PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS Pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 27, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, including all schedules and exhibits thereto, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Neptune Merger Sub, Inc., a Virginia corporation and a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Nexstar Borrower (the “Merger Sub”) and Media General, Inc., a Virginia corporation (“Media General”), the Nexstar Borrower will acquire (the “Acquisition”) Media General by causing Merger Sub to merge with and into Media General with Media General being the surviving corporation, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. The Nexstar Borrower and the VIE Borrowers have requested the applicable lenders to extend credit to the applicable borrowers under various revolving credit facilities (including sub-facilities) and term facilities under a credit agreement with Nexstar Borrower and a credit agreement with each of the Borrower, the Xxxxxxxx Borrower and the Shield Borrowers respectively to finance the Acquisition and the Transaction Expenses and, in connection therewith, to consummate the refinancing of certain credit facilities, including to refinance (i) the loans and borrowings of the Nexstar Borrower under the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2012, by and among the Nexstar Borrower, Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, collateral agent, letter of credit issuer and swing line lender (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing Nexstar Credit Agreement”), (ii) the loans and borrowings of the Borrower under the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2012, by and among the Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing Mission Credit Agreement”), (iii) the loans and borrowings of Xxxxxxxx Broadcasting Group, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Xxxxxxxx Borrower”) under the Credit Agreement dated as of December 1, 2014 by and among the Xxxxxxxx Borrower, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as the administrative agent, the collateral agent and the letter of credit issuer (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Existing Xxxxxxxx Credit Agreement”), (iv) the loans and borrowings of WXXA-TV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and WLAJ-TV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Shield Borrowers”) under the Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2013 by and among the Shield Borrowers, Shield Media LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Shield Lansing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Shield Holdings”), the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Royal Bank of Canada, as the administrative agent and the collateral agent (the “Existing Shield Credit Agreement”) and (v) the loans and borrowings of Media General under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of July 31, 2013 by and among Media General, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, and Royal Bank of Canada, as the administrative agent, the letter of credit issuer, the swing line lender and the collateral agent (the “Existing Media General Credit Agreement”). The Nexstar Borrower has agreed to guarantee, and cause Nexstar Media and certain of its Subsidiaries to guarantee, the obligations of each VIE Borrower under the applicable VIE Credit Agreement and certain hedging/cash management obligations of each such VIE Borrower. To the extent required under the Nexstar Credit Agreement, each VIE Borrower has agreed to guarantee, and cause certain of its Restricted Subsidiaries to guarantee, the Nexstar Borrower’s obligations under the Nexstar Credit Agreement and certain hedging/cash management obligations of the Nexstar Borrower. The lenders to the Nexstar Borrower and the lenders to each of the VIE Borrowers have agreed that (i) certain commitments and/or loans of the same Class under the applicable Group Credit Agreements shall be held on a pro rata basis among lenders of the applicable Class under such Group Credit Agreements, (ii) certain voting rights under the Group Credit Agreements shall be exercised on an aggregated basis among the lenders under the Group Credit Agreements, (iii) after the exercise of any remedy under any Group Credit Agreement or other Group Loan Document, all payments received by the Group Lenders shall be applied in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement Among Group Lenders and (iv) they shall be otherwise bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement Among Group Lenders. In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
