CREDIT AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 19, 2017, that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2018,that certain Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 19, 2019 and as further amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement” or “Nexstar Credit Agreement”) is entered into as of January 17, 2017, among Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower” or “Nexstar Borrower”), Nexstar Media Group, Inc. (f/k/a Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (“Nexstar Media”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this introductory paragraph and the preliminary statements below shall have the meanings set forth inArticle I.
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 (includingsub-facilities) and term facilities under a credit agreement with Nexstar Borrower and a credit agreement with each of the Mission Borrower, the Marshall Borrower and the Shield Borrowers respectively to finance the Acquisition and the Transaction Expenses and, in connection therewith, to consummate the Refinancing, 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 Mission Broadcasting, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Mission Borrower”) under the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2012, by and among the Mission 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 Marshall Broadcasting Group, Inc., a Texas corporation (the “Marshall Borrower”) under the Credit Agreement dated as of December 1, 2014 by and among the Marshall 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 Marshall Credit Agreement”), (iv) the loans and borrowings ofWXXA-TV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company andWLAJ-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, the other Holding Companies and certain of Nexstar Media’s Restricted 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