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Title: GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/2/2009
Industry: Printing and Publishing     Sector: Services

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT, Parties: belo corp , jpmorgan chase bank  na
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Exhibit 10.1.4

 

GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

dated as of

February 26, 2009,

among

BELO CORP.,

THE SUBSIDIARIES OF BELO CORP.
IDENTIFIED HEREIN

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms

 

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02. Other Defined Terms

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guarantee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01. Guarantee

 

 

3

 

SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee

 

 

3

 

SECTION 2.03. No Limitations

 

 

3

 

SECTION 2.04. Reinstatement

 

 

4

 

SECTION 2.05. Agreement To Pay; Subrogation

 

 

4

 

SECTION 2.06. Information

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indemnity, Subrogation and Subordination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01. Indemnity and Subrogation

 

 

5

 

SECTION 3.02. Contribution and Subrogation

 

 

5

 

SECTION 3.03. Subordination

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01. Notices

 

 

5

 

SECTION 4.02. Waivers; Amendment

 

 

6

 

SECTION 4.03. Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification

 

 

6

 

SECTION 4.04. Successors and Assigns

 

 

7

 

SECTION 4.05. Survival of Agreement

 

 

7

 

SECTION 4.06. Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement

 

 

7

 

SECTION 4.07. Severability

 

 

8

 

SECTION 4.08. Right of Set-Off

 

 

8

 

SECTION 4.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

 

 

8

 

SECTION 4.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

 

9

 

SECTION 4.11. Headings

 

 

9

 

SECTION 4.12. Guarantee Absolute

 

 

9

 

SECTION 4.13. Termination or Release

 

 

9

 

SECTION 4.14. Additional Subsidiaries

 

 

10

 


 

 

 

 

 

Schedules

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

 

Subsidiary Loan Parties

 

 

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit I

 

Form of Supplement


 

 

     GUARANTEE AGREEMENT dated as of February [ ], 2009 (this “ Agreement ”), among BELO CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), each Subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party hereto and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

          Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of February [ ], 2009 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The Lenders have agreed to extend and maintain credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Subsidiaries party hereto are affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension and maintenance of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree 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 Section 1.03 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 ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the heading of this Agreement.

          “ Borrower ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the heading of this Agreement.

          “ Contributing Party ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.02.

          “ Credit Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.


 

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          “ Guaranteed Parties ” means (a) the Lenders, (b) the Administrative Agent, (c) the Issuing Bank, (d) each provider of treasury, depository or cash management services the liabilities in respect of which constitute Obligations, (e) each counterparty to any Hedging Agreement with a Loan Party the obligations under which constitute Obligations, (f) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (g) the permitted successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

          “ Guarantors ” means the Borrower (except in respect of its own Obligations) and each Subsidiary of the Borrower from time to time party hereto.

          “ Loan Document Obligations ” means (a) the due and punctual payment by the Borrower of (i) the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Loans, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon and obligations to provide cash collateral, and (iii) all other monetary obligations of the Borrower to any of the Guaranteed Parties under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents, including obligations to pay fees, expense reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), and (b) the due and punctual payment of all the obligations of each other Loan Party under or pursuant to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding).

          “ Obligations ” means (a) Loan Document Obligations, (b) Any obligations of any Loan Party in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities owed to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender arising from treasury, depository or cash management services or arising in respect of purchasing card programs or travel and entertainment card programs and (c) the due and punctual payment of all obligations of each Loan Party under each Hedging Agreement that (i) is in effect on the date hereof with a counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the date hereof or (ii) is entered into after the date hereof with any counterparty that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Hedging Agreement is entered into.


 

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ARTICLE II

Guarantee

          SECTION 2.01. Guarantee . Each Guarantor unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment of the Obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee hereunder notwithstanding any such extension or renewal of any Obligation. Each Guarantor waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Loan Party of any of the Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.

          SECTION 2.02. Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee . Each Guarantor further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due (whether or not any bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall have stayed the accrual or collection of any of the Obligations or operated as a discharge thereof) and not merely of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Party to any security held for the payment of the Obligations or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Party in favor of the Borrower, any other party, or any other Person. Each Guarantor agrees that its guarantee hereunder is continuing in nature and applies to all Obligations, whether currently existing or hereafter incurred.

          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 Obligations, any impossibility in the performance of the 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 Guaranteed Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of any security held by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Party for the Obligations or any of them; (iv) any default, failure or delay, wilful or otherwise, in the performance of the 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 Obligations).


 

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          (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 or any other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations. The Administrative Agent and the other Guaranteed Parties may, 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 Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any other Loan Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any other Loan Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the 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 may operate, 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 Loan 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 Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Party upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrower, any other Loan 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 Guaranteed Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Loan Party to pay any 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 Guaranteed Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid 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 Loan 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 (a) assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s and each other Loan Party’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and (b) agrees that none of the Administrative Agent or the other Guaranteed Parties will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.


 

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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), the Borrower agrees that in the event a payment in respect of any Obligation shall be made by any Guarantor under this Agreement, the Borrower shall indemnify such Guarantor for the full amount of such payment.

          SECTION 3.02. Contribution and Subrogation . Each Guarantor (a “ Contributing Party ”) agrees (subject to Section 3.03) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Guarantor hereunder in respect of any Obligation and such other Guarantor (the “ Claiming Party ”) shall not have been fully indemnified by the Borrower as provided in Section 3.01, the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to the amount of such payment multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 4.14, the date of the supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Guarantor) and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Guarantors on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 4.14, the date of the supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Guarantor). Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 3.02 shall (subject to S


 
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