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• Information Systems Acquisition Development and Maintenance a. Client Data – Client Data will only be used by State Street for the purposes specified in this Agreement.

• Notice to Proceed - Land Acquisition The acquisition of the Land shall not occur until the Director has issued a written Notice to Proceed for land acquisition to the Recipient (the "Notice to Proceed"). Such Notice to Proceed will not be issued until the Director has received a Request to Proceed acceptable to the Director and is assured that the Recipient has complied with all requirements for the approval of a grant under Revised Code Sections 164.20 through 164.27 and any requirements for land acquisition set forth in this Agreement, including without limitation the OPWC's approval of the proposed Deed Restrictions and Title Agent. The Notice to Proceed also shall specify the time frame for the Closing.

• Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc The Borrower will not be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, or, sell, transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or assign with or without recourse any Loan, Contracts, Related Security or other Collateral or any interest therein (other than pursuant to and in accordance with the Transaction Documents).

• Mergers, Acquisition, Sales, etc The Servicer will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless the Servicer is the surviving entity and unless: (i) the Servicer has delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that any consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental agreement comply with this Section 5.5 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and, in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, that such supplemental agreement is legal, valid and binding with respect to the Servicer and such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request; (ii) the Servicer shall have delivered notice of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent; (iii) after giving effect thereto, no Termination Event or Servicer Default or event that with notice or lapse of time would constitute either a Termination Event or a Servicer Default shall have occurred; and (iv) the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent have consented in writing to such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer.

• Mergers, Acquisitions, Etc Merge or consolidate with any other entity or acquire all or a material part of the assets of any person or entity, or form or create any new Subsidiary or affiliate, or commence operations under any other name, organization, or entity, including any joint venture.

• Land Acquisition Reimbursement for the costs associated with acquiring interest and/or rights to real property (including access rights through ingress/egress easements, leases, license agreements, or other site access agreements; and/or obtaining record title ownership of real property through purchase) must be supported by the following, as applicable: Copies of Property Appraisals, Environmental Site Assessments, Surveys and Legal Descriptions, Boundary Maps, Acreage Certification, Title Search Reports, Title Insurance, Closing Statements/Documents, Deeds, Leases, Easements, License Agreements, or other legal instrument documenting acquired property interest and/or rights. If land acquisition costs are used to meet match requirements, Xxxxxxx agrees that those funds shall not be used as match for any other Agreement supported by State or Federal funds.

• Mergers and Acquisitions The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become a party to any merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or agree to or effect any asset acquisition or stock acquisition, or enter into any LMA Agreement, except: (a) upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the merger or consolidation of one (1) or more of the Operating Subsidiaries of the Borrower with and into the Borrower, or the merger or consolidation of two (2) or more wholly-owned (A) Operating Subsidiaries or (B) License Subsidiaries of the Borrower, so long as in each case the surviving Subsidiary is a Guarantor; (b) after the Revert Date upon prior written notice to the Administrative Agent, the acquisition (whether pursuant to an Asset Swap or otherwise) of stock, or other securities of, or any assets of, any Person, in each case to the extent such acquisition would involve all or substantially all of a radio broadcasting, television broadcasting or publishing business or business unit thereof, provided that: (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from such acquisition; (ii) not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the consummation of such proposed acquisition, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a duly executed certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, and upon the Administrative Agent’s request, such financial projections as shall be necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, to demonstrate that, after giving effect to such acquisition, all covenants contained herein will be satisfied on a Pro Forma Basis and that the Borrower’s ability to satisfy its payment obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents will not be impaired in any way; (iii) all actions have been taken to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent to provide to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, a first priority perfected security interest in all of the assets so acquired (excluding any Excluded Assets) pursuant to the Security Documents, free of all Liens other than Permitted Liens; (iv) in the event of a stock acquisition, the acquired Person shall become a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and shall comply with the terms and conditions set forth in §9.15; (v) the board of directors and (if required by applicable law) the shareholders, or the equivalent thereof, of the business to be acquired has approved such acquisition; (vi) all of the Borrower’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ (as the case may be) rights and interests in, to and under each contract and agreement entered into by such Person in connection with such acquisition to the extent permitted have been assigned to the Administrative Agent as security for the irrevocable payment and performance in full of the Obligations, pursuant to Collateral Assignments of Contracts in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent; (vii) in the case of any acquisition involving domestic radio or television assets, the FCC shall have issued orders approving or consenting to such acquisition; (viii) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that all liens and encumbrances with respect to the properties and assets so acquired, other than Permitted liens, have been discharged in full; (ix) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (A) evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that the Borrower or such Subsidiary has completed such acquisition in accordance with the terms of the contracts and agreements entered into by such Person in connection with such acquisition, and (B) certified copies of all such documents shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent; (x) all FCC Licenses acquired in connection with such acquisition shall be transferred immediately upon consummation of such acquisition to a License Subsidiary; (xi) substantially contemporaneously with such acquisition, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an updated Schedule 8.3(b) and an updated Schedule 8.21 to this Credit Agreement, as applicable, after giving effect to such acquisition.

• Information Acquisition Connecting Transmission Owner and Developer shall each submit specific information regarding the electrical characteristics of their respective facilities to the other, and to NYISO, as described below and in accordance with Applicable Reliability Standards.

• Land Acquisition Disbursement To initiate the purchase of the Land, the Recipient must first complete and submit a written Request to Proceed to the Director prior to Closing. The Request to Proceed must name the proposed Title Agent and must indicate the amount of Funds requested from the OPWC for the land acquisition, including expected settlement costs, based upon the participation ratio and the amount of funds expected from any Matching Funds. The Request to Proceed must contain as attachments: (a) a copy of the proposed Deed Restrictions; (b) a copy of the executed purchase agreement with respect to, or such other agreement to convey an interest in, the Land between the Recipient and the Land owner; (c) a copy of the performed appraisal according to the specifications provided by the Director; (d) evidence satisfactory to the Director that Recipient will acquire marketable title to the Land at Closing; and (d) if the Recipient desires to elect the pre-closing option described below (i) a copy of the signed escrow agreement among Recipient, Title Agent and the OPWC, executed by Recipient and Title Agent, substantially in the form of Appendix F of this Agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") and (ii) if the Title Agent is an agent for a title insurance company, rather than a title company itself, a closing protection letter issued by the title insurance company to the OPWC. Funds for land acquisition shall be disbursed to the Recipient, as part of a grant to the Recipient pursuant to Revised Code Sections 164.20 through 164.27, pursuant to the pre-closing option and/or the reimbursement option, as described in subsections 5(a) and 5(b), respectively.

• Investments and Acquisitions Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding, acquire, commit itself to acquire or hold any Investment (including any Investment consisting of the acquisition of any business) (or become contractually committed to do so) except for the following: (a) Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (a) which are domestic Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement or (b) which become domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and become Guarantors to the extent required by Section 10.09; provided, however, that the aggregate book value of all assets (other than intercompany obligations) owned by Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed $10,000,000. (b) Intercompany loans and advances from any Subsidiary to the Company or any Guarantor that, in the case of loans or advances from Foreign Subsidiaries, are subordinated to the Obligations in accordance with the Foreign Subsidiary Subordination Agreement. (c) Investments in Cash Equivalents. (d) Guarantees permitted by Section 6.06. (e) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and so long as the Company (if the Company is party thereto) or a Guarantor (if the Company is not party thereto) is the surviving entity, the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire another entity in the same line of business as the Company as described in Section 6.02(a) if: (i) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the purchase price for all such acquisitions permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(i) does not exceed, except with the consent of the Required Lenders, $100,000,000 in cash (excluding consideration consisting of Capital Stock, the proceeds of the issuance of Capital Stock or Subordinated Indebtedness) in the aggregate over the term of the Agreement; (ii) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the Company and its Subsidiaries may make unlimited acquisitions; provided, however that in the event a transaction permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) would, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto, cause the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.50, the portion of the cash purchase price with respect to such transaction attributed to causing the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be greater than 2.50 shall only be permitted to be paid to the extent the Company has sufficient availability in the $100,000,000 basket set forth in clause (e)(i) to take into account such excess amount; provided, further, that with respect to any acquisition permitted pursuant to this Section 6.08(e)(ii), (i) the acquisition must be approved by the target entity’s board of directors, (ii) the Company must be in compliance with the Computation Covenants immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, (iii) the acquired entity must not have any environmental liabilities which, after giving effect to such acquisition, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) any Subsidiary acquired under this Section 6.08(e) (other than (a) a Foreign Subsidiary or (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary if the aggregate book value of the assets (other than intercompany obligations) of all Immaterial Subsidiaries acquired under this Section 6.08(e) since the Closing Date does not exceed $10,000,000) shall guarantee the Obligations, as contemplated by Section 10.09. (f) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make (i) Investments in Unrestricted Affiliates engaged in businesses contemplated by Section 6.02(a) and (ii) Investments consisting of contributions of Property to Unrestricted Affiliates, in an aggregate amount for all such Investments permitted pursuant to this clause (f) (calculated at net book value at the time of such Investment), when taken together with the aggregate amount of all Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 6.10(e), not to exceed $100,000,000. (g) Loans or advances to employees of the Company in an amount not to exceed (i) $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for the purchase of capital stock of the Company and (ii) $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for all other purposes. (h) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in foreign Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that other than with respect to Investments outstanding as of the Closing Date as described on Schedule 6.08(h), (i) such Investments shall not involve the transfer of substantial noncash assets from the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries to its Foreign Subsidiaries other than up to $35,000,000 in book value of foreign patents and foreign trademarks; and (ii) net cash Investments of the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries in Foreign Subsidiaries made pursuant to this Section 6.08(h) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $125,000,000 in the aggregate. (i) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and provided that the Company complies with Section 10.09, the Company may create a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that constitutes a holding company for the Company’s European Subsidiaries.