Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
On March 30, 2021, Entercom Communications Corp. (the “Company”) filed Articles of Amendment (the “Amendment”) with the Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to amend Article One of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to change the Company’s name to Audacy, Inc. The Amendment was approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in accordance with the Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law as amended.
The effective date of the Amendment (and the Company’s name change) is April 9, 2021. The Company expects its ticker symbol on the New York Stock Exchange to change from “ETM” to “AUD” on April 9, 2021.
Item 8.01. Other Events
On March 30, 2021, the Company issued a press release (the “Press Release”) announcing that it is changing its name to Audacy, Inc. A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Effective April 9, 2021, the Company’s finance subsidiary, Entercom Media Corp., will change its corporate name to Audacy Capital Corp. In addition, the Company is changing “Entercom” to “Audacy” in the name of each of its other subsidiaries that included “Entercom” as part of its name.
The information in Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01. Exhibits