8-K 1 form8k_122305.txt CURRENT REPORT ================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) DECEMBER 23, 2005 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) INDIANA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) 0-23264 35-1542018 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) ONE EMMIS PLAZA, 40 MONUMENT CIRCLE, SUITE 700, INDIANPOLIS, INDIANA 46204 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) 317-266-0100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code) NOT APPLICABLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (SEE General Instruction A.2. below): |_| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |_| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) ================================================================================ ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS On December 23, 2005, Emmis Communications Corporation (the "Company") called for redemption $230 million aggregate outstanding principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2012 (the "Notes"), pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, dated June 21, 2005, between the Company and The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York, as trustee. The Notes will be redeemed on a pro rata basis on January 23, 2006 (the "Redemption Date"). The redemption price for the Notes to be redeemed is $1,000.00 per $1,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to the Redemption Date. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Dated: December 23, 2005 EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION By: /s/ J. Scott Enright ----------------------------- Name: J. Scott Enright Title: Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary