Exhibit 10.6
Execution Version
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED OCTOBER 31, 2005
among
CMP
KC CORP.
as BUYER,
and
1051FM, LLC,
SUSQUEHANNA KANSAS CITY PARTNERSHIP
and
SUSQUEHANNA RADIO CORP.
as SELLERS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
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1.1 Terms
Defined in this Section
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1.2 Terms
Defined Elsewhere in this Agreement
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SECTION 2
EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER OF ASSETS; ASSET VALUE
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2.1
Agreement to Exchange and Transfer
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2.2
Excluded Assets
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2.3
Purchase Price
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2.4 Closing
Payment; Escrow Amount
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2.5 Certain
Closing Adjustments
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2.6 Assumed
Obligations
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2.7
Assignments of Assumed Contracts
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2.8 Certain
Debt, Payables and Expenses
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2.9 Escrow
Agreement
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SECTION 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS
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3.1
Organization and Good Standing
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3.2
Enforceability; Authority; No Conflict
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3.3
Capitalization
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3.4
Financial Statements
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3.5 Books
And Records
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3.6
Condition of Tangible Personal Property
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3.7 Owned
Real Property
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3.8 Leased
Real Property
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3.9 Title
to Real and Tangible Personal Property; Encumbrances
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3.10
Condition of Facilities
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3.11
Commission Authorizations
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3.12
Insolvency
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3.13
Intellectual Property Assets
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3.14
Taxes
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3.15
Employee Benefits
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3.16 Labor
and Employment Matters
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3.17
Compliance With Legal Requirements; Governmental
Authorizations
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3.18 Legal
Proceedings; Orders
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3.19
Absence of Certain Changes and Events
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3.20
Material Contracts
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3.21
Insurance
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3.22
Environmental Matters
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3.23
Relationships With Related Persons
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3.24
Brokers or Finders
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SECTION 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BUYER
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4.1
Organization, Standing and Authority
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4.2
Authorization and Binding Obligation
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4.3 Absence
of Conflicting Agreements and Required Consents
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(i)
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4.4
Brokers
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4.5
Qualifications of Buyer
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4.6 Certain
Proceedings
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SECTION 5
OPERATION OF THE STATIONS PRIOR TO CLOSING
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5.1
Contracts
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5.2
Compensation and Benefits
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5.3
Encumbrances
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5.4
Dispositions
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5.5 Access
to Information
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5.6
Insurance
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5.7
Governmental Authorizations
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5.8
Obligations
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5.9 No
Inconsistent Action
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5.10
Maintenance of Assets
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5.11
Consents
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5.12 Books
and Records
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5.13
Cooperation, Notification
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5.14
Financial Information
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5.15
Compliance with Laws
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5.16
Preservation of Business
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5.17
Litigation
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5.18
Accounting
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5.19
Capital Expenditures
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5.20
Station Formats
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5.21
Promotions
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SECTION 6
SPECIAL COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS
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6.1 FCC
Consent
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6.2 HSR
Act
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6.3 Risk of
Loss
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6.4
Confidentiality
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6.5
Cooperation
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6.6 Control
of the Stations
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6.7
Allocation of Purchase Price
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6.8 Access
to Books and Records
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6.9
Employee and Employee Benefits
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6.10 Public
Announcements
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6.11 Bulk
Sales Law
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6.12 Title
Insurance
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6.13 Tax
Matters
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6.14
Employee Withholding and Reporting Matters
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6.15 No
Shop
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6.16
Disclosure Schedules
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SECTION 7
CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS OF BUYER AND SELLER
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7.1
Conditions to Obligations of Buyer
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7.2
Conditions to Obligations of Sellers
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SECTION 8
CLOSING AND CLOSING DELIVERIES
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8.1
Closing
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8.2
Deliveries by Sellers
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8.3
Deliveries by Buyer
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SECTION 9
TERMINATION
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9.1
Termination by Mutual Consent
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9.2
Termination by Either Party
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9.3
Termination by Sellers
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9.4
Termination by Buyer
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9.5
Automatic Termination
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9.6 Rights
on Termination
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9.7
Survival
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SECTION 10
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION; CERTAIN REMEDIES
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10.1
Survival
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10.2
Indemnification by Sellers
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10.3
Indemnification by Buyer
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10.4 Third
Party Claim Indemnification Procedure
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10.5
Consequential Damages
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10.6
Payments
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10.7
Characterization of Indemnification Payments
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10.8
Remedies
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SECTION 11
MISCELLANEOUS
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11.1 Fees
and Expenses
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11.2
Notices
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11.3
Benefit and Binding Effect
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11.4
Further Assurances
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11.5
Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Service of Process
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11.6 Waiver
of Jury Trial
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11.7 Entire
Agreement
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11.8 Waiver
of Compliance; Consents
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11.9
Severability
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11.10
Drafting
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11.11
Headings
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11.12
Counterparts
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11.13 Use
of Terms
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11.14
Schedules
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(iii)
LIST OF EXHIBITS
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| Exhibit 2.6 |
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Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
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| Exhibit 2.9 |
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Form of Escrow Agreement |
(iv)
LIST OF SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1.1(a)
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Knowledge of Sellers |
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Schedule 2.2(i)
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Excluded Assets |
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Schedule 2.5(a)
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Sample Net Working Capital
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Schedule 3.1(a)(ii)
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Foreign Qualifications of
Susquehanna |
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Schedule 3.1(b)(i)
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Other Entities Owned Directly of
Indirectly by Operating Sellers |
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Schedule 3.1(c)
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Operations of Stations by Others Than
Operating Sellers |
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Schedule 3.2(b)
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Exceptions to Enforceability |
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Schedule 3.3
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Operating Sellers’
Capitalization |
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Schedule 3.6
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Tangible Personal Property |
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Schedule 3.7
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Owned Real Property |
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Schedule 3.8
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Real Property Leases |
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Schedule 3.9(a)
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Real Estate Encumbrances |
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Schedule 3.9(b)
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Non-Real Estate Encumbrances |
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Schedule 3.9(c)
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Material Properties not Owned or
Leased by Operating Sellers |
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Schedule 3.10
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Encroachments |
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Schedule 3.11(a)
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Commission Authorizations |
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Schedule 3.11(b)
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Exception or Qualifications to
Commission Authorizations for Stations |
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Schedule 3.13
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Intellectual Property Assets |
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Schedule 3.14
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Taxes |
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Schedule 3.15(a)
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Employee Plans |
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Schedule 3.15(b)
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Litigation with Respect to any
Employee Plan |
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Schedule 3.16
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Labor and Employment Matters |
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Schedule 3.17(a)
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Compliance with Legal Requirements,
Governmental Authorizations |
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Schedule 3.17(b)
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Material Governmental Authorizations
Other than Commission Authorizations |
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Schedule 3.18
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Legal Proceedings, Orders |
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Schedule 3.19
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Absence of Certain Changes and
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Schedule 3.19(d)
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2005 Capital Expenditure Plan |
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Schedule 3.20(a)
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Material Contracts |
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Schedule 3.20(b)
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Defaults in Material Contracts |
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Schedule 3.21
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Material Insurance Policies |
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Schedule 3.22
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Environmental Matters |
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Schedule 3.23
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Relationships with Related
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Schedule 4.4
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Buyer’s Broker |
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Schedule 4.5
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Buyer’s Communications Act
Qualifications |
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Schedule 5.1(c)
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Additional Material Contracts |
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Schedule 5.19(a)
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2006 Capital Expenditure Plan |
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Schedule 5.19(b)
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Local Marketing Agreements |
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Schedule 6.7
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Purchase Price Allocation
Schedule |
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Schedule 6.9(c)
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Severance Plans |
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Schedule 7.1(g)
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Sellers’ Consents |
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Schedule 7.1(i)
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Exceptions to Material Adverse
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Schedule 8.2(f)
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Opinions of Sellers’
Counsel |
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Schedule 8.3(g)
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Opinion of Buyer’s Counsel |
(v)
ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement ”) is entered into on
October 31, 2005 by and among CMP KC Corp. , a Delaware
corporation (“ Buyer ”), 1051FM, LLC, a
Kansas limited liability company (“ 1051FM”)
Susquehanna Kansas City Partnership , a Pennsylvania
partnership (“ Susquehanna ”), and
Susquehanna Radio Corp. , a Pennsylvania Corporation
(“ Radio ”) (each a “ Seller
” and collectively, “ Sellers ”; and
1051FM together with Susquehanna collectively the “
Operating Sellers ”).
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E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, Sellers operate radio
broadcast stations KCMO-AM and KCMO-FM, Kansas City, Missouri,
KCJK-FM, Garden City, Missouri and KCFX-FM, Harrisonville, Missouri
(KCMO-AM, KCMO-FM, KCJK-FM and KCFX-FM, collectively, the “
Stations ”);
WHEREAS, Susquehanna is the licensee
of KCFX-FM, KCMO-AM, and KCMO-FM, pursuant to certain
authorizations issued to it by the FCC;
WHEREAS, 1051FM is the licensee of
KCJK-FM, pursuant to certain authorizations issued to it by the
FCC;
WHEREAS, Susquehanna is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Radio, and 1051FM is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Susquehanna; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to
enter into this Agreement to provide for the sale, assignment and
transfer by Sellers to Buyer of substantially all of the assets
owned, leased or used by Sellers, in connection with the
Business.
A
G R E E M E N T S:
In consideration of the above
recitals and of the mutual agreements and covenants contained in
this Agreement, the parties to this Agreement, intending to be
bound legally, agree as follows:
SECTION 1
CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Terms Defined in
this Section.
The following terms, as used in this
Agreement, have the meanings set forth in this Section:
“ 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
Buyer’s Accountants or Seller’s
Accountants) appointed by Buyer’s Accountants and
Seller’s Accountants jointly and reasonably acceptable to
Buyer and Sellers.
“ Accounts Receivable
” means the rights of Sellers with respect to accounts
receivable of the Stations, as of the Closing Date, to payment in
cash for the sale of advertising time and for the provision of
other goods and services by the Stations.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly
or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is
controlled by, or is under common control with such Person. For
purposes of this definition, (i) a Person shall be deemed to
control another Person if such Person (A) has sufficient power
to enable such Person to elect a majority of the board of directors
or other governing body of such Person, or (B) owns a majority
of the beneficial interests in income and capital of such Person;
and (ii) a Person shall be deemed to control any partnership
of which such Person is a general partner.
“ Applicable Employees
” means all of the following:
(a) All persons who are active
Employees on the Closing Date, including Employees on vacation,
Employees on a regularly scheduled day off from work and Employees
on temporary leave for purposes of jury or annual two-week national
service/military duty;
(b) Employees who on the Closing
Date are on nonmedical leave of absence; provided, however, that no
such Employee shall be guaranteed reinstatement to active service
if his return to employment is contrary to the terms of his leave,
unless otherwise required by applicable Legal Requirements (for
purposes of the foregoing, nonmedical leave of absence shall
include maternity or paternity leave, leave under the Family and
Medical Leave Act of 1993, educational leave, military leave with
veteran’s reemployment rights under federal law, and personal
leave, unless any of the foregoing is determined to be a medical
leave); and
(c) Employees who on the Closing
Date are on disability or medical leave and for whom it has been
180 calendar days or less since their last day of active
employment; provided, however, that no such Employee shall be
guaranteed reinstatement to active service if he is incapable of
working in accordance with the policies, practices and procedures
of Buyer.
“ Assumed Contracts
” means (a) all Contracts set forth on
Schedule 3.20 , (b) Contracts entered into prior
to the date of this Agreement with advertisers for the sale of
advertising time or production services for cash at rates
consistent with past practices, (c) Contracts entered into by
any Operating Seller prior to the date of this Agreement which are
not required to be included on Schedule 3.20 hereto,
(d) any Contracts entered into by any Operating Seller between
the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date that Buyer agrees
in writing to assume, and (e) other contracts entered into by
any Operating Seller between the date of this Agreement and the
Closing Date in compliance with Section 5.1.
“ Business ” means
the business and operations of the Stations.
“ 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.
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“ 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.
“ Closing ” means
the consummation of the sale and acquisition of the Assets pursuant
to this Agreement on the Closing Date in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8.1.
“ Closing Date ”
means the date on which the Closing occurs, as determined pursuant
to Section 8.1.
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder.
“ Commission
Authorizations ” means all licenses, permits, approvals,
construction permits, and authorizations issued or granted by the
FCC to any of the Operating Sellers, for the operation of, or used
directly or indirectly in connection with the operation of the
Stations (and any and all auxiliary and/or supportive transmitting
and/or receiving facilities, boosters, and repeaters associated
with the Stations), including, without limitation, all of those
listed in Schedule 3.11(a) hereto, together with any and all
renewals, extensions, or modifications thereof and additions
thereto between the date of this Agreement and the Closing
Date.
“ Communications Act
” means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Consents ” means
the consents, permits, or approvals of government authorities and
other third parties necessary to transfer the Assets to Buyer or
otherwise to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
“ Contracts ”
means all contracts, agreements, orders, commitments, arrangements
and understandings, written or oral, to which either Operating
Seller in connection with the Business 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 leases
for Tangible Personal Property.
“ 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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“ Employees ”
means all employees of the Sellers who are currently employed
primarily in the conduct of the Business. “Employees”
does not include any individual performing services in connection
with the Business who Sellers have 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.
“ 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.
“ Environmental
Complaint ” means any claim, lawsuit, complaint,
administrative or judicial order, citation or other written
communication, whether from a governmental authority, citizens
group, employee or other person with regard to Environmental
Liabilities or any environmental, health, or safety matter
affecting or relating to any of the Real Property or the operation
of the Stations.
“ Environmental
Liabilities ” means any loss, liability, Environmental
Complaint, damage, injury, fine, penalty, cost or expense
(including attorneys’ fees) arising from or in connection
with (i) the use, management, treatment, handling, disposal,
transport, storage, spill, escape, leakage, emission, release,
discharge or presence of any Hazardous Substance on, at, from or
under any of the Real Property on or prior to the Closing Date;
(ii) the failure to obtain any license or permit required in
connection with any such Hazardous Substance on or prior to the
Closing Date; (iii) any noncompliance with any Environmental
Laws, and/or any Environmental Complaint on or prior to the Closing
Date; or (iv) the remediation, cleanup or investigation of any
release, spill, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Substance at or
from the Real Property relating to conditions or circumstances
existing on or prior to the Closing.
“ ERISA ” means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
“ Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“ Excluded Tangible Personal
Property ” means those assets listed
Schedule 2.2(i) .
“ Existing Stockholders
” means the Persons having beneficial or record ownership of
the capital stock of Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co., a Delaware
corporation, immediately prior to the Closing.
“ FAA ” means the
Federal Aviation Administration.
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“ FCC ” means the
Federal Communications Commission.
“FCC Consents ”
means action by the FCC granting the Assignment Applications and
providing its consent to the assignment of the Commission
Authorizations by Sellers to Buyer as contemplated by this
Agreement.
“ FCC Logs ” means
all FCC logs and similar records that relate to the operation of
the Stations.
“ Final Order ”
means an FCC Consent with respect to which no action, request for
stay, petition for rehearing or reconsideration, appeal, request
for stay 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.
“ Financial Statements
” means collectively the financial statements described in
Section 3.4 and 5.13 hereof.
“ 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.
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“ HSR Act ” means
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Acts of 1976, as
amended, and all Legal Requirements promulgated pursuant thereto or
in connection therewith.
“ Hazardous Materials
” means and includes any and all pollutants, contaminants,
hazardous substances or materials (as defined in any of the
Environmental Laws), hazardous wastes, toxic 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.
“ Improvements ”
means all antenna towers, guy anchors, ground radials, buildings,
structures, fixtures and improvements that are located on the Land,
including those under construction.
“ 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.
“ Knowledge ”
means (i) with respect to Sellers, the collective actual
knowledge the following officers of Radio: the President, the
Senior Vice President/Controller, the Vice President/Administration
and the Vice President/Director of Engineering, and the other
persons identified on Schedule 1.1(a) ; and
(ii) with respect to Buyer, the collective actual knowledge of
Buyer’s executive officers.
“ Land ” means all
parcels and tracts of real property in which the Operating Sellers
have a Real Property Interest.
“ Leased Real Property
” means all real property and all buildings and other
improvements thereon and appurtenant thereto leased or held by any
Seller and used in the Business.
“ Legal Requirement
” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign,
international, multinational or other constitution, law, ordinance,
principle of common law, code, regulation, rule, statute or
treaty.
“ 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).
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“ 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 Sellers’ ability to effect
the Closing or to perform their respective 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 contemplated by this
Agreement or the identity of Buyer or the public announcement of
any other transaction by Buyer, (C) 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, (D) due to, resulting from or otherwise attributable
to any violation of the terms of this Agreement by Buyer; or
(E) any change, event, circumstance or occurrence described
and referred to in Schedule 7.1(i) ; or
(ii) change in a Legal Requirement or accounting standards or
interpretations thereof that is of general application.
“ Merger Agreement
” means the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of the date
hereof by and among CMP Susquehanna Corp., CMP Merger Co.,
Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co. and the Stockholders’
Representative.
“ Net Working Capital
” means all current assets of the Operating Sellers on a
consolidated basis, minus all current liabilities of the Operating
Sellers on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP
on a basis consistent with the preparation of the Balance Sheets,
excluding cash, Tax assets and liabilities, any Excluded
Liabilities, and any intercompany liabilities between Operating
Sellers and any Affiliate or among the Operating Sellers. Current
liabilities shall include (i) all amounts paid for the sale of
airtime to be aired after the Closing Date and (ii) the value
of any trade or barter received for airtime to be aired after the
Closing Date.
“ Net Working Capital Target
Amount ” means Three Million One Hundred Forty Seven
Thousand Two Hundred One Dollars ($3,147,201).
“ 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.
“ Owned Real Property
” means that certain parcel of real property and all
buildings and other improvements thereon and appurtenant thereto
owned by Sellers and used in the Business.
“ Permitted Encumbrances
” means (i) the Real Estate Encumbrances, and
(ii) the Non-Real Estate Encumbrances.
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“ Person ” means
an individual, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture, trust, estate, limited liability company, limited
liability partnership, or other entity or organization.
“ 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.
“ 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 the Operating Sellers
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 the Operating Sellers,
whether for internal use or for sale or license to others, and any
software, computer program, or software product licensed by
Sellers, and all proprietary rights of the Operating Sellers or the
Stations, whether or not patented or copyrighted, associated
therewith.
“ Real Property ”
means collectively the Owned Real Property and Leased Real
Property.
“ Real Property
Interests ” means all interests in Owned Real Property
and Leased Real Property, including fee estates, leaseholds and
subleaseholds, purchase options, easements, licenses, rights to
access, and rights of way, and all buildings and other improvements
thereon and appurtenant thereto, owned or held by any Operating
Seller or otherwise used in the Business, together with any
additions, substitutions and replacements thereof and thereto
between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date.
“ 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.
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“ 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.
“ SEC ” means the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“ Securities Act ”
means the Securities Act of 1933.
“ 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 an Operating Seller or used in the
Business (wherever located and whether or not carried on the books
of an Operating Seller), together with (i) all replacements
thereof, additions and alterations thereto, and substitutions
therefor, made between the date hereof and the Closing Date
(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,
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 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 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 authority 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.
“ Transferred Employees
” means those Applicable Employees who accept offers of
employment with Buyer.
“ WARN ” means the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as
amended, or any similar state law.
1.2 Terms Defined Elsewhere in this
Agreement.
For purposes of this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings set forth in the sections
indicated:
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Claim Notice
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SECTION 2
EXCHANGE AND
TRANSFER OF ASSETS; ASSET VALUE
2.1 Agreement to
Exchange and Transfer.
Subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in this Agreement with respect to the Stations, the
Operating Sellers hereby covenant and agree to sell, transfer,
convey, assign and deliver to Buyer on the Closing Date, and Buyer
covenants and agrees to acquire all of the Operating Sellers’
right, title and interest in and to all business, properties,
assets, machinery, equipment, furniture, fixtures, franchises,
goodwill and rights of the Operating Sellers, of every nature, kind
and description, tangible and intangible, wheresoever located and
whether or not carried on or reflected on the books and records of
the Operating Sellers, to the extent used, held for use, or
necessary in connection with the conduct of the Business, together
with any additions thereto between the date of this Agreement and
the Closing Date, but excluding Excluded Assets, free and clear of
any Encumbrances (except for Permitted Encumbrances), including the
following (collectively, the “ Assets ”):
(a) The Tangible Personal
Property;
(b) The Real Property
Interests;
(c) The Governmental
Authorizations and Pending Applications;
(d) The Assumed Contracts;
(e) The Intangibles;
(f) The Accounts
Receivable;
(g) The Programs;
(h) The FCC Logs;
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(i) All of Sellers’
proprietary information, technical information and data, machinery
and equipment warranties, maps, computer discs and tapes, plans,
diagrams, blueprints and schematics, including filings with the
FCC, in each case to the extent relating to the Business;
(j) All choses in action of any
Seller relating to the Stations to the extent they relate to the
period on or after the Closing Date;
(k) All Business Records,
including executed copies of the Assumed Contracts, and all records
required by the FCC to be kept by the Stations;
(l) All goodwill in and going
concern value of the Stations; and
(m) All of the Operating
Sellers’ advance payments, prepaid expenses, deposits, claims
for refunds, credits, rebates and rights to offset (other than
refunds, credits, rebates and rights to offset related to Taxes and
described in Section 2.2(f)).
2.2 Excluded
Assets.
The Assets shall exclude the
following (collectively, the “ Excluded Assets
”):
(a) All of each of the Operating
Sellers’ cash, cash equivalents and deposits, all interest
payable in connection with any such items and rights in and to bank
accounts, marketable and other securities and similar investments
of the Operating Sellers;
(b) Any insurance policies,
promissory notes, amounts due to any Operating Seller from
employees, bonds, letters of credit, certificates of deposit, or
other similar items, and any cash surrender value in regard
thereto; provided , that in the event the Operating Sellers
are obligated to assign to Buyer the proceeds of any such insurance
policy or to cause the assignment of such proceeds at the time a
Closing occurs under Section 6.3, such proceeds shall be
included in the Assets;
(c) Any Employee Plan;
(d) All Tangible Personal
Property disposed of or consumed in the Ordinary Course of Business
as permitted by this Agreement;
(e) All Tax Returns and
supporting materials (including Tax software), all original
financial statements and supporting materials, all books and
records that the Operating Sellers are required by law to retain
(provided that copies of the same are provided to Buyer), all of
the Operating Sellers’ organizational documents, corporate
books and records (including minute books and stock ledgers) and
originals of account books of original entry, all records of the
Operating Sellers relating to the sale of the Assets and all
records and documents related to any assets excluded pursuant to
this Section 2.2;
(f) Any interest in and to any
claims for refunds, credits, rebates and abatements of federal,
state, or local franchise, income, or other Taxes for periods (or
portions thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date and any
net operating losses of Sellers;
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(g) Any Contracts which are not
Assumed Contracts;
(h) All rights of Sellers under
or pursuant to this Agreement (or any other agreements contemplated
hereby);
(i) The assets listed on
Schedule 2.2(i) hereto; and
(j) All shares of capital stock,
partnership interests, interests in limited liability companies or
other equity interest, including, but not limited to, any options,
warrants or voting trusts relating thereto which are owned by the
Sellers and not expressly specified in Section 2.1.
2.3 Purchase
Price.
Subject to and upon the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, in reliance on the representations,
warranties, covenants, and agreements of Sellers contained herein,
and in full payment for the sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer
and delivery of the Purchased Assets as described herein by
Sellers, Buyer shall pay to Sellers an amount equal to (i) the
sum of Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,000) (the “ Base
Purchase Price ”), (ii) plus or minus the
Preliminary Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount, (iii)
plus or minus the Final Net Working Capital
Adjustment Amount (the “ Purchase Price ”),
payable as provided in Section 2.4 below.
2.4 Closing Payment;
Escrow Amount.
(a) At Closing, Buyer shall
deliver to Sellers the Base Purchase Price, (ii) plus or
minus the Preliminary Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount,
(iii) minus the Escrow Amount (the “ Closing
Payment ”).
(b) On the Closing Date, Buyer
shall deposit with the Escrow Agent, pursuant to the terms and
conditions of the Escrow Agreement, One Million Eight Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($1,800,000) (the “Escrow
Amount” ).
2.5 Certain Closing
Adjustments.
(a) Preliminary Net Working
Capital Adjustment . No later than twenty (20) calendar
days before the Closing Date, Sellers shall prepare and deliver to
Buyer an unaudited balance sheet, prepared in good faith in
accordance with GAAP on a basis consistent with preparation of the
Balance Sheets, 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 Closing Date, along with the computation by
Sellers 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 2.5(a) . Absent an objection of
Buyer, delivered no later than five (5) calendar days prior to
the Closing, as to such estimated balance sheet and Sellers’
computation of the Preliminary Net Working Capital, such estimate
by Sellers of Preliminary Net Working Capital shall be used solely
to effectuate the Closing and for calculation of the Closing
Payment. Any objection by Buyer shall be made in good faith and be
based on reasonable assumptions on specific facts and
circumstances. Should Buyer issue such an objection, it shall
provide in writing its proposed adjustment to the estimated balance
sheet prepared by Sellers and computation of the
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Preliminary Net Working Capital and such Buyer-adjusted amount
shall be considered the Preliminary Net Working Capital solely to
effectuate the Closing and for calculation of the Closing 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 Payment calculated in Section 2.4(a), and if the
Preliminary Net Working Capital Adjustment Amount is a negative
number, it shall be subtracted from such items.
(b) Preparation of Closing
Date Financial Statements . As soon as practicable, but in no
event later than seventy-seven (77) calendar days after the
Closing Date, Buyer shall cause Buyer’s Accountants to
perform a review of the consolidated financial statements of
Sellers as of the Closing Date, including a computation as of the
Closing Date of Net Working Capital (the “ Final Net
Working Capital ”) (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, shall be prepared in
accordance with GAAP, on a basis consistent with the preparation of
the Balance Sheets. 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 ”), subject to
final determination of such amounts pursuant to this
Section 2.5.
(c) Examination by
Sellers . Upon receipt of the Closing Date Financial
Statements, the Sellers and the Sellers’ 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 the
Business; (ii) the work papers prepared by Buyer’s
Accountants to the extent that they relate to the Business; and
(iii) such historical financial information (to the extent in
Buyer’s possession) relating to the Operating Sellers as the
Sellers may reasonably request for the purpose of reviewing the
Closing Date Financial Statements.
(d) Objection by the
Sellers . On or prior to the last day of the Review Period, the
Sellers may object to the Closing Date Financial Statements by
delivering to Buyer a written statement setting forth a reasonably
specific description of the Sellers’ objections to the
Closing Date Financial Statements and any of the computations
accompanying same (the “ Statement of Objections
”). If the Sellers fail to deliver the Statement of
Objections within the Review Period, the Closing Date Financial
Statements shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Sellers and
the Final Net Working Capital, reflected in the Closing Date
Financial Statements shall be used in computing the Final Net
Working Capital Adjustment Amount. If the Sellers deliver the
Statement of Objections within the Review Period, the Sellers and
Buyer shall negotiate in good faith to resolve such objections,
and, if the same are so resolved, the Closing Date Financial
Statements and the Final Net Working Capital reflected in the
Closing Date Financial Statements with such changes as may have
been previously agreed in writing by the Sellers and Buyers, shall
be final and binding.
(e) Resolution of
Disputes . If the Sellers and Buyer 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
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the
Accounting Expert who shall, acting as an expert and not as an
arbitrator, resolve the disputes set forth in the Statement of
Objections and make any adjustments to the Closing Date Financial
Statements and the Final Net Working Capital reflected in the
Closing Date Financial Statements. The parties hereto agree that
all adjustments shall be made without regard to materiality. The
Seller and Buyer 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. 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 and the Final Net Working Capital
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 Sellers and
Buyer.
(f) 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 included therein), the Buyer or Sellers,
as applicable, shall pay, or cause to be paid, the Final Net
Working Capital Adjustment Amount.
2.6 Assumed
Obligations.
Buyer hereby covenants and agrees, at
the Closing, to execute and deliver to Sellers an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement (the “ Assignment and Assumption
Agreement ”), substantially in the form of
Exhibit 2.6 hereto pursuant to which each of the
Operating Sellers shall assign to Buyer its rights in the Assumed
Contracts, and Buyer shall assume (a) all obligations arising
under such Assumed Contracts after the Closing Date, but not as a
result of any previous breach, or default thereof or performance
thereunder, and (b) all current liabilities to the extent
reflected in the calculation of the Final Net Working Capital (but
only to the extent of the specific amounts reflected therein)(the
“ Assumed Liabilities ”). Except as expressly
provided in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Buyer shall
not and does not assume any liability or obligation of any nature,
known or unknown, fixed or contingent, legal, statutory,
contractual or otherwise, disclosed or undisclosed, of Sellers or
otherwise relating to or arising from the Assets or the Stations,
or the ownership or operation thereof on or prior to the Closing
Date (collectively the “ Excluded Liabilities
”), all of which shall be retained and discharged by Sellers.
Excluded Liabilities include, without limitation, (i) all
Environmental Liabilities; (ii) any and all liabilities for
violations of Contracts, or Legal Requirements by Sellers which
exist at or as of the Closing Date or which arise after the Closing
Date but which are based upon or arise from any act, transaction,
circumstance, sale or providing of air time, goods or services,
state of facts or other condition which occurred or existed, or the
content of any program, advertisement or transmission broadcast or
aired, on or before the Closing Date, whether or not then known;
(iii) any Debt, trade payable or accounts payable of Sellers to the
extent not included in Assumed Liabilities; (iv) any
obligations or liabilities of Sellers to any of their employees or
to any other Person under any collective bargaining agreement,
employment contract or Employee Plans, or for wages, salaries,
other compensation or employee benefits, or with respect to
compliance with applicable legal requirements relating to minimum
wages, overtime rates, labor or employment; (v) any litigation
arising from or relating to facts or circumstances existing as of
the Closing Date or any conduct of Sellers; (vi) any
liabilities in
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respect
of or arising out of any and all Taxes of Sellers; (vii) any
liabilities arising in connection with Excluded Assets; and
(viii) any other liabilities of Sellers of any nature.
2.7 Assignments of
Assumed Contracts.
Buyer and Sellers acknowledge that
certain of the Assumed Contracts to be included in the Assets, and
the rights and benefits thereunder necessary or appropriate or
relating to the conduct of the business and activities of the
Operating Sellers and/or any of the Stations, may not, by their
terms, be assignable. Anything in this Agreement or in the
Assignment and Assumption Agreement to the contrary
notwithstanding, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement
to assign any such Assumed Contract, and Buyer shall not be deemed
to have assumed the same or to be required to perform any
obligations thereunder, if an attempted assignment thereof, without
the consent of a third party thereto, would constitute a breach
thereof or in any way affect the rights under any such Assumed
Contract of Buyer or the Operating Sellers thereunder. In such
event, Sellers will cooperate with Buyer to provide for Buyer all
benefits to which either of the Operating Sellers is entitled under
such Assumed Contracts, and Buyer agrees to perform all obligations
accruing or arising after the Closing thereunder, but not as a
result of any previous breach, or default thereof or performance
thereunder (including subleasing or subcontracting, if permitted).
Any transfer or assignment to Buyer by the Operating Sellers of any
such Assumed Contract or any right or benefit arising thereunder or
resulting therefrom which shall require the consent or approval of
any third party shall be made subject to such consent or approval
being obtained. Each of Sellers will use its commercially
reasonable efforts prior to, and if requested by Buyer after, the
Closing Date to obtain all necessary consents to the transfer and
assignment of Assumed Contracts.
2.8 Certain Debt,
Payables and Expenses.
Prior to or contemporaneously with
the Closing, Sellers shall pay and discharge all liabilities and
obligations of Sellers secured by a security interest in any of the
Assets or owed to any vendors and other persons and entities with
which Buyer reasonably expects to maintain business relations at
any time after such Closing.
2.9 Escrow
Agreement.
At Closing Sellers, Buyer and an
escrow agent to be mutually selected by Sellers and Buyer (the
“ Escrow Agent ” shall execute an Escrow
Agreement (the “ Escrow Agreement ”)
substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit 2.9 , pursuant to which Buyer shall place into
an escrow account (the “ Escrow Account ”) on
the Closing the Escrow Amount, which shall be held and distributed
by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of the Escrow
Agreement.
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SECTION 3
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF SELLERS
Each of Sellers, jointly and
severally, represents and warrants to Buyer as follows:
3.1 Organization and
Good Standing .
(a) 1051FM is a limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Kansas. 1051FM has all
requisite limited liability company power and authority to conduct
its business as it is now being conducted and to own, lease and
operate its properties. 1051FM is not qualified to do business as a
foreign limited liability company in any jurisdiction as the
character of its assets owned or held under lease or the nature of
its activities does not make 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. 1051FM has made available to Buyer true, correct and
complete copies of 1051FM’s Governing Documents (in each
case, as amended to the date hereof). Susquehanna is a partnership
duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Susquehanna has all requisite
partnership power and authority to conduct its business as it is
now being conducted and to own, lease and operate its properties.
Susquehanna is duly qualified to do business as a foreign
partnership 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)(ii) hereto. Susquehanna has made
available to Buyer true, correct and complete copies of
Susquehanna’s Governing Documents (in each case, as amended
to the date hereof). Radio is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania. Radio 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. Radio 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. Radio has made available to Buyer
true, correct and complete copies of Radio’s Governing
Documents (in each case, as amended to the date hereof).
(b)
Schedule 3.1(b)(i) 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 either of the Operating Sellers as of
the date of this Agreement.
(c) Except as listed in
Schedule 3.1(b)(i) , neither of the Operating Sellers
has 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(c) , the operations of the Stations and
the Business have not been conducted through any direct or indirect
subsidiary, or Affiliate of or Related Person to the Operating
Sellers, and none of the Assets or Businesses is owned, held, used
or conducted by any Person other than the Operating Sellers.
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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
Sellers in connection with this Agreement (collectively, the
“ Seller Documents ”) will constitute, the
legal, valid and binding obligation of each of Sellers, enforceable
against each of them in accordance with its terms (assuming this
Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of, and
enforceable against, Buyer), subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to
creditors’ rights and general principles of equity relating
to enforceability. Each of Sellers 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 Seller 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 limited liability company, partnership or
corporate action, as applicable. All limited liability, partnership
or corporate proceedings, as applicable, and any action required to
be taken by Sellers relating to the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Seller Documents and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
have been duly taken or will have been duly taken prior to
Closing.
(b) Except as set forth in
Schedule 3.2(b) , none of the execution, delivery or
performance of this Agreement and the Seller Documents nor the
consummation or performance hereof or thereof will (with or without
notice or lapse of time):
(i) 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 any
of the Sellers, or (B) any resolution adopted by the managers
or members of 1051FM, the partners of Susquehanna, or the directors
or shareholders of Radio;
(ii) 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 transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to
exercise any remedy or obtain any relief under, any Legal
Requirement or any Order to which Sellers may be subject;
(iii) 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 any of the Sellers;
(iv) 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 affect
any Intangible that is material to the Business or the operation of
any of the Stations; or
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(v) 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 Seller Documents by Sellers
does not, and the consummation by Sellers of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement will not, require any consent of any
Governmental Body or self-regulatory organization, except
for:
(i) the pre-merger notification
requirements of the HSR Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder;
(ii) applicable filings with and
approvals of the FCC pursuant to the Communications Act and any
regulations promulgated thereunder; or
(iii) as otherwise set forth in
Schedule 3.17(a) .
3.3
Capitalization.
As of the date hereof, the
authorized, issued and outstanding equity interests of each of the
Operating Sellers is as set forth on Schedule 3.3
.
3.4 Financial
Statements.
(a) Sellers have delivered to
Buyer: (i) an unaudited consolidating balance sheet of each
Operating Seller as of December 31, 2004 (the “
Balance Sheets ”), and the related unaudited
consolidating statement of operations for the fiscal year then
ended; (ii) unaudited consolidating balance sheets of each
Operating Seller as of December 31 in each of the fiscal years
2002 and 2003, and the related unaudited consolidating statement of
operations for each of the fiscal years then ended; and
(iii) an unaudited condensed consolidating balance sheet of
each Operating Seller as of June 30, 2005, (the “
Interim Balance Sheets ”) and the related unaudited
condensed consolidating statement of operations for the six months
then ended, certified by the Operating Sellers’
controller.
(b) The Financial Statements
delivered pursuant to paragraph (a) above fairly present (and
the Financial Statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.13
will fairly present) the financial condition and the results of
operations of the Operating Sellers and the Business as at the
respective dates of and for the periods referred to in such
Financial Statements all in accordance with GAAP (subject to the
absence of footnotes and normal year end audit adjustments, none of
which individually or in the aggregate are material). The Financial
Statements referred to in this Section 3.4 and delivered
pursuant to Section 5.13 reflect and will reflect the
consistent application of GAAP throughout the periods involved,
except as disclosed therein or herein. The Financial Statements
have been and will be prepared from and are in accordance with the
books and records of Operating Sellers. 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 expressly specified therein, and include all adjustments, which
consist only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for such fair
presentation. To the Knowledge of Sellers, the revenue pacing
reports for the Stations heretofore or hereafter delivered to Buyer
are and shall be true and accurate in all material respects. All
accounts receivable of the Operating Sellers arising
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prior to
the date hereof have arisen, and all accounts receivable of the
Operating Sellers 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.
(c) Except as and to the extent
reflected in the Financial Statements, neither of the Operating
Sellers 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.
3.5 Books And
Records.
The financial books and records of
the Operating Sellers, all of which have been, or will be prior to
Closing, made available to Buyer, are complete and correct and
represent actual, bona fide transactions. The FCC Logs of the
Stations are complete and correct in all material respects.
3.6 Condition of
Tangible Personal Property.
The Tangible Personal Property, in
the aggregate, is in good operating condition, ordinary wear and
tear excepted, and is sufficient to continue to operate the
Business after Closing in the Ordinary Course of Business as
currently operated by Sellers. No item of Tangible Personal
Property is in need of repair or replacement other than as part of
routine maintenance in the Ordinary Course of Business. Except as
disclosed in Schedule 3.6 , all Tangible Personal
Property is in the possession of the Operating Sellers. All
material items of transmitting and studio equipment included in the
Tangible Personal Property (a) have been maintained in a
manner consistent with generally accepted standards of good
engineering practice customary to the radio industry, and
(b) will permit the Business to operate in accordance with the
terms of the Commission Authorizations, the Communications Act and
the policies, rules and regulations of the FCC and FAA and in all
material respects with all other applicable Legal
Requirements.
3.7 Owned Real
Property.
Schedule 3.7 sets forth
a correct legal description, street address and tax parcel
identification number of all tracts of Land comprising the Owned
Real Property and, to the extent applicable, the particular
Station(s) whose operations (including specifically transmission
facilities) are located on such tract of the Owned Real Property.
The Operating Sellers do not have an ownership interest in any real
property other than the Owned Real Property nor is any real
property owned by any Affiliate of or Related Person to the
Operating Sellers used in the Business.
3.8 Leased Real
Property.
(a) Schedule 3.8
sets forth a correct legal description, except with respect to
multi-tenant properties, and street address of all tracts of Real
Property comprising the Leased Real Property and an accurate
description (with, to the extent applicable, location, name of
lessor
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or
lessee, description of space, and the particular Station(s) whose
operations (including specifically transmission facilities) are
located on such tract of Leased Real Property) for all leases in
respect thereof (“ Real Property Leases ”).
Except for the Leased Real Property, Sellers do not have a
leasehold interest in, any other real property nor is any other
leased real property used in the Business.
(b) Prior to the date hereof,
Sellers have provided to Buyer true and correct copies of all Real
Property Leases together with true and correct copies of any
written amendments or modifications or other agreements with
respect to, or relating to, the Real Property Leases, and written
disclosure of any oral agreements with respect to, or relating to,
the Real Property Leases.
(c) The Real Property Leases are
all presently in full force and effect and are the entire agreement
between the Operating Sellers and the other parties thereunder.
Each of the Operating Sellers has fully and completely performed in
all material respects all of its duties and obligations under the
Real Property Leases arising on or before the date hereof. To the
Knowledge of Sellers, there are no material defaults by any of the
other parties under any of the Real Property Leases, or any
existing conditions that could become defaults with the passage of
time.
3.9 Title to Real and
Tangible Personal Property; Encumbrances.
(a) Each of the Operating
Sellers owns good and marketable title to its respective estates in
the Real Property, free and clear of any Encumbrances, other
than:
(i) liens for Taxes for the current
tax year which are not yet due and payable;
(ii) any matter of public record,
provided that such matter does not have a material adverse effect
on such Seller’s operation of the Station or Stations to
which such matter pertains;
(iii) rights-of-way granted pursuant
to Governmental Authorizations, provided that such rights-of-way do
not have a material adverse effect on such Seller’s operation
of the related Station(s); and
(iv) those described in
Schedule 3.9(a) (the “ Real Estate
Encumbrances ”).
True and complete copies of
(A) all deeds, existing title insurance policies, surveys,
plans, specifications, environmental, engineering, soil and
mechanical reports and audits, real property and other ad valorem
tax bills, service and other agreements and Governmental
Authorizations with respect to the Real Property and Improvements,
to the extent available, of or pertaining to the Real Property
either have been or will be made available to Buyer upon request or
in any event will be prior to the Closing Date and (B) all
instruments, agreements and other documents evidencing, creating or
constituting any Real Estate Encumbrances have been made available
to Buyer.
(b) Each of the Operating
Sellers owns good and transferable title to its respective items of
the Tangible Personal Property that are not subject to a Personal
Property Lease, free
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and
clear of any Encumbrances other than those described in
Schedule 3.9(b) (the “ Non-Real Estate
Encumbrances ”).
(c) Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.9(c) , the Operating Sellers own or lease
all material properties and other assets currently used in the
conduct of the Business and the Assets comprise all such properties
and assets.
(d) None of the Sellers has
received notice or has Knowledge of any pending, threatened or
contemplated material condemnation Proceeding affecting the Real
Property or the Real Property Leases or any part thereof, or of any
sale or other disposition of the Real Property or any part thereof
in lieu of condemnation, or any pending, threatened or contemplated
material Proceeding against, by or affecting Sellers affecting the
Real Property or the Real Property Leases.
3.10 Condition of
Facilities.
Use of the Land for the various
purposes for which it is presently being used is permitted as of
right under all applicable zoning Legal Requirements. All
Improvements are in material compliance with all applicable Legal
Requirements, including those pertaining to zoning, building and
the disabled and are in good repair and good condition, ordinary
wear and tear excepted. Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.10 , no part of any such Improvement
encroaches on any real property not included in the Land, and there
are no buildings, antenna towers, guy anchors, ground radials or
other improvements primarily situated on adjoining property that
encroach on any part of the Land. The Land for each Station
facility abuts on and has direct vehicular access to a public road
or has access to a public road via a permanent, irrevocable,
appurtenant easement benefiting such Land and comprising a part of
the Real Property Interests, is supplied with public or
quasi-public utilities, if necessary for the operations currently
being conducted thereon, and other services necessary for the
operation of the Station facilities located thereon.
3.11 Commission
Authorizations.
(a)
Schedule 3.11(a) sets forth a true and complete list of
(i) all Commission Authorizations issued to either of the
Operating Sellers by the FCC, and (ii) all applications
(collectively, the “ Pending Applications ”)
currently pending before the FCC filed by or on behalf of the
Operating Sellers.
(b) Except as set forth on
Schedule 3.11(b) , (i) the entities identified in
Schedule 3.11(a) as being FCC licensees hold the
Commission Authorizations for the respective Stations;
(ii) the Commission Authorizations are all of the Commission
Authorizations, permits or other authorizations from the FCC
necessary for the entity identified as licensee therein to operate
the class of station, and to serve the community of license,
identified in Schedule 3.11(a) ; (iii) all of the
Commission Authorizations are in full force and effect;
(iv) each of the Stations is being operated in all material
respects in accordance with the applicable Commission
Authorizations, the Communications Act and the FCC’s rules,
regulations and policies; (v) the Commission Authorizations
are not subject to any conditions other than those set forth on the
Commission Authorizations themselves or those conditions applicable
under the
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Communications Act and the FCC’s policies, rules and
regulations to radio stations in the same service and of the same
class; (vi) to the Knowledge of Sellers, no Station is causing
interference in violation of the FCC’s rules, regulations and
policies with the transmissions of any other station or
communications facility, and none of the Sellers has received any
complaints with respect thereto, and, to the Knowledge of Sellers,
no station or communications facility is causing interference in
violation of the FCC rules, regulations and policies with any
transmissions of any Station or the public’s reception of
such transmissions; (vii) where required by Legal
Requirements, all antenna towers used in connection with any
Station have been registered with the FCC and the FAA in accordance
with the FCC’s and the FAA’s respective rules,
regulations and policies; (viii) to the Knowledge of Sellers,
there is no rulemaking, investigation or other Proceeding pending
or threatened in any Governmental Body that might result in the
revocation, non-renewal or adverse modifications of any Commission
Authorization or otherwise adversely affect the operation or
business of any Station, other than such rulemakings,
investigations or Proceedings that would affect the industry
generally; (ix) there is no FCC Order outstanding relating to
any one or more of the Stations which has not been satisfied; and
(x) none of the Sellers has any Knowledge of facts that would
cause the FCC not to renew any of the Commission Authorizations for
a full term without adverse modification or to impose any
nonstandard conditions on such renewal.
(c) To the extent there is any
conflict between the representations in this Section 3.11 and
the representations in any other section herein, the
representations in this Section 3.11 shall govern.
3.12
Insolvency.
No insolvency proceedings of any
character, including bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization,
composition or arrangement with creditors, voluntary or
involuntary, affecting either of the Operating Sellers or the
Assets, are pending or, to Knowledge of Sellers, threatened.
Neither of the Operating Sellers has made an assignment for the
benefit of creditors. Neither of the Operating Sellers will become
insolvent as a result of entering into or performing this
Agreement.
3.13 Intellectual
Property Assets.
Set forth on
Schedule 3.13 is a true and complete list of all
Intangibles material to the Business or any of the Stations and all
contracts, agreements, commitments or licenses relating to such
Intangibles, owned or licensed by the Operating Sellers (the
“ Intellectual Property Assets ”). Except as set
forth on Schedule 3.13 , the Operating Sellers own or
are licensed to use all Intangibles material to the Business or any
of the Stations, and currently used in the conduct of the Business
free and clear of any material Encumbrances. No such rights and
interests will be adversely affected by the transaction
contemplated by this Agreement. None of the Sellers has any
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