the Treasury Regulations. "DISTRIBUTABLE CASH" means for any fiscal period the total operating and investment revenues of the Partnership, reduced by (i) operating expenses requiring the expenditure of cash by the Partnership (to the extent not paid from reserves); (ii) debt amortization; (iii) management fees and administration fees; (iv) taxes, interest expense, repayment of loans outstanding pursuant to Section 3.10 and any other items reasonably determined by the General Partner to be necessary for the operations of the Partnership (to the extent not paid from reserves); and (v) reasonable additions to other reserves for working capital, contingencies and anticipated expenses, as determined by the General Partner. "Distributable Cash" does not include the proceeds of the sale, refinancing, exchange, condemnation or destruction (including insurance or condemnation proceeds in excess of amounts required to be applied to restore or replace the insured or condemned property other than the proceeds of any business or rental interruption 3 4 insurance) or other disposition of all or any substantial part of the Partnership's property or any interest therein in a Capital Transaction. Distributable Cash shall be determined separately for each fiscal period of the Partnership. "DISTRIBUTION" means any cash or property distributed to a Partner arising from its interest in the Partnership. "GENERAL PARTNER" means the Person specified as such in Exhibit A. "LIMITED PARTNER" means (i) each Person specified as such on Exhibit A to this Agreement and (ii) successors who have complied with the requirements of Article VIII and who have been accepted as substitute limited partners pursuant to Section 8.04. "LIMITED PARTNER CONSENT" means the approval or consent in writing of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners, measured by their respective Percentage Shares compared to the total Percentage Shares held by all Limited Partners. "OUTSTANDING CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" of a Partner means the amount of all cash contributed by the Partner to the capital of the Partnership, reduced (but not below zero) by all cash distributed to the Partner as a result of a Capital Transaction. "PARTNER" means a General Partner or a Limited Partner. "PARTNERSHIP" means the partnership governed by this agreement of limited partnership. "PERCENTAGE SHARE" means with respect to each Partner the percentage specified as such for that Partner in Exhibit A to this Agreement. "PERSON" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, estate, trust, pension or profit-sharing plan or other entity. "PROFITS" and "LOSSES" mean, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the Partnership's taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments: (i) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing profits or losses pursuant to this Section 1.04 shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (ii) Any Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures not otherwise taken into account in computing profits or losses pursuant to this Section 1.04 shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss; 4 5 (iii) In the event any asset of the Partnership is distributed to any Partner or sold by the Partnership, the difference on such date between (a) the gross fair market value (determined by agreement of the Partners or, if they cannot agree, by arbitration in accordance with the then current rules of the American Arbitration Association) and (b)(i) the adjusted basis of the asset for federal income tax purposes, or (2) if the asset is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such asset pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), the gross fair market value on the date of the contribution of the asset to the Partnership or the gross fair market value of the asset on the date of the asset*s revaluation on the Partnership*s books, as the case may be (as determined by the General Partner) less Depreciation, shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; (iv) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal year or other period; and (v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of the term "Profits and Losses", any items which are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06 shall not be taken into account in computing Profits and Losses. "SUBSTITUTED PARTNER" means an Assignee or other Person, who becomes a Partner pursuant to Article VIII. "TAX MATTERS PARTNER" means the General Partner, or any successor thereto appointed by the General Partner. "TREASURY REGULATIONS" mean the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or as hereafter amended or supplemented (including corresponding provisions of such succeeding regulations). Such terms shall be used either in the singular or plural and may be referred to in any gender as required by the context. 5 6 ARTICLE II MEMBERS AND STATUS SECTION 2.01. THE PARTNERS. The Partners of the Partnership shall consist of and be divided into two classes, with the General Partner as general partner and the Limited Partner as limited partner. SECTION 2.02. ADDITIONAL PARTNERS. Additional general or limited partners may be admitted from time to time by approval of the General Partner or as otherwise provided in this Agreement except that the admission of such additional partners shall not diminish the Percentage Share of any Partner in the Partnership unless otherwise agreed by the Partner whose Percentage Share is diminished. SECTION 2.03. LIABILITY OF GENERAL PARTNER. The General Partner shall have unlimited liability for the repayment, satisfaction and discharge of the obligations of the Partnership to third parties dealing with the Partnership as prescribed by law, except for non-recourse obligations which exculpt the Partnership from liability. The General Partner is not liable to the Partnership and the Limited Partners (i) for return of the Capital Contribution or any portion thereof of any Limited Partner, (ii) on account of any disallowance or adjustment by a taxing authority of deductions or credits in Partnership income tax returns, (iii) on account of any failure by the Partnership to achieve any forecasted financial return or (iv) for any action or omission to act not constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence. SECTION 2.04. LIMITATION UPON LIABILITY OF LIMITED PARTNERS. The personal liability of each Limited Partner to the Partnership (except as provided in Section 4.01), to the General Partner, to the creditors of the Partnership or to any other third party for the losses, debts or liabilities of the Partnership shall be limited to the amount of its Capital Contribution which has not theretofore been returned to it as a Distribution (including a Distribution upon liquidation). Distributions to a Limited Partner shall first be deemed a return of its Capital Contribution for purposes of the foregoing sentence. A Limited Partner shall not at any time be liable or held accountable to the Partnership, to the other Partners, to the creditors of the Partnership or to any other third party for or on account of any negative balance in its Capital Account. ARTICLE III SCOPE OF PARTNERSHIP AND MODE OF OPERATION SECTION 3.01. SCOPE OF PARTNERSHIP. The specific purpose of the Partnership is to engage in the business of radio broadcasting and publishing. The general purposes of the Partnership are to do each and every thing necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of the specific purpose or the attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated, either alone, or in association with, or as agent or representative for, other corporations (whether public, governmental or private), partnerships, individuals, or entities, or to accomplish any other 6 7 lawful business whatsoever, or which shall at any time appear conducive to or expedient for the protection or benefit of the Partnership. SECTION 3.02. POWERS OF THE PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership shall have all the powers permitted by law which are necessary or desirable in carrying out the purposes and business of the Partnership, including, but not limited to, the following powers: (a) To borrow or raise money for any of the purposes of the Partnership, and from time to time, without limitation as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, evidences of indebtedness and other instruments, and to secure the payment thereof, and the interest thereon, in any manner, including without limitation by mortgage on, or pledge, conveyance or assignment in trust of, the whole or any part of the assets of the Partnership, real, personal or mixed, including contract rights and options, whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired, and future earnings, and to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such securities or other obligations of the Partnership for the furtherance of its purpose. (b) To act in any state or nation in which the Partnership may lawfully act, for itself or as principal, agent or representative for any individual, association, partnership, corporation or legal entity, respecting business of the Partnership. (c) To enter into, make, amend, perform and carry out, or cancel and rescind, contracts and other obligations for any lawful purpose pertaining to the business of the Partnership. (d) To apply for, register, obtain, purchase or otherwise acquire trademarks, trade names, labels and designs relating to or useful in connection with any business of the Partnership, and to use, exercise, develop and license the use of the same. (e) To employ, on behalf of the Partnership, legal counsel, financial counsel, accountants, professional advisors, Persons or entities for the operation and management of the business of the Partnership. (f) To establish accounts and deposits and maintain funds in the name of the Partnership in banks or other financial institutions and to invest funds of the Partnership temporarily when not required for operation of its properties or distribution to the Partners, in short-term debt obligations, including obligations of federal and state governments, commercial paper and certificates of deposit of banks and other financial institutions. (g) To pay or reimburse any and all actual fees, costs and expenses incurred in the formation and organization of the Partnership. (h) To do all acts which are necessary, customary or appropriate for the protection and preservation of the Partnership's assets, including the establishment of reserves. 7 8 (i) To loan money to, borrow money from and engage in transactions with Affiliates, subject to Section 3.06. (j) To compromise, submit to arbitration, sue on, or defend claims in favor of or against the Partnership. (k) In general, to exercise all of the general rights, privileges and powers permitted to be had and exercised by the provisions of the Act. SECTION 3.03. MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP. The business and affairs of the Partnership shall be managed by the General Partner, who may exercise the powers specified in Section 3.02 on behalf of the Partnership, subject to the restrictions in Section 3.04(b). SECTION 3.04. LIMITATION ON POWERS. (a) As between the Partners, no Partner shall: (1) Use the Partnership name or assets in any way except for the transaction of legitimate Partnership business or do any act in contravention of this Agreement; or (2) Impart to any other person any information concerning the financial statements or operations of the Partnership except as may be necessary to carry on the business of the Partnership or the General Partner or as may be approved by the Partners or as may be required by the Act, the Code, Treasury Regulations, state or local tax laws, or other applicable laws or regulations or orders of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (3) Do any act which would make it impossible to carry on the business of the Partnership. SECTION 3.05. NON-PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT BY LIMITED PARTNERS. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the Limited Partners as such shall not participate in the control or management of the business of the Partnership, nor act for and on behalf of the Partnership in any manner whatsoever. SECTION 3.06. DEALINGS WITH RELATED ENTITIES. (a) The General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner may contract or otherwise deal with the Partnership for the purchase or sale of goods, property or services or for other purposes, and the Partnership shall have the power to so contract or deal, provided that (i) the compensation paid for and the terms of the transaction for such goods, services or property is comparable to compensation charged and terms provided for similar goods, services or property in an arms-length transaction, (ii) any goods, services or property furnished to or acquired by the Partnership are in furtherance of the Partnership business, and (iii) any material transaction 8 9 between the General Partner or any Affiliate and the Partnership is fully disclosed in writing to the Limited Partners upon request. The validity of any transaction, agreement, or payment involving the Partnership and an Affiliate otherwise permitted by this Agreement shall not be affected by reason of the relationship between the General Partner and the Affiliate or the approval of the transaction, agreement or payment by the General Partner, which is otherwise interested in or related to the Affiliate. (b) If the General Partner is employed by or retained by the Partnership in any capacity, compensation to such General Partner shall be deemed to be for services rendered not in the General Partner's capacity as a member of the Partnership, and it shall be treated for federal income tax purposes as a payment described by either Section 707(a) or 707(c) of the Code. SECTION 3.07. OTHER BUSINESS. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way or manner prohibit or restrict the right or freedom of any Partner, any Affiliate of any Partner or any other Person to conduct or participate in any business or activity individually or as a partner, shareholder or owner of any partnership, corporation or other entity other than the Partnership without any obligation or accountability to the Partnership or any other Partner, even if such business or activity competes with the business of the Partnership; and any entity which includes as a partner, shareholder or other owner a Partner, any Affiliate or any other Person shall have the right at any time to own and operate any business whatsoever other than the business of the Partnership, either individually or with one or more parties, and shall not be required to obtain the consent thereto by any other Partner or offer to any other Partner or the Partnership a participation therein. SECTION 3.08. INDEMNIFICATION. Each Person now or in the future a General Partner or an officer, director, general partner, member, trustee or Affiliate of a General Partner (and such Person's successors and assigns) shall be indemnified by the Partnership against expenses (including, but not limited to, attorneys' fees, related disbursements and removal of any liens affecting any property of the indemnitee), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which such Person may be made a party by reason of being, or having been, a General Partner or an officer, director, general partner, member, trustee or Affiliate of a General Partner, or such Person's successor or assign (whether or not continuing to be such at the time of incurring such expense), if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Any such indemnification shall be limited to the assets of the Partnership and shall not impose any personal liability upon any Partner. This provision is intended to provide such indemnification as is permitted under Indiana law; it shall not operate to indemnify any person in any case in which such indemnification is for any reason contrary to law. SECTION 3.09. TIME TO BE DEVOTED TO BUSINESS. The General Partner shall devote such time to the Partnership's business as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, shall deem to be necessary to manage and supervise the Partnership's business and affairs in an efficient manner. 9 10 Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the employment, at the expense of the Partnership, of any agent or third party to manage or provide other services with respect to the Partnership's business, subject to the control of the General Partner. SECTION 3.10. LOANS TO THE PARTNERSHIP. In the event that additional funds are required by the Partnership, the General Partner (or any Affiliate thereof) may, at its option, loan such funds to the Partnership. Each such loan shall be made upon terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those upon which a commercial lending institution would make such a loan to an entity with financial and business characteristics similar to the Partnership. SECTION 3.11. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. The Partnership shall reimburse the General Partner for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the General Partner or its partners, members, officers, employees or agents in performing the duties of the General Partner under this Agreement. SECTION 3.12. APPOINTMENT AND POWER OF GENERAL MANAGER AND ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. (a) The General Partner may in its discretion appoint (or remove) a general manager or an assistant general manager of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Either of the General Manager or the Assistant General Manager acting alone shall have full power and authority to execute any and all documents on behalf of the Partnership including, but not limited to, contracts, notes, mortgages, deeds and leases for and on behalf of the Partnership, which, when so executed and delivered, shall be binding upon the Partnership. Any responsibility or power specifically given to the General Manager herein may be performed by the Assistant General Manager if the General Manager is unavailable or unable to do so. Any person, firm or corporation dealing with the Partnership may rely on the authority of the General Manager or Assistant General Manager as outlined herein and need not inquire into the authority of such person. (b) The General Partner may remove such appointees and appoint (or remove) any other person as General Manager and Assistant General Manager by giving written notice thereof to the Partners, provided, however, any person, firm or corporation may rely on the certification of the General Partner as to who the General Manager or Assistant General Manager of the Partnership are and need not inquire further. (c) The General Manager and the Assistant General Manager shall not be personally liable for any liabilities or obligations of the Partnership as a result of holding the positions of General Manager or Assistant General Manager. 10 11 ARTICLE IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, PROFITS AND LOSSES AND DISTRIBUTIONS SECTION 4.01. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) The total Capital Contribution of the General Partner shall be as specified in Exhibit A, payable upon execution of this Agreement. (b) The total Capital Contribution of the Limited Partners shall be as specified in Exhibit A, payable upon execution of this Agreement. (c) From and after the date hereof, except as provided in this Section, the Partners shall not be obligated to make further contributions to the Partnership. SECTION 4.02. DISTRIBUTABLE CASH DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributable Cash for each fiscal year shall be determined and distributed annually to the Partners prior to each March 31, computed for the period ended the previous December 31. All Distributable Cash shall be distributed for the fiscal year. Distributions of Distributable Cash shall be made to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. SECTION 4.03. DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CAPITAL TRANSACTION. The Partnership's share of the proceeds from a Capital Transaction shall be applied and distributed in the following order, after adjusting Capital Accounts for all Distributions under Section 4.02 and all allocations of Profits and Losses: (a) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership deemed appropriate by the General Partner to pay at that time in the order of priority as provided by law (other than those to Partners) including the expenses of or relating to sale, refinancing, exchange, condemnation, destruction or other disposition; (b) To the setting up of such reserves as are reasonably necessary for any contingent liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or for the operation of the Partnership, as determined solely by the General Partner in good faith; (c) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership to the Limited Partners other than in respect to the Outstanding Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners; (d) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership to the General Partner other than in respect of the Outstanding Capital Contributions of the General Partner; and (e) To the Partners in accordance with the positive balances in their Capital Accounts. 11 12 SECTION 4.04. ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES. (a) After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Sections 4.05 and 4.06 hereof, including chargebacks of minimum gain, for each fiscal year of the Partnership or portion thereof, all Profits shall be allocated as follows: (i) Profits shall first be allocated to the Partners to offset any net Losses allocated pursuant to 4.4(b)(ii) below until each Partner's Capital Account has been brought equal to zero; (ii) Profits shall then be allocated to offset any net Losses allocated pursuant to 4.04(b)(i) below; and (iii) Any remaining Profits shall be allocated to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. (b) For each fiscal year of the Partnership or portion thereof, all Losses shall be allocated to the Partners as follows: (i) First, to each Partner having a positive balance in its Capital Account in the proportion that such Partner's positive Capital Account balance bears to the total of all positive Capital Account balances of Partners until all such positive Capital Account balances equal zero; and (ii) Second, to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. (iii) Notwithstanding (i) and (ii) above, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), the allocation of loss, deduction or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures to a Partner shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be so allocated without causing a violation of the alternate test of economic effect. (c) In connection with any Capital Transaction treated as an installment sale, Profits or Losses shall, for purposes of adjusting the Partners' respective Capital Accounts, be allocated under the foregoing provisions of this section as though the principal amount of the deferred obligation were received in full at the time of sale. In connection with any Capital Transaction properly treated as an installment sale under the Code, the portion of the Profits or Losses in each installment allocable to a given Partner shall, for federal income tax purposes, be in proportion to the Partner's total share of Profits or Losses from the Capital Transaction allocated to the Partner pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section. (d) For purposes of this section, the determination of a Partner's Capital Account shall be made without taking into account any liabilities treated as a contribution of money pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c) (if the Partnership's payment of 12 13 such liabilities would be treated as a distribution of money pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c)). SECTION 4.05. SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS. (a) The Partnership shall make the qualified income offset allocation required by the alternate test for economic effect under Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury Regulations. (b) In the event any Partner has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any Partnership fiscal year that is in excess of the amount such Partner is obligated to restore to the Partnership, each such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible. (c) The Partnership shall make as appropriate to the Partnership and the Partners all allocation of nonrecourse deductions and minimum gain chargebacks in accordance with the Code and Treasury Regulations. SECTION 4.06. CURATIVE ALLOCATIONS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof shall be taken into account in allocating other Profits, Losses, and items of income, gain, loss, and deduction among the Partners so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations to each Partner shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Partner if the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 had not occurred. (b) The Tax Matters Partner shall have reasonable discretion, with respect to each Partnership fiscal year, to (i) apply the provisions of this Sections 4.06 in whatever order is likely to minimize the economic distortions that might otherwise result from the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 SECTION 4.07. OTHER ALLOCATION RULES. Solely for purposes of determining a Partner's proportionate share of the "excess nonrecourse liabilities" of the Partnership within the meaning of Section 1.752-3(a)(3) of the Treasury Regulations, such excess nonrecourse liabilities shall be allocated among the Partners in the manner in which it is reasonably expected (as determined by the Tax Matters Partner) that the deductions attributed to those nonrecourse liabilities will be allocated. SECTION 4.08. TAX ALLOCATIONS; CODE SECTION 704(C). In the event any Partnership property is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such property at the time of its contribution to the Partnership or its revaluation pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), respectively, income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to such property shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners in the manner required by Code Section 704(c) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i). 13 14 SECTION 4.09. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Whenever a proportionate part of Partnership Profit or Loss is credited or charged to a Partner's Capital Account, every item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or tax preference entering into the computation of such Profit or Loss, or applicable to the period during which such Profit or Loss was realized, shall be considered credited or charged, as the case may be, to such account in the same proportion; provided, however, that in the event of an increase or a decrease in the interest of a Partner at any time after the Partnership's initial fiscal year other than at the end of a fiscal year of the Partnership, the share of the Profits and Losses and the net Distributable Cash of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Persons whose shares are changed in the same ratio as the number of days in such Partnership fiscal year before and after the date of such transfer, except that sale Profits and Losses, refinancing proceeds and the gain, loss and proceeds arising out of other extraordinary transactions shall be credited to the Person who is a Partner as of the date of such event. SECTION 4.10. NO INTEREST ON CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. No Partner shall be entitled to receive any interest from the Partnership on account of the amount of such Partner's Capital Account. SECTION 4.11. DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY. Unless the Partners otherwise agree, in the event it becomes necessary to make a distribution of Partnership property in kind, then such property shall be transferred and conveyed to the Partners, or their assigns, so as to vest in each of them as a tenant-in-common, a percentage interest in the whole of said property equal to the percentage interest such Partner would have received had such property not been distributed in kind. SECTION 4.12. RETURN OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION. Except as provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or to receive any distributions from the Partnership except as provided by this Agreement. No Partner shall have the right to demand or receive property other than cash in return for its Capital Contribution; and if upon dissolution the Partnership property remaining after the payment or discharge of debts and liabilities of the Partnership is insufficient to return said contributions, a Limited Partner shall have no recourse against the General Partner or any other Limited Partner. ARTICLE V ACCOUNTING, REPORTING AND HOLDING OF ASSETS SECTION 5.01. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Partnership shall commence on the 1st day of March and continue through the last day of February. SECTION 5.02. ACCOUNTING. The books of account and records of the Partnership shall be located at such place as may be specified by the General Partner and shall be kept and maintained on a federal income tax basis. All assets of the Partnership shall be reflected on the books of the Partnership at their adjusted basis as determined for the purpose of reporting gain or loss under the Code. 14 15 SECTION 5.03. RIGHT TO INSPECTION. Each Partner or such Partner's duly authorized agent shall at all reasonable times have access to and the right to inspect and copy any of the books and records of the Partnership. SECTION 5.04. HOLDING AND TRANSFER OF ASSETS. All property, real or personal, owned by the Partnership shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner or Assignee, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, of the General Partner, or of one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in its name shall be held in trust by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the terms or provisions of this Agreement. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership on its books and records, without respect to the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held. Any deed, bill of sale, note, mortgage, contract for sale or other document to which the Partnership is a party shall be valid and binding upon the Partnership if signed only by the General Partner, and any Person dealing with the Partnership may fully rely on the authority granted by this section and shall not be required to make any inquiry or investigation of the authority of such Person. SECTION 5.05. BANK ACCOUNTS. Funds of the Partnership may be deposited in its name in such bank account or accounts as shall be designated from time to time by the General Partner. All withdrawals from Partnership accounts shall be made upon checks signed by or upon the authorization of the General Partner. The General Partner may designate one or more Persons to sign checks upon its authorization. SECTION 5.06. TAX STATUS; NOTICE OF TAX CONTROVERSY. The Partnership shall be treated and shall file its tax returns as a partnership for federal, state and municipal income tax and other tax purposes. If any Partner shall receive notice of a tax examination of the Partnership by federal, state or local authorities, such Partner shall immediately give notice thereof to the other Partners. SECTION 5.07. TAX MATTERS PARTNER; TAX ELECTIONS. The Person named in Section 1.04 as "Tax Matters Partner" is hereby designated as the tax matters partner of the Partnership under Subchapter C of Chapter 63 as contained in subtitle F of the Code. All elections permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code shall be made by the Tax Matters Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Tax Matters Partner is authorized to make an election on behalf of the Partnership under Section 754 of the Code. On or before February 28 of each year or as soon as practicable thereafter (but prior to the expiration of any extension for filing of tax returns), the Tax Matters Partner shall cause to be prepared and distributed to the Partners the Partnership's federal and state tax returns. Failure of any Partner to object to the tax return within thirty (30) days after receipt of its K-1 Schedule (or any substitute or additional form hereafter required by the Code or Treasury Regulations) shall be deemed to be approval of such tax return as filed. 15 16 SECTION 5.08. TAX MATTERS PARTNER NOT LIABLE. The Tax Matters Partner shall not be liable to any Partner or the Partnership on account of any action taken or not taken so long as he shall act in good faith in such capacity. Without limiting the generality thereof, the Tax Matters Partner shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in taking any action which benefits Partners holding at least 50% of the interest in the Partnership, measured by Percentage Shares. ARTICLE VI DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP SECTION 6.01. DISSOLUTION. The Partnership shall be dissolved and, unless continued, its assets shall be disposed of and its affairs wound up upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) The Partners voluntarily agree to dissolve the Partnership. (b) The term stated in Section 1.03 expires. (c) The Bankruptcy of the Partnership. (d) The withdrawal, termination of existence or Bankruptcy of the General Partner and the failure of the Limited Partners to exercise the right provided in the first sentence of Section 7.02. SECTION 6.02. DEEMED CONTRIBUTION AND LIQUIDATION. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article VI, in the event the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) but where the Partnership is continued, the Partnership*s assets shall not be liquidated, the Partnership*s liabilities shall not be paid or discharged, and the Partnership*s affairs shall not be wound up. Instead, the Partnership shall be deemed to have contributed its assets to a new partnership (the "Successor Partnership"), and immediately thereafter, the Partners shall be deemed to have received interests in the Successor Partnership in liquidation of the Partnership without effecting any change in the ownership of interests in the Partnership or the Successor Partnership as a result of such contribution and liquidation. ARTICLE VII CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER SECTION 7.01. WITHDRAWAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER. The General Partner shall not voluntarily withdraw from the Partnership or sell, assign or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, or take any action described in items (B), (C) or (D) of the definition of "Bankruptcy" in Section 1.04, or sell, assign, or otherwise dispose of its Partnership 16 17 interest without the prior written consent of Limited Partners owning a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners. SECTION 7.02. CONTINUATION OF PARTNERSHIP. In the event of the Bankruptcy, termination of existence or withdrawal of the General Partner, all powers granted to the General Partner shall terminate and the Limited Partners owning a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners shall have the right to select a new general partner or general partners and to continue the business of the Partnership as a successor limited partnership. If the Limited Partners exercise such right, the successor limited partnership shall be governed by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. ARTICLE VIII CHANGES IN LIMITED PARTNERS SECTION 8.01. DISSOLUTION OR BANKRUPTCY OF A LIMITED PARTNER. The dissolution or Bankruptcy of a Limited Partner shall not dissolve the Partnership. Upon notice of such event thereof to the General Partner and the receipt by the General Partner of all instruments of transfer and other documents for the protection of the Partnership as the General Partner deems appropriate under the circumstances, the successor interest of the dissolved or Bankrupt Limited Partner shall become an Assignee of the interest of such Limited Partner and be entitled, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to all further allocations and distributions on account of the interest of such Limited Partner in the Partnership; however, no transferee of the interest of the dissolved or Bankrupt Limited Partner shall become a Substituted Partner without first obtaining the written consent of the General Partner. SECTION 8.02. TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST. (a) A Limited Partner shall have the right to assign the whole or any portion of its interest in the Partnership to any Person by a written assignment; provided that (i) the terms of such assignment are not in contravention of any of the provisions of this Agreement; (ii) such assignment is fully executed by the assignor and Assignee; (iii) such assignment is received by the Partnership and recorded on the books thereof; (iv) the General Partner, in its sole discretion, approves the transfer, and (v) the Limited Partner provides an opinion, if required by the General Partner, satisfactory to the General Partner, that no material adverse tax or securities law effects will result from such assignment. (b) In the event of an assignment of a Limited Partner's interest, the following rules shall govern: (i) The effective date of an assignment of Partnership interest shall be that date set forth on the written instrument of assignment; provided, however, that no assignment shall be retroactive. 17 18 (ii) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, both the Partnership and the General Partner shall be entitled to treat the Partner or Assignee with respect to such Partnership interest as the absolute owner thereof in all respects and shall incur no liability for Distributions of cash or other property made in good faith to such Partner or Assignee until such time as the written assignment has been delivered to the Partnership for registration of the assignment and any required approvals are given. (iii) An Assignee shall be entitled to receive Distributions of cash or other property from the Partnership attributable to the interest acquired by reason of such assignment from and after the date of the assignment of such interest to the Assignee except as provided in subparagraph (ii) above. (iv) The Profits, Losses, income, expense, deductions or credits attributable to the interest acquired by reason of such assignment shall be divided among and allocated between the assignor and Assignee of such interest and in accordance with subparagraph (v) below. (v) The division and allocation of Profits, Losses, income, expense, deductions or credits attributable to the Partnership interest between assignor and Assignee during any fiscal year of the Partnership shall be based upon the length of time during such fiscal year, as measured by the effective date of the assignment, that the interest was owned by each of them and shall not be based upon the date or dates during such fiscal year on which Profits were earned or Losses were incurred by the Partnership. SECTION 8.03. SUBSTITUTION AS A LIMITED PARTNER. No Assignee of the whole or any portion of a Limited Partner's interest shall have the right to become a Substituted Partner in place of the assignor unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) The assignor and Assignee execute and acknowledge a written instrument of assignment, together with such other instruments as the General Partner may deem necessary or desirable to effect the admission of the Assignee as a Substituted Partner. (ii) Such instrument of assignment provided for herein has been delivered to and received by the General Partner. (iii) The conditions to such substitution in Section 8.04 have been satisfied and any approvals required by Section 8.05 to such substitution have been obtained. 18 19 (iv) The written consent of the General Partner to such substitution has been obtained, the granting or denial of which shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner; provided that the consent of the General Partner to such substitution shall be withheld if the General Partner shall not have received evidence satisfactory to it that the Substituted Partner is authorized to acquire the interest so assigned and has the appropriate financial resources to acquire and maintain the Partnership interest assigned to it. (v) A transfer fee has been paid to the Partnership which is sufficient to cover all reasonable expenses connected with such assignment and substitution, including, but not limited to, legal and filing or recording fees. SECTION 8.04. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO ASSIGNMENT AND SUBSTITUTION. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not recognize any assignment or substitution for any purpose if (a) such transfer together with prior transfers would result in the sale or exchange of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total interest in the Partnership capital and profits within a twelve-month period, or (b) the Partnership shall not have received, if required by the General Partner, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such sale (i) will not result in termination of the Partnership under the Act; (ii) will not result in termination of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes or, if it does result in such a termination, such termination will not cause material adverse federal income tax consequences to the Partnership or the Partners requesting the opinion; (iii) will not change the status of the Partnership as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; (iv) will not give rise to liability of the Partnership, any Partner or any agent or advisor of any Partner for violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof; and (v) will not cause the Partnership to become subject to payment of the Indiana Gross Income Tax. SECTION 8.05. EFFECT OF TRANSFER. Any Assignee or other transferee of an interest in the Partnership shall take subject to the restrictions and conditions to assignment imposed by this Article. ARTICLE IX LIQUIDATION SECTION 9.01. LIQUIDATION DETERMINATION. In the event of dissolution where continuation of the Partnership is not provided for, the Partnership shall be liquidated. For purposes of this Article IX, liquidation for tax purposes shall occur upon the earlier of the date upon which the Partnership is terminated under Code Section 708(b)(1) or the date upon which the Partnership ceases to be a going concern (even though it may continue in existence for the purpose of winding up its affairs, paying its debts, and distributing any remaining balance to the Partners). 19 20 SECTION 9.02. ALLOCATION OF LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS. (a) Upon liquidation of the Partnership, the proceeds shall be applied and distributed in the following manner and order of priority: (i) to the payment of liabilities of creditors other than Partners and to the expenses of liquidation; (ii) to the setting up of any reserves which the General Partner determines reasonably necessary for any contingent liabilities of the Partnership or of any Partner arising out of or in connection with a Partnership liability, which revenues shall be paid over by the General Partner to an escrow agent or shall be held for the purpose of disbursing such reserves in payment of any such contingent liabilities and, at the expiration of such period as the General Partner shall deem advisable, the balance of which shall be distributed as otherwise provided in this section; (iii) to the payment of any liabilities to the Partners (other than Capital Accounts), arising out of or in connection with a Partnership liability, or if the amount available for such payment is insufficient, a pro rata portion thereof; and (iv) the remainder to the Partners in accordance with Article IV of this Agreement. (b) Liquidation proceeds shall be distributed within the time limits required by the Code. SECTION 9.03. LIQUIDATION PROCEDURE. A reasonable time, as determined by the General Partner, from the date of an event of dissolution shall be allowed for the orderly liquidation of the assets of the Partnership and the discharge of its liabilities. Upon the completion of dissolution in accordance with the terms hereof, the Partnership shall terminate and the General Partner shall execute, acknowledge and cause to be filed a certificate of cancellation of the Partnership whereupon it shall cease to exist in all respects. In the event of a dissolution of the Partnership, liquidation of the assets of the Partnership and discharge of its liabilities may be carried out by a liquidation trustee or receiver, who shall be a bank or trust company or other Person or firm having experience in managing, liquidating or otherwise handling property of the type then owned by the Partnership. Such liquidating trustee or receiver shall be designated by the General Partner. A liquidation trustee shall be not personally liable for the debts of the Partnership but otherwise shall have such obligations and authorities as are given the General Partner pursuant to this Agreement or as may be agreed upon between the Partners and said liquidation trustee. 20 21 ARTICLE X PAYMENTS TO GENERAL PARTNER AND AFFILIATES SECTION 10.01. PARTNERSHIP EXPENSES. The Partnership shall pay all expenses (which expenses shall be billed directly to the Partnership) of the Partnership which may include, but are not limited to: (i) all costs of personnel employed by the Partnership and involved in the business of the Partnership, (ii) all costs of borrowed money and taxes applicable to the Partnership, (iii) legal, audit, accounting, brokerage and other fees, (iv) printing, engraving and other expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and recording of documents evidencing ownership of an interest in the Partnership or in connection with the business of the Partnership, (v) fees and expenses paid to independent contractors, brokers, consultants and other agents, (vi) the cost of any insurance required in connection with the business of the Partnership, (vii) expenses of organizing, revising, amending, converting, modifying or terminating the Partnership, (viii) expenses in connection with distributions made by the Partnership to, and communications and bookkeeping and clerical work necessary in maintaining relations with the Limited Partners, including the cost of preparation of consents, (ix) expenses in connection with preparing reports required to be furnished to the Limited Partners for investor, tax reporting or other purposes, or which reports the General Partner deems the furnishing thereof to the Limited Partners to be in the best interests of the Partnership, (x) costs of any accounting, statistical or bookkeeping equipment necessary for the maintenance of the books and records of the Partnership, and (xi) the cost of preparation and dissemination of the informational material and documentation relating to potential sale, refinancing or other disposition of Partnership assets. ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 11.01. NOTICE. All notices, elections, consents and approvals under this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be effectively given to any Partner if delivered to the Partner or if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to such Partner at the address provided to the Partnership. Any Partner may change his or its address for notice by giving notice of such change to the General Partner. SECTION 11.02. CONSTRUCTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana. In the event any laws, rules, or regulations applicable to the Partnership require any Partner, or any group or class thereof, to have certain rights, options, privileges, or consents not granted by the terms of this Agreement, then such Partners shall have and enjoy such rights, options, privileges, and consents so long as (but only so long as) the existence thereof does not result in a loss of the limitation on liability enjoyed by any other Limited Partner under the Act or the applicable laws of any other jurisdiction. 21 22 SECTION 11.03. ASSIGNS AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall run for the benefit of the parties executing this Agreement, and the personal representatives, heirs, legatees, devisees, assigns and successors in interest of the Partners. SECTION 11.04. ASSIGNMENT. No Partner to this Agreement may assign its Partnership interest or any right therein to any other Person except with the express written consent of the other Partners or as otherwise provided in this Agreement. However, in the event of any assignment of a Partnership interest in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Partners agree to execute such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such change, including required changes to this Agreement and the Certificate described in Section 11.06. SECTION 11.05. AMENDMENT. (a) The General Partner, without obtaining the consent of the Limited Partners, may amend this Agreement at any time, in its sole and exclusive discretion, but only to reflect: (i) a change in the name of the Partnership; (ii) a change in the principal place of business of the Partnership; (iii) the admission, substitution, termination, or withdrawal of Partners in accordance with this Agreement; (iv) a change in address of any Partner; (v) a change that is (A) of an inconsequential nature and does not adversely affect any Limited Partner or any Assignees in any material respect, or (B) required or contemplated by this Agreement; (vi) a change in any provision of this Agreement which requires any action to be taken by or on behalf of the General Partner or the Partnership pursuant to the requirements of applicable law if the provisions of applicable law are amended, modified, or revoked so that the taking of such action is no longer required; or (vii) any other amendments similar to the foregoing. The authority set forth in subsection (vi) shall specifically include the authority to make such amendments to this Agreement and to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as the General Partner deems necessary or desirable in the event the Act is amended to eliminate or change any provision now in effect. 22 23 (b) This Agreement may be otherwise amended upon the consent of both the General Partner and the Limited Partners owning at least a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners. SECTION 11.06. CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership shall file a Certificate of Limited Partnership in such office or offices in such jurisdiction or jurisdictions where such a filing is required by applicable law or deemed desirable by the General Partner. In the event of any change requiring the cancellation or amendment of such certificate under the Act or such other applicable law, the General Partner shall cause the certificate to be cancelled or amended in accordance with law by an appropriate filing, without the necessity of first obtaining the prior consent of the Limited Partners. SECTION 11.07. FURTHER ASSURANCES. The Partners will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement. SECTION 11.08. WARRANTIES OF REPRESENTATIVES. Each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants that he has been fully empowered to execute this Agreement, and that all necessary action for the execution of this Agreement has been taken. SECTION 11.09. COMPUTATION OF TIME. In computing any period of time pursuant to this Agreement, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. SECTION 11.10. IDENTIFICATION OF OWNERS. If any governmental agency requires reporting or disclosure of ownership, control or financial condition, each Partner and Assignee shall, upon request of the General Partner, promptly submit to the General Partner a list showing the name and address of all Persons having any direct, indirect or beneficial ownership of such Partner or Assignee, together with such Person's ownership interest. SECTION 11.11. CAPTIONS. Article titles or captions contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof. SECTION 11.12. IDENTIFICATION. Whenever the singular number is used in this Agreement and when required by the context, the same shall include the plural; and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders. SECTION 11.13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts or by separate signature pages identified as such and all of such counterparts or signature pages shall for all purposes constitute an agreement binding on the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties are not signatory to the same counterpart or signature page. 23 24 SECTION 11.14. PARTNERS' CAPABILITY. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Partner, or any Assignee of the interests thereof, shall be a Person or organization prohibited by law from becoming such. Any assignment of an interest in the Partnership to any Person or organization not meeting such standard shall be void and ineffective and shall not bind the Partnership. SECTION 11.15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect so far as the intent of the parties can be carried out. SECTION 11.16. LIMITATION ON BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. It is the explicit intention of the Partners that no Person other than the Partners and the Partnership (and, to the extent provided in Section 3.08, the Persons entitled to be indemnified thereunder) is or shall be entitled to bring any action by or on behalf of the Partnership to enforce any provision of this Agreement against any Partner (or its successors and assigns) or the Partnership, and that the covenants, undertakings, and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable only by, the Partners (or their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder) and the Partnership (and, to the extent provided in Section 3.08, the Persons entitled to be indemnified thereunder). SECTION 11.18. APPROVAL OR CONSENT. Except as otherwise provided herein, any approval or consent required in this Agreement by Partners shall be deemed given upon the affirmative vote at a meeting, or the execution of a written ballot or consent form indicating consent, by Partners owning at least a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Partners required so to consent to or approve the matter. The terms "consent" and "approve" have the same meanings in this Agreement and shall be interchangeable for purposes of applying the Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership this 1st day of March, 1998. GENERAL PARTNER: EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ------------------------------------------ Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President 24 25 LIMITED PARTNERS: EMMIS PUBLISHING CORPORATION By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ------------------------------------------ Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President 25 26 EXHIBIT A PARTNERS AND THEIR INTERESTS PERCENTAGE PARTNER SHARE General Partner: Emmis Broadcasting Corporation 1% Limited Partners: Emmis Publishing Corporation 99% 26 EX-3.25 23 c63012a1ex3-25.txt CERTIF. OF INDIANA LTD. PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS PUB. 1 EXHIBIT 3.25 CERTIFICATE OF INDIANA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS PUBLISHING, L. P. Pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, IC 23-16, et seq., the undersigned general partner hereby signs and files this certificate of limited partnership on behalf of the above-named limited partnership: 1. The name of the limited partnership is: EMMIS PUBLISHING, L. P. 2. The address of the office at which the records required by IC 23-16-2-3(a) are to be kept is: 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 3. The name and Indiana business address of its registered agent is: David L. Wills 2700 First Indiana Plaza 135 N. Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 4. The name and business address of the general partner is: Emmis Broadcasting Corporation 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 5. This certificate is effective on March 1, 1998. 6. The latest date upon which the limited partnership is to dissolve is December 31, 2047. Executed by the general partner as of the 16th day of February, 1998. EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION General Partner By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz -------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President EX-3.26 24 c63012a1ex3-26.txt AGREEMENT OF LTD. PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS TV BROADCST 1 Exhibit 3.26 AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS TELEVISION BROADCASTING, L.P. June 17, 1998 2 AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS TELEVISION BROADCASTING, L.P. The undersigned hereby enter into and agree as provided in the following Agreement of Limited Partnership (the "Agreement"). ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 1.01. NAME. The name of the Partnership is Emmis Publishing, L.P. (the "Partnership"). SECTION 1.02. PLACE OF BUSINESS. The principal business office of the Partnership shall be 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, or at such location as may be selected from time to time by the General Partner. SECTION 1.03. TERM. The term of the Partnership shall extend until December 31, 2047, unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. SECTION 1.04. DEFINITIONS. The following terms have the following meanings herein: "ACT" means the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as now or hereafter amended. "AFFILIATE" means a Person who, with respect to another person, directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such other Person. "ASSIGNEE" means a Person who has acquired a direct beneficial interest in the Partnership but who has not become a Substituted Partner. "ASSIGNMENT" means, for purposes of Articles VII and VIII with regard to interests in the Partnership, any sale, assignment, transfer, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition of, or the granting of a security interest in, such an interest, including without limitation a transfer in connection with a dissolution, merger, consolidation or similar action of a Partner. "BANKRUPTCY" means, with respect to a Person, the happening of any of the following: (A) The entry by a court or governmental agency having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Person in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or 1 3 hereafter in effect or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of such Person, or for any substantial part of such Person's property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of such Person's affairs, and such decree or order remaining unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or (B) The commencement by the Person of a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or the consent by such Person to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; or (C) The consent by the Person to the appointment or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of any substantial part of such Person's property, or the filing of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing the inability of the Person to pay his, her or its debts as they become due; or (D) The making by the Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors. "CAPITAL ACCOUNT" means, with respect to any Partner, an amount equal to the sum of: (A) the amount of cash such Partner has contributed to the Partnership (including any contribution pursuant to Section 4.01), (B) the fair market value of any property such Partner has contributed to the Partnership (net of any liabilities secured by such contributed property that the Partnership is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752) as a Capital Contribution, and (C) the amount of Profits allocated to such Partner and any items in the nature of income or Profits that are specifically allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06; reduced by the sum of: (W) the amount of Losses allocated to such Partner and any items in the nature of expenses or losses that are specifically allocated to such Partner pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06; 2 4 (X) the amount of all cash distributed to such Partner, and (Y) the fair market value of any property distributed to such Partner (net of any liabilities secured by such distributed property that such Partner is considered to assume or take subject to under Code Section 752); subject, however, to such other adjustments as may be required under the Code and Treasury Regulations, including, but not limited to, increases or decreases to reflect a revaluation of Partnership property on the Partnership?s books in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). Generally, a transferee of a Partnership interest shall succeed to the Capital Account relating to the Partnership interest transferred. The Capital Account is to be determined and maintained at all times in strict accordance with all of the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). The Capital Account of a Partner may, under certain circumstances, be an amount less than zero. The Assignee of Record or Substituted Partner to whom a Partnership interest is transferred shall succeed to the Capital Account attributable to the Partnership interest (or portion thereof) transferred. "CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" means the total amount of cash or other consideration contributed to the Partnership by each Partner pursuant to Section 4.01. "CAPITAL TRANSACTION" means the sale, exchange, refinancing or other disposition of all or any substantial part of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein (with the exception of the sale of personal property or fixtures because of replacement or obsolescence), or casualty damage to, or condemnation of, all or any substantial part of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein (other than the proceeds of any business or rental interruption insurance), but not including the grant of an interest as security in or any encumbrance of the property of the Partnership, or any interest therein. "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or as may hereafter be amended or supplemented. "DEPRECIATION" means for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such year or other period, except that if the Partnership asset is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such asset pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) of the Treasury Regulations, depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deductions shall be computed for book purposes with respect to such asset pursuant to Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g) of the Treasury Regulations. "DISTRIBUTABLE CASH" means for any fiscal period the total operating and investment revenues of the Partnership, reduced by (i) operating expenses requiring the expenditure of 3 5 cash by the Partnership (to the extent not paid from reserves); (ii) debt amortization; (iii) management fees and administration fees; (iv) taxes, interest expense, repayment of loans outstanding pursuant to Section 3.10 and any other items reasonably determined by the General Partner to be necessary for the operations of the Partnership (to the extent not paid from reserves); and (v) reasonable additions to other reserves for working capital, contingencies and anticipated expenses, as determined by the General Partner. "Distributable Cash" does not include the proceeds of the sale, refinancing, exchange, condemnation or destruction (including insurance or condemnation proceeds in excess of amounts required to be applied to restore or replace the insured or condemned property other than the proceeds of any business or rental interruption insurance) or other disposition of all or any substantial part of the Partnership's property or any interest therein in a Capital Transaction. Distributable Cash shall be determined separately for each fiscal period of the Partnership. "DISTRIBUTION" means any cash or property distributed to a Partner arising from its interest in the Partnership. "GENERAL PARTNER" means the Person specified as such in Exhibit A. "LIMITED PARTNER" means (i) each Person specified as such on Exhibit A to this Agreement and (ii) successors who have complied with the requirements of Article VIII and who have been accepted as substitute limited partners pursuant to Section 8.04. "LIMITED PARTNER CONSENT" means the approval or consent in writing of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners, measured by their respective Percentage Shares compared to the total Percentage Shares held by all Limited Partners. "OUTSTANDING CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION" of a Partner means the amount of all cash contributed by the Partner to the capital of the Partnership, reduced (but not below zero) by all cash distributed to the Partner as a result of a Capital Transaction. "PARTNER" means a General Partner or a Limited Partner. "PARTNERSHIP" means the partnership governed by this agreement of limited partnership. "PERCENTAGE SHARE" means with respect to each Partner the percentage specified as such for that Partner in Exhibit A to this Agreement. "PERSON" means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, estate, trust, pension or profit-sharing plan or other entity. "PROFITS" and "LOSSES" mean, for each fiscal year or other period, an amount equal to the Partnership's taxable income or loss for such year or period, determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or 4 6 deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments: (i) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing profits or losses pursuant to this Section 1.04 shall be added to such taxable income or loss; (ii) Any Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures not otherwise taken into account in computing profits or losses pursuant to this Section 1.04 shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss; (iii) In the event any asset of the Partnership is distributed to any Partner or sold by the Partnership, the difference on such date between (a) the gross fair market value (determined by agreement of the Partners or, if they cannot agree, by arbitration in accordance with the then current rules of the American Arbitration Association) and (b)(i) the adjusted basis of the asset for federal income tax purposes, or (2) if the asset is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such asset pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), the gross fair market value on the date of the contribution of the asset to the Partnership or the gross fair market value of the asset on the date of the asset?s revaluation on the Partnership?s books, as the case may be (as determined by the General Partner) less Depreciation, shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for purposes of computing Profits or Losses; (iv) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such fiscal year or other period; and (v) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the definition of the term "Profits and Losses", any items which are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 4.05 and 4.06 shall not be taken into account in computing Profits and Losses. "SUBSTITUTED PARTNER" means an Assignee or other Person, who becomes a Partner pursuant to Article VIII. "TAX MATTERS PARTNER" means the General Partner, or any successor thereto appointed by the General Partner. 5 7 "TREASURY REGULATIONS" mean the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or as hereafter amended or supplemented (including corresponding provisions of such succeeding regulations). Such terms shall be used either in the singular or plural and may be referred to in any gender as required by the context. ARTICLE II MEMBERS AND STATUS SECTION 2.01. THE PARTNERS. The Partners of the Partnership shall consist of and be divided into two classes, with the General Partner as general partner and the Limited Partner as limited partner. SECTION 2.02. ADDITIONAL PARTNERS. Additional general or limited partners may be admitted from time to time by approval of the General Partner or as otherwise provided in this Agreement except that the admission of such additional partners shall not diminish the Percentage Share of any Partner in the Partnership unless otherwise agreed by the Partner whose Percentage Share is diminished. SECTION 2.03. LIABILITY OF GENERAL PARTNER. The General Partner shall have unlimited liability for the repayment, satisfaction and discharge of the obligations of the Partnership to third parties dealing with the Partnership as prescribed by law, except for non-recourse obligations which exculpt the Partnership from liability. The General Partner is not liable to the Partnership and the Limited Partners (i) for return of the Capital Contribution or any portion thereof of any Limited Partner, (ii) on account of any disallowance or adjustment by a taxing authority of deductions or credits in Partnership income tax returns, (iii) on account of any failure by the Partnership to achieve any forecasted financial return or (iv) for any action or omission to act not constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence. SECTION 2.04. LIMITATION UPON LIABILITY OF LIMITED PARTNERS. The personal liability of each Limited Partner to the Partnership (except as provided in Section 4.01), to the General Partner, to the creditors of the Partnership or to any other third party for the losses, debts or liabilities of the Partnership shall be limited to the amount of its Capital Contribution which has not theretofore been returned to it as a Distribution (including a Distribution upon liquidation). Distributions to a Limited Partner shall first be deemed a return of its Capital Contribution for purposes of the foregoing sentence. A Limited Partner shall not at any time be liable or held accountable to the Partnership, to the other Partners, to the creditors of the Partnership or to any other third party for or on account of any negative balance in its Capital Account. ARTICLE III 6 8 SCOPE OF PARTNERSHIP AND MODE OF OPERATION SECTION 3.01. SCOPE OF PARTNERSHIP. The specific purpose of the Partnership is to engage in the business of radio broadcasting and publishing. The general purposes of the Partnership are to do each and every thing necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of the specific purpose or the attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated, either alone, or in association with, or as agent or representative for, other corporations (whether public, governmental or private), partnerships, individuals, or entities, or to accomplish any other lawful business whatsoever, or which shall at any time appear conducive to or expedient for the protection or benefit of the Partnership. SECTION 3.02. POWERS OF THE PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership shall have all the powers permitted by law which are necessary or desirable in carrying out the purposes and business of the Partnership, including, but not limited to, the following powers: (a) To borrow or raise money for any of the purposes of the Partnership, and from time to time, without limitation as to amount, to draw, make, accept, endorse, execute and issue promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, warrants, bonds, debentures, evidences of indebtedness and other instruments, and to secure the payment thereof, and the interest thereon, in any manner, including without limitation by mortgage on, or pledge, conveyance or assignment in trust of, the whole or any part of the assets of the Partnership, real, personal or mixed, including contract rights and options, whether at the time owned or thereafter acquired, and future earnings, and to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of such securities or other obligations of the Partnership for the furtherance of its purpose. (b) To act in any state or nation in which the Partnership may lawfully act, for itself or as principal, agent or representative for any individual, association, partnership, corporation or legal entity, respecting business of the Partnership. (c) To enter into, make, amend, perform and carry out, or cancel and rescind, contracts and other obligations for any lawful purpose pertaining to the business of the Partnership. (d) To apply for, register, obtain, purchase or otherwise acquire trademarks, trade names, labels and designs relating to or useful in connection with any business of the Partnership, and to use, exercise, develop and license the use of the same. (e) To employ, on behalf of the Partnership, legal counsel, financial counsel, accountants, professional advisors, Persons or entities for the operation and management of the business of the Partnership. (f) To establish accounts and deposits and maintain funds in the name of the Partnership in banks or other financial institutions and to invest funds of the Partnership 7 9 temporarily when not required for operation of its properties or distribution to the Partners, in short-term debt obligations, including obligations of federal and state governments, commercial paper and certificates of deposit of banks and other financial institutions. (g) To pay or reimburse any and all actual fees, costs and expenses incurred in the formation and organization of the Partnership. (h) To do all acts which are necessary, customary or appropriate for the protection and preservation of the Partnership's assets, including the establishment of reserves. (i) To loan money to, borrow money from and engage in transactions with Affiliates, subject to Section 3.06. (j) To compromise, submit to arbitration, sue on, or defend claims in favor of or against the Partnership. (k) In general, to exercise all of the general rights, privileges and powers permitted to be had and exercised by the provisions of the Act. SECTION 3.03. MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP. The business and affairs of the Partnership shall be managed by the General Partner, who may exercise the powers specified in Section 3.02 on behalf of the Partnership, subject to the restrictions in Section 3.04(b). SECTION 3.04. LIMITATION ON POWERS. (a) As between the Partners, no Partner shall: (1) Use the Partnership name or assets in any way except for the transaction of legitimate Partnership business or do any act in contravention of this Agreement; or (2) Impart to any other person any information concerning the financial statements or operations of the Partnership except as may be necessary to carry on the business of the Partnership or the General Partner or as may be approved by the Partners or as may be required by the Act, the Code, Treasury Regulations, state or local tax laws, or other applicable laws or regulations or orders of a court of competent jurisdiction; or (3) Do any act which would make it impossible to carry on the business of the Partnership. 8 10 SECTION 3.05. NON-PARTICIPATION IN MANAGEMENT BY LIMITED PARTNERS. Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the Limited Partners as such shall not participate in the control or management of the business of the Partnership, nor act for and on behalf of the Partnership in any manner whatsoever. SECTION 3.06. DEALINGS WITH RELATED ENTITIES. (a) The General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner may contract or otherwise deal with the Partnership for the purchase or sale of goods, property or services or for other purposes, and the Partnership shall have the power to so contract or deal, provided that (i) the compensation paid for and the terms of the transaction for such goods, services or property is comparable to compensation charged and terms provided for similar goods, services or property in an arms-length transaction, (ii) any goods, services or property furnished to or acquired by the Partnership are in furtherance of the Partnership business, and (iii) any material transaction between the General Partner or any Affiliate and the Partnership is fully disclosed in writing to the Limited Partners upon request. The validity of any transaction, agreement, or payment involving the Partnership and an Affiliate otherwise permitted by this Agreement shall not be affected by reason of the relationship between the General Partner and the Affiliate or the approval of the transaction, agreement or payment by the General Partner, which is otherwise interested in or related to the Affiliate. (b) If the General Partner is employed by or retained by the Partnership in any capacity, compensation to such General Partner shall be deemed to be for services rendered not in the General Partner's capacity as a member of the Partnership, and it shall be treated for federal income tax purposes as a payment described by either Section 707(a) or 707(c) of the Code. SECTION 3.07. OTHER BUSINESS. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall in any way or manner prohibit or restrict the right or freedom of any Partner, any Affiliate of any Partner or any other Person to conduct or participate in any business or activity individually or as a partner, shareholder or owner of any partnership, corporation or other entity other than the Partnership without any obligation or accountability to the Partnership or any other Partner, even if such business or activity competes with the business of the Partnership; and any entity which includes as a partner, shareholder or other owner a Partner, any Affiliate or any other Person shall have the right at any time to own and operate any business whatsoever other than the business of the Partnership, either individually or with one or more parties, and shall not be required to obtain the consent thereto by any other Partner or offer to any other Partner or the Partnership a participation therein. SECTION 3.08. INDEMNIFICATION. Each Person now or in the future an officer, employee, agent or General Partner of the Partnership or an officer, director, general partner, member, trustee or Affiliate of a General Partner (and such Person's successors and assigns) shall be indemnified by the Partnership against expenses (including, but not 9 11 limited to, attorneys' fees, related disbursements and removal of any liens affecting any property of the indemnitee), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with any action, suit or proceeding to which such Person may be made a party by reason of being, or having been, an officer, employee, agent or General Partner of the Partnership or an officer, director, general partner, member, trustee or Affiliate of a General Partner, or such Person's successor or assign (whether or not continuing to be such at the time of incurring such expense), if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Any such indemnification shall be limited to the assets of the Partnership and shall not impose any personal liability upon any Partner. This provision is intended to provide such indemnification as is permitted under Indiana law; it shall not operate to indemnify any person in any case in which such indemnification is for any reason contrary to law. SECTION 3.09. TIME TO BE DEVOTED TO BUSINESS. The General Partner shall devote such time to the Partnership's business as the General Partner, in its sole discretion, shall deem to be necessary to manage and supervise the Partnership's business and affairs in an efficient manner. Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the employment, at the expense of the Partnership, of any agent or third party to manage or provide other services with respect to the Partnership's business, subject to the control of the General Partner. SECTION 3.10. LOANS TO THE PARTNERSHIP. In the event that additional funds are required by the Partnership, the General Partner (or any Affiliate thereof) may, at its option, loan such funds to the Partnership. Each such loan shall be made upon terms and conditions substantially equivalent to those upon which a commercial lending institution would make such a loan to an entity with financial and business characteristics similar to the Partnership. SECTION 3.11. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES. The Partnership shall reimburse the General Partner for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by the General Partner or its partners, members, officers, employees or agents in performing the duties of the General Partner under this Agreement. SECTION 3.12. APPOINTMENT AND POWER OF GENERAL MANAGER AND ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER. (a) The General Partner may in its discretion appoint (or remove) a general manager or an assistant general manager of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Either of the General Manager or the Assistant General Manager acting alone shall have full power and authority to execute any and all documents on behalf of the Partnership including, but not limited to, contracts, notes, mortgages, deeds and leases for and on behalf of the Partnership, which, when so executed and delivered, shall be binding upon the Partnership. Any responsibility or power specifically given to the General Manager herein may be performed by the Assistant General Manager 10 12 if the General Manager is unavailable or unable to do so. Any person, firm or corporation dealing with the Partnership may rely on the authority of the General Manager or Assistant General Manager as outlined herein and need not inquire into the authority of such person. (b) The General Partner may remove such appointees and appoint (or remove) any other person as General Manager and Assistant General Manager by giving written notice thereof to the Partners, provided, however, any person, firm or corporation may rely on the certification of the General Partner as to who the General Manager or Assistant General Manager of the Partnership are and need not inquire further. (c) The General Manager and the Assistant General Manager shall not be personally liable for any liabilities or obligations of the Partnership as a result of holding the positions of General Manager or Assistant General Manager. ARTICLE IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, PROFITS AND LOSSES AND DISTRIBUTIONS SECTION 4.01. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS. (a) The total Capital Contribution of the General Partner shall be as specified in Exhibit A, payable upon execution of this Agreement. (b) The total Capital Contribution of the Limited Partners shall be as specified in Exhibit A, payable upon execution of this Agreement. (c) From and after the date hereof, except as provided in this Section, the Partners shall not be obligated to make further contributions to the Partnership. SECTION 4.02. DISTRIBUTABLE CASH DISTRIBUTIONS. Distributable Cash for each fiscal year shall be determined and distributed annually to the Partners prior to each March 31, computed for the period ended the previous December 31. All Distributable Cash shall be distributed for the fiscal year. Distributions of Distributable Cash shall be made to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. SECTION 4.03. DISTRIBUTIONS FROM CAPITAL TRANSACTION. The Partnership's share of the proceeds from a Capital Transaction shall be applied and distributed in the following order, after adjusting Capital Accounts for all Distributions under Section 4.02 and all allocations of Profits and Losses: (a) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership deemed appropriate by the General Partner to pay at that time in the order of priority as provided 11 13 by law (other than those to Partners) including the expenses of or relating to sale, refinancing, exchange, condemnation, destruction or other disposition; (b) To the setting up of such reserves as are reasonably necessary for any contingent liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or for the operation of the Partnership, as determined solely by the General Partner in good faith; (c) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership to the Limited Partners other than in respect to the Outstanding Capital Contributions of the Limited Partners; (d) To the payment of debts and liabilities of the Partnership to the General Partner other than in respect of the Outstanding Capital Contributions of the General Partner; and (e) To the Partners in accordance with the positive balances in their Capital Accounts. SECTION 4.04. ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES. (a) After giving effect to the special allocations set forth in Sections 4.05 and 4.06 hereof, including chargebacks of minimum gain, for each fiscal year of the Partnership or portion thereof, all Profits shall be allocated as follows: (i) Profits shall first be allocated to the Partners to offset any net Losses allocated pursuant to 4.4(b)(ii) below until each Partner's Capital Account has been brought equal to zero; (ii) Profits shall then be allocated to offset any net Losses allocated pursuant to 4.04(b)(i) below; and (iii) Any remaining Profits shall be allocated to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. (b) For each fiscal year of the Partnership or portion thereof, all Losses shall be allocated to the Partners as follows: (i) First, to each Partner having a positive balance in its Capital Account in the proportion that such Partner's positive Capital Account balance bears to the total of all positive Capital Account balances of Partners until all such positive Capital Account balances equal zero; and (ii) Second, to the Partners according to their Percentage Shares. 12 14 (iii) Notwithstanding (i) and (ii) above, in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), the allocation of loss, deduction or Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures to a Partner shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be so allocated without causing a violation of the alternate test of economic effect. (c) In connection with any Capital Transaction treated as an installment sale, Profits or Losses shall, for purposes of adjusting the Partners' respective Capital Accounts, be allocated under the foregoing provisions of this section as though the principal amount of the deferred obligation were received in full at the time of sale. In connection with any Capital Transaction properly treated as an installment sale under the Code, the portion of the Profits or Losses in each installment allocable to a given Partner shall, for federal income tax purposes, be in proportion to the Partner's total share of Profits or Losses from the Capital Transaction allocated to the Partner pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this section. (d) For purposes of this section, the determination of a Partner's Capital Account shall be made without taking into account any liabilities treated as a contribution of money pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c) (if the Partnership's payment of such liabilities would be treated as a distribution of money pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(c)). SECTION 4.05. SPECIAL ALLOCATIONS. (a) The Partnership shall make the qualified income offset allocation required by the alternate test for economic effect under Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury Regulations. (b) In the event any Partner has a deficit Capital Account at the end of any Partnership fiscal year that is in excess of the amount such Partner is obligated to restore to the Partnership, each such Partner shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible. (c) The Partnership shall make as appropriate to the Partnership and the Partners all allocation of nonrecourse deductions and minimum gain chargebacks in accordance with the Code and Treasury Regulations. SECTION 4.06. CURATIVE ALLOCATIONS. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof shall be taken into account in allocating other Profits, Losses, and items of income, gain, loss, and deduction among the Partners so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations to each Partner shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Partner if the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 had not occurred. 13 15 (b) The Tax Matters Partner shall have reasonable discretion, with respect to each Partnership fiscal year, to (i) apply the provisions of this Sections 4.06 in whatever order is likely to minimize the economic distortions that might otherwise result from the allocations made pursuant to Section 4.05 SECTION 4.07. OTHER ALLOCATION RULES. Solely for purposes of determining a Partner's proportionate share of the "excess nonrecourse liabilities" of the Partnership within the meaning of Section 1.752-3(a)(3) of the Treasury Regulations, such excess nonrecourse liabilities shall be allocated among the Partners in the manner in which it is reasonably expected (as determined by the Tax Matters Partner) that the deductions attributed to those nonrecourse liabilities will be allocated. SECTION 4.08. TAX ALLOCATIONS; CODE SECTION 704(C). In the event any Partnership property is reflected on the books of the Partnership at a book value that differs from the adjusted tax basis of such property at the time of its contribution to the Partnership or its revaluation pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(d) or 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), respectively, income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to such property shall, solely for tax purposes, be allocated among the Partners in the manner required by Code Section 704(c) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(i). SECTION 4.09. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Whenever a proportionate part of Partnership Profit or Loss is credited or charged to a Partner's Capital Account, every item of income, gain, loss, deduction, credit or tax preference entering into the computation of such Profit or Loss, or applicable to the period during which such Profit or Loss was realized, shall be considered credited or charged, as the case may be, to such account in the same proportion; provided, however, that in the event of an increase or a decrease in the interest of a Partner at any time after the Partnership's initial fiscal year other than at the end of a fiscal year of the Partnership, the share of the Profits and Losses and the net Distributable Cash of the Partnership shall be allocated among the Persons whose shares are changed in the same ratio as the number of days in such Partnership fiscal year before and after the date of such transfer, except that sale Profits and Losses, refinancing proceeds and the gain, loss and proceeds arising out of other extraordinary transactions shall be credited to the Person who is a Partner as of the date of such event. SECTION 4.10. NO INTEREST ON CAPITAL ACCOUNTS. No Partner shall be entitled to receive any interest from the Partnership on account of the amount of such Partner's Capital Account. SECTION 4.11. DISTRIBUTION OF PROPERTY. Unless the Partners otherwise agree, in the event it becomes necessary to make a distribution of Partnership property in kind, then such property shall be transferred and conveyed to the Partners, or their assigns, so as to vest in each of them as a tenant-in-common, a percentage interest in the whole of said property equal to the percentage interest such Partner would have received had such property not been distributed in kind. 14 16 SECTION 4.12. RETURN OF CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION. Except as provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or to receive any distributions from the Partnership except as provided by this Agreement. No Partner shall have the right to demand or receive property other than cash in return for its Capital Contribution; and if upon dissolution the Partnership property remaining after the payment or discharge of debts and liabilities of the Partnership is insufficient to return said contributions, a Limited Partner shall have no recourse against the General Partner or any other Limited Partner. ARTICLE V ACCOUNTING, REPORTING AND HOLDING OF ASSETS SECTION 5.01. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the Partnership shall commence on the 1st day of March and continue through the last day of February. SECTION 5.02. ACCOUNTING. The books of account and records of the Partnership shall be located at such place as may be specified by the General Partner and shall be kept and maintained on a federal income tax basis. All assets of the Partnership shall be reflected on the books of the Partnership at their adjusted basis as determined for the purpose of reporting gain or loss under the Code. SECTION 5.03. RIGHT TO INSPECTION. Each Partner or such Partner's duly authorized agent shall at all reasonable times have access to and the right to inspect and copy any of the books and records of the Partnership. SECTION 5.04. HOLDING AND TRANSFER OF ASSETS. All property, real or personal, owned by the Partnership shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner or Assignee, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, of the General Partner, or of one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in its name shall be held in trust by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the terms or provisions of this Agreement. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership on its books and records, without respect to the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held. Any deed, bill of sale, note, mortgage, contract for sale or other document to which the Partnership is a party shall be valid and binding upon the Partnership if signed only by the General Partner, and any Person dealing with the Partnership may fully rely on the authority granted by this section and shall not be required to make any inquiry or investigation of the authority of such Person. SECTION 5.05. BANK ACCOUNTS. Funds of the Partnership may be deposited in its name in such bank account or accounts as shall be designated from time to time by the 15 17 General Partner. All withdrawals from Partnership accounts shall be made upon checks signed by or upon the authorization of the General Partner. The General Partner may designate one or more Persons to sign checks upon its authorization. SECTION 5.06. TAX STATUS; NOTICE OF TAX CONTROVERSY. The Partnership shall be treated and shall file its tax returns as a partnership for federal, state and municipal income tax and other tax purposes. If any Partner shall receive notice of a tax examination of the Partnership by federal, state or local authorities, such Partner shall immediately give notice thereof to the other Partners. SECTION 5.07. TAX MATTERS PARTNER; TAX ELECTIONS. The Person named in Section 1.04 as "Tax Matters Partner" is hereby designated as the tax matters partner of the Partnership under Subchapter C of Chapter 63 as contained in subtitle F of the Code. All elections permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code shall be made by the Tax Matters Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Tax Matters Partner is authorized to make an election on behalf of the Partnership under Section 754 of the Code. On or before February 28 of each year or as soon as practicable thereafter (but prior to the expiration of any extension for filing of tax returns), the Tax Matters Partner shall cause to be prepared and distributed to the Partners the Partnership's federal and state tax returns. Failure of any Partner to object to the tax return within thirty (30) days after receipt of its K-1 Schedule (or any substitute or additional form hereafter required by the Code or Treasury Regulations) shall be deemed to be approval of such tax return as filed. SECTION 5.08. TAX MATTERS PARTNER NOT LIABLE. The Tax Matters Partner shall not be liable to any Partner or the Partnership on account of any action taken or not taken so long as he shall act in good faith in such capacity. Without limiting the generality thereof, the Tax Matters Partner shall be deemed to have acted in good faith in taking any action which benefits Partners holding at least 50% of the interest in the Partnership, measured by Percentage Shares. ARTICLE VI DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP SECTION 6.01. DISSOLUTION. The Partnership shall be dissolved and, unless continued, its assets shall be disposed of and its affairs wound up upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) The Partners voluntarily agree to dissolve the Partnership. (b) The term stated in Section 1.03 expires. (c) The Bankruptcy of the Partnership. 16 18 (d) The withdrawal, termination of existence or Bankruptcy of the General Partner and the failure of the Limited Partners to exercise the right provided in the first sentence of Section 7.02. SECTION 6.02. DEEMED CONTRIBUTION AND LIQUIDATION. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Article VI, in the event the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) but where the Partnership is continued, the Partnership's assets shall not be liquidated, the Partnership's liabilities shall not be paid or discharged, and the Partnership's affairs shall not be wound up. Instead, the Partnership shall be deemed to have contributed its assets to a new partnership (the "Successor Partnership"), and immediately thereafter, the Partners shall be deemed to have received interests in the Successor Partnership in liquidation of the Partnership without effecting any change in the ownership of interests in the Partnership or the Successor Partnership as a result of such contribution and liquidation. ARTICLE VII CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER SECTION 7.01. WITHDRAWAL OF THE GENERAL PARTNER. The General Partner shall not voluntarily withdraw from the Partnership or sell, assign or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets, or take any action described in items (B), (C) or (D) of the definition of "Bankruptcy" in Section 1.04, or sell, assign, or otherwise dispose of its Partnership interest without the prior written consent of Limited Partners owning a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners. SECTION 7.02. CONTINUATION OF PARTNERSHIP. In the event of the Bankruptcy, termination of existence or withdrawal of the General Partner, all powers granted to the General Partner shall terminate and the Limited Partners owning a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners shall have the right to select a new general partner or general partners and to continue the business of the Partnership as a successor limited partnership. If the Limited Partners exercise such right, the successor limited partnership shall be governed by the terms and provisions of this Agreement. 17 19 ARTICLE VIII CHANGES IN LIMITED PARTNERS SECTION 8.01. DISSOLUTION OR BANKRUPTCY OF A LIMITED PARTNER. The dissolution or Bankruptcy of a Limited Partner shall not dissolve the Partnership. Upon notice of such event thereof to the General Partner and the receipt by the General Partner of all instruments of transfer and other documents for the protection of the Partnership as the General Partner deems appropriate under the circumstances, the successor interest of the dissolved or Bankrupt Limited Partner shall become an Assignee of the interest of such Limited Partner and be entitled, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, to all further allocations and distributions on account of the interest of such Limited Partner in the Partnership; however, no transferee of the interest of the dissolved or Bankrupt Limited Partner shall become a Substituted Partner without first obtaining the written consent of the General Partner. SECTION 8.02. TRANSFER AND ASSIGNMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST. (a) A Limited Partner shall have the right to assign the whole or any portion of its interest in the Partnership to any Person by a written assignment; provided that (i) the terms of such assignment are not in contravention of any of the provisions of this Agreement; (ii) such assignment is fully executed by the assignor and Assignee; (iii) such assignment is received by the Partnership and recorded on the books thereof; (iv) the General Partner, in its sole discretion, approves the transfer, and (v) the Limited Partner provides an opinion, if required by the General Partner, satisfactory to the General Partner, that no material adverse tax or securities law effects will result from such assignment. (b) In the event of an assignment of a Limited Partner's interest, the following rules shall govern: (i) The effective date of an assignment of Partnership interest shall be that date set forth on the written instrument of assignment; provided, however, that no assignment shall be retroactive. (ii) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, both the Partnership and the General Partner shall be entitled to treat the Partner or Assignee with respect to such Partnership interest as the absolute owner thereof in all respects and shall incur no liability for Distributions of cash or other property made in good faith to such Partner or Assignee until such time as the written assignment has been delivered to the Partnership for registration of the assignment and any 18 20 required approvals are given. (iii) An Assignee shall be entitled to receive Distributions of cash or other property from the Partnership attributable to the interest acquired by reason of such assignment from and after the date of the assignment of such interest to the Assignee except as provided in subparagraph (ii) above. (iv) The Profits, Losses, income, expense, deductions or credits attributable to the interest acquired by reason of such assignment shall be divided among and allocated between the assignor and Assignee of such interest and in accordance with subparagraph (v) below. (v) The division and allocation of Profits, Losses, income, expense, deductions or credits attributable to the Partnership interest between assignor and Assignee during any fiscal year of the Partnership shall be based upon the length of time during such fiscal year, as measured by the effective date of the assignment, that the interest was owned by each of them and shall not be based upon the date or dates during such fiscal year on which Profits were earned or Losses were incurred by the Partnership. SECTION 8.03. SUBSTITUTION AS A LIMITED PARTNER. No Assignee of the whole or any portion of a Limited Partner's interest shall have the right to become a Substituted Partner in place of the assignor unless all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) The assignor and Assignee execute and acknowledge a written instrument of assignment, together with such other instruments as the General Partner may deem necessary or desirable to effect the admission of the Assignee as a Substituted Partner. (ii) Such instrument of assignment provided for herein has been delivered to and received by the General Partner. (iii) The conditions to such substitution in Section 8.04 have been satisfied and any approvals required by Section 8.05 to such substitution have been obtained. (iv) The written consent of the General Partner to such substitution has been obtained, the granting or denial of which shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner; provided that the consent of the General Partner to such substitution shall be withheld if the General Partner shall 19 21 not have received evidence satisfactory to it that the Substituted Partner is authorized to acquire the interest so assigned and has the appropriate financial resources to acquire and maintain the Partnership interest assigned to it. (v) A transfer fee has been paid to the Partnership which is sufficient to cover all reasonable expenses connected with such assignment and substitution, including, but not limited to, legal and filing or recording fees. SECTION 8.04. ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO ASSIGNMENT AND SUBSTITUTION. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not recognize any assignment or substitution for any purpose if (a) such transfer together with prior transfers would result in the sale or exchange of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total interest in the Partnership capital and profits within a twelve-month period, or (b) the Partnership shall not have received, if required by the General Partner, an opinion of counsel to the effect that such sale (i) will not result in termination of the Partnership under the Act; (ii) will not result in termination of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes or, if it does result in such a termination, such termination will not cause material adverse federal income tax consequences to the Partnership or the Partners requesting the opinion; (iii) will not change the status of the Partnership as a partnership for federal income tax purposes; (iv) will not give rise to liability of the Partnership, any Partner or any agent or advisor of any Partner for violation of the securities laws of the United States or any state thereof; and (v) will not cause the Partnership to become subject to payment of the Indiana Gross Income Tax. SECTION 8.05. EFFECT OF TRANSFER. Any Assignee or other transferee of an interest in the Partnership shall take subject to the restrictions and conditions to assignment imposed by this Article. ARTICLE IX LIQUIDATION SECTION 9.01. LIQUIDATION DETERMINATION. In the event of dissolution where continuation of the Partnership is not provided for, the Partnership shall be liquidated. For purposes of this Article IX, liquidation for tax purposes shall occur upon the earlier of the date upon which the Partnership is terminated under Code Section 708(b)(1) or the date upon which the Partnership ceases to be a going concern (even though it may continue in existence for the purpose of winding up its affairs, paying its debts, and distributing any remaining balance to the Partners). 20 22 SECTION 9.02. ALLOCATION OF LIQUIDATION PROCEEDS. (a) Upon liquidation of the Partnership, the proceeds shall be applied and distributed in the following manner and order of priority: (i) to the payment of liabilities of creditors other than Partners and to the expenses of liquidation; (ii) to the setting up of any reserves which the General Partner determines reasonably necessary for any contingent liabilities of the Partnership or of any Partner arising out of or in connection with a Partnership liability, which revenues shall be paid over by the General Partner to an escrow agent or shall be held for the purpose of disbursing such reserves in payment of any such contingent liabilities and, at the expiration of such period as the General Partner shall deem advisable, the balance of which shall be distributed as otherwise provided in this section; (iii) to the payment of any liabilities to the Partners (other than Capital Accounts), arising out of or in connection with a Partnership liability, or if the amount available for such payment is insufficient, a pro rata portion thereof; and (iv) the remainder to the Partners in accordance with Article IV of this Agreement. (b) Liquidation proceeds shall be distributed within the time limits required by the Code. SECTION 9.03. LIQUIDATION PROCEDURE. A reasonable time, as determined by the General Partner, from the date of an event of dissolution shall be allowed for the orderly liquidation of the assets of the Partnership and the discharge of its liabilities. Upon the completion of dissolution in accordance with the terms hereof, the Partnership shall terminate and the General Partner shall execute, acknowledge and cause to be filed a certificate of cancellation of the Partnership whereupon it shall cease to exist in all respects. In the event of a dissolution of the Partnership, liquidation of the assets of the Partnership and discharge of its liabilities may be carried out by a liquidation trustee or receiver, who shall be a bank or trust company or other Person or firm having experience in managing, liquidating or otherwise handling property of the type then owned by the Partnership. Such liquidating trustee or receiver shall be designated by the General Partner. A liquidation trustee shall be not personally liable for the debts of the Partnership but otherwise shall have such obligations and authorities as are given the General Partner pursuant to this Agreement or as may be agreed upon between the Partners and said 21 23 liquidation trustee. ARTICLE X PAYMENTS TO GENERAL PARTNER AND AFFILIATES SECTION 10.01. PARTNERSHIP EXPENSES. The Partnership shall pay all expenses (which expenses shall be billed directly to the Partnership) of the Partnership which may include, but are not limited to: (i) all costs of personnel employed by the Partnership and involved in the business of the Partnership, (ii) all costs of borrowed money and taxes applicable to the Partnership, (iii) legal, audit, accounting, brokerage and other fees, (iv) printing, engraving and other expenses and taxes incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution, transfer, registration and recording of documents evidencing ownership of an interest in the Partnership or in connection with the business of the Partnership, (v) fees and expenses paid to independent contractors, brokers, consultants and other agents, (vi) the cost of any insurance required in connection with the business of the Partnership, (vii) expenses of organizing, revising, amending, converting, modifying or terminating the Partnership, (viii) expenses in connection with distributions made by the Partnership to, and communications and bookkeeping and clerical work necessary in maintaining relations with the Limited Partners, including the cost of preparation of consents, (ix) expenses in connection with preparing reports required to be furnished to the Limited Partners for investor, tax reporting or other purposes, or which reports the General Partner deems the furnishing thereof to the Limited Partners to be in the best interests of the Partnership, (x) costs of any accounting, statistical or bookkeeping equipment necessary for the maintenance of the books and records of the Partnership, and (xi) the cost of preparation and dissemination of the informational material and documentation relating to potential sale, refinancing or other disposition of Partnership assets. ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 11.01. NOTICE. All notices, elections, consents and approvals under this Agreement shall be in writing, and shall be effectively given to any Partner if delivered to the Partner or if mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to such Partner at the address provided to the Partnership. Any Partner may change his or its address for notice by giving notice of such change to the General Partner. SECTION 11.02. CONSTRUCTION. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Indiana. In the event any laws, rules, or regulations applicable to the Partnership require any Partner, or any group or class thereof, to have certain rights, options, privileges, or consents not granted by the terms of this Agreement, then such Partners shall have and enjoy such rights, options, privileges, 22 24 and consents so long as (but only so long as) the existence thereof does not result in a loss of the limitation on liability enjoyed by any other Limited Partner under the Act or the applicable laws of any other jurisdiction. SECTION 11.03. ASSIGNS AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall run for the benefit of the parties executing this Agreement, and the personal representatives, heirs, legatees, devisees, assigns and successors in interest of the Partners. SECTION 11.04. ASSIGNMENT. No Partner to this Agreement may assign its Partnership interest or any right therein to any other Person except with the express written consent of the other Partners or as otherwise provided in this Agreement. However, in the event of any assignment of a Partnership interest in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Partners agree to execute such documents as may be necessary to effectuate such change, including required changes to this Agreement and the Certificate described in Section 11.06. SECTION 11.05. AMENDMENT. (a) The General Partner, without obtaining the consent of the Limited Partners, may amend this Agreement at any time, in its sole and exclusive discretion, but only to reflect: (i) a change in the name of the Partnership; (ii) a change in the principal place of business of the Partnership; (iii) the admission, substitution, termination, or withdrawal of Partners in accordance with this Agreement; (iv) a change in address of any Partner; (v) a change that is (A) of an inconsequential nature and does not adversely affect any Limited Partner or any Assignees in any material respect, or (B) required or contemplated by this Agreement; (vi) a change in any provision of this Agreement which requires any action to be taken by or on behalf of the General Partner or the Partnership pursuant to the requirements of applicable law if the provisions of applicable law are amended, modified, or revoked so that the taking of such action is no longer required; or (vii) any other amendments similar to the foregoing. 23 25 The authority set forth in subsection (vi) shall specifically include the authority to make such amendments to this Agreement and to the Certificate of Limited Partnership as the General Partner deems necessary or desirable in the event the Act is amended to eliminate or change any provision now in effect. (b) This Agreement may be otherwise amended upon the consent of both the General Partner and the Limited Partners owning at least a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Limited Partners. SECTION 11.06. CERTIFICATE OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP. The Partnership shall file a Certificate of Limited Partnership in such office or offices in such jurisdiction or jurisdictions where such a filing is required by applicable law or deemed desirable by the General Partner. In the event of any change requiring the cancellation or amendment of such certificate under the Act or such other applicable law, the General Partner shall cause the certificate to be cancelled or amended in accordance with law by an appropriate filing, without the necessity of first obtaining the prior consent of the Limited Partners. SECTION 11.07. FURTHER ASSURANCES. The Partners will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement. SECTION 11.08. WARRANTIES OF REPRESENTATIVES. Each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants that he has been fully empowered to execute this Agreement, and that all necessary action for the execution of this Agreement has been taken. SECTION 11.09. COMPUTATION OF TIME. In computing any period of time pursuant to this Agreement, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. SECTION 11.10. IDENTIFICATION OF OWNERS. If any governmental agency requires reporting or disclosure of ownership, control or financial condition, each Partner and Assignee shall, upon request of the General Partner, promptly submit to the General Partner a list showing the name and address of all Persons having any direct, indirect or beneficial ownership of such Partner or Assignee, together with such Person's ownership interest. SECTION 11.11. CAPTIONS. Article titles or captions contained in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and for reference and in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any provision hereof. SECTION 11.12. IDENTIFICATION. Whenever the singular number is used in this Agreement and when required by the context, the same shall include the plural; and the 24 26 masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter genders. SECTION 11.13. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts or by separate signature pages identified as such and all of such counterparts or signature pages shall for all purposes constitute an agreement binding on the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties are not signatory to the same counterpart or signature page. SECTION 11.14. PARTNERS' CAPABILITY. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, no Partner, or any Assignee of the interests thereof, shall be a Person or organization prohibited by law from becoming such. Any assignment of an interest in the Partnership to any Person or organization not meeting such standard shall be void and ineffective and shall not bind the Partnership. SECTION 11.15. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect so far as the intent of the parties can be carried out. SECTION 11.16. LIMITATION ON BENEFITS OF THIS AGREEMENT. It is the explicit intention of the Partners that no Person other than the Partners and the Partnership (and, to the extent provided in Section 3.08, the Persons entitled to be indemnified thereunder) is or shall be entitled to bring any action by or on behalf of the Partnership to enforce any provision of this Agreement against any Partner (or its successors and assigns) or the Partnership, and that the covenants, undertakings, and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable only by, the Partners (or their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder) and the Partnership (and, to the extent provided in Section 3.08, the Persons entitled to be indemnified thereunder). SECTION 11.18. APPROVAL OR CONSENT. Except as otherwise provided herein, any approval or consent required in this Agreement by Partners shall be deemed given upon the affirmative vote at a meeting, or the execution of a written ballot or consent form indicating consent, by Partners owning at least a majority of the Percentage Shares owned by all Partners required so to consent to or approve the matter. The terms "consent" and "approve" have the same meanings in this Agreement and shall be interchangeable for purposes of applying the Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership this 17th day of June, 1998. GENERAL PARTNER: EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION 25 27 By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz --------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President 26 28 LIMITED PARTNERS: TEXAS MONTHLY, INC. By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz --------------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President 27 29 EXHIBIT A PARTNERS AND THEIR INTERESTS PERCENTAGE PARTNER SHARE General Partner: Emmis Broadcasting Corporation 1% Limited Partners: Texas Monthly, Inc. 99% 28 30 FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS TELEVISION BROADCASTING, L.P. The undersigned partners of Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. (hereinafter referred to as the "Partnership") hereby amend the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (the "Partnership Agreement") as follows: Section 1. The exact text of Article I Section 1.01 of the Partnership Agreement now reads as follows: Name. The name of the Partnership is Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. Section 2. In all other respects, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This First Amendment to the Agreement of Limited Partnership is effective as of June 17, 1998. Emmis Broadcasting Corporation By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz -------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz Executive Vice President Texas Monthly, Inc. By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz -------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz Executive Vice President 2 31 SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS TELEVISION BROADCASTING, L.P. The undersigned partners of Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. (hereinafter referred to as the "Partnership") hereby amend the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (the "Partnership Agreement") as follows: Section 1. The exact text of Article III, Section 3.01 of the Partnership Agreement now reads as follows: Scope of Partnership. The specific purpose of the Partnership is to engage in the business of television broadcasting. The general purposes of the Partnership are to do each and every thing necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of the specific purpose or the attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated, either alone, or in association with, or as agent or representative for, other corporations (whether public, governmental or private), partnerships, individuals, or entities, or to accomplish any other lawful business whatsoever, or which shall at any time appear conducive to or expedient for the protection or benefit of the Partnership. Section 2. In all other respects, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. This Second Amendment to the Agreement of Limited Partnership is effective as of January 22, 2000. EMMIS BROADCASTING CORPORATION By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz --------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President TEXAS MONTHLY, INC. By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz --------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Executive Vice President EX-3.27 25 c63012a1ex3-27.txt CERT. OF IND. LTD. PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS TV BRDCST. 1 Exhibit 3.27 CERTIFICATE OF INDIANA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EMMIS TELEVISION BROADCASTING, L.P. Pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, I.C. 23-16 et seq., the undersigned general partner hereby forms the limited partnership named below: 1. The name of the limited partnership is: Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P. 2. The address of the office at which the records required by IC 23-16-2-3(a) are to be kept is: 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 3. The name and business address of its registered agent is: David L. Wills, Esq. 2700 First Indiana Plaza 135 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 4. The name and business address of the general partner is: Emmis Broadcasting Corporation 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 5. The latest date upon which the limited partnership is to dissolve is December 31, 2048. 6. This certificate is effective on the filing date. Executed by the General Partner of the limited partnership this 10th day of June, 1998. Emmis Broadcasting Corporation, General Partner By: /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ---------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Secretary EX-3.28 26 c63012a1ex3-28.txt ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS LICENSE CORP. 1 Exhibit 3.28 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION I The name of this corporation is EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. III The name and address in the State of California of this corporation and its initial agent for service of process is: Name Gary Kaseff --------------- Street Address Warner Center Plaza V, 21800 Oxnard Street, #790 ------------------------------------------------ City Woodland Hills State CALIFORNIA Zip 91367 ----------------------------- ------------ --------- IV This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each. ________________________________ J. Scott Enright, Incorporator Bose McKinney & Evans 135 North Pennsylvania Street Suite 2700 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 EX-3.29 27 c63012a1ex3-29.txt BYLAWS OF EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION 1 Exhibit 3.29 EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION BYLAWS ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 4444 Lakeside Drive, Suite 320, Burbank, California 91505. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 1999, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 1 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote 2 3 either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy(other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be five (5). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 3 4 Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the 4 5 business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at 5 6 the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Sec.210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. 6 7 THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. 7 8 Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an 8 9 Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. 9 10 A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall commence on the 1st day of March and end on the last day of February. 10 11 SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least 15 (or if sent by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of forty thousand ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its 11 12 parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. 12 EX-3.30 28 c63012a1ex3-30.txt ART. OF INCORP. OF EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION 1 Exhibit 3.30 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION I The name of this corporation is EMMIS FM LICENSE CORPORATION OF ST. LOUIS. II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. III The name and address in the State of California of this corporation and its initial agent for service of process is: Name Gary Kaseff --------------- Street Address Warner Center Plaza V, 21800 Oxnard Street, #790 ------------------------------------------------ City Woodland Hills State CALIFORNIA Zip 91367 ------------------------------- ------------ --------- IV This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each. /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------- J. Scott Enright, Incorporator Bose McKinney & Evans 135 North Pennsylvania Street Suite 2700 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS FM LICENSE CORPORATION OF ST. LOUIS The undersigned certify that: 1. They are the PRESIDENT and the SECRETARY, respectively, of Emmis FM License Corporation of St. Louis, a California corporation. 2. Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation is amended to read as follows: The name of this Corporation is Emmis Radio License Corporation. 3. The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the board of directors. 4. The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with Section 902, California Corporations Code. The total number of outstanding shares of the corporation is one thousand (1,000). The number of shares voting in favor of the amendment equaled or exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote required was more than 50%. We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge. DATE: April 10, 2001 /s/ Doyle L. Rose --------------------------------- Doyle L. Rose, President /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz --------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Secretary EX-3.31 29 c63012a1ex3-31.txt BYLAWS OF EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION 1 Exhibit 3.31 EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION BYLAWS ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 4444 Lakeside Drive, Suite 320, Burbank, California 91505. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 1998, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote 3 either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be five (5). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 4 Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the 5 business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at 6 the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Sec.210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. 7 THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. 8 Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an 9 Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. 10 A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. 11 SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least 15 (or if sent by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of forty thousand ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its 12 parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. EX-3.32 30 c63012a1ex3-32.txt ART. OF INCORP. OF EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORP. 1 Exhibit 3.32 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION I The name of this corporation is EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF HONOLULU II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. III The name and address in the State of California of this corporation and its initial agent for service of process is: Name Doyle L. Rose ----------------- Street Address 4444 Lakeside Drive, Suite 320 ------------------------------ City Burbank State CALIFORNIA Zip 91505 -------------------------------- ------------ --------- IV This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each. _____________________________________ J. Scott Enright, Incorporator Bose McKinney & Evans 135 North Pennsylvania Street Suite 2700 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 2 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF HONOLULU The undersigned certify that: 1. They are the PRESIDENT and the SECRETARY, respectively, of Emmis Television License Corporation of Honolulu, a California corporation. 2. Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of this corporation is amended to read as follows: The name of this Corporation is Emmis Television License Corporation. 3. The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the board of directors. 4. The foregoing amendment of Articles of Incorporation has been duly approved by the required vote of shareholders in accordance with Section 902, California Corporations Code. The total number of outstanding shares of the corporation is one thousand (1,000). The number of shares voting in favor of the amendment equaled or exceeded the vote required. The percentage vote required was more than 50%. We further declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the matters set forth in this certificate are true and correct of our own knowledge. DATE: April 10, 2001 /s/ Doyle L. Rose ---------------------------------- Doyle L. Rose, President /s/ Norman H. Gurwitz ---------------------------------- Norman H. Gurwitz, Secretary EX-3.33 31 c63012a1ex3-33.txt BYLAWS OF EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION 1 Exhibit 3.33 EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION BYLAWS ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 4444 Lakeside Drive, Suite 320, Burbank, California 91505. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 1999, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote 2 3 either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be five (5). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 3 4 Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the 4 5 business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also 5 6 be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Sec.210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. 6 7 THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. 7 8 Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an 8 9 Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. 9 10 A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall commence on the 1st day of March and end on the last day of February. 10 11 SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least 15 (or if sent by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of forty thousand ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its 11 12 parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. 12 EX-3.34 32 c63012a1ex3-34.txt ART. OF INCORP. OF EMMIS LICENSE CORP. OF NEW YORK 1 Exhibit 3.34 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION I The name of this corporation is EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. III The name and address in the State of California of this corporation and its initial agent for service of process is: Name Gary Kaseff ------------------------------------------------------------------- Street Address Warner Center Plaza V, 21800 Oxnard Street, #790 -------------------------------------------------------- City Woodland Hills State CALIFORNIA Zip 91367 -------------------------- ---------------- ---------- IV This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each. /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------------------- J. Scott Enright, Incorporator Bose McKinney & Evans 135 North Pennsylvania Street Suite 2700 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 EX-3.35 33 c63012a1ex3-35.txt BYLAWS OF EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK 1 Exhibit 3.35 EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK BYLAWS ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 4444 Lakeside Drive, Suite 320, Burbank, California 91505 Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 1998, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote 3 either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be five (5). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 4 Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the 5 business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at 6 the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Sec.210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. 7 THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. 8 Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an 9 Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. 10 A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. 11 SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least 15 (or if sent by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of forty thousand ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its 12 parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. EX-3.36 34 c63012a1ex3-36.txt ARTICLES OF INCORP. OF EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP. 1 Exhibit 3.36 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION I The name of this corporation is EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. III The name and address in the State of California of this corporation and its initial agent for service of process is: Name Gary Kaseff ------------------------------------------------------------------- Street Address Warner Center Plaza V, 21800 Oxnard Street, #790 -------------------------------------------------------- City Woodland Hills State CALIFORNIA Zip 91367 ----------------------------- ---------------- ---------- IV This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each. /s/ J. Scott Enright ---------------------------------------- J. Scott Enright, Incorporator Bose McKinney & Evans 135 North Pennsylvania Street Suite 2700 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 EX-3.37 35 c63012a1ex3-37.txt BYLAWS OF EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORP. OF NEW YORK 1 Exhibit 3.37 EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK BYLAWS ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 4444 Lakeside Drive, Suite 320, Burbank, California 91505. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 1998, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote 3 either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be five (5). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 4 Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the 5 business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also 6 be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Sec.210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. 7 THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. 8 Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an 9 Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. 10 A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. 11 SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least 15 (or if sent by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of forty thousand ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its 12 parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. EX-3.38 36 c63012a1ex3-38.txt ARTICLES OF INCORP. OF EMMIS TV LICENSE CORP. 1 EXHIBIT 3.38 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF WICHITA ARTICLE I The name of this corporation is Emmis Television License Corporation of Wichita. ARTICLE II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. ARTICLE III The name in the State of California of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is: CT Corporation System ARTICLE IV This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each. /s/ David L. Wills -------------------------------- David L. Wills, Incorporator Bose McKinney & Evans 2700 First Indiana Plaza 135 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 EX-3.39 37 c63012a1ex3-39.txt BYLAWS OF EMMIS TV LICENSE CORPORATION OF WICHITA 1 EXHIBIT 3.39 EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF WICHITA BYLAWS ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 3500 West Olive Avenue, Suite 300, Burbank, California 91505. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 2001, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the 2 3 right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be five (5). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 3 4 Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. 4 5 Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address 5 6 furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Sec.210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and 6 7 active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. 7 8 THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such 8 9 rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. 9 10 REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. 10 11 ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least 15 (or if sent by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of forty thousand ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision 11 12 (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. 12 EX-3.40 38 c63012a1ex3-40.txt ART. OF INCORP. OF EMMIS TV LICENSE CORP OF TOPEKA 1 Exhibit 3.40 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF TOPEKA ARTICLE I The name of this corporation is Emmis Television License Corporation of Topeka. ARTICLE II The purpose of the corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which a corporation may be organized under the GENERAL CORPORATION LAW of California other than the banking business, the trust company business or the practice of a profession permitted to be incorporated by the California Corporations Code. ARTICLE III The name in the State of California of this corporation's initial agent for service of process is: CT Corporation System ARTICLE IV This corporation is authorized to issue only one class of shares of stock; and the total number of shares which this corporation is authorized to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of common stock with no par value each. /s/ David L. Wills ------------------------------------ David L. Wills, Incorporator Bose McKinney & Evans 2700 First Indiana Plaza 135 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 EX-3.41 39 c63012a1ex3-41.txt BYLAWS OF EMMIS TV LICENSE CORPORATION OF TOPEKA 1 Exhibit 3.41 EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION OF TOPEKA BYLAWS ARTICLE I OFFICES Section 1. The Corporation's principal executive office shall be located at 3500 West Olive Avenue, Suite 300, Burbank, California 91505. Section 2. The Corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without the State of California as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require. ARTICLE II ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. All meetings of Shareholders for the election of members of the Board of Directors shall be held in the State of California, at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, within the State of California as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Meetings of Shareholders for any other purpose may be held at such time and place, within or without the State of California, as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. If no other place is stated or fixed, Shareholders' meetings shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. Section 2. Annual meetings of Shareholders, commencing with the year 2001, shall be held on the 28th day of February, if not a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, and if a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 11:00 A.M., or at such other date and time as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which they shall elect by a plurality vote a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. 2 ARTICLE III SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS Section 1. Special meetings of Shareholders for any purpose other than the election of members of the Board of Directors may be held at such time and place within the State of California as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. Section 2. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation, may be called by the Chairman, the President, the Board of Directors, or the holders of not less than 10 percent of all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting. Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting of Shareholders, stating the time, place and purpose or purposes thereof, shall be given to each Shareholder entitled to vote thereat not less than 10 (or, if sent by third-class mail, 30) nor more than 60 days before the date fixed for the meeting. Notice may be sent by third-class mail only if the outstanding shares of the corporation are held of record by 500 or more persons (determined as provided in section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to the purposes stated in the notice. ARTICLE IV QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of the Shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the Shareholders, the Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the original meeting. Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares of stock represented and voting at the meeting (which shares voting affirmatively also constitute at least a majority of the required quorum), shall be the act of the Shareholders unless the vote of a greater number or voting by classes is required by law or the Articles of Incorporation. Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of Shareholders. A Shareholder may vote 3 either in person or by proxy executed in writing by the Shareholder or by his duly authorized attorney-in-fact. In all elections for Directors, every Shareholder entitled to vote shall have the right to vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by him or her for as many persons as there are Directors to be elected, or, upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth in Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law, to cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate a number of votes equal to the number of Directors to be elected multiplied by the number of votes to which the Shareholder's shares are normally entitled, or to distribute the votes on the same principle among as many candidates as he may see fit. Section 708(b) of the California General Corporation Law provides that no Shareholder shall be entitled to cumulate votes for any candidate for the office of Director unless such candidates' names have been placed in nomination prior to the voting and at least one Shareholder has given notice at the meeting prior to the voting of his intention to cumulate his votes. Section 4. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles, any action, except election of Directors, which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of Shareholders may be taken without a meeting and without prior notice, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Except to fill a vacancy in the Board of Directors not filled by the Directors, Directors may not be elected by written consent except by unanimous written consent of all shares entitled to vote for the election of Directors. Any election of a Director to fill a vacancy (other than a vacancy created by removal) not filled by the Directors requires the written consent of a majority of the shares entitled to vote. ARTICLE V DIRECTORS Section 1. The number of Directors shall be five (5). Directors need not be residents of the State of California nor Shareholders of the Corporation. The Directors, other than the first Board of Directors, shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Shareholders, and each Director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual meeting and until his or her successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first Board of Directors shall hold office until the first annual meeting of Shareholders. Section 2. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, vacancies, except for a vacancy created by the removal of a Director, and newly created Directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors may be filled by a majority of the Directors then in office, though less than a quorum, and the Directors so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until their successors are duly elected and shall qualify. Unless otherwise provided in the Articles of Incorporation, any vacancy created by the removal of a Director shall be filled by the Shareholders by the vote of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Any vacancies, which may be filled by Directors and are not filled by the Directors, may be filled by the Shareholders by a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum is present. 3 4 Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation or by these By-Laws directed or required to be exercised or done by the Shareholders. Section 4. The Directors shall keep the books of the Corporation within the State of California, and may keep a copy of such books of the Corporation, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, outside of the State of California, at such place or places as they may from time to time determine. Section 5. The Board of Directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have authority to establish reasonable compensation of all Directors for services to the Corporation as Directors, officers or otherwise. ARTICLE VI MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1. Meetings of the Board of Directors, regular or special, shall be held within the State of California. Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected Board of Directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the Shareholders at the annual meeting and no notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected Directors in order legally to constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the Directors. Section 3. Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held upon such notice, or without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board. Section 4. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the Chairman of the Board or President on one (1) day's notice to each Director, either personally or by mail or by telephone or by facsimile telecommunication; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of two Directors unless the Board consists of only one Director; in which case, special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of the sole Director. Section 5. Attendance of a Director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a Director attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the 4 5 business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. Section 6. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business unless a greater number is required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation. The act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the Articles of Incorporation. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of Directors, the Directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. Section 7. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Directors may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Directors entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. ARTICLE VII EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Section 1. The Board of Directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the number of Directors fixed by the By-Laws or otherwise, may designate two or more Directors, each of which must be a resident of the State of California, to constitute an Executive Committee, which Committee, to the extent provided in such resolution, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in the membership of the Committee shall be filled by the Board of Directors at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors. The Executive Committee shall keep regular minutes of its proceedings and report the same to the Board when required. The Board of Directors may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall not have authority: (1) To approve any action which will also require the Shareholders' approval; (2) To fill vacancies on the Board or in any committee; (3) To fix the compensation of Directors for serving on the Board or on any committee; (4) To amend or repeal the By-Laws or adopt new By-Laws; (5) To amend or repeal any resolution of the Board which by its express terms is not so amendable or repealable; (6) To make a distribution to the Shareholders except at a rate or in a periodic amount or within a price range determined by the Board; or (7) To appoint other committees of the Board or the members thereof. ARTICLE VIII NOTICES Section 1. Whenever, under the provisions of the statutes or of the Articles of Incorporation or of these By-Laws, notice is required to be given to any Director or Shareholder, it shall not be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail, addressed to such Director or Shareholder, at his or her address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at 5 6 the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail. Notice to Directors may also be given by facsimile telecommunication. Notice to any Shareholder shall be given at the address furnished by such Shareholder for the purpose of receiving notice. If such address is not given and if no address appears on the records of the Corporation for such Shareholder, notice may be given to such Shareholder at the place where the principal executive office of the Corporation is located or by publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which said principal executive office is located. If a notice of a Shareholders' meeting is sent by mail it shall be sent by first-class mail, or, in case the Corporation has outstanding shares held of record by fifty (50) or more persons (determined as provided in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting, notice may be by third-class mail. Section 2. Whenever any notice whatever is required to be given under the provisions of the statutes or under the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation or these By-Laws, a waiver thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. ARTICLE IX OFFICERS Section 1. The officers of the Corporation, except those elected in accordance with Sec.210 of the California General Corporation Law, shall be chosen by the Board of Directors and shall be a Chairman, a President, a Vice-President, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer. The Board of Directors may also choose additional Vice-Presidents, and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers. Section 2. The Board of Directors, at its first meeting after each annual meeting of Shareholders, shall choose a Chairman, a President, one or more Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and a Chief Financial Officer, none of whom need be a member of the Board. Section 3. The Board of Directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 5. The officers of the Corporation shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the Board of Directors may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board of Directors. 6 7 THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT Section 6. The Chairman shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Directors, shall have general and active management of the business of the Corporation, and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board of Directors are carried into effect. In the event of an absence or disability of the Chairman, the duties of the Chairman shall be performed by the President. Pursuant to the general policy established by the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board, the President shall have general management direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation and shall act as Chief Operating Officer. The Chairman and/or the President may sign in the name of the Corporation either manually or by facsimile signature all certificates of stock. The President shall in general shall perform all duties usually incident to the office of President and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board as prescribed by law or this Code of By-Laws. Section 7. The President shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the Corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors to some other officer or agent of the Corporation. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS Section 8. The Vice-President, or if there shall be more than one, the Vice-Presidents in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Section 9. The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board of Directors and all meetings of the Shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Corporation and of the Board of Directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Shareholders and special meetings of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, under whose supervision he or she shall be. The Secretary shall have custody of any corporate seal of the Corporation and he or she, or the Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board of Directors may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing by his or her signature. 7 8 Section 10. The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Section 11. The Chief Financial Officer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full an accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories within the State of California as may be designated by the Board of Directors. Section 12. The Chief Financial Officer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the Board of Directors, at its regular meetings, or at any other time when the Board of Directors so requires, an account of all transactions as Chief Financial Officer and of the financial condition of the Corporation. Section 13. If required by the Board of Directors, the Chief Financial Officer shall give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the Board of Directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the office of Chief Financial Officer and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of his or her death, resignation, retirement or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in his or her possession or under his or her control belonging to the Corporation. Section 14. The Chief Financial Officer is, for the purpose of executing any documents requiring the signature of the "Treasurer," deemed to be the Treasurer of the Corporation. THE ASSISTANT TREASURERS Section 15. The Assistant Treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board of Directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board of Directors may from time to time prescribe. ARTICLE X CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES Section 1. Every holder of shares in the Corporation shall be entitled to have a certificate, signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the President and the Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an 8 9 Assistant Secretary of the corporation, certifying the number of shares and the class or series of shares owned by him or her in the Corporation. If the shares of the Corporation are classified or if any class of shares has two or more series, there shall appear on the certificate either (l) a statement of the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions granted to or imposed upon each class or series of shares to be issued and upon the holders thereof; or (2) a summary of such rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions with reference to the provisions of the articles and any certificates of determination establishing the same; or (3) a statement setting forth the office or agency of the Corporation from which shareholders may obtain, upon request and without charge, a copy of the statement referred to in item (1) heretofore. Every certificate shall have noted thereon any information required to be set forth by the California General Corporation Law and such information shall be set forth in the manner provided by such law. Section 2. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effects as if such person were an officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. LOST CERTIFICATES Section 3. The Board of Directors may direct a new certificate to be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost or destroyed. When authorizing such issue of a new certificate, the Board of Directors, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the Corporation from any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been lost or destroyed. TRANSFERS OF SHARES Section 4. Upon surrender to the Corporation or the transfer agent of the Corporation of a certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate cancelled and the transaction recorded upon the books of the Corporation. CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS Section 5. In order that the Corporation may determine the shareholders entitled to notice of any meeting or to vote or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days prior to the date of such meeting nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. 9 10 A determination of Shareholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting unless the Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting, but the Board shall fix a new record date if the meeting is adjourned for more than 45 days from the date set for the original meeting. REGISTERED SHAREHOLDERS Section 6. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its books as the owner of shares, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of California. ARTICLE XI GENERAL PROVISIONS DIVIDENDS Section 1. Subject to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation relating thereto, if any, dividends may be declared by the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the capital stock, subject to any provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and the California General Corporation Law. Section 2. Before payment of any dividend, there may be set aside out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Directors from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, or for such other purpose as the Directors shall think conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. CHECKS Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers having their principal residence in the State of California, or such other person or persons as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. FISCAL YEAR Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors. 10 11 SEAL Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the Corporation, the date of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal, California". The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced. ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be altered, amended or repealed or new By-Laws may be adopted (a) at any regular or special meeting of Shareholders at which a quorum is present or represented, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the stock entitled to vote, provided notice of the proposed alteration, amendment or repeal be contained in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board. The Board of Directors shall not make or alter any By-Law specifying a fixed number of Directors or the maximum or minimum number of Directors and the Directors shall not change a fixed board to a variable board or vice versa in the By-Laws. The Board of Directors shall not change a By-Law, if any, which requires a larger proportion of the vote of Directors for approval than is required by the California General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XIII DIRECTORS' ANNUAL REPORT Section 1. The Directors shall cause to be sent to the Shareholders not later than 120 days after the close of the fiscal year, an annual report which shall include a balance sheet as of the closing date of the last fiscal year, and an income statement of changes in financial position for said fiscal year. Said annual report shall be accompanied by an report thereon of independent accountants, or, if there is no such report, the certificate of an authorized officer of the Corporation that such statements were prepared without audit from the books and records of the Corporation. This annual report is hereby waived whenever the Corporation shall have less than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law. Except when said waiver applies, the annual report shall be sent to the Shareholder at least 15 (or if sent by third-class mail, 35) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. The annual report may be sent by third-class mail only if the Corporation has outstanding shares held by 500 or more persons (as determined by the provisions of Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law) on the record date for the Shareholders' meeting. In addition to the financial statements included in the annual report, the annual report of the Corporation, if it has more than 100 Shareholders as defined in Section 605 of the California General Corporation Law and if it is not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or exempt from such registration by Section 12(g)(2) of said act, shall also describe briefly: (1) Any transaction (excluding compensation of officers and directors) during the previous fiscal year involving an amount in excess of forty thousand ($40,000) (other than contracts let at competitive bids or services rendered at prices regulated by law) to which the Corporation or its 11 12 parent or subsidiary or (if known to the Corporation or its parent or subsidiary) any holder of more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting shares of the corporation had a direct or indirect material interest, naming such person and stating such person's relationship to the Corporation, the nature of such person's interest in the transaction and, where applicable, the amount of such interest; provided, that in the case of a transaction with a partnership of which such person is a partner, only the interest of the partnership need be stated; and provided further that no such report need be made in the case of transactions approved by the shareholders under subdivision (a) of Section 310 of the California General Corporation Law. (2) The amount and circumstances of any indemnification or advances aggregating more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) paid during the fiscal year to any officer or director of the corporation pursuant to Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law, provided, that no such report need by made in the case of indemnification approved by the shareholders under paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 317 of the California General Corporation Law. 12 EX-4.1 40 c63012a1ex4-1.txt FORM OF SENIOR DEBT INDENTURE 1 EXHIBIT 4.1 ================================================================================ EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK TRUSTEE FORM OF SENIOR DEBT INDENTURE GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN DATED AS OF ____________, 200_ ================================================================================ 2 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of ______________, 200_ TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION 310(a)(1) 6.09 (a)(2) 6.09 (a)(3) Not Applicable (a)(4) Not Applicable (b) 6.08, 6.10 311(a) 6.13 (b) 6.13 (b)(2) 7.03(a), 7.03(b) 312(a) 7.01, 7.02(a) (b) 7.02(b) (c) 7.02(c) 313(a) 7.03(a) (b) 7.03(a) (c) 7.03(a), 7.03(b) (d) 7.03(b) 314(a) 7.04 (b) Not Applicable (c)(1) 1.02 (c)(2) 1.02 (c)(3) Not Applicable (d) Not Applicable (e) 1.02 315(a) 6.01(a) (b) 6.02, 7.03(a) (c) 6.01(b) (d) 6.01(c) (d)(1) 6.01(a), 6.01(c) (d)(2) 6.01(c) (d)(3) 6.01(c) (e) 5.14 316(a)(1)(A) 5.12 (a)(1)(B) 5.02, 5.13 (a)(2) Not Applicable (b) 5.08 (c) 1.04(e) 317(a)(1) 5.03 (a)(2) 5.04 (b) 10.05 318(a) 1.07 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page ---- ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application........................................1 Section 1.01 Definitions........................................................................1 Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions...............................................8 Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.............................................9 Section 1.04 Acts of Holders....................................................................9 Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.............................................11 Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver.........................................................11 Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.................................................12 Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..........................................12 Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns............................................................12 Section 1.10 Separability Clause...............................................................12 Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture.............................................................12 Section 1.12 Governing Law.....................................................................12 Section 1.13 Legal Holidays....................................................................12 Section 1.14 No Recourse Against Others........................................................13 Section 1.15 Judgment Currency.................................................................13 Section 1.16 Counterparts......................................................................14 ARTICLE 2 Security Forms................................................................................14 Section 2.01 Forms Generally...................................................................14 Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security..........................................................14 Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security.......................................................17 Section 2.04 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...................................23 Section 2.05 Securities in Global Form.........................................................23 Section 2.06 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form..................................24 ARTICLE 3 The Securities................................................................................24 Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..............................................24 Section 3.02 Denominations.....................................................................27 Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating....................................27 Section 3.04 Temporary Securities..............................................................29 Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange...............................30 Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..................................32 Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved....................................33 Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners.............................................................34 Section 3.09 Cancellation......................................................................35 Section 3.10 Computation of Interest...........................................................35 Section 3.11 CUSIP Number......................................................................35 Section 3.12 Wire Transfers....................................................................35
ii 4 ARTICLE 4 Satisfaction and Discharge....................................................................36 Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture...........................................36 Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money........................................................37 Section 4.03 Application to a Specific Series of Securities....................................37 ARTICLE 5 Remedies......................................................................................37 Section 5.01 Events of Default.................................................................37 Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment................................39 Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee...................40 Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..................................................41 Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.......................41 Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected....................................................41 Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits...............................................................42 Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest..........................................................................43 Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies................................................43 Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative....................................................43 Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver......................................................43 Section 5.12 Control by Holders................................................................43 Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults...........................................................44 Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.............................................................44 ARTICLE 6 The Trustee...................................................................................45 Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee................................45 Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults................................................................45 Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee.........................................................45 Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities............................46 Section 6.05 May Hold Securities...............................................................47 Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust...............................................................47 Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement....................................................47 Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests...........................................48 Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...........................................48 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.................................48 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor............................................50 Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.......................51 Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.................................51 Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent...............................................51 Section 6.15 Compliance with Tax Laws..........................................................53
iii 5 ARTICLE 7 Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company.............................................53 Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.........................53 Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders............................53 Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee................................................................54 Section 7.04 Reports by Company................................................................55 ARTICLE 8 Consolidation, Merger, Lease, Sale or Transfer................................................56 Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc.......................................................56 Section 8.02 Opinion of Counsel................................................................56 Section 8.03 Successor Corporation Substituted.................................................56 ARTICLE 9 Supplemental Indentures.......................................................................57 Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders................................57 Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders...................................58 Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures..............................................59 Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.................................................59 Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...............................................60 Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures................................60 ARTICLE 10 Covenants....................................................................................60 Section 10.01 Payments of Securities............................................................60 Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................................60 Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates...........................................................60 Section 10.04 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws...........................................61 Section 10.05 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.................................61 Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants.......................................................63 ARTICLE 11 Redemption of Securities.....................................................................63 Section 11.01 Applicability of Article..........................................................63 Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.............................................63 Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.................................63 Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption..............................................................64 Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.......................................................64 Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.............................................65 Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part.......................................................65 ARTICLE 12 Sinking Funds................................................................................65 Section 12.01 Applicability of Article..........................................................65 Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.............................66 Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.........................................66
iv 6 ARTICLE 13 Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance...........................................................66 Section 13.01 Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...............................................................66 Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge..........................................................67 Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance...............................................................67 Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...................................67 Section 13.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust....................69 Section 13.06 Reinstatement.....................................................................69 ARTICLE 14 Guarantees...................................................................................70 Section 14.01 Guarantee.........................................................................70
v 7 INDENTURE, dated as of ________________, 200_, between EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (herein called the "COMPANY"), the GUARANTORS listed on Schedule 1 hereto (herein called the "GUARANTORS") and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York trust company, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE"). RECITALS OF THE COMPANY The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "SECURITIES"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities, as follows: ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, or defined by Commission rule and not otherwise defined herein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; (4) the word "INCLUDING" (and with correlative meaning "INCLUDE") means including, without limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term; and (5) the words "HEREIN," "HEREOF" and "HEREUNDER" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 8 2 "ACT," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04. "AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "CONTROL" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "CONTROLLING," "CONTROLLED BY" and "UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" shall have correlative meanings. "AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities. "BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the Company; provided, however, that when the context refers to actions or resolutions of the Board of Directors, then the term "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" shall also mean any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Company authorized to act with respect to any particular matter to exercise the power of the Board of Directors of the Company. "BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. "BUSINESS DAY," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close. "CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, warrants, rights, options or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or any other equity interest of such Person, including each class of common stock and preferred stock. "COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. 9 3 "COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation or other entity shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor corporation. "COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, at least one of whom must be its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or its Controller, and delivered to the Trustee. "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006; Attn: Corporate Trust Administration. "COVENANT DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 13.03. "CURRENCY UNIT" or "CURRENCY UNITS" shall mean any composite currency. "CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, custodian, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. "DEFAULT" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. "DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07. "DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 13.02. "DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series. "DOLLARS" and "$" means lawful money of the United States of America. "EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01. "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. "GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America which are in effect on the date hereof. 10 4 "GUARANTEE" means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the obligations under this Indenture. "HOLDER" or "SECURITYHOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. "INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person (without duplication for indebtedness or other obligations of such Person), any indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed, whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and including obligations under capitalized leases. "INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. "INTEREST," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE," when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. "JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. "NEW YORK BANKING DAY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Person. "OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by any two Officers of the Company, at least one of whom must be its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Treasurer or its Controller, and delivered to the Trustee. "OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 11 5 "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02. "OUTSTANDING," when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; (iii) Securities which have been paid as provided herein or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof reasonably satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and (iv) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section 13.02; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose and for the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, (a) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be that portion of the principal amount thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and the continuation thereof pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of the date of such determination, (b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (a) above) of such Security, and (c) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, 12 6 demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. "PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued hereunder. "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "PLACE OF PAYMENT," when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. "PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. "REDEMPTION DATE," when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. "REDEMPTION PRICE," when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. "REGISTERED SECURITY" means any Security issued hereunder and registered in the Security Register. "REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01. "REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned to administer corporate trust matters and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. 13 7 "SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05. "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" of a Person has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07. "STATED MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable. "SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person: (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof). "TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. "TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event that such Act is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended. "U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as 14 8 an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof or otherwise subject to prepayment, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a New York Clearing House bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation, or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount held by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. "VICE PRESIDENT," when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president." "VOTING STOCK" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: (a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 15 9 (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel, as the case may be, actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. Section 1.04 Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "ACT" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. 16 10 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. (c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. (e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the immediately following paragraph. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. (f) The Trustee shall set a record date, which shall not be more than 15 days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action contemplated by this section 1.04(f), for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, (iv) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (v) any waiver of past defaults pursuant to Section 5.13, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If such a record date is fixed pursuant to this paragraph, the relevant action may be 17 11 taken or given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be holders of Securities of a series for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such action by Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's reasonable expense, shall cause notice of such record date and the proposed action by Holders to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06. Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, (a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and mailed first-class postage prepaid, to or with the Trustee at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, One Liberty Plaza, 23rd Floor, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; or (b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at Emmis Communications Corporation, Attention: Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be deemed sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in such Security expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first- class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders or the validity of the proceedings to which such notice relates. 18 12 In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included or deemed included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be. Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. Section 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. Section 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws (other than the choice of law provisions) of the State of New York. Section 1.13 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any 19 13 Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day or on such other day as may be set out in the Officers' Certificate pursuant to Section 3.01 at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, if payment is made on such next succeeding Business Day or other day set out in such Officers' Certificate. Section 1.14 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor (other than a stockholder which itself is the Company or a Guarantor of the Securities) shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. Such waivers and releases are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities. Section 1.15 Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the Securities of any series (the "REQUIRED CURRENCY") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "NEW YORK BANKING Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. 20 14 Section 1.16 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security. EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION ----------------------- No. _______ [$]________ Emmis Communications Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Indiana (herein called the "COMPANY," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________ [Dollars] on _______________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- and to pay interest thereon from _______________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on _______________ and _______________ in each year [if other than semi-annual payments, insert frequency of payments and payment dates], commencing _____________________, at [if the Security is to bear interest at a fixed rate, insert-- the 21 15 rate of _____% per annum], [if the Security is to bear interest at a variable or floating rate and if determined with reference to an index, refer to description of index below] until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable insert--, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of _____% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the __________ or __________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Securities are floating or adjustable rate securities with respect to which the principal of or any premium or interest may be determined with reference to an index, insert the text of the floating or adjustable rate provision.] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.] Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert--any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _______________, in dollars [if applicable, insert--; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register]. 22 16 [If applicable, insert-- So long as all of the Securities of this series are represented by Securities in global form, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this global Security shall be paid in same day funds to the Depositary, or to such name or entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary. If at any time the Securities of this series are no longer represented by global Securities and are issued in definitive certificated form, then the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each certificated Security at Maturity shall be paid in same day funds to the Holder upon surrender of such certificated Security at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or at such other place or places as may be designated in or pursuant to the Indenture, provided that such certificated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or at such other place or places as may be designated in or pursuant to the Indenture, provided that such certificated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, acting as Paying Agent, in time for the Paying Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures. Payments of interest with respect to such certificated Securities other than at Maturity may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears on the Security Register on the relevant Regular or Special Record Date or by wire transfer in same day funds to such account as may have been appropriately designated to the Paying Agent by such Person in writing not later than such relevant Regular or Special Record Date.] Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 23 17 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION By: ----------------------------------- Attest: [SEAL] - ------------------- 200_ Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "SECURITIES"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of _______________, 200_ (herein called the "INDENTURE"), between the Company and ____________________, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to $----------]. [If applicable, insert-- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by first class mail, [if applicable, insert-- (1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after __________, _____], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before _______________, _____%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _______________ of the years indicated, REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE ---- ---------- 24 18 and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert-- (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [If applicable, insert-- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by first class mail, (1) on _______________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after __________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during a 12-month period beginning _________________ of the years indicated, REDEMPTION PRICE REDEMPTION PRICE FOR FOR REDEMPTION REDEMPTION OTHERWISE THAN THROUGH OPERATION OF THE SINKING THROUGH OPERATION OF THE FUND SINKING FUND YEAR - -------------------------------- -------------------------- ----- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to __________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than _____% per annum.] [The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on ___________ in each year beginning with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ 25 19 of [not less than] $_______________ [("MANDATORY SINKING FUND") and not more than $____________] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.] [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made--in the inverse order in which they become due.] [In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.] [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert-- If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert-- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal --insert formula for determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.] [This Security is subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance as described in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] [This Security is subject to satisfaction and discharge as provided in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] The Indenture may be modified by the Company and the Trustee without consent of any Holder with respect to certain matters as described in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall bind such Holder and all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 26 20 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same Stated Maturity and aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of [$1,000] and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to, among other things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets [If other covenants are applicable pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01, insert here]. All such covenants and limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the Trustee on compliance with the covenants in the Indenture. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security. 27 21 [If applicable, insert -- A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under this Security or the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- or the supplemental indenture] or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.] [If applicable, insert -- This Security will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and the supplemental indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, if any, the Trustee and the Holders.] [If applicable, insert-- Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures ("CUSIP"), the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities of this series. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities of this series and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.] All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 28 22 ASSIGNMENT FORM To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to ------------------------------------------------------- (Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number) ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint ___________________________________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. Dated: __________ Your Signature: ------------------------------------- (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security) Signature Guaranty: ________________________________________________ [Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements will include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.] Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number: _______________________________________ 29 23 Section 2.04 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: Dated: _______________ This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. --------------------------- As Trustee By ------------------------- Authorized Signatory Section 2.05 Securities in Global Form. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, then any such Security of such series may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or a specified amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.04. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.03 and, if applicable, Section 3.04, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 3.03 or 3.04 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel. The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.03 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 3.07, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein. 30 24 Section 2.06 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form. Any Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, or in such other form as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to comply with the requirements of any Depositary: "THIS SECURITY IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY." ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to (i) a Board Resolution, (ii) action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or (iii) one or more indentures supplemental hereto: (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities); (2) the purchase price, denomination and any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07); 31 25 (3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof; (4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; (5) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable; (6) the place or places where the Securities may be exchanged or transferred; (7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, and, if other than as provided in Section 11.03, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption; (8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series in whole or in part pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable; (10) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series shall or may by payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; (11) if the payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a Holder, in a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in which the 32 26 exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; (12) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined; (13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or the method by which such portion shall be determined; (14) any modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to Securities of the series; and whether and the conditions under which the Holders of the Securities of the series may waive any such Event of Default or compliance with any such covenant relating to the Securities of such series; (15) if either or both of Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be inapplicable, in whole or in part, to the Securities of the series (provided that if no such inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of the series); and any modification to either such section as it relates to such series of Securities; (16) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent; (17) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the form of any legend in addition to or in lieu of that in Section 2.06 which shall be borne by such global Security, (iii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (iv) if other than as provided in Section 3.05, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; (18) if the Holders of the Securities of the series may convert or exchange the Securities of the series into or for securities of the Company or of other entities or other property (or the cash value thereof), the specific terms of and period during which such conversion or exchange may be made; (19) if the Securities of the series shall have the benefits of any Guarantee and, if so, the identity of the Guarantor or Guarantors and the terms and provisions applicable to any such Guarantee; 33 27 (20) any provisions for the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities of the series, including provisions in addition to or modifying the provisions of Article 4 as they pertain to Securities of the series; (21) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article 10 which applies to Securities of the series; and (22) any other terms of the series, including any terms which may be required by or advisable under the laws of the United States of America or regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series. All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate or (iii) in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series. If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and delivery thereof. Section 3.02 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, or its Chief Accounting Officer attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices 34 28 prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and make such Securities available for delivery. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through (d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating (subject to customary assumptions, conditions and exceptions): (a) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and (b) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). If such terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, or in the written opinion of counsel to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of the Trustee) such authentication may not lawfully be made or would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the immediately preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution and the Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the second preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global 35 29 Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to the authentication and delivery of such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Securities of such series in global form that (i) shall be in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Security or Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Security or Securities in global form or its nominee, and (iii) shall be made available for delivery by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instruction. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the Depositary is so registered. Each Depositary shall enter into an agreement with the Trustee and the Company governing the respective duties and rights of such Depositary, the Company and the Trustee with regard to Securities issued in global form. Unless otherwise provided for in the form of Security, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. No Security shall be entitled to any benefits under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Section 3.04 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary Securities of such series which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof), if temporary Securities of any 36 30 series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 10.02 in a Place of Payment a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "SECURITY REGISTER") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of registration of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "SECURITY REGISTRAR" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity. At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Security in global form) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Each Security issued in global form authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such series or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Security issued in global form shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form in the circumstances described below, a Security in global form representing all or a portion of the Securities 37 31 of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary. If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or defaults in the performance of its duties as Depositary or it at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible to perform such duties, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company's selection pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(17) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. The Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that Securities issued in global form shall no longer be represented by such a Security or Securities in global form. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series may surrender a Security in global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new certified Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Security in global form; and (ii) to such Depositary a new Security in global form of like tenor in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Security in global form and the aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to Holders thereof. 38 32 Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in certificated form, such Security in global form shall be canceled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Security in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Unless otherwise provided in the Securities to be transferred or exchanged, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer. If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of such series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. The foregoing provisions relating to registration, transfer and exchange may be modified, supplemented or superseded with respect to any series of Securities by a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same 39 33 series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "DEFAULTED INTEREST") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or 40 34 their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless such Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the reasonable expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 3.05 and 3.07) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 41 35 None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest of a Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Security in global form, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the right of such Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of such Security in global form. Section 3.09 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be held by the Trustee and may be destroyed (and, if so destroyed, certification of their destruction shall be delivered to the Company, unless, by a Company Order, the Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it). Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months. Section 3.11 CUSIP Number. The Company in issuing Securities of any series may use a "CUSIP" number, and if so, the Trustee may use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such series; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed on the notice or on the Securities of such series, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number of any series of Securities. Section 3.12 Wire Transfers. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee on or before the date and time such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. 42 36 ARTICLE 4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and replacement of such Securities which may have been lost, stolen or mutilated as herein expressly provided for or in the form of Security for such series), when the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (a) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.05) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (b) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the reasonable expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (b)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount, in the currency or currencies or currency unit or units in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.05 shall survive. 43 37 Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.05, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Section 4.03 Application to a Specific Series of Securities. The Company may elect to satisfy and discharge its obligations with respect to a specific series of Securities under the Indenture by complying with the terms of Article 4. If the Company makes such election, (a) the terms of Section 4.01 and 4.02 shall apply only to the specific series of Securities and the terms of the Indenture as it relates to such series of Securities and (b) the other Securities issued hereunder and the Indenture as it relates to such other Securities shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES Section 5.01 Events of Default. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of a series, "EVENT OF DEFAULT," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or to be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): (1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of that series when such interest becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days; or (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity or on redemption or otherwise; or (3) the Company fails to deposit any sinking fund payment, for five days after it becomes due by the terms of a Security of that series; or (4) the Company fails to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants, agreements or warranties in the Securities of that series or this Indenture (other than a covenant, agreement or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of 44 38 Securities other than that series), and the failure to observe or perform continues for the period and after the notice specified in the last paragraph of this Section; or (5) an event of default, as defined in any mortgage, indenture, or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness of the Company (including Securities of another series) (other than the Securities of such series) (whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created or incurred) shall occur, which event of default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness at final maturity after the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such event of default, and (ii) results in Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such default in payment is not cured or such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and to the Trustee from the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series specifying such event of default and requiring the Company to cure such default in payment or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a "NOTICE OF DEFAULT" hereunder; provided, however, that it shall not be an Event of Default if the principal amount of Indebtedness which is not paid at maturity or the maturity of which is accelerated is equal to or less than $20,000,000; provided further that if, prior to a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of that series or the entry of judgment in favor of the Trustee in a suit pursuant to Section 5.03, such default shall be remedied or cured by the Company or waived by the holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the Holders of the Securities of that series; or (6) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (a) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to itself, (b) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, (c) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (d) applies for, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, (e) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (f) takes any corporate action in furtherance of or to facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the foregoing; or (7) (i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law which shall (a) approve as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, (b) appoint a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property or (c) order the winding-up or liquidation of affairs of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and such judgment, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 45 39 90 consecutive days; or (ii) any bankruptcy or insolvency petition or application is filed, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding is commenced, against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days; or (iii) a warrant of attachment is issued against any material portion of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries which is not released within 60 days of service; or (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. A Default under clause (4) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "NOTICE OF DEFAULT." When a Default under clause (4) above is cured within such 60-day period, it ceases to be a Default. Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice in writing to the Company, or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal of and accrued interest to the date of acceleration (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) on all the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately and, upon any such declaration, the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified principal amount) shall become and be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.01 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified principal amount) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security of that series. Upon payment of all such principal and interest, all of the Company's obligations under the Securities of that series and (upon payment of the Securities of all series) this Indenture shall terminate, except obligations under Section 6.07. At any time after a declaration of acceleration of Maturity with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Securities of that series that has become due solely by such declaration of 46 40 acceleration, have been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration have been paid, (iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (iv) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07 have been made. Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if: (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at the Maturity thereof, or (3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of any series, and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy. 47 41 Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings, and (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the Securities of any series shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected and the 48 42 notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 applicable to such series; Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities of such series for principal, and premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and Third: To the Company. The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.06. At least ten (10) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid. Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series; (2) the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of Holders of Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such 49 43 Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Securities of the affected series. Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted. Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that: 50 44 (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (3) subject to Section 6.01, the Trustee need not take any action which might involve the Trustee in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not joining therein. Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may by written notice to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any Default or Event of Default with respect to such series and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default: (1) in respect of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or other provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture and the Securities of such series; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). 51 45 ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee's duties and responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. (c) None of the provisions of Section 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be excluded from this Indenture. (d) Every provision of this Indenture which pertains to the Trustee shall be subject to this Section 6.01. Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default or Event of Default known to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series. Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act: (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or 52 46 omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; (f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval or other paper or document, or the books and records of the Company, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and (h) the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the 53 47 statements made by it or to be made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. Section 6.05 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder (including amounts held by the Trustee as Paying Agent) need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed upon in writing with the Company. Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees: (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation as negotiated between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon or determined or measured by the income of the Trustee), incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(6) or Section 5.01(7), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law. 54 48 The provisions of this Section 6.07 shall survive this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The Trustee shall be disqualified only where such disqualification is required by Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act having a combined capital and surplus (together with its parent) of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company may serve as Trustee. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. (d) If at any time: (i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or 55 49 (ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or (iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such Securities. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 56 50 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of some (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be. 57 51 (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under the Trust Indenture Act. Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor (by merger, conversion, consolidation or otherwise as permitted hereunder) to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein. Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of, and subject to the direction of, the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus (together with its parent) of not less than $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating 58 52 Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation as negotiated between the Company and such Authenticating Agent for its services under this Section. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form: Form of Authenticating Agent's Certificate of Authentication Dated: ----------------------- This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. ------------------------------------ As Trustee 59 53 By ------------------------------------ As Authenticating Agent By ------------------------------------ Authorized Signatory Section 6.15 Compliance with Tax Laws. The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal income tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium (if any) and interest on the Securities of any series, whether acting as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent or otherwise with respect to the Securities of any series. ARTICLE 7 HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee: (a) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of such Regular Record Date (unless the Trustee has such information), or if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semi-annually, upon such dates as are set forth in the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. (b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as "APPLICANTS") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of 60 54 such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either: (i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a); or (ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application. If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appears in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application. (c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b). Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after ______ of each year commencing with the year 200_, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in 61 55 Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of ______, if required by and in compliance with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or any inter-dealer quotation system. Section 7.04 Reports by Company. The Company shall: (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; (3) transmit or cause to be transmitted by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, (a) as promptly as reasonably practicable following the furnishing of the same to its stockholders, the Company's annual report to stockholders, containing certified financial statements, and any other financial reports which the Company generally furnishes to its stockholders, and (b) within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any other information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and (4) furnish to the Trustee, on ___________ of each year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or 62 56 requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. Such certificate need not comply with Section 1.02. ARTICLE 8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, LEASE, SALE OR TRANSFER Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. Except as may be otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 relating to Securities of a series, the Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, any other Person (whether or not the Company shall be the surviving corporation or entity), or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, unless: (1) either the Company shall be the continuing Person or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or with which or into which the Company is merged or the Person (or group of affiliated Persons) to which all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety are conveyed, transferred or leased shall be a corporation or other entity (group of affiliated corporations or entities) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of related transactions, no Event of Default, and no Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may (a) consolidate with, or merge with or into, an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose incorporating the Company in another jurisdiction and/or (b) convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in one transaction or a series of related transactions. Section 8.02 Opinion of Counsel. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed transaction(s) covered by Section 8.01 an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the transaction(s) and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the transaction(s) under this Indenture have been met. Section 8.03 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other corporation or other entity or any conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor corporation or other entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the 63 57 successor corporation or entity or affiliated group of corporations or entities to which such lease, sale, assignment or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation or corporations or entity or entities had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation or corporations or entity or entities shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and in the event of such conveyance or transfer, except in the case of a lease, any such predecessor corporation may be dissolved and liquidated. ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without notice to or the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities; or (4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or (6) to secure the Securities; or (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or 64 58 (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or (9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein; or (10) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding; or (11) to add Guarantees with respect to any or all of the Securities; or (12) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Internal Revenue Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of such Code). Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and subject to the last sentence of) Section 9.03, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture. Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (with the Securities of each series voting as a class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.03, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, if any, or any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption, repurchase or repayment thereof, or change the manner in which the amount of any principal thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon is determined, or reduce the amount of the principal of any Original Issue 65 59 Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency or currency unit in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or Defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.06, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 10.06, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.01(8). A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provisions of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article, subject to the last sentence of this Section 9.03. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture 66 60 for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. ARTICLE 10 COVENANTS Section 10.01 Payments of Securities. With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series. Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 1.05 hereof. The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates. (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which fiscal year currently ends on February 28 (29)), an Officers' Certificate stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default by the Company that occurred prior to the end of the fiscal year and is then continuing. If the signer does know of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe each such Default or Event of Default and its status and the specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or 67 61 Event of Default has occurred. The Company shall also promptly notify the Trustee in writing should the Company's fiscal year be changed so that the end thereof is on any date other than the date on which the Company's fiscal year currently ends. The certificate need not comply with Section 1.02 hereof, but shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after the occurrence thereof, notice of any acceleration which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would be an Event of Default within the meaning of Section 5.01(5) hereof. (c) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee forthwith upon becoming aware of a Default or Event of Default (but in no event later than 10 days after the occurrence of each Default or Event of Default that is continuing), an Officers' Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto and the specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of Default has occurred. Section 10.04 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will actively resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. Section 10.05 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such 68 62 sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to so act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will: (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall, subject to any applicable escheat laws, be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee of such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 69 63 Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article 8, Article 10 (other than Sections __ or __) or any covenant specified as contemplated under Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES Section 11.01 Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected prior to the giving of the applicable notice of redemption to Holders by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, substantially pro rata, by lot or by any other method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and that complies with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Securities are listed, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided that in case the Securities of such series have different terms and maturities, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company and the Company shall give notice thereof to the Trustee. 70 64 The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of the Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall state: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price; (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed; (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; (5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and (7) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed. Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.05) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date. 71 65 Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities (including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular or Special Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security. Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Company at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. ARTICLE 12 SINKING FUNDS Section 12.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENT," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "OPTIONAL SINKING FUND PAYMENT." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of 72 66 any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any Securities previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days (or such shorter period reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered (which have not been previously delivered). Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07. ARTICLE 13 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Section 13.01 Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Unless as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, provision is made for the inapplicability of, in whole or in part, or any modification to, either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.02 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.03, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series elect to have either Section 13.02 (unless inapplicable) or Section 13.03 (unless inapplicable) be applied to the Outstanding 73 67 Securities of such series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set forth below in this Article. Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to defease the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). Defeasance shall mean that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same); provided, however, that the following rights, obligations, powers, trusts, duties and immunities shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund provided for in Section 13.04, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.05, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option with respect to defeasance under this Section 13.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option with respect to covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 in regard to the Securities of such series. Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to obtain a covenant defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under this Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 5.06, 5.09, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04 and 10.05) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"). Covenant defeasance shall mean that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in this Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 5.06, 5.09, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04 and 10.05), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein or by reason of any reference to any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.01(4) or any such supplemental indenture with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series, and the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby. Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to defeasance under Section 13.02 and covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series: 74 68 (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.09 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it), under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and each installment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities. (2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit. (3) Such deposit, defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material debt agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. (4) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee either (a) a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred or (B) an Opinion of Counsel, based on such ruling or on a change in the applicable federal income tax law since the date of this Indenture, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred. 75 69 (5) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred. (6) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.01. (7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 13.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 (as the case may be) have been complied with. Section 13.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.05, all money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 13.05, the "TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 13.04 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of a particular series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof, other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 with respect to Securities of any series which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited for the purpose for which such money or Government Obligations were deposited. Section 13.06 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any 76 70 court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.02 or 13.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, held in trust pursuant to Section 13.05 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, so held in trust. ARTICLE 14 GUARANTEES Section 14.01 Guarantee. Any series of Securities may be guaranteed by one or more of the Guarantors. The terms and the form of any such Guarantee will be established in the manner contemplated by Section 3.01 for that particular series of Securities. 77 71 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written. EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION By: --------------------- Name: --------------------- Title: --------------------- Attest: - --------------------------- Name: --------------------- Title: --------------------- THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK as Trustee By: --------------------- Name: --------------------- Title: --------------------- Attest: - --------------------------- Name: --------------------- Title: --------------------- 78 72 [GUARANTOR] By: --------------------- Name: --------------------- Title: --------------------- Attest: --------------------- Name: --------------------- Title: ---------------------
EX-4.2 41 c63012a1ex4-2.txt FORM OF SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE 1 EXHIBIT 4.2 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK TRUSTEE FORM OF SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN DATED AS OF ____________, 200_ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of ______________, 200_ TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION 310(a)(1) 6.09 (a)(2) 6.09 (a)(3) Not Applicable (a)(4) Not Applicable (b) 6.08, 6.10 311(a) 6.13 (b) 6.13 (b)(2) 7.03(a), 7.03(b) 312(a) 7.01, 7.02(a) (b) 7.02(b) (c) 7.02(c) 313(a) 7.03(a) (b) 7.03(a) (c) 7.03(a), 7.03(b) (d) 7.03(b) 314(a) 7.04 (b) Not Applicable (c)(1) 1.02 (c)(2) 1.02 (c)(3) Not Applicable (d) Not Applicable (e) 1.02 315(a) 6.01(a) (b) 6.02, 7.03(a) (c) 6.01(b) (d) 6.01(c) (d)(1) 6.01(a), 6.01(c) (d)(2) 6.01(c) (d)(3) 6.01(c) (e) 5.14 316(a)(1)(A) 5.12 (a)(1)(B) 5.02, 5.13 (a)(2) Not Applicable (b) 5.08 (c) 1.04(e) 317(a)(1) 5.03 (a)(2) 5.04 (b) 10.05 318(a) 1.07 i 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application..............1 Section 1.01 Definitions..............................................1 Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.....................9 Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...................9 Section 1.04 Acts of Holders.........................................10 Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company...................12 Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver...............................12 Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.......................13 Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents................13 Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns..................................13 Section 1.10 Separability Clause.....................................13 Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture...................................13 Section 1.12 Governing Law...........................................13 Section 1.13 Legal Holidays..........................................13 Section 1.14 No Recourse Against Others..............................14 Section 1.15 Judgment Currency.......................................14 Section 1.16 Counterparts............................................14 ARTICLE 2 Security Forms......................................................14 Section 2.01 Forms Generally.........................................14 Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security................................15 Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security.............................17 Section 2.04 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.........24 Section 2.05 Securities in Global Form...............................24 Section 2.06 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form........25 ARTICLE 3 The Securities......................................................25 Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series....................25 Section 3.02 Denominations...........................................28 Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..........28 Section 3.04 Temporary Securities....................................30 Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.....31 Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities........33 Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved..........34 Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners...................................35 Section 3.09 Cancellation............................................36 Section 3.10 Computation of Interest.................................36 Section 3.11 CUSIP Number............................................36 Section 3.12 Wire Transfers..........................................36 ii 4 ARTICLE 4 Satisfaction and Discharge..........................................37 Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.................37 Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money..............................38 Section 4.03 Application to a Specific Series of Securities..........38 ARTICLE 5 Remedies............................................................38 Section 5.01 Events of Default.......................................38 Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment......40 Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee..............................................41 Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................42 Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities...........................................42 Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected..........................43 Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits.....................................43 Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest....................................44 Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies......................44 Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative..........................44 Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................44 Section 5.12 Control by Holders......................................45 Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.................................45 Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs...................................45 ARTICLE 6 The Trustee.........................................................46 Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee......46 Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults......................................46 Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee...............................46 Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities..47 Section 6.05 May Hold Securities.....................................48 Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust.....................................48 Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement..........................48 Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.................49 Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.................49 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.......49 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..................51 Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.............................................52 Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.......52 Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.....................52 Section 6.15 Compliance with Tax Laws................................54 iii 5 ARTICLE 7 Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company...................54 Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders..............................................54 Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.................................................54 Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee......................................56 Section 7.04 Reports by Company......................................56 ARTICLE 8 Consolidation, Merger, Lease, Sale or Transfer......................57 Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc.............................57 Section 8.02 Opinion of Counsel......................................57 Section 8.03 Successor Corporation Substituted.......................57 ARTICLE 9 Supplemental Indentures.............................................58 Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders......58 Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.........59 Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures....................60 Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.......................61 Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.....................61 Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures......61 Section 9.07 Subordination Unimpaired................................61 ARTICLE 10 Covenants..........................................................61 Section 10.01 Payments of Securities..................................61 Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.........................61 Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates.................................62 Section 10.04 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.................62 Section 10.05 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.......62 Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants.............................64 ARTICLE 11 Redemption of Securities...........................................64 Section 11.01 Applicability of Article................................64 Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee...................64 Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.......64 Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption....................................65 Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.............................66 Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date...................66 Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part.............................66 ARTICLE 12 Sinking Funds......................................................67 Section 12.01 Applicability of Article................................67 Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities...67 Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...............67 iv 6 ARTICLE 13 Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.................................68 Section 13.01 Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.......................68 Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge................................68 Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance.....................................68 Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.........69 Section 13.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust...........................................70 Section 13.06 Reinstatement...........................................71 ARTICLE 14 Subordination......................................................71 Section 14.01 Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt..................71 Section 14.02 Payment over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, Etc..........71 Section 14.03 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default..................73 Section 14.04 Payment Permitted If No Default.........................73 Section 14.05 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.........73 Section 14.06 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.............74 Section 14.07 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.....................74 Section 14.08 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions...................74 Section 14.09 Notice to Trustee.......................................75 Section 14.10 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent...................................................75 Section 14.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt........76 Section 14.12 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustee's Rights.....................................76 Section 14.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agents.....................76 ARTICLE 15 Guarantees.........................................................76 Section 15.01 Guarantee...............................................76 v 7 INDENTURE, dated as of ________________, 200_, between EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (herein called the "COMPANY"), the GUARANTORS listed on Schedule 1 hereto (herein called the "GUARANTORS") and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York trust company, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE"). RECITALS OF THE COMPANY The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities, as follows: ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, or defined by Commission rule and not otherwise defined herein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; (4) the word "INCLUDING" (and with correlative meaning "INCLUDE") means including, without limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term; and (5) the words "HEREIN," "HEREOF " and "HEREUNDER" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 8 2 "ACT," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04. "AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "CONTROL" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "CONTROLLING," "CONTROLLED BY" and "UNDER COMMON CONTROL with"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" shall have correlative meanings. "AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities. "BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the Company; provided, however, that when the context refers to actions or resolutions of the Board of Directors, then the term "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" shall also mean any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Company authorized to act with respect to any particular matter to exercise the power of the Board of Directors of the Company. "BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. "BUSINESS DAY," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close. "CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, warrants, rights, options or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or any other equity interest of such Person, including each class of common stock and preferred stock. "COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. 9 3 "COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation or other entity shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor corporation. "COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, at least one of whom must be its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or its Controller, and delivered to the Trustee. "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006; Attn: Corporate Trust Administration. "COVENANT DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 13.03. "CURRENCY UNIT" or "CURRENCY UNITS" shall mean any composite currency. "CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, custodian, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. "DEFAULT" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. "DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07. "DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 13.02. "DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series. "DOLLARS" and "$" means lawful money of the United States of America. "EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01. "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. "GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America which are in effect on the date hereof. 10 4 "GUARANTEE" means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the obligations under this Indenture. "HOLDER" or "SECURITYHOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. "INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person (without duplication for indebtedness or other obligations of such Person), any indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed, whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and including obligations under capitalized leases. "INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. "INTEREST," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE," when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. "JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. "NEW YORK BANKING DAY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Person. "OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by any two Officers of the Company, at least one of whom must be its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Treasurer or its Controller, and delivered to the Trustee. "OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 11 5 "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02. "OUTSTANDING," when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; (iii) Securities which have been paid as provided herein or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof reasonably satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and (iv) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section 13.02; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose and for the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, (a) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be that portion of the principal amount thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and the continuation thereof pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of the date of such determination, (b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (a) above) of such Security, and (c) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, 12 6 demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. "PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued hereunder. "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "PLACE OF PAYMENT," when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. "PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. "PROCEEDING" has the meaning specified in Section 14.02. "REDEMPTION DATE," when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. "REDEMPTION PRICE," when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. "REGISTERED SECURITY" means any Security issued hereunder and registered in the Security Register. "REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01. "REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned to administer corporate trust matters and also means, 13 7 with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. "SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "SECURITIES PAYMENT" has the meaning specified in Section 14.02. "SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05. "SENIOR DEBT" means the principal of and premium, if any and interest on the following, whether outstanding at the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter incurred or created: (a) indebtedness of a Person for money borrowed, or evidenced by a note or similar instrument or written agreement given in connection with the acquisition of any businesses, properties or assets, including securities, (b) indebtedness of a Person to banks or financial institutions evidenced by notes or other written obligations, (c) indebtedness of a Person evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other securities issued under the provisions of an indenture or similar instrument, (d) indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) that such Person has assumed, guaranteed or otherwise assured the payment thereof, directly or indirectly, and (e) deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, or bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in exchange for, the indebtedness described in the preceding clauses (a) through (d) whether or not there is any notice to or consent of the holders of Securities; except (i) indebtedness and advances among the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and (ii) any particular indebtedness, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding, if it is expressly stated in the governing terms, or in the assumption or guarantee, thereof that the indebtedness involved is not Senior Debt. This definition may be modified or superseded in a manner as contemplated by Section 3.01. "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" of a Person has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07. 14 8 "STATED MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable. "SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person: (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof). "TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. "TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event that such Act is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended. "U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof or otherwise subject to prepayment, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a New York Clearing House bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation, or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount held by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. 15 9 "VICE PRESIDENT," when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president." "VOTING STOCK" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: (a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless 16 10 such Officer actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel, as the case may be, actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. Section 1.04 Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "ACT" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. (c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. 17 11 (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. (e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the immediately following paragraph. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. (f) The Trustee shall set a record date, which shall not be more than 15 days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action contemplated by this section 1.04(f), for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, (iv) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (v) any waiver of past defaults pursuant to Section 5.13, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If such a record date is fixed pursuant to this paragraph, the relevant action may be taken or given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be holders of Securities of a series for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such action by Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding 18 12 Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's reasonable expense, shall cause notice of such record date and the proposed action by Holders to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06. Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, (a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and mailed first-class postage prepaid, to or with the Trustee at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, One Liberty Plaza, 23rd Floor, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; or (b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at Emmis Communications Corporation, Attention: Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be deemed sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in such Security expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders or the validity of the proceedings to which such notice relates. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers 19 13 of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included or deemed included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be. Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. Section 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Holders and to the extent specifically set forth herein the holders of Senior Debt, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. Section 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws (other than the choice of law provisions) of the State of New York. Section 1.13 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day or on such other day as may be set out in the Officers' Certificate pursuant to Section 3.01 at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, if payment is made on such next succeeding Business Day or other day set out in such Officers' Certificate. 20 14 Section 1.14 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor (other than a stockholder which itself is the Company or a Guarantor of the Securities) shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. Such waivers and releases are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities. Section 1.15 Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the Securities of any series (the "REQUIRED CURRENCY") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "NEW YORK BANKING DAY" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. Section 1.16 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, 21 15 substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security. EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION ............................................. No. _______ [$]________ Emmis Communications Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Indiana (herein called the "COMPANY," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________ [Dollars] on _______________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- and to pay interest thereon from _______________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on _______________ and _______________ in each year [if other than semi-annual payments, insert frequency of payments and payment dates], commencing _____________________, at [if the Security is to bear interest at a fixed rate, insert-- the rate of _____% per annum], [if the Security is to bear interest at a variable or floating rate and if determined with reference to an index, refer to description of index below] until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable insert--, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of _____% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the __________ or __________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on 22 16 such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Securities are floating or adjustable rate securities with respect to which the principal of or any premium or interest may be determined with reference to an index, insert the text of the floating or adjustable rate provision.] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.] Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert--any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _______________, in dollars [if applicable, insert--; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register]. [If applicable, insert-- So long as all of the Securities of this series are represented by Securities in global form, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this global Security shall be paid in same day funds to the Depositary, or to such name or entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary. If at any time the Securities of this series are no longer represented by global Securities and are issued in definitive certificated form, then the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each certificated Security at Maturity shall be paid in same day funds to the Holder upon surrender of such certificated Security at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or at such other place or places as may be designated in or pursuant to the Indenture, provided that such certificated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or at such other place or places as may be designated in or pursuant to the Indenture, provided that such certificated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, acting as Paying Agent, in time for the Paying Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its 23 17 normal procedures. Payments of interest with respect to such certificated Securities other than at Maturity may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears on the Security Register on the relevant Regular or Special Record Date or by wire transfer in same day funds to such account as may have been appropriately designated to the Paying Agent by such Person in writing not later than such relevant Regular or Special Record Date.] Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION By: ______________________________ Attest: _________________________ [SEAL] 200_ Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "SECURITIES"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of _______________, 200_ (herein called the "INDENTURE"), between the Company and ____________________, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________]. [-- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by first class mail, [if applicable, insert-- (1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after __________, _____], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): 24 18 If redeemed [on or before _______________, _____%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _______________ of the years indicated, REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE - -------------------------------------------------- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert-- (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [If applicable, insert-- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by first class mail, (1) on _______________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after __________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during a 12-month period beginning _________________ of the years indicated, 25 19 REDEMPTION PRICE REDEMPTION PRICE FOR FOR REDEMPTION REDEMPTION OTHERWISE THROUGH OPERATION THAN THROUGH OF THE OPERATION OF THE SINKING FUND SINKING FUND YEAR - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to __________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than _____% per annum.] [The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on __________ in each year beginning with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ of [not less than] $_______________ [("MANDATORY SINKING FUND") and not more than $____________] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.] [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made--in the inverse order in which they become due.] [In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.] [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert-- If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert-- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal --insert formula for determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.] 26 20 [This Security is subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance as described in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] [This Security is subject to satisfaction and discharge as provided in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] [This Security is subject to subordination as provided in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] The Indenture may be modified by the Company and the Trustee without consent of any Holder with respect to certain matters as described in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall bind such Holder and all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same Stated Maturity and aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of [$1,000] and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 27 21 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to, among other things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets [If other covenants are applicable pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01, insert here]. All such covenants and limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the Trustee on compliance with the covenants in the Indenture. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security. [If applicable, insert -- A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under this Security or the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- or the supplemental indenture] or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.] [If applicable, insert -- This Security will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and the supplemental indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, if any, the Trustee and the Holders.] [If applicable, insert-- Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures ("CUSIP"), the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities of this series. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities of this series and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.] All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 28 22 ASSIGNMENT FORM To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to --------------------------------------------- (Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number) --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint ___________________________________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. Dated: __________ Your Signature: _____________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security) Signature Guaranty: _________________________________ [Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements will include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.] Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number: _____________________________________________________ 29 23 Section 2.04 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: Dated:_______________ This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. _____________________________________________ As Trustee By __________________________________________ Authorized Signatory Section 2.05 Securities in Global Form. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, then any such Security of such series may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or a specified amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.04. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.03 and, if applicable, Section 3.04, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 3.03 or 3.04 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel. The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.03 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 3.07, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein. 30 24 Section 2.06 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form. Any Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, or in such other form as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to comply with the requirements of any Depositary: "THIS SECURITY IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY." ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to (i) a Board Resolution, (ii) action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or (iii) one or more indentures supplemental hereto: (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities); (2) the purchase price, denomination and any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07); (3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof; 31 25 (4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; (5) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable; (6) the place or places where the Securities may be exchanged or transferred; (7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, and, if other than as provided in Section 11.03, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption; (8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series in whole or in part pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable; (10) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series shall or may by payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; (11) if the payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a Holder, in a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; (12) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series shall be determined with 32 26 reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined; (13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or the method by which such portion shall be determined; (14) any modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to Securities of the series and whether and the conditions under which the Holders of the Securities of the series may waive any such Event of Default or compliance with any such covenant relating to the Securities of such series; (15) if either or both of Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be inapplicable, in whole or in part, to the Securities of the series (provided that if no such inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of the series) and any modification to either such section as it relates to such series of Securities; (16) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent; (17) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the form of any legend in addition to or in lieu of that in Section 2.06 which shall be borne by such global Security, (iii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (iv) if other than as provided in Section 3.05, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; (18) if the Holders of the Securities of the series may convert or exchange the Securities of the series into or for securities of the Company or of other entities or other property (or the cash value thereof), the specific terms of and period during which such conversion or exchange may be made; (19) if the Securities of the series shall have the benefits of any Guarantee and, if so, the identity of the Guarantor or Guarantors and the terms and provisions applicable to any such Guarantee; (20) any provisions for the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities of the series, including provisions in addition to or modifying the provisions of Article 4 as they pertain to Securities of the series; (21) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article 10 which applies to Securities of the series; 33 27 (22) the subordination of the Securities of such series to other Indebtedness of the Company, including without limitation, the Securities of any other series; and (23) any other terms of the series, including any terms which may be required by or advisable under the laws of the United States of America or regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series. All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate or (iii) in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series. If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and delivery thereof. Section 3.02 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, or its Chief Accounting Officer attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. 34 28 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and make such Securities available for delivery. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through (d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating (subject to customary assumptions, conditions and exceptions): (a) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and (b) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). If such terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, or in the written opinion of counsel to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of the Trustee) such authentication may not lawfully be made or would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the immediately preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution and the Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the second preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to the authentication and delivery of such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Securities of such series in global form that 35 29 (i) shall be in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Security or Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Security or Securities in global form or its nominee, and (iii) shall be made available for delivery by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instruction. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the Depositary is so registered. Each Depositary shall enter into an agreement with the Trustee and the Company governing the respective duties and rights of such Depositary, the Company and the Trustee with regard to Securities issued in global form. Unless otherwise provided for in the form of Security, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. No Security shall be entitled to any benefits under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Section 3.04 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary Securities of such series which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive 36 30 Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 10.02 in a Place of Payment a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "SECURITY REGISTER") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of registration of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "SECURITY REGISTRAR" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity. At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Security in global form) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Each Security issued in global form authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such series or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Security issued in global form shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form in the circumstances described below, a Security in global form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary. 37 31 If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or defaults in the performance of its duties as Depositary or it at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible to perform such duties, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company's selection pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(17) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. The Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that Securities issued in global form shall no longer be represented by such a Security or Securities in global form. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series may surrender a Security in global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new certified Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Security in global form; and (ii) to such Depositary a new Security in global form of like tenor in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Security in global form and the aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to Holders thereof. Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in certificated form, such Security in global form shall be canceled by the Trustee. 38 32 Securities issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Security in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Unless otherwise provided in the Securities to be transferred or exchanged, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer. If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of such series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. The foregoing provisions relating to registration, transfer and exchange may be modified, supplemented or superseded with respect to any series of Securities by a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 39 33 If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "DEFAULTED INTEREST") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of 40 34 Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless such Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the reasonable expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 3.05 and 3.07) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest of a Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial 41 35 ownership interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Security in global form, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the right of such Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of such Security in global form. Section 3.09 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be held by the Trustee and may be destroyed (and, if so destroyed, certification of their destruction shall be delivered to the Company, unless, by a Company Order, the Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it). Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months. Section 3.11 CUSIP Number. The Company in issuing Securities of any series may use a "CUSIP" number, and if so, the Trustee may use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such series; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed on the notice or on the Securities of such series, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number of any series of Securities. Section 3.12 Wire Transfers. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee on or before the date and time such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. 42 37 ARTICLE 4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and replacement of such Securities which may have been lost, stolen or mutilated as herein expressly provided for or in the form of Security for such series), when the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (a) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.05) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (b) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the reasonable expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (b)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount, in the currency or currencies or currency unit or units in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with; and (4) no event or condition shall exist on the date of such deposit that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.02 or 14.03, would prevent the Company from making payments of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series on the date of such deposit. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been 43 38 deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.05 shall survive. Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.05, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Section 4.03 Application to a Specific Series of Securities. The Company may elect to satisfy and discharge its obligations with respect to a specific series of Securities under the Indenture by complying with the terms of Article 4. If the Company makes such election, (a) the terms of Section 4.01 and 4.02 shall apply only to the specific series of Securities and the terms of the Indenture as it relates to such series of Securities and (b) the other Securities issued hereunder and the Indenture as it relates to such other Securities shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES Section 5.01 Events of Default. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of a series, "EVENT OF DEFAULT," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or to be effected by reason of Article 14 hereof or by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): (1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of that series when such interest becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days; or (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity or on redemption or otherwise; or (3) the Company fails to deposit any sinking fund payment, for five days after it becomes due by the terms of a Security of that series; or 44 39 (4) the Company fails to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants, agreements or warranties in the Securities of that series or this Indenture (other than a covenant, agreement or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and the failure to observe or perform continues for the period and after the notice specified in the last paragraph of this Section; or (5) an event of default, as defined in any mortgage, indenture, or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness of the Company (including Securities of another series) (other than the Securities of such series) (whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created or incurred) shall occur, which event of default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness at final maturity after the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such event of default, and (ii) results in Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such default in payment is not cured or such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and to the Trustee from the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series specifying such event of default and requiring the Company to cure such default in payment or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a "NOTICE OF DEFAULT" hereunder; provided, however, that it shall not be an Event of Default if the principal amount of Indebtedness which is not paid at maturity or the maturity of which is accelerated is equal to or less than $20,000,000; provided further that if, prior to a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of that series or the entry of judgment in favor of the Trustee in a suit pursuant to Section 5.03, such default shall be remedied or cured by the Company or waived by the holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the Holders of the Securities of that series; or (6) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (a) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to itself, (b) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, (c) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (d) applies for, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, (e) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (f) takes any corporate action in furtherance of or to facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the foregoing; or (7) (i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law which shall (a) approve as properly filed a petition seeking 45 40 reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, (b) appoint a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property or (c) order the winding-up or liquidation of affairs of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and such judgment, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (ii) any bankruptcy or insolvency petition or application is filed, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding is commenced, against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days; or (iii) a warrant of attachment is issued against any material portion of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries which is not released within 60 days of service; or (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. A Default under clause (4) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "NOTICE OF DEFAULT." When a Default under clause (4) above is cured within such 60-day period, it ceases to be a Default. Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice in writing to the Company, or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal of and accrued interest to the date of acceleration (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) on all the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately and, upon any such declaration, the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified principal amount) shall become and be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.01 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified principal amount) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security of that series. Upon payment of all such principal and interest, all of the Company's obligations under the Securities of that series and (upon payment of the Securities of all series) this Indenture shall terminate, except obligations under Section 6.07. At any time after a declaration of acceleration of Maturity with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of 46 41 the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Securities of that series that has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration have been paid, (iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (iv) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07 have been made. Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if: (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at the Maturity thereof, or (3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of any series, and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial 47 42 proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy. Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings, and (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 48 43 Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the Securities of any series shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 applicable to such series; Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities of such series for principal, and premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and Third: To the Company. The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.06. At least ten (10) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid. Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series; (2) the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders 49 44 of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of Holders of Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Securities of the affected series. Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture but subject to Article 14, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted. Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 50 45 Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that: (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (3) subject to Section 6.01, the Trustee need not take any action which might involve the Trustee in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not joining therein. Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may by written notice to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any Default or Event of Default with respect to such series and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default: (1) in respect of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or other provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture and the Securities of such series; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or 51 46 interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee's duties and responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. (c) None of the provisions of Section 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be excluded from this Indenture. (d) Every provision of this Indenture which pertains to the Trustee shall be subject to this Section 6.01. Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default or Event of Default known to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series. Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act: (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any 52 47 resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; (f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval or other paper or document, or the books and records of the Company, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and (h) the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, 53 48 shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the statements made by it or to be made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. Section 6.05 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder (including amounts held by the Trustee as Paying Agent) need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed upon in writing with the Company. Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees: (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation as negotiated between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon or determined or measured by the income of the Trustee), incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(6) or Section 5.01(7), the expenses 54 49 (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law. The provisions of this Section 6.07 shall survive this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The Trustee shall be disqualified only where such disqualification is required by Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act having a combined capital and surplus (together with its parent) of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company may serve as Trustee. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. 55 50 (d) If at any time: (i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or (ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or (iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such Securities. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each 56 51 appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of some (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. 57 52 (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be. (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under the Trust Indenture Act. Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor (by merger, conversion, consolidation or otherwise as permitted hereunder) to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein. Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of, and subject to the direction of, the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus (together with its parent) of not less than $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then 58 53 for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation as negotiated between the Company and such Authenticating Agent for its services under this Section. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form: Form of Authenticating Agent's Certificate of Authentication Dated: ____________________ This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 59 54 _______________________________________ As Trustee By _________________________________ Authorized Signatory By _________________________________ As Authenticating Agent Section 6.15 Compliance with Tax Laws. The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal income tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium (if any) and interest on the Securities of any series, whether acting as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent or otherwise with respect to the Securities of any series. ARTICLE 7 HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee: (a) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of such Regular Record Date (unless the Trustee has such information), or if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semi-annually, upon such dates as are set forth in the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 60 55 (b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as "APPLICANTS") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either: (i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a); or (ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application. If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appears in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application. (c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b). 61 56 Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after ______ of each year commencing with the year 200_, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of ______, if required by and in compliance with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or inter-dealer quotation system. Section 7.04 Reports by Company. The Company shall: (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; (3) transmit or cause to be transmitted by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, (a) as promptly as reasonably practicable following the furnishing of the same to its stockholders, the Company's annual report to stockholders, containing certified financial statements, and any other financial reports which the Company generally furnishes to its stockholders, and (b) within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any other information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and (4) furnish to the Trustee, on ___________ of each year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial 62 57 officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. Such certificate need not comply with Section 1.02. ARTICLE 8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, LEASE, SALE OR TRANSFER Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. Except as may be otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 relating to Securities of a series, the Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, any other Person (whether or not the Company shall be the surviving corporation or entity), or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, unless: (1) either the Company shall be the continuing Person or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or with which or into which the Company is merged or the Person (or group of affiliated Persons) to which all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety are conveyed, transferred or leased shall be a corporation or other entity (group of affiliated corporations or entities) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of related transactions, no Event of Default, and no Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may (a) consolidate with, or merge with or into, an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose incorporating the Company in another jurisdiction and/or (b) convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in one transaction or a series of related transactions. Section 8.02 Opinion of Counsel. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed transaction(s) covered by Section 8.01 an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the transaction(s) and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the transaction(s) under this Indenture have been met. Section 8.03 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other corporation 63 58 or other entity or any conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor corporation or other entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the successor corporation or entity or affiliated group of corporations or entities to which such lease, sale, assignment or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation or corporations or entity or entities had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation or corporations or entity or entities shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and in the event of such conveyance or transfer, except in the case of a lease, any such predecessor corporation may be dissolved and liquidated. ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without notice to or the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities; or (4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or (6) to secure the Securities; or 64 59 (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or (9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein; or (10) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding; or (11) to add Guarantees with respect to any or all of the Securities; or (12) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Internal Revenue Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of such Code). Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and subject to the last sentence of) Section 9.03, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture. Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (with the Securities of each series voting as a class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.03, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, if any, or any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or 65 60 any premium payable upon the redemption, repurchase or repayment thereof, or change the manner in which the amount of any principal thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon is determined, or reduce the amount of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency or currency unit in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or Defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.06, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 10.06, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.01(8). A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provisions of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article, subject to the last sentence of this Section 9.03. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 66 61 Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. Section 9.07 Subordination Unimpaired. This Indenture may not be amended to alter the subordination of any of the Outstanding Securities without the written consent of each holder of Senior Debt then outstanding that would be adversely affected thereby. ARTICLE 10 COVENANTS Section 10.01 Payments of Securities. With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series. Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 1.05 hereof. The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will 67 62 give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates. (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which fiscal year currently ends on February 28 (29)), an Officers' Certificate stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default by the Company that occurred prior to the end of the fiscal year and is then continuing. If the signer does know of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe each such Default or Event of Default and its status and the specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of Default has occurred. The Company shall also promptly notify the Trustee in writing should the Company's fiscal year be changed so that the end thereof is on any date other than the date on which the Company's fiscal year currently ends. The certificate need not comply with Section 1.02 hereof, but shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after the occurrence thereof, notice of any acceleration which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would be an Event of Default within the meaning of Section 5.01(5) hereof. (c) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee forthwith upon becoming aware of a Default or Event of Default (but in no event later than 10 days after the occurrence of each Default or Event of Default that is continuing), an Officers' Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto and the specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of Default has occurred. Section 10.04 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will actively resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. Section 10.05 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit 68 63 of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to so act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will: (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall, subject to any applicable escheat laws, be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such 69 64 trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee of such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article 8, Article 10 (other than Sections __ or __) or any covenant specified as contemplated under Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES Section 11.01 Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected prior to the giving of the applicable notice of redemption to Holders by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, substantially pro rata, by lot or by any other method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and that complies with the requirements of the principal 70 65 national securities exchange, if any, on which such Securities are listed, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided that in case the Securities of such series have different terms and maturities, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company and the Company shall give notice thereof to the Trustee. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of the Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall state: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price; (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed; (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; (5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and (7) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed. Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. 71 66 Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.05) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date. Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities (including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular or Special Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security. Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Company at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. 72 67 ARTICLE 12 SINKING FUNDS Section 12.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENT," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "OPTIONAL SINKING FUND PAYMENT." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any Securities previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days (or such shorter period reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered (which have not been previously delivered). Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07. 73 68 ARTICLE 13 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Section 13.01 Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Unless as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, provision is made for the inapplicability of, in whole or in part, or any modification to, either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.02 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.03, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series elect to have either Section 13.02 (unless inapplicable) or Section 13.03 (unless inapplicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set forth below in this Article. Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to defease the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). Defeasance shall mean that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same); provided, however, that the following rights, obligations, powers, trusts, duties and immunities shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund provided for in Section 13.04, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.05, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option with respect to defeasance under this Section 13.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option with respect to covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 in regard to the Securities of such series. Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to obtain a covenant defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under this Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 5.06, 5.09, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04 and 10.05) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"). Covenant defeasance shall mean that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no 74 69 liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in this Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 5.06, 5.09, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04 and 10.05), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein or by reason of any reference to any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.01(4) or any such supplemental indenture with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series, and the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby. Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to defeasance under Section 13.02 and covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series: (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.09 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it), under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and each installment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities. (2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit. (3) Such deposit, defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material debt agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. (4) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee either (a) a ruling 75 70 directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred or (B) an Opinion of Counsel, based on such ruling or on a change in the applicable federal income tax law since the date of this Indenture, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred. (5) the case of an election with respect to Section 13.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred. (6) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.01. (7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 13.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 (as the case may be) have been complied with. Section 13.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.05, all money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 13.05, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 13.04 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of a particular series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof, other 76 71 than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 with respect to Securities of any series which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited for the purpose for which such money or Government Obligations were deposited. Section 13.06 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.02 or 13.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, held in trust pursuant to Section 13.05 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, so held in trust. ARTICLE 14 SUBORDINATION Section 14.01 Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt. Except as otherwise specified or contemplated by Section 3.01 or the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt. The terms of this Article 14 may be modified or amended for any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01. Section 14.02 Payment over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, Etc. In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its creditors or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit 77 72 of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event specified in (a), (b) or (c) above (each such event, if any, a "PROCEEDING") the holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Debt, or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, before the holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, on account of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or on account of any purchase or other acquisition of Securities by the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company (all such payments, distributions, purchases and acquisitions herein referred to, individually and collectively, as a "SECURITIES PAYMENT"), and to that end the holders of all Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment thereof, any Securities Payment which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such Proceeding. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Trustee or the holder of any Security shall have received any Securities Payment before all Senior Debt is paid in full or payment thereof provided for in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt. For purposes of this Article only, the words "any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities" shall not be deemed to include a payment or distribution of stock or securities of the Company provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment authorized by an order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in a reorganization proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy law or of any other corporation provided for by such plan of reorganization or readjustment which stock or securities are subordinated in right of payment to all then outstanding Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance, transfer, sale or lease of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article 8 shall not be deemed a Proceeding for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer, sale or lease such properties and assets, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease comply with the conditions set forth in Article 8. 78 73 Section 14.03 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default. In the event that any series of Securities are declared due and payable before their maturity, then and in such event the holders of the Senior Debt outstanding at the time such series of Securities so become due and payable shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Debt, or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Debt, before the holders of the Securities of such series are entitled to receive any Securities Payment. In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of principal or of premium, if any, or interest on any Senior Debt beyond any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or in the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Debt shall have occurred and be continuing permitting the holders of such Senior Debt (or a trustee, or other representative on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare such Senior Debt due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, unless and until such event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and any such acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, or in the event any judicial proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default in payment or event of default, then no Securities Payment shall be made. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any Securities Payment to the Trustee or any holder prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Securities Payment with respect to which Section 14.02 would be applicable. Section 14.04 Payment Permitted If No Default. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during the pendency of any Proceeding referred to in Section 14.02 or under the conditions described in Section 14.03, from making Securities Payments, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to Securities Payments or the retention of such Securities Payment by the holders, if at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have actual knowledge that such Securities Payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article. Section 14.05 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt. Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of Senior Debt, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, the holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Debt until the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full. For 79 74 purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to which the holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Debt by holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior Debt. Section 14.06 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders on the one hand and the holders of Senior Debt on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt, is intended to rank equally with all other general obligations of the Company), to pay to the holders of the Securities the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Debt; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such holder. Section 14.07 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Section 14.08 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the holders of the Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Debt, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing 80 75 the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person. Section 14.09 Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Debt or from any trustee therefor or representative thereof; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section at least one full Business Day prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within one full Business Day prior to such date. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee therefor or representative thereof) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee therefor or representative thereof). In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment. Section 14.10 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, and the holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled 81 76 to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article. Section 14.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of Senior Debt or of any facts that would prohibit any payment hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received notice to that effect at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 1.05. With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. Section 14.12 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustee's Rights. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.07. Section 14.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agents. In case at any time any paying agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "TRUSTEE" as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such paying agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that Sections 14.09 and 14.12 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent. ARTICLE 15 GUARANTEES Section 15.01 Guarantee. Any series of Securities may be guaranteed by one or more of the Guarantors. The terms and the form of any such Guarantee will be established in the manner contemplated by Section 3.01 for that particular series of Securities. 82 77 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written. EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION By: ------------------------------ Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------ Attest: ------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------- Title: ------------------------------- THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK as Trustee By: ------------------------------ Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------ Attest: ------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------- Title: ------------------------------- 83 78 [GUARANTOR] By: ------------------------------ Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------ Attest: ------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------- Title: ------------------------------- EX-4.3 42 c63012a1ex4-3.txt FORM OF SENIOR DEBT INDENTURE 1 EXHIBIT 4.3 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY AND THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK TRUSTEE FORM OF SENIOR DEBT INDENTURE GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN DATED AS OF ____________, 200_ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of ______________, 200_ TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 310(a)(1) 6.09 (a)(2) 6.09 (a)(3) Not Applicable (a)(4) Not Applicable (b) 6.08, 6.10 311(a) 6.13 (b) 6.13 (b)(2) 7.03(a), 7.03(b) 312(a) 7.01, 7.02(a) (b) 7.02(b) (c) 7.02(c) 313(a) 7.03(a) (b) 7.03(a) (c) 7.03(a), 7.03(b) (d) 7.03(b) 314(a) 7.04 (b) Not Applicable (c)(1) 1.02 (c)(2) 1.02 (c)(3) Not Applicable (d) Not Applicable (e) 1.02 315(a) 6.01(a) (b) 6.02, 7.03(a) (c) 6.01(b) (d) 6.01(c) (d)(1) 6.01(a), 6.01(c) (d)(2) 6.01(c) (d)(3) 6.01(c) (e) 5.14 316(a)(1)(A) 5.12 (a)(1)(B) 5.02, 5.13 (a)(2) Not Applicable (b) 5.08 (c) 1.04(e) 317(a)(1) 5.03 (a)(2) 5.04 (b) 10.05 318(a) 1.07 i 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application........................................1 Section 1.01 Definitions........................................................................1 Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions...............................................8 Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.............................................9 Section 1.04 Acts of Holders....................................................................9 Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.............................................11 Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver.........................................................11 Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.................................................12 Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..........................................12 Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns............................................................12 Section 1.10 Separability Clause...............................................................12 Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture.............................................................12 Section 1.12 Governing Law.....................................................................12 Section 1.13 Legal Holidays....................................................................12 Section 1.14 No Recourse Against Others........................................................13 Section 1.15 Judgment Currency.................................................................13 Section 1.16 Counterparts......................................................................14 ARTICLE 2 Security Forms................................................................................14 Section 2.01 Forms Generally...................................................................14 Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security..........................................................14 Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security.......................................................17 Section 2.04 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication...................................23 Section 2.05 Securities in Global Form.........................................................23 Section 2.06 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form..................................24 ARTICLE 3 The Securities................................................................................24 Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series..............................................24 Section 3.02 Denominations.....................................................................27 Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating....................................27 Section 3.04 Temporary Securities..............................................................29 Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange...............................30 Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities..................................32 Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved....................................33 Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners.............................................................34 Section 3.09 Cancellation......................................................................35 Section 3.10 Computation of Interest...........................................................35 Section 3.11 CUSIP Number......................................................................35 Section 3.12 Wire Transfers....................................................................35
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Page ARTICLE 4 Satisfaction and Discharge....................................................................36 Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture...........................................36 Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money........................................................37 Section 4.03 Application to a Specific Series of Securities....................................37 ARTICLE 5 Remedies......................................................................................37 Section 5.01 Events of Default.................................................................37 Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment................................39 Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee...................40 Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim..................................................41 Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.......................41 Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected....................................................41 Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits...............................................................42 Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest..........................................................................43 Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies................................................43 Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative....................................................43 Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver......................................................43 Section 5.12 Control by Holders................................................................43 Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults...........................................................44 Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs.............................................................44 ARTICLE 6 The Trustee...................................................................................45 Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee................................45 Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults................................................................45 Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee.........................................................45 Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities............................46 Section 6.05 May Hold Securities...............................................................47 Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust...............................................................47 Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement....................................................47 Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests...........................................48 Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...........................................48 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.................................48 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor............................................50 Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.......................51 Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.................................51 Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent...............................................51 Section 6.15 Compliance with Tax Laws..........................................................53
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Page ARTICLE 7 Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company.............................................53 Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.........................53 Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders............................53 Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee................................................................54 Section 7.04 Reports by Company................................................................55 ARTICLE 8 Consolidation, Merger, Lease, Sale or Transfer................................................56 Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc.......................................................56 Section 8.02 Opinion of Counsel................................................................56 Section 8.03 Successor Corporation Substituted.................................................56 ARTICLE 9 Supplemental Indentures.......................................................................57 Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders................................57 Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders...................................58 Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures..............................................59 Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.................................................59 Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act...............................................60 Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures................................60 ARTICLE 10 Covenants....................................................................................60 Section 10.01 Payments of Securities............................................................60 Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency...................................................60 Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates...........................................................60 Section 10.04 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws...........................................61 Section 10.05 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.................................61 Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants.......................................................63 ARTICLE 11 Redemption of Securities.....................................................................63 Section 11.01 Applicability of Article..........................................................63 Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.............................................63 Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.................................63 Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption..............................................................64 Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.......................................................64 Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date.............................................65 Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part.......................................................65 ARTICLE 12 Sinking Funds................................................................................65 Section 12.01 Applicability of Article..........................................................65 Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.............................66 Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.........................................66
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Page ARTICLE 13 Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance...........................................................66 Section 13.01 Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...............................................................66 Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge..........................................................67 Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance...............................................................67 Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance...................................67 Section 13.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust....................69 Section 13.06 Reinstatement.....................................................................69 ARTICLE 14 Guarantees...................................................................................70 Section 14.01 Guarantee.........................................................................70
v 7 INDENTURE, dated as of ________________, 200_, between EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY, an Indiana corporation (herein called the "COMPANY"), the GUARANTORS listed on Schedule 1 hereto (herein called the "GUARANTORS") and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York trust company, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE"). RECITALS OF THE COMPANY The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its senior unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "SECURITIES"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities, as follows: ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, or defined by Commission rule and not otherwise defined herein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; (4) the word "INCLUDING" (and with correlative meaning "INCLUDE") means including, without limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term; and (5) the words "HEREIN," "HEREOF" and "HEREUNDER" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 8 2 "ACT," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04. "AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "CONTROL" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "CONTROLLING," "CONTROLLED BY" and "UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" shall have correlative meanings. "AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities. "BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the Company; provided, however, that when the context refers to actions or resolutions of the Board of Directors, then the term "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" shall also mean any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Company authorized to act with respect to any particular matter to exercise the power of the Board of Directors of the Company. "BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. "BUSINESS DAY," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close. "CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, warrants, rights, options or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or any other equity interest of such Person, including each class of common stock and preferred stock. "COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. 9 3 "COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation or other entity shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor corporation. "COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, at least one of whom must be its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or its Controller, and delivered to the Trustee. "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006; Attn: Corporate Trust Administration. "COVENANT DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 13.03. "CURRENCY UNIT" or "CURRENCY UNITS" shall mean any composite currency. "CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, custodian, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. "DEFAULT" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. "DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07. "DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 13.02. "DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series. "DOLLARS" and "$" means lawful money of the United States of America. "EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01. "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. "GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America which are in effect on the date hereof. 10 4 "GUARANTEE" means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the obligations under this Indenture. "HOLDER" or "SECURITYHOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. "INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person (without duplication for indebtedness or other obligations of such Person), any indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed, whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and including obligations under capitalized leases. "INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. "INTEREST," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE," when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. "JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. "NEW YORK BANKING DAY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Person. "OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by any two Officers of the Company, at least one of whom must be its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Treasurer or its Controller, and delivered to the Trustee. "OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 11 5 "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02. "OUTSTANDING," when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; (iii) Securities which have been paid as provided herein or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof reasonably satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and (iv) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section 13.02; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose and for the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, (a) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be that portion of the principal amount thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and the continuation thereof pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of the date of such determination, (b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (a) above) of such Security, and (c) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, 12 6 demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. "PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued hereunder. "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "PLACE OF PAYMENT," when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. "PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. "REDEMPTION DATE," when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. "REDEMPTION PRICE," when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. "REGISTERED SECURITY" means any Security issued hereunder and registered in the Security Register. "REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01. "REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned to administer corporate trust matters and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. 13 7 "SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05. "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" of a Person has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07. "STATED MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable. "SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person: (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof). "TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. "TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event that such Act is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended. "U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as 14 8 an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof or otherwise subject to prepayment, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a New York Clearing House bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation, or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount held by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. "VICE PRESIDENT," when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president." "VOTING STOCK" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: (a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 15 9 (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel, as the case may be, actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. Section 1.04 Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "ACT" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. 16 10 (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. (c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. (e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the immediately following paragraph. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. (f) The Trustee shall set a record date, which shall not be more than 15 days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action contemplated by this section 1.04(f), for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, (iv) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (v) any waiver of past defaults pursuant to Section 5.13, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If such a record date is fixed pursuant to this paragraph, the relevant action may be 17 11 taken or given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be holders of Securities of a series for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such action by Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's reasonable expense, shall cause notice of such record date and the proposed action by Holders to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06. Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, (a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and mailed first-class postage prepaid, to or with the Trustee at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, One Liberty Plaza, 23rd Floor, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; or (b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at Emmis Operating Company, Attention: Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be deemed sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in such Security expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first- class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders or the validity of the proceedings to which such notice relates. 18 12 In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included or deemed included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be. Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. Section 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. Section 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws (other than the choice of law provisions) of the State of New York. Section 1.13 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any 19 13 Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day or on such other day as may be set out in the Officers' Certificate pursuant to Section 3.01 at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, if payment is made on such next succeeding Business Day or other day set out in such Officers' Certificate. Section 1.14 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor (other than a stockholder which itself is the Company or a Guarantor of the Securities) shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. Such waivers and releases are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities. Section 1.15 Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the Securities of any series (the "REQUIRED CURRENCY") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "NEW YORK BANKING Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. 20 14 Section 1.16 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security. EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY ----------------------- No. _______ [$]________ Emmis Operating Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Indiana (herein called the "COMPANY," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________ [Dollars] on _______________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- and to pay interest thereon from _______________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on _______________ and _______________ in each year [if other than semi-annual payments, insert frequency of payments and payment dates], commencing _____________________, at [if the Security is to bear interest at a fixed rate, insert-- the 21 15 rate of _____% per annum], [if the Security is to bear interest at a variable or floating rate and if determined with reference to an index, refer to description of index below] until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable insert--, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of _____% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the __________ or __________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Securities are floating or adjustable rate securities with respect to which the principal of or any premium or interest may be determined with reference to an index, insert the text of the floating or adjustable rate provision.] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.] Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert--any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _______________, in dollars [if applicable, insert--; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register]. 22 16 [If applicable, insert-- So long as all of the Securities of this series are represented by Securities in global form, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this global Security shall be paid in same day funds to the Depositary, or to such name or entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary. If at any time the Securities of this series are no longer represented by global Securities and are issued in definitive certificated form, then the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each certificated Security at Maturity shall be paid in same day funds to the Holder upon surrender of such certificated Security at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or at such other place or places as may be designated in or pursuant to the Indenture, provided that such certificated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or at such other place or places as may be designated in or pursuant to the Indenture, provided that such certificated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, acting as Paying Agent, in time for the Paying Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures. Payments of interest with respect to such certificated Securities other than at Maturity may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears on the Security Register on the relevant Regular or Special Record Date or by wire transfer in same day funds to such account as may have been appropriately designated to the Paying Agent by such Person in writing not later than such relevant Regular or Special Record Date.] Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY By: ----------------------------- Attest: _________________________ [SEAL] 200_ 23 17 Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "SECURITIES"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of _______________, 200_ (herein called the "INDENTURE"), between the Company and ____________________, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________]. [If applicable, insert-- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by first class mail, [if applicable, insert-- (1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after __________, _____], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before _______________, _____%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _______________ of the years indicated, REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE ---- ---------- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert-- (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [If applicable, insert-- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by first class mail, (1) on _______________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after __________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during a 12-month period beginning _________________ of the years indicated, REDEMPTION PRICE REDEMPTION PRICE FOR FOR REDEMPTION REDEMPTION OTHERWISE THAN THROUGH OPERATION OF THE SINKING THROUGH OPERATION OF THE FUND SINKING FUND YEAR - -------------------------------- -------------------------- ----- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] 24 18 [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to __________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than _____% per annum.] [The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on ___________ in each year beginning with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ of [not less than] $_______________ [("MANDATORY SINKING FUND") and not more than $____________] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.] [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made--in the inverse order in which they become due.] [In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.] [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert-- If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert-- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal --insert formula for determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.] [This Security is subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance as described in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] [This Security is subject to satisfaction and discharge as provided in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] The Indenture may be modified by the Company and the Trustee without consent of any Holder with respect to certain matters as described in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall bind such Holder and all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. 25 19 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same Stated Maturity and aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of [$1,000] and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to, among other things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets [If other covenants are applicable pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01, insert here]. All such covenants and limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the Trustee on compliance with the covenants in the Indenture. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security. 26 20 [If applicable, insert -- A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under this Security or the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- or the supplemental indenture] or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.] [If applicable, insert -- This Security will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and the supplemental indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, if any, the Trustee and the Holders.] [If applicable, insert-- Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures ("CUSIP"), the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities of this series. No representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities of this series and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.] All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 27 21 ASSIGNMENT FORM To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to ------------------------------------------------------ (Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number) ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint ___________________________________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. Dated: __________ Your Signature: - ------------------------------------- (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security) Signature Guaranty: _____________________________________________________ [Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements will include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.] Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number: _______________________________________ 28 22 Section 2.04 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: Dated: _______________ This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. --------------------------- As Trustee By ------------------------- Authorized Signatory Section 2.05 Securities in Global Form. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, then any such Security of such series may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or a specified amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.04. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.03 and, if applicable, Section 3.04, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 3.03 or 3.04 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel. The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.03 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 3.07, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein. 29 23 Section 2.06 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form. Any Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, or in such other form as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to comply with the requirements of any Depositary: "THIS SECURITY IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY." ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to (i) a Board Resolution, (ii) action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or (iii) one or more indentures supplemental hereto: (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities); (2) the purchase price, denomination and any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07); 30 24 (3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof; (4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; (5) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable; (6) the place or places where the Securities may be exchanged or transferred; (7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, and, if other than as provided in Section 11.03, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption; (8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series in whole or in part pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable; (10) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series shall or may by payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; (11) if the payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a Holder, in a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in which the 31 25 exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; (12) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series shall be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined; (13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or the method by which such portion shall be determined; (14) any modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to Securities of the series; and whether and the conditions under which the Holders of the Securities of the series may waive any such Event of Default or compliance with any such covenant relating to the Securities of such series; (15) if either or both of Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be inapplicable, in whole or in part, to the Securities of the series (provided that if no such inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of the series); and any modification to either such section as it relates to such series of Securities; (16) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent; (17) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the form of any legend in addition to or in lieu of that in Section 2.06 which shall be borne by such global Security, (iii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (iv) if other than as provided in Section 3.05, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; (18) if the Holders of the Securities of the series may convert or exchange the Securities of the series into or for securities of the Company or of other entities or other property (or the cash value thereof), the specific terms of and period during which such conversion or exchange may be made; (19) if the Securities of the series shall have the benefits of any Guarantee and, if so, the identity of the Guarantor or Guarantors and the terms and provisions applicable to any such Guarantee; 32 26 (20) any provisions for the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities of the series, including provisions in addition to or modifying the provisions of Article 4 as they pertain to Securities of the series; (21) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article 10 which applies to Securities of the series; and (22) any other terms of the series, including any terms which may be required by or advisable under the laws of the United States of America or regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series. All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate or (iii) in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series. If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and delivery thereof. Section 3.02 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, or its Chief Accounting Officer attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices 33 27 prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and make such Securities available for delivery. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through (d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating (subject to customary assumptions, conditions and exceptions): (a) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and (b) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). If such terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, or in the written opinion of counsel to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of the Trustee) such authentication may not lawfully be made or would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the immediately preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution and the Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the second preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global 34 28 Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to the authentication and delivery of such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Securities of such series in global form that (i) shall be in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Security or Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Security or Securities in global form or its nominee, and (iii) shall be made available for delivery by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instruction. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the Depositary is so registered. Each Depositary shall enter into an agreement with the Trustee and the Company governing the respective duties and rights of such Depositary, the Company and the Trustee with regard to Securities issued in global form. Unless otherwise provided for in the form of Security, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. No Security shall be entitled to any benefits under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Section 3.04 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary Securities of such series which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof), if temporary Securities of any 35 29 series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 10.02 in a Place of Payment a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "SECURITY REGISTER") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of registration of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "SECURITY REGISTRAR" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity. At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Security in global form) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Each Security issued in global form authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such series or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Security issued in global form shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form in the circumstances described below, a Security in global form representing all or a portion of the Securities 36 30 of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary. If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or defaults in the performance of its duties as Depositary or it at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible to perform such duties, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company's selection pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(17) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. The Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that Securities issued in global form shall no longer be represented by such a Security or Securities in global form. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series may surrender a Security in global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new certified Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Security in global form; and (ii) to such Depositary a new Security in global form of like tenor in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Security in global form and the aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to Holders thereof. 37 31 Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in certificated form, such Security in global form shall be canceled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Security in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Unless otherwise provided in the Securities to be transferred or exchanged, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer. If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of such series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. The foregoing provisions relating to registration, transfer and exchange may be modified, supplemented or superseded with respect to any series of Securities by a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same 38 32 series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "DEFAULTED INTEREST") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or 39 33 their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless such Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the reasonable expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 3.05 and 3.07) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 40 34 None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest of a Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Security in global form, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the right of such Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of such Security in global form. Section 3.09 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be held by the Trustee and may be destroyed (and, if so destroyed, certification of their destruction shall be delivered to the Company, unless, by a Company Order, the Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it). Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months. Section 3.11 CUSIP Number. The Company in issuing Securities of any series may use a "CUSIP" number, and if so, the Trustee may use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such series; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed on the notice or on the Securities of such series, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number of any series of Securities. Section 3.12 Wire Transfers. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee on or before the date and time such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. 41 36 ARTICLE 4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and replacement of such Securities which may have been lost, stolen or mutilated as herein expressly provided for or in the form of Security for such series), when the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (a) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.05) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (b) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the reasonable expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (b)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount, in the currency or currencies or currency unit or units in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.05 shall survive. 42 37 Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.05, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Section 4.03 Application to a Specific Series of Securities. The Company may elect to satisfy and discharge its obligations with respect to a specific series of Securities under the Indenture by complying with the terms of Article 4. If the Company makes such election, (a) the terms of Section 4.01 and 4.02 shall apply only to the specific series of Securities and the terms of the Indenture as it relates to such series of Securities and (b) the other Securities issued hereunder and the Indenture as it relates to such other Securities shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES Section 5.01 Events of Default. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of a series, "EVENT OF DEFAULT," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or to be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): (1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of that series when such interest becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days; or (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity or on redemption or otherwise; or (3) the Company fails to deposit any sinking fund payment, for five days after it becomes due by the terms of a Security of that series; or (4) the Company fails to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants, agreements or warranties in the Securities of that series or this Indenture (other than a covenant, agreement or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of 43 38 Securities other than that series), and the failure to observe or perform continues for the period and after the notice specified in the last paragraph of this Section; or (5) an event of default, as defined in any mortgage, indenture, or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness of the Company (including Securities of another series) (other than the Securities of such series) (whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created or incurred) shall occur, which event of default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness at final maturity after the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such event of default, and (ii) results in Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such default in payment is not cured or such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and to the Trustee from the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series specifying such event of default and requiring the Company to cure such default in payment or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a "NOTICE OF DEFAULT" hereunder; provided, however, that it shall not be an Event of Default if the principal amount of Indebtedness which is not paid at maturity or the maturity of which is accelerated is equal to or less than $20,000,000; provided further that if, prior to a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of that series or the entry of judgment in favor of the Trustee in a suit pursuant to Section 5.03, such default shall be remedied or cured by the Company or waived by the holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the Holders of the Securities of that series; or (6) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (a) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to itself, (b) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, (c) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (d) applies for, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, (e) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (f) takes any corporate action in furtherance of or to facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the foregoing; or (7) (i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law which shall (a) approve as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, (b) appoint a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property or (c) order the winding-up or liquidation of affairs of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and such judgment, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 44 39 90 consecutive days; or (ii) any bankruptcy or insolvency petition or application is filed, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding is commenced, against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days; or (iii) a warrant of attachment is issued against any material portion of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries which is not released within 60 days of service; or (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. A Default under clause (4) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "NOTICE OF DEFAULT." When a Default under clause (4) above is cured within such 60-day period, it ceases to be a Default. Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice in writing to the Company, or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal of and accrued interest to the date of acceleration (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) on all the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately and, upon any such declaration, the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified principal amount) shall become and be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.01 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified principal amount) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security of that series. Upon payment of all such principal and interest, all of the Company's obligations under the Securities of that series and (upon payment of the Securities of all series) this Indenture shall terminate, except obligations under Section 6.07. At any time after a declaration of acceleration of Maturity with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Securities of that series that has become due solely by such declaration of 45 40 acceleration, have been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration have been paid, (iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (iv) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07 have been made. Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if: (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at the Maturity thereof, or (3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of any series, and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy. 46 41 Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings, and (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the Securities of any series shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected and the 47 42 notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 applicable to such series; Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities of such series for principal, and premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and Third: To the Company. The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.06. At least ten (10) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid. Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series; (2) the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of Holders of Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such 48 43 Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Securities of the affected series. Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted. Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that: 49 44 (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (3) subject to Section 6.01, the Trustee need not take any action which might involve the Trustee in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not joining therein. Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may by written notice to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any Default or Event of Default with respect to such series and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default: (1) in respect of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or other provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture and the Securities of such series; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). 50 45 ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee's duties and responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. (c) None of the provisions of Section 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be excluded from this Indenture. (d) Every provision of this Indenture which pertains to the Trustee shall be subject to this Section 6.01. Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default or Event of Default known to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series. Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act: (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or 51 46 omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; (f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval or other paper or document, or the books and records of the Company, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and (h) the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the 52 47 statements made by it or to be made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. Section 6.05 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder (including amounts held by the Trustee as Paying Agent) need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed upon in writing with the Company. Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees: (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation as negotiated between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon or determined or measured by the income of the Trustee), incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(6) or Section 5.01(7), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law. 53 48 The provisions of this Section 6.07 shall survive this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The Trustee shall be disqualified only where such disqualification is required by Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act having a combined capital and surplus (together with its parent) of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company may serve as Trustee. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. (d) If at any time: (i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or 54 49 (ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or (iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such Securities. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 55 50 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of some (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be. 56 51 (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under the Trust Indenture Act. Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor (by merger, conversion, consolidation or otherwise as permitted hereunder) to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein. Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of, and subject to the direction of, the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus (together with its parent) of not less than $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating 57 52 Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation as negotiated between the Company and such Authenticating Agent for its services under this Section. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form: Form of Authenticating Agent's Certificate of Authentication Dated: ----------------------- This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. --------------------------------------- As Trustee 58 53 By --------------------------------------- As Authenticating Agent By --------------------------------------- Authorized Signatory Section 6.15 Compliance with Tax Laws. The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal income tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium (if any) and interest on the Securities of any series, whether acting as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent or otherwise with respect to the Securities of any series. ARTICLE 7 HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee: (a) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of such Regular Record Date (unless the Trustee has such information), or if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semi-annually, upon such dates as are set forth in the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. (b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as "APPLICANTS") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of 59 54 such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either: (i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a); or (ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application. If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appears in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application. (c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b). Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after ______ of each year commencing with the year 200_, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in 60 55 Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of ______, if required by and in compliance with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or any inter-dealer quotation system. Section 7.04 Reports by Company. The Company shall: (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; (3) transmit or cause to be transmitted by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, (a) as promptly as reasonably practicable following the furnishing of the same to its stockholders, the Company's annual report to stockholders, containing certified financial statements, and any other financial reports which the Company generally furnishes to its stockholders, and (b) within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any other information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and (4) furnish to the Trustee, on ___________ of each year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or 61 56 requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. Such certificate need not comply with Section 1.02. ARTICLE 8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, LEASE, SALE OR TRANSFER Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. Except as may be otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 relating to Securities of a series, the Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, any other Person (whether or not the Company shall be the surviving corporation or entity), or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, unless: (1) either the Company shall be the continuing Person or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or with which or into which the Company is merged or the Person (or group of affiliated Persons) to which all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety are conveyed, transferred or leased shall be a corporation or other entity (group of affiliated corporations or entities) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of related transactions, no Event of Default, and no Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may (a) consolidate with, or merge with or into, an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose incorporating the Company in another jurisdiction and/or (b) convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in one transaction or a series of related transactions. Section 8.02 Opinion of Counsel. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed transaction(s) covered by Section 8.01 an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the transaction(s) and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the transaction(s) under this Indenture have been met. Section 8.03 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other corporation or other entity or any conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor corporation or other entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the 62 57 successor corporation or entity or affiliated group of corporations or entities to which such lease, sale, assignment or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation or corporations or entity or entities had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation or corporations or entity or entities shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and in the event of such conveyance or transfer, except in the case of a lease, any such predecessor corporation may be dissolved and liquidated. ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without notice to or the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities; or (4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or (6) to secure the Securities; or (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or 63 58 (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or (9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein; or (10) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding; or (11) to add Guarantees with respect to any or all of the Securities; or (12) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Internal Revenue Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of such Code). Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and subject to the last sentence of) Section 9.03, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture. Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (with the Securities of each series voting as a class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.03, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, if any, or any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption, repurchase or repayment thereof, or change the manner in which the amount of any principal thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon is determined, or reduce the amount of the principal of any Original Issue 64 59 Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency or currency unit in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or Defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.06, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 10.06, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.01(8). A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provisions of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article, subject to the last sentence of this Section 9.03. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture 65 60 for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. ARTICLE 10 COVENANTS Section 10.01 Payments of Securities. With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series. Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 1.05 hereof. The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates. (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which fiscal year currently ends on February 28 (29)), an Officers' Certificate stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or 66 61 Event of Default by the Company that occurred prior to the end of the fiscal year and is then continuing. If the signer does know of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe each such Default or Event of Default and its status and the specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of Default has occurred. The Company shall also promptly notify the Trustee in writing should the Company's fiscal year be changed so that the end thereof is on any date other than the date on which the Company's fiscal year currently ends. The certificate need not comply with Section 1.02 hereof, but shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after the occurrence thereof, notice of any acceleration which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would be an Event of Default within the meaning of Section 5.01(5) hereof. (c) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee forthwith upon becoming aware of a Default or Event of Default (but in no event later than 10 days after the occurrence of each Default or Event of Default that is continuing), an Officers' Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto and the specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of Default has occurred. Section 10.04 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will actively resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. Section 10.05 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such 67 62 sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to so act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will: (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall, subject to any applicable escheat laws, be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee of such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 68 63 Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article 8, Article 10 (other than Sections __ or __) or any covenant specified as contemplated under Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES Section 11.01 Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected prior to the giving of the applicable notice of redemption to Holders by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, substantially pro rata, by lot or by any other method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and that complies with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such Securities are listed, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided that in case the Securities of such series have different terms and maturities, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company and the Company shall give notice thereof to the Trustee. 69 64 The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of the Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall state: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price; (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed; (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; (5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and (7) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed. Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.05) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date. 70 65 Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities (including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular or Special Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security. Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Company at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. ARTICLE 12 SINKING FUNDS Section 12.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "MANDATORY SINKING FUND PAYMENT," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "OPTIONAL SINKING FUND PAYMENT." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of 71 66 any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any Securities previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days (or such shorter period reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered (which have not been previously delivered). Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07. ARTICLE 13 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Section 13.01 Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Unless as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, provision is made for the inapplicability of, in whole or in part, or any modification to, either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.02 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.03, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series elect to have either Section 13.02 (unless inapplicable) or Section 13.03 (unless inapplicable) be applied to the Outstanding 72 67 Securities of such series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set forth below in this Article. Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to defease the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). Defeasance shall mean that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same); provided, however, that the following rights, obligations, powers, trusts, duties and immunities shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund provided for in Section 13.04, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.05, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option with respect to defeasance under this Section 13.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option with respect to covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 in regard to the Securities of such series. Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to obtain a covenant defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under this Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 5.06, 5.09, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04 and 10.05) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"). Covenant defeasance shall mean that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in this Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 5.06, 5.09, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04 and 10.05), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein or by reason of any reference to any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.01(4) or any such supplemental indenture with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series, and the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby. Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to defeasance under Section 13.02 and covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series: 73 68 (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.09 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it), under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and each installment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities. (2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit. (3) Such deposit, defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material debt agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. (4) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee either (a) a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred or (B) an Opinion of Counsel, based on such ruling or on a change in the applicable federal income tax law since the date of this Indenture, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred. 74 69 (5) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred. (6) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.01. (7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 13.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 (as the case may be) have been complied with. Section 13.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.05, all money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 13.05, the "TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 13.04 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of a particular series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof, other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 with respect to Securities of any series which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited for the purpose for which such money or Government Obligations were deposited. Section 13.06 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any 75 70 court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.02 or 13.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, held in trust pursuant to Section 13.05 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, so held in trust. ARTICLE 14 GUARANTEES Section 14.01 Guarantee. Any series of Securities may be guaranteed by one or more of the Guarantors. The terms and the form of any such Guarantee will be established in the manner contemplated by Section 3.01 for that particular series of Securities. 76 71 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written. EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY By: --------------------------- Name: --------------------------- Title: --------------------------- Attest: - ------------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------ THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK as Trustee By: --------------------------- Name: --------------------------- Title: --------------------------- Attest: - ------------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------ [GUARANTOR] By: --------------------------- Name: --------------------------- Title: --------------------------- Attest: ------------------------------ Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------
EX-4.4 43 c63012a1ex4-4.txt FORM OF SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE 1 EXHIBIT 4.4 ================================================================================ EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY AND THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK TRUSTEE -------------------------------- FORM OF SUBORDINATED DEBT INDENTURE GUARANTEED TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH HEREIN BY THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN DATED AS OF ____________, 200_ ================================================================================ 2 EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of ______________, 200_ TRUST INDENTURE ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION 310(a)(1) 6 09 (a)(2) 6.09 (a)(3) Not Applicable (a)(4) Not Applicable (b) 6.08, 6.10 311(a) 6.13 (b) 6.13 (b)(2) 7.03(a), 7.03(b) 312(a) 7.01, 7.02(a) (b) 7.02(b) (c) 7.02(c) 313(a) 7.03(a) (b) 7.03(a) (c) 7.03(a), 7.03(b) (d) 7.03(b) 314(a) 7.04 (b) Not Applicable (c)(1) 1.02 (c)(2) 1.02 (c)(3) Not Applicable (d) Not Applicable (e) 1.02 315(a) 6.01(a) (b) 6.02, 7.03(a) (c) 6.01(b) (d) 6.01(c) (d)(1) 6.01(a), 6.01(c) (d)(2) 6.01(c) (d)(3) 6.01(c) (e) 5.14 316(a)(1)(A) 5.12 (a)(1)(B) 5.02, 5.13 (a)(2) Not Applicable (b) 5.08 (c) 1.04(e) 317(a)(1) 5.03 (a)(2) 5.04 (b) 10.05 318(a) 1.07 i 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ---- ARTICLE 1 Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application..............1 Section 1.01 Definitions..............................................1 Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions.....................9 Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee...................9 Section 1.04 Acts of Holders.........................................10 Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company...................12 Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver...............................12 Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.......................13 Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents................13 Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns..................................13 Section 1.10 Separability Clause.....................................13 Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture...................................13 Section 1.12 Governing Law...........................................13 Section 1.13 Legal Holidays..........................................13 Section 1.14 No Recourse Against Others..............................14 Section 1.15 Judgment Currency.......................................14 Section 1.16 Counterparts............................................14 ARTICLE 2 Security Forms......................................................14 Section 2.01 Forms Generally.........................................14 Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security................................15 Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security.............................17 Section 2.04 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.........24 Section 2.05 Securities in Global Form...............................24 Section 2.06 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form........25 ARTICLE 3 The Securities......................................................25 Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series....................25 Section 3.02 Denominations...........................................28 Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating..........28 Section 3.04 Temporary Securities....................................30 Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.....31 Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities........33 Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved..........34 Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners...................................35 Section 3.09 Cancellation............................................36 Section 3.10 Computation of Interest.................................36 Section 3.11 CUSIP Number............................................36 Section 3.12 Wire Transfers..........................................36 ii 4 Page ---- ARTICLE 4 Satisfaction and Discharge..........................................37 Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.................37 Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money..............................38 Section 4.03 Application to a Specific Series of Securities..........38 ARTICLE 5 Remedies............................................................38 Section 5.01 Events of Default.......................................38 Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment......40 Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee..................................41 Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim........................42 Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities...........................................42 Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected..........................43 Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits.....................................43 Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest................................................44 Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies......................44 Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative..........................44 Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver............................44 Section 5.12 Control by Holders......................................45 Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.................................45 Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs...................................45 ARTICLE 6 The Trustee.........................................................46 Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee......46 Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults......................................46 Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee...............................46 Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities..................................47 Section 6.05 May Hold Securities.....................................48 Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust.....................................48 Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement..........................48 Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.................49 Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.................49 Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.......49 Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor..................51 Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business..................................52 Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.......52 Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent.....................52 Section 6.15 Compliance with Tax Laws................................54 iii 5 Page ---- ARTICLE 7 Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company...................54 Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders................................54 Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders...............................54 Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee......................................56 Section 7.04 Reports by Company......................................56 ARTICLE 8 Consolidation, Merger, Lease, Sale or Transfer......................57 Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc.............................57 Section 8.02 Opinion of Counsel......................................57 Section 8.03 Successor Corporation Substituted.......................57 ARTICLE 9 Supplemental Indentures.............................................58 Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders......58 Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.........59 Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures....................60 Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures.......................61 Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.....................61 Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures......61 Section 9.07 Subordination Unimpaired................................61 ARTICLE 10 Covenants..........................................................61 Section 10.01 Payments of Securities..................................61 Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.........................61 Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates.................................62 Section 10.04 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.................62 Section 10.05 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.......62 Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants.............................64 ARTICLE 11 Redemption of Securities...........................................64 Section 11.01 Applicability of Article................................64 Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee...................64 Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.......64 Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption....................................65 Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price.............................66 Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date...................66 Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part.............................66 ARTICLE 12 Sinking Funds......................................................67 Section 12.01 Applicability of Article................................67 Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities...67 Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund...............67 iv 6 Page ---- ARTICLE 13 Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.................................68 Section 13.01 Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance................68 Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge................................68 Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance.....................................68 Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.........69 Section 13.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust.....................................70 Section 13.06 Reinstatement...........................................71 ARTICLE 14 Subordination......................................................71 Section 14.01 Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt..................71 Section 14.02 Payment over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, Etc..........71 Section 14.03 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default..................73 Section 14.04 Payment Permitted If No Default.........................73 Section 14.05 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.........73 Section 14.06 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.............74 Section 14.07 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.....................74 Section 14.08 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions...................74 Section 14.09 Notice to Trustee.......................................75 Section 14.10 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent....................................75 Section 14.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt........76 Section 14.12 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustee's Rights........................76 Section 14.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agents.....................76 ARTICLE 15 Guarantees.........................................................76 Section 15.01 Guarantee...............................................76 v 7 INDENTURE, dated as of ________________, 200_, between EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY, an Indiana corporation (herein called the "COMPANY"), the GUARANTORS listed on Schedule 1 hereto (herein called the "GUARANTORS") and THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a New York trust company, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE"). RECITALS OF THE COMPANY The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the "SECURITIES"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided. All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done. NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities, as follows: ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION Section 1.01 Definitions. For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular; (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, or defined by Commission rule and not otherwise defined herein, have the meanings assigned to them therein; (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; (4) the word "INCLUDING" (and with correlative meaning "INCLUDE") means including, without limiting the generality of, any description preceding such term; and (5) the words "HEREIN," "HEREOF " and "HEREUNDER" and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 8 2 "ACT," when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.04. "AFFILIATE" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "CONTROL" (including, with correlative meanings, the terms "CONTROLLING," "CONTROLLED BY" and "UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH"), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms "controlling," "controlled by" and "under common control with" shall have correlative meanings. "AUTHENTICATING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities. "BANKRUPTCY LAW" means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" means the board of directors of the Company; provided, however, that when the context refers to actions or resolutions of the Board of Directors, then the term "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" shall also mean any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Company authorized to act with respect to any particular matter to exercise the power of the Board of Directors of the Company. "BOARD RESOLUTION" means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. "BUSINESS DAY," when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close. "CAPITAL STOCK" means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, warrants, rights, options or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock or any other equity interest of such Person, including each class of common stock and preferred stock. "COMMISSION" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time. 9 3 "COMPANY" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation or other entity shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor corporation. "COMPANY REQUEST" or "COMPANY ORDER" means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, at least one of whom must be its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or its Controller, and delivered to the Trustee. "CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE" means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date hereof is located at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, One Liberty Plaza, New York, NY 10006; Attn: Corporate Trust Administration. "COVENANT DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 13.03. "CURRENCY UNIT" or "CURRENCY UNITS" shall mean any composite currency. "CUSTODIAN" means any receiver, custodian, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. "DEFAULT" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. "DEFAULTED INTEREST" has the meaning specified in Section 3.07. "DEFEASANCE" has the meaning specified in Section 13.02. "DEPOSITARY" means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Depositary" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Depositary" shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series. "DOLLARS" and "$" means lawful money of the United States of America. "EVENT OF DEFAULT" has the meaning specified in Section 5.01. "EXCHANGE ACT" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. "GAAP" means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States of America which are in effect on the date hereof. 10 4 "GUARANTEE" means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the obligations under this Indenture. "HOLDER" or "SECURITYHOLDER" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register. "INDEBTEDNESS" means, with respect to any Person (without duplication for indebtedness or other obligations of such Person), any indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed, whether incurred, assumed or guaranteed, and including obligations under capitalized leases. "INDENTURE" means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. "INTEREST," when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. "INTEREST PAYMENT DATE," when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security. "JUDGMENT CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. "NEW YORK BANKING DAY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "OFFICER" means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, any Assistant Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Person. "OFFICERS' CERTIFICATE" means a certificate signed by any two Officers of the Company, at least one of whom must be its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Chief Accounting Officer, its Treasurer or its Controller, and delivered to the Trustee. "OPINION OF COUNSEL" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel for the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. 11 5 "ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT SECURITY" means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02. "OUTSTANDING," when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: (i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; (ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; (iii) Securities which have been paid as provided herein or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof reasonably satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company; and (iv) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section 13.02; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, or whether sufficient funds are available for redemption or for any other purpose and for the purpose of making the calculations required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, (a) the principal amount of any Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be that portion of the principal amount thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and the continuation thereof pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of the date of such determination, (b) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (a) above) of such Security, and (c) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, 12 6 demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor. "PAYING AGENT" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company may act as Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued hereunder. "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. "PLACE OF PAYMENT," when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. "PREDECESSOR SECURITY" of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security. "PROCEEDING" has the meaning specified in Section 14.02. "REDEMPTION DATE," when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture. "REDEMPTION PRICE," when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture. "REGISTERED SECURITY" means any Security issued hereunder and registered in the Security Register. "REGULAR RECORD DATE" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01. "REQUIRED CURRENCY" has the meaning specified in Section 1.15. "RESPONSIBLE OFFICER," when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee assigned to administer corporate trust matters and also means, with 13 7 respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. "SECURITIES" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. "SECURITIES PAYMENT" has the meaning specified in Section 14.02. "SECURITY REGISTER" and "SECURITY REGISTRAR" have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.05. "SENIOR DEBT" means the principal of and premium, if any and interest on the following, whether outstanding at the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter incurred or created: (a) indebtedness of a Person for money borrowed, or evidenced by a note or similar instrument or written agreement given in connection with the acquisition of any businesses, properties or assets, including securities, (b) indebtedness of a Person to banks or financial institutions evidenced by notes or other written obligations, (c) indebtedness of a Person evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other securities issued under the provisions of an indenture or similar instrument, (d) indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (c) that such Person has assumed, guaranteed or otherwise assured the payment thereof, directly or indirectly, and (e) deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, or bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in exchange for, the indebtedness described in the preceding clauses (a) through (d) whether or not there is any notice to or consent of the holders of Securities; except (i) indebtedness and advances among the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and (ii) any particular indebtedness, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding, if it is expressly stated in the governing terms, or in the assumption or guarantee, thereof that the indebtedness involved is not Senior Debt. This definition may be modified or superseded in a manner as contemplated by Section 3.01. "SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARY" of a Person has the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 1.02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "SPECIAL RECORD DATE" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07. 14 8 "STATED MATURITY," when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable. "SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person: (1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof). "TRUSTEE" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series. "TRUST INDENTURE ACT" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event that such Act is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended. "U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS" means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof or otherwise subject to prepayment, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a New York Clearing House bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation, or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount held by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. 15 9 "VICE PRESIDENT," when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title "vice president." "VOTING STOCK" of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person. Section 1.02 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: (a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; (c) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. Section 1.03 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. Any certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless 16 10 such Officer actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel, as the case may be, actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion is based are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. Section 1.04 Acts of Holders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "ACT" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. (b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. (c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register. 17 11 (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security. (e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the immediately following paragraph. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. (f) The Trustee shall set a record date, which shall not be more than 15 days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action contemplated by this section 1.04(f), for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 5.02, (iii) any direction referred to in Section 5.12, (iv) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 5.07(2) or (v) any waiver of past defaults pursuant to Section 5.13, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If such a record date is fixed pursuant to this paragraph, the relevant action may be taken or given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be holders of Securities of a series for the purpose of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities of such series have authorized or agreed or consented to such action, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities of such series shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such action by Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding 18 12 Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's reasonable expense, shall cause notice of such record date and the proposed action by Holders to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06. Section 1.05 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, (a) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing and mailed first-class postage prepaid, to or with the Trustee at The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, One Liberty Plaza, 23rd Floor, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; or (b) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at Emmis Operating Company, Attention: Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. Section 1.06 Notice to Holders; Waiver. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be deemed sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in such Security expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders or the validity of the proceedings to which such notice relates. In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication. Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers 19 13 of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. Section 1.07 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required to be included or deemed included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, such provision of the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be. Section 1.08 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. Section 1.09 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. Section 1.10 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. Section 1.11 Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Holders and to the extent specifically set forth herein the holders of Senior Debt, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. Section 1.12 Governing Law. This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws (other than the choice of law provisions) of the State of New York. Section 1.13 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day or on such other day as may be set out in the Officers' Certificate pursuant to Section 3.01 at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be, if payment is 20 14 made on such next succeeding Business Day or otherday set out in such Officers' Certificate. Section 1.14 No Recourse Against Others. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company or any Guarantor (other than a stockholder which itself is the Company or a Guarantor of the Securities) shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Securities or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. Such waivers and releases are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities. Section 1.15 Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the Securities of any series (the "REQUIRED CURRENCY") into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the "JUDGMENT CURRENCY"), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, "NEW YORK BANKING Day" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close. Section 1.16 Counterparts. This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, 21 15 substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. Section 2.02 Form of Face of Security. EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY ....................... No. _______ [$]________ Emmis Operating Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Indiana (herein called the "COMPANY," which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of _______________ [Dollars] on _______________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- and to pay interest thereon from _______________ or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on _______________ and _______________ in each year [if other than semi-annual payments, insert frequency of payments and payment dates], commencing _____________________, at [if the Security is to bear interest at a fixed rate, insert-- the rate of _____% per annum], [if the Security is to bear interest at a variable or floating rate and if determined with reference to an index, refer to description of index below] until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable insert--, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of _____% per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the __________ or __________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such 22 16 Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [If the Securities are floating or adjustable rate securities with respect to which the principal of or any premium or interest may be determined with reference to an index, insert the text of the floating or adjustable rate provision.] [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert-- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.] Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert--any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in _______________, in dollars [if applicable, insert--; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register]. [If applicable, insert-- So long as all of the Securities of this series are represented by Securities in global form, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on this global Security shall be paid in same day funds to the Depositary, or to such name or entity as is requested by an authorized representative of the Depositary. If at any time the Securities of this series are no longer represented by global Securities and are issued in definitive certificated form, then the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on each certificated Security at Maturity shall be paid in same day funds to the Holder upon surrender of such certificated Security at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or at such other place or places as may be designated in or pursuant to the Indenture, provided that such certificated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, or at such other place or places as may be designated in or pursuant to the Indenture, provided that such certificated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, acting as Paying Agent, in time for the Paying Agent to make such payments in such funds in accordance with its 23 17 normal procedures. Payments of interest with respect to such certificated Securities other than at Maturity may, at the option of the Company, be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as it appears on the Security Register on the relevant Regular or Special Record Date or by wire transfer in same day funds to such account as may have been appropriately designated to the Paying Agent by such Person in writing not later than such relevant Regular or Special Record Date.] Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its corporate seal. EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY By: ------------------------ Attest: [SEAL] - ------------------------- 200_ Section 2.03 Form of Reverse of Security. This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the "SECURITIES"), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of _______________, 200_ (herein called the "INDENTURE"), between the Company and ____________________, as Trustee (herein called the "TRUSTEE," which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [, limited in aggregate principal amount to $__________]. [-- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by first class mail, [if applicable, insert-- (1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price 24 18 equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after __________, _____], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before _______________, _____%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _______________ of the years indicated, REDEMPTION YEAR PRICE -------------------------------------------------- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert-- (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [If applicable, insert-- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice by first class mail, (1) on _______________ in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after __________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during a 12-month period beginning _________________ of the years indicated, 25 19 REDEMPTION PRICE REDEMPTION PRICE FOR FOR REDEMPTION REDEMPTION OTHERWISE THROUGH OPERATION THAN THROUGH OF THE OPERATION OF THE SINKING FUND SINKING FUND YEAR - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.] [Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to __________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than _____% per annum.] [The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on __________ in each year beginning with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ of [not less than] $_______________ [("MANDATORY SINKING FUND") and not more than $____________] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series.] [Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made--in the inverse order in which they become due.] [In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.] [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert-- If any Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.] [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert-- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal --insert formula for determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally 26 20 enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.] [This Security is subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance as described in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] [This Security is subject to satisfaction and discharge as provided in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] [This Security is subject to subordination as provided in the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- and the supplemental indenture].] The Indenture may be modified by the Company and the Trustee without consent of any Holder with respect to certain matters as described in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall bind such Holder and all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series, of authorized denominations and for the same Stated Maturity and aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of [$1,000] and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series 27 21 are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to, among other things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets [If other covenants are applicable pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.01, insert here]. All such covenants and limitations are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the Trustee on compliance with the covenants in the Indenture. A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security. [If applicable, insert -- A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under this Security or the Indenture [if applicable, insert -- or the supplemental indenture] or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of this Security.] [If applicable, insert -- This Security will be entitled to the benefits of certain Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and the supplemental indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, if any, the Trustee and the Holders.] [If applicable, insert-- Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures ("CUSIP"), the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities of this series. No representation is made as to the correctness 28 22 or accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities of this series and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.] All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 29 23 ASSIGNMENT FORM To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Security to --------------------------------------------- (Insert assignee's social security or tax I.D. number) --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- (Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code) and irrevocably appoint ___________________________________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. Dated: __________ Your Signature: _____________________________________ (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security) Signature Guaranty: _________________________________ [Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Transfer Agent, which requirements will include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Exchange Act.] Social Security Number or Taxpayer Identification Number: ----------------------------------------------------- 30 24 Section 2.04 Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication. The Trustee's certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form: Dated:_______________ This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. ____________________________________ As Trustee By _________________________________ Authorized Signatory Section 2.05 Securities in Global Form. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in whole or in part in global form, then any such Security of such series may provide that it shall represent the aggregate or a specified amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.03 or Section 3.04. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.03 and, if applicable, Section 3.04, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company Order pursuant to Section 3.03 or 3.04 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel. The provisions of the last paragraph of Section 3.03 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.01 and 3.07, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein. 31 25 Section 2.06 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form. Any Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form, or in such other form as may be necessary or appropriate to reflect the arrangements with or to comply with the requirements of any Depositary: "THIS SECURITY IS IN GLOBAL FORM WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN CERTIFICATED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY." ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES Section 3.01 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more series. Prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, there shall be established in or pursuant to (i) a Board Resolution, (ii) action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or (iii) one or more indentures supplemental hereto: (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities); (2) the purchase price, denomination and any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07); (3) the date or dates on which the principal of and premium, if any, on the Securities of the series is payable or the method of determination thereof; 32 26 (4) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of calculating such rate or rates of interest, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date; (5) the place or places where the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable; (6) the place or places where the Securities may be exchanged or transferred; (7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, and, if other than as provided in Section 11.03, the manner in which the particular Securities of such series (if less than all Securities of such series are to be redeemed) are to be selected for redemption; (8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series in whole or in part pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or upon the happening of a specified event or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, and the other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; (9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable; (10) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series shall or may by payable, or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; (11) if the payments of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities of the series are to be made, at the election of the Company or a Holder, in a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which such Securities are denominated or designated to be payable, the currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) in which such payments are to be made, the terms and conditions of such payments and the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments shall be determined, and the particular provisions applicable thereto; (12) if the amount of payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of the series shall be determined with 33 27 reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on a currency or currencies (including currency unit or units) other than that in which the Securities of the series are denominated or designated to be payable), the index, formula or other method by which such amounts shall be determined; (13) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02 or the method by which such portion shall be determined; (14) any modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or the covenants of the Company set forth herein with respect to Securities of the series and whether and the conditions under which the Holders of the Securities of the series may waive any such Event of Default or compliance with any such covenant relating to the Securities of such series; (15) if either or both of Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be inapplicable, in whole or in part, to the Securities of the series (provided that if no such inapplicability shall be specified, then both Section 13.02 and Section 13.03 shall be applicable to the Securities of the series) and any modification to either such section as it relates to such series of Securities; (16) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent; (17) if the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in global form, (i) the Depositary for such global Securities, (ii) the form of any legend in addition to or in lieu of that in Section 2.06 which shall be borne by such global Security, (iii) whether beneficial owners of interests in any Securities of the series in global form may exchange such interests for certificated Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination, and (iv) if other than as provided in Section 3.05, the circumstances under which any such exchange may occur; (18) if the Holders of the Securities of the series may convert or exchange the Securities of the series into or for securities of the Company or of other entities or other property (or the cash value thereof), the specific terms of and period during which such conversion or exchange may be made; (19) if the Securities of the series shall have the benefits of any Guarantee and, if so, the identity of the Guarantor or Guarantors and the terms and provisions applicable to any such Guarantee; (20) any provisions for the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities of the series, including provisions in addition to or modifying the provisions of Article 4 as they pertain to Securities of the series; (21) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article 10 which applies to Securities of the series; 34 28 (22) the subordination of the Securities of such series to other Indebtedness of the Company, including without limitation, the Securities of any other series; and (23) any other terms of the series, including any terms which may be required by or advisable under the laws of the United States of America or regulations thereunder or advisable (as determined by the Company) in connection with the marketing of Securities of the series. All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided (i) by a Board Resolution, (ii) by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution and (subject to Section 3.03) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate or (iii) in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such series. If any of the terms of the Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers' Certificate setting forth, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the Securities of such series, and an appropriate record of any action taken pursuant thereto in connection with the issuance of any Securities of such series shall be delivered to the Trustee prior to the authentication and delivery thereof. Section 3.02 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Section 3.03 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial Officer, or its Chief Accounting Officer attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities. 35 29 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and make such Securities available for delivery. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Sections 315(a) through (d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating (subject to customary assumptions, conditions and exceptions): (a) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 3.01, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and (b) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). If such terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, or in the written opinion of counsel to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of the Trustee) such authentication may not lawfully be made or would involve the Trustee in personal liability. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the immediately preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Board Resolution and the Officers' Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the second preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued. If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.01 that the Securities of a series are to be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to the authentication and delivery of such series, authenticate and deliver one or more Securities of such series in global form that 36 30 (i) shall be in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by such Security or Securities in global form, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Security or Securities in global form or its nominee, and (iii) shall be made available for delivery by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such Depositary's instruction. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine if the Depositary is so registered. Each Depositary shall enter into an agreement with the Trustee and the Company governing the respective duties and rights of such Depositary, the Company and the Trustee with regard to Securities issued in global form. Unless otherwise provided for in the form of Security, each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. No Security shall be entitled to any benefits under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee or an Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. Section 3.04 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary Securities of such series which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form, representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions thereof), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive 37 31 Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series. Section 3.05 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any office or agency to be maintained by the Company in accordance with Section 10.02 in a Place of Payment a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the "SECURITY REGISTER") in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of registration of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed "SECURITY REGISTRAR" for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity. At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series (except a Security in global form) may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Each Security issued in global form authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such series or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Security issued in global form shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form in the circumstances described below, a Security in global form representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or 38 32 another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary. If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or defaults in the performance of its duties as Depositary or it at any time the Depositary for the Securities of such series shall no longer be eligible to perform such duties, the Company shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Company's selection pursuant to Section 3.01(b)(17) shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities of such series and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. The Company may at any time in its sole discretion determine that Securities issued in global form shall no longer be represented by such a Security or Securities in global form. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of certificated Securities of such series of like tenor, shall authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series of like tenor in certificated form, in authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Security or Securities of such series of like tenor in global form in exchange for such Security or Securities in global form. If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 3.01 with respect to a series of Securities, the Depositary for such series may surrender a Security in global form of such series in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in certificated form on such terms as are acceptable to the Company and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, (i) to each Person specified by such Depositary a new certified Security or Securities of the same series of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person's beneficial interest in the Security in global form; and (ii) to such Depositary a new Security in global form of like tenor in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Security in global form and the aggregate principal amount of certificated Securities delivered to Holders thereof. Upon the exchange of a Security in global form for Securities in certificated form, such Security in global form shall be canceled by the Trustee. 39 33 Securities issued in exchange for a Security in global form pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such Security in global form, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered. Whenever any Securities are surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Unless otherwise provided in the Securities to be transferred or exchanged, no service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer. If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of such series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under Section 11.03 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part. The foregoing provisions relating to registration, transfer and exchange may be modified, supplemented or superseded with respect to any series of Securities by a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. Section 3.06 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 40 34 If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. Section 3.07 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest. Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called "DEFAULTED INTEREST") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below: (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of 41 35 Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless such Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the reasonable expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2). (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause (2), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security. Section 3.08 Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Sections 3.05 and 3.07) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest of a Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial 42 36 ownership interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Security in global form, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the right of such Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of such Security in global form. Section 3.09 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be held by the Trustee and may be destroyed (and, if so destroyed, certification of their destruction shall be delivered to the Company, unless, by a Company Order, the Company shall direct that canceled Securities be returned to it). Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a year of twelve 30-day months. Section 3.11 CUSIP Number. The Company in issuing Securities of any series may use a "CUSIP" number, and if so, the Trustee may use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders of such series; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed on the notice or on the Securities of such series, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number of any series of Securities. Section 3.12 Wire Transfers. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company may make any payment of moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee on account of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (whether pursuant to optional or mandatory redemption payments, interest payments or otherwise) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by the Trustee on or before the date and time such moneys are to be paid to the Holders of the Securities in accordance with the terms hereof. 43 37 ARTICLE 4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE Section 4.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and replacement of such Securities which may have been lost, stolen or mutilated as herein expressly provided for or in the form of Security for such series), when the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when (1) either (a) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.05) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (b) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable, or (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the reasonable expense, of the Company, and the Company, in the case of (b)(i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount, in the currency or currencies or currency unit or units in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be; (2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with; and (4) no event or condition shall exist on the date of such deposit that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.02 or 14.03, would prevent the Company from making payments of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series on the date of such deposit. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been 44 38 deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.05 shall survive. Section 4.02 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.05, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Section 4.03 Application to a Specific Series of Securities. The Company may elect to satisfy and discharge its obligations with respect to a specific series of Securities under the Indenture by complying with the terms of Article 4. If the Company makes such election, (a) the terms of Section 4.01 and 4.02 shall apply only to the specific series of Securities and the terms of the Indenture as it relates to such series of Securities and (b) the other Securities issued hereunder and the Indenture as it relates to such other Securities shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES Section 5.01 Events of Default. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of a series, "Event of Default," wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or to be effected by reason of Article 14 hereof or by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): (1) the Company defaults in the payment of interest on any Security of that series when such interest becomes due and payable and the default continues for a period of 30 days; or (2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on any Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity or on redemption or otherwise; or (3) the Company fails to deposit any sinking fund payment, for five days after it becomes due by the terms of a Security of that series; or 45 39 (4) the Company fails to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants, agreements or warranties in the Securities of that series or this Indenture (other than a covenant, agreement or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than that series), and the failure to observe or perform continues for the period and after the notice specified in the last paragraph of this Section; or (5) an event of default, as defined in any mortgage, indenture, or instrument under which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness of the Company (including Securities of another series) (other than the Securities of such series) (whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created or incurred) shall occur, which event of default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness at final maturity after the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such event of default, and (ii) results in Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such default in payment is not cured or such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and to the Trustee from the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series specifying such event of default and requiring the Company to cure such default in payment or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; provided, however, that it shall not be an Event of Default if the principal amount of Indebtedness which is not paid at maturity or the maturity of which is accelerated is equal to or less than $20,000,000; provided further that if, prior to a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of that series or the entry of judgment in favor of the Trustee in a suit pursuant to Section 5.03, such default shall be remedied or cured by the Company or waived by the holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or any of the Holders of the Securities of that series; or (6) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (a) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to itself, (b) consents to the entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, (c) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, (d) applies for, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of or taking possession by a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, (e) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (f) takes any corporate action in furtherance of or to facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the foregoing; or (7) (i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for relief in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law which shall (a) approve as properly filed a petition seeking 46 40 reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition in respect of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, (b) appoint a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property or (c) order the winding-up or liquidation of affairs of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, and such judgment, decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or (ii) any bankruptcy or insolvency petition or application is filed, or any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding is commenced, against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and such petition, application or proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days; or (iii) a warrant of attachment is issued against any material portion of the property of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries which is not released within 60 days of service; or (8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series. A Default under clause (4) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 60 days after receipt of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the notice is a "Notice of Default." When a Default under clause (4) above is cured within such 60-day period, it ceases to be a Default. Section 5.02 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.01) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice in writing to the Company, or the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the unpaid principal of and accrued interest to the date of acceleration (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) on all the Outstanding Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately and, upon any such declaration, the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified principal amount) shall become and be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 5.01 occurs, all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified principal amount) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security of that series. Upon payment of all such principal and interest, all of the Company's obligations under the Securities of that series and (upon payment of the Securities of all series) this Indenture shall terminate, except obligations under Section 6.07. At any time after a declaration of acceleration of Maturity with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of 47 41 the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest on the Securities of that series that has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived, (ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest and overdue principal that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration have been paid, (iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (iv) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 6.07 have been made. Section 5.03 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if: (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security of any series when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of any series at the Maturity thereof, or (3) default is made in the payment of any sinking or analogous obligation when the same becomes due by the terms of the Securities of any series, and any such default continues for any period of grace provided with respect to the Securities of such series, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial 48 42 proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy. Section 5.04 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings, and (ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. Section 5.05 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 49 43 Section 5.06 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the Securities of any series shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal, premium, if any, or interest, upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07 applicable to such series; Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities of such series in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities of such series for principal, and premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and Third: To the Company. The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 5.06. At least ten (10) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be paid. Section 5.07 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: (1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series; (2) the Holders of at least twenty-five percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; (3) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and (5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a 50 44 majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of Holders of Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders of Securities of the affected series. Section 5.08 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture but subject to Article 14, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to Section 3.07) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. Section 5.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted. Section 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. Section 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 51 45 Section 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that: (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture; (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction; and (3) subject to Section 6.01, the Trustee need not take any action which might involve the Trustee in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not joining therein. Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may by written notice to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any Default or Event of Default with respect to such series and its consequences, except a Default or Event of Default: (1) in respect of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, or (2) in respect of a covenant or other provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected. Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture and the Securities of such series; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Section 5.14 Undertaking for Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or 52 46 interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date). ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE Section 6.01 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee. (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee's duties and responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 315(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. (c) None of the provisions of Section 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be excluded from this Indenture. (d) Every provision of this Indenture which pertains to the Trustee shall be subject to this Section 6.01. Section 6.02 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give to all Holders of Securities of such series, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default or Event of Default known to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Security of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series. Section 6.03 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act: (a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; (b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any 53 47 resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution; (c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate; (d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon; (e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; (f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval or other paper or document, or the books and records of the Company, unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand; (g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder; and (h) the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Section 6.04 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. The recitals herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee's certificates of authentication, 54 48 shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the statements made by it or to be made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. Section 6.05 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent. Section 6.06 Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder (including amounts held by the Trustee as Paying Agent) need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed upon in writing with the Company. Section 6.07 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company agrees: (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation as negotiated between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon or determined or measured by the income of the Trustee), incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(6) or Section 5.01(7), the expenses 55 49 (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Bankruptcy Law. The provisions of this Section 6.07 shall survive this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Section 6.08 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests. The Trustee shall be disqualified only where such disqualification is required by Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Section 6.09 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act having a combined capital and surplus (together with its parent) of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company may serve as Trustee. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. (a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. (b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. (c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. 56 50 (d) If at any time: (i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or (ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or (iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation; then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. (e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such Securities. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. (f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each 57 51 appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. (a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder. (b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of some (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates. 58 52 (c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be. (d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under the Trust Indenture Act. Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor (by merger, conversion, consolidation or otherwise as permitted hereunder) to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities. Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated therein. Section 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of, and subject to the direction of, the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.06, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus (together with its parent) of not less than $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then 59 53 for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section. Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section. The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation as negotiated between the Company and such Authenticating Agent for its services under this Section. If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form: Form of Authenticating Agent's Certificate of Authentication Dated: ____________________ This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 60 54 ---------------------------- As Trustee By -------------------------- Authorized Signatory By -------------------------- As Authenticating Agent Section 6.15 Compliance with Tax Laws. The Trustee hereby agrees to comply with all U.S. Federal income tax information reporting and withholding requirements applicable to it with respect to payments of premium (if any) and interest on the Securities of any series, whether acting as Trustee, Security Registrar, Paying Agent or otherwise with respect to the Securities of any series. ARTICLE 7 HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY Section 7.01 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee: (a) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after the Regular Record Date for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of such Regular Record Date (unless the Trustee has such information), or if there is no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semi-annually, upon such dates as are set forth in the Board Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and (b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished. Section 7.02 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 61 55 (b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as "applicants") apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either: (i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a); or (ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application. If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and address appears in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.02(a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application. (c) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with Section 7.02(b), regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Section 7.02(b). 62 56 Section 7.03 Reports by Trustee. (a) Within 60 days after ______ of each year commencing with the year 200_, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of ______, if required by and in compliance with Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act. The Trustee shall also comply with Section 313(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange or inter-dealer quotation system upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or inter-dealer quotation system. Section 7.04 Reports by Company. The Company shall: (1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations; (2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; (3) transmit or cause to be transmitted by mail to all Holders, as their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, (a) as promptly as reasonably practicable following the furnishing of the same to its stockholders, the Company's annual report to stockholders, containing certified financial statements, and any other financial reports which the Company generally furnishes to its stockholders, and (b) within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any other information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and (4) furnish to the Trustee, on ___________ of each year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial 63 57 officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company's compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. Such certificate need not comply with Section 1.02. ARTICLE 8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, LEASE, SALE OR TRANSFER Section 8.01 When Company May Merge, Etc. Except as may be otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 relating to Securities of a series, the Company shall not consolidate with, or merge with or into, any other Person (whether or not the Company shall be the surviving corporation or entity), or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, unless: (1) either the Company shall be the continuing Person or the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or with which or into which the Company is merged or the Person (or group of affiliated Persons) to which all or substantially all the properties and assets of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety are conveyed, transferred or leased shall be a corporation or other entity (group of affiliated corporations or entities) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of related transactions, no Event of Default, and no Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may (a) consolidate with, or merge with or into, an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose incorporating the Company in another jurisdiction and/or (b) convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Subsidiary or Subsidiaries, in one transaction or a series of related transactions. Section 8.02 Opinion of Counsel. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed transaction(s) covered by Section 8.01 an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the transaction(s) and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the transaction(s) under this Indenture have been met. Section 8.03 Successor Corporation Substituted. Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other corporation 64 58 or other entity or any conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor corporation or other entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the successor corporation or entity or affiliated group of corporations or entities to which such lease, sale, assignment or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation or corporations or entity or entities had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation or corporations or entity or entities shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and in the event of such conveyance or transfer, except in the case of a lease, any such predecessor corporation may be dissolved and liquidated. ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES Section 9.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. Without notice to or the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes: (1) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities; or (2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or (3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities; or (4) to add or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons; or (5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or (6) to secure the Securities; or 65 59 (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01; or (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(b); or (9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein; or (10) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series then Outstanding; or (11) to add Guarantees with respect to any or all of the Securities; or (12) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities (provided that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Internal Revenue Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of such Code). Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and subject to the last sentence of) Section 9.03, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture. Section 9.02 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture (with the Securities of each series voting as a class), by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee shall, subject to Section 9.03, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or premium, if any, or any installment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon 66 60 or any premium payable upon the redemption, repurchase or repayment thereof, or change the manner in which the amount of any principal thereof or premium, if any, or interest thereon is determined, or reduce the amount of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency or currency unit in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or Defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.06, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 10.06, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.01(8). A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provisions of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof. Section 9.03 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article, subject to the last sentence of this Section 9.03. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 67 61 Section 9.04 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby. Section 9.05 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect. Section 9.06 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series. Section 9.07 Subordination Unimpaired. This Indenture may not be amended to alter the subordination of any of the Outstanding Securities without the written consent of each holder of Senior Debt then outstanding that would be adversely affected thereby. ARTICLE 10 COVENANTS Section 10.01 Payments of Securities. With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in accordance with their terms and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all the other terms, agreements and conditions contained in, or made in the Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series. Section 10.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the address of the Trustee as set forth in Section 1.05 hereof. The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will 68 62 give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. Section 10.03 Compliance Certificates. (a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (which fiscal year currently ends on February 28 (29)), an Officers' Certificate stating whether or not the signer knows of any Default or Event of Default by the Company that occurred prior to the end of the fiscal year and is then continuing. If the signer does know of such a Default or Event of Default, the certificate shall describe each such Default or Event of Default and its status and the specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of Default has occurred. The Company shall also promptly notify the Trustee in writing should the Company's fiscal year be changed so that the end thereof is on any date other than the date on which the Company's fiscal year currently ends. The certificate need not comply with Section 1.02 hereof, but shall comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act. (b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after the occurrence thereof, notice of any acceleration which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would be an Event of Default within the meaning of Section 5.01(5) hereof. (c) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee forthwith upon becoming aware of a Default or Event of Default (but in no event later than 10 days after the occurrence of each Default or Event of Default that is continuing), an Officers' Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto and the specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of Default has occurred. Section 10.04 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim, and will actively resist any and all efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. Section 10.05 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit 69 63 of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to so act. The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (other than the Trustee) to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will: (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent. The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for one year after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall, subject to any applicable escheat laws, be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such 70 64 trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee of such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. Section 10.06 Waiver of Certain Covenants. The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article 8, Article 10 (other than Sections __ or __) or any covenant specified as contemplated under Section 3.01 with respect to the Securities of any series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES Section 11.01 Applicability of Article. Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article. Section 11.02 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least 30 and not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. Section 11.03 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected prior to the giving of the applicable notice of redemption to Holders by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, substantially pro rata, by lot or by any other method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and that complies with the requirements of the principal 71 65 national securities exchange, if any, on which such Securities are listed, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series; provided that in case the Securities of such series have different terms and maturities, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company and the Company shall give notice thereof to the Trustee. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of the Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed. Section 11.04 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of redemption shall state: (1) the Redemption Date; (2) the Redemption Price; (3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed; (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date; (5) the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price; (6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and (7) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed. Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company. 72 66 Section 11.05 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.05) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date. Unless any Security by its terms prohibits any sinking fund payment obligation from being satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities (including Securities redeemed otherwise than through a sinking fund), the Company may deliver such Securities to the Trustee for crediting against such payment obligation in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. Section 11.06 Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular or Special Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07. If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security. Section 11.07 Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency of the Company at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and Stated Maturity, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. 73 67 ARTICLE 12 SINKING FUNDS Section 12.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund payment," and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment." If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series. Section 12.02 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any Securities previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. Section 12.03 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. Not less than 45 days (or such shorter period reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered (which have not been previously delivered). Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.06 and 11.07. 74 68 ARTICLE 13 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE Section 13.01 Applicability of Article; Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Unless as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, provision is made for the inapplicability of, in whole or in part, or any modification to, either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.02 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.03, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article, shall be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series elect to have either Section 13.02 (unless inapplicable) or Section 13.03 (unless inapplicable) be applied to the Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set forth below in this Article. Section 13.02 Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to defease the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "DEFEASANCE"). Defeasance shall mean that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Securities of such series and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same); provided, however, that the following rights, obligations, powers, trusts, duties and immunities shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund provided for in Section 13.04, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.05, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option with respect to defeasance under this Section 13.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option with respect to covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 in regard to the Securities of such series. Section 13.03 Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Company's exercise of the option provided in Section 13.01 to obtain a covenant defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under this Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 5.06, 5.09, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04 and 10.05) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 13.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, "COVENANT DEFEASANCE"). Covenant defeasance shall mean that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no 75 69 liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in this Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 5.06, 5.09, 6.10, 10.01, 10.02, 10.03, 10.04 and 10.05), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein or by reason of any reference to any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.01(4) or any such supplemental indenture with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series, and the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series shall be unaffected thereby. Section 13.04 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to defeasance under Section 13.02 and covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series: (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.09 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it), under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and each installment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities. (2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit. (3) Such deposit, defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other material debt agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound. (4) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.02, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee either (a) a ruling 76 70 directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred or (B) an Opinion of Counsel, based on such ruling or on a change in the applicable federal income tax law since the date of this Indenture, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred. (5) the case of an election with respect to Section 13.03, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred. (6) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 3.01. (7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 13.02 or the covenant defeasance under Section 13.03 (as the case may be) have been complied with. Section 13.05 Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.05, all money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 13.05, the "TRUSTEE") pursuant to Section 13.04 in respect of the Outstanding Securities of a particular series shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof, other 77 71 than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series. Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.04 with respect to Securities of any series which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited for the purpose for which such money or Government Obligations were deposited. Section 13.06 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 13.02 or 13.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, held in trust pursuant to Section 13.05 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations, as the case may be, so held in trust. ARTICLE 14 SUBORDINATION Section 14.01 Securities Subordinated to Senior Debt. Except as otherwise specified or contemplated by Section 3.01 or the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company covenants and agrees, and each holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt. The terms of this Article 14 may be modified or amended for any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01. Section 14.02 Payment over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, Etc. In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its creditors or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit 78 72 of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event specified in (a), (b) or (c) above (each such event, if any, a "PROCEEDING") the holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Debt, or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, before the holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, on account of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities or on account of any purchase or other acquisition of Securities by the Company, or any Subsidiary of the Company (all such payments, distributions, purchases and acquisitions herein referred to, individually and collectively, as a "SECURITIES PAYMENT"), and to that end the holders of all Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment thereof, any Securities Payment which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities in any such Proceeding. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Trustee or the holder of any Security shall have received any Securities Payment before all Senior Debt is paid in full or payment thereof provided for in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be paid over or delivered forthwith to the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee, agent or other Person making payment or distribution of assets of the Company for application to the payment of all Senior Debt remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt. For purposes of this Article only, the words "any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities" shall not be deemed to include a payment or distribution of stock or securities of the Company provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment authorized by an order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in a reorganization proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy law or of any other corporation provided for by such plan of reorganization or readjustment which stock or securities are subordinated in right of payment to all then outstanding Senior Debt to substantially the same extent as the Securities are so subordinated as provided in this Article. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance, transfer, sale or lease of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person upon the terms and conditions set forth in Article 8 shall not be deemed a Proceeding for the purposes of this Section if the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, transfer, sale or lease such properties and assets, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease comply with the conditions set forth in Article 8. 79 73 Section 14.03 No Payment When Senior Debt in Default. In the event that any series of Securities are declared due and payable before their maturity, then and in such event the holders of the Senior Debt outstanding at the time such series of Securities so become due and payable shall be entitled to receive payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Debt, or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Debt, before the holders of the Securities of such series are entitled to receive any Securities Payment. In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment of principal or of premium, if any, or interest on any Senior Debt beyond any applicable grace period with respect thereto, or in the event that any event of default with respect to any Senior Debt shall have occurred and be continuing permitting the holders of such Senior Debt (or a trustee, or other representative on behalf of the holders thereof) to declare such Senior Debt due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, unless and until such event of default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist and any such acceleration shall have been rescinded or annulled, or in the event any judicial proceeding shall be pending with respect to any such default in payment or event of default, then no Securities Payment shall be made. In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall make any Securities Payment to the Trustee or any holder prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section, and if such fact shall, at or prior to the time of such Securities Payment, have been made known to the Trustee or, as the case may be, such holder, then and in such event such Securities Payment shall be paid over and delivered forthwith to the Company. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any Securities Payment with respect to which Section 14.02 would be applicable. Section 14.04 Payment Permitted If No Default. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during the pendency of any Proceeding referred to in Section 14.02 or under the conditions described in Section 14.03, from making Securities Payments, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to Securities Payments or the retention of such Securities Payment by the holders, if at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have actual knowledge that such Securities Payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article. Section 14.05 Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt. Subject to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on or in respect of Senior Debt, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt, the holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Debt until the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full. For 80 74 purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to which the holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article, and no payments over pursuant to the provisions of this Article to the holders of Senior Debt by holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior Debt. Section 14.06 Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Article are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holders on the one hand and the holders of Senior Debt on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt and the holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt, is intended to rank equally with all other general obligations of the Company), to pay to the holders of the Securities the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms; or (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of Senior Debt; or (c) prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article of the holders of Senior Debt to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such holder. Section 14.07 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination. Each holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Section 14.08 No Waiver of Subordination Provisions. No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the holders of the Securities and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Securities to the holders of Senior Debt, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt or any instrument evidencing 81 75 the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other Person. Section 14.09 Notice to Trustee. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Debt or from any trustee therefor or representative thereof; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section at least one full Business Day prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within one full Business Day prior to such date. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee therefor or representative thereof) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee therefor or representative thereof). In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article, and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the rights of such Person to receive such payment. Section 14.10 Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, and the holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled 82 76 to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article. Section 14.11 Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly pay over or distribute to holders of Securities or to the Company or to any other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled by virtue of this Article or otherwise. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of Senior Debt or of any facts that would prohibit any payment hereunder unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received notice to that effect at the address of the Trustee set forth in Section 1.05. With respect to the holders of Senior Debt, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Debt shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. Section 14.12 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of Trustee's Rights. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article with respect to any Senior Debt which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.07. Section 14.13 Article Applicable to Paying Agents. In case at any time any paying agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term "TRUSTEE" as used in this Article shall in such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such paying agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that Sections 14.09 and 14.12 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent. ARTICLE 15 GUARANTEES Section 15.01 Guarantee. Any series of Securities may be guaranteed by one or more of the Guarantors. The terms and the form of any such Guarantee will be established in the manner contemplated by Section 3.01 for that particular series of Securities. 83 77 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written. EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY By: -------------------------- Name: -------------------------- Title: -------------------------- Attest: ------------------------------ Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------ THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK as Trustee By: -------------------------- Name: -------------------------- Title: -------------------------- Attest: ------------------------------ Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------ 84 78 [GUARANTOR] By: -------------------------- Name: -------------------------- Title: -------------------------- Attest: ------------------------------ Name: ------------------------------ Title: ------------------------------ EX-5.1 44 c63012a1ex5-1.txt OPINION OF PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISO 1 EXHIBIT 5.1 [PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LETTERHEAD] June 21, 2001 Emmis Communications Corporation Emmis Operating Company One Emmis Plaza, 7th Floor 40 Monument Circle Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Registration Statement on Form S-3 Registration No. 333-62172 Ladies and Gentlemen: In connection with the above-captioned Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") filed by Emmis Communications Corporation ("Emmis"), Emmis Operating Company ("Operating Company") and certain subsidiaries of Emmis (collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantors") with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and the rules and regulations under the Act, we have been requested to render our opinion as to the legality of certain of the securities being registered. The Registration Statement relates to the registration under the Act of (i) senior debt securities (the "Emmis Senior Debt Securities") and subordinated debt securities of Emmis (the "Emmis Subordinated Debt Securities" and, together with the Emmis Senior Debt Securities, the "Emmis Debt Securities"), consisting of notes, debentures and/or other evidences of indebtedness denominated in United States dollars or any other currency, (ii) shares of Preferred Stock (including shares issued upon conversion of the Emmis Debt Securities) of Emmis, par value $.01 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), (iii) shares of Class A Common Stock (including shares to be issued upon conversion of the Emmis Debt Securities or the Preferred Stock) of Emmis, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), (iv) Emmis's warrants to purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Emmis Debt Securities (the "Warrants"), (v) depositary shares representing fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock 2 2 (the "Depositary Shares"), (vi) senior debt securities (the "Operating Company Senior Debt Securities") and subordinated debt securities of Operating Company (the "Operating Company Subordinated Debt Securities" and, together with the Operating Company Senior Debt Securities, the "Operating Company Debt Securities"), consisting of notes, debentures and/or other evidences of indebtedness denominated in United States dollars or any other currency, (vii) guarantees of the Emmis Debt Securities issued by Operating Company and/or one or more of the Subsidiary Guarantors (collectively, the "Emmis Debt Guarantees") and (viii) guarantees of the Operating Company Debt Securities issued by Emmis and/or one or more of the Subsidiary Guarantors (collectively the "Operating Company Debt Guarantees" and, together with the Emmis Debt Guarantees, the "Guarantees"). The Emmis Debt Securities, the Preferred Stock, the Common Stock, the Warrants, the Depositary Shares and the Operating Company Debt Securities (collectively, the "Securities") and the Guarantees are being registered for offering and sale from time to time as provided by Rule 415 under the Act. The aggregate public offering price of the Securities will not exceed $500,000,000 (or its equivalent (based on the applicable exchange rate at the time of sale) if Emmis Debt Securities, shares of Preferred Stock, Warrants or Operating Company Debt Securities are issued with principal amounts or liquidation values denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units as shall be designated by Emmis or Operating Company, as the case may be). The Emmis Senior Debt Securities and the related Emmis Debt Guarantees are to be issued under an indenture, to be entered into between Emmis, the Guarantors party to it and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the "Emmis Senior Debt Indenture"). The Emmis Subordinated Debt Securities and the related Emmis Debt Guarantees are to be issued under an indenture to be entered into between Emmis, the Guarantors party to it and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the "Emmis Subordinated Debt Indenture" and, together with the Emmis Senior Debt Indenture, the "Emmis Indentures"). The Warrants are to be issued under one or more warrant agreements between Emmis, as issuer, and a warrant agent (each, a "Warrant Agreement"). The Depositary Shares are to be issued under a deposit agreement (each, a "Deposit Agreement") among Emmis, as issuer, a depositary and the owners and holders from time to time of receipts (the "Depositary Receipts") issued thereunder evidencing the Depositary Shares. The Operating Company Senior Debt Securities and the related Operating Company Debt Guarantees are to be issued under an indenture, to be entered into between Operating Company, the Guarantors party to it and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the "Operating Company Senior Debt Indenture"). The Operating Company Subordinated Debt Securities and the related Operating Company Debt Guarantees are to be issued under an indenture to be entered into between Operating Company, the Guarantors party to it and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee (the "Operating Company Subordinated Debt Indenture" and, together with the Operating Company Senior Debt Indenture, the "Operating Company Indentures"). 3 3 In this connection we have examined (i) originals, photocopies or conformed copies of the Registration Statement (including the exhibits and amendments to it), (ii) the forms of the Emmis Indentures and the Operating Company Indentures filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement and (iii) such other agreements and documents as we considered appropriate. In addition, we have made those other examinations of law and fact as we considered necessary in order to form a basis for our opinion. In connection with such investigation, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as photocopies or conformed copies and the legal capacity of natural persons executing the documents, none of which facts we have independently verified. We have relied as to matters of fact upon certificates of officers of Emmis and Operating Company. In rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that (i) Emmis and Operating Company have been duly organized and are validly existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Indiana, (ii) Emmis has the legal power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Emmis Indentures, the Warrant Agreements, the Deposit Agreements, any Operating Company Indenture to which it is a party, the Emmis Debt Securities, the Depositary Shares, the Warrants and any Operating Company Debt Guarantee issued by it, (iii) Operating Company has the legal power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Operating Company Indentures, any Emmis Debt Indenture to which it is a party, the Operating Company Debt Securities and any Emmis Debt Guarantee issued by it, (iv) each Subsidiary Guarantor has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (v) each Subsidiary Guarantor has the legal power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under any Emmis Indenture and Operating Company Indenture to which it is a party and any Guarantee issued by it, (vi) the execution, delivery and performance by Emmis of the Emmis Indentures, the Warrant Agreements, the Deposit Agreements, any Operating Company Indenture to which it is a party, the Emmis Debt Securities, the Depositary Shares, the Warrants or any Operating Company Debt Guarantee issued by it will not conflict with or violate the charter or bylaws of Emmis, the laws of the State of Indiana or the terms of any agreement or instrument to which Emmis is subject, (vii) the execution, delivery and performance by Operating Company of the Operating Company Indentures, any Emmis Indenture to which it is a party, the Operating Company Debt Securities or any Emmis Debt Guarantee issued by it will not conflict with or violate the charter or bylaws of Operating Company, the laws of the State of Indiana or the terms of any agreement or instrument to which Operating Company is subject, (viii) the execution, delivery and performance by any Subsidiary Guarantor of any Emmis Indenture, Operating Company Indenture to which it is a party or any Guarantee issued by it will not conflict with or violate the charter or bylaws or other organizational documents of any such Subsidiary Guarantor, the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or the terms of any agreement or instrument to which such Subsidiary Guarantor is subject, (ix) the Emmis Indentures and the Operating Company Indentures shall have been duly authorized, executed and 4 4 delivered by the parties to each of them in substantially the forms filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (x) the Emmis Indentures and the Operating Company Indentures, when so executed and delivered, will represent valid and binding obligations of the appropriate trustee under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and the State of New York and of Emmis or Operating Company, as the case may be, under the laws of the State of Indiana, (xi) each Warrant Agreement will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties to it, (xii) each Warrant Agreement, when so executed and delivered, will represent a valid and binding obligation of the appropriate warrant agent under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and the State of New York and of Emmis under the laws of the State of Indiana, (xiii) each Deposit Agreement will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties to it, (xiv) each Deposit Agreement, when so executed and delivered, will represent a valid and binding obligation of the depositary under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and the State of New York and of Emmis under the laws of the State of Indiana, (xv) the Depositary Receipts will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the depositary against deposit of shares of Preferred Stock in respect thereof and (xvi) the Depositary Receipts, when so executed and delivered, will represent a valid and binding obligation of the depositary under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and the State of New York. We have also assumed, with respect to Emmis Debt Securities, the Warrants, the Depositary Shares and the Operating Company Debt Securities of a particular series or issuance offered (the "Offered Securities") and the related Guarantees, that (i) the terms of issue and sale of the Offered Securities and the related Guarantees shall have been duly established in accordance with the appropriate Indenture, Warrant Agreement or Deposit Agreement, as the case may be, (ii) the Offered Securities and the related Guarantees shall have been duly authorized, issued and delivered by Emmis, Operating Company or the appropriate Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, and duly authenticated by the appropriate trustee, warrant agent or depositary, as the case may be, all in accordance with the terms of the appropriate Indenture, Warrant Agreement or Depositary Agreement, as the case may be, and against payment by the purchasers at the agreed consideration, (iii) the Offered Securities, when so issued, authenticated, delivered and sold, will represent valid and binding obligations of the Emmis or Operating Company, as the case may be, under the laws of the State of Indiana and (iv) the Guarantees, when so issued, authenticated, delivered and sold, will represent valid and binding obligations of Emmis, Operating Company or the appropriate Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that: 1. When issued, authenticated and delivered, the Emmis Debt Securities, the Warrants and the Operating Company Debt Securities will be legal, valid and binding obligations of Emmis or Operating Company, as the case may be, enforceable against Emmis or Operating Company, as the case may be, in accordance 5 5 with their respective terms and the Guarantees will be legal, valid and binding obligations of Emmis, Operating Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, enforceable against Emmis, Operating Company and any such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective terms, except in each case as enforceability may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, (b) subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) requirements that a claim with respect to any Offered Securities denominated other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than in United States dollars in respect of the claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined by applicable law. 2. The Depositary Shares, when issued in accordance with the applicable Deposit Agreement and sold, will be legally issued and will entitle the holders of the Depositary Shares to the rights specified in the applicable Deposit Agreement. Our opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the federal laws of the United States of America. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to the laws, and the rules, regulations and orders under them, that are currently in effect. We hereby consent to the use of our name in the Registration Statement and in the prospectus in the Registration Statement as it appears in the caption "Legal Matters" and to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Act or by the rules and regulations under it. Very truly yours, /s/ PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON EX-5.2 45 c63012a1ex5-2.txt OPINION OF BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS LLP 1 EXHIBIT 5.2 BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS LLP 2700 FIRST INDIANA PLAZA 135 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204 (317) 684-5000 June 21, 2001 Emmis Communications Corporation One Emmis Plaza 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700 Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-62172) Ladies and Gentlemen: We are acting as counsel to Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the shelf registration by the Company and Emmis Operating Company, an Indiana corporation (the "Operating Subsidiary") of $500,000,000 in maximum aggregate offering price of (i) shares of the Company's Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), (ii) shares of the Company's preferred stock ("Preferred Stock"), (iii) shares of Preferred Stock represented by depositary shares ("Depositary Shares"), (iv) debt securities of the Company and the Operating Subsidiary ("Debt Securities"), (v) warrants ("Warrants") of the Company to purchase Common Stock, Preferred Stock or Debt Securities and (vi) guarantees ("Guarantees") by the Company of the Operating Subsidiary's Debt Securities or by the Operating Company of the Company's Debt Securities. The Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Depositary Shares, Debt Securities, Warrants and Guarantees are the subject of a Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") filed by the Company, the Operating Subsidiary and certain subsidiary guarantors on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. We have examined photostatic copies of the Company's Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles") and Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended to date, resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company and such other documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary to enable us to render the opinion set forth below. We have assumed the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as photostatic copies, the authenticity of the originals of such documents, and the genuineness of all signatures appearing thereon. Based upon and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that: (1) The Company has authority pursuant to its Articles to issue up to 170,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Upon (a) adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law and (b) issuance and delivery of such shares in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement and by such resolution, and payment of legal consideration for such shares in an amount determined by the board of 2 Emmis Communications Corporation June 21, 2001 Page 2 directors under Indiana law to be adequate at the time of sale, such shares of Common Stock will be legally issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. (2) The Company has authority pursuant to its Articles to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock. Upon (a) due establishment of a series of Preferred Stock in accordance with the Articles and applicable law, (b) adoption by the board of directors of the Company of a resolution in form and content as required by applicable law and (c) issuance and delivery of such shares in the manner contemplated by the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement and by such resolution, and payment of legal consideration for such shares in an amount determined by the board of directors under Indiana law to be adequate at the time of sale, such shares of Preferred Stock will be legally issued, fully paid, and nonassessable. We do not hold ourselves out as being conversant with the laws of any jurisdiction other than those of the United States and the State of Indiana and, therefore, this opinion is limited to the laws of those jurisdictions. Our opinions are rendered only with respect to the laws, and the rules, regulations and orders under them, that are currently in effect. We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm under the caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933. Very truly yours, BOSE McKINNEY & EVANS LLP EX-23.3 46 c63012a1ex23-3.txt CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 1 EXHIBIT 23.3 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report (and to all references to our Firm) included in or made a part of this registration statement. /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Indianapolis, Indiana, June 21, 2001 EX-23.4 47 c63012a1ex23-4.txt CONSENT OF ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP, BALTIMORE, MD. 1 EXHIBIT 23.4 Consent of Independent Public Accountants As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our report (and to all references to our firm) included in or made a part of this registration statement. /s/ ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP Baltimore, Maryland June 21, 2001 EX-23.5 48 c63012a1ex23-5.txt CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP 1 EXHIBIT 23.5 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-62172 of Emmis Communications Corporation on Form S-3 of our report dated September 5, 2000, on the combined financial statements of KZLA-FM and the related FCC broadcasting license owned by Bonneville Holding Company as of and for the year ended December 31, 1999, appearing in the Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-62160 on Form S-4 of Emmis Communications Corporation filed on June 21, 2001, and to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement. DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Salt Lake City, Utah June 21, 2001 EX-23.6 49 c63012a1ex23-6.txt CONSENT OF MCGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP 1 EXHIBIT 23.6 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-62172 of Emmis Communications Corporation on Form S-3 of our report on Lee Enterprises Certain Broadcasting Operations, as of September 30, 1999 and 2000 and for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 2000, dated March 9, 2001. We also consent to the reference to our Firm under the caption "Experts" in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement. /s/ McGLADREY & PULLEN, LLP Davenport, Iowa June 21, 2001 EX-25.1 50 c63012a1ex25-1.txt STATEMENT RE ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE ON FORM T-1 1 Exhibit 25.1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 (B) (2)_______________ THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) New York 13-5691211 (State of Incorporation (I.R.S. employer If not a U.S. national bank) Identification number) One Liberty Plaza New York, N.Y. 10006 (Address of principal (Zip code) Executive office) EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) Indiana (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 35-1542018 (I.R.S. employer identification no.) One Emmis Plaza 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (Address of principal executive offices) (Postal Code) SENIOR NOTES (Title of the indenture securities) 2 -2- Item 1. General Information Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Street New York, N. Y. 10045 State of New York Banking Department State House, Albany, N.Y. (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Item 2. Affiliation with the Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. The obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee. Item 4. Trusteeships under other indentures. If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the obligor are outstanding, furnish the following information: (a) Title of the securities outstanding under each such other indenture. Emmis Communications Corporation 12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2011 (b) A brief statement of the facts relied upon as a basis for the claim that no conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b)(1) of the Act arises as a result of the trusteeship under any such other indenture, including a statement as to how the indenture securities will rank as compared with the securities issued under such other indenture. The trustee does not believe there is any default under the outstanding securities. The securities to be issued under this indenture will rank senior to the securities issued and outstanding under such other indenture. Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of eligibility. Exhibit 1 - Copy of the Organization Certificate of the Trustee as now in effect. (Exhibit 1 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). 3 -3- Exhibit 2 - Copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to commerce business. (Exhibit 2 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 3 - None; authorization to exercise corporate trust powers is contained in the documents identified above as Exhibit 1 and 2. Exhibit 4 - Copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee.(Exhibit 4 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 5 - No Indenture referred to in Item 4. Exhibit 6 - The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321 (b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.(Exhibit 6 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-27685). Exhibit 7 - Copy of the latest Report of Condition of the Trustee as of March 31, 2001 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee, The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 21st day of June, 2001. THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK By: /S/ Warren A. Goshine --------------------------------------- Warren A. Goshine 4 The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York FFIEC 041 - ---------------------------------------------------- Page RC-1 Legal Title of Bank [10] New York - ---------------------------------------------------- City New York 10006 - ---------------------------------------------------- State Zip Code FDIC Certificate Number ----------------------------- Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial and State-Chartered Savings Banks for March 31, 2001 All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter. Schedule RC-Balance Sheet
------------------------------------- Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCON Bil Mil Thou - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS 1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A): a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1)............................ 0081 149 1.a. b. Interest-bearing balances(2)..................................................... 0071 5 010 1.b. 2. Securities: a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)....................... 1754 1 218 2.a. b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)..................... 1773 0 2.b. 3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell.............. 1350 13 697 3. 4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C): a. LOANS AND LEASES HELD FOR SALE................................................... 5369 0 4.a. b. LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME.......................... B528 0 4.b. c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses......................... 3123 0 4.c. d. LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME AND ALLOWANCE (item 4.b minus 4.c)...... B529 0 4.d. 5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)................................................. 3545 0 5. 6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)............................ 2145 2 6. 7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)........................................ 2150 7. 8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)............................................................... 2130 0 8. 9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding........................ 2155 0 9. 10. Intangible assets: a. GOODWILL......................................................................... 3163 0 10.a. b. OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (from Schedule RC-M)..................................... 0426 0 10.b. 11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)................................................... 2160 284 11. 12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)............................................ 2170 20 360 12.
- ------------ (1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits. (2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading. 5 FFIEC 041 Page RC-2 [ 11 ] Schedule RC--Continued
-------------------- Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCON Bil Mil Thou - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIABILITIES 13. Deposits: a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E)................... 2200 7 319 13.a. (1) Noninterest-bearing(1).............................................. 6631 7 259 13.a.(1) (2) Interest-bearing.................................................... 6636 60 13.a.(2) b. Not applicable 14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase..................... 2800 0 14. 15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)....................................................... 3548 0 15. 16. OTHER BORROWED MONEY (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)(from Schedule RC-M)........................................................ 3190 0 16. 17. Not applicable 18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding....................................... 2920 0 18. 19. Subordinated notes and debentures(2)........................................................... 3200 0 19. 20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)......................................................... 2930 163 20. 21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)................................................. 2948 7 482 21. 22. MINORITY INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES................................................. 3000 0 22. EQUITY CAPITAL 23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.................................................. 3838 0 23. 24. Common stock................................................................................... 3230 1 000 24. 25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)....................................... 3839 10 030 25. 26. a. Retained earnings........................................................................... 3632 1 848 26.a. b. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME(3)................................................... B530 0 26.b. 27. OTHER EQUITY CAPITAL COMPONENTS(4)............................................................. A130 0 27. 28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27).............................................. 3210 12 878 28. 29. Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)......... 3300 20 360 29. Memorandum TO BE REPORTED WITH THE MARCH REPORT OF CONDITION. 1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best RCON Number describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank ----------------- by independent external auditors as of any date during 2000.......................................... 6724 1 M.1.
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance 4 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in with generally accepted auditing standards by a accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by certified public accounting firm which submits a report a certified public accounting firm (may be required by on the bank state chartering authority) 2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company 5 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing external auditors (may be required by state chartering standards by a certified public accounting firm which authority) submits a report on the consolidated holding company 6 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external (but not on the bank separately) auditors 3 = ATTESTATION ON BANK MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTION ON THE 7 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BANK'S INTERNAL CONTROL OVER external auditors FINANCIAL REPORTING BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING 8 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work) FIRM 9 = No external audit work
- ------------- (1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits. (2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus. (3) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, and minimum pension liability adjustments. (4) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.
EX-25.2 51 c63012a1ex25-2.txt STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRSUTEE ON FORM T-1 1 EXHIBIT 25.2 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 (B) (2) -------------------------- THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) New York 13-5691211 (State of Incorporation (I.R.S. employer If not a U.S. national bank) Identification number) One Liberty Plaza New York, N.Y. 10006 (Address of principal (Zip code) Executive office) ----------------------- EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) Indiana (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 35-1542018 (I.R.S. employer identification no.) One Emmis Plaza 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (Address of principal executive offices) (Postal Code) -------------------------- SUBORDINATED NOTES (Title of the indenture securities) 2 -2- Item 1. General Information Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Street New York, N. Y. 10045 State of New York Banking Department State House, Albany, N.Y. (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Item 2. Affiliation with the Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. The obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee. Item 4 Trusteeships under other indentures. If the trustee is a trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the obligor are outstanding, furnish the following information: (a) Title of the securities outstanding under each such other indenture. Emmis Communications Corporation 12 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2011 (b) A brief statement of the facts relied upon as a basis for the claim that no conflicting interest within the meaning of Section 310(b)(1) of the Act arises as a result of the trusteeship under any such other indenture, including a statement as to how the indenture securities will rank as compared with the securities issued under such other indenture. The trustee does not believe there is any default under the outstanding securities. The ranking of the securities to be issued under this indenture will rank pari passu with the securities issued and outstanding under such other indenture. Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of eligibility. Exhibit 1 - Copy of the Organization Certificate of the Trustee as now in effect. (Exhibit 1 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). 3 Exhibit 2 - Copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to commerce business. (Exhibit 2 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 3 - None; authorization to exercise corporate trust powers is contained in the documents identified above as Exhibit 1 and 2. Exhibit 4 - Copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 5 - No Indenture referred to in Item 4. Exhibit 6 - The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321 (b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. (Exhibit 6 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-27685). Exhibit 7 - Copy of the latest Report of Condition of the Trustee as of March 31, 2001 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee, The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 21st day of June, 2001. THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK By: /S/ Warren A. Goshine --------------------------------- Warren A. Goshine 4 The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York FFIEC 041 - ---------------------------------------------------- Page RC-1 Legal Title of Bank [10] New York - ---------------------------------------------------- City New York 10006 - ---------------------------------------------------- State Zip Code FDIC Certificate Number ----------------------------- Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial and State-Chartered Savings Banks for March 31, 2001 All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter. Schedule RC-Balance Sheet
------------------------------------- Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCON Bil Mil Thou - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS 1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A): a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1)............................ 0081 149 1.a. b. Interest-bearing balances(2)..................................................... 0071 5 010 1.b. 2. Securities: a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)....................... 1754 1 218 2.a. b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)..................... 1773 0 2.b. 3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell.............. 1350 13 697 3. 4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C): a. LOANS AND LEASES HELD FOR SALE................................................... 5369 0 4.a. b. LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME.......................... B528 0 4.b. c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses......................... 3123 0 4.c. d. LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME AND ALLOWANCE (item 4.b. minus 4.c)..... B529 0 4.d. 5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)................................................. 3545 0 5. 6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)............................ 2145 2 6. 7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)........................................ 2150 7. 8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)............................................................... 2130 0 8. 9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding........................ 2155 0 9. 10. Intangible assets: a. GOODWILL......................................................................... 3163 0 10.a. b. OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (from Schedule RC-M)..................................... 0426 0 10.b. 11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)................................................... 2160 284 11. 12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)............................................ 2170 20 360 12.
- ------------ (1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits. (2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading. 5 FFIEC 041 Page RC-2 [ 11 ] Schedule RC--Continued
-------------------- Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCON Bil Mil Thou - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIABILITIES 13. Deposits: a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E)................... 2200 7 319 13.a. (1) Noninterest-bearing(1).............................................. 6631 7 259 13.a.(1) (2) Interest-bearing.................................................... 6636 60 13.a.(2) b. Not applicable 14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase..................... 2800 0 14. 15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)....................................................... 3548 0 15. 16. OTHER BORROWED MONEY (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)(from Schedule RC-M)........................................................ 3190 0 16. 17. Not applicable 18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding....................................... 2920 0 18. 19. Subordinated notes and debentures(2)........................................................... 3200 0 19. 20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)......................................................... 2930 163 20. 21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)................................................. 2948 7 482 21. 22. MINORITY INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES................................................. 3000 0 22. EQUITY CAPITAL 23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.................................................. 3838 0 23. 24. Common stock................................................................................... 3230 1 000 24. 25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)....................................... 3839 10 030 25. 26. a. Retained earnings........................................................................... 3632 1 848 26.a. b. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME(3)................................................... B530 0 26.b. 27. OTHER EQUITY CAPITAL COMPONENTS(4)............................................................. A130 0 27. 28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27).............................................. 3210 12 878 28. 29. Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)......... 3300 20 360 29. Memorandum TO BE REPORTED WITH THE MARCH REPORT OF CONDITION. 1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best RCON Number describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank ----------------- by independent external auditors as of any date during 2000.......................................... 6724 1 M.1.
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance 4 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in with generally accepted auditing standards by a accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by certified public accounting firm which submits a report a certified public accounting firm (may be required by on the bank state chartering authority) 2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company 5 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing external auditors (may be required by state chartering standards by a certified public accounting firm which authority) submits a report on the consolidated holding company 6 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external (but not on the bank separately) auditors 3 = ATTESTATION ON BANK MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTION ON THE 7 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BANK'S INTERNAL CONTROL OVER external auditors FINANCIAL REPORTING BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING 8 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work) FIRM 9 = No external audit work
- ------------- (1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits. (2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus. (3) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, and minimum pension liability adjustments. (4) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.
EX-25.3 52 c63012a1ex25-3.txt STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE ON FORM T-1 1 EXHIBIT 25.3 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 (B) (2) THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) New York 13-5691211 (State of Incorporation (I.R.S. employer If not a U.S. national bank) Identification number) One Liberty Plaza New York, N.Y. 10006 (Address of principal (Zip code) Executive office) ----------------------- EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) Indiana (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 35-2141064 (I.R.S. employer identification no.) One Emmis Plaza 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (Address of principal executive offices) (Postal Code) ----------------------- SENIOR NOTES (Title of the indenture securities) 2 -2- Item 1. General Information Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Street New York, N. Y. 10045 State of New York Banking Department State House, Albany, N.Y. (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Item 2. Affiliation with the Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. The obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee. Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of eligibility. Exhibit 1 - Copy of the Organization Certificate of the Trustee as now in effect. (Exhibit 1 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 2 - Copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to commerce business. (Exhibit 2 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 3 - None; authorization to exercise corporate trust powers is contained in the documents identified above as Exhibit 1 and 2. Exhibit 4 - Copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 5 - No Indenture referred to in Item 4. Exhibit 6 - The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321 (b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. (Exhibit 6 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-27685). Exhibit 7 - Copy of the latest Report of Condition of the Trustee as of March 31, 2001 3 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee, The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 21st day of June, 2001. THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK By: /S/ Warren A. Goshine ---------------------------- Warren A. Goshine 4 The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York FFIEC 041 - ---------------------------------------------------- Page RC-1 Legal Title of Bank [10] New York - ---------------------------------------------------- City New York 10006 - ---------------------------------------------------- State Zip Code FDIC Certificate Number ----------------------------- Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial and State-Chartered Savings Banks for March 31, 2001 All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter. Schedule RC-Balance Sheet
------------------------------------- Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCON Bil Mil Thou - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS 1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A): a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1)............................ 0081 149 1.a. b. Interest-bearing balances(2)..................................................... 0071 5 010 1.b. 2. Securities: a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)....................... 1754 1 218 2.a. b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)..................... 1773 0 2.b. 3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell.............. 1350 13 697 3. 4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C): a. LOANS AND LEASES HELD FOR SALE................................................... 5369 0 4.a. b. LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME.......................... B528 0 4.b. c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses......................... 3123 0 4.c. d. LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME AND ALLOWANCE (item 4.b. minus 4.c)..... B529 0 4.d. 5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)................................................. 3545 0 5. 6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)............................ 2145 2 6. 7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)........................................ 2150 7. 8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)............................................................... 2130 0 8. 9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding........................ 2155 0 9. 10. Intangible assets: a. GOODWILL......................................................................... 3163 0 10.a. b. OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (from Schedule RC-M)..................................... 0426 0 10.b. 11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)................................................... 2160 284 11. 12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)............................................ 2170 20 360 12.
- ------------ (1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits. (2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading. 5 FFIEC 041 Page RC-2 [ 11 ] Schedule RC--Continued
-------------------- Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCON Bil Mil Thou - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIABILITIES 13. Deposits: a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E)................... 2200 7 319 13.a. (1) Noninterest-bearing(1).............................................. 6631 7 259 13.a.(1) (2) Interest-bearing.................................................... 6636 60 13.a.(2) b. Not applicable 14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase..................... 2800 0 14. 15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)....................................................... 3548 0 15. 16. OTHER BORROWED MONEY (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)(from Schedule RC-M)........................................................ 3190 0 16. 17. Not applicable 18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding....................................... 2920 0 18. 19. Subordinated notes and debentures(2)........................................................... 3200 0 19. 20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)......................................................... 2930 163 20. 21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)................................................. 2948 7 482 21. 22. MINORITY INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES................................................. 3000 0 22. EQUITY CAPITAL 23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.................................................. 3838 0 23. 24. Common stock................................................................................... 3230 1 000 24. 25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)....................................... 3839 10 030 25. 26. a. Retained earnings........................................................................... 3632 1 848 26.a. b. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME(3)................................................... B530 0 26.b. 27. OTHER EQUITY CAPITAL COMPONENTS(4)............................................................. A130 0 27. 28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27).............................................. 3210 12 878 28. 29. Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)......... 3300 20 360 29. Memorandum TO BE REPORTED WITH THE MARCH REPORT OF CONDITION. 1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best RCON Number describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank ----------------- by independent external auditors as of any date during 2000.......................................... 6724 1 M.1.
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance 4 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in with generally accepted auditing standards by a accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by certified public accounting firm which submits a report a certified public accounting firm (may be required by on the bank state chartering authority) 2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company 5 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing external auditors (may be required by state chartering standards by a certified public accounting firm which authority) submits a report on the consolidated holding company 6 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external (but not on the bank separately) auditors 3 = ATTESTATION ON BANK MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTION ON THE 7 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BANK'S INTERNAL CONTROL OVER external auditors FINANCIAL REPORTING BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING 8 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work) FIRM 9 = No external audit work
- ------------- (1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits. (2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus. (3) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, and minimum pension liability adjustments. (4) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.
EX-25.4 53 c63012a1ex25-4.txt STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRUSTEE ON FORM T-1 1 EXHIBIT 25.4 ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FORM T-1 STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305 (B) (2) --------------------------------------- THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) New York 13-5691211 (State of Incorporation (I.R.S. employer If not a U.S. national bank) Identification number) One Liberty Plaza New York, N.Y. 10006 (Address of principal (Zip code) Executive office) --------------------------------------- EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) Indiana (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) 35-2141064 (I.R.S. employer identification no.) One Emmis Plaza 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700 Indianapolis, IN 46204 (Address of principal executive offices) (Postal Code) --------------------------------------- SUBORDINATED NOTES (Title of the indenture securities) 2 -2- Item 1. General Information Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Reserve Bank of New York 33 Liberty Street New York, N. Y. 10045 State of New York Banking Department State House, Albany, N.Y. (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The Trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. Item 2. Affiliation with the Obligor. If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. The obligor is not an affiliate of the Trustee. Item 16. List of Exhibits. List below all exhibits filed as part of this statement of eligibility. Exhibit 1 - Copy of the Organization Certificate of the Trustee as now in effect. (Exhibit 1 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 2 - Copy of the Certificate of Authority of the Trustee to commerce business. (Exhibit 2 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 3 - None; authorization to exercise corporate trust powers is contained in the documents identified above as Exhibit 1 and 2. Exhibit 4 - Copy of the existing By-Laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-6688). Exhibit 5 - No Indenture referred to in Item 4. Exhibit 6 - The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321 (b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.(Exhibit 6 to T-1 to Registration Statement No. 333-27685). Exhibit 7 - Copy of the latest Report of Condition of the Trustee as of March 31, 2001 3 SIGNATURE Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the Trustee, The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 21st day of June, 2001. THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK By: /S/ Warren A. Goshine ------------------------------ Warren A. Goshine 4 The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York FFIEC 041 - ---------------------------------------------------- Page RC-1 Legal Title of Bank [10] New York - ---------------------------------------------------- City New York 10006 - ---------------------------------------------------- State Zip Code FDIC Certificate Number ----------------------------- Consolidated Report of Condition for Insured Commercial and State-Chartered Savings Banks for March 31, 2001 All schedules are to be reported in thousands of dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, report the amount outstanding as of the last business day of the quarter. Schedule RC-Balance Sheet
------------------------------------- Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCON Bil Mil Thou - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASSETS 1. Cash and balances due from depository institutions (from Schedule RC-A): a. Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin(1)............................ 0081 149 1.a. b. Interest-bearing balances(2)..................................................... 0071 5 010 1.b. 2. Securities: a. Held-to-maturity securities (from Schedule RC-B, column A)....................... 1754 1 218 2.a. b. Available-for-sale securities (from Schedule RC-B, column D)..................... 1773 0 2.b. 3. Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell.............. 1350 13 697 3. 4. Loans and lease financing receivables (from Schedule RC-C): a. LOANS AND LEASES HELD FOR SALE................................................... 5369 0 4.a. b. LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME.......................... B528 0 4.b. c. LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses......................... 3123 0 4.c. d. LOANS AND LEASES, NET OF UNEARNED INCOME AND ALLOWANCE (item 4.b minus 4.c)...... B529 0 4.d. 5. Trading assets (from Schedule RC-D)................................................. 3545 0 5. 6. Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)............................ 2145 2 6. 7. Other real estate owned (from Schedule RC-M)........................................ 2150 7. 8. Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies (from Schedule RC-M)............................................................... 2130 0 8. 9. Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding........................ 2155 0 9. 10. Intangible assets: a. GOODWILL......................................................................... 3163 0 10.a. b. OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS (from Schedule RC-M)..................................... 0426 0 10.b. 11. Other assets (from Schedule RC-F)................................................... 2160 284 11. 12. Total assets (sum of items 1 through 11)............................................ 2170 20 360 12.
- ------------ (1) Includes cash items in process of collection and unposted debits. (2) Includes time certificates of deposit not held for trading. 5 FFIEC 041 Page RC-2 [ 11 ] Schedule RC--Continued
-------------------- Dollar Amounts in Thousands RCON Bil Mil Thou - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIABILITIES 13. Deposits: a. In domestic offices (sum of totals of columns A and C from Schedule RC-E)................... 2200 7 319 13.a. (1) Noninterest-bearing(1).............................................. 6631 7 259 13.a.(1) (2) Interest-bearing.................................................... 6636 60 13.a.(2) b. Not applicable 14. Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase..................... 2800 0 14. 15. Trading liabilities (from Schedule RC-D)....................................................... 3548 0 15. 16. OTHER BORROWED MONEY (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)(from Schedule RC-M)........................................................ 3190 0 16. 17. Not applicable 18. Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding....................................... 2920 0 18. 19. Subordinated notes and debentures(2)........................................................... 3200 0 19. 20. Other liabilities (from Schedule RC-G)......................................................... 2930 163 20. 21. Total liabilities (sum of items 13 through 20)................................................. 2948 7 482 21. 22. MINORITY INTEREST IN CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES................................................. 3000 0 22. EQUITY CAPITAL 23. Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus.................................................. 3838 0 23. 24. Common stock................................................................................... 3230 1 000 24. 25. Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)....................................... 3839 10 030 25. 26. a. Retained earnings........................................................................... 3632 1 848 26.a. b. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME(3)................................................... B530 0 26.b. 27. OTHER EQUITY CAPITAL COMPONENTS(4)............................................................. A130 0 27. 28. Total equity capital (sum of items 23 through 27).............................................. 3210 12 878 28. 29. Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital (sum of items 21, 22, and 28)......... 3300 20 360 29. Memorandum TO BE REPORTED WITH THE MARCH REPORT OF CONDITION. 1. Indicate in the box at the right the number of the statement below that best RCON Number describes the most comprehensive level of auditing work performed for the bank --------------- by independent external auditors as of any date during 2000.......................................... 6724 1 M.1.
1 = Independent audit of the bank conducted in accordance 4 = Directors' examination of the bank conducted in with generally accepted auditing standards by a accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by certified public accounting firm which submits a report a certified public accounting firm (may be required by on the bank state chartering authority) 2 = Independent audit of the bank's parent holding company 5 = Directors' examination of the bank performed by other conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing external auditors (may be required by state chartering standards by a certified public accounting firm which authority) submits a report on the consolidated holding company 6 = Review of the bank's financial statements by external (but not on the bank separately) auditors 3 = ATTESTATION ON BANK MANAGEMENT'S ASSERTION ON THE 7 = Compilation of the bank's financial statements by EFFECTIVENESS OF THE BANK'S INTERNAL CONTROL OVER external auditors FINANCIAL REPORTING BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING 8 = Other audit procedures (excluding tax preparation work) FIRM 9 = No external audit work
- ------------- (1) Includes total demand deposits and noninterest-bearing time and savings deposits. (2) Includes limited-life preferred stock and related surplus. (3) Includes net unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities, accumulated net gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, and minimum pension liability adjustments. (4) Includes treasury stock and unearned Employee Stock Ownership Plan shares.
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