AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF RADIO ONE ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, LLC Dated as of December 19, 2018
Exhibit 34.9
Execution Version
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
RADIO ONE ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
Dated as of December 19, 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1. | Organization and Name | 1 |
Section 2. | Principal Business Office | 1 |
Section 3. | Registered Office | 1 |
Section 4. | Registered Agent | 2 |
Section 5. | Members and Member Interests | 2 |
Section 6. | Certificate of Formation; Licensing and Qualification; Existence | 3 |
Section 7. | Limited Purposes | 3 |
Section 8. | Powers | 4 |
Section 9. | Management | 5 |
Section 10. | Independent Manager | 10 |
Section 11. | Officers and Managers | 11 |
Section 12. | Compliance with Gaming Laws | 12 |
Section 13. | Limited Liability | 13 |
Section 14. | Capital Contributions | 13 |
Section 15. | Additional Contributions | 13 |
Section 16. | Allocation of Profits and Losses | 14 |
Section 17. | Distributions | 14 |
Section 18. | Fiscal Year; Books and Records | 14 |
Section 19. | Tax Classification | 14 |
Section 20. | Other Business | 14 |
Section 21. | Exculpation and Indemnification | 15 |
Section 22. | Registration and Transfers | 16 |
Section 23. | Resignation | 17 |
Section 24. | Admission of Additional Members | 17 |
Section 25. | Dissolution, Winding-Up and Termination; Continuation | 18 |
Section 26. | Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest | 19 |
Section 27. | Benefits of Agreement; Third-Party Rights | 19 |
Section 28. | Severability of Provisions | 19 |
Section 29. | Entire Agreement | 19 |
Section 30. | Governing Law | 19 |
Section 31. | Amendments | 19 |
Section 32. | Counterparts | 20 |
Section 33. | Non-Contravention of Credit Documents | 20 |
Section 34. | Notices | 20 |
Section 35. | Binding Agreement | 20 |
Section 36. | Effectiveness | 20 |
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SCHEDULE A – Definitions
SCHEDULE B – Members and Member Interests
SCHEDULE C – Managers
SCHEDULE D – Officers
EXHIBIT A – Independent Manager Agreement
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This Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (together with the schedules attached hereto, and as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”) of Radio One Entertainment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), dated as of December 19, 2018, is entered into by Urban One, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Initial Member”), as the sole member of the Company prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and from and after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Class A Member (together with any other Class A Member admitted to the Company in accordance with Section 24 hereof, the “Class A Members” and each, a “Class A Member”) and Stichting Urban One Entertainment, a foundation incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands (“Stichting Urban One Entertainment”) as a Class B Member (together with any permitted successor or assign, the “Class B Member” and, together with the Class A Members, the “Members” and each, a “Member”). This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of July 1, 2014, save for the Renouncement of Interest by Authorized Person set forth on the signature page thereof, which shall remain in full force and effect to the same extent as if set forth directly herein. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein (including all schedules and exhibits hereto) have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Initial Member, as the sole member of the Company, entered into a Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2014 (the “Original Agreement”) to set forth the Member’s rights and obligations and other matters with respect to the Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, desiring to enter into this Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del. C. § 18-101 et seq.), as amended from time to time (the “Act”), do hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Organization and Name. The Company was organized as a limited liability company pursuant to Section 18-201 of the Act by the filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company (the “Certificate”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 20, 2014. The name of the limited liability company is Radio One Entertainment Holdings, LLC.
Section 3. Registered Office. The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is c/o Corporation Service Company, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ of Wilmington, New ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
Section 4. Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ of Wilmington, New ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇.
Section 5. Members and Member Interests.
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(e) Uncertificated Interests. All Member interests in the Company shall be uncertificated.
Section 6. Certificate of Formation; Licensing and Qualification; Existence.
(a) Certificate of Formation. The delivery and filing of the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.
(a) Purposes. The purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Company shall be solely:
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(i) to be operated to preserve (A) the separateness of the Company from the business and affairs of each Urban One Entity, each Member, each Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and each other Person and (B) until one year and one day after the termination of the Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms and the full and final satisfaction by the Company of all of its obligations under the Credit Documents, the special purpose, bankruptcy remote status of the Company;
(ii) to engage in the activities described in Section 7(b);
(iii) to acquire, own, hold, sell and transfer a member interest in Urban One Entertainment SPV, LLC, and/or MGM National Harbor, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and to receive dividends or distributions therefrom, and to make capital contributions with respect thereto from time to time; provided, that, at all times until the Credit Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms and all amounts due and all obligations of the Company under the Credit Documents have been fully and finally satisfied, such activities shall be as permitted under the Credit Documents;
(iv) to make distributions from time to time to its members; provided, that, at all times until the Credit Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms and all amounts due and all obligations of the Company under the Credit Documents have been fully and finally satisfied, such distributions shall be as permitted under the Credit Documents;
(v) to otherwise enter into, perform its obligations under and take any action required or permitted by, the Credit Documents and all documents, agreements, certificates, financing statements or instruments contemplated thereby or related thereto;
(vi) to apply for, obtain and maintain any authorizations, licenses, permits and approvals required under Gaming Laws that are necessary or advisable to accomplish any of the foregoing purposes; and
(vii) to engage in and perform any lawful act or activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Delaware that are related or incidental to, and necessary, convenient or advisable for, the accomplishment of the above mentioned purposes.
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(c) Meetings of the Board of Managers. The Board of Managers may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Delaware. Regular meetings of the Board of Managers may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Managers. Special meetings of the Board of Managers may be called by the President on not less than one day’s notice to each Operating Manager (and, if any matter referred to in Section 9(j) is to be voted upon at such meeting, each Independent Manger) by telephone, facsimile, mail, telegram or any other means of communication.
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(i) There shall, at all times, be a committee of the Board of Managers that shall be referred to as the “Operating Committee,” will shall consist of all of the Operating Managers. The Operating Committee shall have all of the rights and powers of, and shall act pursuant to the same requirements as, the Board of Managers, except that the Operating Committee may not, prior to the termination of the Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms and the full and final satisfaction by the Company of all of its obligations under the Credit Documents, vote with respect to, or otherwise authorize the taking by the Company of, any Material Action.
(ii) The Board of Managers, by resolution passed by a majority of the Operating Managers, may designate one or more additional committees, each such committee to consist of one or more Managers and may designate one or more Operating Managers as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified regular members of such committee at any meeting of the committee.
(iii) In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another Operating Manager to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.
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(iv) Any such committee, to the extent provided in a resolution of the Board of Managers, and subject, in all cases, to Section 9(j) and Section 10, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Managers in the management of the business and affairs of the Company. Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Managers. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board of Managers when required.
(j) Limitations on Powers and Activities of the Company; Material Actions.
(i) This Section 9(j) is being adopted in order to comply with certain provisions required in order to qualify the Company as a “special purpose” entity.
(ii) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and any provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Company, the Members, the Board of Managers, any committee of the Board of Managers, any Officer, any Manager or any other Person or any group of Persons acting together, prior to the termination of the Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms and the full and final satisfaction by the Company of all of its obligations under the Credit Documents, no such Person or Persons, acting alone or together (including the Board of Managers or any committee thereof) shall be authorized or empowered, nor shall any of them permit the Company to, (a) without the unanimous prior written consent of all Members (including the Class B Member), take any action resulting in a Class B Approval Event and (b) without the unanimous prior written consent of the Board of Managers (including the affirmative vote of all Independent Managers), take any Material Action; it being understood that (a) any Material Action taken without obtaining such unanimous consent shall be null and void ab initio; and (b) the Class B Member’s prior written consent shall not be required for any Material Action to the extent that the Class B Member has not been approved by any applicable Gaming Authority. In addition, prior to the termination of the Credit Agreement in accordance with its terms and the full and final satisfaction by the Company of all of its obligations under the Credit Documents, the Board of Managers may not vote on, or authorize the taking of, any Material Action, unless there is at least one (1) Independent Manager then serving in such capacity.
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(iii) The Company shall do all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and limited liability company powers; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or limited liability company powers if the Board (including all of the Independent Managers) shall unanimously determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable for the conduct of the Company’s business and that the loss thereof would not be disadvantageous in any material respect to the Company. The Company shall:
(A) maintain its books, financial records and accounts (including intercompany transaction accounts), including checking and other bank accounts, and custodian and other securities safekeeping accounts, separate and distinct from those of any Urban One Entity, any Member, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and from any other Person;
(B) maintain its books, financial records and accounts (including intercompany transaction accounts) in a manner so that it will not be difficult or costly to segregate, ascertain or otherwise identify its assets and liabilities separate and distinct from the assets and liabilities of any Urban One Entity, any Member, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and from any other Person;
(C) hold all of its own assets in its own name and not commingle any of its assets, funds or liabilities with the assets, funds or liabilities of any Urban One Entity, any Member, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, or any other Person;
(D) observe all requisite organizational procedures and formalities, including the holding of meetings of the boards of directors or managers as required by its organizational documents, the recordation and maintenance of minutes of such meetings, and the recordation of and maintenance of resolutions adopted at such meetings;
(E) not be merged, amalgamated, consolidated, or substantively consolidated with or into, or sold (including having all or substantially all of its assets sold) or have its ownership interests transferred to, any Urban One Entity, any Member, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, or any other Person (other than for financial reporting purposes to the extent required by GAAP; provided that any consolidated financial reporting clearly establishes or indicates the corporate separateness of the Company from Urban One, the other Urban One Entities and the Members);
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(F) maintain an arm’s length relationship with each Urban One Entity, each Member, and each Affiliate of any of the foregoing and ensure that all transactions, agreements and dealings between the Company, on one hand, and such Urban One Entity, such Member, or such Affiliate, on the other hand, as applicable (including, in each case, transactions, agreements and dealings pursuant to which the assets or property of one is used or to be used by the other), will reflect the separate identity and legal existence of the Company and be on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to the Company as would be obtainable by it at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Urban One Entity, a Member or an Affiliate, as applicable;
(G) ensure that transactions between the Company, on one hand, and any third parties, on the other hand, will be conducted in the name of the Company, as an entity separate and distinct from any Urban One Entity, any Member, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing;
(H) not refer to any Urban One Entity or any representative of an Urban One Entity in any communication as a department or division or representative of the Company and not otherwise refer to such Urban One Entity or any representative of an Urban One Entity in a manner inconsistent with the Company’s status as a separate and distinct legal entity;
(I) have a board of managers not identical to that of any Urban One Entity or Member;
(J) prepare, or cause to be prepared, and file all tax returns that the Company is required to file, if any, as required by applicable law and file with the appropriate taxing authorities all such returns in a manner required for the Company to be in compliance with any law governing the timely filing of such returns, and pay any taxes so required to be paid under applicable law;
(K) maintain separate financial statements in accordance with GAAP;
(L) except as contemplated by the Credit Documents and to the extent consistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) and this Agreement, not at any time hold out its credit or assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of others;
(M) not incur, create or assume any indebtedness to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(N) not guarantee any obligation of any Person, including any Urban One Entity, any Member, or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(O) to the fullest extent permitted by law, not engage, directly or indirectly, in any business unless permitted by this Agreement and not prohibited by the Credit Documents;
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(P) hold itself out at all times to the public and other Persons as a legal entity separate from each Urban One Entity, each Member, each Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and each other Person and promptly correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate existence which arises in any written communication by or to the Company;
(Q) not reorganize, liquidate, dissolve or wind-up its affairs or enter into arrangements or accommodations related thereto; and
(R) allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Urban One Entity or a Class A Member, including for services performed by an employee of an Urban One Entity or a Class A Member in a manner consistent with its status as a separate and distinct legal entity; provided that the aggregate amount of all such allocated overhead expenses in any Fiscal Year shall not exceed $100,000.
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Section 11. Officers and Managers.
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(f) Fiduciary Duties of Managers and Officers. Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, each Manager (subject at all times, in the case of the Independent Manager, to the third sentence of Section 10 hereof) and Officer shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care identical to that of directors and officers of business corporations organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended.
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(a) (i) the appointment of any Manager or Officer of the Company and (ii) the rights of the Class B Member hereunder to vote on, or consent, to any action outside of a Bankruptcy Event, in each case, shall be subject to applicable Gaming Laws and the receipt of any required Gaming Licenses;
(b) any Manager or Officer of the Company shall be immediately removed from office if such officer is determined either by a Gaming Authority or by the Member to be unsuitable or disqualified to serve as an officer of the Company;
(c) no membership or other interest in the Company shall be issued, transferred, assigned, hypothecated or pledged in any manner whatsoever, and no Person shall be admitted as a new or substitute Member, except in compliance with applicable Gaming Laws and upon the receipt of any required Gaming Licenses; and
(d) any Person holding or acquiring a membership or other interest shall comply with all applicable Gaming Laws and the suitability and other standards, qualifications and requirements of any applicable Gaming Authority.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Class B Member shall be obligated to pay all costs and expenses of the Company and/or the Class A Member incurred in connection with any application and/or approval process undertaken by the Class B Member with respect to any applicable Gaming Authority.
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Section 18. Fiscal Year; Books and Records.
(a) Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Company shall end on December 31 of each year.
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Section 21. Exculpation and Indemnification.
(i) To the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Members, Managers, Officers, employees, representatives or agents of the Company, nor any member, shareholder, partner, manager, director, officer, employee, representative, agent or Affiliate of any such Person (each a “Indemnified Person” and collectively, the “Indemnified Persons”) shall be liable to the Company or any other Person that is a party to, or is otherwise bound by, this Agreement for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in connection with the business of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Agreement, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person’s bad faith or willful misconduct.
(ii) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnified Person for any liability, loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person, including attorney’s fees and costs and any amounts expended in the settlement of any such claims of liability, loss, damage or claim by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified Person in connection with the business of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Agreement, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of such Indemnified Person’s bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; provided, however, that any indemnity under this Section 21 by the Company shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Member shall have personal liability on account thereof. The Company may pay for insurance covering its liability to the Indemnified Persons.
(iii) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including legal fees) incurred by an Indemnified Person defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnified Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 21.
(iv) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Class A Members might properly be paid.
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(v) Until the date that is one year and one day after the date upon which the Credit Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and the obligations of the Company under the Credit Documents have been fully and finally satisfied, each Person bound by this Agreement shall agree, solely on account of any indemnification or other payment owing to such Indemnified Person by the Company under this Section 21, not to acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company.
(vi) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company or to any other Person, such Indemnified Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or to any other Person bound by this Agreement for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement or any approval or authorization granted by the Company or any other Indemnified Person, except that such Indemnified Person shall not be exculpated from any such liability incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person to the Company or its members otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Members to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Indemnified Person.
Section 22. Registration and Transfers.
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Section 25. Dissolution, Winding-Up and Termination; Continuation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.
CLASS A MEMBER: | ||
URBAN ONE, INC. | ||
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Amended and restated
limited liability company Agreement of Radio One Entertainment Holdings, LLC
CLASS B MEMBER: | ||
STICHTING URBAN ONE ENTERTAINMENT | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
Signature Page to Amended and restated
limited liability company Agreement of Radio One Entertainment Holdings, LLC
SCHEDULE A
A. Definitions. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Act” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, together with the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Bankruptcy Event” means (a) a Bankruptcy Event, as defined in the Credit Agreement and (b) to the extent not inconsistent with, or modified by, such definition in the Credit Agreement, the events specified in Section 18-304 of the Act, which together are intended to, and shall, replace and supersede the definition of “Bankruptcy” set forth in Sections 18-101 and 18-304 of the Act.
“Board of Managers” means the Board of Managers of the Company.
“Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 20, 2014, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Class B Approval Event” means (a) to the extent that the Class B Member has been approved by all applicable Gaming Authorities, Material Actions and (b) to the extent that the Class B Member has not been approved by any applicable Gaming Authority, Bankruptcy Events. For the avoidance of doubt, the Class B Member shall be obligated to pay all costs and expenses of the Company and/or the Class A Member incurred in connection with any application and/or approval process undertaken by the Class B Member with respect to any applicable Gaming Authority.
“Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2018 (as modified, supplemented, amended, restated (including any amendment and restatement hereof), extended or renewed from time to time), among Urban One Entertainment SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Borrower, Radio One Entertainment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Holdings Guarantor, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and TCG Senior Funding L.L.C., as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner.
“Credit Documents” has the meaning set forth in the Credit Agreement.
“Credit Parties” shall mean the Company and Urban One Entertainment SPV, LLC, in their capacities as Credit Parties under the Credit Documents.
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“Excess Cash” means, as of any date, the excess of (a) (i) all cash held by or in an account of the Company on such date and (ii) cash proceeds readily attainable through the conversion of liquid assets held by or in an account of the Company on such date into cash at prevailing market rates, over (b) the amount of cash and liquid assets determined by the Operating Committee or the Treasurer to be reasonably necessary for the operation of the business and the maintain of reasonable working capital levels for the business.
“Fiscal Year” shall mean the fiscal year of the Company ending on December 31 of each calendar year.
“Gaming Authority” means any federal, state, local or other governmental, regulatory and administrative agency, authority, board, commission or instrumentality with regulatory, licensing or permitting authority or jurisdiction over the Company and its gaming operations.
“Gaming Laws” means those laws, statutes, rules, regulations, codes and ordinances, and any administrative or judicial orders, determinations or decrees, pursuant to which any Gaming Authority possesses or asserts regulatory, licensing or permitting authority over the Company and its gaming operations.
“Gaming Licenses” means all licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, registrations, consents, rulings, findings of suitability, franchises, entitlements, waivers and exemptions issued by any Gaming Authority under applicable Gaming Laws.
“Indemnified Persons” has the meaning set forth in Section 21(a).
“Independent Manager” means a natural Person who, (i) is not a stockholder or other equity interest holder (whether direct, indirect or beneficial), significant customer, advisor, service provider or supplier of any of Urban One or any of its Affiliates, or a Class A Member, or any of their respective Affiliates (provided that indirect stock or other equity interest ownership of any such Person through a mutual fund or similar diversified investment pool shall be permitted); (ii) is not and has not been at any time in the past, an officer, manager, employee or director of Urban One or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) is not a member of the Immediate Family of a Person referred to in clauses (i) and (ii); (iv) is not a trustee, conservator or receiver of Urban One or any of its Subsidiaries; and (v) is a Person acceptable to the Required Lenders.
“Managers” means the Persons appointed and accepting appointment as Managers from time to time by the Class A Members, including the Independent Manager, in their capacity as Managers of the Company. Each Manager is hereby designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-101(10) of the Act.
“Material Action” means to:
(i) take any action that would reasonably be expected to result in a Default or Event of Default under the Credit Documents;
(ii) subject to and without limitation of Section 31, take any corporate or company action which would or may (subject to the obtaining of any consent, approval, or authorization) result in the breach, substitution, alteration or amendment of this Agreement or any other organizational document of the Company;
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(iii) file or consent to, or commence any action or take any step in relation to, any Bankruptcy Event of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including by the filing of any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization petition under any applicable law in any jurisdiction (whether inside or outside of the United States) relating to bankruptcy or insolvency naming the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as debtor or otherwise institute bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings by or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise seek with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relief under any laws relating to the relief from debts, insolvency, bankruptcy, or the protection of debtors generally (including, without limitation, by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise);
(iv) seek or consent to the appointment of a receiver, administrative receiver, liquidator, administrator, conservator, assignee, trustee, compulsory manager, sequestrator, custodian or any other similar official for the Company or a substantial portion of any of any of its assets or property;
(v) make, or consent to, any assignment for the benefit of the Company’s creditors;
(vi) make any composition, compromise or arrangement for the benefit of one or more the Company’s creditors;
(vii) file or consent to the filing of any petition relating to the liquidation, suspension of payments, moratorium of indebtedness, wind-up, or dissolution of, in each case, the Company;
(viii) elect not to present a defense to the filing of any petition, or commencement of any proceeding, against the Company of the type contemplated under clauses (iii), (iv), (v) or (vii) above;
(ix) admit in writing the Company’s inability to pay its debts as they become due;
(x) close down any business operation of the Company;
(xi) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution or make any return to members or shareholders of a capital nature including any distribution out of capital profits or capital reserves or out of profits or reserves arising from a distribution of capital profits or capital reserves by the company, in each case, to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents;
(xii) capitalize any undistributed profits (whether or not the same are available for distribution and including profits standing to any reserve) or any sum standing to the credit of any share premium account or any capital redemption reserve of the company, in each case, to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(xiii) sell, exchange, lease, transfer, license, acquire, or exercise any rights related to, any assets, business or undertakings of the Company (including with respect to any calls or puts), in each case, to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
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(xiv) purchase or acquire any asset or business from any other Person to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(xv) incur any loan, debt or indebtedness to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(xvi) make any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (including by way of guarantee or similar arrangement) or give any indemnity to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(xvii) create or permit any security interest over any asset of the Company to exist to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(xviii) undertake any obligations with any Affiliate which is not wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(xix) increase or reclassify the membership interests of the Company or issue any additional membership interests of or in the Company;
(xx) make Investments to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(xxi) form or acquire subsidiaries to the extent prohibited by the Credit Documents or inconsistent with the Company’s limited purpose (as set forth in Section 7) or this Agreement;
(xxii) petition for or consent to substantive consolidation of the Company with any other Person;
(xxiii) subject to and without limitation of Section 31, modify, alter, supplement, or amend this Agreement;
(xxiv) engage in any business activity other than the limited activities provided in Section 7; or
(xxv) file, support, consent to, or commence any action, or take any step in furtherance of, any challenge or opposition to any of the rights of any of the Agents, Lenders or other Secured Creditors with respect to any of the Obligations; provided, however that the foregoing shall not include any such actions or steps that arise as the result of a good faith disagreement or difference in views regarding the interpretation of any such rights, including, without limitation, whether a Participation Interest Fall-Away Event or Premium Payment Trigger Event has occurred.
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“Member” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.
“Officer” means an officer of the Company described in Section 11.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or other entity.
“Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person: (i) any corporation, association, limited liability company or other business entity (other than a partnership) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or through another Subsidiary, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof), or (c) as to which such Person and its Subsidiaries are entitled to receive more than 50% of the assets of such partnership upon its dissolution.
“Urban One” shall mean Urban One, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
“Urban One Entity” shall mean each of Urban One and its Subsidiaries, other than the Credit Parties.
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SCHEDULE B
Members and Member Interests
Class A Member
Name |
Mailing Address | Membership Interest (Percentage of Class) | ||
Urban One, Inc. | ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ |
100% |
Class B Member
Name |
Mailing Address | Membership Interest (Percentage of Class) | ||
Stichting Urban One Entertainment |
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
100% |
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SCHEDULE C
Managers
1. | ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
2. | ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, III |
3. | [Ÿ] (Independent Manager) |
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SCHEDULE D
Officers
Name | Title | |
▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, III | President | |
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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EXHIBIT A
Independent Manager Agreement
[DATE]
[_____]
Re: Independent Manager Agreement — Radio One Entertainment Holdings, LLC
Ladies and Gentlemen:
For good and valuable consideration, the undersigned, who has been designated as an Independent Manager of Radio One Entertainment Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), in accordance with the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of December 19, 2018, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “LLC Agreement”), hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. The undersigned accepts such Person’s rights and authority as an Independent Manager under the LLC Agreement and agrees to perform and discharge such Person’s duties and obligations as a Manager under the LLC Agreement, and further agrees that such rights, authorities, duties and obligations under the LLC Agreement shall continue until such Person’s successor as an Independent Manager is designated or until such Person’s resignation or removal as an Independent Manager in accordance with the LLC Agreement. The undersigned agrees and acknowledges that it has been designated as an “Independent Manager” of the Company within the meaning of the LLC Agreement.
Section 2. Until the date that is one year and one day after the date upon which the Credit Agreement has been terminated in accordance with its terms and all amounts due and owing thereunder have been indefeasibly paid in full, each of the undersigned agrees, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Company on account of any indemnification or other payment owing to the undersigned by the Company, not to acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company.
Section 3. THIS INDEPENDENT MANAGER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OR CHOICE OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE INTERNAL LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
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Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the LLC Agreement.
This Independent Manager Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Independent Manager Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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Independent Manager
Accepted and agreed as of
the date first above written:
RADIO ONE ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, LLC
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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