Exhibit 10.5
Execution Version
AGREEMENT AND
PLAN OF
MERGER
among
CMP
SUSQUEHANNA CORP.,
CMP
MERGER CO.,
SUSQUEHANNA PFALTZGRAFF CO.
and
THE
STOCKHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE
dated as of October 31, 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section 1.1
Definitions
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Section 1.2
Usage
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ARTICLE II THE
MERGER
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Section 2.1
The Merger
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Section 2.2
Effective Time
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Section 2.3
Closing of the Merger
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Section 2.4
Effects of the Merger
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Section 2.5
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws
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Section 2.6
Directors
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Section 2.7
Officers
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Section 2.8
Pre-Closing Matters
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Section 2.9
Merger Consideration
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Section 2.10
Conversion of Shares
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Section 2.11
Exchange Procedure
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Section 2.12
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustments
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Section 2.13
Escrow Account
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Section 2.14
Withholding Taxes
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Section 2.15
Stockholders’ Representative
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPC
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Section 3.1
Organization and Good Standing
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Section 3.2
Enforceability; Authority; No Conflict
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Section 3.3
Capitalization
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Section 3.4
Financial Statements
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Section 3.5
Books And Records
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Section 3.6
Condition of Tangible Personal Property
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Section 3.7
Owned Real Property
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Section 3.8
Leased Real Property
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Section 3.9
Title to Real and Tangible Personal Property; Encumbrances
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Section 3.10
Condition of Facilities
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Section 3.11
Commission Authorizations
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Section 3.12
Insolvency
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Section 3.13
Intellectual Property Assets
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Section 3.14
Taxes
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Section 3.15
Labor and Employment Matters
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Section 3.16
Employee Benefits
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Section 3.17
Compliance With Legal Requirements; Governmental
Authorizations
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Section 3.18
Legal Proceedings; Orders
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Section 3.19
Absence of Certain Changes and Events
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Section 3.20
Material Contracts
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Section 3.21
Insurance
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Section 3.22
Environmental Matters
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Section 3.23
Relationships With Related Persons
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Section 3.24
Brokers or Finders
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR AND MERGER SUB
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Section 4.1
Organization and Good Standing
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Section 4.2
Enforceability; Authority; No Conflict
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Section 4.3
Financing
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Section 4.4
Commission Authorizations and other Governmental
Qualifications
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Section 4.5
Certain Proceedings
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Section 4.6
Brokers or Finders
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Section 4.7
Acquiror and Merger Sub Financial Condition
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
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Section 5.1
Reserved
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Section 5.2
Conduct of Business
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Section 5.3
Disposition of Unrelated Businesses
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Section 5.4
Commercially Reasonable Efforts
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Section 5.5
Access and Information
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Section 5.6
Control of Stations
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Section 5.7
Minority Interests
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Section 5.8
Employee Benefits Plans
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Section 5.9
Cooperation, Notification
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Section 5.10
No Additional Representations and Warranties
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Section 5.11
Debenture Offer; Defeasance
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Section 5.12
Financial Information
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Section 5.13
No Shop
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Section 5.14
Tax Matters
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Section 5.15
Acquiror’s Financing
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Section 5.16
Cable Transaction
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ARTICLE VI CLOSING
CONDITIONS
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Section 6.1
Conditions to Obligations of SPC to Effect the Merger
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Section 6.2
Conditions to Obligation of Acquiror and Merger Sub to Effect the
Merger
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ARTICLE VII
CLOSING DELIVERIES
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Section 7.1
Deliveries of SPC, the Radio Subsidiaries and the
Stockholders’ Representative
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Section 7.2
Deliveries of Acquiror and Merger Sub
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ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION
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Section 8.1
Termination by Mutual Consent
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Section 8.2
Termination by Either Acquiror or SPC
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Section 8.3
Termination by SPC
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Section 8.4
Termination by Acquiror
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Section 8.5
Effect of Termination and Abandonment
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Section 8.6
Extension, Waiver
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ARTICLE IX
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION; REMEDIES
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Section 9.1
Survival
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Section 9.2
Indemnification by the Stockholders’ Representative
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Section 9.3
Indemnification by Acquiror and SPC
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Section 9.4
Third-Party Claim Indemnification Procedures
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Section 9.5
Consequential Damages
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Section 9.6
Payments
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Section 9.7
Characterization of Indemnification Payments
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Section 9.8
Remedies
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ARTICLE X GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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Section 10.1
Expenses
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Section 10.2
Public Announcements
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Section 10.3
Notices
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Section 10.4
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process
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Section 10.5
Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 10.6
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
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Section 10.7
Entire Agreement and Modification
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Section 10.8
Amendment
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Section 10.9
Disclosure Schedules
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Section 10.10
Assignments, Successors and No Third-Party Rights
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Section 10.11
Severability
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Section 10.12
Construction
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Section 10.13
Execution of Agreement
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Section 10.14
Enforcement of Agreement
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Section 10.15
Schedules
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
Principal Stockholder’s Agreement
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Exhibit B
Escrow Agreement
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Exhibit C
Form of Indemnity Agreement
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Exhibit D
Principal Stockholder LLCs
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Exhibit E SPC
Certificate of Incorporation
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Exhibit F SPC
By-laws
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Exhibit G
Written Consent
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
(this “Agreement”), dated as of October 31, 2005,
is by and among Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co., a Delaware corporation
(“SPC”), CMP Susquehanna Corp., a Delaware corporation
(“Acquiror”), CMP Merger Co., a Delaware corporation
and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger
Sub”), and Craig W. Bremer, solely in his capacity as the
initial Stockholders’ Representative (as defined herein) for
the limited purposes described herein.
RECITALS
A. SPC and Acquiror have
determined to engage in a business combination whereby Merger Sub
will be merged with and into SPC, with SPC continuing as the
surviving corporation of such merger and a direct wholly-owned
subsidiary of Acquiror.
B. The respective boards of
directors of SPC, Acquiror and Merger Sub have approved and
declared advisable this Agreement and the Merger (as defined
below).
C. To induce Acquiror to enter
into this Agreement, each of the Principal Stockholders have
executed a Principal Stockholder’s agreement (each, a
“Principal Stockholder’s Agreement”) with
Acquiror in the form of Exhibit A and,
contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, have
delivered to SPC Written Consents representing more than a majority
of the outstanding voting securities of SPC.
D. Prior to or at the Effective
Time (as defined herein), Acquiror, an escrow agent to be mutually
selected by Acquiror and SPC (the “Escrow Agent”) and
the Stockholders’ Representative will enter into an escrow
agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) substantially in the
form of Exhibit B .
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions .
For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms and variations thereof have the meanings specified
or referred to in this Section 1.1:
“Accountants” means
independent certified public accountants.
“Accounting Expert” means
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public
accounting firm as defined under the Exchange Act and, if
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is not available or otherwise unable to
perform its duties, another impartial nationally recognized firm of
U.S. independent certified public accountants (other than
Acquiror’s Accountants, SPC’s Accountants or the
Stockholders’ Representative’s Accountants) appointed
by Acquiror’s Accountants and the Stockholders’
Representative’s Accountants jointly and reasonably
acceptable to Acquiror and the Stockholders’
Representative.
“Acquiror” has the
meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“Acquiror Documents” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.2.
“Acquiror Indemnified
Parties” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.2(a).
“Acquiror Plan” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.8(e).
“Acquiror Required
Consents” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1(1).
“Affiliate” means, with
respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such
Person as of the date on which, or at any time during the period
for which, the determination of affiliation is being made. For
purposes of this definition, the term “control”
(including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled
by” and “under common control with”), as used
with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management policies of such Person, whether through the ownership
of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate LLC Deposit
Amount” means $60,000,000.
“Antitrust Divisions” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(d)(1).
“Applications” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.4(d)(2).
“Appurtenances” means all
privileges, rights, easements, hereditaments and appurtenances
belonging to or for the benefit of the Land, including all
easements appurtenant to and for the benefit of any Land (a
“Dominant Parcel”) for, and as the primary means of
access between, the Dominant Parcel and a public way, or for any
other use upon which lawful use of the Dominant Parcel for the
purposes for which it is presently being used is dependent, and all
rights existing in and to any streets, alleys, passages and other
rights-of-way included thereon or adjacent thereto (before or after
vacation thereof) and vaults beneath any such streets.
“Assets” means all
properties, assets, privileges, rights, interests and claims, real
and personal, tangible and intangible, of every type and
description, wherever located, which are directly or indirectly
owned or used in the conduct of the Business or the operation of
any of the Stations, including, the Governmental Authorizations,
Tangible Personal Property, Real Property, Contracts, Intellectual
Property Assets, Programs, FCC Logs and Business Records, and
including any replacement of and addition to such assets between
the date hereof and the Effective Time.
“Award Shares” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.10(f).
“Balance Sheet” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.4(a).
“Base Merger
Consideration” means $1,150,000,000.
“Bridge Capital Escrow
Amount” means the amount deposited in the Escrow Account
pursuant to Section 9.2(b).
“Bridge Capital Losses”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b).
“Bridge Capital Matter”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(b).
“Business” means the
ownership and operation of the Stations by the Radio Subsidiaries
pursuant to licenses, permits and authorizations issued by the FCC,
excluding any other businesses or operations of any nature
conducted by SPC, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, including
Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff
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Investments, Inc., The Pfaltzgraff Co., SMC Interactive, Inc.,
Susquehanna Real Estate, LLC, Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Services,
Inc., Susquehanna Cable Co., Media PCS Ventures, Inc., SPC
Insurance Co., Susquehanna Fiber Systems, Inc. or any of their
respective direct or indirect Subsidiaries.
“Business Day” means any
day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday or (b) any other
day on which banks in the city of New York are permitted or
required to be closed.
“Business Financial
Statements” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.12.
“Business Records” means
all statements, books and financial reports, advertising reports,
programming studies, consulting reports, marketing data, technical
information specifications, engineering drawings and reports,
manuals, computer programs, tapes and software, personnel records,
marketing and listener lists, lists of vendors and other suppliers
and other information in tangible form used in or related to the
operations of the Business.
“Cable Agreements” means
the Cable Asset Purchase Agreement, the Cable Redemption Agreement
and the Cable Escrow Agreement.
“Cable Asset Purchase
Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated
October 31, 2005, by and between Susquehanna Cable Co. and
Comcast Corporation, as such agreement is amended or otherwise
modified, pursuant to which Susquehanna Cable Co. and its
Subsidiaries have agreed to consummate a transaction constituting a
Cable Transaction.
“Cable Escrow Agreement”
means that certain Escrow Agreement dated October 31, 2005, by
and between SMC, Susquehanna Cable Co. and J.P. Morgan Trust
Company, National Association as such agreement is amended or
otherwise modified.
“Cable Redemption
Agreement” means that certain Redemption Agreement dated
October 31, 2005 by and among Susquehanna Cable Co., SMC, SPC
and Lenfest York, Inc., as such agreement is amended or otherwise
modified, pursuant to which Susquehanna Cable Co. and its
Subsidiaries have agreed to consummate a transaction constituting a
Cable Transaction.
“Cable Transaction” means
the sale, transfer, disposal or other conveyance by SMC of all or
substantially all of its rights and interests, direct or indirect,
in the cable and related assets and businesses of Susquehanna Cable
Co. and its Subsidiaries, effected, by sale, merger, redemption,
distribution, liquidation or other conveyance or disposition
transaction, or by a combination of such transactions, either
pursuant to the Cable Agreements, definitive Agreements in respect
of the Cable Transaction entered into with an alternative
purchaser, or otherwise pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof.
“CERCLA” means the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act of 1980.
“Certificate of Merger”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Claim Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.4(a).
“Closing” means the
closing of the Transaction.
“Closing Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
“Closing Date Financial
Statements” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12(a).
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“Closing Merger
Consideration” has the meaning specified for such term in
Section 2.9(c).
“Closing Merger Payment”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(b)(1).
“COBRA” means the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as
amended.
“Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder.
“Comcast Cable
Transaction” means the Cable Transaction occurring pursuant
to the Cable Agreements.
“Commission
Authorizations” means any and all licenses, permits,
approvals, construction permits, antenna registrations and other
authorizations issued or granted by the FCC to any of the Radio
Subsidiaries including any and all auxiliary and/or supportive
transmitting and/or receiving facilities, boosters, and repeaters,
together with any and all renewals, extensions, or modifications
thereof and additions thereto between the date of this Agreement
and the Effective Time.
“Commitment Letters” has
the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.
“Communications Act”
means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
“Consent” means all
licenses, permits (including construction permits), certificates,
waivers, amendments, consents, franchises, exemptions, variances,
expirations and terminations of any waiting period requirements,
other actions by, and notices, filings, registrations,
qualifications, declarations and designations with, any Person and
other authorizations and approvals, including Governmental
Authorizations.
“Contracts” means all
contracts, agreements, orders, commitments, arrangements and
understandings, written or oral, to which SPC in connection with
the Business or any Radio Subsidiary or any affiliate or
predecessor thereof, is a party, including all leases, program
licenses, contracts to broadcast products or programs on the
Stations, and employment, confidentiality and indemnification
agreements, advertising contracts, Real Property Leases and
Personal Property Leases.
“Credit Agreement” means
that certain credit agreement dated as of February 20, 2004,
among SMC, the Lender parties thereto, and Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as issuing bank and as agent.
“Debenture Offer” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a).
“Debentures” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a).
“Debt” of any Person
means all obligations (including premiums, breakage fees,
prepayment penalties and accrued interest) of such Person for
borrowed money, all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, all such
obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of
property or services (except trade accounts payable in the Ordinary
Course of Business), all obligations of such Person under any lease
of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) which is or
should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of
that Person in accordance with GAAP, all obligations of such Person
to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts payable
under a banker’s acceptance, letter of credit, guaranty or
similar instrument, all overdraft obligations, and all similar
obligations of other Persons secured by an Encumbrance on any asset
of such Person.
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“DGCL” means the General
Corporate Law of the State of Delaware.
“Dissenting Shares” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(g).
“Disposition” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.3.
“Effective Time” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“Employee Plans” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.16(a).
“Employees” means all
employees of the Radio Subsidiaries except SMC.
“Employees” shall not refer to or include any
individual performing services in connection with the Business who
a Radio Subsidiary has classified as an independent contractor as
of immediately prior to the Closing.
“Encumbrance” means any
charge, claim, condition, equitable interest, lien, option, pledge,
security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, right of way, easement,
encroachment, servitude, defect in title, right of first option,
right of first refusal or similar restriction, including any
restriction on use, voting (in the case of any security or equity
interest), transfer, receipt of income or exercise of any other
attribute of ownership.
“Environment” means soil,
land surface or subsurface strata, surface waters (including
navigable waters and ocean waters), groundwaters, drinking water
supply, stream sediments, ambient air (including indoor air), plant
and animal life and any other environmental medium or natural
resource.
“Environmental Laws”
means any Legal Requirement (including common law), Governmental
Authorization or agreement with any Governmental Body or third
party relating to (i) the protection of the environment or
human health and safety (including air, surface water, ground
water, drinking water supply, and surface or subsurface land or
structures), (ii) the exposure to, or the use, storage,
recycling, treatment, generation, transportation, processing,
handling, labeling, management, release or disposal of, any
Hazardous Material or (iii) noise or odor.
“ERISA” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
“ERISA Affiliate” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.16(a).
“Escrow Account” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.13.
“Escrow Agent” has the
meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Escrow Agreement” has
the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Escrow Amount” means the
Indemnity Escrow Amount, plus the Net Working Capital Escrow
Amount, if any, plus the Excluded Liabilities Escrow Amount,
if any, plus the Tax Escrow Amount, if any, plus the
Bridge Capital Escrow Amount.
“Escrow Payments” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a).
“ESOP” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.8(a).
“ESOP Aggregate Additional
Amount” means the aggregate ESOP Share Additional Amounts
payable in the Merger with respect to all ESOP Stock (other than
shares of ESOP Stock that are Dissenting Shares).
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“ESOP Share Additional
Amount” means the dollar amount per share specified by the
SPC Board of Directors prior to Closing in a duly adopted
resolution as payable with respect to the shares of ESOP Common
Stock pursuant to the Stock Exchange and Purchase Agreement dated
May 12, 1999.
“ESOP Trust” means the
Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co. Employee Stock Ownership Trust.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“Exchange Merger
Consideration” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.11(a).
“Excluded Liabilities”
means (i) any Debt of SPC or the Radio Subsidiaries,
(ii) any liabilities or obligations of any nature whatsoever,
known or unknown, fixed or contingent, statutory, contractual or
otherwise, disclosed or undisclosed, whether or not accrued, to the
extent arising from or related to any assets, business or
operations of SPC, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to the extent
such liabilities do not relate exclusively to the Business,
including liabilities in respect of the entities, businesses or
assets subject to the Disposition, or otherwise disposed of or
discontinued on or prior to the date hereof, all liabilities, costs
and expenses in respect of the obligations described in
Section 5.3(b), and SPC, SMC or other holding company level
liabilities or obligations not exclusively related to the Business,
including severance and other costs and liabilities in respect of
any employees who are not Employees (not inclusive, however, of
Excluded Taxes) and (iii) all amounts due or to become due to
UBS Securities LLC pursuant to that certain engagement agreement
dated March 16, 2005, and all amounts due or to become due to
other investment bankers, brokers, accountants, consultants,
experts or other advisors to SPC, its Subsidiaries or the
Stockholders’ Representative and to legal counsel of SPC, its
Subsidiaries or the Stockholders’ Representative in
connection with the transactions provided for herein or
transactions contemplated as an alternative to the transactions
provided for herein, including all expenses and costs for all
activities preparatory thereto, or related to the planning,
structuring, negotiation or consummation thereof.
“Excluded Liabilities Escrow
Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8(b).
“Excluded Taxes” has the
meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a).
“FAA” means the Federal
Aviation Administration.
“Facilities” means any
real property, leasehold or other interest in real property
currently owned or operated by a Radio Subsidiary, including the
Tangible Personal Property at the respective locations of the Real
Property specified in Sections 3.7 and 3.8.
“FCC” means the Federal
Communications Commission.
“FCC Consent” means
action by the FCC granting the Applications and providing its
consent to the transfer of control of the Commission Authorizations
pursuant to the Merger.
“FCC Logs” means all FCC
logs and similar records that relate to the operation of the
Stations.
“Final Excluded Liabilities
Adjustment Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12(a).
“Final Excluded Liabilities
Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12(a).
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“Final Order” means an
FCC Consent, with respect to which no action, request for stay,
petition for rehearing or reconsideration, appeal or review by the
FCC on its own motion is pending and as to which the time for
filing or initiation of any such request, petition, appeal or
review has expired.
“Final Net Working
Capital” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12(a).
“Final Net Working Capital
Adjustment Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12(a).
“Final Tax Adjustment
Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.12(a).
“Final Tax Amount” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(a).
“Financial Statements”
means collectively the Business Financial Statements and the
financial statements described in Sections 3.4(a) and
(b) hereof.
“Financing” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.12.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles for financial reporting in the
United States, applied on a consistent basis.
“Governing Documents”
means, with respect to any particular entity, (a) if a
corporation, the articles or certificate of incorporation and the
bylaws; (b) if a general partnership, the partnership
agreement and any statement of partnership; (c) if a limited
partnership, the limited partnership agreement and the certificate
of limited partnership; (d) if a limited liability company,
the articles of organization and operating agreement; (e) if
another type of Person, any other charter or similar document
adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation or
organization of the Person; (f) all equityholders’
agreements, voting agreements, voting trust agreements, joint
venture agreements, registration rights agreements or other
agreements or documents relating to the organization, management or
operation of any Person or relating to the rights, duties and
obligations of the equityholders of any Person; and (g) any
amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing.
“Governmental
Authorization” means all licenses (including Commission
Authorizations), permits (including construction permits),
certificates, waivers, amendments, consents, exemptions, variances,
expirations and terminations of any waiting period requirements
(including pursuant to the HSR Act), other actions by, and notices,
filings, registrations, qualifications, declarations and
designations with, and other authorizations and approvals and
issued by or obtained from a Governmental Body or pursuant to any
Legal Requirement, excluding authorization, approvals or filings
related to service marks, trademarks, patents or copyrights.
“Governmental Body” means
any domestic, foreign, federal, territorial, state or local
government authority, quasi-governmental authority,
instrumentality, court, government or self-regulatory organization,
commission, tribunal or organization, or any regulatory,
administrative or other agency or any political or other
subdivision, department or branch of any of the foregoing with
competent jurisdiction.
“Ground Lease” means any
long-term lease of Land in which most of the rights and benefits
comprising ownership of the Land, Improvements and Appurtenances
thereon or to be constructed thereon, if any, are transferred to
the tenant for the term thereof.
“Hazardous Material”
means and includes any and all pollutants, contaminants, hazardous
substances or materials (as defined in any of the Environmental
Laws), hazardous wastes, toxic
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pollutants, toxic substances (as defined in any of the
Environmental Laws), deleterious substances, caustics, radioactive
substances or materials, hazardous materials, and any and all other
sources of pollution or contamination, or terms of similar import,
that are identified, listed either individually or as part of a
category or subcategory or regulated under any Environmental Law as
any such Environmental Law existed prior to or as of the Closing
Date (i.e., without regard to any amendment, modification or
interpretation after the Closing Date in a manner increasing
liabilities or obligations with respect to any such substance), and
including crude oil or any fraction thereof, petroleum and its
derivatives and by-products, natural or synthetic gas, any other
hydrocarbons, heavy metals, asbestos, lead, lead-based paint,
nuclear fuel and polychlorinated biphenyls.
“HSR Act” means the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
“Improvements” means all
antenna towers, guy anchors, ground radials, buildings, structures,
fixtures and improvements that are located on the Land, including
those under construction.
“Indemnified Parties” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.
“Indemnifying Party” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(a).
“Indemnity Agreement”
means each of the three Indemnity Agreements in the form set forth
on Exhibit C hereto.
“Indemnity Escrow Amount”
means $34,500,000.
“Indenture” means that
certain indenture dated as of April 23, 2003, between SMC and
J.P. Morgan Trust Company, National Association, as trustee.
“Initial Order” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.4(d)(2).
“Intangibles” means the
call letters of the Stations, and all copyright registrations,
trademarks, trademark registrations, patents, service marks, logos,
slogans, jingles, service names, trade names, applications for any
of the foregoing, domain names and names of web sites held or used
in connection with the operation of the Stations and any licenses
(other than for shrink-wrap software), and all goodwill associated
with any of the foregoing.
“Intellectual Property
Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.13.
“Interim Balance Sheets”
means collectively the SPC Interim Balance Sheets and the SRC
Interim Balance Sheets.
“Kansas City Transaction”
means the sale of substantially all of the assets of 1051 FM, LLC
and Susquehanna Kansas City Partnership.
“Kansas City Transaction
Agreement” means that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated
October 31, 2005, by and among CMP KC Corp. purchaser, and 1051FM,
LLC and Susquehanna Kansas City Partnership, as sellers (the
“Kansas City Sellers”), pursuant to which the parties
have agreed to consummate the Kansas City Transaction.
“Knowledge” means
(i) with respect to SPC and the Radio Subsidiaries, the
collective actual knowledge of the Vice President of Human
Resources and the Vice President/General Counsel of SPC, the
President of SMC and the following officers of Susquehanna Radio
Corp.: the President, the Senior
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Vice
President/Controller, the Vice President/Administration and the
Vice President/Director of Engineering and the Persons identified
on Schedule 1.1(a) ; and (ii) with respect to
Acquiror, the collective actual knowledge of Acquiror’s
executive officers.
“Land” means all parcels
and tracts of land in which a Radio Subsidiary has an ownership
interest, including fee estates, leaseholds and subleaseholds,
purchase options, easements, licenses, rights to access and rights
of way.
“Legal Requirement” means
any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, international,
multinational or other constitution, law, ordinance, principle of
common law, code, regulation, statute or treaty.
“Lenders” means those
Persons to which Debt is owed by SPC and the Radio
Subsidiaries.
“Letter of Transmittal”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(b).
“LLC Deposit Amount”
means $20,000,000.
“Losses” means any
damages, losses, charges, liabilities, claims, demands, actions,
suits, proceedings, payments, judgments, settlements, assessments,
deficiencies, Taxes, interest, penalties and costs and expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and reasonable out of
pocket disbursements).
“Majority in Interest”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(d).
“Material Adverse Effect”
means any change, event, circumstance or occurrence that,
individually or in the aggregate, is (or would reasonably be
expected to be) materially adverse to the condition (financial or
otherwise) assets, liabilities, results of operations or prospects
of the Business, taken as a whole, or any material impairment or
delay of SPC’s ability to effect the Closing or to perform
its obligations under this Agreement other than any
(i) change, event, circumstance, occurrence, impairment or
delay occurring or arising after the date hereof (A) relating to
any general, national, international or regional economic or
financial conditions generally affecting the commercial radio
broadcast industry that does not disproportionately (compared with
other radio operators) affect the Business, (B) resulting from
or otherwise attributable to the public announcement of the
Transaction, the identity of Acquiror or the public announcement of
any other transaction by Acquiror, (C) resulting from any
action taken by Acquiror with respect to the exercise of its rights
under Section 5.5(a), (D) relating to the radio industry
generally due to competition from outside the terrestrial
commercial radio broadcast industry that does not
disproportionately (compared with other radio operators) affect the
Business, (E) due to, resulting from or otherwise attributable
to any violation of the terms of this Agreement by Acquiror, or
(F) any change, event, circumstance, or occurrence described
and referred to in Schedule 6.2(f) ; or
(ii) change in a Legal Requirement or accounting standards or
interpretations thereof that is of general application.
“Material Contracts” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.20(a).
“Material Insurance
Policies” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.21.
“Merger” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.1.
“Merger Consideration”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(a).
“Merger Sub” has the
meaning set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
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“Net Working Capital”
means all current assets of SPC and the Radio Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, minus all current liabilities of SPC and the
Radio Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, determined in
accordance with GAAP on a basis consistent with the preparation of
the Balance Sheet, excluding cash, Tax assets, any Excluded Taxes,
any Excluded Liabilities and any intercompany liabilities between
SPC and any Radio Subsidiary or among the Radio Subsidiaries.
Current liabilities shall include (i) all amounts paid for the
sale of airtime to be aired after the Effective Time and
(ii) the value of any trade or barter received for airtime to
be aired after the Effective Time, and shall exclude all
liabilities related to the Bridge Capital Matter.
“Net Working Capital Escrow
Amount” means the amount deposited in the Escrow Account
pursuant to Section 2.8(a).
“Net Working Capital Target
Amount” means $34,289,129.
“Non-Real Estate
Encumbrances” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.9(b).
“Order” means any order,
decision, injunction, judgment, decree, ruling, assessment or
arbitration award of any Governmental Body or arbitrator.
“Ordinary Course of
Business” means an action taken by a Person consistent in
nature, scope and magnitude with the past practices of such Person
and taken in the ordinary course of the normal, day-to-day
operations of such Person.
“Paying Agent” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a).
“Payment Date” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12(e).
“Pending Applications”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.11(a).
“Permitted Encumbrances”
means the Real Estate Encumbrances and the Non-Real Estate
Encumbrances.
“Person” means an
individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other
entity or a Governmental Body.
“Personal Property
Leases” means leases for all Tangible Personal
Property.
“Post-Closing Taxes”
means (i) any Taxes for periods beginning after the Closing
Date and (ii) with respect to a Straddle Period (A) in the
case of any Tax based upon or related to income or receipts, the
post-Closing portion of such Tax shall be deemed equal to the
amount that would be payable if the relevant taxable period began
the day after the Closing Date, and (B) in the case of any
real or personal property Tax or any other Tax not described in the
next sentence or in clause (A), the post-Closing portion of such
Tax shall be deemed equal to the amount of such Tax for the entire
taxable period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of days in the taxable period beginning after the
Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days in
the entire taxable period. Sales and use taxes shall be deemed to
accrue as property is purchased, sold, used, or transferred, as
reflected on the books and records of the Business.
“Pre-Closing Taxes” means
(i) all Taxes for periods that end on or prior to the Closing
Date and (ii) with respect to a Straddle Period (A) in
the case of any Tax based upon or related to income or
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receipts, the pre-Closing portion of such Tax shall be deemed equal
to the amount that would be payable if the relevant taxable period
ended the day of the Closing, and (B) in the case of any real
or personal property Tax or any other Tax not described in the next
sentence or in clause (A), the pre-Closing portion of such Tax
shall be deemed equal to the amount of such Tax for the entire
taxable period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is
the number of days in the taxable period ending on and including
the Closing Date and the denominator of which is the number of days
in the entire taxable period. Sales and use taxes shall be deemed
to accrue as property is purchased, sold, used, or transferred, as
reflected on the books and records of the Business. All Taxes
arising from, relating to, or agreed to in connection with
(including any obligation relating to Taxes agreed to in the Cable
Agreements) the transactions contemplated under Section 5.3
shall be “Pre-Closing Taxes”.
“Preliminary Excluded
Liabilities Payoff Amount” means the amount required to
discharge all Excluded Liabilities identifiable as of the Closing
Date, as determined pursuant to Section 2.8(b).
“Preliminary Net Working
Capital” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8(a).
“Preliminary Net Working
Capital Adjustment Amount” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.8(a).
“Preliminary Tax Amount”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).
“Principal Stockholder’s
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
“Principal Stockholder Common
Stock” means the shares of SPC Common Stock held by each of
the Principal Stockholders, as set forth below:
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Goshawk, LLC
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“Principal Stockholders”
means the Louis J. Appell Residuary Trust fbo Louis J. Appell, Jr.,
Goshawk, LLC and Priam, LLC.
“Principal Stockholder
LLC” means each of the three limited liability companies to
be formed by Acquiror prior to Closing and further identified on
Exhibit D , each of which shall be subject to a limited
liability company operating agreement, the material terms of which
are described on such Exhibit and otherwise to be in a form and
have such terms as are consistent with its purpose and otherwise
reasonably acceptable to Acquiror and SPC. “Principal
Stockholder LLCs” shall mean all three of the Principal
Stockholder LLCs. When the term “related” is used in
connection with a Principal Stockholder LLC, it refers to the
Principal Stockholder LLC named after the Principal Stockholder,
the entire membership interest in which will be assigned to such
Principal Stockholder in the Merger.
“Proceeding” means any
action, arbitration, audit, hearing, investigation, litigation or
suit (whether civil, criminal, administrative, judicial or
investigative, whether formal or informal, whether public or
private) commenced, brought, conducted or heard by or before, or
otherwise involving, any Governmental Body or arbitrator.
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“Programs” means all
computer systems (including without limitation, management
information and order systems, hardware, software, servers,
computers, printers, scanners, monitors, peripheral and accessory
devices, and the related media, manuals, documentation, and user
guides) of or used by or in the operation of the Business, all
related claims, credits, and rights of recovery and set-off with
respect thereto, and all of the right, title, and interest
(including by reason of license or lease) of SPC, the Radio
Subsidiaries or the Stations in or to any software, computer
program, or software product owned, used, developed, or being
developed by or for any of the Stations or otherwise by SPC or the
Radio Subsidiaries, whether for internal use or for sale or license
to others, and any software, computer program, or software product
licensed by SPC or the Radio Subsidiaries , and all proprietary
rights of SPC, the Radio Subsidiaries or the Stations, whether or
not patented or copyrighted, associated therewith.
“Proximate Cause Party”
has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(a).
“Radio Subsidiaries”
means Susquehanna Media Co., Susquehanna Radio Corp., WSBA Lico,
Inc., WVAE Lico, Inc., WNNX Lico, Inc., Radio Cincinnati, Inc.,
WRRM Lico, Inc., Radio Indianapolis, Inc., WFMS Lico, Inc.,
Indianapolis Radio License Co., Indy Lico, Inc., Radio Metroplex,
Inc., Radio San Francisco, Inc., KFFG Lico, Inc., KRBE Radio, Inc.,
KRBE Broadcasting, Inc., KRBE Lico, Inc., KNBR, Inc., Bay Area
Radio Corp., KNBR Lico, Inc., KPLX Lico, Inc., KLIF Broadcasting,
Inc., KLIF Lico, Inc., KPLX Radio, Inc., KLIF Radio, Inc., Texas
Star Radio, Inc., Sunnyside Communications, Inc., S.C.I.
Broadcasting, Inc., Susquehanna Radio Services, Inc., Susquehanna
License Co., LLC, KLIF Broadcasting Limited Partnership, KPLX
Limited Partnership and KRBE Limited Partnership.
“Real Estate
Encumbrances” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.9(a).
“Real Property” means the
Land and Improvements and all Appurtenances thereto and any Real
Property Lease.
“Real Property Lease”
means any Ground Lease or Space Lease.
“Related Person” means
(i) with respect to a particular individual, (a) each
other member of such individual’s Family, (b) any Person
that is directly or indirectly controlled by any one or more
members of such individual’s Family, (c) any Person in
which members of such individual’s Family hold (individually
or in the aggregate) a Material Interest, and (d) any Person
with respect to which one or more members of such
individual’s Family serves as a director, officer, partner,
executor or trustee (or in a similar capacity) and (ii) with
respect to a specified Person other than an individual,
(a) any Person that is an Affiliate of such specified Person,
(b) any Person that holds a Material Interest in such
specified Person, (c) each Person that serves as a director,
officer, partner, executor or trustee of such specified Person (or
in a similar capacity), (d) any Person in which such specified
Person holds a Material Interest, and (e) any Person with
respect to which such specified Person serves as a general partner
or a trustee (or in a similar capacity). For purposes of this
definition, (i) the “Family” of an individual
includes (a) the individual, (b) the individual’s
spouse, (c) the individual’s mother, father,
mother-in-law or father-in-law and (d) any other natural
person who resides with such individual and (ii) “Material
Interest” means direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of voting
securities or other voting interests representing at least 10% of
the outstanding voting power of a Person or equity securities or
other equity interests representing at least 10% of the outstanding
equity securities or equity interests in a Person.
“Release” means any
release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping,
emptying, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal,
leaching or migration on or into the Environment or into or out of
any property.
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“Report” means all
documents filed by SPC or any Radio Subsidiary with the SEC
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, including such filings on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form
8-K and Schedule 14A, and all schedules and exhibits
thereto.
“Requisite Consents” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a).
“Reserve Amount Rights”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(a).
“Review Period” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.12(b).
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act”
means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations
of the SEC promulgated thereunder.
“SEC” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means
the Securities Act of 1933.
“Securities Act
Affiliate” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.10.
“SMC” means Susquehanna
Media Co.
“Solicitation” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.11(a).
“Space Lease” means any
lease, license or rental agreement pertaining to the occupancy of
any improved space, including antenna towers, on any Land that is
not a Ground Lease.
“SPC” has the meaning set
forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
“SPC Award” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.10(f).
“SPC Certificates” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.10(c).
“SPC Confidentiality
Agreement” means the letter agreement, dated May 10,
2005, between UBS Securities LLC, on behalf of SPC, and Cumulus
Media Inc.
“SPC Dissenting Holder”
has the meaning set forth in 2.10(g).
“SPC Documents” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).
“SPC ESOP Common Stock”
means the ESOP Common Stock, par value $0.01, of SPC.
“SPC Indemnified Parties”
has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3.
“SPC Interim Balance
Sheet” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4(a).
“SPC Nonvoting Common
Stock” means the Class A Nonvoting Common Stock, par
value $0.01, of SPC.
“SPC Pre-Closing Return”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14(b).
“SPC Required Consents”
means the Governmental Authorizations referred to in
Section 5.4(d).
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“SPC Return” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.14(a).
“SPC Stock” means
collectively all of the issued and outstanding shares of SPC Voting
Common Stock, SPC ESOP Common Stock and SPC Nonvoting Common
Stock.
“SPC Stockholder” means a
holder of record of one or more shares of SPC Stock.
“SPC Stockholder Reserve
Amount” means $40,000,000.
“SPC Straddle Period
Return” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.14(c).
“SPC Voting Common Stock”
means the Common Stock, par value $0.01, of SPC.
“SRC” means Susquehanna
Radio Corp.
“SRC Interim Balance
Sheet” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4(b).
“Statement of Objections”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12(c).
“Station” or
“Stations” means, as the context requires, the
commercial radio broadcast stations listed on
Schedule 1.1(c) owned and operated by the Radio
Subsidiaries.
“Stockholders’
Representative” shall mean Craig W. Bremer, or any other
Person selected as a successor thereto in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.15 hereof.
“Straddle Period” means
taxable periods which begin before the Closing Date and end after
the Closing Date.
“Subsidiary” means, with
respect to any Person, any entity whether incorporated or
unincorporated of which at least a majority of the securities or
ownership interests having by their terms voting power to elect a
majority of the board of directors or other persons performing
similar functions is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by
such Person or by one or more of its respective Subsidiaries.
“Successor Stockholders’
Representative” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.15(e).
“Surviving Corporation”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
“Tangible Personal
Property” means all antennas, studio equipment, electrical
devices, transmission equipment (including transmitter towers and
transmitters), machinery, equipment, tools, furniture, office
equipment, computer hardware, supplies, spare parts, music
libraries, vehicles and other items of tangible personal property
of every kind owned or leased by a Radio Subsidiary or used in the
Business (wherever located and whether or not carried on the books
of a Radio Subsidiary), together with (i) all replacements
thereof, additions and alterations thereto, and substitutions
therefor, made between the date hereof and the Effective Time and
(ii) any express or implied warranty by the manufacturers or
sellers or lessors of any item or component part thereof and all
maintenance records and other documents relating thereto.
“Tax” means any foreign,
United States federal, state or local income, gross receipts,
license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation,
premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under
Section 59A of the Code), customs duties, capital stock,
franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar),
unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales,
use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on
minimum, abandoned or unclaimed property,
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escheat,
estimated, or other tax, fee, assessment, levy, tariff or charge of
any kind whatsoever imposed by or under the authority of a
Governmental Body (including any tax imposed by reason of a
disallowance of any deduction or loss, including under
Section 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 172, 174, 175,
179, 197, 198, 263, 263A, 265, 267, 269, 280G or 280H of the Code),
including any interest, penalty or addition thereto, whether
disputed or not, and including any obligations to indemnify or
otherwise assume or succeed to the liability of any other Person
for any of the foregoing items.
“Tax Difference” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.14(d).
“Tax Escrow Amount” means
the amount deposited in the Escrow Account pursuant to Section
2.8(c).
“Tax Return” means any
return (including any amended return or information return),
report, statement, claim for refund or other document or
information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed
with or submitted to, any Governmental Body in connection with the
determination, assessment, collection or payment of any Tax or in
connection with the administration, implementation or enforcement
of or compliance with any Legal Requirement relating to any
Tax.
“Third-Party Claim” has
the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(a).
“Transaction” means the
collective transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including
the Merger.
“U.S. Antitrust Laws”
means the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the HSR Act, the Federal
Trade Commission Act, and all other federal and state statutes,
rules, regulations, orders, decrees, administrative and judicial
doctrines, and other laws that are designed or intended to
prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect
of monopolization or restraint of trade.
“Written Consent” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.2(a).
Section 1.2
Usage .
(a) Interpretation. In this
Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears:
(1) the singular number includes the
plural number and vice versa;
(2) reference to any Person includes
such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only
if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this
Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity
excludes such Person in any other capacity or individually;
(3) reference to any gender includes
each other gender;
(4) reference to any agreement,
document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument
as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof;
(5) reference to any Legal
Requirement means such Legal Requirement as amended, modified,
codified, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect
from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, and reference to any section or other provision of any
Legal Requirement means that provision of such Legal Requirement
from time
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to time in
effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification,
codification, replacement or reenactment of such section or other
provision;
(6) “hereunder,”
“hereof,” “hereto,” and words of similar
import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and
not to any particular Article, Section or other provision
hereof;
(7) “including” (and with
correlative meaning “include”) means including without
limiting the generality of any description preceding such
term;
(8) “or” is used in the
inclusive sense of “and/or”;
(9) with respect to the determination
of any period of time, “from” means “from and
including” and “to” means “to but
excluding”;
(10) references to documents,
instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to all
addenda, exhibits, schedules or amendments thereto;
(11) the terms “Dollars”
and “$” mean United States Dollars; and
(12) references herein to a specific
Section, Subsection, Recital, Schedule or Exhibit refer,
respectively, to Sections, Subsections, Recitals, Schedules or
Exhibits of this Agreement.
(b) Accounting Terms and
Determinations. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting
terms used herein shall be interpreted and all accounting
determinations hereunder shall be made in accordance with
GAAP.
(c) Legal Representation of the
Parties. This Agreement was negotiated by the parties with the
benefit of legal representation, and any rule of construction or
interpretation otherwise requiring this Agreement to be construed
or interpreted against any party shall not apply to any
construction or interpretation hereof.
(d) Satisfaction of Obligations.
Any obligation of SPC under or pursuant to this Agreement may be
satisfied, met or fulfilled, in whole or in part, at SPC’s
sole and exclusive option, either by SPC directly or by an
Affiliate or designee of SPC that SPC causes to satisfy, meet or
fulfill such obligation, in whole or in part. Any obligation of
Acquiror or Merger Sub may be satisfied, met or fulfilled, in whole
or in part, at their sole and exclusive option, either by Acquiror
or Merger Sub directly or by an Affiliate or designee of Acquiror
or Merger Sub that Acquiror or Merger Sub causes to satisfy, meet
or fulfill such obligations, in whole or in part; provided
that Acquiror’s and Merger Sub’s obligations to engage
in and complete the Merger contemplated hereunder shall not be met
or fulfilled, in whole or in part, by Affiliates or designees other
than Affiliates and designees that are corporations duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their
respective States of incorporation.
ARTICLE II
THE
MERGER
Section 2.1 The
Merger .
Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub will be merged
with and into SPC, in accordance with the DGCL and with the effect
provided therein (the
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“Merger”). SPC shall be the surviving corporation (the
“Surviving Corporation”) and shall become a direct
wholly-owned subsidiary of Acquiror and the separate corporate
existence of Merger Sub shall cease.
Section 2.2
Effective Time .
Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, the parties will cause the Merger to be consummated by
filing an appropriate certificate of merger (the “Certificate
of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware in such form as required by, and executed in accordance
with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL on the Closing Date. The
Merger will become effective upon such filing or at such time
thereafter as is provided in the Certificate of Merger (the
“Effective Time”).
Section 2.3
Closing of the Merger .
The Closing will take place at a time
and on the date selected by Acquiror and reasonably acceptable to
SPC that is no later than the later of (i) the thirtieth (30
th )
calendar day after the conditions set forth in Article VI
(other than those conditions that by their nature are to be
satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the fulfillment or waiver
of those conditions) are satisfied or waived or (ii) the
forty-fifth (45 th ) calendar day
following the delivery by SPC of all the materials set forth in
Section 5.12 (the “Closing Date”), at the offices
of Hunton & Williams LLP, 200 Park Avenue, 52nd Floor, New
York, New York 10166, unless the parties agree to another time,
date or place in writing.
Section 2.4
Effects of the Merger .
The Merger will have the effects set
forth in the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all
properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of SPC and
Merger Sub will vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts,
liabilities and duties of SPC and Merger Sub will become the debts,
liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.
Section 2.5
Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws .
The certificate of incorporation and
bylaws of SPC, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective
Time, shall be amended and restated in the Merger as of the
Effective Time to read in their entirety as set forth on
Exhibit E and Exhibit F hereto,
respectively, and, as so amended will be the certificate of
incorporation and bylaws, respectively, of the Surviving
Corporation until amended in accordance with their respective terms
and applicable law.
Section 2.6
Directors .
The directors of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the directors of
the Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time, each to hold
office in accordance with the certificate of incorporation and
bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until such director’s
successor is duly elected and qualified.
Section 2.7
Officers .
The officers of Merger Sub
immediately prior to the Effective Time will be the officers of the
Surviving Corporation at the Effective Time until any such
officer’s successor is duly elected or appointed and
qualified.
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Section 2.8
Pre-Closing Matters .
(a) Preliminary Net Working
Capital Adjustment. No later than twenty (20) calendar days
before the Closing Date, SPC shall prepare and deliver to Acquiror
and to the Stockholders’ Representative an unaudited balance
sheet, prepared in good faith in accordance with GAAP on a basis
consistent with preparation of SPC’s audited financial
statements for the year ended December 31, 2004, estimated as of
the Closing, pro forma as to, and giving effect for, any
transactions or operations previously occurring or anticipated to
occur subsequent to its preparation and on or before the Effective
Time, along with the computation by SPC of the Net Working Capital
as reflected in such balance sheet (the “Preliminary Net
Working Capital”), with such computation to be in the form of
the sample calculation set forth in Schedule 2.8(a) .
Absent an objection of Acquiror, delivered no later than five
(5) calendar days prior to the Closing, as to such estimated
balance sheet and SPC’s computation of the Preliminary Net
Working Capital, such estimate by SPC of the Preliminary Net
Working Capital shall be used solely to effectuate the Closing and
for calculation of the Closing Merger Payment. Any objection by
Acquiror shall be made in good faith and be based on reasonable
assumptions on specific facts and circumstances. Should Acquiror
issue such an objection, it shall provide in writing its proposed
adjustment to the estimated balance sheet prepared by SPC and
computation of the Preliminary Net Working Capital and such
Acquiror-adjusted amount shall be considered the Preliminary Net
Working Capital solely to effectuate the Closing and for
calculation of the Closing Merger Payment. The “Preliminary
Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount” shall mean the
Preliminary Net Working Capital (so determined above) less
the Net Working Capital Target Amount. If the Preliminary Net
Working Capital Adjustment Amount is a positive number, it shall be
added to the sub-items comprising the Closing Merger Payment
calculated in Section 2.9(b)(1), and if the Preliminary Net
Working Capital Adjustment Amount is a negative number, it shall be
subtracted from such sub-items. Should Acquiror issue an objection
as described above, the excess of SPC’s computation of
Preliminary Net Working Capital over the Preliminary Net Working
Capital used to compute the Closing Merger Payment shall be paid by
Acquiror at Closing into the Escrow Account pursuant to
Section 2.9 and is referred to herein as the “Net
Working Capital Escrow Amount.”
(b) Preliminary Excluded
Liabilities Payoff Amount. No later than twenty (20) calendar
days before the Closing Date, SPC shall prepare and deliver to
Acquiror and to the Stockholders’ Representative an estimate
of the Preliminary Excluded Liabilities Payoff Amount. Any
assertion by SPC of the amount of the Excluded Liabilities with
respect to any specific Lender that is supported by a pay-off
letter or similar statement from such Lender in customary form
shall be accepted by Acquiror for purposes of the Closing only,
absent manifest error. Absent an objection of Acquiror, delivered
no later than five (5) calendar days prior to the Closing, as
to such calculation of the Preliminary Excluded Liabilities Payoff
Amount, such estimate by SPC of Preliminary Excluded Liabilities
Payoff Amount shall constitute the Preliminary Excluded Liabilities
Payoff Amount and be used solely to effectuate the Closing and for
calculation of the Closing Merger Payment. Any objection by
Acquiror shall be made in good faith and be based on reasonable
assumptions and specific facts and circumstances. Should Acquiror
issue such an objection, it shall provide in writing its proposed
adjustment to the calculation prepared by SPC and computation of
the Preliminary Excluded Liabilities Payoff Amount and such
Acquiror-adjusted amount shall be considered the Preliminary
Excluded Liabilities Payoff Amount solely to effectuate the Closing
and for calculation of the Closing Merger Payment. Should Acquiror
issue an objection as described above, the excess of the
Preliminary Excluded Liabilities Payoff Amount used to compute the
Closing Merger Payment over SPC’s computation of Preliminary
Excluded Liabilities Payoff Amount shall be paid by Acquiror at
Closing into the Escrow Account pursuant to Section 2.9 and is
referred to herein as the “Excluded Liabilities Escrow
Amount.”
(c) Preliminary Tax Amount. No
later than forty-five (45) calendar days before the Closing
Date, SPC shall prepare and deliver to Acquiror and to the
Stockholders’ Representative an estimate,
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prepared
in good faith, of all Excluded Taxes (excluding any cash amount
actually deposited into escrow as the “Tax Escrow
Amount” under the Cable Escrow Agreement upon the closing of
the Comcast Cable Transaction in respect of any such Excluded Taxes
as to which SPC or SMC shall have access to pay Excluded Taxes
after the Effective Time), other than those paid or anticipated to
be paid prior to the Closing Date, which estimate shall constitute
the “Preliminary Tax Amount”. Absent an objection of
Acquiror, delivered no later than ten (10) calendar days prior
to the Closing, as to SPC’s computation of the Preliminary
Tax Amount, such estimate by SPC of the Preliminary Tax Amount
shall be used solely to effectuate the Closing and for calculation
of the Closing Merger Payment. Any objection by Acquiror shall be
made in good faith and be based on reasonable assumptions and
specific facts and circumstances. Should Acquiror issue such an
objection, it shall provide in writing its proposed adjustment to
the calculation of the Preliminary Tax Amount prepared by SPC and
such Acquiror-adjusted amount shall constitute the Preliminary Tax
Amount and be considered the Preliminary Tax Amount solely to
effectuate the Closing and for calculation of the Closing Merger
Payment. Should Acquiror issue an objection as described above, the
excess of the Preliminary Tax Amount used to compute the Closing
Merger Payment over SPC’s computation of Preliminary Tax
Amount shall be paid by Acquiror at Closing into the Escrow Account
pursuant to Section 2.9 and is referred to herein as the
“Tax Escrow Amount.”
(d) Principal Stockholder.
Within twenty (20) days of the date hereof, each of the
Principal Stockholders shall deliver a legal opinion to Acquiror in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Acquiror addressing
such matters as are customary and reasonably satisfactory to
Acquiror.
Section 2.9 Merger
Consideration .
(a) The merger consideration
payable by Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement (the “Merger
Consideration”) shall be an amount equal to (i) the Base
Merger Consideration; (ii) plus or minus the
Preliminary Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount; (iii)
plus or minus the Final Net Working Capital
Adjustment Amount; (iv) minus the Preliminary Excluded
Liabilities Payoff Amount; (v) plus or minus the
Final Excluded Liabilities Adjustment Amount; (vi) minus the
Preliminary Tax Amount; (vii) plus or minus the Final Tax
Adjustment Amount; (viii) less the Aggregate LLC Deposit
Amount (such items (i) through (viii) to be paid in cash); and
plus (ix) all of the membership interests of each of
the Principal Stockholder LLCs.
(b) At the Closing, subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 2.10(g) hereof, Acquiror shall
deliver the following amounts:
(1) To the Paying Agent pursuant to
Section 2.11 an amount equal to (A) the Base Merger
Consideration; (B) plus or minus the Preliminary Net
Working Capital Adjustment Amount; (C) minus the Preliminary
Excluded Liabilities Payoff Amount; (D) minus the
Preliminary Tax Amount; (E) minus the SPC Stockholder
Reserve Amount; (F) minus the Escrow Amount; and (G)
minus the Aggregate LLC Deposit Amount (the “Closing
Merger Payment”), in cash, payable by wire transfer or
delivery of other immediately available funds.
(2) To the Lenders, an amount equal
to that portion of the Preliminary Excluded Liabilities Payoff
Amount comprising Debt as to which pay-off letters or similar
statements in customary form have been received, in cash, payable
by wire transfer or delivery of other immediately available funds.
This payment shall be made as directed by the applicable Lender for
the discharge of such Debt.
(3) To a person or entity identified
in writing by the Stockholders’ Representative thirty
(30) days prior to the Closing Date, the SPC Stockholder
Reserve Amount, in cash, payable
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by wire
transfer or delivery of immediately available funds for the benefit
of the SPC Stockholders on such terms and conditions as the
Stockholders’ Representative shall establish in writing on or
prior to Closing.
(4) To the Escrow Agent, the Escrow
Amount in cash, payable into the Escrow Account (as defined in the
Escrow Agreement) by wire transfer or delivery of other immediately
available funds.
(5) To each of the three Principal
Stockholder LLCs, the LLC Deposit Amount, in cash, payable by wire
transfer or delivery of other immediately available funds.
(c) For all purposes of this
Agreement, the “Closing Merger Consideration” shall
mean the sum of the dollar amount of the Closing Merger Payment and
the three LLC Deposit Amounts.
Section 2.10
Conversion of Shares .
(a) Subject to
Sections 2.10(d) and 2.10(g), at the Effective Time and
without any action on the part of the holders thereof, the issued
and outstanding shares of SPC Common Stock will convert into the
right to receive the following: (i) (x) in the case of the
shares of ESOP Common Stock, a pro rata share, in cash, of the
Closing Merger Consideration plus the ESOP Aggregate
Additional Amount, (y) in the case of the shares of Principal
Stockholder Common Stock held by each of the three Principal
Stockholders, a pro rata share, in cash, of the Closing Merger
Consideration (reduced by an amount equal to the Principal
Stockholders’ pro rata share (based on the number of shares
of SPC Stock, exclusive of ESOP Common Stock, held by the Principal
Stockholders) of the ESOP Aggregate Additional Amount),
minus the LLC Deposit Amount plus 100 percent of
the membership interest in the related Principal Stockholder LLC,
and (z) in the case of the shares of SPC Common Stock other
than the shares of ESOP Common Stock and the shares of Principal
Stockholder Common Stock, a pro rata share, in cash, of the Closing
Merger Consideration (reduced by a pro rata share (based on the
number of shares of SPC Stock, exclusive of ESOP Common Stock, held
by holders of SPC Common Stock) of the ESOP Aggregate Additional
Amount), all as set forth on Schedule 2.10(a) , (ii)
plus a pro rata share of all payments to be made to the
Stockholders’ Representative from the Escrow Account or
otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement (the
“Escrow Payments”), and (iii) plus a pro rata
share of the rights of the SPC Stockholders with respect to the SPC
Stockholder Reserve Amount (the “Reserve Amount
Rights”). Prior to Closing, SPC shall deliver to Acquiror
Schedule 2.10(a) , which shall set forth the name of
each holder of SPC Stock immediately before the Closing and the pro
rata share of Closing Merger Consideration, Escrow Payments and the
Reserve Amount Rights to be paid or delivered to such holder of SPC
Stock pursuant to the terms of Section 2.11.
(b) At the Effective Time, as a
result of the Merger and without any action on the part of the
holder thereof, each issued and outstanding share of Merger Sub
Common Stock will convert into and become one fully paid and
nonassessable share of SPC Voting Common Stock.
(c) As a result of the Merger
and without any action on the part of any holder thereof, at the
Effective Time each share of SPC Stock issued and outstanding
immediately before the Effective Time (other than SPC Stock held by
any of SPC’s Subsidiaries) shall cease to be outstanding and
shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each
holder of shares of SPC Stock issued and outstanding immediately
before the Effective Time (other than SPC Stock held by any of
SPC’s Subsidiaries) shall thereafter cease to have any rights
with respect to such shares of SPC Stock, except the right to
receive the share of the Closing Merger Payment, the membership
interests in the Principal Stockholder LLCs, if applicable, and a
pro rata share of the Escrow Payments, as set forth on
Schedule 2.10(a) , upon the surrender of a certificate
representing such issued and outstanding shares of
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SPC
Stock, together with a duly completed Letter of Transmittal (the
“SPC Certificates”), or the rights described in
Section 2.10(g).
(d) Notwithstanding anything
contained in this Section 2.10 to the contrary, (i) each
share of SPC Stock issued and held in SPC’s treasury
immediately before the Effective Time shall, by virtue of the
Merger, cease to be outstanding and shall be cancelled and retired
without payment of any consideration therefor and (ii) each
share of SPC Stock issued and held by any of SPC’s
Subsidiaries immediately before the Effective Time shall remain
outstanding after the Effective Time and shall not be entitled to
any payment in connection with the Merger.
(e) In the event that any
holders of SPC ESOP Common Stock tender shares of such SPC ESOP
Common Stock to SPC for redemption prior to the Closing pursuant to
the terms of the ESOP Trust, SPC shall redeem such shares prior to
Closing in accordance with the terms of the ESOP Trust.
(f) Prior to the Closing, SPC
shall cause each outstanding award granted by SPC entitling the
holder thereof to receive shares of SPC Nonvoting Common Stock (a
“SPC Award”) to become fully vested and to be exercised
and converted into the number of shares of SPC Nonvoting Common
Stock to which each such SPC Award relates. Upon the exercise of
such SPC Awards, SPC shall issue shares of SPC Nonvoting Common
Stock (“Award Shares”) to the holders of such SPC
Awards such that such Award Shares will be outstanding prior to the
Closing.
(g) Notwithstanding any
provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, all shares
of SPC Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time
and held by a holder who has not consented to the Merger in writing
and who has demanded appraisal for such shares (“Dissenting
Shares”) in accordance with the DGCL (a “SPC Dissenting
Holder”) shall not be converted into a right to receive a
share of the Closing Merger Consideration, plus a pro rata share of
the Escrow Payments and the Reserve Amount Rights, payable in
respect of such shares pursuant to Section 2.10(a) but shall, from
and after the Effective Time, have only such rights as are afforded
to the holders thereof by the provisions of Section 262 of the
DGCL, unless such SPC Dissenting Holder fails to perfect or
withdraws or otherwise loses such SPC Dissenting Holder’s
right to appraisal, and the payments to be made by Acquiror at
Closing pursuant to Sections 2.9(b)(1), (3) and (4), and,
subject to the succeeding sentence, the consideration payable
hereunder in respect of the Merger, shall be reduced by the share
of such payments attributable to the Dissenting Shares. If, after
the Effective Time, such SPC Dissenting Holder fails to perfect or
withdraws or loses such SPC Dissenting Holder’s right to
appraisal, such shares shall be treated as if they had been
converted as of the Effective Time into the right to receive the
consideration otherwise payable in respect of such shares pursuant
to Section 2.10(a), and Acquiror and SPC shall make the
payments pursuant to Sections 2.9(b)(1), (3) and
(4) theretofore withheld in respect of such Dissenting Shares.
SPC shall give Acquiror prompt notice of (i) any demands
received by SPC for appraisal of shares, withdrawals of such
demands, and any other instruments served pursuant to the DGCL and
received by SPC and (ii) all negotiations and proceedings with
respect to such demands. SPC shall not, except with the prior
written consent of Acquiror, make any payment with respect to any
demands for appraisal, or offer to settle, or settle any such
demands. In the event the amounts recovered in any DGCL appraisal
proceeding are less than the amount by which the Merger
Consideration is reduced pursuant this Section 2.10(g), the
difference, less all reasonable costs and expenses of SPC and
Acquiror in connection therewith, shall be paid in cash by SPC to
the Stockholders’ Representative immediately upon the final
conclusion of such DGCL appraisal proceeding.
Section 2.11
Exchange Procedure .
(a) Prior to the Effective Time,
SPC shall appoint an agent reasonably acceptable to Acquiror (the
“Paying Agent”) for the purpose of exchanging the SPC
Certificates for a share of the Closing
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Merger
Payment, the interests in the Principal Stockholder LLCs, if
applicable, and a pro rata share of the Escrow Payments and the
Reserve Amount Rights, payable or distributable with respect to
such shares pursuant to Section 2.10(a), (collectively, the
“Exchange Merger Consideration”). Prior to or at
Closing, Acquiror shall (i) deliver to the account of the
Paying Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, the
Closing Merger Payment, for the benefit of the holders of the SPC
Certificates (excluding SPC Dissenting Holders) and
(ii) assign to each Principal Stockholder LLC the membership
interests in the related Principal Stockholder LLCs, such
assignments to be effective as of the Effective Time.
(b) Promptly on or before the
Effective Time, the Paying Agent, as instructed by SPC, or SPC
shall mail to each SPC Stockholder (excluding any shares of SPC
Stock cancelled pursuant to Section 2.10(d):
(1) a letter of transmittal (the
“Letter of Transmittal”) (which will specify that
delivery will be effected, and risk of loss and title to the SPC
Certificates will pass, only upon delivery of such SPC Certificates
to the Paying Agent and will be in such form as SPC and Acquiror
agree prior to Closing), and
(2) instructions for use in effecting
the surrender of the SPC Certificates in exchange for a share of
the Exchange Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of SPC
Stock formerly represented thereby.
(c) If any portion of the
Exchange Merger Consideration is to be paid to a Person other than
the holder of record of SPC Stock, it will be a condition to such
payment that the SPC Certificate(s) so surrendered will be properly
endorsed or otherwise be in proper form for transfer (with the
signature or signatures thereof guaranteed to the extent required
by the Letter of Transmittal) and that the Person requesting such
payment will pay to the Paying Agent any taxes required as a result
of such payment to a Person other than the registered holder of
such SPC Certificate(s) or establish to the satisfaction of the
Paying Agent that such tax has been paid or is not payable.
(d) Upon surrender of a SPC
Certificate for cancellation to the Paying Agent, together with the
Letter of Transmittal, duly executed, and such other documents as
Acquiror or the Paying Agent reasonably requests, the holder of
such SPC Certificate will be entitled to receive promptly in
exchange therefor his share of the Closing Merger Payment, the
membership interests in the Principal Stockholder LLCs, if
applicable, and when and as paid his pro rata share of the Escrow
Payments, and the SPC Certificate so surrendered will be cancelled.
Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.11, each
SPC Certificate will be deemed at any time after the Effective Time
to represent only the right to receive a share of the Exchange
Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of SPC Stock
formerly represented thereby.
(e) At or after the Effective
Time, there will be no transfers on the stock transfer books of
Surviving Corporation of the shares of SPC Stock that were
outstanding immediately before the Effective Time. If, after the
Effective Time, SPC Certificates are presented to the Surviving
Corporation, they will be cancelled and exchanged in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this Article II.
(f) Any portion of the Closing
Merger Payment delivered to the Paying Agent pursuant to this
Section 2.11 that remains unclaimed by the former holders of
SPC Stock eighteen (18) months after the Effective Time shall
be returned to Acquiror, upon demand, and any such holder who has
not exchanged his SPC Certificates for the Exchange Merger
Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.11 prior to
that time shall thereafter look only to Acquiror for payment of
such consideration without any interest thereon.
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(g) None of Acquiror, SPC, the
Surviving Corporation, the Paying Agent or any other Person will be
liable to any former holder of shares of SPC Stock for any amount
properly delivered to a public official pursuant to applicable
abandoned property, escheat or similar laws.
(h) If any SPC Certificate is
lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that
fact by the Person claiming such SPC Certificate to be lost,
stolen, or destroyed and, if required by Acquiror, the posting by
such Person of a bond in such reasonable amount as Acquiror may
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it
with respect to such SPC Certificate, the Paying Agent will deliver
in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed SPC Certificate a
share of the Exchange Merger Consideration, as provided in this
Section 2.11, deliverable in respect thereof pursuant to this
Agreement.
Section 2.12
Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustments .
(a) Preparation of Closing
Date Financial Statements . As soon as practicable, but in no
event later than seventy-five (75) calendar days after the
Closing Date, Acquiror shall cause Acquiror’s Accountants to
perform a review of the consolidated financial statements of SPC
and each Radio Subsidiary as of the Closing Date and for the period
from the date of the Balance Sheet through the Effective Time,
including a computation as of the Closing Date of (i) Net
Working Capital (the “Final Net Working Capital”),
(ii) Excluded Liabilities that are outstanding (the
“Final Excluded Liabilities Amount”) and
(iii) Excluded Taxes that are due or payable after the
Effective Time (excluding any cash amount actually deposited into
escrow as the “Tax Escrow Amount” under the Cable
Escrow Agreement upon the closing of the Comcast Cable Transaction
in respect of any such Excluded Taxes as to which SPC or SMC shall
have access to pay Excluded Taxes after the Effective Time) (the
“Final Tax Amount”) (the “Closing Date Financial
Statements”). The Closing Date Financial Statements with
respect to, as well as the financial information supporting the
computations of the Final Net Working Capital and the Final
Excluded Liabilities Amount, shall be prepared in accordance with
GAAP, on a basis consistent with the preparation of SPC’s
audited financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2004. The Closing Date Financial Statements with respect to, as
well as the information supporting the Final Tax Amount shall be
prepared in accordance with applicable Tax law on a basis
consistent with the preparation of SPC’s prior Tax Returns.
The Final Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount shall be determined
by deducting the Preliminary Net Working Capital from the Final Net
Working Capital (the “Final Net Working Capital Adjustment
Amount”), the Final Excluded Liabilities Adjustment Payoff
Amount shall be determined by deducting the Preliminary Excluded
Liabilities Payoff Amount from the Final Excluded Liabilities
Amount (the “Final Excluded Liabilities Adjustment
Amount”), and the Final Tax Adjustment Amount shall be
determined by deducting the Preliminary Tax Amount from the Final
Tax Amount (the “Final Tax Adjustment Amount”), subject
to final determination of such amounts pursuant to this Section
2.12.
(b) Examination by the
Stockholders’ Representative . Upon receipt of the
Closing Date Financial Statements, the Stockholders’
Representative and the Stockholders’ Representative’s
Accountants shall be permitted during the succeeding thirty
(30) day period (the “Review Period”) full access
at all reasonable times to: (i) the books and records and the
personnel of SPC; (ii) the work papers prepared by Acquiror’s
Accountants to the extent that they relate to SPC or any Radio
Subsidiary; and (iii) such historical financial information
(to the extent still in SPC’s possession) relating to SPC and
each Radio Subsidiary as the Stockholders’ Representative may
reasonably request for the purpose of reviewing the Closing Date
Financial Statements.
(c) Objection by the
Stockholders’ Representative . On or prior to the last
day of the Review Period, the Stockholders’ Representative
may object to the Closing Date Financial Statements by delivering
to Acquiror a written statement setting forth a reasonably specific
description of the
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Stockholders’ Representative’s objections to the
Closing Date Financial Statements and any of the computations
accompanying same (the “Statement of Objections”). If
the Stockholders’ Representative fails to deliver the
Statement of Objections within the Review Period, the Closing Date
Financial Statements shall be deemed to have been accepted by the
Stockholders’ Representative and the Final Net Working
Capital, the Final Tax Amount and the Final Excluded Liabilities
Amount reflected in the Closing Date Financial Statements shall be
used in computing the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount,
the Final Tax Adjustment Amount and the Final Excluded Liabilities
Adjustment Amount, respectively. If the Stockholders’
Representative delivers the Statement of Objections within the
Review Period, the Stockholders’ Representative and Acquiror
shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such objections, and, if
the same are so resolved, the Closing Date Financial Statements,
the Final Net Working Capital, the Final Tax Amount and the Final
Excluded Liabilities Amount reflected in the Closing Date Financial
Statements with such changes as may have been previously agreed in
writing by the Stockholders’ Representative and Acquiror,
shall be final and binding.
(d) Resolution of
Disputes . If the Stockholders’ Representative and
Acquiror shall fail to reach an agreement with respect to any of
the matters set forth in the Statement of Objections, then such
matters shall, not later than ten (10) Business Days after one
of the parties affirmatively terminates discussions in writing with
respect to the Statement of Objections, be submitted for resolution
to the Accounting Expert who shall, acting as experts and not as
arbitrators, resolve the disputes set forth in the Statement of
Objections and make any adjustments to the Closing Date Financial
Statements, the Final Net Working Capital, the Final Tax Amount and
the Final Excluded Liabilities Amount reflected in the Closing Date
Financial Statements. The parties hereto agree that all adjustments
shall be made without regard to materiality. Unless otherwise
agreed to by the parties, in determining the Final Tax Amount, the
Accounting Expert shall not accept or take a position, unless in
the opinion of the Accounting Expert, the position
“should” prevail under the Code. The
Stockholders’ Representative, SPC and Acquiror and their
respective Accountants shall each make readily available to the
Accounting Expert all relevant work papers and books and records
relating to the business of SPC, each Radio Subsidiary and those
relating to the SPC Stockholders (to the extent that they relate to
the business or any former business of SPC or any Radio
Subsidiary). The Accounting Expert shall make a determination as
soon as practicable but in any event within thirty
(30) calendar days (or such other time as the parties hereto
shall agree in writing) after its engagement, and its resolution of
the dispute and its adjustments to the Closing Date Financial
Statements, the Final Net Working Capital, the Final Tax Amount and
the Final Excluded Liabilities Amount reflected in the Closing Date
Financial Statements shall be conclusive and binding upon the
parties hereto. The fees of the Accounting Expert shall be divided
equally between the Stockholders’ Representative and
Acquiror.
(e) Final Purchase Price
Adjustments . Within five (5) Business Days of the final
determination of the Closing Date Financial Statements (and the
Final Net Working Capital, the Final Excluded Liabilities Amount
and the Final Tax Amount included therein) (the “Payment
Date”), the parties shall cause the Escrow Agent, pursuant to
the specific terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement, to
(i) pay from the Escrow Account to the appropriate party or
parties: (A) with respect to the Net Working Capital Escrow
Amount, the Final Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount,
(B) with respect to the Excluded Liabilities Escrow Amount,
the Final Excluded Liabilities Adjustment Amount, and (C) with
respect to the Tax Escrow Amount, the Final Tax Adjustment Amount;
and (ii) disburse all remaining sums comprising or related to
such escrowed amounts as directed by the terms of the Escrow
Agreement. To the extent that the Net Working Capital Escrow
Amount, Excluded Liabilities Escrow Amount or Tax Escrow Amounts
are insufficient for any such payment, the party responsible (i.e.,
either the Acquiror (and SPC with respect to Acquiror’s
obligations under this Section 2.12(e)) or the
Stockholders’ Representative) for such amount shall pay, or
cause to be paid, such deficiency to the other party, as
appropriate, as further provided for with particularity in the
Escrow Agreement.
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Section 2.13
Escrow Account .
At Closing, Acquiror shall deliver to
the account of the Escrow Agent, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds, the Escrow Amount payable pursuant to
Section 2.9, to be held by the Escrow Agent in an interest
bearing account (the “Escrow Account”) pursuant to the
Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Account shall be used to satisfy
payments pursuant to Section 2.12 and Losses, if any, for
which the Acquiror Indemnified Parties are entitled to
indemnification or reimbursement in accordance with Article IX
hereof.
Section 2.14
Withholding Taxes .
The Paying Agent, Acquiror, SPC, the
Surviving Corporation or the Stockholders’ Representative (as
appropriate) shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from
consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any
SPC Stockholder such amounts as are required to be deducted and
withheld with respect to the making of such payment under the Code,
or any provision of Tax Legal Requirements. To the extent that
amounts are so withheld, (i) such withheld amounts shall be
treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to
the SPC Stockholder in respect of which such deduction and
withholding was made, and (ii) the Paying Agent, Acquiror,
SPC, the Surviving Corporation or the Stockholders’
Representative (as appropriate) shall provide to such SPC
Stockholder written notice of the amounts so deducted or
withheld.
Section 2.15
Stockholders’ Representative .
(a) The Stockholders’
Representative is hereby constituted and appointed by SPC for and
on behalf of the SPC Stockholders, with full and unqualified power
to delegate to one or more Persons the authority granted to it
hereunder, to act as each of their agent and attorney-in-fact, with
full power of substitution, to take all actions after the Effective
Time with Excluded Liabilities and Excluded Taxes and
indemnification claims under Article IX of this Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement, on their individual and collective behalf, as
such Stockholders’ Representative shall deem necessary and
appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated under
this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, including, without
limitation, the power:
(1) to perform all of the duties and
obligations of the Stockholders’ Representative concerning
indemnification claims under Article IX of this Agreement and
the Escrow Agreement and to execute, deliver and perform all
documents contemplated herein or therein by the Stockholders’
Representative;
(2) to distribute to the SPC
Stockholders any amounts to be released or paid to the
Stockholders’ Representative (for the benefit of the SPC
Stockholders) pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement and
other escrows related to the Cable and the Kansas City
Transactions, unless the Stockholders’ Representative
concludes that existing funds at its disposal are not sufficient to
meet known or threatened claims under Section 9.2(c)(3), in
which case the Stockholders’ Representative may reserve and
retain some or all of such funds as it determines in the exercise
of its good faith business judgment;
(3) to perform all duties of the
Indemnified Party (if the Stockholders’ Representative or any
SPC Stockholder is the Indemnified Party) or to perform all the
duties of the Indemnifying Party (if the Stockholders’
Representative is the Indemnifying Party), as set forth in
Article IX of this Agreement, including, without limitation,
prosecution of all Proceedings and the prosecution or conduct of
the defense of any claims or actions described
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herein, and the
compromise and settlement of any such claims or actions, including
the making of any payment required thereby;
(4) to perform all duties and resolve
all matters in connection with the Escrow Agreement, including,
without limitation, the prosecution or conduct of the defense of
any matter or Claim (as defined therein), and the compromise and
settlement of any such matter or Claim, including the making of any
payment required thereby;
(5) to hire counsel and other
professionals and third parties on behalf of himself and/or the SPC
Stockholders to represent the interests of the Stockholders’
Representative and/or the SPC Stockholders in connection with this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, and the right to incur such
other expenses as the Stockholders’ Representative deems
appropriate to protect the interests of himself and the SPC
Stockholders and to carry out the terms thereof and hereof;
(6) to give and receive all notices
and communications to be given or received concerning any
indemnification claim under Article IX of this Agreement or
the Escrow Agreement and to receive service of process in
connection with any indemnification claim under Article IX of
this Agreement or any Claim under the Escrow Agreement; and
(7) to take any other action
concerning any indemnification claim under Article IX of this
Agreement or the Escrow Agreement and the transactions contemplated
herein and therein as the Stockholders’ Representative in his
sole and absolute discretion deems appropriate.
Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, (i) the Stockholders’
Representative shall have no duties or responsibilities under this
Agreement except for those expressly set forth herein, (ii) no
implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations
or liabilities on behalf of any SPC Stockholder shall otherwise
exist against or with respect to the Stockholders’
Representative in its capacity as such and (iii) any claim
against the Stockholders’ Representative made in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement by any Person shall be
satisfied solely from the assets owned or held by the
Stockholders’ Representative in trust or otherwise and
amounts held under the Escrow Agreement, and no trustee, member,
stockholder, director, officer or employee of the
Stockholders’ Representative shall have any personal
liability with respect to any such claim. All decisions and acts by
the Stockholders’ Representative shall be binding upon all of
the SPC Stockholders and no SPC Stockholder shall have the right to
object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same.
(b) Acquiror shall be entitled
to deal exclusively with the Stockholders’ Representative on
all matters relating to Article IX hereof and the Escrow
Agreement, and shall be entitled to rely conclusively (without
further evidence of any kind whatsoever) on any document executed
or purported to be executed on behalf of any SPC Stockholder by the
Stockholders’ Representative, and on any other action taken
or purported to be taken on behalf of the SPC Stockholders by the
Stockholders’ Representative, as fully binding upon such SPC
Stockholders.
(c) As provided in the Written
Consent, the approval by the SPC Stockholders of the Merger
thereunder includes the approval of the terms of the provision of
this Section 2.15, including, without limitation, the
appointment of the Stockholders’ Representative.
(d) The SPC Stockholders
formerly holding more than 50% of the SPC Stock as of Closing (a
“Majority in Interest”) may replace the
Stockholders’ Representative and designate a successor
Stockholders’ Representative.
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(e) The Stockholders’
Representative is authorized and empowered to construe this
Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and its construction shall be
conclusive and binding upon all of the SPC Stockholders.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPC
SPC represents and warrants to
Acquiror as follows:
Section 3.1
Organization and Good Standing .
(a) SPC is duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware. SPC has all requisite corporate power and authority to
conduct its business as it is now being conducted and to own, lease
and operate its properties. SPC is duly qualified to do business as
a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
in which the character of its assets owned or held under lease or
the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary
under applicable Legal Requirements, except where the failure to be
so qualified and in good standing would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, each of such jurisdictions being listed on
Schedule 3.1(a) hereto. SPC has made available to
Acquiror true, correct and complete copies of SPC’s Governing
Documents (in each case, as amended to the date hereof).
(b) Schedule 3.1(b)
sets forth a true and complete list of each entity or joint
venture, together with its jurisdiction of organization and the
percentage ownership interests thereof owned, directly or
indirectly, by SPC as of the date of this Agreement. Each Radio
Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all
requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power
and authority to conduct its business as it is now being conducted
and to own, lease and operate its properties. Each Radio Subsidiary
is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of its assets
owned or held under lease or the nature of its activities makes
such qualification necessary under applicable Legal Requirements,
except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing
would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each of such
jurisdictions being listed on Schedule 3.1(b) hereto. SPC
has made available to Acquiror true, correct and complete copies of
each Radio Subsidiary’s Governing Documents (in each case, as
amended to the date hereof).
(c) As of the date of this
Agreement, SPC has, directly or indirectly, good and valid title to
the capital stock representing its ownership interests in each
Radio Subsidiary described in Schedule 3.1(b) , free
and clear of all Encumbrances, other than those set forth on
Schedule 3.1(b) as acceptable to Acquiror. As of the
Closing Date, SPC will have, directly or indirectly, good and valid
title to the capital stock representing its ownership interests in
each Radio Subsidiary, free and clear of all Encumbrances, other
than those set forth on Schedule 3.1(b) as acceptable
to Acquiror.
(d) Except as listed in
Schedule 3.1(b) , neither SPC nor any of the Radio
Subsidiaries have any subsidiaries or interest, direct or indirect,
or any commitment to purchase any interest, direct or indirect, in
any corporation or in any partnership, joint venture or other
business enterprise or entity. Except as described in
Schedule 3.1(d) , the operations of the Stations and
the Business have not been conducted through any direct or indirect
subsidiary, shareholder or affiliate of SPC or the Radio
Subsidiaries, and none of the business, assets, properties or
rights of SPC or the Radio Subsidiaries is owned, held, used or
conducted by any stockholder, member, partner or affiliate of SPC
or the Radio Subsidiaries.
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Section 3.2
Enforceability; Authority; No Conflict .
(a) This Agreement constitutes
and, when executed and delivered at Closing, each other agreement,
document and instrument to be executed, delivered or performed by
SPC in connection with this Agreement (collectively, the “SPC
Documents”) will constitute, the legal, valid and binding
obligation of SPC and the Stockholders’ Representative,
enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms
(assuming this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation
of, and enforceable against, Acquiror and Merger Sub), subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of
equity relating to enforceability. SPC and the Stockholders’
Representative each has the requisite right, power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and has or will have
prior to Closing the requisite right, power and authority to
perform its obligations under this Agreement and to execute,
deliver and perform each other SPC Document and to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and such action has
or will have prior to Closing been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action. All corporate, limited liability or partnership
proceedings, as applicable, and any action required to be taken by
SPC or the Stockholders’ Representative or the Radio
Subsidiaries relating to the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the SPC Documents and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly taken
or, with respect to any action taken by the Radio Subsidiaries in
connection with Section 5.3, will have been duly taken prior
to Closing. Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and
correct copy of a Written Consent in Lieu of a Meeting authorizing
and adopting this Agreement and the Merger (the “Written
Consent”) executed by a Majority in Interest, which Written
Consent has not been amended, revoked or superseded by any other
action of the SPC Stockholders.
(b) Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.2(b) , none of the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement and the SPC Documents nor the
consummation or performance of the Transaction will (with or
without notice or lapse of time):
(1) contravene, conflict with or
result in a violation or breach of any of the terms or requirements
of (A) any provision of any of the Governing Documents of SPC
or the Radio Subsidiaries (B) any resolution adopted by the
board of directors of SPC or any Radio Subsidiary, the SPC
Stockholders or the equity holders of any Radio Subsidiary;
(2) contravene, conflict with or
result in a violation or breach of any of the terms or requirements
of, or give any Governmental Body or other Person the right to
challenge the Transaction or to exercise any remedy or obtain any
relief under, any Legal Requirement or any Order to which SPC or
any of the Radio Subsidiaries may be subject;
(3) contravene, conflict with or
result in a violation or breach of any of the terms or requirements
of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw,
suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Commission Authorization
or any material Governmental Authorization that is not a Commission
Authorization or any Legal Requirement relating to the Business
that is held by SPC or any of the Radio Subsidiaries;
(4) result in a breach of, or
violate, or be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, or
permit the termination of, or require any consent or authorization
under, or cause or permit acceleration of the maturity or
performance of or payment under any Material Contract, other than
as indicated on Schedule 3.20(b) , or adversely effect
any Intangible that is material to the Business or the operation of
any of the Stations; or
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(5) result in the imposition or
creation of any material Encumbrance upon or with respect to any of
the Assets.
(c) The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the SPC Documents by SPC does
not, and the consummation by SPC of the Transaction will not,
require any consent of any Governmental Body or self-regulatory
organization, except for:
(1) applicable requirements, if any,
of the Exchange Act, the Securities Act, state securities or
“blue sky” laws and state takeover laws;
(2) the pre-merger notification
requirements of the HSR Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder;
(3) applicable filings with and
approvals of the FCC pursuant to the Communications Act and any
regulations promulgated thereunder;
(4) filing of the Certificate of
Merger as required by the DGCL; or
(5) as otherwise set forth in
Schedule 3.2(c) or Schedule 3.17(a) .
Section 3.3
Capitalization .
(a) As of the date hereof, the
authorized capital stock of SPC consists of 40,000,000 shares of
SPC Voting Common Stock, 50,000,000 shares of SPC ESOP Common Stock
and 10,000,000 shares of SPC Nonvoting Common Stock. Of such
authorized shares, as of the date hereof, there are issued and
outstanding 18,195,186 shares of SPC Voting Common Stock, 6,566,330
shares of SPC ESOP Common Stock and 2,046,723 shares of SPC
Nonvoting Common Stock. No shares of SPC Stock are issued and held
in the treasury of SPC. All issued and outstanding shares of SPC
Stock are duly authorized, validly issued and outstanding, fully
paid and nonassessable and were issued free of preemptive rights in
compliance with applicable corporate and securities Legal
Requirements. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.3(a)(i)
, there are no outstanding rights, including stock appreciation
rights, subscriptions, warrants, puts, calls, unsatisfied
preemptive rights, options or other agreements of any kind relating
to, or the value of which is tied to the value of, any of the
outstanding, authorized but not issued, unauthorized or treasury
shares of the capital stock or any other security of SPC, and there
is no authorized or outstanding security of any kind convertible
into or exchangeable for any such capital stock or other security.
There are no restrictions imposed by SPC upon the transfer of or
otherwise pertaining to the securities (including, but not limited
to, the ability to pay dividends thereon) or retained earnings of
SPC or the ownership thereof other than those set forth on
Schedule 3.3(a)(i) and those imposed by the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, the Communications Act, applicable state
securities laws, applicable corporate law or SPC’s Governing
Documents. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.3(a)(ii) ,
there are no outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom
stock, profit participation, or similar rights with respect to SPC
or the SPC Stock. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.3(a)(iii) , there are no shareholder
agreements, voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or
understandings with respect to the voting or transfer of any SPC
Stock.
(b) As of the date hereof, the
authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Radio
Subsidiaries is as set forth on Schedule 3.3(b)(i) .
The number of shares, if any, of capital stock of the Radio
Subsidiaries issued and held in treasury are as set forth on
Schedule 3.3(b)(i) . All issued and outstanding shares
of capital stock of the Radio Subsidiaries are duly authorized,
validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and
were issued free of preemptive rights in compliance with applicable
corporate and securities Legal Requirements. Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.3(b)(i) , there are no outstanding rights,
including stock appreciation rights, subscriptions, warrants, puts,
calls,
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unsatisfied preemptive rights, options or other agreements of any
kind relating to, or the value of which is tied to the value of,
any of the outstanding, authorized but not issued, unauthorized or
treasury shares of the capital stock or any other security of any
of the Radio Subsidiaries, and there is no authorized or
outstanding security of any kind convertible into or exchangeable
for any such capital stock or other security. There are no
restrictions imposed by any of the Radio Subsidiaries upon the
transfer of or otherwise pertaining to the respective securities
(including, but not limited to, the ability to pay dividends
thereon) or retained earnings of any of the Radio Subsidiaries or
the ownership thereof other than those set forth on
Schedule 3.3(b)(i) and those imposed by the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act, the Communications Act, applicable state
securities laws, applicable corporate law or the Governing
Documents of the respective Radio Subsidiaries. Except as set forth
on Schedule 3.3(b)(ii) , there are no outstanding or
authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation,
or similar rights with respect to any of the Radio Subsidiaries or
their capital stock. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.3(b)(iii) , there are no shareholder
agreements, voting trusts, proxies or other agreements or
understandings with respect to the voting or transfer of any
capital stock of any of the Radio Subsidiaries.
Schedule 3.3(b)(iv) identifies all Persons that own any
of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Radio
Subsidiaries other than SPC or one of the Radio Subsidiaries,
including the number of shares owned by such Person.
Section 3.4
Financial Statements .
(a) SPC has delivered to
Acquiror: (i) an audited consolidated balance sheet of SPC as
of December 31, 2004 (including the notes thereto, the
“Balance Sheet”), and the related audited statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash
flows for the fiscal year then ended, including in each case the
notes thereto, together with the report thereon of KPMG LLP,
independent registered public accounting firm; (ii) audited
consolidated balance sheets of SPC as of December 31, 2003 and
December 31, 2002, and the related audited consolidated
statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
(deficit) and cash flows for each of the fiscal years then
ended, including in each case the notes thereto, together with the
report thereon of KPMG LLP, independent registered public
accounting firm; (iii) an unaudited condensed consolidated
balance sheet of SPC as of June 30, 2005 (the “SPC
Interim Balance Sheet”), and the related unaudited condensed
consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity
(deficit) and cash flows for the six months then ended.
(b) SPC has delivered to
Acquiror: (i) an unaudited consolidating balance sheet of SRC
as of December 31, 2004, and the related unaudited statement
of operations for the fiscal year then ended as included in
SMC’s audited consolidated financial statements;
(ii) unaudited consolidating balance sheets of SRC as of
December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, and the related
unaudited consolidating statement of operations for each of the
fiscal years then ended as included in SMC’s audited
consolidated financial statements; and (iii) an unaudited
condensed consolidating balance sheet of SRC as of June 30,
2005 (the “SRC Interim Balance Sheet”) and the related
unaudited condensed consolidating statement of operations for the
six months then ended as included in SMC’s Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended June 30, 2005.
(c) The Financial Statements
delivered pursuant to (a) and (b) hereof shall be
certified by SPC’s chief financial officer. Such Financial
Statements fairly present (and the financial statements delivered
pursuant to Section 5.12 will fairly present) the financial
condition and the results of operations of SPC, SRC and the
Business as at the respective dates of and for the periods referred
to in such Financial Statements all in accordance with GAAP. The
Financial Statements referred to in this Section 3.4 and
delivered pursuant to Section 5.12 reflect and will reflect
the consistent application of GAAP throughout the periods involved,
except as disclosed in the notes to such Financial Statements. The
Financial Statements have been and will be prepared from and are in
accordance with the books and records of SPC and the Subsidiaries
of SPC. Such Financial Statements do not contain any material items
of special or nonrecurring income or any income not earned in the
Ordinary Course of Business, except as
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expressly specified therein, and include all adjustments, which
consist only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for such fair
presentation. To the Knowledge of SPC, the revenue pacing reports
for the Stations heretofore or hereafter delivered to Acquiror are
and shall be true and accurate in all material respects. All
accounts receivable of SPC and the Radio Subsidiaries arising prior
to the date hereof have arisen, and all accounts receivable of SPC
and the Radio Subsidiaries arising after the date hereof and prior
to Closing will have arisen, only from bona fide transactions with
unrelated third parties in the Ordinary Course of Business, and
represent and will represent valid obligations arising from sales
actually made in the Ordinary Course of Business, except as
reserved for in the Financial Statements or as are, with
aggregation, immaterial in amount.
(d) Except as and to the extent
reflected in the Financial Statements, or as set forth in
Schedule 3.4(d) hereto, neither SPC nor any Radio
Subsidiary has any material debts, liabilities or obligations
(whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) relating to or
arising out of any act, transaction, circumstance, or state of
facts which has heretofore occurred or existed, due or payable,
other than current liabilities arising since the date of the
Interim Balance Sheets in the Ordinary Course of Business.
(e) Since January 1, 2003,
as of their respective dates, all Reports of SMC made with the SEC
complied as to form in all material respects with the applicable
requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with
respect thereto. To the Knowledge of SPC, no executive officer of
SMC has failed in any respect to make the certifications required
of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act, and no enforcement action has been initiated against SMC by
the SEC relating to disclosures contained in any Report of SMC made
with the SEC.
(f) To the Knowledge of SPC and
the Radio Subsidiaries, SPC and the Radio Subsidiaries (i) have
designed and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act)
to ensure that material information required to be disclosed by SPC
or the Radio Subsidiaries in the Reports that it or they file or
submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized
and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s
rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to SPC’s
or the Radio Subsidiary’s management as appropriate to timely
allow decisions regarding required disclosure and (ii) have
disclosed, based on its or their most recent evaluation of such
disclosure controls and procedures prior to the date hereof, to
SPC’s or the applicable Radio Subsidiary’s auditors and
the audit committee of the Board of Directors of SPC or the
applicable Radio Subsidiary, as the case may be, (A) any
significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal controls over financial reporting that are
reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect
SPC’s or the applicable Radio Subsidiary’s ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information, other
than reported in its filings with the SEC and (B) any fraud,
whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in SPC’s or a Radio
Subsidiary’s internal controls over financial reporting. SPC
and the Radio Subsidiaries have not yet been required to document
and test, and have not completed documenting and testing of, the
design and operation of internal controls over financial reporting
and disclosure controls and procedures.
Section 3.5 Books
And Records .
The financial books and records of
SPC and the Radio Subsidiaries, all of which have been, or will be
prior to Closing, made available to Acquiror, are complete and
correct and represent actual, bona fide transactions. The minute
books of SPC and the Radio Subsidiaries, all of which have been, or
will be prior to Closing, made available to Acquiror, contain
accurate and complete records of all meetings held of
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