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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended May 31, 2005

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

INDIANA
(State of incorporation or organization)

0-23264
(Commission file number)

35-1542018
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

ONE EMMIS PLAZA
40 MONUMENT CIRCLE, SUITE 700
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46204

(Address of principal executive offices)

(317) 266-0100
(Registrant’s Telephone Number,
Including Area Code)

NOT APPLICABLE
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yesþ     No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 126-2 of the Act).

Yesþ     No o

     The number of shares outstanding of each of Emmis Communications Corporation’s classes of common stock, as of July 1, 2005, was:

     
31,775,071
  Shares of Class A Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
4,879,784
  Shares of Class B Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
0
  Shares of Class C Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
 
 

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INDEX

     
    Page
   
  3
  3
  5
  7
  9
  25
  38
  38
   
  39
  40
 2nd Amended/Restated Articles of Incorporation
 Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
 Certification of Principal Financial Officer
 Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer
 Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    May 31,  
    2004     2005  
NET REVENUES
  $ 153,039     $ 161,774  
OPERATING EXPENSES:
               
Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
    92,546       102,457  
Corporate expenses, excluding noncash compensation
    8,420       7,118  
Noncash compensation
    4,975       4,100  
Depreciation and amortization
    12,436       11,360  
 
           
Total operating expenses
    118,377       125,035  
 
           
OPERATING INCOME
    34,662       36,739  
 
           
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE):
               
Interest expense
    (19,696 )     (17,030 )
Loss on debt extinguishment
    (96,975 )      
Other income (expense), net
    (96 )     (402 )
 
           
Total other income (expense)
    (116,767 )     (17,432 )
 
           
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES, MINORITY INTEREST AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
    (82,105 )     19,307  
PROVISION (BENEFIT) FOR INCOME TAXES
    (8,292 )     8,144  
MINORITY INTEREST EXPENSE, NET OF TAX
    594       785  
 
           
 
INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
    (74,407 )     10,378  
 
INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, NET OF TAX OF $922 IN 2004
    837        
 
           
 
NET INCOME (LOSS)
    (73,570 )     10,378  
 
PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
    2,246       2,246  
 
           
 
NET INCOME (LOSS) AVAILABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS
  $ (75,816 )   $ 8,132  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated statements.

     In the three — month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005, $3.9 million and $2.3 million respectively, of our noncash compensation was attributable to our stations, while $1.1 million and $1.8 million was attributable to corporate.

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EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)

                 
    Three Months Ended  
    May 31,  
    2004     2005  
Basic net income (loss) available to common shareholders:
               
Continuing operations
  $ (1.37 )   $ 0.14  
Discontinued operations, net of tax
    0.01        
 
           
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
  $ (1.36 )   $ 0.14  
 
           
 
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding
    55,864       56,654  
 
               
Diluted net income (loss) available to common shareholders:
               
Continuing operations
  $ (1.37 )   $ 0.14  
Discontinued operations, net of tax
    0.01        
 
           
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
  $ (1.36 )   $ 0.14  
 
           
 
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding
    55,864       57,112  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated statements.

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EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)

                 
    February 28,     May 31,  
    2005     2005  
    (Note 1)     (Unaudited)  
ASSETS
               
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 16,054     $ 15,524  
Accounts receivable, net
    106,987       126,787  
Prepaid expenses
    16,562       19,058  
Program rights
    16,562       12,624  
Other
    8,293       6,527  
 
           
Total current assets
    164,458       180,520  
 
               
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
    193,318       190,238  
INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Note 2):
               
Indefinite-lived intangibles
    1,216,723       1,216,723  
Goodwill
    107,020       106,929  
Other intangibles, net
    24,867       33,842  
 
           
Total intangible assets
    1,348,610       1,357,494  
DEFERRED TAX ASSETS
    73,219       65,619  
OTHER ASSETS, NET
    43,430       40,452  
 
           
Total assets
  $ 1,823,035     $ 1,834,323  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated statements.

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EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (CONTINUED)
(In thousands, except share data)

                 
    February 28,     May 31,  
    2005     2005  
    (Note 1)     (Unaudited)  
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Accounts Payable
  $ 28,595     $ 31,174  
Current maturities of long-term debt
    7,688       7,637  
Current portion of TV program rights payable
    30,910       26,416  
Accrued salaries and commissions
    16,434       9,554  
Accrued interest
    9,582       3,625  
Deferred revenue
    14,335       14,241  
Other
    8,397       8,156  
 
           
Total current liabilities
    115,941       100,803  
 
               
LONG-TERM DEBT, NET OF CURRENT MATURITIES
    1,173,808       1,192,160  
 
               
OTHER LONG-TERM DEBT, NET OF CURRENT MATURITIES
    5,428       4,817  
 
               
TV PROGRAM RIGHTS PAYABLE, NET OF CURRENT PORTION
    18,634       15,146  
 
               
OTHER NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
    8,611       8,427  
 
               
MINORITY INTEREST
    48,021       47,992  
 
           
 
               
Total liabilities
    1,370,443       1,369,345  
 
           
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
               
 
               
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
               
Series A cumulative convertible preferred stock, $0.01 par value; $50.00 liquidation value; authorized 10,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 2,875,000 shares at February 28, 2005 and May 31, 2005
    29       29  
Class A common stock, $.01 par value; authorized 170,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 51,621,958 shares at February 28, 2005 and 51,946,788 shares at May 31, 2005
    516       519  
Class B common stock, $.01 par value; authorized 30,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 4,850,762 shares at February 28, 2005 and 4,879,784 shares at May 31, 2005
    48       49  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,041,128       1,046,670  
Accumulated deficit
    (589,354 )     (581,222 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
    225       (1,067 )
 
           
Total shareholders’ equity
    452,592       464,978  
 
           
 
               
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 1,823,035     $ 1,834,323  
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated statements.

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COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)

                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,  
    2004     2005  
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
               
Net income (loss)
  $ (73,570 )   $ 10,378  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities -
               
Discontinued operations
    (837 )      
Depreciation and amortization
    19,418       18,969  
Accretion of interest on senior discount notes and amortization of related debt costs
    5,596       41  
Provision for bad debts
    1,017       1,275  
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes
    (8,292 )     7,600  
Noncash compensation
    4,975       4,100  
Net cash provided from operating activities — discontinued operations
    2,615        
Loss on debt extinguishment
    96,975        
Other
    1,485       (1,212 )
Changes in assets and liabilities -
               
Accounts receivable
    (15,341 )     (18,949 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    (1,451 )     3,411  
Other assets
    (7,068 )     (2,689 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    (14,692 )     (11,774 )
Deferred revenue
    (520 )     (94 )
Cash paid for TV programming rights
    (7,852 )     (7,982 )
Other liabilities
    510       (1,116 )
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by operating activities
    2,968       1,958  
 
           
 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Purchases of property and equipment
    (7,351 )     (4,804 )
Cash paid for acquisitions
          (12,563 )
Proceeds from sale of assets, net
    7,300        
Deposits and other
    (306 )     (356 )
 
           
 
               
Net cash used in investing activities
    (357 )     (17,723 )
 
           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated statements.

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EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)

                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,  
    2004     2005  
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Payments on long-term debt
    (1,280,095 )     (9,188 )
Proceeds from long-term debt
    1,365,500       27,500  
Premiums paid to redeem outstanding debt obligations
    (72,607 )      
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    1,526       396  
Preferred stock dividends paid
    (2,246 )     (2,246 )
Settlement of tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees
    (741 )     (1,104 )
Debt related costs
    (11,473 )      
Other
          (123 )
 
           
 
               
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (136 )     15,235  
 
           
 
               
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
    2,475       (530 )
 
               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
               
Beginning of period
    19,970       16,054  
 
           
 
               
End of period
  $ 22,445     $ 15,524  
 
           
 
               
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES:
               
Cash paid for -
               
Interest
  $ 21,349     $ 22,283  
Income taxes
    121        
 
               
Noncash financing transactions-
               
Value of stock issued to employees under stock compensation program and to satisfy accrued incentives
    7,833       4,711  
 
               
ACQUISITION OF D.EXPRES (SLOVAKIA):
               
Fair value of assets acquired
          $ 16,356  
Cash paid
            12,563  
 
             
Liabilities recorded
          $ 3,793  
 
             

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EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS UNLESS INDICATED OTHERWISE, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
May 31, 2005

(Unaudited)

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Preparation of Interim Financial Statements

     Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the condensed consolidated interim financial statements included herein have been prepared, without audit, by Emmis Communications Corporation (“ECC”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, “our,” “us,” “Emmis” or the “Company”). As permitted under the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations; however, Emmis believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Annual Report for Emmis filed on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2005. The Company’s results are subject to seasonal fluctuations. Therefore, results shown on an interim basis are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

     In the opinion of Emmis, the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial statements contain all material adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of Emmis at May 31, 2005 and the results of its operations for the three-month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005 and its cash flows for the three - - month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005.

Stock-Based Compensation

     The Company accounts for its stock-based award plans in accordance with Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related interpretations, under which compensation expense is recorded to the extent that the market price on the grant date of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price. The required unaudited pro forma net income and pro forma earnings per share as if the stock-based awards had been accounted for using the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, are as follows:

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    Three Months Ended May 31,  
    2004     2005  
    (Unaudited)  
Net Income (Loss) Available to Common Shareholders:
               
As Reported
  $ (75,816 )   $ 8,132  
Plus: Reported stock-based employee compensation costs, net of tax
    3,085       2,419  
Less: Stock-based employee compensation costs, net of tax, if fair value method had been applied to all awards
    5,579       4,109  
 
           
Pro Forma
  $ (78,310 )   $ 6,442  
 
           
 
               
Basic EPS:
               
As Reported
  $ (1.36 )   $ 0.14  
Pro Forma
  $ (1.40 )   $ 0.11  
 
               
Diluted EPS:
               
As Reported
  $ (1.36 )   $ 0.14  
Pro Forma
  $ (1.40 )   $ 0.11  

Advertising Costs

     The Company defers the costs of major advertising campaigns for which future benefits are demonstrated. These costs are amortized over the shorter of the estimated period benefited (generally six months) or the remainder of the fiscal year. The Company had deferred $0.9 million and $1.5 million of these costs as of May 31, 2004 and 2005, respectively.

Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Common Share

     Basic net income per common share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income per common share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted. Potentially dilutive securities at May 31, 2004 and 2005 consisted of stock options and the 6.25% Series A cumulative convertible preferred stock. Neither the 6.25% Series A cumulative convertible preferred stock nor the stock options are included in the calculation of diluted net income per common share for the three - month period ended May 31, 2004 as the effect of their conversion to common stock would be antidilutive. Weighted average shares excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share that would result from the conversion of the 6.25% Series A cumulative convertible preferred stock and the conversion of stock options amounted to approximately 4.0 million shares for the three — month period ended May 31, 2004. The 6.25% Series A cumulative convertible preferred stock was excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per common share for the three — month period ended May 31, 2005 as the effect of its conversion to 3.7 million shares of common stock would be antidilutive.

Discontinued Operations

     On May 12, 2004, Emmis sold to its minority partners for $7.3 million in cash its entire 75% interest in Votionis, S.A. (“Votionis”), which owns and operates two radio stations in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The results of operations of Votionis have been classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Votionis was historically included in the radio reporting segment. The

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following table summarizes certain operating results for Votionis for the three months ended May 31, 2004:

         
    Three Months Ended May 31,  
    2004  
Net revenues
  $ 1,693  
Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
    2,019  
Depreciation and amortization
    164  
Pre-tax income (loss)
    (490 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
     

     Votionis’ operating results were reported on a calendar year and consolidated into the Company’s fiscal year for reporting purposes. Accordingly, the results for its calendar quarter ended March 31, 2004 were consolidated into Emmis’ fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2004. However, the quarter ended May 31, 2004, includes the results of Votionis from January 1, 2004 to May 12, 2004, as the results of operations of Votionis for the period April 1, 2004 through May 12, 2004 were immaterial.

     On January 14, 2005, Emmis completed its exchange with Bonneville International Corporation (“Bonneville”) whereby Emmis swapped three of its radio stations in Phoenix (KTAR-AM, KMVP-AM and KKLT-FM) for Bonneville’s WLUP-FM located in Chicago and $74.8 million in cash, including payments for working capital items. The results of operations of the three radio stations in Phoenix have been classified as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. These three radio stations had historically been included in the radio reporting segment. The following table summarizes certain operating results for the three Phoenix stations for the three months ended May 31, 2004:

         
    Three Months Ended May 31,  
    2004  
Net revenues
  $ 7,993  
Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
    5,374  
Noncash compensation
    175  
Depreciation and amortization
    195  
Pre-tax income
    2,249  
Provision for income taxes
    922  

Note 2. Intangible Assets and Goodwill

     Indefinite-lived Intangibles

     Under the guidance in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 (“Statement No. 142”), the Company’s FCC licenses are considered indefinite-lived intangibles. These assets, which the Company determined were its only indefinite-lived intangibles, are not subject to amortization, but are tested for impairment at least annually. As of February 28, 2005 and May 31, 2005, the carrying amounts of the Company’s FCC licenses were $1,216.7 million.

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the station operating income generated by each reporting unit. Market multiples are determined based on information available regarding publicly traded peer companies, recently completed or contemplated transactions within the industry, and reporting units’ competitive position in their respective markets. Appropriate allocation is then made to the tangible assets and definite-lived intangible assets, with the residual amount representing the implied fair value of our indefinite-lived intangible assets. To the extent the carrying amount of the indefinite-lived intangible exceeds this implied fair value, the Company obtains an independent appraisal for the respective FCC licenses, and any carrying amount in excess of appraised value is recorded in the statement of operations. In the case of radio, the Company determined the reporting unit to be all of our stations in a local market, and in the case of television, the Company determined the reporting unit to be each individual station. The Company performed impairment tests at December 1, 2002, 2003 and 2004. The December 1, 2002 and 2004 tests resulted in no impairment charge, but the December 1, 2003 test resulted in a $12.4 million impairment charge related to two of our television stations. The required annual impairment tests may result in future periodic write-downs.

     Goodwill

     Statement No. 142 requires the Company to test goodwill for impairment at least annually using a two-step process. The first step is a screen for potential impairment, while the second step measures the amount of impairment. The Company completed the two-step impairment test at December 1, 2002, 2003 and 2004, which resulted in no impairment charge. Consistent with the Company’s approach to assessing possible impairment of its FCC licenses, the enterprise valuation approach was used to determine the fair value of each of the Company’s reporting units. In the case of publishing, the Company determined the reporting unit to be each individual magazine. As of February 28, 2005 and May 31, 2005, the carrying amount of the Company’s goodwill was $107.0 million and $106.9 million, respectively. As of February 28, 2005 approximately $48.6 million, $0.2 million and $58.2 million of our goodwill was attributable to our radio, television and publishing divisions, respectively. As of May 31, 2005 approximately $48.5 million, $0.2 million and $58.2 million of our goodwill was attributable to our radio, television and publishing divisions, respectively. The required annual impairment tests may result in future periodic write-downs.

     Definite-lived intangibles

     The Company’s definite-lived intangible assets consist primarily of foreign broadcasting licenses, subscription lists, favorable office leases, customer lists and non-compete agreements, all of which are amortized over the period of time the assets are expected to contribute directly or indirectly to the Company’s future cash flows. The following table presents the weighted-average remaining life, gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization for each major class of definite-lived intangible asset at February 28, 2005 and May 31, 2005:

                                                         
            February 28, 2005     May 31, 2005  
    Weighted Average     Gross             Net     Gross             Net  
    Useful Life     Carrying     Accumulated     Carrying     Carrying     Accumulated     Carrying  
    (in years)     Amount     Amortization     Amount     Amount     Amortization     Amount  
             
Foreign Broadcasting Licenses
    7.4     $ 24,443     $ 13,486     $ 10,957     $ 34,313     $ 13,939     $ 20,374  
Favorable Office Leases
    38.1       12,190       1,449       10,741       12,190       1,548       10,642  
Customer Lists
    2.2       11,210       10,654       556       11,210       10,813       397  
Non-Compete Agreements
    1.3       5,738       5,681       57       5,738       5,690       48  
Other
    12.7       5,592       3,036       2,556       5,593       3,212       2,381  
                 
TOTAL
          $ 59,173     $ 34,306     $ 24,867     $ 69,044     $ 35,202     $ 33,842  
                 

     Total amortization expense from definite-lived intangibles for the three — month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005 was $2.4 million and $0.9 million, respectively. The following table presents the Company’s estimate of amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years for definite-lived intangibles:

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YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 28 (29),  
2006
  $ 4,761  
2007
    4,213  
2008
    4,082  
2009
    3,819  
2010
    2,875  

Note 3. Significant Events

     On May 10, 2005, Emmis announced that it was seeking strategic alternatives for its 16-station Television Division, a process that could result in the sale of all or part of our television assets. Emmis has engaged a financial adviser to assist us in this process.

     On March 10, 2005, Emmis completed its acquisition of D.EXPRES, a.s., a Slovakian company that owns and operates Radio Expres, a national radio network in Slovakia, for a cash purchase price of approximately $12.6 million. This acquisition allowed Emmis to expand its international portfolio on the European continent and enter one of the world’s fastest growing economies. The acquisition was financed through borrowings under the credit facility. The operating results from March 10, 2005 through March 31, 2005 are included in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. The preliminary purchase price allocation is as follows:

                 
Asset Description   Amount     Asset Lives
Accounts receivable
  $ 2,126     Less than one year
Other current assets
    203     Less than one year
 
               
Broadcasting equipment
    2,649     5 years
 
               
International broadcast license
    11,218     94 months
 
               
Investment and other long-term assets
    160     14 months
 
               
Less: current liabilities
    (3,793 )        
 
           
 
               
Total purchase price
  $ 12,563          
 
           

Note 4. Pro Forma Financial Information

     Unaudited pro forma summary information is presented below for the three-month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005, assuming the acquisition (and related net debt repayments associated with the Phoenix disposition) of (i) WLUP-FM in January 2005 and (ii) D.EXPRES in Slovakia in March 2005 had occurred on the first day of the pro forma periods presented below.

     Preparation of the pro forma summary information was based upon assumptions deemed appropriate by the Company’s management. The pro forma summary information presented below is not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred if the transactions indicated above had been consummated at the beginning of the periods presented, and is not intended to be a projection of future results.

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    Three Months Ended May 31,  
    2004     2005  
    (Pro Forma)  
Net revenues
  $ 157,514     $ 162,656  
 
           
 
               
Net income (loss) from continuing operations
  $ (73,762 )   $ 9,852  
 
           
 
               
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders from continuing operations
  $ (75,171 )   $ 7,606  
 
           
 
               
Net income (loss) per share available to common shareholders from continuing operations:
               
 
               
Basic
  $ (1.35 )   $ 0.13  
 
           
Diluted
  $ (1.35 )   $ 0.13  
 
           
 
               
Weighted average shares outstanding:
               
 
               
Basic
    55,864       56,654  
Diluted
    55,864       57,112  

Three — month period ended May 31, 2004 includes a $97.0 million loss on debt extinguishment related to debt refinancing activity.

Note 5. Comprehensive Income (Loss)

     Comprehensive income (loss) was comprised of the following for the three-month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005:

                 
    Three Months  
    Ended May 31,  
    2004     2005  
Net income (loss)
  $ (73,570 )   $ 10,378  
Translation adjustment
    811       (1,292 )
 
           
 
Total comprehensive income (loss)
  $ (72,759 )   $ 9,086  
 
           

Note 6. Segment Information

     The Company’s operations are aligned into three business segments: Radio, Television, and Publishing and Other. These business segments are consistent with the Company’s management of these businesses and its financial reporting structure. Corporate represents expense not allocated to reportable segments.

     The Company’s segments operate primarily in the United States with one radio station located in Hungary, nine radio stations located in Belgium and a radio network in Slovakia. Total revenues of the radio

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station in Hungary for the three — month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005 were $2.9 million and $3.9 million, respectively. The carrying value of long lived assets of this radio station as of May 31, 2004 and 2005 was $8.8 million and $7.1 million, respectively. Total revenues of our nine radio stations in Belgium for the three — month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005 were insignificant and $0.2 million, respectively. The carrying value of long lived assets of these radio stations as of May 31, 2004 and 2005 was $3.5 million and $3.9 million, respectively. Total revenues of the radio network in Slovakia for the three — month period ended May 31, 2005 were $0.4 million and the carrying value of long lived assets of this radio station as of May 31, 2005 was $14.0 million. We sold our controlling interest in two radio stations in Argentina in May 2004. Results from operations for these two stations have been classified as discontinued operations in the three — month period ended May 31, 2004.

     The accounting policies as described in the summary of significant accounting policies included in the Company’s Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended February 28, 2005 and in Note 1 to these condensed consolidated financial statements, are applied consistently across segments.

                                         
Three Months Ended                   Publishing              
May 31, 2005   Radio     Television     and Other     Corporate     Consolidated  
                    (Unaudited)                  
Net revenues
  $ 75,100     $ 66,572     $ 20,102     $     $ 161,774  
Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
    42,375       41,236       18,846             102,457  
Corporate expenses, excluding noncash compensation
                      7,118       7,118  
Noncash compensation
    1,000       900       350       1,850       4,100  
Depreciation and amortization
    2,087       7,467       180       1,626       11,360  
 
                             
Operating income (loss)
  $ 29,638     $ 16,969     $ 726     $ (10,594 )   $ 36,739  
 
                             
Total assets
  $ 1,096,098     $ 541,459     $ 84,072     $ 112,694     $ 1,834,323  
 
                             
                                         
Three Months Ended                   Publishing              
May 31, 2004   Radio     Television     and Other     Corporate     Consolidated  
                    (Unaudited)                  
Net revenues
  $ 66,710     $ 68,434     $ 17,895     $     $ 153,039  
Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
    36,317       39,790       16,439             92,546  
Corporate expenses, excluding noncash compensation
                      8,420       8,420  
Noncash compensation
    1,481       1,742       661       1,091       4,975  
Depreciation and amortization
    2,841       7,818       218       1,559       12,436  
 
                             
Operating income (loss)
  $ 26,071     $ 19,084     $ 577     $ (11,070 )   $ 34,662  
 
                             
Total assets
  $ 1,107,923     $ 1,044,789     $ 82,481     $ 62,837     $ 2,298,030  
 
                             

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Note 7.   Financial Information for Subsidiary Guarantors
and Subsidiary Non-Guarantors of Emmis

     Included in long-term debt, net of current maturities, is $375 million of senior subordinated notes. The senior subordinated notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of Emmis (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). As of February 28, 2005, subsidiaries holding Emmis’s interest in its radio stations in Austin, Texas, Hungary and Belgium, as well as certain other subsidiaries (such as those conducting joint ventures with third parties), did not guarantee the senior subordinated notes (the “Subsidiary Non-Guarantors”). As of May 31, 2005, the Subsidiary Non-Guarantors consisted of subsidiaries holding Emmis’s interest in its radio stations in Austin, Texas, Hungary, Slovakia and Belgium, as well as certain other subsidiaries (such as those conducting joint ventures with third parties). The claims of creditors of the Subsidiary Non-Guarantors have priority over the rights of Emmis to receive dividends or distributions from such subsidiaries.

     Presented below is condensed consolidating financial information for the Emmis Communications Corporation (ECC) Parent Company Only, Emmis Operating Company (EOC) Parent Company Only (issuer of the debt), the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Subsidiary Non-Guarantors as of February 28, 2005 and May 31, 2005 and for the three — month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005. Emmis uses the equity method in both of its Parent Company Only information with respect to investments in subsidiaries.

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Emmis Communications Corporation
As of May 31, 2005
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
(Unaudited)

                                                 
                                    Eliminations        
    ECC Parent     EOC Parent             Subsidiary     and        
    Company     Company     Subsidiary     Non-     Consolidating        
    Only     Only     Guarantors     Guarantors     Entries     Consolidated  
CURRENT ASSETS:
                                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $     $ 5,087     $ 4,418     $ 6,019     $     $ 15,524  
Accounts receivable, net
                114,629       12,158             126,787  
Prepaid expenses
          396       17,767       895             19,058  
Program rights
                12,624                   12,624  
Other
          1,281       3,832       1,414             6,527  
 
                                   
Total current assets
          6,764       153,270       20,486             180,520  
 
                                               
Property and equipment, net
          28,324       151,318       10,596             190,238  
Intangible assets, net
                1,197,593       159,901             1,357,494  
Investment in affiliates
    879,854       1,544,532                   (2,424,386 )      
Deferred tax assets
    32,155       33,464                         65,619  
Other assets, net
    26       40,468       17,419       1,663       (19,124 )     40,452  
 
                                   
Total assets
  $ 912,035     $ 1,653,552     $ 1,519,600     $ 192,646     $ (2,443,510 )   $ 1,834,323  
 
                                   
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                                               
Accounts payable
  $     $ 5,983     $ 16,906     $ 16,959     $ (8,674 )   $ 31,174  
Current maturities of other long-term debt
          6,750             2,876       (1,989 )     7,637  
Current portion of TV program rights payable
                26,416                   26,416  
Accrued salaries and commissions
          534       8,613       407             9,554  
Accrued interest
          3,625                         3,625  
Deferred revenue
                14,241                   14,241  
Other
    1,123       4,420       2,032       581             8,156  
 
                                   
Total current liabilities
    1,123       21,312       68,208       20,823       (10,663 )     100,803  
 
                                               
Long-term debt, net of current maturities
    1,285       1,190,875                         1,192,160  
Other long-term debt, net of current maturities
                44       13,234       (8,461 )     4,817  
TV program rights payable, net of current portion
                15,146                   15,146  
Other noncurrent liabilities
          6,160       2,236       31             8,427  
Minority Interest
                      47,992             47,992  
 
                                   
Total liabilities
    2,408       1,218,347       85,634       82,080       (19,124 )     1,369,345  
 
                                               
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
                                               
Preferred stock
    29                               29  
Common stock
    568       879,854                   (879,854 )     568  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,046,670                   4,393       (4,393 )     1,046,670  
Subsidiary investment
                1,068,959       132,565       (1,201,524 )      
Retained earnings/(accumulated deficit)
    (137,640 )     (443,582 )     365,007       (22,069 )     (342,938 )     (581,222 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
          (1,067 )           (4,323 )     4,323       (1,067 )
 
                                   
Total shareholders’ equity
    909,627       435,205       1,433,966       110,566       (2,424,386 )     464,978  
 
                                   
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 912,035     $ 1,653,552     $ 1,519,600     $ 192,646     $ (2,443,510 )   $ 1,834,323  
 
                                   

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Emmis Communications Corporation
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
As of February 28, 2005
(Unaudited)

                                                 
                                    Eliminations        
    ECC Parent     EOC Parent             Subsidiary     and        
    Company     Company     Subsidiary     Non-     Consolidating        
    Only     Only     Guarantors     Guarantors     Entries     Consolidated  
CURRENT ASSETS:
                                               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $     $ 3,688     $ 6,173     $ 6,193     $     $ 16,054  
Accounts receivable, net
                99,852       7,135             106,987  
Prepaid expenses
          1,413       14,765       384             16,562  
Program rights
                16,562                   16,562  
Other
          1,966       4,459       1,868             8,293  
 
                                   
Total current assets
          7,067       141,811       15,580             164,458  
 
                                               
Property and equipment, net
          29,872       155,583       7,863             193,318  
Intangible assets, net
                1,198,069       150,541             1,348,610  
Investment in affiliates
    876,553       1,513,976                   (2,390,529 )      
Deferred tax assets
    32,138       41,081                         73,219  
Other assets, net
    28       41,236       19,511       1,429       (18,774 )     43,430  
 
                                   
Total assets
  $ 908,719     $ 1,633,232     $ 1,514,974     $ 175,413     $ (2,409,303 )   $ 1,823,035  
 
                                   
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
                                               
Accounts payable
  $     $ 6,858     $ 17,775     $ 12,192     $ (8,230 )   $ 28,595  
Current maturities of long-term debt
          6,750             2,954       (2,016 )     7,688  
Current portion of TV program rights payable
                30,910                   30,910  
Accrued salaries and commissions
          3,862       11,992       580             16,434  
Accrued interest
          9,582                         9,582  
Deferred revenue
                14,335                   14,335  
Other
    1,123       4,362       2,529       383             8,397  
 
                                   
Total current liabilities
    1,123       31,414       77,541       16,109       (10,246 )     115,941  
 
                                               
Long-term debt, net of current maturities
    1,245       1,172,563                         1,173,808  
Other long-term debt, net of current maturities
                56       13,900       (8,528 )     5,428  
TV program rights payable, net of current portion
                18,634                   18,634  
Other noncurrent liabilities
          6,461       2,123       27             8,611  
Minority interest
                      48,021             48,021  
Deferred income taxes
                                   
 
                                   
Total liabilities
    2,368       1,210,438       98,354       78,057       (18,774 )     1,370,443  
 
                                               
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
                                               
Preferred stock
    29                               29  
Common stock
    564       876,553                   (876,553 )     564  
Additional paid-in capital
    1,041,128                   4,393       (4,393 )     1,041,128  
Subsidiary investment
                1,096,856       118,490       (1,215,346 )      
Retained earnings/(accumulated deficit)
    (135,370 )     (453,984 )     319,764       (21,296 )     (298,468 )     (589,354 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
          225             (4,231 )     4,231       225  
 
                                   
Total shareholders’ equity
    906,351       422,794       1,416,620       97,356       (2,390,529 )     452,592  
 
                                   
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $ 908,719     $ 1,633,232     $ 1,514,974     $ 175,413     $ (2,409,303 )   $ 1,823,035  
 
                                   

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Emmis Communications Corporation
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Three — month Period Ended May 31, 2005
(Unaudited)

                                                 
                                    Eliminations        
    ECC Parent     EOC Parent             Subsidiary     and        
    Company     Company     Subsidiary     Non-     Consolidating        
    Only     Only     Guarantors     Guarantors     Entries     Consolidated  
Net revenues
  $     $ 287     $ 149,690     $ 11,797     $     $ 161,774  
Operating expenses:
                                               
Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
          160       93,257       9,040             102,457  
Corporate expenses, excluding noncash compensation
          7,118                         7,118  
Noncash compensation
          1,850       2,166       84             4,100  
Depreciation and amortization
          1,626       8,994       740             11,360  
 
                                   
Total operating expenses
          10,754       104,417       9,864             125,035  
 
                                   
Operating income (loss)
          (10,467 )     45,273       1,933             36,739  
 
                                   
Other income (expense)
                                               
Interest expense
    (41 )     (16,879 )     (4 )     (385 )     279       (17,030 )
Other income (expense), net
          (415 )     (26 )     (697 )     736       (402 )
 
                                   
Total other income (expense)
    (41 )     (17,294 )     (30 )     (1,082 )     1,015       (17,432 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Income (loss) before income taxes, minority interest and discontinued operations
    (41 )     (27,761 )     45,243       851       1,015       19,307  
 
                                               
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    (17 )     7,322             839             8,144  
Minority interest expense, net of tax
                      785             785  
 
                                   
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    (24 )     (35,083 )     45,243       (773 )     1,015       10,378  
Equity in earnings (loss) of subsidiaries
          45,485                   (45,485 )      
 
                                   
Net income (loss)
    (24 )     10,402       45,243       (773 )     (44,470 )     10,378  
Preferred dividends
    2,246                               2,246  
 
                                   
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
  $ (2,270 )   $ 10,402     $ 45,243     $ (773 )   $ (44,470 )   $ 8,132  
 
                                   

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Emmis Communications Corporation
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the Three-month Period Ended May 31, 2004
(Unaudited)

                                                 
                                    Eliminations        
    ECC Parent     EOC Parent             Subsidiary     and        
    Company     Company     Subsidiary     Non-     Consolidating        
    Only     Only     Guarantors     Guarantors     Entries     Consolidated  
Net revenues
  $     $ 268     $ 143,317     $ 9,454     $     $ 153,039  
Operating expenses:
                                               
Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
          164       85,894       6,488             92,546  
Corporate expenses, excluding noncash compensation
          8,420                         8,420  
Noncash compensation
          1,091       3,884                   4,975  
Depreciation and amortization
          1,559       9,154       1,723             12,436  
 
                                   
Total operating expenses
          11,234       98,932       8,211             118,377  
 
                                   
Operating income (loss)
          (10,966 )     44,385       1,243             34,662  
 
                                   
Other income (expense)
                                               
Interest expense
    (5,596 )     (14,013 )     (3 )     (212 )     128       (19,696 )
Loss on debt extinguishment
    (66,298 )     (30,677 )                       (96,975 )
Other income (expense), net
          140       (126 )     104       (214 )     (96 )
 
                                   
Total other income (expense)
    (71,894 )     (44,550 )     (129 )     (108 )     (86 )     (116,767 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
Income (loss) before income taxes, minority interest and discontinued operations
    (71,894 )     (55,516 )     44,256       1,135       (86 )     (82,105 )
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
    (4,634 )     (4,100 )           442             (8,292 )
Minority interest expense, net of tax
                      594             594  
 
                                   
 
                                               
Income (loss) from continuing operations
    (67,260 )     (51,416 )     44,256       99       (86 )     (74,407 )
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax
                1,327       (490 )           837  
Equity in earnings (loss) of subsidiaries
          45,106                   (45,106 )      
 
                                   
Net income (loss)
    (67,260 )     (6,310 )     45,583       (391 )     (45,192 )     (73,570 )
Preferred stock dividends
    2,246                               2,246  
 
                                   
Net income (loss) available to common shareholders
  $ (69,506 )   $ (6,310 )   $ 45,583     $ (391 )   $ (45,192 )   $ (75,816 )
 
                                   

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Emmis Communications Corporation
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Three-month Period Ended May 31, 2005
(Unaudited)

                                                 
                                    Eliminations        
    ECC Parent     EOC Parent             Subsidiary     and        
    Company     Company     Subsidiary     Non-     Consolidating        
    Only     Only     Guarantors     Guarantors     Entries     Consolidated  
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
Net income (loss)
  $ (24 )   $ 10,402     $ 45,243     $ (773 )   $ (44,470 )   $ 10,378  
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities -
                                               
Depreciation and amortization
          2,011       16,217       741             18,969  
Accretion of interest on senior discount notes and amortization of related debt costs
    41                               41  
Provision for bad debts
                1,275                   1,275  
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes
    (17 )     7,322             295             7,600  
Noncash compensation
          1,850       2,166       84             4,100  
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
          (45,485 )                 45,485        
Other
                80       (277 )     (1,015 )     (1,212 )
Changes in assets and liabilities -
                                               
Accounts receivable
                (16,052 )     (2,897 )           (18,949 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
          1,702       1,563       146             3,411  
Other assets
          739       (3,354 )     (74 )           (2,689 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
          (7,883 )     (4,692 )     801             (11,774 )
Deferred revenue
                (94 )                 (94 )
Cash paid for TV programming rights
                (7,982 )                 (7,982 )
Other liabilities
          (243 )     (924 )     51             (1,116 )
 
                                   
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
          (29,585 )     33,446       (1,903 )           1,958  
 
                                   
 
                                               
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
Purchases of property and equipment
          (78 )     (4,424 )     (302 )           (4,804 )
Cash paid for acquisitions
                      (12,563 )           (12,563 )
Deposits and other
          (356 )                       (356 )
 
                                   
Net cash used in investing activities
          (434 )     (4,424 )     (12,865 )           (17,723 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
Payments on long-term debt
          (9,188 )                       (9,188 )
Proceeds from long-term debt
          27,500                         27,500  
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    396                               396  
Preferred stock dividends paid
    (2,246 )                             (2,246 )
Settlement of tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees
    (1,104 )                             (1,104 )
Intercompany, net
    3,077       13,106       (30,777 )     14,594              
Other
    (123 )                             (123 )
 
                                   
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
          31,418       (30,777 )     14,594             15,235  
 
                                   
 
                                               
DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
          1,399       (1,755 )     (174 )           (530 )
 
                                               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
                                               
Beginning of period
          3,688       6,173       6,193             16,054  
 
                                   
 
                                               
End of period
  $     $ 5,087     $ 4,418     $ 6,019     $     $ 15,524  
 
                                   

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Emmis Communications Corporation
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the Three-month Period Ended May 31, 2004
(Unaudited)

                                                 
                                    Eliminations        
    ECC Parent     EOC Parent             Subsidiary     and        
    Company     Company     Subsidiary     Non-     Consolidating        
    Only     Only     Guarantors     Guarantors     Entries     Consolidated  
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
Net income (loss)
  $ (67,260 )   $ (6,310 )   $ 45,583     $ (391 )   $ (45,192 )   $ (73,570 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities -
                                               
Discontinued operations
                (1,327 )     490             (837 )
Depreciation and amortization
          2,404       15,455       1,559             19,418  
Accretion of interest on senior discount notes and amortization of related debt costs
    5,596                               5,596  
Provision for bad debts
                1,017                   1,017  
Provision (benefit) for deferred income taxes
    (4,634 )     (4,100 )           442             (8,292 )
Noncash compensation
          1,091       3,884                   4,975  
Net cash provided from operating activities — discontinued operations
                2,941       (326 )           2,615  
Loss on debt extinguishment
    66,298       30,677                         96,975  
Equity in earnings of subsidiaries
          (45,106 )                 45,106        
Other
    (24 )     811       (48 )     660       86       1,485  
Changes in assets and liabilities -
                                               
Accounts receivable
                (13,908 )     (1,433 )           (15,341 )
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
          (3,879 )     1,700       728             (1,451 )
Other assets
          (456 )     (6,608 )     (4 )           (7,068 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    10       (9,841 )     (4,332 )     (529 )           (14,692 )
Deferred revenue
                (520 )                 (520 )
Cash paid for TV programming rights
                (7,852 )                 (7,852 )
Other liabilities
          265       1,934       (1,689 )           510  
 
                                   
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
    (14 )     (34,444 )     37,919       (493 )           2,968  
 
                                   
 
                                               
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
Purchases of property and equipment
          (1,078 )     (5,705 )     (568 )           (7,351 )
Cash paid for acquisitions
                                   
Proceeds from sale of stations, net
                      7,300             7,300  
Deposits and other
          (306 )                       (306 )
 
                                   
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
          (1,384 )     (5,705 )     6,732             (357 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
                                               
Payments on long-term debt
    (227,698 )     (1,052,397 )                       (1,280,095 )
Proceeds from long-term debt
          1,365,500                         1,365,500  
Premiums paid to redeem outstanding debt obligations
    (59,905 )     (12,702 )                       (72,607 )
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
    1,526                               1,526  
Preferred stock dividends paid
    (2,246 )                             (2,246 )
Settlement of tax withholding obligations on stock issued to employees
    (741 )                             (741 )
Intercompany, net
    289,078       (255,159 )     (28,402 )     (5,517 )            
Debt related costs
          (11,473 )                       (11,473 )
 
                                   
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    14       33,769       (28,402 )     (5,517 )           (136 )
 
                                   
 
                                               
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
          (2,059 )     3,812       722             2,475  
 
                                               
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS:
                                               
Beginning of period
          7,424       9,032       3,514             19,970  
 
                                   
 
                                               
End of period
  $     $ 5,365     $ 12,844     $ 4,236     $     $ 22,445  
 
                                   

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Note 8. Regulatory, Legal and Other Matters

     We acquired KGMB-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii in October 2000. Because we also own KHON-TV in Honolulu and both stations are rated among the top four television stations in the Honolulu market, we have been operating KGMB-TV under various temporary waivers to the FCC’s ownership rules. In June of 2003 the FCC adopted new local television ownership rules which continue to prohibit the ownership of two top four-rated television stations in a single market; the FCC ordered companies with such ownership interests to make any divestitures necessary to achieve compliance. The implementation of the new rules, however, was challenged in Federal court, and the court issued an indefinite stay pending its decision. The stay has prevented the new rules and the divestiture order from becoming effective. In addition, Emmis filed its own petition in the same Federal court challenging the legality of the Commission’s rule that prohibits one company from owning two stations that are rated in the top four in a single market. In June of 2004, the Federal court issued its decision which struck down certain aspects of the FCC ownership rules, but upheld the prohibition on owning two stations that are rated in the top four in a single market. The court also extended the stay while the FCC proposes new ownership rules. Emmis is currently exploring its options relating to the ownership and operation of these stations. However, this ruling makes it increasingly unlikely that Emmis would be permitted to own both KHON-TV and KGMB-TV indefinitely, absent a permanent waiver. We cannot predict whether such a permanent waiver would be granted. In addition, however, Emmis is currently seeking strategic alternatives for its entire Television Division. See Note 3.

     FCC regulations require commercial television stations in the United States to be broadcasting in digital format. Fifteen of our sixteen television stations (excluding “satellite” stations) are currently broadcasting in digital format. The station that is not broadcasting in digital format is WBPG because the FCC has not assigned it a second channel for digital broadcasting. Under the channel repacking process, as contemplated in the FCC’s second periodic review released September 7, 2004, WBPG will participate in the channel election process and receive a digital allotment. The station will convert to digital broadcasting shortly before the conclusion of the digital broadcasting transition, which is currently scheduled to occur on December 31, 2006, or when at least 85% of the television households in a given market can receive a digital signal, whichever is later. Three of our nine satellite stations are not currently broadcasting in digital format. The FCC’s second periodic review has defined a “flash cut” process for satellite stations, eliminating the need to operate dual facilities during the digital broadcasting transition, and allowing satellite stations to convert the existing analog broadcasting facility to a digital broadcasting facility prior to the conclusion of the digital broadcasting transition. The FCC channel repacking process also requires stations (other than satellite stations) that are not operating with the full DTV facilities authorized in their licenses to do so by specified deadlines or risk having their protected DTV signal coverage limited. Three of the Company’s stations are not operating with the full authorized facilities; of those, one was subject to a deadline of July 1, 2005, and two are subject to a deadline of July 1, 2006. The Company expects to complete the full build-out of the station that missed the July 1, 2005 deadline by July 31, 2005 and has obtained a waiver from the FCC that will protect the station’s signal through the end of the construction period. Emmis expects the two remaining stations to meet the July 1, 2006 deadline.

     In January 2005, we received a subpoena from the Office of Attorney General of the State of New York, as have some of the other radio broadcasting companies operating in the State of New York. The subpoenas were issued in connection with the New York Attorney General’s investigation of record company promotional practices. We are cooperating with this investigation. We do not expect that the outcome of this matter would have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

     In January 2005, a third party threatened claims against our radio station in Hungary seeking damages of approximately $4.6 million. Emmis has investigated this matter, and based on information gathered, Emmis believes the claims are without merit. Litigation has not been initiated and Emmis intends to defend itself

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vigorously in the matter.

     In March, 2005, we received a subpoena from the Office of Attorney General of the State of New York in connection with the New York Attorney General’s investigation of a contest at one of our radio stations in New York City. We are cooperating with this investigation and do not expect that the outcome of this matter would have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

     The Company is a party to various other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management of the Company, however, none of these pending legal proceedings is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Note 9. Subsequent Events

     On May 16, 2005, Emmis launched a “Dutch Auction” tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase up to 20.25 million shares of its Class A common stock for a price not greater than $19.75 per share nor less than $17.25 per share. The Tender Offer expired on June 13, 2005, and on June 20, 2005 Emmis purchased 20.25 million shares of its Class A common stock at a price of $19.50 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $394.9 million, and incurred related fees and expenses of approximately $4 million.

     In connection with the Tender Offer, on June 6, 2005, Emmis Operating Company amended its credit facility to (i) permit the Tender Offer and related transactions, (ii) reset financial covenants, and (iii) allow for payments on Emmis Communications Corporation’s floating rate senior notes discussed below. In order to finance the aggregate purchase price of the Tender Offer and to pay related fees and expenses, totaling $398.9 million, on June 13, 2005 Emmis Operating Company borrowed $100 million under the revolving portion of its amended credit facility and Emmis issued $300 million of its floating rate senior notes in a private placement (the “Interim Notes”). On June 21, 2005, Emmis issued $350 million of its floating rate senior notes (“the Notes”) in exchange for (i) the $300 million aggregate principal amount of Interim Notes issued on June 13, 2005, and (ii) $50 million in cash. The Interim Notes were retired on June 21, 2005. Emmis used $40 million of the cash proceeds from the notes transactions to repay borrowings it had incurred under its revolving credit facility on June 13, 2005 and approximately $11.1 million of cash proceeds from the notes transactions to pay debt issuance fees and expenses.

     The Notes will mature on June 15, 2012. Interest on the Notes will accrue at a floating rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus 5.875%. The applicable margin to LIBOR will increase by 0.5% on each of June 15, 2006, December 15, 2006, and June 15, 2007. Interest payment dates are March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, commencing September 15, 2005.

     Emmis may redeem all or a portion of the Notes at the redemption prices set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest beginning on December 15 of the years indicated below:

         
Year   Percentage  
2005
    100.0 %
2006
    102.0 %
2007
    101.0 %
2008 and thereafter
    100.0 %

     The Notes are unsecured obligations of Emmis and will rank pari passu with all future senior indebtedness (as defined) and senior in right of payment to future subordinated indebtedness (as defined).

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The Notes are subordinated to all indebtedness and liabilities (as defined) of ECC’s subsidiaries.

     The indenture governing the Notes contains covenants limiting Emmis’ ability to, among other things, (1) incur additional indebtedness, (2) pay dividends or make other distributions to stockholders, (3) purchase or redeem capital stock or subordinated indebtedness, (4) make certain investments, (5) engage in certain transactions with affiliates, and (6) sell all or substantially all of the assets of Emmis and its subsidiaries, or consolidate or merge with or into other companies.

     On June 30, 2005, Emmis filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with the SEC to exchange the $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes for a new series of notes registered under the Securities Act. The terms of the new series of notes are identical to the terms of the Notes.

     In connection with the Tender Offer, on May 16, 2005, Emmis filed Articles of Correction with the Indiana Secretary of State to correct the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of its outstanding convertible preferred stock. The same day, Emmis also filed a related lawsuit in Indiana state court. On June 1, 2005, Emmis entered into settlement agreements with certain holders of its outstanding convertible preferred stock. The settlement resulted in the amendment of Emmis’ Articles of Incorporation to (a) revise the anti-dilution provisions of its convertible preferred stock so that a special anti-dilution formula would apply to the Tender Offer and a more customary anti-dilution formula would apply to all future tender and exchange offers triggering an adjustment; and (b) grant the holders of Emmis’ convertible preferred stock the right to require Emmis to redeem their shares on the first anniversary of a going private transaction in which Jeffrey H. Smulyan and his affiliates participate that is not otherwise a change of control under the terms of the convertible preferred stock. As a result of the Tender Offer, the conversion price of the convertible preferred stock has been reduced from $39.0625 to $30.10 per share of Emmis’ Class A common stock.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     Note: Certain statements included in this report or in the financial statements contained herein which are not statements of historical fact, including but not limited to those identified with the words “expect,” “will” or “look” are intended to be, and are, by this Note, identified as “forward-looking statements,” as defined in the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future result, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statement. Such factors include, among others, general economic and business conditions; fluctuations in the demand for advertising and demand for different types of advertising media; our ability to service our outstanding debt; increased competition in our markets and the broadcasting industry; our ability to attract and secure programming, on-air talent, writers and photographers; inability to obtain necessary approvals for purchase or sale transactions or to complete the transactions for other reasons generally beyond our control; increases in the costs of programming, including on-air talent; inability to grow through suitable acquisitions, including desired radio acquisitions; new or changing regulations of the Federal Communications Commission or other governmental agencies; competition from new or different technologies; war, terrorist acts or political instability; and other factors mentioned in other documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Emmis does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements because of new information, future events or otherwise.

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GENERAL

     We own and operate radio, television and publishing properties located primarily in the United States. Our revenues are mostly affected by the advertising rates our entities charge, as advertising sales represent more than 85% of our consolidated revenues. These rates are in large part based on our entities’ ability to attract audiences/subscribers in demographic groups targeted by their advertisers. Broadcast entities’ ratings are measured principally four times a year by Arbitron Radio Market Reports for radio stations and by A.C. Nielsen Company for television stations. Because audience ratings in a station’s local market are critical to the station’s financial success, our strategy is to use market research and advertising and promotion to attract and retain audiences in each station’s chosen demographic target group.

     Our revenues vary throughout the year. As is typical in the broadcasting industry, our revenues and operating income are usually lowest in our fourth fiscal quarter. Our television division’s revenues typically fluctuate from year to year due to political spending, which is the highest in our odd-numbered fiscal years.

     In addition to the sale of advertising time for cash, stations typically exchange advertising time for goods or services, which can be used by the station in its business operations. We generally confine the use of such trade transactions to promotional items or services for which we would otherwise have paid cash. In addition, it is our general policy not to pre-empt advertising spots paid for in cash with advertising spots paid for in trade.

     The following table summarizes the sources of our revenues for the three-month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005. The category “Non Traditional” principally consists of ticket sales and sponsorships of events our stations and magazines conduct in their local markets. The category “Other” includes, among other items, revenues generated by the websites of our entities and barter.

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,  
    2004     % of Total     2005     % of Total  
    (Dollars in thousands)  
Net revenues:
                               
Local
  $ 93,831       61.3 %   $ 108,550       67.1 %
National
    35,209       23.0 %     35,450       21.9 %
Political
    6,876       4.5 %     578       0.3 %
Publication Sales
    4,807       3.1 %     4,782       3.0 %
Non Traditional
    4,906       3.2 %     5,430       3.4 %
Other
    7,410       4.9 %     6,984       4.3 %
 
                           
 
                               
Total net revenues
  $ 153,039             $ 161,774          
 
                           

     As previously mentioned, we derive more than 85% of our net revenues from advertising sales. Our radio stations derive a higher percentage of their advertising revenues from local and regional sales than our television and publishing entities. In the quarter ended May 31, 2005, local and regional sales, excluding political revenues, represented approximately 83%, 70% and 64% of our advertising revenues for our radio, television and publishing divisions, respectively. In the quarter ended May 31, 2004, local and regional sales, excluding political revenues, represented approximately 83%, 69% and 42% of our advertising revenues for our radio, television and publishing divisions, respectively.

     No customer represents more than 10% of our consolidated net revenues. Collectively, our top ten categories for radio and television represent approximately 69% and 75%, respectively, of the total advertising net revenues. Automotive is the largest category for both radio and television, representing

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approximately 14% and 26% of their advertising net revenues in the quarter ended May 31, 2005.

     A significant portion of our expenses varies in connection with changes in revenue. These variable expenses primarily relate to costs in our sales department, such as salaries, commissions, and bad debt. Our costs that do not vary as much in relation to revenue are mostly in our programming and general and administrative departments, such as talent costs, syndicated programming fees, utilities and office salaries. Lastly, our costs that are highly discretionary are costs in our marketing and promotions department, which we primarily incur to maintain and/or increase our audience and market share.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

     Critical accounting policies are defined as those that encompass significant judgments and uncertainties, and potentially lead to materially different results under different assumptions and conditions. We believe that our critical accounting policies are those described below.

   Impairment of Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangibles

     The annual impairment tests for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangibles under SFAS No. 142 require us to make certain assumptions in determining fair value, including assumptions about the cash flow growth rates of our businesses. Additionally, the fair values are significantly impacted by macro-economic factors, including market multiples at the time the impairment tests are performed. Accordingly, we may incur additional impairment charges in future periods under SFAS No. 142 to the extent we do not achieve our expected cash flow growth rates, or to the extent that market values decrease.

   Allocations for Purchased Assets

     We typically engage an independent appraisal firm to value assets acquired in a material acquisition. We use the appraisal report to allocate the purchase price of the acquisition among different categories of assets. To the extent that purchased assets are not allocated appropriately, depreciation and amortization expense could be materially different.

   Deferred Taxes and Effective Tax Rates

     We estimate the effective tax rates and associated liabilities or assets for each legal entity within Emmis in accordance with FAS 109. These estimates are based upon our interpretation of United States and local tax laws as they apply to our legal entities and our overall tax structure. Audits by local tax jurisdictions, including the United States Government, could yield different interpretations from our own and cause the Company to owe more taxes than originally recorded. We utilize experts in the various tax jurisdictions to evaluate our position and to assist in our calculation of our tax expense and related liabilities.

     The Company evaluates on a quarterly basis its ability to realize its deferred tax assets by assessing its valuation allowance and by adjusting the amount of such allowance, if necessary. The factors used to assess the likelihood of realization are the Company’s forecast of future taxable income and available tax planning strategies that could be implemented to support realization of certain deferred tax assets. Failure to achieve forecasted taxable income might affect the ultimate realization of certain deferred tax assets.

       Insurance Claims and Loss Reserves

     The Company is self-insured for most healthcare claims, subject to stop-loss limits. Claims incurred but not reported are recorded based on historical experience and industry trends, and accruals are adjusted when warranted by changes in facts and circumstances. The Company also maintains large deductible

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programs (ranging from $250 thousand to $500 thousand per occurrence) for workers compensation claims, automotive liability losses and media liability.

   Valuation of Stock Options

     The Company determines the fair value of its employee stock options at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed for use in estimating the value of exchange-traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully transferable. The Company’s employee stock options have characteristics significantly different than these traded options. In addition, option pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected stock price volatility and expected term of the options granted. The Company has used historical data for its stock price and option life when determining expected volatility and expected term, but each year the Company reassesses whether or not historical data is representative of expected results.

Results of Operations for the Three-month Period Ended May 31, 2005 Compared to May 31, 2004

Net revenue pro forma reconciliation:

     Since March 1, 2004, we have acquired a radio station in Chicago and a radio network in Slovakia. The results of our two radio stations sold in Argentina and our three radio stations exchanged in Phoenix have been included in discontinued operations and are not included in reported results below. The following table reconciles actual results to pro forma results.

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (Dollars in thousands)                  
Reported net revenues
                               
Radio
  $ 66,710     $ 75,100     $ 8,390       12.6 %
Television
    68,434       66,572       (1,862 )     -2.7 %
Publishing
    17,895       20,102       2,207       12.3 %
 
                         
Total
    153,039       161,774       8,735       5.7 %
 
                               
Plus: Net revenues from stations acquired
                               
Radio
    4,475       882                  
Television
                           
Publishing
                           
 
                           
Total
    4,475       882                  
 
                               
Less: Net revenues from stations disposed
                               
Radio
                           
Television
                           
Publishing
                           
 
                           
Total
                           
 
                               
Pro forma net revenues
                               
Radio
    71,185       75,982       4,797       6.7 %
Television
    68,434       66,572       (1,862 )     -2.7 %
Publishing
    17,895       20,102       2,207       12.3 %
 
                         
Total
  $ 157,514     $ 162,656     $ 5,142       3.3 %
 
                         

     For further disclosure of segment results, see Note 6 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. For additional pro forma results, see Note 4 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Net revenues discussion:

     Radio net revenues increased principally as a result of our acquisition of WLUP-FM in Chicago in January 2005. On a pro forma basis (assuming WLUP-FM had been purchased on March 1, 2004), radio net revenues for the quarter ended May 31, 2005 would have increased $4.8 million, or 6.7%. We typically monitor the performance of our stations against the aggregate performance of the markets in which we operate based on reports for the periods prepared by the independent accounting firm Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Co., LLP (“Miller, Kaplan”). For the three-month period ended May 31, 2005, on a pro forma basis, net revenues of our domestic radio stations were up 5.3%, whereas Miller, Kaplan reported that net revenues of our domestic radio markets were up 1.7%. We believe we were able to outperform the markets in which we operate due to our commitment to training and developing local sales forces, as well as higher ratings, resulting, in part, from increased promotional spending in prior quarters. The higher ratings allowed us to charge higher rates for the advertisements we sold. Our advertising inventory sellout percentage decreased slightly year over year.

     The decrease in television net revenues for the three-month period ended May 31, 2005 is due to lower political net revenues as there are fewer political election campaigns in our fiscal 2006, partially offset by growth in local advertising revenues. Net political advertising revenues for the three-month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005 were approximately $5.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively. Our local revenue growth is due to our television stations selling a higher percentage of their inventory and charging higher rates due to ratings improvements. Also, our commitment to training and developing local sales forces has enabled us to increase our share of local advertising revenues.

     Publishing net revenues increased 12.3% due to higher local and national advertising revenues, especially at our Texas Monthly and Los Angeles Magazine publications. The travel category has been particularly strong at these publications, as rising levels of consumer confidence for domestic and international travel has increased advertising spending by vacation travel clients.

     On a consolidated basis, pro forma net revenues for the three–month period ended May 31, 2005 increased $5.1 million, or 3.3% due to the effect of the items described above.

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Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation pro forma reconciliation:

     Since March 1, 2004, we have acquired a radio station in Chicago and a radio network in Slovakia. The results of our two radio stations sold in Argentina and our three radio stations exchanged in Phoenix have been included in discontinued operations and are not included in reported results below. The following table reconciles actual results to pro forma results.

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (Dollars in thousands)                  
Reported station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
                               
Radio
  $ 36,317     $ 42,375     $ 6,058       16.7 %
Television
    39,790       41,236       1,446       3.6 %
Publishing
    16,439       18,846       2,407       14.6 %
 
                         
Total
    92,546       102,457       9,911       10.7 %
 
                               
Plus: Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation from stations acquired:
                               
Radio
    2,936       983                  
Television
                           
Publishing
                           
 
                           
Total
    2,936       983                  
 
                               
Less: Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation from stations disposed:
                               
Radio
                           
Television
                           
Publishing
                           
 
                           
Total
                           
 
                               
Pro forma station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation
                               
Radio
    39,253       43,358       4,105       10.5 %
Television
    39,790       41,236       1,446       3.6 %
Publishing
    16,439       18,846       2,407       14.6 %
 
                         
Total
  $ 95,482     $ 103,440     $ 7,958       8.3 %
 
                         

     For further disclosure of segment results, see Note 6 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements. For additional pro forma results, see Note 4 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

Station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation discussion:

     Radio station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation increased as a result of higher music licensing fees, higher sales-related costs, higher insurance and health-related costs, and higher programming costs in our New York and Los Angeles markets. The increase also relates to our acquisition of WLUP-FM in January 2005, as well as an incremental $0.5 million of cash compensation due to the corresponding reduction in our noncash compensation expense (see noncash compensation discussion below).

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increase also relates to the incremental $0.8 million of cash compensation due to the corresponding reduction in our noncash compensation expense (see noncash compensation discussion below).

     Publishing station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation increased principally due to higher paper costs and start-up costs related to our new magazine in Los Angeles, Tu Ciudad. The increase also relates to the incremental $0.3 million of cash compensation due to the corresponding reduction in our noncash compensation expense (see noncash compensation discussion below).

     On a consolidated basis, pro forma station operating expenses, excluding noncash compensation, for the three–month period ended May 31, 2005 increased $8.0 million, or 8.3%, due to the effect of the items described above.

Noncash compensation expenses:

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (As reported, amounts in thousands)          
Noncash compensation expense:
                               
Radio
  $ 1,481     $ 1,000     $ (481 )     (32.5 )%
Television
    1,742       900       (842 )     (48.3 )%
Publishing
    661       350       (311 )     (47.0 )%
Corporate
    1,091       1,850       759       69.6 %
 
                         
 
                               
Total noncash compensation expense
  $ 4,975     $ 4,100     $ (875 )     (17.6 )%
 
                         

     Noncash compensation includes compensation expense associated with restricted common stock issued under employment agreements, common stock issued to employees at our discretion, Company matches of common stock in our 401(k) plans and common stock issued to employees pursuant to our stock compensation program. Effective January 1, 2005, we curtailed our stock compensation program by eliminating mandatory participation for employees making less than $180,000 per year. For calendar 2005, this change is expected to result in an estimated $7 million decrease in the Company’s noncash compensation expense and a corresponding increase in the Company’s cash operating expense. In all other respects, the 2005 stock compensation program remains comparable to the stock compensation programs in effect for each of the last two calendar years. No formal decisions have been made regarding its status beyond December 2005.

     As a result of the modifications to our stock compensation program, noncash compensation expense decreased approximately $2.0 million from $3.4 million in the three month period ended May 31, 2004 to $1.4 million in the three month period ended May 31, 2005.

     On March 1, 2005, Emmis granted approximately 250,000 shares of restricted stock to certain of its employees in lieu of stock options, which significantly reduced the Company’s annual stock option grant. Although Emmis does not expect to begin expensing stock options until at least March 1, 2006 (pursuant to SFAS No. 123R), it will expense the value of these restricted stock grants over their applicable vesting period, which ranges from 2 to 3 years. The noncash compensation expense associated with this grant was approximately $0.5 million in the three-month period ended May 31, 2005.

     The remaining increase of $0.6 million is primarily attributable to restricted stock granted in connection with executive employment agreement extensions.

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Corporate expenses, excluding noncash compensation:

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (As reported, amounts in thousands)          
Corporate expenses, excluding noncash compensation
  $ 8,420     $ 7,118     $ (1,302 )     (15.5 )%

     The decrease is attributable to professional fees associated with our television digital spectrum initiative decreasing approximately $1.4 million in the three month period ended May 31, 2005, as compared to the same period of the prior year.

Depreciation and amortization:

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (As reported, amounts in thousands)          
Depreciation and amortization:
                               
Radio
  $ 2,841     $ 2,087     $ (754 )     (26.5 )%
Television
    7,818       7,467       (351 )     (4.5 )%
Publishing
    218       180       (38 )     (17.4 )%
Corporate
    1,559       1,626       67       4.3 %
 
                         
 
                               
Total depreciation and amortization
  $ 12,436     $ 11,360     $ (1,076 )     (8.7 )%
 
                         

     Substantially all of the decrease in radio depreciation and amortization expense is attributable to certain definite lived intangibles at our radio stations in Austin, Texas becoming fully amortized in fiscal 2005. This was partially offset by additional depreciation and amortization associated with our WLUP-FM radio acquisition, which closed on January 15, 2005. Substantially all of the decrease in television depreciation and amortization expense is attributable to definite lived intangibles related to various customer lists becoming fully amortized in fiscal 2005. This was partially offset by additional depreciation of recent digital television upgrades.

Operating income:

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (As reported, amounts in thousands)          
Operating income:
                               
Radio
  $ 26,071     $ 29,638     $ 3,567       13.7 %
Television
    19,084       16,969       (2,115 )     (11.1 )%
Publishing
    577       726       149       25.8 %
Corporate
    (11,070 )     (10,594 )     476       (4.3 )%
 
                         
 
                               
Total operating income
  $ 34,662     $ 36,739     $ 2,077       6.0 %
 
                         

     Radio operating income increased due to our WLUP radio acquisition and higher net revenues at our existing stations, partially offset by the expenses associated with WLUP and higher expenses at our existing stations. As discussed above, the net revenue growth of our domestic stations exceeded the revenue growth of the markets in which we operate. We expect our stations to continue to outperform the markets in which we operate as we seek to monetize sustained audience ratings momentum by leveraging the investments we have made to train and develop our sales people.

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     Television operating income decreased due to lower net revenues, coupled with higher operating expenses. In our current fiscal year there are significantly fewer political elections than the prior fiscal year. Despite the decrease in total revenues, our television stations are collectively gaining market revenue share as they monetize higher station audience shares. Although we expect to continue to outperform the markets in which we operate, we expect our television operating income to decrease in fiscal 2006 as compared to fiscal 2005 due, in large part, to the decrease in net political revenues.

     Publishing operating income increased due to strong revenue growth, partially offset by an increase in the cost of paper and start-up costs associated with Tu Ciudad, as described above.

     On a consolidated basis, operating income increased due to the changes in radio, television and publishing operating income, partially offset by higher corporate expenses, as discussed above.

Interest expense:

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (As reported, amounts in thousands)          
Interest expense
  $ 19,696     $ 17,030     $ (2,666 )     (13.5 )%

     Interest expense decreased as a result of lower interest rates paid on a portion of our senior credit facility debt and interest savings realized with our debt refinancing activity completed in the quarter ended May 31, 2004. To finance the Company’s Dutch Tender Offer, the Company borrowed approximately $400 million in June 2005. Consequently, future interest expense will be higher than that reported in the quarter ended May 31, 2005.

Income before income taxes and discontinued operations:

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (As reported, amounts in thousands)          
Income (loss) before income taxes, minority interest and discontinued operations
  $ (82,105 )   $ 19,307     $ 101,412       (123.5 )%

     In connection with our debt refinancing activities completed on May 10, 2004, we recorded a loss on debt extinguishment of $97.0 million in our quarter ended May 31, 2004, primarily consisting of tender premiums and the write-off of deferred debt costs for the debt issuances redeemed.

Net income (loss):

                                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,              
    2004     2005     $ Change     % Change  
    (As reported, amounts in thousands)          
Net income (loss):
  $ (73,570 )   $ 10,378     $ 83,948       (114.1 )%

     The increase in net income is primarily attributable to the prior year’s loss on debt extinguishment discussed above, net of tax benefits. Approximately $59.3 million of the loss on debt extinguishment was not deducted for purposes of calculating the provision (benefit) for income taxes.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

     Our primary sources of liquidity are cash provided by operations and cash available through revolver borrowings under our credit facility. Our primary uses of capital have been historically, and are expected to continue to be, funding acquisitions, capital expenditures, working capital, debt service and preferred stock dividend requirements. We also have used, and may continue to use, capital to repurchase our common stock. Since we manage cash on a consolidated basis, any cash needs of a particular segment or operating entity are met by intercompany transactions. See Investing Activities below for a discussion of specific segment needs.

     At May 31, 2005, we had cash and cash equivalents of $15.5 million and net working capital of $79.7 million. At February 28, 2005, we had cash and cash equivalents of $16.1 million and net working capital of $48.5 million. The increase in net working capital primarily relates to higher accounts receivable due to seasonality of the business and lower accrued salaries and commissions, since year-end bonuses were paid prior to May 31, 2005.

     On May 10, 2005, Emmis announced that it was seeking strategic alternatives for its 16-station Television Division, a process that could result in the sale of all or part of our television assets. Emmis has engaged a financial adviser to assist us in this process.

     On May 16, 2005, Emmis launched a “Dutch Auction” tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase up to 20.25 million shares of its Class A common stock for a price not greater than $19.75 per share nor less than $17.25 per share. The Tender Offer expired on June 13, 2005, and on June 20, 2005 Emmis purchased 20.25 million shares of its Class A common stock at a price of $19.50 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $394.9 million, and incurred related fees and expenses of approximately $4 million.

     In connection with the Tender Offer, on June 6, 2005, Emmis Operating Company amended its credit facility to (i) permit the Tender Offer and related transactions, (ii) reset financial covenants, and (iii) allow for payments on Emmis Communications Corporation’s floating rate senior notes discussed below. In order to finance the aggregate purchase price of the Tender Offer and to pay related fees and expenses, totaling $398.9 million, on June 13, 2005 Emmis Operating Company borrowed $100 million under the revolving portion of its amended credit facility and Emmis issued $300 million of its floating rate senior notes in a private placement (the “Interim Notes”). On June 21, 2005, Emmis issued $350 million of its floating rate senior notes (“the Notes”) in exchange for (i) the $300 million aggregate principal amount of Interim Notes issued on June 13, 2005, and (ii) $50 million in cash. The Interim Notes were retired on June 21, 2005. Emmis used $40 million of the cash proceeds from the notes transactions to repay borrowings it had incurred under its revolving credit facility on June 13, 2005 and approximately $11.1 million of cash proceeds from the notes transactions to pay debt issuance fees and expenses.

     The Notes will mature on June 15, 2012. Interest on the Notes will accrue at a floating rate per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus 5.875%. The applicable margin to LIBOR will increase by 0.5% on each of June 15, 2006, December 15, 2006, and June 15, 2007. Interest payment dates are March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15, commencing September 15, 2005.

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     Emmis may redeem all or a portion of the Notes at the redemption prices set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest beginning on December 15 of the years indicated below:

         
Year   Percentage  
2005
    100.0 %
2006
    102.0 %
2007
    101.0 %
2008 and thereafter
    100.0 %

     The Notes are unsecured obligations of Emmis and will rank pari passu with all future senior indebtedness (as defined) and senior in right of payment to future subordinated indebtedness (as defined). The Notes are subordinated to all indebtedness and liabilities (as defined) of ECC’s subsidiaries.

     The indenture governing the Notes contains covenants limiting Emmis’ ability to, among other things, (1) incur additional indebtedness, (2) pay dividends or make other distributions to stockholders, (3) purchase or redeem capital stock or subordinated indebtedness, (4) make certain investments, (5) engage in certain transactions with affiliates, and (6) sell all or substantially all of the assets of Emmis and its subsidiaries, or consolidate or merge with or into other companies.

     On June 30, 2005, Emmis filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with the SEC to exchange the $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes for a new series of notes registered under the Securities Act. The terms of the new series of notes are identical to the terms of the Notes.

Operating Activities

     Net cash flows provided by operating activities were $2.0 million for the three–month period ended May 31, 2005 compared to $3.0 million for the same period of the prior year. Cash flows provided by operating activities for the three–month period ended May 31, 2005 were similar to the same period in the prior year despite our increase in net revenues less station operating expenses and corporate expenses, primarily due to higher receivables, accrued bonus payments and interest payments during the quarter. Cash flows provided by operating activities are historically the highest in our third and fourth fiscal quarters as a significant portion of our accounts receivable collections is derived from revenues recognized in our second and third fiscal quarters, which are our highest revenue quarters.

   Investing Activities

     Cash flows used in investing activities were $17.7 million for the three–month period ended May 31, 2005 compared to $0.4 million in the same period of the prior year. In the three–month period ended May 31, 2005, we purchased a radio network in Slovakia, but in the three–month period ended May 31, 2004 we sold our interest in two radio stations in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Investment activities include capital expenditures and business acquisitions and dispositions.

     As discussed in Note 1 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, on May 12, 2004, Emmis sold to its minority partners for $7.3 million in cash its interest in Votionis, S.A. (“Votionis”), which owns and operates two radio stations in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

     As discussed in Note 3 to the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements, Emmis acquired D.EXPRES, a.s., a Slovakian company that owns and operates Radio Expres, a national radio network in Slovakia, for a cash purchase price of approximately $12.6 million. The acquisition was financed through borrowings under the credit facility.

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     Capital expenditures primarily relate to leasehold improvements to various office and studio facilities, broadcast equipment purchases, tower upgrades and computer equipment replacements. In the three month periods ended May 31, 2004 and 2005, we had capital expenditures of $7.4 million and $4.8 million, respectively. We expect capital expenditures to be approximately $19 million in the current fiscal year, compared to $25.2 million in fiscal 2005. We expect that future requirements for capital expenditures will include capital expenditures incurred during the ordinary course of business and digital conversion upgrade costs. All but one of our television stations and all but three of our satellite stations as of May 2005 were broadcasting a digital signal. Provided that we still own all of our television stations, we will incur approximately $11 million of additional costs, after fiscal 2006, to upgrade the digital signals of three of our local stations and six of our satellite stations and to accommodate the channel changes required as analog licenses are retracted. We expect to fund such capital expenditures with cash generated from operating activities and borrowings under our credit facility.

Financing Activities

     Cash flows provided by financing activities were $15.2 million for the three–month period ended May 31, 2005. Cash flows used in financing activities for were $0.1 million for the same period of the prior year. Cash flows provided by financing activities in the quarter ended May 31, 2005 were used to fund the acquisition of a radio station, as discussed above in Investing Activities,

     For a discussion of our Dutch Tender Offer and related financing activities completed in June 2005 as well as our decision to seek strategic alternatives for television division, see discussion above in “Liquidity and Capital Resources”.

     As of May 31, 2005, Emmis had $1,197.0 million of long-term corporate indebtedness outstanding under its credit facility ($815.9 million), senior subordinated notes ($375.0 million), senior discount notes ($1.3 million) and an additional $4.8 million of other indebtedness. Emmis also had $143.8 million of convertible preferred stock outstanding. All outstanding amounts under our credit facility bear interest, at our option, at a rate equal to the Eurodollar rate or an alternative Base Rate plus a margin. As of May 31, 2005, our weighted average borrowing rate under our credit facility was approximately 4.8% and our overall weighted average borrowing rate, after taking into account amounts outstanding under our senior subordinated notes and senior discount notes, was approximately 5.5%.

     The debt service requirements of Emmis over the next twelve-month period (excluding interest under our credit facility and our floating rate notes issued in June 2005) are expected to be $41.6 million. This amount is comprised of $25.8 million for interest under our senior subordinated notes, $6.8 million for repayment of term notes under our credit facility and $9.0 million in preferred stock dividend requirements. Although interest will be paid under the credit facility at least every three months and interest will be paid every three months under the new floating rate notes, the amount of interest is not presently determinable given that these debt instruments bear interest at variable rates. The terms of Emmis’s preferred stock provide for a quarterly dividend payment of $.78125 per share on each January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15.

     At July 1, 2005, we had $146.0 million available under our credit facility. As part of our business strategy, we continually evaluate potential acquisitions of radio and television stations, as well as publishing properties. If we elect to take advantage of future acquisition opportunities, we may incur additional debt or issue additional equity or debt securities, depending on market conditions and other factors. In addition, Emmis will have the option, but not the obligation, to purchase our 49.9% partner’s entire interest in the Austin partnership after a period of approximately five years based on an 18-multiple of trailing 12-month cash flow.

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Intangibles

     At May 31, 2005, approximately 74% of our total assets consisted of intangible assets, such as FCC broadcast licenses, goodwill, subscription lists and similar assets, the value of which depends significantly upon the operational results of our businesses. In the case of our radio and television stations, we would not be able to operate the properties without the related FCC license for each property. FCC licenses are renewed every eight years; consequently, we continually monitor our stations’ compliance with the various regulatory requirements. Historically, all of our FCC licenses have been renewed at the end of their respective periods, and we expect that all FCC licenses will continue to be renewed in the future.

Regulatory, Legal and Other Matters

     We acquired KGMB-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii in October 2000. Because we also own KHON-TV in Honolulu and both stations are rated among the top four television stations in the Honolulu market, we have been operating KGMB-TV under various temporary waivers to the FCC’s ownership rules. In June of 2003 the FCC adopted new local television ownership rules which continue to prohibit the ownership of two top four-rated television stations in a single market; the FCC ordered companies with such ownership interests to make any divestitures necessary to achieve compliance. The implementation of the new rules, however, was challenged in Federal court, and the court issued an indefinite stay pending its decision. The stay has prevented the new rules and the divestiture order from becoming effective. In addition, Emmis filed its own petition in the same Federal court challenging the legality of the Commission’s rule that prohibits one company from owning two stations that are rated in the top four in a single market. In June of 2004, the Federal court issued its decision which struck down certain aspects of the FCC ownership rules, but upheld the prohibition on owning two stations that are rated in the top four in a single market. The court also extended the stay while the FCC proposes new ownership rules. Emmis is currently exploring its options relating to the ownership and operation of these stations. However, this ruling makes it increasingly unlikely that Emmis would be permitted to own both KHON-TV and KGMB-TV indefinitely, absent a permanent waiver. We cannot predict whether such a permanent waiver would be granted. In addition, however, Emmis is currently seeking strategic alternatives for its entire Television Division. See “Liquidity and Capital Resources”.

     FCC regulations require commercial television stations in the United States to be broadcasting in digital format. Fifteen of our sixteen television stations (excluding “satellite” stations) are currently broadcasting in digital format. The station that is not broadcasting in digital format is WBPG because the FCC has not assigned it a second channel for digital broadcasting. Under the channel repacking process, as contemplated in the FCC’s second periodic review released September 7, 2004, WBPG will participate in the channel election process and receive a digital allotment. The station will convert to digital broadcasting shortly before the conclusion of the digital broadcasting transition, which is currently scheduled to occur on December 31, 2006, or when at least 85% of the television households in a given market can receive a digital signal, whichever is later. Three of our nine satellite stations are not currently broadcasting in digital format. The FCC’s second periodic review has defined a “flash cut” process for satellite stations, eliminating the need to operate dual facilities during the digital broadcasting transition, and allowing satellite stations to convert the existing analog broadcasting facility to a digital broadcasting facility prior to the conclusion of the digital broadcasting transition. The FCC channel repacking process also requires stations (other than satellite stations) that are not operating with the full DTV facilities authorized in their licenses to do so by specified deadlines or risk having their protected DTV signal coverage limited. Three of the Company’s stations are not operating with the full authorized facilities; of those, one was subject to a deadline of July 1, 2005, and two are subject to a deadline of July 1, 2006. The Company expects to complete the full build-out of the station that missed the July 1, 2005 deadline by July 31, 2005 and has obtained a waiver from the FCC that

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will protect the station’s signal through the end of the construction period. Emmis expects the two remaining stations to meet the July 1, 2006 deadline.

     In January 2005, we received a subpoena from the Office of Attorney General of the State of New York, as have some of the other radio broadcasting companies operating in the State of New York. The subpoenas were issued in connection with the New York Attorney General’s investigation of record company promotional practices. We are cooperating with this investigation. We do not expect that the outcome of this matter would have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

     In January 2005, a third party threatened claims against our radio station in Hungary seeking damages of approximately $4.6 million. Emmis has investigated this matter, and based on information gathered, Emmis believes the claims are without merit. Litigation has not been initiated and Emmis intends to defend itself vigorously in the matter.

     In March, 2005, we received a subpoena from the Office of Attorney General of the State of New York in connection with the New York Attorney General’s investigation of a contest at one of our radio stations in New York City. We are cooperating with this investigation and do not expect that the outcome of this matter would have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

     The Company is a party to various other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management of the Company, however, none of these pending legal proceedings is likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     As of February 28, 2005, approximately 68% of Emmis’ total outstanding debt bore interest at variable rates. As a result of the issuance of senior floating rate notes in June 2005, approximately 77% of the Company’s debt as of June 24, 2005 bears interest at variable rates. Based on amounts outstanding at June 24, 2005, if the interest rate on our variable debt were to increase by 1.0%, our annual interest expense would be higher by approximately $12.3 million.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     Discussion regarding these items is included in management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

     As of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, the Company evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its “disclosure controls and procedures” (“Disclosure Controls”). This evaluation (the “Controls Evaluation”) was performed under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”).

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file or submit, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

     During the period covered by this quarterly report, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

     It should be noted that any control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 6. Exhibits

     (a) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed or incorporated by reference as a part of this report:

  3.1   Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Communications Corporation, as amended through June 13, 2005.
 
  3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Emmis Communications Corporation, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 30, 2002.
 
  4.1   Emmis Communications Floating Rate Notes Indenture, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form S-4 filed June 30, 2005.
 
  10.1   First Amendment to Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 6, 2005.
 
  12   Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
 
  31.1   Certification of Principal Executive Officer of Emmis Communications Corporation pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act.
 
  31.2   Certification of Principal Financial Officer of Emmis Communications Corporation pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act.
 
  32.1   Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer of Emmis Communications Corporation.
 
  32.2   Section 1350 Certification of Principal Financial Officer of Emmis Communications Corporation.

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SIGNATURES

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

     
 
  EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS
 
  CORPORATION
 
   
Date: July 11, 2005
  By: /s/ WALTER Z. BERGER
 
  Walter Z. Berger
 
  Executive Vice President (Authorized Corporate
 
  Officer), Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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EX-3.1 2 c96603exv3w1.htm 2ND AMENDED/RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION exv3w1
 

EXHIBIT 3.1

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

     The undersigned officer of Emmis Communications Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) existing pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as amended (hereinafter referred to as the “Law”), desiring to give notice of corporate action effectuating amendment of certain provisions of its Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, certifies the following facts:

ARTICLE I

Amendments

     SECTION 1: The date of incorporation of the Corporation is July 17, 1986.

     SECTION 2: The name of the Corporation following this amendment to the Articles of Incorporation is Emmis Communications Corporation.

     SECTION 3: Exhibit A of the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation is amended as provided on Attachment 1.

ARTICLE II

Date of Amendment’s Adoption

     The amendment was adopted June 13, 2005.

ARTICLE III

Manner of Adoption and Vote

     SECTION 1: Action by Directors:

     The amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation on June 1, 2005.

 


 

     SECTION 2: Action by Shareholders:

     The Shareholders of the Corporation entitled to vote in respect of the amendment adopted the amendment by vote of the Shareholders during a meeting called by the Board of Directors and held June 13, 2005. The result of the vote was as follows:

         
Designation of Each Voting   Class A Common and Class   6.25% Series A Cumulative
Group   B Common 1   Convertible Preferred
Number of outstanding shares:
  Class A: 51,944,160   2,875,000
 
       
 
  Class B: 48,797,840    
Number of votes entitled to be cast:
  Class A: 51,944,160   2,875,000
 
 
  Class B: 48,797,840    
Number of votes represented at the meeting:
  Class A: 25,667,744   2,137,050
 
       
 
  Class B: 48,797,840    
Shares voted in favor:
  Class A: 24,142,474   2,126,140
 
       
 
  Class B: 48,797,840    
 
     
 
      Total: 72,940,314    
Shares voted against:
          Class A: 2,626          9,410
 
       
 
                 Class B: 0    
 
     
 
              Total: 2,626    
 
1   The Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock voting together as a single class.

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ARTICLE IV

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 Law, the Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and the By-Laws of the Corporation.

     I hereby verify subject to the penalties of perjury that the statements contained are true this 13th day of June 2005.
         
     
  /s/ J. Scott Enright    
  J. Scott Enright, Secretary   
     

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ATTACHMENT 1

     Section 9(c)(v) of Exhibit A to the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation is amended hereby by deleting Section 9(c)(v) in its entirety and restating it to read as follows:

                         (v) In case the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time (A) make a distribution to all holders of shares of its Common Stock consisting exclusively of cash (excluding any cash portion of distributions referred to in paragraph (iv) above, or cash distributed upon a merger or consolidation to which (B) of this paragraph below applies), that, when combined together with (x) all other such all-cash distributions made within the then-preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment has been made and (y) any cash and the fair market value of any other consideration paid or payable in respect of any tender offer by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for shares of Common Stock concluded within the then-preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this Section 9(c) has been made, in the aggregate exceeds 15% of the Corporation’s Market Capitalization as of the record date of such distribution; (B) complete a tender or exchange offer which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries makes for shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock that involves an aggregate consideration that, together with (x) any cash and other consideration payable in a tender or exchange offer by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock expiring within the then preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment has been made and (y) the aggregate amount of any such all-cash distributions referred to in (A) of this paragraph to all holders of shares of Common Stock within the then preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustments have been made, exceeds 15% of the Corporation’s Market Capitalization as of the date of the first public announcement of such tender or exchange offer (the “Announcement Date”); or (C) make a distribution to all holders of its Common Stock consisting of evidences of indebtedness, shares of its capital stock other than Common Stock or assets (including securities, but excluding those dividends, rights, options, warrants and distributions referred to in this Section 9(c)), then (1) in the case of (A) and (C) above, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be adjusted by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the Market Value as of the record date referred to below and (y) the denominator of which shall be such Market Value less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) of the portion of the cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities or other assets so distributed or paid in such tender or exchange offer, for which no adjustment has been made, applicable to one share of Common Stock (assuming that the distribution and/or tender or exchange offer consideration is paid to the holders of all outstanding shares of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive such distribution) (but such denominator not to be less than one), and (2) in the case of (B) above, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be adjusted by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the expiration of such tender or exchange offer (the “Expiration Time”) by a fraction (which shall not be less than one) (x) the numerator of which shall be equal to the product of (a) the Market Value as of the Announcement Date and (b) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the date of the Expiration Time less the number of all shares of Common Stock validly tendered, not withdrawn and accepted for payment up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender offer or exchange offer (such

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validly tendered shares, up to any such maximum, being referred to as the “Purchased Shares”) and (y) the denominator of which shall be equal to (a) the product of (I) the Market Value as of the Announcement Date and (II) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding (including any tendered shares) on the date of the Expiration Time less (b) the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) of the cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities or other assets paid in such tender or exchange offer or so distributed for which no adjustment has been made (assuming in the case of any tender offer or exchange offer, the acceptance, up to any maximum specified in the terms of the tender or exchange offer, of Purchased Shares); provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Corporation if the holder of shares of Preferred Stock would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon Conversion at any time of shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the Corporation, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of this Section 9(c)(v) as a dividend on the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made or tender or exchange offer is completed, as the case may be, and shall become effective retroactively to a date immediately following the close of business on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution (or in the case of a tender or exchange offer, immediately prior to the opening of business on the day after the Expiration Time). For purposes of determining the fair market value of any cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities or other assets paid in any tender or exchange offer (the “Tender Consideration”) in clause (1)(y) above, only the excess (if any) of the Tender Consideration over the product of the Market Value as of the Announcement Date for such tender or exchange offer and the number of shares of Common Stock purchased in such tender of exchange offer shall be included in such calculation.

     Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Company’s tender offer for up to 20,250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock as set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated May 16, 2005, as amended from time to time thereafter (the “2005 Tender Offer”), the Conversion Price shall be adjusted as follows: the Conversion Price then in effect shall be adjusted to the number equal to (a) the Liquidation Preference divided by (b) the sum of (i) a fraction the numerator of which shall equal the Liquidation Preference and the denominator of which shall be the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date of the Expiration Time for the 2005 Tender Offer plus (ii) the product of (x) 0.386 and (y) a fraction the numerator of which shall be the purchase price paid in the 2005 Tender Offer for all shares of Class A Common Stock that are validly tendered and not withdrawn and accepted for payment in accordance with the terms of the 2005 Tender Offer and the denominator of which shall be 400,000,000.

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     A new Section 11 is added hereby to Exhibit A to the Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to read as follows:

          11. Redemption Upon Going Private Transaction.

          11.1 If a Going Private Redemption Transaction (as defined below) occurs, the holders of the Preferred Stock shall have the right to require that the Corporation redeem all or a portion of their outstanding shares of Preferred Stock on the date that is the first anniversary of the Going Private Redemption Transaction (or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next Business Day) (such date, the “Going Private Redemption Date”) at a redemption price per share equal to 100% of the Liquidation Preference plus Accrued Dividends and Accumulated Dividends, if any, whether or not declared to the Going Private Redemption Date (the “Going Private Redemption Price”) in accordance with the terms of this Section 11. “Going Private Redemption Transaction” shall mean a Going Private Transaction (as defined in Article III of the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation) in which a Permitted Holder or an Affiliate of Smulyan (as defined in Article III of the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation) participates, which does not otherwise constitute a Change of Control.

          11.2 At least 30 days prior to the Going Private Redemption Date, the Corporation shall provide a notice (the “Going Private Redemption Notice”) by first class mail to each record holder of shares of Preferred Stock, at such holder’s address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state (i) that a Going Private Redemption Transaction has occurred and that each holder has the right to require the Corporation to redeem all or a portion of such holder’s shares of Preferred Stock at a redemption price per share equal to 100% of the Liquidation Preference plus Accrued Dividends and Accumulated Dividends, if any, whether or not declared to the Going Private Redemption Date; (ii) the last day on which a holder may elect to have all or a portion of its shares of Preferred Stock redeemed; (iii) the procedures that holders must follow to have their Preferred Stock redeemed; and (iv) the Going Private Redemption Date; provided, however, that no failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein, nor in the mailing thereof, shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed owned by the other holders to whom such notice was duly given. On the Going Private Redemption Date, the Corporation shall pay over the Going Private Redemption Price to the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock who have validly elected to have all or a portion of their shares redeemed upon the endorsement and surrender of the certificates for such shares of Preferred Stock by the holders thereof.

          11.3 On or before the Going Private Redemption Date, each holder of shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated in the Going Private Redemption Notice and on the Going Private Redemption Date, the full Going Private Redemption Price, payable in cash, for such shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall be paid or delivered to the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof, and the shares represented by each surrendered certificate shall be returned to authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of any or no series. Upon surrender (in accordance with the Going Private Redemption Notice) of the certificate or certificates

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representing any shares to be so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Corporation shall so require and the Going Private Redemption Notice shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at the Going Private Redemption Price. If fewer than all the shares represented by any such certificate are to be redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares, without cost to the holder thereof, together with the amount of cash, if any, in lieu of fractional shares.

          11.4 If a Going Private Redemption Notice shall have been given as provided in Section 11.2 and a holder shall have validly elected to have all or a portion of its shares of Preferred Shares redeemed, dividends on such shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall cease to accrue, such shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the holders thereof as shareholders of the Corporation with respect to shares so called for redemption (except for the right to receive from the Corporation the Going Private Redemption Price) shall cease (including any right to receive dividends otherwise payable on any Dividend Payment Date that would have occurred after the time and date of such redemption) either (i) from and after the Going Private Redemption Date (unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the Going Private Redemption Price, in which case such rights shall not terminate at such date) or (ii) if the Corporation shall so elect and state in the Going Private Redemption Notice, from and after the time and date (which date shall be the Going Private Redemption Date or an earlier date not less than 30 days after the date of mailing of the Going Private Redemption Notice) on which the Corporation shall establish an account and irrevocably deposit for the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed with a designated bank or trust company doing business in the State of New York, as paying agent (the “Principal Agent”), money sufficient to pay at the office of such paying agent, on the Going Private Redemption Date, the Going Private Redemption Price. The holders of the Preferred Stock or their appointed representatives shall have a perfected first priority security interest in such account. Any money so deposited with any such Principal Agent which shall not be required for such redemption shall be returned to the Corporation forthwith. Subject to applicable escheat laws, any moneys so set aside by the Corporation and unclaimed at the end of one year from the Going Private Redemption Date shall revert to the general funds of the Corporation, after which reversion the holders of such shares so called for redemption shall look only to the general funds of the Corporation for the payment of the Going Private Redemption Price without interest. Any interest accrued on funds so deposited shall be paid to the Corporation from time to time.

          11.5 Immediately prior to the consummation of a Going Private Redemption Transaction, the Corporation shall establish a dividend account with a designated bank or trust company doing business in the State of New York (the “Dividend Agent”). The holders of the Preferred Stock or their appointed representatives shall have a perfected first priority security interest in such account (the “Preferred Shareholder Dividend Security Account”). The Corporation shall deposit with such Dividend Agent money sufficient to pay all dividends payable pursuant to Section 3 of this Exhibit A to the holders of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock for each Dividend Payment Date occurring after the consummation of the Going Private Redemption Transaction and on or prior to the Going Private Redemption Date. On each Dividend Payment Date occurring after the consummation of the Going Private Redemption Transaction, the Dividend Agent shall release from such account money sufficient to pay the dividends then due and payable on the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock. Any money so held

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which shall not be used to pay such dividends shall be returned to the Corporation forthwith and in any event following the Going Private Redemption Date, all such money so held shall be released to the Corporation (unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the Going Private Redemption Price). Any interest accrued on the funds or investment income in respect of such funds shall be paid to the Corporation from time to time. In connection with any Going Private Redemption Transaction, the Company shall disclose in the 13e-3 disclosure document filed in connection therewith the terms of the Preferred Shareholder Dividend Security Account and shall attach as an exhibit thereto the definitive documentation to be entered into in connection therewith.

          11.6 The Corporation shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 13(e) and 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with redemption of the Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 11. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 11, the Corporation shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 11 by virtue of its compliance with such securities laws or regulations.

          11.7 The rights of holders of Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 11 are in addition to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock provided for in Sections 6 and 9 of this Exhibit A.

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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT
OF THE AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

The undersigned officer of EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (the “Corporation”), existing pursuant to the provisions of the Indiana Business Corporation Law (IND. CODE § 23-1 et seq.) as amended (the “Act”), desiring to give notice of corporate action effectuating amendment of certain provisions of its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, certifies the following facts:

ARTICLE I – Amendment

SECTION 1: The date of incorporation of the Corporation is:

July 17, 1986

SECTION 2: The name of the Corporation following this amendment of its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation is:

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

SECTION 3: The text of the Amended and Restated Articles of Amendment is amended to add Exhibit B as follows:

SEE ATTACHED EXHIBIT 1

This amendment is to be effective upon filing.

ARTICLE II – Manner and Adoption and Vote

SECTION 1: Action by Directors:

The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions amending the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation. These resolutions were adopted at a meeting held on March 11, 2001 at which a quorum was present.

SECTION 2: Action by Shareholders:

Pursuant to I.C. 23-1-25-2(d), the Shareholders of the Corporation were not required to vote with respect to this amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation.

SECTION 3: Compliance with legal requirements:

The manner of the adoption of the Articles of Incorporation and the vote by which they were adopted constitute full legal compliance with the provisions of the Act, the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, and the Code of By-Laws of the Corporation.

 


 

     I hereby verify, subject to penalties for perjury, that the facts contained herein are true this 26th day of March, 2001.
         
     
  /s/ J. Scott Enright    
  J. Scott Enright   
  Vice President and Associate General Counsel   

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EXHIBIT 1

Exhibit B
to the Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation of
Emmis Communications Corporation

Pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the provisions of Article VIII, Section 8.01 of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time (the “Articles of Incorporation”), and pursuant to I.C. 23-1-25-2, the Board of Directors hereby creates a series of preferred stock of the Corporation with the following voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof (in addition to the provisions set forth in the Articles of Incorporation which are applicable to the preferred stock of all classes and series):

  1.   Designation, Amount and Ranking.

          1.1 There shall be created from the 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation authorized to be issued pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation, a series of preferred stock, designated as the “12.50% Senior Preferred Stock,” par value $0.01 per share (the “Senior Preferred Stock”), and the number of shares of such series shall be 250. Such number of shares may be decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Senior Preferred Stock to a number less than that of the shares of Senior Preferred Stock then outstanding plus the number of shares issuable upon exercise of options or rights then outstanding.

          1.2 The Senior Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation, ranks:

                         (a) senior to all classes of the Corporation’s common stock and to each other class of capital stock or series of preferred stock established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior to or on a parity with the Senior Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (“Senior Securities”);

                         (b) ratably with the Corporation’s 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and with any class of capital stock or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with the Senior Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation (“Parity Securities”); and

                         (c) subject to certain conditions which include the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Senior Preferred Stock, junior to each class of capital stock or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation established after

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the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Senior Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation.

          1.3 The Corporation may not authorize, create (by way of reclassification or otherwise) or issue any Senior Securities (other than Disqualified Stock), or any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase Senior Securities (other than Disqualified Stock), without the consent of the holders of at least a majority in Liquidation Preference of the then outstanding Senior Preferred Stock, in each case, voting as a single class.

     2. Definitions. As used in this Exhibit B, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

          2.1 “Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, including, without limitation, Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person; and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

          2.2 “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 provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person shall be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.

          2.3 “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any share of Senior Preferred Stock on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the Liquidation Preference of the share; or

(2) the excess of:

     (a) the present value of the Liquidation Preference at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of the share at March 15, 2006 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above) plus (ii) all required dividend payments due on the share through March 15, 2006 (excluding accrued but unpaid dividends), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over

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     (b) the Liquidation Preference of the share.

          2.4 “Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights, other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business; provided that the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by Section 7 and subsection 11.4 and not by Section 8; and

(2) the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Corporation’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries.

          Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales:

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that: (a) involves assets having a fair market value of less than $1.0 million; or (b) results in net proceeds to the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries of less than $1.0 million;

(2) a transfer of assets between or among the Corporation and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Corporation or to another Restricted Subsidiary;

(4) a transfer by the Corporation of assets in a transaction that qualifies as a charitable contribution or donation and which does not exceed $2.0 million in the aggregate; and

(5) a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted under subsection 11.1.

          2.5 “Attributable Debt” in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

          2.6 “Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have a corresponding meaning.

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          2.7 “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

          2.8 “Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

          2.9 “Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

          2.10 “Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) United States dollars;

(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition;

(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thompson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;

(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

(5) commercial paper or marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case, having one the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; and

(6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) - (5) of this definition.

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          2.11 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than a Principal or a Related Party of a Principal;

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation;

(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above), other than the Principals and their Related Parties and disregarding any holding company whose principal asset is capital stock of the Corporation, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Corporation, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation are not Continuing Directors.

          2.12 “Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus:

(1) an amount equal to any extraordinary loss on an after tax basis plus any loss realized in connection with an Asset Sale or any refinancing of a Credit Facility on an after tax basis, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued and whether or not capitalized (including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, consent fees, premiums, prepayment penalties, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations), to the extent that any such expense was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(4) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and

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its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(5) all one-time cash compensation payments in connection with employment agreements (or replacement therefor) as in effect on March 27, 2001; minus

(6) non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than items that were accrued in the ordinary course of business, in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

          Notwithstanding the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and other non-cash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated EBITDA of the Corporation only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Corporation by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter, all judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations, and all agreements and instruments applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders.

          2.13 “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

(1) the Net Income or loss of any Person other than the Corporation that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;

(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation (and, with respect to the Senior Preferred Stock, any agreement or instrument) applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;

(3) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;

(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded; and

(5) the Net Income or loss of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries.

          2.14 “Consolidated Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the sum of:

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(1) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date; plus

(2) the respective amounts reported on such Person’s balance sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any cash received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred stock.

          2.15 “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation who:

(1) was a member of such Board of Directors on March 27, 2001;

(2) was nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such Board at the time of such nomination or election; or

(3) is a designee of a Principal or was nominated by a Principal.

          2.16 “Credit Agreement” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2000, as amended, among Emmis Communications Corporation, the lenders named therein, Toronto Dominion (Texas), Inc., as Administrative Agent, Fleet National Bank, as Documentation Agent, First Union National Bank, as Syndication Agent, and Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, as co-document agent, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.

          2.17 “Credit Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.

          2.18 “Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Senior Preferred Stock becomes mandatorily redeemable; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Corporation to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Corporation may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with subsection 11.1.

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          2.19 “Emmis Holdings” means Emmis Holdings Corporation, an Indiana corporation which, if formed, will become the holding company parent of the Corporation.

          2.20 “Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

          2.21 “Equity Offering” means any sale of Equity Interests of the Corporation (excluding sales made to any Restricted Subsidiary and excluding sales of Disqualified Stock) (a) to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (b) in a private placement of Equity Interests of the Corporation pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

          2.22 “Escrow Corp.” means Emmis Escrow Corporation, an Indiana corporation.

          2.23 “Escrow Corp. Merger” means the merger transaction involving Escrow Corp., Escrow Holdings and the Corporation (or Emmis Holdings) pursuant to the Escrow Corp. Merger Agreement.

          2.24 “Escrow Corp. Merger Agreement” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger with respect to the Escrow Corp. Merger, dated as of March 27, 2001.

          2.25 “Escrow Holdings” means Emmis Escrow Holding Corporation, an Indiana corporation.

          2.26 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

          2.27 “Existing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on March 27, 2001, until such amounts are repaid.

          2.28 “Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations; plus

(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

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(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets, of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon and limited to the amount of such Guarantee or the fair market value of such property secured by such Lien, as the case may be.

          2.29 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on March 27, 2001.

          2.30 “Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

          2.31 “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates or currency exchange rates.

          2.32 “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of:

(1) borrowed money;

(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(3) banker’s acceptances;

(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;

(5) the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property; or

(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,

except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, as well as all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person (the amount of such Indebtedness as of any date being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or assets as of such date or the

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principal amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person so secured) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by such Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person. The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be (i) the accreted value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount, and (ii) the principal amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more than 30 days past due, in the case of any other Indebtedness.

          2.33 “Investments” means with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or indirect loans (including guarantees of Indebtedness or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation issues any of its Equity Interests such that, in each case, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation, the Corporation shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in subsection 11.1(e).

          2.34 “Issue Date” means the original date of issuance of the Senior Preferred Stock.

          2.35 “Junior Disqualified Preferred Stock” means Disqualified Stock that ranks junior in right of payment to the Corporation’s obligations under the Senior Preferred Stock.

          2.36 “Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person on any date of determination (the “Calculation Date”), the ratio, on a pro forma basis, of (1) the sum of the aggregate outstanding amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Pari Passu Preferred Stock (other than the outstanding Series A Preferred Stock) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Calculation Date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP to (2) the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to continuing operations and businesses (exclusive of amounts attributable to operations and businesses permanently discontinued or disposed of) for the Reference Period. For purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, during the Reference Period or subsequent to such Rreference Period and on or prior to the Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the first day of such Reference Period and Consolidated EBITDA for such reference period shall be calculated without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of Consolidated Net Income; and

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(2) transactions giving rise to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio shall be assumed to have occurred on the first day of the Reference Period.

          2.37 “Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).

          2.38 “Liquidation Preference” means, with respect to each share of Senior Preferred Stock, $1,000,000.

          2.39 “Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

(1) any gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or loss, realized in connection with (a) any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and leaseback transactions) or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(2) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss.

          2.40 “Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of:

(1) the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions) and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof;

(2) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements);

(3) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness under a Credit Facility) secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale;

(4) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale;

(5) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the assets disposed of in

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such Asset Sale and retained by the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Sale; and

(6) without duplication, any reserves that the Corporation’s Board of Directors determines in good faith should be made in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets for post closing adjustments; provided that in the case of any reversal of any reserve referred to in clause (5) or (6) above, the amount so reserved shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale as of the date of such reversal.

          2.41 “Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

(1) as to which neither the Corporation nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise), or (c) constitutes the lender;

(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and

(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the assets of the Corporation or the stock or assets of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (except that this clause (3) will not apply to any Indebtedness incurred by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries prior to March 27, 2001).

          2.42 “Obligations” means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

          2.43 “Officers’ Certificate” has the meaning given to that term in the the indenture dated as of March 27, 2001, between Escrow Corp. and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as amended or supplemented, providing for the issuance of Senior Discount Notes.

          2.44 “Pari Passu Preferred Stock” means preferred stock of the Corporation which by its terms is equal in right of payment to the Corporation’s obligations under the Senior Preferred Stock.

          2.45 “Permitted Business” means any business conducted by the Corporation, its Restricted Subsidiaries on March 27, 2001 and any other business related, ancillary or complementary to any such business.

          2.46 “Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment in the Corporation or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation;

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(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

(3) any Investment by the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

     (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation; or

     (b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation;

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with the covenant described in Section 8;

(5) any acquisition of assets solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Corporation;

(6) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (6) since March 27, 2001, not to exceed $15 million in the aggregate;

(7) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures, provided that, at the time of and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Investment (and any related transaction or series of transactions), the Leverage Ratio under clause (C) of subsection 11.2(a) would be less than or equal to such Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such Investment;

(8) any purchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition of Indebtedness of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary using the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under paragraph (5) of the definition of Preferred Stock Permitted Debt in subsection 11.2;

(9) agreements relating to the Indebtedness incurred under paragraph (7) of the definition of Preferred Stock Permitted Debt in subsection 11.2;

(10) Investments in securities of trade creditors or customers received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of such trade creditors or customers in good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of such trade creditors or customers;

(11) guarantees of Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by this Exhibit B;

(12) Investments in the form of Productive Assets received in connection with an Asset Sale;

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(13) commission, travel, payroll, entertainment, relocation and similar advances made to officers and employees of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary made in the ordinary course of business; and

(14) any Investment in the form of loans or advances to employees of the Corporation not to exceed $3.0 million in aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding.

          2.47 “Permitted Joint Ventures” means a corporation, partnership or other entity (other than a Subsidiary) engaged in one or more Permitted Businesses in respect of which the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary (a) beneficially owns at least 20% of the Equity Interests of such entity and (b) either is a party to an agreement empowering one or more parties to such agreement (which may or may not be the Corporation or a Subsidiary), or is a member of a group that, pursuant to the constituent documents of the applicable corporation, partnership or other entity, has the power, to direct the policies, management and affairs of such entity.

          2.48 “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, Disqualified Stock or Pari Passu Preferred Stock of the Corporation issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Pari Passu Preferred Stock of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

(1) the principal amount, initial accreted value or liquidation preference, if applicable, of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus accrued interest or dividends on, the Indebtedness or preferred stock so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus the amount of expenses, consent fees and prepayment premiums incurred in connection therewith);

(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness or preferred stock being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded;

(3) if the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to, the notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of the notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and

(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Corporation or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

          2.49 “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or agency or

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political subdivision thereof (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any such entity or substantially all of the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).

          2.50 “Principals” means Jeffrey H. Smulyan.

          2.51 “Productive Assets” means assets (including Equity Interests) that are used or usable by the Corporation and/or a Restricted Subsidiary in Permitted Businesses; provided that for any Equity Interests to qualify as Productive Assets, they must, after giving pro forma effect to the transaction in which they were acquired, be Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary.

          2.52 “Reference Period” means, with regard to any Person, the four full fiscal quarters (or such lesser period during which such Person has been in existence) ended immediately preceding any date upon which any determination or calculation is to be made pursuant to the terms of this Exhibit B.

          2.53 “Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement to be entered into by Escrow Corp. on or before March 27, 2001 relating in part to the registration of the Senior Discount Notes with the Commission.

          2.54 “Related Party” with respect to any Principal means:

(1) any controlling stockholder, 80% (or more) owned Subsidiary of such Principal;

(2) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, members, partners, owners or Persons beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist of such Principal and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (1); or

(3) a spouse, lineal descendants and ascendants, heirs, executors or other legal representatives and any trusts or other entities established by or for the benefit of any of the foregoing or established by any of the foregoing for charitable purposes, or any other person or entity in which the foregoing persons or entities exercise control.

          2.55 “Reorganization” means either (i) the transfer of all of the Corporation’s assets and liabilities (including indebtedness under its credit facility and outstanding senior subordinated notes) to a newly-formed subsidiary or (ii) a merger whereby a new holding company, Emmis Holdings, will acquire all of the capital stock of the Corporation, and the stockholders of the Corporation will become stockholders of Emmis Holdings.

          2.56 “Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

          2.57 “Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

          2.58 “Senior Discount Notes” means the 12.50% Senior Discount Notes due 2011 of Escrow Corp.

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          2.59 “Senior Subordinated Notes” means the 8.125% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2009 of the Corporation.

          2.60 “Series A Preferred Stock” means the Corporation’s 6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.

          2.61 “Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that would be a “significant subsidiary” of such Person as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as such Regulation is in effect on March 27, 2001.

          2.62 “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 of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).

          2.63 “Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to March 15, 2006; provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to March 15, 2006 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

          2.64 “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) Game Warden Wildlife Journal Magazine, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, Country Sampler Stores, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company), Radio Hungaria Co., Ltd. (a Hungarian corporation), Emmis Escrow Corporation, an Indiana corporation, and Emmis Escrow Holding Corporation, an Indiana corporation, and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Corporation that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution; but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the

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Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Corporation;

(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Corporation nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (x) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (y) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results;

(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(5) has at least one director on its board of directors that is not a director or executive officer of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and has at least one executive officer that is not a director or executive officer of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the transfer agent by filing with the transfer agent a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions and was permitted by subsection 11.1. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Exhibit B and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation as of such date (and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under subsection 11.2, the Corporation shall be in default of such covenant). The Board of Directors of the Corporation may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (i) such Indebtedness is permitted under subsection 11.2, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and (ii) no Voting rights Triggering Event (as defined in subsection 9.2) would occur or be in existence following such designation.

          2.65 “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.

          2.66 “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness or series or class of preferred stock at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal or liquidation preference, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

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(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness or the aggregate liquidation preference of such preferred stock, as the case may be.

          2.67 “Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

     3. Dividends.

          3.1 When the Board of Directors declares dividends out of legally available company funds, the holders of the Senior Preferred Stock, who are holders of record as of the preceding March 1 and September 1 (each, a “Record Date”), will be entitled to receive cumulative preferential dividends at the rate per share of 12.50% per annum. Dividends on the Senior Preferred Stock will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year (each, a “Dividend Payment Date”).

          3.2 On or prior to March 15, 2006, the Corporation may, at its option, pay dividends:

(1) in cash; or

(2) in additional fully-paid and non-assessable shares of Senior Preferred Stock (including fractional stock) having an aggregate Liquidation Preference equal to the amount of such dividends.

  3.3   After March 15, 2006, the Corporation shall pay dividends in cash only.
 
  3.4   Dividends payable on the Senior Preferred Stock will be:

(1) computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months; and

(2) accrue on a daily basis.

  3.5   Dividends on the Senior Preferred Stock will accrue whether or not:

(1) the Corporation has earnings or profits;

(2) there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends; or

(3) dividends are declared.

               3.6 Dividends will accumulate to the extent they are not paid on the Dividend Payment Date for the quarterly period to which they relate. Accumulated unpaid dividends will accrue dividends at the rate of 12.50% per annum. The Corporation must take all actions required or permitted under Indiana law to permit the payment of dividends on the Senior Preferred Stock.

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          3.7 For any dividend period, the Corporation will not declare or pay upon, or set any sum apart for the payment of dividends upon any outstanding Senior Preferred Stock unless it has declared and paid upon, or declared and set apart a sufficient sum for the payment of dividends upon, all outstanding Senior Preferred Stock for all preceding dividend periods.

          3.8 Unless the Corporation has declared and paid upon, or declared and set apart a sufficient sum for the payment of, full cumulative dividends on all outstanding Senior Preferred Stock due for all past dividend periods, then:

(1) no dividend (other than a dividend payable solely in stock of any class of stock ranking junior to Senior Preferred Stock as to the payment of dividends and as to rights in liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation (any such stock, “Junior Securities”)) shall be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any Junior Securities;

(2) no other distribution shall be declared or made upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of any distribution upon, any Junior Securities;

(3) no Junior Securities shall be purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired or retired for value (excluding purchases, redemptions, acquisitions and retirements for value of Junior Securities permitted by subsection 11.1(b)) by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(4) no monies shall be paid into or set apart or made available for a sinking or other like fund for the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Junior Securities by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

          3.9 When dividends, if any, are not paid in full (or a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Senior Preferred Stock, the Series A Preferred Stock and any other class of Parity Securities, all dividends declared upon the Senior Preferred Stock, the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Securities will be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends declared per share of the Senior Preferred Stock and per share of the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Securities shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accumulated dividends per share of the Senior Preferred Stock, the Series A Preferred Stock and such Parity Securities bear to each other. Holders of the Senior Preferred Stock will not be entitled to any dividends, whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of the full cumulative dividends as herein described.

     4. Mandatory Redemption. On March 15, 2011 (the “Mandatory Redemption Date”), the Corporation shall redeem (subject to it having sufficient legally available funds) all outstanding Senior Preferred Stock at a price in cash equal to the Liquidation Preference, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the date of redemption. The Corporation is not required to make sinking fund payments with respect to the Senior Preferred Stock. The Corporation shall take all actions required or permitted under Indiana law to permit such redemption.

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     5. Optional Redemption.

          5.1 At any time prior to March 15, 2004, the Corporation may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate Liquidation Preference of the Senior Preferred Stock then outstanding at a redemption price of 113.25% of the Liquidation Preference thereof, plus accrued and unpaid dividends and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that:

(1) at least 65% of the aggregate Liquidation Preference of Senior Preferred Stock remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption (excluding Senior Preferred Stock held by the Corporation and its Subsidiaries); and

(2) the redemption must occur within 90 days after the date of the closing of such Equity Offering.

          5.2 On or after March 15, 2006, the Corporation may redeem all or any part of the Senior Preferred Stock upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the Liquidation Preference) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid dividends and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on March 15 of the years indicated below:

         
Year   Percentage  
2006
    106.625 %
2007
    104.417 %
2008
    102.208 %
2009 and thereafter.
    100.000 %

          5.3 At any time prior to March 15, 2006, the Corporation may also redeem all or a part of the Senior Preferred Stock upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each holder’s registered address, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the Liquidation Preference thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accumulated and unpaid dividends and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”).

     6. Selection and Notice; Procedure for Redemption.

          6.1 If less than all of the Senior Preferred Stock is to be redeemed at any time, the transfer agent shall select Senior Preferred Stock for redemption as follows:

(1) if the Senior Preferred Stock is listed, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Senior Preferred Stock is listed; or

(2) If the Senior Preferred Stock is not so listed, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the transfer agent shall deem fair and appropriate.

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          6.2 Notices of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each holder of Senior Preferred Stock to be redeemed at its registered address. Notices of redemption may not be conditional.

          6.3 If any Senior Preferred Stock is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Senior Preferred Stock shall state the portion of the Liquidation Preference thereof to be redeemed. Senior Preferred Stock called for redemption becomes due on the date fixed for redemption. On and after the redemption date, dividends cease to accrue on Senior Preferred Stock or portions thereof called for redemption.

          6.4 Not less than 30 nor more than 60 days previous to the date fixed for redemption by the Board of Directors, a notice specifying the time and place thereof shall be given to the holders of record of the Senior Preferred Stock to be redeemed by first class mail at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the books of the Corporation; provided, however, that no failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein, nor in the mailing thereof, shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any of the Senior Preferred Stock to be redeemed. Upon the redemption date, the Corporation shall pay over the redemption price to the holders of the shares upon the endorsement and surrender of the certificates for such shares by the holders of the Senior Preferred Stock.

          6.5 On or before any redemption date, each holder of shares of Senior Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Senior Preferred Stock to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated in the notice of redemption and on the redemption date, the full redemption price, payable in cash, for such shares of Senior Preferred Stock shall be paid or delivered to the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof, and the shares represented by each surrendered certificate shall be returned to authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of any or no series. Upon surrender (in accordance with the notice of redemption) of the certificate or certificates representing any shares to be so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Corporation shall so require and the notice of redemption shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at the redemption price. If fewer than all the shares represented by any such certificate are to be redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares, without costs to the holder thereof, together with the amount of cash, if any, in lieu of fractional shares.

     7. Change of Control.

          7.1 If a Change of Control occurs, each holder of Senior Preferred Stock will have the right to require the Corporation to repurchase all or any part (but not any fractional shares) of such holder’s Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”). In the Change of Control Offer, the Corporation shall offer a payment in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate Liquidation Preference of Senior Preferred Stock repurchased plus accrued and unpaid dividends and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive dividends and Liquidated Damages, if any, due on the relevant dividend payment date), to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Corporation shall mail a notice to each holder describing the transaction or transactions that

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constitute the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Senior Preferred Stock on the date specified in such notice, which date shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”), pursuant to the procedures required by this Exhibit B and described in such notice.

          7.2 On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Corporation shall, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept for payment all Senior Preferred Stock or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Senior Preferred Stock or portions thereof so tendered; and

(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the transfer agent the Senior Preferred Stock so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate Liquidation Preference of Senior Preferred Stock or portions thereof being purchased by the Corporation.

          7.3 The Corporation shall promptly mail to each holder of Senior Preferred Stock so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Senior Preferred Stock, and the transfer agent shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each holder a new certificate representing the Senior Preferred Stock equal in Liquidation Preference to any unpurchased portion of the Senior Preferred Stock surrendered, if any.

          7.4 The Change of Control provisions in this Section 7 shall be applicable whether or not any other provisions of this Exhibit B are applicable. The Corporation shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations applicable to any Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or securities regulations conflict with the provisions of the covenant described above, the Corporation shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described above by virtue thereof.

          7.5 The Corporation shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 7 applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Corporation and purchases all Senior Preferred Stock validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. The provisions in this Section 7 relative to the Corporation’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Senior Preferred Stock as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the holders of a majority in Liquidation Preference of the Senior Preferred Stock then outstanding.

          7.6 The Corporation shall not be required to repurchase any Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7 unless such repurchase complies with the restricted payments covenant contained in the existing and future Indebtedness of the Corporation; provided that if the Corporation does not make a Change of Control Offer or does not repurchase any Senior

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Preferred Stock pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, then such failure shall constitute a Voting Rights Triggering Event.

          7.7 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow Corp. Merger, the Reorganization or a merger with an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose of reincorporating the Corporation in another jurisdiction and/or for the purpose of forming a holding company shall not constitute a “Change of Control.”

     8. Asset Sales.

          8.1 The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

(1) the Corporation (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of:

(2) such fair market value is determined by the Corporation’s Board of Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the transfer agent; and

(3) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash. For purposes of this provision, each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

     (a) any liabilities (as shown on the Corporation’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet), of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and

     (b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Corporation or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 30 days after receipt (to the extent of the cash received in that conversion).

          8.2 Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Corporation and any Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Proceeds at its option:

(1) to repay Indebtedness;

(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of, another Permitted Business that is owned by the Corporation;

(3) to make a capital expenditure; or

(4) to acquire assets that are used or useful in a Permitted Business that is owned by the Corporation.

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          8.3 Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Corporation may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Exhibit B.

          8.4 Notwithstanding Subsections 7.2 and 7.3, the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such subsections to the extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets, cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and certified to in an Officer’s Certificate); provided that any cash consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall be subject to the provisions of subsections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3.

          8.5 Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in subsections 8.2, 8.3 and 8.4 will constitute Excess Proceeds. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Corporation shall make an Asset Sale Offer to all holders of Senior Preferred Stock and all holders of other preferred stock that is pari passu with the Senior Preferred Stock containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Exhibit B with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum Liquidation Preference of Senior Preferred Stock and such other pari passu preferred stock that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds. To the extent that any Indebtedness of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary requires that the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary make a similar Asset Sale Offer, the Corporation and/or such Restricted Subsidiary may make simultaneous offers with the offer to the holder of Senior Preferred Stock being limited to proceeds not used to repurchase such Indebtedness. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer shall be equal to 100% of Liquidation Preference of Senior Preferred Stock to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid dividends and Liquidated Damages thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, and shall be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Corporation may use such Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Exhibit B. If the aggregate Liquidation Preference of the Senior Preferred Stock and such other pari passu preferred stock tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the transfer agent shall select the Senior Preferred Stock and such other pari passu preferred stock to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

          8.6 The Asset Sale provisions described above shall be applicable whether any other provisions of this Exhibit B are applicable. The Corporation shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations applicable to any Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or securities regulations conflict with the provisions of the covenant described above, the Corporation shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described above by virtue thereof.

          8.7 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may not repurchase any Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to this provision unless such repurchase complies with the

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restricted payments covenant contained in the existing and future Indebtedness of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries; provided that if the Corporation does not make an Asset Sale Offer or does not repurchase any Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, then such failure shall constitute a Voting Rights Triggering Event.

          8.8 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow Corp. Merger or the Reorganization or a merger with an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose of reincorporating the Corporation in another jurisdiction and/or for the purpose of forming a holding company shall not constitute an “Asset Sale.”

     9. Voting.

          9.1 Holders of record of Senior Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights except as required by law or as set forth in this section.

          9.2 The number of members of the Corporation’s Board of Directors will immediately and automatically increase by two, and the holders of a majority of the outstanding Senior Preferred Stock, voting separately as a class together with holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and all other Parity Securities having similar voting rights, may elect two members to the Board of Directors of the Corporation, upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, a “Voting Rights Triggering Event”):

(1) the accumulation of accrued and unpaid dividends on the outstanding Senior Preferred Stock (or after September 15, 2006, if such dividends are not paid in cash) in an amount equal to three full semi-annual dividends (whether or not consecutive);

(2) failure by the Corporation to comply with any mandatory redemption obligation with respect to the Senior Preferred Stock or the failure to make an Asset Sale Offer or Change of Control Offer in accordance with the provisions of this Exhibit C and/or the failure to repurchase Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to such offers;

(3) failure by the Corporation to make a Change of Control Offer or to repurchase any Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to a Change of Control Offer in reliance on subsection 7.6 and the failure by the Corporation to make an Asset Sale Offer or to repurchase any Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer in reliance on subsection 8.7;

(4) failure by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with any of the other covenants or agreements set forth in this Exhibit B and the continuance of such failure for 60 consecutive days after notice to the Corporation by holders of record of the Senior Preferred Stock representing 25% of the outstanding shares of the Senior Preferred Stock;

(5) defaults under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Corporation or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Corporation or any of its Significant Subsidiaries) whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists, or is created after the Closing Date, which

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default (i) is caused by a failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”) or (ii) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $20.0 million or more; or

(6) the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors (a “Bankruptcy Law”):

(i) commences a voluntary case,

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

(v) generally is not paying its debts as they become due; or

(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

     (i) is for relief against the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case,

     (ii) appoints a custodian of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or

     (iii) orders the liquidation of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

          9.3 The term of office of the directors elected as a result of a Voting Rights Triggering Event shall continue until all dividends in arrears on the Senior Preferred Stock are paid in full and all other Voting Rights Triggering Events have been cured or waived, at which time the term of office of any such directors shall terminate.

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     10. Liquidation Rights.

          10.1 Each holder of the Senior Preferred Stock shall be entitled to payment, out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution, of an amount equal to the Liquidation Preference per Senior Preferred Stock held by such holder, plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the date fixed for liquidation, dissolution, winding up or reduction or decrease in capital stock, before any distribution is made on any Junior Securities, including, without limitation, common stock of the Corporation, upon any:

(1) voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation; or

(2) reduction or decrease in the Corporation’s capital stock resulting in a distribution of assets to the holders of any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock (a “reduction or decrease in capital stock”).

          10.2 After payment in full of the Liquidation Preference and all accrued dividends, if any, to which holders of Senior Preferred Stock are entitled, such holders may not further participate in any distribution of assets of the Corporation. Neither the voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Corporation nor the consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into one or more corporations will be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation or reduction or decrease in capital stock, unless such sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer is in connection with a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the business of the Corporation or reduction or decrease in capital stock.

          10.3 If, upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to the shares of the Senior Preferred Stock and the Series A Preferred Stock and all other Parity Securities are not paid in full, the holders of the shares of the Senior Preferred Stock and the Series A Preferred Stock and all other Parity Securities shall share equally and ratably in any distribution of remaining assets of the Corporation legally available therefor in proportion to the full liquidation preference and accumulated and unpaid dividends and liquidated damages, if any, to which each is entitled.

     11. Covenants.

          11.1 Restricted Payments.

               (a) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(x) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Corporation’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) (other than Pari Passu Preferred Stock) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Corporation’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (other than Pari Passu Preferred Stock) in their

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capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Corporation or to the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation),

(y) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation) any Equity Interests of the Corporation (other than Pari Passu Preferred Stock) or any direct or indirect parent of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation), or

(z) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (x) through (z) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”);

unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

(1) no Voting Rights Triggering Event shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and

(2) the Corporation would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Junior Disqualified Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (C) of the Leverage Ratio test set forth in subsection 11.2(a); and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries after March 27, 2001 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3) and (5) of subsection 11.1(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

     (A) (i) the aggregate Consolidated EBITDA of the Corporation for the period (taken as one accounting period) from the beginning of the first fiscal quarter commencing after February 12, 1999 to the end of the Corporation’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the event aggregate Consolidated EBITDA for such period is a deficit, then minus such deficit) less (ii) 1.4 times the aggregate Fixed Charges of the Corporation for the same period; plus

     (B) the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair value, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of any non-cash consideration, in each case, received by the Corporation since February 12, 1999 as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Corporation (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities, of the Corporation that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Corporation); plus

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     (C) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after February 12, 1999 is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any); plus

     (D) if any Unrestricted Subsidiary (i) is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary, the fair market value of such redesignated Subsidiary (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) as of the date of its redesignation or (ii) pays any cash dividends or cash distributions to the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, 100% of any such cash dividends or cash distributions made after February 12, 1999; plus

     (E) without duplication of any of the foregoing, the aggregate amount returned in cash on or with respect to Restricted Investments made subsequent to February 12, 1999, whether through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions or payments; plus

     (F) $10.0 million.

                         (b) So long as no Voting Rights Triggering Event has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, subsection 11.1(a) shall not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Exhibit B;

(2) the making of any Investment or the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of the Corporation in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Corporation) of, any Equity Interests of the Corporation (other than any Disqualified Stock); provided that, in each such case, the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are so utilized shall be excluded from clause (3)(B) of subsection 11.1(a);

(3) the payment of any dividend by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation to the holders of its common Equity Interests on a pro rata basis;

(4) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation held by any former member of the Corporation’s (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’) management pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement or stock option agreement in effect as of March 27, 2001; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed $1.0 million in any twelve-month period;

(5) the repurchase of Equity Interests of the Corporation deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options; or

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(6) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Corporation in an amount not to exceed $25.0 million under this clause (6).

               (c) In determining whether any payment is permitted by this subsection 11.1, the Corporation may allocate or reallocate, among clauses (1) through (6) of subsection 11.1(b) or among such clauses and subsection 11.1(a), all or any portion of such payment and all or any portion of any payment previously allocated; provided that, after giving effect to such allocation or reallocation, all such payments (or allocated portions of such payments) would be permitted under the various provisions of this covenant.

               (d) The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such designation would not cause a Voting Rights Triggering Event. For purposes of making such determination, all outstanding Investments by the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid in cash) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Restricted Payments at the time of such designation and shall reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under subsection 11.1(a)(3). All such outstanding Investments shall be deemed to constitute Investments in an amount equal to the fair market value of such Investments at the time of such designation. Such designation shall only be permitted if such Restricted Payment would be permitted at such time and if such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if such designation would not cause a Voting Rights Triggering Event.

               (e) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Corporation or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any property, assets or Investments required by this covenant to be determined shall be determined by the Board of Directors whose resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the transfer agent.

               (f) In making the computations required by this subsection 11.1:

(1) the Corporation may use audited financial statements for the portions of the relevant period for which audited financial statements are available on the date of determination and unaudited financial statements and other current financial data based on the books and records of the Corporation for the remaining portion of such period; and

(2) the Corporation may rely in good faith on the financial statements and other financial data derived from its books and records that are available on the date of determination.

               (g) If the Corporation makes a Restricted Payment that, at the time of the making of such Restricted Payment, would in the good faith determination of the Corporation be permitted under the requirements of this Exhibit B, such Restricted Payment will be deemed to have been made in compliance with this Exhibit B notwithstanding any subsequent adjustments made in good faith to the Corporation’s financial statements for any period which

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adjustments affect any of the financial data used to make the calculations with respect to such Restricted Payment.

          11.2 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.

               (a) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Corporation will not issue any Pari Passu Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that (A) the Corporation and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Corporation may issue Pari Passu Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock, if the Leverage Ratio of the Corporation (without giving effect to any Pari Passu Preferred Stock that is not Disqualified Stock) for the Reference Period immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Pari Passu Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock is issued would not have been greater than 7.0 to 1, (B) the Corporation may issue Pari Passu Preferred Stock if the Leverage Ratio of the Corporation for the Reference Period immediately preceding the date on which such Pari Passu Preferred Stock is issued would not have been greater than 7.5 to 1 and (C) the Corporation may issue Junior Disqualified Preferred Stock if the Leverage Ratio of the Corporation for the Reference Period immediately preceding the date on which such Junior Disqualified Preferred Stock is issued would not have been greater than 8.0 to 1, in the case of each of (A), (B) and (C) determined on a pro forma basis (after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance and to the application of the net proceeds therefrom) and in accordance with the definition of Leverage Ratio.

               (b) Subsection 11.2(a) will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness or the issuance of any of the following securities (collectively, “Preferred Stock Permitted Debt”):

(1) the incurrence by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities; provided that the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness of the Corporation and the Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding under the Credit Facilities after giving effect to such incurrence does not exceed an amount equal to $750.0 million less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the Issue Date to repay Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities pursuant to Section 8;

(2) the incurrence by the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;

(3) the incurrence by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any time outstanding;

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(4) the incurrence by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace, Indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or Pari Passu Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of the Corporation (other than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Exhibit B to be incurred under the first paragraph hereof or clauses (2), (3), (7), (8), (10) or (12) of this subsection 11.2(b);

(5) the incurrence by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Corporation and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that: (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary and (B) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;

(6) the incurrence by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations that are incurred for the purpose of fixing or hedging foreign currency risk or interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness that is permitted by the terms of this Exhibit B to be outstanding;

(7) the guarantee by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Exhibit B;

(8) the incurrence by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness or Pari Passu Preferred Stock in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness or Pari Passu Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this clause (8), not to exceed $25 million;

(9) the incurrence by the Corporation’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Non-Recourse Debt; provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness ceases to be Non-Recourse Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event shall be deemed to constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation that was not permitted by this clause (9);

(10) the accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms (provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Corporation as accrued), and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock or Pari Passu Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock or Pari Passu Preferred Stock;

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(11) the incurrence by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Indebtedness of up to an aggregate principal amount of $250.0 million of Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities for the purpose of acquiring Permitted Businesses; and

(12) the issuance by the Corporation of Pari Passu Preferred Stock in an aggregate liquidation preference at any one time outstanding under this clause (12) not to exceed the greater of (a) $50.0 million or (b) two times the proceeds to the Corporation from the issuance of any Junior Securities.

               (c) For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Preferred Stock Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (12) of subsection 11.2(b) or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to subsection 11.2(a), the Corporation shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify in whole or in part) such item of Indebtedness or preferred stock in any manner that complies with this covenant. Accrual of interest or dividends, accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness or preferred stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this subsection 11.2.

          11.3 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.

               (a) The Corporation shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits;

(2) pay any indebtedness owed to the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) make loans or advances to the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(4) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

               (b) However, the foregoing restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) Existing Indebtedness or Indebtedness under the Credit Facilities, in each case as in effect on March 27, 2001, and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof, provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the Existing Indebtedness or in the Credit Facilities, in each case as in effect on March 27, 2001;

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(2) encumbrances and restrictions applicable to any Unrestricted Subsidiary, as the same are in effect on the date on which such Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, and as the same may be amended, modified, restated, renewed, increased, supplemented, refunded, replaced or refinanced; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacement or refinancings are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in the applicable series of Indebtedness of such Subsidiary as in effect on the date on which such Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;

(3) this Exhibit B;

(4) applicable law;

(5) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Exhibit B to be incurred;

(6) customary non-assignment provisions in leases or licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;

(8) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

(9) Liens that limit the right of the debtor to transfer the assets subject to such Liens;

(10) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

(11) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

          11.4 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets.

               (a) The Corporation may not consolidate or merge with or into (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving corporation) or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to another corporation, Person or entity unless:

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(1) the Corporation is the surviving corporation or the entity or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Corporation) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

(2) the entity or Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Corporation) or the entity or Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made issues preferred stock with terms substantially the same as those of the Senior Preferred Stock pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation’s transfer agent;

(3) immediately after such transaction no Voting Rights Triggering Event exists; and

(4) the Corporation or the entity or Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Corporation) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made:

     (a) will have Consolidated Net Worth immediately after the transaction equal to or greater than the Consolidated Net Worth of the Corporation immediately preceding the transaction; and

     (b) will, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such transaction had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Junior Disqualified Preferred Stock pursuant to clause (C) of the Leverage Ratio test in subsection 11.2(a).

This subsection 11.4(a) shall not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Corporation and any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries.

                         (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may complete the Escrow Corp. Merger, the Reorganization or merge with an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose of reincorporating the Corporation in another jurisdiction and/or for the purpose of forming a holding company.

          11.5 Transactions with Affiliates.

               (a) The Corporation will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

     (1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Corporation or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have

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been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and

(2) the Corporation delivers to the transfer agent:

     (A) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $5 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with clause (i) above and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and

     (B) with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the holders of the financial terms of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

               (b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and therefore will not be subject to the provisions of subsection 11.5(a):

(1) any employment or indemnification arrangements or transactions relating to benefit plans with any employee, consultant or director of the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary that is entered into by the Corporation or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice of the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) transactions between or among the Corporation and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3) payment of reasonable directors fees to Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of the Corporation;

(4) Restricted Payments that are permitted by the provisions of this Exhibit B described in subsection 11.1;

(5) the Corporation and any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into an administrative services agreement or a tax sharing agreement with an Affiliate or Affiliates so long as such agreement is approved by a majority of the independent directors;

(6) transactions and payments contemplated by any agreement in effect on March 27, 2001 or any amendment thereto in any replacement agreement therefor, so long as any such amendment or replacement agreement, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary as the original agreement as in effect on March 27, 2001;

(7) loans and advances to employees of the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; and

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(8) the Escrow Corp. Merger, the Reorganization and any merger with an Affiliate incorporated for the purpose of reincorporating the Corporation in another jurisdiction and/or for the purpose of forming a holding company.

          11.6 Limitation on Issuances and Sales of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries. The Corporation:

(1) shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation to, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation to any Person (other than the Corporation or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation); and

(2) shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation to issue any of its Equity Interests (other than, if necessary, shares of its Capital Stock constituting directors’ qualifying shares) to any Person other than to the Corporation or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation,

unless, in each such case: (a) as a result of such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition or issuance such Restricted Subsidiary no longer constitutes a Subsidiary and (b) the cash Net Proceeds from such transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition or issuance are applied in accordance with the Asset Sales covenant in Section 8.

12. Other Provisions.

          12.1 With respect to any notice to a holder of shares of Senior Preferred Stock required to be provided hereunder, neither failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof, to any particular holder shall affect the sufficiency of the notice or the validity of the proceedings referred to in such notice with respect to the other holders or affect the legality or validity of any distribution, rights, warrant, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, or the vote upon any such action. Any notice which was mailed in the manner provided in this Exhibit B shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the holder receives the notice.

          12.2 Senior Preferred Stock redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Corporation shall assume the status of authorized but unissued preferred stock and may thereafter be reissued in the same manner as the other authorized but unissued preferred stock, including as Parity Securities, but not as the same class as the Senior Preferred Stock.

          12.3 The shares of Senior Preferred Stock shall be issuable only in whole shares.

          12.4 All notice periods referred to in this Exhibit B shall commence on the date of the mailing of the applicable notice.

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

OF

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

     The Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the “Restated Articles”) of Emmis Communications Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Indiana (the “Corporation”), are as follows:

ARTICLE I

Corporate Name

     The name of the Corporation is Emmis Communications Corporation.

ARTICLE II

Purposes

     The purpose of the Corporation is to transact any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Indiana Business Corporation Law, as now or hereafter amended (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

Definitions

     As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

               “Act” has the meaning defined in Article II.

 


 

     “Affiliate of Smulyan” means (i) any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with Smulyan, (ii) any corporation or organization (other than the Corporation or a majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) of which Smulyan is an officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the beneficial owner of ten percent (10%) or more of any class of voting securities, or in which Smulyan has a substantial beneficial interest, (iii) a Qualified Voting Trust, (iv) any other trust or estate in which Smulyan has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which Smulyan serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity, or (v) any relative or spouse of Smulyan, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as Smulyan.

     “Alien” has the meaning defined in Article XI.

     “Alien Ownership Restrictions” has the meaning defined in Article XI.

     “Board of Directors” has the meaning defined in Section 7.2(a).

     “Class A Directors” has the meaning defined in Section 7.4(b).

     “Class A Shares” has the meaning defined in Section 6.1(a).

     “Class B Shares” has the meaning defined in Section 6.1(b).

     “Class C Shares” has the meaning defined in Section 6.1(c).

     “Common Shares” has the meaning defined in Section 6.1(c).

     “Communications Act” has the meaning defined in Article XI.

     “Corporation” has the meaning defined in the introduction to these Restated Articles.

     “Effective Date” means March 1, 1994, the date and time at which the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles become effective.

     “Event of Automatic Conversion” means each of the automatic conversion events described in Section 7.6(a) or Section 7.6(c).

     “Existing Common Shares” has the meaning defined in Section 7.6(a).

     “Going Private Transaction” shall mean any transaction that is a “Rule 13e-3 Transaction,” as such term is defined in Rule 13e-3(a)(3), 17 C.F.R. § 240.13e-3, as amended from time to time, promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that the term “affiliate” as used in Rule 13e-3(a)(3)(i) shall be deemed to include an Affiliate of Smulyan.

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     “Independent Director” shall have the meaning defined in Part III, Section 5(c) of Schedule D to the By-Laws of the National Association of Security Dealers, Inc., as the same may be amended from time to time.

     “Preferred Stock” has the meaning defined in Section 6.1(c).

     “Qualified Voting Trust” means any voting trust, voting agreement or similar arrangement pursuant to which Smulyan generally controls the vote of the Common Shares held by or subject to such trust, agreement or similar arrangement, regardless of whether the beneficial owner reserves or is granted a limited right to vote such Common Shares in certain circumstances. A good faith determination by the Board of Directors as to whether a voting trust, voting agreement or similar arrangement constitutes a Qualified Voting Trust shall be conclusive and binding on all shareholders.

     “Restated Articles” has the meaning defined in the introduction to these Second Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Emmis Communications Corporation.

     “Smulyan” means and refers to Jeffrey H. Smulyan.

ARTICLE IV

Term of Existence

     The period during which the Corporation shall continue is perpetual.

ARTICLE V

Registered Office and Registered Agent

     The street address of the registered office of the Corporation is 950 North Meridian Street, Suite 1200, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, and the name of the registered agent at such office is Steven C. Crane.

ARTICLE VI

Capital Structure

     6.1. Authorized Shares. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Hundred Forty million (240,000,000), consisting of the following:

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          (a) One hundred seventy million (170,000,000) shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Class A Shares”);

          (b) Thirty million (30,000,000) shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Class B Shares”);

          (c) Thirty million (30,000,000) shares of Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Class C Shares” and together with the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares, the “Common Shares”); and

          (d) Ten million (10,000,000) shares of serial Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

     6.2. Terms of Stock. The designations, preferences, powers, qualifications and special or relative rights or privileges of the capital stock of the Corporation shall be as set forth in Articles VII and VIII.

  (i)   ARTICLE VII

Common Shares

     7.1. Identical Rights. Except as otherwise provided in these Restated Articles, all Common Shares shall be identical and shall entitle the holders thereof to the same rights and privileges, including, but not limited to, the right to share ratably in liquidation distributions after payment in full of creditors and payment in full to any holders of Preferred Stock then outstanding of any amount required to be paid under the terms of such Preferred Stock.

     7.2. Dividends.

          (a) General. When, as and if dividends are declared by the Corporation’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”), whether payable in cash, securities of the Corporation or other property, the holders of Common Shares shall be entitled, in accordance with the number of Common Shares held by each, to share equally in and to receive all such dividends, except that if dividends are declared that are payable in Common Shares, such stock dividends shall be payable at the same rate on each class of Common Shares and shall be payable only in Class A Shares to holders of Class A Shares, in Class B Shares to holders of Class B Shares and in Class C Shares to holders of Class C Shares.

          (b) Record Date. Dividends declared by the Board of Directors shall be paid to the holders of record of the outstanding Common Shares as their names shall appear on the stock register of the Corporation on the record date fixed by the Board of Directors in advance of declaration and payment of each dividend.

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          (c) Stock Dividends. Any Common Shares issued as a dividend shall, when so issued, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Corporation shall not issue fractions of Common Shares on payment of any such stock dividend but shall issue a whole number of shares to such holder of Common Shares rounded up or down in the Corporation’s sole discretion to the nearest whole number, without compensation to the stockholder whose fractional share has been rounded down or from any stockholder whose fractional share has been rounded up.

     7.3. Stock Splits. The Corporation shall not in any manner subdivide (by stock split, reverse stock split, reclassification, stock dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) or combine the outstanding shares of one class of Common Shares unless the outstanding shares of all classes of Common Shares shall be proportionately subdivided or combined, provided that this Section shall not apply to the reclassification taking effect upon the filing of these Restated Articles with the Secretary of State of Indiana.

     7.4. Voting Rights.

          (a) General. The holders of the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares shall vote as a single class in all matters submitted to a vote of the stockholders, with each Class A Share being entitled to one vote and each Class B Share being entitled to ten votes, except (i) for the election of directors, which shall be governed by Subsections (b) and (c) below, (ii) with respect to any Going Private Transaction described in Subsection (e) below, which shall be governed by such Subsection, and (iii) as otherwise provided by law. The holders of the Class C Shares have no right to vote on any matter except as otherwise provided by law.

          (b) Class A Directors. In the election of directors, the holders of Class A Shares shall be entitled by class vote, exclusive of all other stockholders, to elect two of the Corporation’s directors (the “Class A Directors”), with each Class A Share entitled to one vote; provided, however, that each Class A Director must be qualified at the time of his or her election to be an Independent Director. Any vote by stockholders on the removal of a Class A Director shall only be by the class vote of the holders of Class A Shares.

          (c) Other Directors. Except as provided in Subsection (b) above, the holders of Class A Shares and Class B Shares, voting as a single class, shall have the right to vote on the election or removal of all directors of the Corporation (other than directors, if any, who may be elected by the holders of Preferred Stock), with each Class A Share entitled to one vote and each Class B Share entitled to ten votes.

          (d) Class A Director Vacancies. In the event of the death, removal or resignation of a Class A Director prior to expiration of the director’s term, the vacancy on the Board of Directors created thereby may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum; provided, however, that any person appointed to fill a vacancy created by the death, removal or resignation of a Class A Director shall be an Independent Director. A director elected in such manner to fill such a vacancy shall hold office until the director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified at a meeting of holders of Class A Shares duly called for such purpose.

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          (e) Going Private Transactions. With respect to any Going Private Transaction between the Corporation and (i) Smulyan, (ii) any Affiliate of Smulyan or (iii) any group of which Smulyan or any Affiliate of Smulyan is a member, the holders of Class A Shares and Class B Shares shall vote as a single class, with each Class A Share and Class B Share entitled to one vote.

     7.5. Issuance of Common Shares. Each new issuance of Common Shares after the Effective Date shall be an issuance of Class A Shares or Class C Shares unless (i) the Common Shares are issued to Smulyan or (ii) the Common Shares are issued or subject to a Qualified Voting Trust. In each event described in clauses (i) or (ii) above, each Common Share issued shall be a Class B Share.

     7.6. Conversion.

          (a) Automatic Conversion on Effective Date. Each share of the Corporation’s common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date (the “Existing Common Shares”) that is owned of record as of the Effective Date by Smulyan shall convert automatically and without the requirement of any further action into one fully paid and non-assessable Class B Share as of the Effective Date. Each of the Existing Common Shares not converted in accordance with the previous sentence shall convert automatically and without the requirement of any further action into one fully paid and non-assessable Class A Share as of the Effective Date.

          (b) Voluntary Conversion. Each Class B Share shall be convertible, at the option of its holder, into one fully paid and non-assessable Class A Share at any time.

          (c) Automatic Conversion.

            (i) Each Class B Share shall convert automatically into one fully paid and non-assessable Class A Share upon the sale, gift or other transfer of such share, voluntarily or involuntarily, to a person or entity other than Smulyan or an Affiliate of Smulyan; provided, however, that the pledge of a Class B Share pursuant to a bona fide pledge as security for indebtedness owed to the pledgee shall not constitute a transfer for purposes of this Subsection (c) until such time as either (A) such share is registered in the name of the pledgee, (B) the pledgee acquires the right to vote such share and exercises such right, in which case the automatic conversion into a Class A Share shall be deemed to occur immediately prior to such vote, or (C) ownership of the pledged share is transferred pursuant to enforcement of such pledge to a person or entity other than Smulyan or an Affiliate of Smulyan.

            (ii) All Class B Shares shall convert automatically into fully paid and non-assessable Class A Shares (on the basis of one Class A Share for each Class B Share) upon the earlier of (A) the death of Smulyan or (B) Smulyan’s ceasing to own at least 1,520,000 Common Shares, as adjusted from time to time to account for any stock dividend in respect of the Common Shares or any stock split or reverse stock split of Common Shares.

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          (d) Voluntary Conversion Procedure. At the time of a voluntary conversion, the holder of Class B Shares shall deliver to the office of the Corporation or any transfer agent for the Common Shares (i) the certificate or certificates representing the Class B Shares to be converted, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer, and (ii) written notice to the Corporation stating that such holder elects to convert such share or shares and stating the names and addresses in which each certificate for Class A Shares issued upon such conversion is to be issued. Voluntary conversion shall be deemed to have been effected at the close of business on the date when such delivery is made to the Corporation of the shares to be converted, and the person or entity exercising such voluntary conversion shall be deemed to be the holder of record of the number of Class A Shares issuable upon such conversion at such time. The Corporation shall promptly deliver certificates evidencing the appropriate number of Class A Shares to such holder.

          (e) Automatic Conversion Procedure. Upon the occurrence of the Event of Automatic Conversion pursuant to Section 7.6(a), each certificate previously representing Existing Common Shares that pursuant to Section 7.6(a) are converted into Class A Shares shall automatically and without the requirement of any further action represent the same number of Class A Shares. Promptly upon the occurrence of (i) the Event of Automatic Conversion pursuant to Section 7.6(a) with respect to those Existing Common Shares that are converted automatically into Class B Shares, or (ii) an Event of Automatic Conversion pursuant to Section 7.6(c), such that Class B Shares are converted automatically into Class A Shares, the holder of such converted shares shall surrender the certificate or certificates therefor, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by proper instruments of transfer, at the office of the Corporation or of any transfer agent for the Common Shares and shall give written notice to the Corporation, at such office (A) stating that the shares are being converted pursuant to an Event of Automatic Conversion into Class B Shares or Class A Shares as provided in Section 7.6(a) or (c), respectively, (B) specifying the Event of Automatic Conversion (and, if the occurrence of such event is within the control of the transferor, stating the transferor’s intent to effect an Event of Automatic Conversion), (C) identifying the number of Existing Common Shares or Class B Shares being converted, and (D) setting out the name or names (with addresses) and denominations in which the certificate or certificates shall be issued, and instructions for the delivery thereof. Delivery of such notice together with the certificates representing the converted shares shall obligate the Corporation to issue and deliver, and thereupon the Corporation or its transfer agent shall promptly issue and deliver, at such stated address to such holder or to the transferee of the converted shares a certificate or certificates for the number and class of Common Shares to which such holder or transferee is entitled, registered in the name of such holder, the designee of such holder or transferee as specified in such notice. Nothing contained in this Subsection (e) or elsewhere in these Restated Articles shall be construed to permit or provide for (i) the transfer of any Class B Shares to any person or entity other than Smulyan or an Affiliate of Smulyan without the conversion of such Class B Shares into Class A Shares upon such transfer or (ii) the issuance of Class B Shares to any person or entity other than Smulyan or an Affiliate of Smulyan.

          To the extent permitted by law, conversion pursuant to an Event of Automatic Conversion shall be deemed to have been effected as of the date and time at which the Event of Automatic Conversion occurs (such time being the “Conversion Time”). The person or entity

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entitled to receive the Common Shares issuable upon such conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder of such Common Shares at and as of the Conversion Time. The rights as a holder of the converted shares shall cease and terminate at and as of the Conversion Time, in each case without regard to any failure by the holder to deliver the certificates or the notice required by this Subsection (e).

          (f) Unconverted Shares; Notice Required. In the event of the conversion of less than all of the Class B Shares evidenced by a certificate surrendered to the Corporation in accordance with the procedures of Section 7.6(d) or (e), the Corporation shall execute and deliver to or upon the written order of the holder of such certificate, without charge to such holder, a new certificate evidencing the number of Class B Shares not converted. Class B Shares shall not be transferred as Class B Shares on the books of the Corporation unless the Corporation shall have received from the holder thereof the written notice described herein.

          (g) Reservation. The Corporation hereby reserves and shall at all times reserve and keep available, out of its authorized and unissued Class A Shares, for the purposes of effecting conversions, such number of duly authorized Class A Shares as shall from time to time be sufficient to effect the conversion of all outstanding Class B Shares. The Corporation covenants that all the Class A Shares so issuable shall, when so issued, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. Subject to Article XI, the Corporation will take all such action as may be necessary to assure that all such Class A Shares may be so issued without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any national securities exchange upon which the Class A Shares may be listed.

     7.7. Consideration on Merger, Consolidation, etc. In any merger, consolidation or business combination, the consideration to be received per share by the holders of Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares must be identical for each class of stock, except that in any such transaction in which shares of common stock are to be distributed, such shares may differ as to voting rights to the extent that the voting rights provided in these Restated Articles differ between the Class A Shares, the Class B Shares and the Class C Shares.

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ARTICLE VIII

Preferred Stock

     8.1. Terms of Preferred Stock. The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall have authority to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations and powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including, without limitation, the voting rights, dividend rate, purchase or sinking funds, provisions for redemption, conversion rights, redemption price and liquidation preference, of any series of shares of Preferred Stock, to fix the number of shares constituting any such series and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding). In case the number of shares of any such series shall be so decreased, the shares constituting such decrease shall resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution or resolutions originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

  (ii)   ARTICLE IX

Board of Directors

     9.1 Number of Directors. The number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation and shall be not less than six (6) and not more than fifteen (15). No amendment to the By-Laws decreasing the number of directors shall have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.

     9.2 Classes and Term of Office. Effective as of the annual meeting of shareholders in 2000, the Board of Directors shall be divided into three (3) classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III, as nearly equal in number as possible. The number of Class A Directors in each class shall also be as nearly equal in number as possible. The initial term of office of directors in Class I will expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2001. The initial term of office of directors in Class II will expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2002. The initial term of office of directors in Class III will expire at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2003. At each annual election beginning at the annual meeting of shareholders in 2001, the successors to the class of directors whose term then expires shall be elected to hold office for a term of three (3) years and until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her earlier resignation, removal from office or death. This section does not apply to any directors elected pursuant to special voting rights of one or more series of Preferred Stock.

     9.3 Removal of Directors.

     (a) A director other than a Class A Director may be removed by the shareholders only for cause and only if the removal has been approved by an 80% majority of the combined voting power of the shares entitled to vote for the election of such director, cast at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose. A Class A Director may be removed by the holders of

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Class A Shares as provided in Section 7.4(b) only for cause and only if the removal has been approved by the holders of an 80% majority of the Class A Shares, cast at a special meeting of the shareholders called for that purpose. Cause for removal exists only if:

  (1)   the director whose removal is proposed has been convicted of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction and the conviction is no longer subject to direct appeal; or
 
  (2)   the director whose removal is proposed has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Corporation in a matter of substantial importance to the Corporation, and the adjudication is not longer subject to direct appeal.

     (b) This section does not apply to any directors elected pursuant to special voting rights of one or more series of Preferred Stock.

     9.4 Amendment or Repeal of this Article. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles or the By-Laws of the Corporation, and in addition to any other procedure specified under Indiana law, any amendment or repeal of or adoption of a provision inconsistent with any provision in this Article IX is not effective unless it is approved by at least an 80% majority of the combined voting power of the outstanding Common Shares.

ARTICLE X

Control Share Acquisitions

     Chapter 42 of the Act (I.C. 23-1-42) shall not apply to control share acquisitions of shares of capital stock of the Corporation.

  (iii)   ARTICLE XI
 
  (iv)   Alien Ownership

     The following provisions are included in these Restated Articles for the purpose of ensuring that control and management of the Corporation complies with the Communications Act of 1934 and the rules, regulations and policies of the Federal Communications Commission as amended from time to time (collectively, the “Communications Act”):

          (a) The Corporation (i) shall not issue to or for the account of (A) a person who is a citizen of a country other than the United States; (B) an entity organized under the laws of a government other than the government of the United States or any state, territory, or possession of the United States; (C) a government other than the government of the United States

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or of any state, territory, or possession of the United States; or (D) a representative of, or an individual or entity controlled by, any of the foregoing (each person or entity described in any of the foregoing clauses (A) through (D), an “Alien”) any share of capital stock of the Corporation if such issuance would cause the total capital stock of the Corporation held or voted by Aliens to exceed, in violation of the Communications Act, 25% of (1) the total capital stock of the Corporation outstanding at any time or (2) the total voting power of all shares of such capital stock outstanding and entitled to vote at any time, and (ii) shall not permit the transfer on the books of the Corporation of any capital stock to any Alien that would result in the total capital stock of the Corporation held or voted by Aliens to exceed such 25% limits in violation of the Communications Act.

          (b) No Alien or Aliens, individually or collectively, shall be entitled to vote or direct or control the vote of more than 25% of (i) the total capital stock of the Corporation outstanding at any time or (ii) the total voting power of all shares of capital stock of the Corporation outstanding and entitled to vote at any time, if to do so would violate the Communications Act.

          (c) No Alien shall be qualified to act as an officer of the Corporation and no more than one-fourth of the total number of directors of the Corporation at any time may be Aliens, in either case if such would violate the Communications Act.

          (d) The Board of Directors shall have all powers necessary to implement the provisions of this Article and to ensure compliance with the alien ownership restrictions (the “Alien Ownership Restrictions”) of the Communications Act, including, without limitation, the power to prohibit the transfer of any shares of capital stock of the Corporation to any Alien and to take or cause to be taken such action as it deems appropriate to implement such prohibition. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and notwithstanding any other provision of these Restated Articles to the contrary, any shares of capital stock of the Corporation (other than the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock) determined by the Board of Directors to be owned beneficially by an Alien or Aliens shall always be subject to redemption by the Corporation 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. The terms and conditions of such redemption shall be as follows:

            (i) The redemption price of the shares to be redeemed pursuant to this Article shall be equal to the lower of (A) the fair market value of the shares to be redeemed, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors in good faith, and (B) such Alien’s purchase price of such shares;

            (ii) The redemption price of such shares may be paid in cash, securities or any combination thereof;

            (iii) If less than all the shares held by Aliens are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed shall be selected in any manner determined by the Board of Directors to be fair and equitable;

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            (iv) At least ten (10) days’ written notice of the redemption date shall be given to the record holders of the shares selected to be redeemed (unless waived in writing by any such holder), provided that the redemption date may be the date on which written notice shall be given to record holders if the cash or securities necessary to effect the redemption shall have been deposited in trust for the benefit of such record holders and subject to immediate withdrawal by them upon surrender of the stock certificates for their shares to be redeemed;

            (v) From and after the redemption date, the shares to be redeemed shall cease to be regarded as outstanding and any and all rights of the holders in respect of the shares to be redeemed or attaching to such shares of whatever nature (including, without limitation, any rights to vote or participate in dividends declared on stock of the same class or series as such shares) shall cease and terminate, and the holders thereof shall thereafter be entitled only to receive the cash or securities payable upon redemption; and

            (vi) Such other terms and conditions as the Board of Directors shall determine.

For purposes of this Article, the determination of the beneficial ownership of shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be made pursuant to Rule 13d-3, 17 C.F.R. § 240.13d-3, as amended from time to time, promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or in such other manner as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to be fair and equitable.

ARTICLE XII

Indemnification

     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.

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     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 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.

     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.

     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

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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.

     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.

     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 Restated 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.

     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 these provisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnification afforded under this Article shall be applicable to all alleged prior acts or omissions of any individual seeking indemnification hereunder, regardless of the fact that such alleged acts or omissions may have occurred prior to the adoption of this Article. To the extent such prior acts or omissions cannot be deemed to be covered by this Article XII, the right of any person to indemnification shall be governed by the indemnification provisions in effect at the time of such prior acts or omissions.

     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.

     12.9. Additional Definitions. For purposes of this Article:

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            (i) References to the “Corporation” shall include any domestic or foreign predecessor entity of the Corporation in a merger or other transaction in which the predecessor’s existence ceased upon consummation of the transaction.

            (ii) Serving an employee benefit plan 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. A person who acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation” referred to in this Article.

            (iii) The term “party” includes any individual who is or was a plaintiff, defendant or respondent in any action, suit or proceeding, or who is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in any action, suit or proceeding.

            (iv) The term “official capacity,” when used with respect to a director, shall mean the office of director of the Corporation; and when used with respect to an individual other than a director, shall mean the office in the Corporation held by the officer or the employment or agency relationship undertaken by the employee or agent on behalf of the Corporation. “Official capacity” does not include service for any other foreign or domestic corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, whether for profit or not.

ARTICLE XIII

Severability

     In the event that any Article or Section (or portion thereof) of these Restated Articles shall be found to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions, or portion thereof, of these Restated Articles shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect, and shall be construed as if such invalid, prohibited or unenforceable provision had been stricken herefrom or otherwise rendered inapplicable, it being the intent of the Corporation and its stockholders that each such remaining provision (or portion thereof) of these Restated Articles remain, to the fullest extent permitted by law, applicable and enforceable as to all stockholders notwithstanding any such findings.

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EXHIBIT A

Exhibit A

to the Amended and Restated

Articles of Incorporation of

Emmis Communications Corporation

     Pursuant to the authority expressly granted to and vested in the Board of Directors of the Corporation by the provisions of Article VIII, Section 8.01 of the Corporation’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended from time to time (the “Articles of Incorporation”), and pursuant to I.C. 23-1-25-2, the Board of Directors hereby creates a series of preferred stock of the Corporation with the following voting powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof (in addition to the provisions set forth in the Articles of Incorporation which are applicable to the preferred stock of all classes and series):

     1. Designation, Amount and Ranking.

          1.1 There shall be created from the 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation authorized to be issued pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation, a series of preferred stock, designated as the “6.25% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock,” par value $0.01 per share (the “Preferred Stock”), and the number of shares of such series shall be 2,875,000. Such number of shares may be decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Preferred Stock to a number less than that of the shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding plus the number of shares issuable upon exercise of options or rights then outstanding and, if any portion of the over-allotment option granted by the Corporation pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (as defined in this Exhibit A) expires unexercised, the Board of Directors shall by resolution decrease the number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock by the number of shares subject to the expired portion of such over-allotment option. Any shares of Preferred Stock issued after the Issue Date (as defined in this Exhibit A) pursuant to the over-allotment option granted by the Corporation pursuant to the Purchase Agreement shall, for all purposes, including, without limitation, voting and dividend rights, be deemed issued as of the Issue Date.

          1.2 The Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation, ranks:

               (a) senior to all classes of the Corporation’s common stock and to each other class of capital stock or series of preferred stock established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which do not expressly provide that it ranks senior to or on a

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parity with the Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation;

               (b) ratably with any class of capital stock or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on a parity with the Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon the liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation; and

               (c) subject to certain conditions which include the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding Preferred Stock, junior to each class of capital stock or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation established after the Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior the Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions and distributions upon liquidation, winding-up and dissolution of the Corporation.

     2. Definitions. As used in this Exhibit A, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

          2.1 “Accrued Dividends” shall mean, with respect to any share of Preferred Stock, as of any date, the accrued and unpaid dividends on such share from and including the most recent Dividend Payment Date (or the Issue Date, if such date is prior to the first Dividend Payment Date) to but not including such date. “Accumulated Dividends” shall mean, with respect to any share of Preferred Stock, as of any date, the aggregate accumulated and unpaid dividends on such share from the Issue Date until the most recent Dividend Payment Date prior to such date. There shall be no Accumulated Dividends with respect to any share of Preferred Stock prior to the first Dividend Payment Date.

          2.2 “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.

          2.3 “Change of Control” shall mean any of the following events: (i) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets to any “person or group,” as such terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act other than to Permitted Holders; (ii) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation; (iii) the acquisition, directly or indirectly, by any person or group, as such terms are used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the original date of issuance of the Preferred Stock, other than Permitted Holders, of beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the original date of issuance of the convertible preferred stock, except that a person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after passage of time) of more than 50% of the Corporation’s total outstanding voting stock; provided, however, that the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the issue date), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the total voting

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power of the Corporation’s voting stock than such other person and do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the Corporation’s Board of Directors; or (iv) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Corporation’s Board of Directors, together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the Corporation’s shareholders was approved by a vote of 66 2/3% of the Corporation’s Board of Directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Corporation’s Board of Directors then in office.

          2.4 “Change of Control Date” shall mean the date on which the Change of Control event occurs.

          2.5 “Conversion Price” shall mean $78.125, subject to adjustment as set forth in Section 9(c).

          2.6 “Class A Common Stock” shall mean the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation, or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such common stock consisting solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or as a result of a subdivision, combination, or merger, consolidation or similar transaction in which the Corporation is a constituent corporation.

          2.7 “Class B Common Stock” shall mean the Class B Common Stock par value $0.01 per share, of the Corporation.

          2.8 “Common Stock” shall mean both the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock of the Corporation.

          2.9 “Dividend Payment Date” shall mean January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing January 15, 2000.

          2.10 “Dividend Record Date” shall mean, with respect to each Dividend Payment Date, a date not more than 60 days nor less than 10 days preceding a Dividend Payment Date, as may be fixed by the Board of Directors.

          2.11 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

          2.12 “Issue Date” shall mean October 26, 1999, the original date of issuance of the Preferred Stock.

          2.13 “Liquidation Preference” shall mean, with respect to each share of Preferred Stock, $50.

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          2.14 “Market Capitalization” shall mean as of a given date the product of the Market Value so of such date times the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of such date.

          2.15 “Market Value” shall mean as of a given date the average closing price of the Class A Common Stock for a ten consecutive trading day period, ending on the last trading day immediately preceding such date, on the Nasdaq Stock Market or any national securities exchange or authorized quotation system on which the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock is listed or authorized for quotation, or if the Class A Common Stock is not so listed or authorized for quotation, an amount determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to be the fair value of the Class A Common Stock.

          2.16 “Permitted Holders” means Jeffrey H. Smulyan, his spouse, lineal descendants and ascendants, heirs, executors or other legal representatives and any trusts or other entities established by or for the benefit of any of the foregoing or established by any of the foregoing for charitable purposes, or any other person or entity in which the foregoing persons or entities exercise control.

          2.17 “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

          2.18 “Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Purchase Agreement with respect to the Preferred Stock, dated as of October 26, 1999 among the Corporation, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     3. Dividends.

          3.1 The holders of shares of the outstanding Preferred Stock shall be entitled, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available therefor, to receive cumulative annual cash dividends at a rate per annum equal to 6.25% (the “Dividend Rate”) of the Liquidation Preference, payable quarterly in arrears. Dividends payable for each full dividend period will be computed by dividing the Dividend Rate by four and shall be payable in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date for the quarterly period ending immediately prior to such Dividend Payment Date, to the holders of record of Preferred Stock at the close of business on the Dividend Record Date applicable to such Dividend Payment Date. Such dividends shall be cumulative from the Issue Date and shall accrue on a day-to-day basis, whether or not earned or declared, from and after the Issue Date. Dividends on the Preferred Stock which are not declared and paid when due will compound quarterly on each Dividend Payment Date at the Dividend Rate. Dividends payable for any partial dividend period shall be computed on the basis of actual days elapsed over a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Notwithstanding anything in this Exhibit A to the contrary, the initial Dividend Payment Date, which shall be for dividends accrued during the period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on January 15, 2000, will be January 15, 2000.

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          3.2 Dividends paid on the Preferred Stock shall be payable in cash.

          3.3 No dividends or other distributions (other than a dividend or distribution payable solely in stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or ratably with the Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up and cash in lieu of fractional shares) may be declared, made or paid or set apart for payment on the Common Stock or upon any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or ratably with the Preferred Stock as to dividends, and no Common Stock or any other stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or ratably with the Preferred Stock as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, may be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any money paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any shares of any such stock) by the Corporation (except by conversion into or exchange for stock of the Corporation ranking junior to or ratably with the Preferred Stock as to dividends and upon liquidation dissolution or winding up), unless full Accumulated Dividends shall have been or contemporaneously are paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment on the Preferred Stock for all Dividend Payment Periods terminating on or prior to the date of such declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or acquisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if full dividends have not been paid to the holders of the Preferred Stock and on any other preferred stock ranking ratably with the Preferred Stock as to dividends, dividends may be declared and paid on the Preferred Stock and such other ratable preferred stock, only so long as the dividends are declared and paid pro rata so that the amounts of dividends declared per share on the Preferred Stock and such other ratable preferred stock will in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that, immediately prior to payment of the dividend on such other ratable stock, Accumulated and Accrued Dividends per share of the Preferred Stock and accrued and unpaid dividends per share of such other ratable preferred stock bear to each other.

          3.4 Holders of shares of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any dividends on the Preferred Stock, whether payable in cash, property or stock in excess of full cumulative dividends at the Dividend Rate provided in this Exhibit A. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on the Preferred Stock which may be in arrears.

          3.5 The holders of shares of Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Dividend Record Date will be entitled to receive the dividend payment on those shares (except that holders of shares called for redemption on a redemption date between the Dividend Record Date and the Dividend Payment Date will be entitled to receive such dividend on such redemption date on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the subsequent conversion thereof or the Corporation’s default in payment of the dividend due on that Dividend Payment Date.

     4 Optional Redemption.

          4.1 The Preferred Stock is not subject to any sinking fund or other similar provisions. From April 15, 2001 to October 15, 2002, the Corporation may redeem Preferred Stock (the “Provisional Redemption”) at a redemption premium equal to 104.911% of the Liquidation Preference plus Accumulated Dividends, if any, whether or not declared to the

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redemption date (the “Provisional Redemption Date”), if the closing price of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market, or any national securities exchange or authorized quotation system on which the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock is then listed or authorized for quotation, if not so listed, is greater than 150% of the Conversion Price ($117.1875), as hereafter defined in this Exhibit A, per share for 20 trading days within any 30 consecutive trading day period. If the Corporation undertakes a Provisional Redemption, holders of Preferred Stock that the Corporation calls for redemption will also receive a payment (the “Additional Payment”) in an amount equal to the present value of the aggregate value of the dividends (whether or not declared) that would thereafter have been payable on the Preferred Stock called for redemption from the Provisional Redemption Date to October 15, 2002 (the “Additional Period”). The present value will be calculated using as the discount rate the bond equivalent yield on U.S. Treasury notes or bills having the term nearest in length to that of the Additional Period, calculated as of the day immediately preceding the date on which a notice of Provisional Redemption is mailed. The Corporation will be obligated to make the Additional Payment on all shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation has called for the Provisional Redemption whether or not those shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation has called are converted prior to the Provisional Redemption Date.

          4.2 Beginning on October 15, 2002, the Corporation may redeem in cash the Preferred Stock, during the twelve-month periods commencing on October 15 of the years indicated below, at the following redemption premiums (which are expressed as a percentage of the stated liquidation preference of $50 per share), plus in each case Accrued Dividends and Accumulated Dividends, if any, whether or not declared to the redemption date:

         
Year   Amount  
2002
    103.571 %
2003
    102.679 %
2004
    101.786 %
2005
    100.893 %
2006
    100.000 %

     5. Procedure for Redemption.

          5.1 Not less than 30 nor more than 60 days previous to the date fixed for redemption by the Board of Directors, a notice specifying the time and place thereof shall be given to the holders of record of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed by first class mail at their respective addresses as the same shall appear on the books of the Corporation; provided, however, that no failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein, nor in the mailing thereof, shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any of the Preferred Stock to be redeemed. Upon the redemption date, the Corporation shall pay over the redemption price to the holders of the shares upon the endorsement and surrender of the certificates for such shares by the holders of the Preferred Stock.

          5.2 On or before any redemption date, each holder of shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Preferred Stock to the Corporation, in the manner and at the place designated in the notice of

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redemption and on the redemption date, the full redemption price, payable in cash, for such shares of Preferred Stock shall be paid or delivered to the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof, and the shares represented by each surrendered certificate shall be returned to authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of any or no series. Upon surrender (in accordance with the notice of redemption) of the certificate or certificates representing any shares to be so redeemed (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Corporation shall so require and the notice of redemption shall so state), such shares shall be redeemed by the Corporation at the redemption price. If fewer than all the shares represented by any such certificate are to be redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares, without costs to the holder thereof, together with the amount of cash, if any, in lieu of fractional shares.

          5.3 If a notice of redemption shall have been given as provided in Section 5.1, dividends on the shares of Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, such shares shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the holders thereof as stockholders of the Corporation with respect to shares so called for redemption (except for the right to receive from the Corporation the redemption price) shall cease (including any right to receive dividends otherwise payable on any Dividend Payment Date that would have occurred after the time and date of redemption) either (i) from and after the time and date fixed in the notice of redemption as the time and date of redemption (unless the Corporation shall default in the payment of the redemption price, in which case such rights shall not terminate at such time and date) or (ii) if the Corporation shall so elect and state in the notice of redemption, from and after the time and date (which date shall be the date fixed for redemption or an earlier date not less than 30 days after the date of mailing of the redemption notice) on which the Corporation shall irrevocably deposit in trust for the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed with a designated bank or trust company doing business in the State of New York, as paying agent, money sufficient to pay at the office of such paying agent, on the redemption date, the redemption price. Any money so deposited with any such paying agent which shall not be required for such redemption shall be returned to the Corporation forthwith. Subject to applicable escheat laws, any moneys so set aside by the Corporation and unclaimed at the end of one year from the redemption date shall revert to the general funds of the Corporation, after which reversion the holders of such shares so called for redemption shall look only to the general funds of the Corporation for the payment of the redemption price without interest. Any interest accrued on funds so deposited shall be paid to the Corporation from time to time.

          5.4 In the event that fewer than all the outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock are to be redeemed, the shares to be redeemed will be determined pro rata or by lot. From and after the applicable redemption date, unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the redemption price, dividends on the shares of Preferred Stock to be redeemed on such redemption date will cease to accrue, said shares will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, and all rights of the holders thereof as the Corporation’s shareholders (except the right to receive the redemption price) will cease.

          5.5 The Corporation shall not redeem any shares of Preferred Stock if any dividends on the Preferred Stock are in arrears unless all dividends on the Preferred Stock in arrears are paid in full.

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     6. Change of Control.

          6.1 Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control of the Corporation, holders of Preferred Stock will, if the Market Value as of the Change of Control Date is less than the Conversion Price, have a one-time option (the “Change of Control Option”) to convert all of their outstanding shares of Preferred Stock into shares of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock at a conversion price equal to the greater of (i) the Market Value as of the Change of Control Date; or (ii) 66.67% of the market price per share of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock at the close of trading on the date of issuance of the Preferred Stock. The Change of Control Option will be exercisable during a period of not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days commencing on the third business day after notice of the Change of Control is given by the Corporation. In lieu of issuing the shares of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion in the event of a Change of Control, the Corporation may, at its option, make a cash payment equal to the Market Value as of the Change of Control Date of such Class A Common Stock otherwise issuable.

          6.2 In the event of a Change of Control, notice of such Change of Control shall be given, within five Business Days of the Change of Control Date, by the Corporation by first class mail to each record holder of shares of Preferred Stock, at such holder’s address as the same appears on the books of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state (i) that a Change of Control has occurred; (ii) the last day on which the Change of Control Option may be exercised (the “Expiration Date”); (iii) the name and address of the paying agent; and (iv) the procedures that holders must follow to exercise the Change of Control Option.

          6.3 On or before the Expiration Date, each holder of shares of Preferred Stock wishing to exercise the Change of Control Option shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing the shares of Preferred Stock to be converted, in the manner and at the place designated in the notice described in Section 6.2, and on such date the cash or shares of Class A Common Stock due to such holder shall be delivered to the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof and each surrendered certificate shall be returned to authorized but unissued shares. Upon surrender (in accordance with the notice described in Section 6.2) of the certificate or certificates representing any shares to be so converted (properly endorsed or assigned for transfer, if the Corporation shall so require and the notice shall so state), such shares shall be converted by the Corporation at the Conversion Price.

          6.4 The rights of holders of Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 6 are in addition to, and not in lieu of, the rights of holders of Preferred Stock provided for in Section 9 in this Exhibit A.

     7. Voting.

          7.1 The shares of Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights except as required by law or as set forth in this Section 7. increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of the class of preferred stock;

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          7.2 If the dividends payable on the Preferred Stock are in arrears for six consecutive quarterly periods, the holders of Preferred Stock voting separately as a class with the shares of any other preferred stock or preference securities having similar voting rights will be entitled at the next regular or special meeting of the Corporation’s shareholders to elect two directors to the Corporation’s Board of Directors. Such voting rights and terms of the directors so elected continue until such time as the dividend arrearage on the Preferred Stock has been paid in full.

          7.3 The affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding Preferred Stock will be required for the issuance of any class or series of stock, or security convertible into the Corporation’s stock, ranking senior to the Preferred Stock as to dividends, liquidation rights or voting rights and for amendments to the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation that would adversely affect the rights of holders of the Preferred Stock; provided, however, that any issuance of shares of preferred stock which rank ratably with the Preferred Stock (including the issuance of additional shares of the Preferred Stock) will not, by itself, be deemed to adversely affect the rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock. In all such cases, each share of Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote.

     8. Liquidation Rights.

          8.1 In the event of any dissolution, voluntary or involuntary liquidation or winding-up of the Corporation, the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive and to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to stockholders, before any payment or distribution is made to holders of the Corporation’s Common Stock or any other class or series of stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Preferred Stock upon liquidation, the Liquidation Preference plus Accumulated Dividends, if any, with respect to each share.

          8.2 Neither the sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all the property and assets of the Corporation nor the merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other corporation, or the merger or consolidation of any other corporation into or with the Corporation, shall be deemed to be a dissolution, voluntary or involuntary liquidation or winding up, for the purposes of this Section 8.

          8.3 After the payment to the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock of full preferential amounts provided for in this Section 8, the holders of Preferred Stock as such shall have no right or claim to any of the remaining assets of the Corporation.

          8.4 If upon any voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Corporation, the amounts payable with respect to the Liquidation Preference and Accumulated Dividends on the Preferred Stock and any other shares of the Corporation’s stock ranking as to any distribution ratably with the Preferred Stock are not paid in full, the holders of the Preferred Stock and of such other shares will share pro rata in proportion to the Liquidation Preference plus Accumulated Dividends thereon.

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     9. Conversion.

               (a) Subject to compliance with the provisions of this Section 9, each outstanding share of the Preferred Stock shall be convertible at any time at the option of the holder into that number of whole shares of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock as is equal to the Liquidation Preference, divided by an initial conversion price of $78.125, equivalent to 0.6400 shares of Class A Common Stock per share of Preferred Stock, subject to adjustment as described in Section 9(c). The initial conversion price and the conversion price as adjusted are referred to in this Exhibit A as the Conversion Price. A share of Preferred Stock called for redemption will be convertible into shares of Class A Common Stock up to and including, but not after, the close of business on the date fixed for redemption unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the amount payable upon redemption.

          To exercise the conversion right, the holder of each share of Preferred Stock to be converted shall surrender the Certificate representing such share, if certificated, duly endorsed or assigned to the Corporation or in blank, at the office of the transfer agent, together with written notice of the election to convert executed by the holder (the “Conversion Notice”) specifying the number of shares of Preferred Stock to be converted, the name in which the shares of Class A Common Stock deliverable upon conversion shall be registered, and the address of the named person. If the shares of Preferred Shares are not certificated, the holder must deliver evidence of ownership satisfactory to the Corporation and the transfer agent. Unless the shares of Class A Common Stock deliverable upon conversion are to be issued in the same name as the name in which the shares of Preferred Stock to be converted are registered, the holder must also deliver to the transfer agent an instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Corporation, duly executed by the holder or the holder’s duly authorized attorney, together with an amount sufficient to pay any transfer or similar tax in connection with the issuance and delivery of such shares of Class A Common Stock in such name (or evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation demonstrating that such taxes have been paid).

          As promptly as practicable after compliance with the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, the Corporation shall deliver or cause to be delivered at the office where such certificates are surrendered to or upon the written order of the holder thereof a certificate or certificates representing the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such Preferred Stock may be converted in accordance with the provisions of this Section 9, registered in such name or names as are duly specified in the Conversion Notice. Such conversion shall be deemed to have been effected at the close of business on the date the holder has complied with the provisions of the foregoing paragraph, and the rights with respect to the shares of Preferred Stock so converted, including the rights, if any, to receive notices, will terminate at that time, except only (i) the rights of holders of such shares of Preferred Stock to receive certificates for the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such shares of Preferred Stock have been converted; and (ii) the right of holders of such shares of the Preferred Stock at the close of business on a Dividend Record Date to receive, on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date, the dividend declared on such shares for payment on such Dividend Payment Date.

          If the last day for the exercise of the conversion right shall not be a Business Day, then such conversion right may be exercised on the next preceding Business Day.

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               (b) Upon and after conversion of shares of the Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall have no obligation to pay any undeclared Accumulated Dividends or Accrued Dividends.

               (c) The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment as follows:

                    (i) In case the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time make a redemption payment or pay a dividend or make another distribution payable in shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock to all holders of any class of the Corporation’s capital stock, other than the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock in connection with the conversion of Preferred Stock, then, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted (and any other appropriate actions shall be taken by the Corporation) so that the holder of any share of Preferred Stock thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Class A Common Stock that such holder would have owned or would have been entitled to receive upon or by reason of any of the events described above, had such share of Preferred Stock been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the occurrence of such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(c)(i) shall become effective retroactively in the case of any such dividend or distribution, to the day immediately following the close of business on the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.

                    (ii) In case the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time issue to all holders of its Common Stock rights, options or warrants entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock) at a price per share less than the Market Value as of the record date of such issuance (treating the price per share of any security convertible or exchangeable or exercisable into Common Stock as equal to (A) the sum of the price paid to acquire such security convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into Common Stock plus any additional consideration payable (without regard to any anti-dilution adjustments) upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of such security into Common Stock divided by (B) the number of shares of Common Stock into which such convertible, exchangeable or exercisable security is initially convertible, exchangeable or exercisable), other than (I) issuances of such rights, options or warrants if the holder of Preferred Stock would be entitled to receive such rights, options or warrants upon conversion at any time of shares of Preferred Stock, or if such rights, options, and warrants have expired or been redeemed by the Corporation prior to conversion and (II) issuances that are subject to certain triggering events (until such time as such triggering events occur), then, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be adjusted by dividing the Conversion Price in effect on the day immediately prior to the record date of such issuance by a fraction (y) the numerator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of additional shares of Common Stock issued or to be issued upon or as a result of the issuance of such rights, options or warrants (or the maximum number into or for which such convertible or exchangeable securities initially may convert or exchange or for which such options, warrants or other rights initially may be exercised) and (z) the denominator of which shall be the sum of the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding on such record date plus the number of shares of Common Stock

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which the aggregate consideration for the total number of such additional shares of Common Stock so issued (or into or for which such convertible or exchangeable securities may convert or exchange or for which such options, warrants or other rights may be exercised plus the aggregate amount of any additional consideration initially payable upon the conversion, exchange or exercise of such security) would purchase at the Market Value as of such record date; provided, that if the Corporation distributes rights or warrants (other than those referred to above in this subparagraph (c)(ii)) pro rata to the holders of Common Stock, so long as such rights or warrants have not expired or been redeemed by the Corporation, (y) the holder of any Preferred Stock surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive upon such conversion, in addition to the shares of Class A Common Stock then issuable upon such conversion (the “Conversion Shares”), a number of rights or warrants to be determined as follows: (i) if such conversion occurs on or prior to the date for the distribution to the holders of rights or warrants of separate certificates evidencing such rights or warrants (the “Distribution Date”), the same number of rights or warrants to which a holder of a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the number of Conversion Shares is entitled at the time of such conversion in accordance with the terms and provisions applicable to the rights or warrants and (ii) if such conversion occurs after the Distribution Date, the same number of rights or warrants to which a holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such Preferred Stock was convertible immediately prior to such Distribution Date would have been entitled on such Distribution Date had such Preferred Stock been converted immediately prior to such Distribution Date in accordance with the terms and Provisions applicable to the rights and warrants, and (z) the Conversion Price shall not be subject to adjustment on account of any declaration, distribution or exercise of such rights or warrants.

                    (iii) In case the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time subdivide the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares, combine the outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, or issue any shares of its capital stock in a reclassification of the Common Stock, then, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted (and any other appropriate actions shall be taken by the Corporation) so that the holder of any share of Preferred Stock thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Common Stock that such holder would have owned or would have been entitled to receive upon or by reason of any of the events described above, had such share of Preferred Stock been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the occurrence of such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(c)(iii) shall become effective retroactively in the case of any such subdivision, combination, or reclassification, to the close of business on the date upon which such corporate action becomes effective.

                    (iv) In case the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time pay a dividend or distribute to all holders of shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (other than a dividend or distribution subject to 9(c)(ii)) pursuant to any shareholder rights plan, “poison pill” or similar arrangement and excluding regular dividends and distributions paid exclusively in cash and dividends payable upon the Preferred Stock, then, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted (and any other appropriate actions shall be taken by the Corporation) so that the holder of any share of Preferred Stock thereafter surrendered for conversion shall be entitled to receive the number of shares of Class A Common

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Stock that such holder would have owned or would have been entitled to receive upon or by reason of any of the events described above, had such share of Preferred Stock been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock immediately prior to the occurrence of such event. An adjustment made pursuant to this Section 9(c)(iv) shall become effective retroactively in the case of any such dividend or distribution, to the day immediately following the close of business on the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.

                    (v) In case the Corporation shall at any time or from time to time (A) make a distribution to all holders of shares of its Common Stock consisting exclusively of cash (excluding any cash portion of distributions referred to in paragraph (iv) above, or cash distributed upon a merger or consolidation to which (B) of this paragraph below applies), that, when combined together with (x) all other such all-cash distributions made within the then-preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment has been made and (y) any cash and the fair market value of any other consideration paid or payable in respect of any tender offer by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for shares of Common Stock concluded within the then-preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment pursuant to this Section 9(c) has been made, in the aggregate exceeds 15% of the Corporation’s Market Capitalization as of the record date of such distribution; (B) complete a tender or exchange offer which the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries makes for shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock that involves an aggregate consideration that, together with (x) any cash and other consideration payable in a tender or exchange offer by the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock expiring within the then preceding 12 months in respect of which no adjustment has been made and (y) the aggregate amount of any such all-cash distributions referred to in (A) of this paragraph to all holders of shares of Common Stock within the then preceding 12 months in respect of which not adjustments have been made, exceeds 15% of the Corporation’s Market Capitalization just prior to the expiration of such tender offer; or (C) make a distribution to all holders of its Common Stock consisting of evidences of indebtedness, shares of its capital stock other than Common Stock or assets (including securities, but excluding those dividends, rights, options, warrants and distributions referred to in this Section 9(c)), then, the Conversion Price then in effect shall be adjusted by dividing the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to the date of such distribution or completion of such tender or exchange offer, as the case may be, by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the Market Value as of the record date referred to below, or, if such adjustment is made upon the completion of a tender or exchange offer, as of the payment date for such offer, and (y) the denominator of which shall be such Market Value less the then fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Corporation) of the portion of the cash, evidences of indebtedness, securities or other assets so distributed or paid in such tender or exchange offer, applicable to one share of Common Stock (but such denominator not to be less than one); provided, however, that no adjustment shall be made with respect to any distribution of rights to purchase securities of the Corporation if the holder of shares of Preferred Stock would otherwise be entitled to receive such rights upon Conversion at any time of shares of Preferred Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock unless such rights are subsequently redeemed by the Corporation, in which case such redemption shall be treated for purposes of this Section 9(c)(v) as a dividend on the Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be made whenever any such distribution is made or tender or exchange offer is completed, as the case may be, and shall become effective retroactively to a date immediately

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following the close of business on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.

                    (vi) In the case the Corporation at any time or from time to time shall take any action affecting its Common Stock (it being understood that the issuance or sale of shares of Class A Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Class A Common Stock, or any options, warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Class A Common Stock) to any Person at a price per share less than the Conversion Price then in effect shall not be deemed such an action), other than an action described in any of Section 9(c)(i) through Section 9(c)(v), inclusive, or Section 9(g), then the Conversion Price shall be adjusted in such manner and at such time as the Board of Directors of the Corporation in good faith determines to be equitable in the circumstances (such determination to be evidenced in a resolution, a certified copy of which shall be mailed to the holders of the Preferred Stock).

                    (vii) Notwithstanding anything in this Exhibit A to the contrary, no adjustment under this Section 9(c) need be made to the Conversion Price unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% of the Conversion Price then if effect. Any lesser adjustment shall be carried forward and shall be made at the time of and together with the next subsequent adjustment, if any, which, together with any adjustment or adjustments so carried forward, shall amount to an increase or decrease of at least 1% of such Conversion Price. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Conversion Price adjustment will be made as a result of the issuance of the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock on conversion of the Preferred Stock. Each event requiring adjustment to the Conversion Price will require only a single adjustment even though more than one of the foregoing adjustment clauses may be applicable to such event.

                    (viii) The Corporation reserves the right to make such reductions in the Conversion Price in addition to those required in the foregoing provisions as it considers advisable in order that any event treated for Federal income tax purposes as a dividend of stock or stock rights will not be taxable to the recipients. In the event the Corporation elects to make such a reduction in the Conversion Price, the Corporation will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder if and to the extent that such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the reduction of the Conversion Price.

               (d) If the Corporation shall take a record of the holders of its Common Stock for the purpose of entitling them to receive a dividend or other distribution, and shall thereafter (and before the dividend or distribution has been paid or delivered to stockholders) legally abandon its plan to pay or deliver such dividend or distribution, then thereafter no adjustment in the Conversion Price then in effect shall be required by reason of the taking of such record.

               (e) Upon any increase or decrease in the Conversion Price, then, and in each such case, the Corporation promptly shall deliver to each registered holder of Preferred Stock a certificate signed by an authorized officer of the Corporation, setting forth in reasonable detail the event requiring the adjustment and the method by which such adjustment was

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calculated and specifying the increased or decreased Conversion Price then in effect following such adjustment.

               (f) No fractional shares or scrip representing fractional shares of Class A Common Stock shall be issued upon the conversion of any shares of Preferred Stock. If more than one share of Preferred Stock shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same holder, the number of full shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Liquidation Preference of the shares of Preferred Stock so surrendered. If the conversion of any share or shares of Preferred Stock results in a fraction, an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the last reported sale price of the Class A Common Stock on the Nasdaq Stock Market (or on such other national securities exchange or authorized quotation system on which the Class A Common Stock is then listed for trading or authorized for quotation or, if the Class A Common Stock is not then so listed or authorized for quotation, an amount determined in good faith by the Board of Directors to be the fair value of the Class A Common Stock) at the close of business on the trading day next preceding the day of conversion shall be paid to such holder in cash by the Corporation.

               (g) In the event of any capital reorganization or reclassification or other change of outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), or in the event of any consolidation or merger of the Corporation with or into another Person (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Corporation is the resulting or surviving Person and which does not result in any reclassification or change of outstanding Class A Common Stock), or in the event of any sale or other disposition to another Person of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation (other than any assets not owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation and its subsidiaries) (computed on a consolidated basis) (any of the foregoing, a “Transaction”), each share of Preferred Stock then outstanding shall, without the consent of any holder of Preferred Stock, become convertible only into the kind and amount of shares of stock or other securities (of the Corporation or another issuer) or property or cash receivable upon such Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such share of Preferred Stock could have been converted immediately prior to such Transaction after giving effect to any adjustment event. The provisions of this Section 9(g) and any equivalent thereof in any such certificate similarly shall apply to successive Transactions. The provisions of this Section 9(g) shall be the sole right of holders of Preferred Stock in connection with any Transaction and such holders shall have no separate vote thereon.

               (h) In the event of any distribution by the Corporation to its stockholders of all or substantially all of its assets (other than any assets not owned directly or indirectly by the Corporation and its subsidiaries) (computed on a consolidated basis), each holder of Preferred Stock will participate pro rata in such distribution based on the number of shares of Class A Common Stock into which such holders’ shares of Preferred Stock would have been convertible immediately prior to such distribution.

               (i) The Corporation shall at all times reserve and keep available for issuance upon the conversion of the Preferred Stock such number of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock as will from time to time be sufficient to permit the conversion

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of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, and shall take all action required to increase the authorized number of shares of Class A Common Stock if at any time there shall be insufficient unissued shares of Class A Common Stock to permit such reservation or to permit the conversion of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock.

               (j) The issuance or delivery of certificates for Class A Common Stock upon the conversion of shares of Preferred Stock shall be made without charge to the converting holder of shares of Preferred Stock for such certificates or for any documentary stamp or similar issue or transfer tax in respect of the issuance or delivery of such certificates or the securities represented thereby, and such certificates shall be issued or delivered in the respective names of, or in such names as may be directed by, the holders of the shares of Preferred Stock converted; provided, however, that the Corporation shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance and delivery of any such certificate in a name other than that of the holder of the shares of Preferred Stock converted, and the Corporation shall not be required to issue or deliver such certificate unless or until the Person or Persons requesting the issuance or delivery thereof shall have paid to the Corporation the amount of such tax or shall have established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Corporation that such tax has been paid.

     10. Other Provisions.

          10.1 With respect to any notice to a holder of shares of Preferred Stock required to be provided hereunder, neither failure to mail such notice, nor any defect therein or in the mailing thereof, to any particular holder shall affect the sufficiency of the notice or the validity of the proceedings referred to in such notice with respect to the other holders or affect the legality or validity of any distribution, rights, warrant, reclassification, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, or the vote upon any such action. Any notice which was mailed in the manner provided in this Exhibit A shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the holder receives the notice.

          10.2 Shares of Preferred Stock issued and reacquired will be retired and canceled promptly after reacquisition thereof and, upon compliance with the applicable requirements of Indiana law, have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation undesignated as to series and may with any and all other authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Corporation be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation, except that any issuance or reissuance of shares of Preferred Stock must be in compliance with this Certificate of Designation.

          10.3 The shares of Preferred Stock shall be issuable only in whole shares.

          10.4 All notices periods referred to in this Exhibit A shall commence on the date of the mailing of the applicable notice.

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EX-12 3 c96603exv12.htm RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES exv12
 

Exhibit 12

 
    EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
    RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
    (Unaudited, dollars in thousands)
                 
    Three Months Ended May 31,
    2004     2005  
     
EARNINGS:
               
Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for minority interests in consolidated subsidiaries or income or loss from equity investees
  $ (81,823 )   $ 19,658  
Add:
               
Fixed charges
    22,743       20,097  
Amortization of capitalized interest
    18       18  
Less:
               
Capitalized interest
           
Preferred stock dividends
    2,246       2,246  
     
Earnings
  $ (61,308 )   $ 37,527  
 
               
FIXED CHARGES:
               
Interest expense (including amortization of debt expenses)
  $ 19,696     $ 17,030  
Capitalized interest
           
Portion of rents representative of the interest factor
    801       821  
Preferred stock dividends
    2,246       2,246  
     
Fixed Charges
  $ 22,743     $ 20,097  
 
               
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
    N/A       1.9  
     
 
               
Deficiency
  $ 84,051     $  

EX-31.1 4 c96603exv31w1.htm CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER exv31w1
 

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Jeffrey H. Smulyan, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Emmis Communications Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 11, 2005
         
     
  /s/ JEFFREY H. SMULYAN    
  Jeffrey H. Smulyan   
  Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer 
 
 

EX-31.2 5 c96603exv31w2.htm CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER exv31w2
 

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Walter Z. Berger, certify that:

1.   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Emmis Communications Corporation;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

  (a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  (b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  (c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  (d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

  (a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  (b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 11, 2005
         
     
  /s/ WALTER Z. BERGER    
  Walter Z. Berger   
  Executive Vice President, Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 

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Exhibit 32.1

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

The undersigned hereby certifies, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, in his capacity as an officer of Emmis Communications Corporation (the “Company”), that, to his knowledge:

(1)   the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the period ended May 31, 2005, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)   the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: July 11, 2005
         
     
  /s/ JEFFREY H. SMULYAN    
  Jeffrey H. Smulyan   
  Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer 
 
 

EX-32.2 7 c96603exv32w2.htm SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER exv32w2
 

Exhibit 32.2

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

The undersigned hereby certifies, in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, in his capacity as an officer of Emmis Communications Corporation (the “Company”), that, to his knowledge:

(1)   the Quarterly Report of the Company on Form 10-Q for the period ended May 31, 2005, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
(2)   the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: July 11, 2005
         
     
  /s/ WALTER Z. BERGER    
  Walter Z. Berger   
  Executive Vice President, Treasurer
and Chief Financial Officer 
 
 

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