EXHIBIT 10.8
AMENDMENT NO. 5, dated as of December 20, 2024 (this “Amendment”), to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 1, 2019 (as amended or otherwise modified by Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 3, 2020, Amendment No. 2, dated as of July 16, 2020, Amendment No. 3, dated as of July 16, 2021, Joinder Agreement to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2021, Successor Agent Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2020, and Amendment No. 4, dated as of June 15, 2023, and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”, the Existing Credit Agreement as further amended by this Amendment, the “Amended Credit Agreement”), among IHEARTCOMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Texas corporation (the “Borrower” or “Communications”), IHEARTMEDIA CAPITAL I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, the other Guarantors party thereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”) and each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”); capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Amended Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, IH Media + Entertainment I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Entertainment I”) and certain of the Lenders are party to that certain Transaction Support Agreement, dated as of November 6, 2024 (as amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “TSA”), pursuant to which they agreed, subject to the terms and conditions thereunder, to support and enter into the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement (as defined below) and this Amendment;
WHEREAS, the Borrower and each Lender party hereto (each, a “Participating Lender” and, collectively, the “Participating Lenders”) (which collectively constitute the Required Lenders) have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement as provided herein in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement (collectively, the “Exit Consent”);
WHEREAS, immediately after giving effect to the Exit Consent, the Borrower has offered to purchase and assume, and each Participating Lender desires to sell and assign to the Borrower, 100% (or such lesser amount as agreed between a Participating Lender and the Borrower) of such Participating Lender’s Term Loans (the “Purchased Loans”) outstanding immediately following the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date (as defined below) in accordance with the terms of Section 10.07(m) of the Amended Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, immediately after giving effect to the Exit Consent, (a) the Purchased Loans shall be purchased by, transferred to and assigned to the Borrower and immediately be deemed cancelled and extinguished pursuant to Section 10.07(m) of the Amended Credit Agreement and (b) subject to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Agreement, each Participating Lender shall receive either (i) if the Comprehensive Transaction (as defined in the TSA) is consummated, the Comprehensive Consideration (as defined in the Exchange Agreement) or (ii) if the Alternative Transaction (as defined in the TSA) is consummated, the Alternative Consideration (as defined in the Exchange Agreement), as applicable, as consideration for its sale and assignment of its Purchased Loans to the Borrower, in each case, pursuant to that certain Term Loan Exchange Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Exchange Agreement”), among the Borrower, Entertainment I, the Participating Lenders and the Administrative Agent (collectively, the “Exchange”); and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Exchange, Communications has requested that the Participating Lenders enter into either (a) if the Comprehensive Transaction (as defined in the TSA) is consummated, that certain Credit Agreement, to be dated as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date (as defined below) (the “Comprehensive Credit Agreement”) in the form attached as Exhibit B to the Exchange Agreement or (b) if the Alternative Transaction (as defined in the TSA) is consummated, each of (i) the Credit Agreement, to be dated as of the Amendment No. 5 Effective Date (the “Alternative Entertainment