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GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

Guarantee Agreement

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT | Document Parties: Cash Management Bank | Cash Management Services | CMP SUSQUEHANNA RADIO HOLDINGS CORP, CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP | Goldman Sachs Credit Partners LP | Holdings, Deutsche Bank Trust Company | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated | UBS Securities LLC You are currently viewing:
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Title: GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
Date: 6/6/2007

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, Parties: cash management bank , cash management services , cmp susquehanna radio holdings corp  cmp susquehanna corp , goldman sachs credit partners lp , holdings  deutsche bank trust company , merrill lynch  pierce  fenner & smith incorporated , ubs securities llc
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EXHIBIT 10.2
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
dated as of
May 5, 2006,
among
CMP SUSQUEHANNA RADIO HOLDINGS CORP.,
CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.,
THE SUBSIDIARIES OF CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.
IDENTIFIED HEREIN
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Administrative Agent

 


 
Table of Contents
                 
            Page
ARTICLE I Definitions     2  
 
               
 
  Section 1.01.   Credit Agreement     2  
 
  Section 1.02.   Other Defined Terms     3  
 
               
ARTICLE II Guarantee     3  
 
               
 
  Section 2.01.   Guarantee     3  
 
  Section 2.02.   Guarantee of Payment     4  
 
  Section 2.03.   No Limitations     4  
 
  Section 2.04.   Reinstatement     5  
 
  Section 2.05.   Agreement To Pay; Subrogation     5  
 
  Section 2.06.   Information     5  
 
               
ARTICLE III Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination     5  
 
               
 
  Section 3.01.   Indemnity and Subrogation     5  
 
  Section 3.02.   Contribution and Subrogation     6  
 
  Section 3.03.   Subordination     7  
 
               
ARTICLE IV Miscellaneous     7  
 
               
 
  Section 4.01.   Notices     7  
 
  Section 4.02.   Waivers; Amendment     7  
 
  Section 4.03.   Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification     8  
 
  Section 4.04.   Successors and Assigns     9  
 
  Section 4.05.   Survival of Agreement     9  
 
  Section 4.06.   Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement     9  
 
  Section 4.07.   Severability     10  
 
  Section 4.08.   Right of Set-Off     10  
 
  Section 4.09.   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process     10  
 
  Section 4.10.   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL     11  
 
  Section 4.11.   Headings     11  
 
  Section 4.12.   Obligations Absolute     11  
 
  Section 4.13.   Termination or Release     12  
 
  Section 4.14.   Additional Restricted Subsidiaries     12  
 
  Section 4.15.   Recourse     13  
 
  Section 4.16.   Limitation on Guaranteed Obligations     13  
 
               
SCHEDULES        
 
  Schedule 1   -      Subsidiary Roles        
 
               
EXHIBITS        
 
  Exhibit 1   -      Form of Guarantee Supplement        

 


 
     GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated as of May 5, 2006 among CMP SUSQUEHANNA RADIO HOLDINGS CORP. (“ Holdings ”), CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP. (the “ Borrower ”), the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified herein and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Administrative Agent.
     Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 5, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, Holdings, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer, each Lender from time to time party thereto, UBS Securities LLC, as Syndication Agent, and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P., as Co-Documentation Agents.
     The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, the Hedge Banks have agreed to enter into and/or maintain one or more Secured Hedge Agreements on the terms and conditions set forth therein and the Cash Management Banks have agreed to provide and/or maintain Cash Management Services on the terms and conditions agreed upon by the Borrower or the respective Restricted Subsidiary and such Cash Management Bank. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit, the obligation of the Hedge Banks to enter into and/or maintain such Secured Hedge Agreements and the obligation of the Cash Management Banks to provide and/or maintain Cash Management Services are, in each case, conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Guarantor. Holdings, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Parties are affiliates of one another, will derive substantial benefits from (i) the extensions of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement, (ii) the entering into and/or maintaining by the Hedge Banks of Secured Hedge Agreements with the Borrower and/or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (iii) the providing and/or maintaining of Cash Management Services by the Cash Management Banks to the Borrower and/or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit, the Hedge Banks to enter into and/or maintain such Secured Hedge Agreements and the Cash Management Banks to provide and/or maintain such Cash Management Services.
     Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing and other benefits accruing to each Guarantor, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and hereby covenants and agrees with each other Guarantor and the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
     Section 1.01. Credit Agreement . (a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Credit Agreement.
     (b) The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.

 


 
     Section 1.02. Other Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
     “ Agreement ” means this Guarantee Agreement.
     “ Credit Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
     “ FCC ” means the Federal Communications Commission.
     “ Guarantee Agreement Supplement ” means an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.
     “ Guaranteed Obligations ” mean the “Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement.
     “ Guaranteed Party ” means Holdings, the Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower party to any Secured Hedge Agreement.
     “ Guarantor ” means each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Party.
     “ Secured Credit Document ” shall mean each Loan Document, each Secured Hedge Agreement and any agreement evidencing any Cash Management Obligation.
     “ Secured Parties ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Colateral Agent, the Lenders, the Hedge Banks the Cash Management Banks, the Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Credit Agreement.
     “ Subsidiary Parties ” means (a) the Restricted Subsidiaries identified on Schedule I and (b) each other Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Party after the Closing Date.
ARTICLE II
Guarantee
     Section 2.01. Guarantee . Each Guarantor irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case, whether such Guaranteed Obligations are now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising out of or in connection with any Secured Credit Document. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended, increased or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to, or further assent from such Guarantor, and that such Guarantor will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension, increase or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. Each of the Guarantors waives presentment to, demand of payment from, and protest to, the applicable Guaranteed Party or any

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other Loan Party of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.
     Section 2.02. Guarantee of Payment . Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of any Guaranteed Party or any other Person.
     Section 2.03. No Limitations . (a) Except for termination of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 4.13, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations, or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Secured Credit Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Secured Credit Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of any security held by the Collateral Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement) or any other Secured Party for the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations). Each Guarantor expressly authorizes the applicable Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations all without affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.
     (b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower of any other Guaranteed Party or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Guaranteed Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations. The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and subject to any required prior approval of the FCC, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any other Guaranteed Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any other Guaranteed Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability

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of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guaranteed Party, as the case may be, or any security.
     Section 2.04. Reinstatement . Each of the Guarantors agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower or any other Guaranteed Party or otherwise.
     Section 2.05. Agreement To Pay; Subrogation . In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Guaranteed Party to pay any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the applicable Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Guaranteed Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Administrative Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guaranteed Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article III.
     Section 2.06. Information . Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s and each other Guaranteed Party’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
ARTICLE III
Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination
     Section 3.01. Indemnity and Subrogation . In addition to all such rights of indemnity and subrogation as the Guarantors may have under applicable law (but subject to Section 3.03), each Guaranteed Party agrees that in the event a payment shall be made by any Guarantor under this Agreement on account of any Obligation owed directly by such Guaranteed Party ( i.e. , other than any obligation arising under this Agreement), such Guaranteed Party shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment and such Guarantor shall be subrogated to the rights of the Person to whom such payment shall have been made to the extent of such payment.

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     Section 3.02. Contribution and Subrogation . At any time a payment by any Subsidiary Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is made under this Agreement that shall not have been fully indemnified as provided in Section 3.01, the right of contribution of each Subsidiary Party against each other Subsidiary Party shall be determined as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence, with the right of contribution of each Subsidiary Party to be revised and restated as of each date on which an unreimbursed payment (a “ Relevant Payment ”) is made on the Guaranteed Obligations under this Agreement. At any time that a Relevant Payment is made by a Subsidiary Party that results in the aggregate payments made by such Subsidiary Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date of the Relevant Payment exceeding such Subsidiary Party’s Contribution Percentage (as defined below) of the aggregate payments made by all Subsidiary Parties in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date of the Relevant Payment (such excess, the “ Aggregate Excess Amount ”), each such Subsidiary Party shall have a right of contribution against each other Subsidiary Party who has made payments in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations to and including the date of the Relevant Payment in an aggregate amount less than such other Subsidiary Party’s Contribution Percentage of the aggregate payments made to and including the date of the Relevant Payment by all Subsidiary Parties in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations (the aggregate amount of such deficit, the “ Aggregate Deficit Amount ”) in an amount equal to (x) a fraction the numerator of which is the Aggregate Excess Amount of such Subsidiary Party and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Excess Amount of all Subsidiary Parties multiplied by (y) the Aggregate Deficit Amount of such other Subsidiary Party. A Subsidiary Party’s right of contribution pursuant to the preceding sentences shall arise at the time of each computation, subject to adjustment to the time of each computation; provided that all contribution rights of such Subsidiary Party shall be subject to Section 3.03. As used in this Section 3.02: (i) each Subsidiary Party’s “ Contribution Percentage ” shall mean the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the Adjusted Net Worth (as defined below) of such Subsidiary Party by (y) the aggregate Adjusted Net Worth of all Subsidiary Parties; (ii) the “ Adjusted Net Worth ” of each Subsidiary Party shall mean the greater of (x) the Net Worth (as defined below) of such Subsidiary Party and (y) zero; and (iii) the “ Net Worth ” of each Subsidiary Party shall mean the amount by which the fair saleable value of such Subsidiary Party’s assets on the date of any Relevant Payment exceeds its existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities, but without giving effect to any Guaranteed Obligations arising under this Agreement or any guaranteed obligations arising under any guaranty of the Senior Subordinated Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof) on such date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, any Subsidiary Party that is released from this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.13 hereof shall thereafter have no contribution obligations, or rights, pursuant to this Section 3.02, and at the time of any such release, if the released Subsidiary Party had an Aggregate Excess Amount or an Aggregate Deficit Amount, same shall be deemed reduced to $0, and the contribution rights and obligations of the remaining Subsidiary Parties shall be recalculated on the respective date of release (as otherwise provided above) based on the payments made hereunder by the remaining Subsidiary Parties. Each of the Subsidiary Parties recognizes and acknowledges that the rights to contribution arising hereunder shall constitute an asset in favor of the party entitled to such contribution. In this connection, each Subsidiary Party has the right to waive its contribution right against any other Subsidiary Party to the extent that after giving effect to such waiver such Subsidiary Party would remain solvent, in the determination of the Required Lenders.

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     Section 3.03. Subordination . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors under Sections 3.01 and 3.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations; provided, that if any amount shall be paid to such Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time prior to the irrevocable payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Secured Parties and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with Section 8.04 of the Credit Agreement. No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor to make the payments required by Sections 3.01 and 3.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
Miscellaneous
     Section 4.01. Notices . All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Subsidiary Party shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 10.02 of the Credit Agreement.
     Section 4.02. Waivers; Amendment . (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or any Lender in e

 
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