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GRANITE BROADCASTING CORP
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8-K
Dec 13, 3:52 PM ET
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GRANITE BROADCASTING CORP 8-K
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(b) The members of the Granite Group shall (i) maintain their good standing under the laws of the State or other jurisdiction in which they are incorporated or organized, and (ii) notify the Parties of any governmental or third party complaints, litigations, investigations or hearings (or communications indicating that the same may be contemplated or threatened), in either case of clause (i) or clause (ii), which could reasonably be anticipated to materially adversely affect the business, property, or financial condition of the Granite Group considered as one enterprise.
(i) in connection with any solicitation of ballots by the Debtors with respect to the Plan, so long as such Plan contains terms and conditions effectuating the Restructuring which substantially conform in all respects to this Agreement and the Plan (with any changes thereto (other than ministerial changes) subject to Silver Point Consent), it will vote its Claims (including but not limited to the Secured Claims) to accept the Plan by delivering its duly executed and timely completed ballot or ballots accepting the Plan to the Voting Agent;
(ii) it will not (v) object to, delay, or take any other action to interfere, directly or indirectly, in any respect with acceptance or implementation of the Plan, so long as the Plan contains terms and conditions effectuating the Restructuring that substantially conform in all respects to this Agreement and the Plan (with any changes thereto (other than ministerial changes) subject to Silver Point Consent, (w) encourage any person or entity to do any of the foregoing, (x) directly or indirectly seek, solicit, propose, file, support, encourage, or vote for any plan of reorganization for the Company other than the Plan, unless consented to by the Parties hereto, (y) oppose any of the motions set forth on Exhibit C that are in the form for which Silver Point Finance has provided Silver Point Consent, or (z) take any other action, including but not limited to, initiating any legal proceeding, that is materially inconsistent with, or that would prevent or delay consummation of, the Restructuring.
(a) Each of the members of the Granite Group jointly and severally represents and warrants to each of the other Parties that the following statements are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof:
(b) Each of the Silver Point Entities represent and warrant to the other Parties that the following statements are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof:
(c) Each of the Other Secured Claimholders represents and warrants to the other Parties that the following statements are true, correct and complete as of the date hereof:
(a) Each of the Silver Point Entities and the Other Secured Claimholders covenants that: from the date hereof until the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 6 below (the “Forbearance Period”), it shall not sell, pledge, hypothecate, loan or otherwise transfer any Claims except to a purchaser or other entity who agrees prior to such transfer to be bound by all of the terms of this Agreement with respect to the relevant Claims being transferred to such purchaser. This Agreement shall in no way be construed to preclude any Party from acquiring additional Claims; provided, however, that any such additional Claims shall automatically be deemed to be subject to all of the terms of this Agreement. Silver Point Finance agrees to notify the Company within five (5) business days if the Silver Point Entities beneficially own, in the aggregate, less than 331¤3% of the Secured Claims.
(b) Each of the Silver Point Entities and the Other Secured Claimholders further covenants that, during the Forbearance Period, it will (i) not file a notice of default or take any other action to collect on the Claims from the Debtors, including, without limitation, instructing the Trustee of the Notes on how to proceed in the exercise of any and all remedies with respect to the Debtors, (ii) give instructions to the Trustee, if and when reasonably appropriate, to desist from taking action that is inconsistent with this Agreement or the Restructuring; and (iii) not exercise the rights granted under section 11 of the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to forbear from taking action against the Non-Debtor Subsidiaries.
(c) The Silver Point Entities, the Other Secured Claimholders, and each member of the Granite Group agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) support and complete the Restructuring, (ii) do all things reasonably necessary and appropriate in furtherance thereof, and to use its commercially reasonable efforts to complete the same as promptly as possible, including, without limitation, taking all steps necessary and desirable to obtain an order of the Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan as expeditiously as possible under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable law, and obtain any and all required regulatory and/or third-party approvals for the Restructuring.
(d) Each Party hereby further covenants and agrees to negotiate the definitive documents relating to the Restructuring, including, without limitation, all documents, motions, and orders pertaining to the Chapter 11 Cases, in good faith. The Company shall keep Silver Point Finance apprised of any discussions, negotiations or meetings with: any official committee appointed pursuant to section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and any of its agents or affiliates; Harbinger Capital Partners Master Fund I, Ltd. and any of its agents and affiliates; Golden Tree Asset Management, LP and any of its agents or affiliates; the WB/CBS Entities and any of their agents or affiliates; any parties to an affiliation agreement with a member of the Granite Group and any of such parties’ agents; any creditor who holds a Claim having a face amount of more than $3 million; and any interest holder who holds more than 5% of Granite’s outstanding preferred or common stock.
A “Silver Point Termination Event” shall mean any of the following:
(i) The Restructuring shall not have been approved by the board of directors of each of the members of the Granite Group on or before December 11, 2006;
(ii) The Chapter 11 Cases have not been commenced (the “Petition Date”) by December 12, 2006;
(iii) Subject to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of this Agreement, any Debtor shall file a plan of reorganization other than the Plan, or if the Plan provides, or is modified to provide, for any terms that are not substantially consistent with this Agreement except for changes thereto (other than ministerial changes) subject to Silver Point Consent;
(iv) After the Plan is filed, any Debtor (y) submits a second or amended plan of reorganization that does not incorporate all the terms set forth in this Agreement and the Plan attached as Exhibit A hereto, or (z) withdraws (or moves to withdraw) the Plan;
(v) The Plan and Disclosure Statement have not been filed with the Bankruptcy Court within two (2) days after the Petition Date (the “Plan and Disclosure Statement Filing Date”);
(vi) The Disclosure Statement shall not have been approved by the Bankruptcy Court within 45 days of the Plan and Disclosure Statement Filing Date;
(vii) The DIP Credit Agreement is not approved on an interim basis within 15 days of the Petition Date and on a final basis within 45 days of the Petition Date;
(viii) The Plan shall not have been confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court within 60 days from the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters an order approving the Disclosure Statement;
(ix) The Plan shall not have been consummated in accordance with its terms within 20 days from the date upon which the Bankruptcy Court enters an order confirming the Plan, provided however, that solely in the event such failure is caused by a delay in obtaining the necessary approvals from the FCC, the Plan shall not have been consummated in accordance with its terms by the earlier of (a) ten (10) business days after receipt of the necessary approvals from the FCC and (b) July 1, 2007;
(x) Any of the Chapter 11 Cases are converted to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(xi) Any network affiliation agreement to which any member is of the Granite Group is a party is terminated or amended in any material respect without Silver Point Consent;
(xii) Any license (“FCC License”) issued by the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) and held by any member of the Granite Group or by Malara Broadcast Group, Inc. (“Malara” and together with its subsidiaries, the “Malara Group”) which is a main station license or otherwise material to the lawful ownership, lease, control, use, operation, management or maintenance of any broadcast station or other broadcasting property of the Granite Group or the Malara Group shall be cancelled, terminated, rescinded, revoked, suspended, impaired, otherwise finally denied renewal, or otherwise modified in any material adverse respect, or shall be renewed on terms that materially and adversely affect the economic or commercial value or usefulness thereof; or any such FCC License shall no longer be in full force and effect; or the grant of any such FCC License shall have been stayed, vacated or reversed, or modified in any material adverse respect, by judicial or administrative proceedings; or any administrative law judge of the FCC shall have issued an initial decision in any non-comparative license renewal, license revocation or any comparative (multiple applicant) proceeding to the effect that any such FCC License should be revoked or not be renewed; or any other proceeding shall have been instituted by or shall have been commenced before any court, the FCC or any other regulatory body that more likely than not will result in such cancellation, termination, rescission, revocation, impairment or suspension of any such FCC License or result in any materially adverse modification of any such FCC License; or any member of the Granite Group or the Malara Group shall no longer be the holder of an FCC License constituting a television translator license material to the lawful ownership, lease, control, use, operation, management or maintenance of any broadcast station or other broadcasting property of such member or a main station license for the stations as a result of any decision issued by the FCC;
(xiii) [RESERVED]
(xiv) The waiting period under the HSR Act shall not have expired or been terminated by the date which is 45 days after the date specified in paragraph (xxix) below;
(xv) The Company’s reporting obligations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 shall not have terminated by that date which is the later of (i) 90 days following the filing of the documents and forms referenced in paragraph (xxx) below and (ii) two (2) business days prior to the commencement of the Confirmation Hearing;
(xvi) A trustee or examiner (with powers beyond those in sections 1106(A) (3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code) is appointed pursuant to sections 1104 or 1105 of the Bankruptcy Code in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases; (ii) the Chapter 11 Cases are dismissed; or (iii) the order confirming the Plan is reversed on appeal or vacated;
(xvii) Any member of the Granite Group shall breach any of its obligations under this Agreement, including, but not limited to, failing to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain approval of the Disclosure Statement and confirmation of the Plan, and any such breach by such member of the Granite Group is not cured within five (5) days after receipt of written notice from Silver Point Finance of such breach;
(xviii) Any court of competent jurisdiction or other competent governmental or regulatory authority shall have issued an order making illegal or otherwise restricting, preventing, or prohibiting the Plan in a way that cannot be reasonably remedied by the members of the Granite Group and such restriction, prevention, or prohibition adversely effects any Silver Point Entity, the Other Secured Claimholders, the recoveries by the holders of Secured Claims under the Plan, or any member of the Granite Group;
(xix) Any or all of the Debtors’ exclusive periods (as provided for in section 1121 of the Bankruptcy Code) to (a) file a plan of reorganization or (b) solicit acceptances thereof are terminated or expire;
(xx) Any Non-Debtor Subsidiary which becomes a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code files a plan (other than the Plan) without Silver Point Consent;
(xxi) Failure to pay in a timely manner the fees and expenses of the Silver Point Entities incurred in connection with this Agreement, the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(xxii) The Bankruptcy Court grants relief that is inconsistent with the Plan and materially adverse to the Silver Point Entities, including, without limitation, the termination, annulment, or modification of the automatic stay (as set forth in section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code) with regard to any material assets of any member of the Granite Group;
(xxiii) There shall have occurred, directly or indirectly, after the date hereof and before the effective date of the Plan, any Material Adverse Change (as defined below). A “Material Adverse Change” shall mean any member of the Granite Group shall have suffered any loss, including, without limitation, any damage, destruction or interruption in use, of any of its properties, facilities or assets, which has had or would reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on such member of the Granite Group (taking into account the availability of any insurance coverage for such loss) which could be expected to result in an economic loss (including, without limitation, by way of a diminution in value, profits, cash flow or otherwise) in excess of $10 million in the aggregate and cumulatively, and any such Material Adverse Change is not cured within five (5) days after receipt of written notice from Silver Point Finance of such change;
(xxiv) The Granite Group’s Broadcast Cash Flow for the three month period ending on the last day of each month commencing with the month ended December 31, 2006 through the effective date of the Plan shall be less than the amount set forth on Schedule I attached hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, “Broadcast Cash Flow” shall mean, for any period, operating income or loss plus depreciation and amortization, restructuring and litigation expenses, corporate expense, non-cash compensation and program amortization, less program payments, all as determined on a consolidated basis for the members of the Granite Group in accordance with GAAP; provided that (A) there shall be excluded (i) the Broadcast Cash Flow of any entity (other than a member of the Granite Group) in which any other person or entity (other than a member of the Granite Group) has a joint interest, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid in cash to a member of the Granite Group by such entity during such period, (ii) the Broadcast Cash Flow of any entity accrued prior to the date it becomes a subsidiary of the Company or is merged into or consolidated with a subsidiary of the Company or that entity’s assets are acquired by the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, (iii) any after-tax gains or losses attributable to asset sales or returned surplus assets of any pension plan, and (iv) (to the extent not included in clauses (i) through (iii) above) any net extraordinary gains or net non-cash extraordinary losses. Broadcast Cash Flow of Malara will be included in the calculation of Broadcast Cash Flow
(xxv) The Debtors have moved for, or the Bankruptcy Court shall have entered, an order authorizing or directing the Debtors to assume an executory contract or unexpired lease without Silver Point Consent (other than programming contracts and leases of real property), only if the cure amount and future contractual obligations under, as of the date of such assumption, of any member of the Granite Group under such executory contract or unexpired lease exceeds $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all such contracts or leases;
(xxvi) W. Don Cornwell shall (i) object to the Plan; (ii) solicit rejections of the Plan; (iii) support any objection to the Plan; or (iv) if solicited, vote to reject the Plan;
(xxvii) The Plan Supplement, in a form and substance satisfactory to Silver Point Finance shall not have been filed by the date which is five (5) days prior to the commencement of the Confirmation Hearing;
(xxviii) The Granite Group’s portion of the application for approval of the Restructuring by the Federal Communications Commission shall not be complete, ready to be filed, and provided to Silver Point by January 10, 2007;
(xxix) The Granite Group’s portion of any notification or Request Form under the HSR Act is not complete and filed by January 10, 2007; or
(xxx) Any necessary documents and forms shall be not have been filed, and any necessary proceedings shall have not have been commenced with the Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to terminate the Company’s reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by December 26, 2006.
(i) If this Agreement is materially breached by the Silver Point Entities and any such breach by the Silver Point Entities is not cured with five (5) days after receipt of written notice from the Company of such breach;
(ii) The board of directors of the Granite Group has determined in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel, that the taking of any action under this Agreement would be inconsistent with its fiduciary obligations;
(iii) Silver Point Finance shall have failed to provide Silver Point Consent to all motions set forth on Exhibit C provided to Silver Point Finance within 1 (one) day of the date on which the Granite Group provides such motion (in final form) to Silver Point Finance for its review;
(iv) The Effective Date of the Plan shall not have occurred on or before December 31, 2007;
(v) The Silver Point Entities’ portion of the application for approval of the Restructuring by the Federal Communications Commission shall not be complete and ready to be filed by January 10, 2007; or
(vi) The Silver Point Entities’ portion of any notification or Request Form under the HSR Act is not complete and filed by January 10, 2007.
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