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AMENDMENT NO. 2
AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated as of October 16, 1996, between:
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC., a corporation duly organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of Maryland (the
"Borrower");
each of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified under the
caption "SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS" on the signature pages hereto
(individually, a "Subsidiary Guarantor" and, collectively, the
"Subsidiary Guarantors" and, together with the Borrower, the
"Obligors");
each of the lenders that is a signatory hereto (individually,
a "Lender" and, collectively, the "Lenders"); and
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (as successor by merger to The Chase
Manhattan Bank (National Association)), a New York state banking
corporation, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with
its successors in such capacity, the "Agent").
The Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders and the
Agent are parties to a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of
May 31, 1996 (as heretofore modified and supplemented and in effect on the date
hereof, the "Credit Agreement"), providing, subject to the terms and conditions
thereof, for extensions of credit (by the making of loans and the issuance of
letters of credit) to be made by said Lenders to the Borrower in an aggregate
principal or face amount not exceeding $1,200,000,000. The Borrower, the
Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders and the Agent wish to amend the Credit
Agreement in certain respects, and accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined in this
Amendment No. 2, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as
defined therein.
Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, but effective as of the date
hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:
A. References in the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement" (and
indirect references such as "hereunder", "hereby", "herein" and "hereof") shall
be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
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B. Section 9.05(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
to read as follows:
"(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, acquire any business or Property from, or capital
stock of, or be a party to any acquisition of, any Person, or acquire
any option to make any such acquisition, except for purchases of
inventory, programming rights and other Property to be sold or used in
the ordinary course of business, Investments permitted under Section
9.08 hereof, Dividend Payments permitted under Section 9.09(e) hereof,
Capital Expenditures permitted under Section 9.12 hereof and the River
City Non-License Acquisition."
C. Section 9.09 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) replacing the period at the end of clause (d) thereof with "; and" and (ii)
inserting a new clause (e) therein reading as follows:
"(e) the Borrower may purchase, in one transaction or a series
of transactions, its Class A Common Stock and its Class B Common Stock,
provided that the aggregate purchase price (including, without
limitation, cash payments, the principal amount of promissory notes and
Indebtedness assumed, and the fair market value of Property delivered)
paid, delivered or assumed by the Borrower therefor shall not exceed
$20,000,000."
D. Section 9.28(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended
by replacing "Not later than 90 days after the Restatement Effective Date,"
therein with "Not later than December 31, 1996,".
E. Section 9.30 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"9.30 FCC Filings. Not later than 30 days after the
Restatement Effective Date, the Borrower will cause to be filed with
the FCC in connection with the proposed transfer to the Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries of the 'License Assets' referred to in the River
City Group I Option Agreement, applications for all material
authorizations, licenses and permits issued by the FCC that are
required or necessary for the conduct of business of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as proposed to be conducted with respect to each of
the Stations to which such 'License Assets' relate; provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) with respect to (i) KDNL-TV, St.
Louis, Missouri, (ii) WVRV(FM), East St. Louis, Illinois, (iii)
KPNT(FM), Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, (iv) WLOS-TV, Asheville, North
Carolina and (v) KABB-TV, San Antonio, Texas, the Borrower will cause
such applications to be filed with the FCC by not later than October
31, 1996 and (b) with respect to (i) WTTV-TV, Bloomington, Indiana and
(ii) WTTK-TV, Kokomo, Indiana, the Borrower will cause such
applications to be filed with the FCC by not later than December 31,
1996."
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Section 3. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower
represents and warrants to the Lenders that the representations and warranties
set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement, and by each Credit Party and
Carolyn C. Smith in each of the other Basic Documents to which such Person is a
party, are true and complete on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date
hereof with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (or, if
any such representation and warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of
a specific date, as of such specific date) and as if each reference in said
Section 8 to "this Agreement" and each reference to the "Credit Agreement" in
the other Basic Documents included reference to this Amendment No. 2.
Section 4. Conditions Precedent. The amendments to the Credit
Agreement set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective, as of the date
hereof, upon the execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 2 by the Borrower,
the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Majority Lenders and the Agent.
Section 5. Miscellaneous. Except as herein provided, the
Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This
Amendment No. 2 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any
of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment No. 2 by signing any such
counterpart. This Amendment No. 2 shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this
Amendment No. 2 to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first
above written.
SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP, INC.
By /s/ David D. Smith
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Title: President
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
CHESAPEAKE TELEVISION, INC.
KABB, INC.
KDNL, INC.
KDSM, INC.
KSMO, INC.
SCI - INDIANA, INC.
SCI - SACRAMENTO, INC.
SINCLAIR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF ALBUQUERQUE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF BUFFALO, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF GREENVILLE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF LOS ANGELES, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF MEMPHIS, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF NASHVILLE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF NEW ORLEANS, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF ST. LOUIS, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF WILKES-BARRE,
INC.
TUSCALOOSA BROADCASTING, INC.
WCGV, INC.
WDBB, INC.
WLFL, INC.
WLOS, INC.
WPGH, INC.
WPGH LICENSEE, INC.
WSMH, INC.
WSTR, INC.
WSTR LICENSEE, INC.
WTTE, CHANNEL 28, INC.
WTTE, CHANNEL 28 LICENSEE, INC.
WTTO, INC.
WTVZ, INC.
WTVZ LICENSEE, INC.
WYZZ, INC.
SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS OF
OKLAHOMA, INC.
By /s/ David D. Smith
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Title: President
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS
CHESAPEAKE TELEVISION
LICENSEE, INC.
FSF TV, INC.
KABB LICENSEE, INC.
KDNL LICENSEE, INC.
KDSM LICENSEE, INC.
KSMO LICENSEE, INC.
SCI - INDIANA LICENSEE, INC.
SCI - SACRAMENTO LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF ALBUQUERQUE
LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF BUFFALO
LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF GREENVILLE
LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF LOS ANGELES
LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF MEMPHIS
LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF NASHVILLE
LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF NEW ORLEANS
LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF ST. LOUIS
LICENSEE, INC.
SINCLAIR RADIO OF WILKES-BARRE
LICENSEE, INC.
SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS GROUP,
INC.
SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS OF
KENTUCKY, INC.
SUPERIOR KY LICENSE CORP.
SUPERIOR OK LICENSE CORP.
WCGV LICENSEE, INC.
WLFL LICENSEE, INC.
WLOS LICENSEE, INC.
WSMH LICENSEE, INC.
WTTO LICENSEE, INC.
WYZZ LICENSEE, INC.
By /s/ David D. Smith
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Title: President
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AGENT
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK,
as Agent
By /s/ Tracey A. Navin
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Title: Vice President
LENDERS
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK
By /s/ Tracey A. Navin
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Title: Vice President
ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
By /s/ Ann Schwalbenberg
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Title: Vice President
By /s/ James Dunleavy
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Title: Group Vice President
BANK OF AMERICA, ILLINOIS
By /s/ Carl F. Salas
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Title: Vice President
BANK OF HAWAII
By /s/ Elizabeth O. MacLean
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Title: Vice President
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BANK OF IRELAND GRAND CAYMAN
By /s/ John G. Cusack
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Title: Assistant Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By /s/ Edward F. Ryan, Jr.
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Title: Senior Vice President
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST
COMPANY
By /s/ John P. Judge
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Title: Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
By /s/ Patricia Hogan
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Title: Vice President
BANQUE FRANCAISE DU COMMERCE
EXTERIEUR
By /s/ Brian J. Cumberland
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Title: Assistant Treasurer
By /s/ Frederick K. Kammler
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Title: Vice President
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BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS
By /s/ Serge Desrayaud
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Title: Vice President/
Team Leader
By /s/ Mark A. Whitson
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Title: Vice President
BANQUE PARIBAS
By /s/ Philippe Vuarchex
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Title: Vice President
BARCLAYS BANK plc
By /s/ Frank J. Sisinni
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Title: Director
CERES FINANCE LTD.
By /s/ Elizabeth Kearns
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Title: Director
CHL HIGH YIELD LOAN PORTFOLIO (A
UNIT OF THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK)
By /s/ Andrew D. Gordon
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Title: Managing Director
CIBC, INC.
By /s/ Lorain C. Granberg
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Title: Director, CIBC Wood Gundy
Securities Corp., as Agent
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COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE DE CIC ET DE
L'UNION EUROPEENNE
By /s/ Marcus Edward
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Title: Vice President
By /s/ Sean Mounier
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Title: First Vice President
COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN -
BOERENLEENBANK B.A., "RABOBANK
NEDERLAND," NEW YORK BRANCH
By /s/ Douglas W. Zylstra
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Title: Vice President
By /s/ Ian Reese
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Title: Vice President & Manager
CORESTATES BANK, N.A.
By /s/ Edward L. Kittrell
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Title: Vice President
THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK, LTD.
By /s/ Dean Murdock
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Title: Vice President
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DRESDNER BANK AG NEW YORK &
GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES
By /s/ Brian Haughney
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Title: Assistant Treasurer
By /s/ William E. Lambert
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Title: Assistant Vice President
FIRST HAWAIIAN BANK
By /s/ Donald C. Young
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Title: Assistant Vice President
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOSTON
By /s/ David B. Herter
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Title: Managing Director
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
By /s/ Michael P. King
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Title: Corporate Banking Officer
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
MARYLAND
By /s/ W. Blake Hampson
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Title: Vice President
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FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF NORTH
CAROLINA
By /s/ Bruce W. Loftin
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Title: Senior Vice President
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
By /s/ Leonard Maddox
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Title: Senior Vice President
THE FUJI BANK, LTD., NEW YORK
BRANCH
By /s/ Teiji Teramoto
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Title:Vice President and Manager
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Jason R. Weaver
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Title: Assistant Vice President
KEYPORT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: Chancellor Senior Secured
Management, Inc. as
Portfolio Advisor
By /s/ Stephen M. Alfieri
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Title: Managing Director
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LTCB TRUST COMPANY
By /s/ John J. Sullivan
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Title: Executive Vice President
KZH HOLDING CORPORATION
By /s/ Charles Dooley
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Title: Vice President
LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.
By /s/ Michele Swanson
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Title: Authorized Signatory
MEDICAL LIABILITY MUTUAL INSURANCE
CO.
By: Chancellor Senior Secured
Management, Inc. as
Investment Manager
By /s/ Stephen M. Alfieri
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Title: Managing Director
MELLON BANK, N.A.
By /s/ John T. Kranefuss
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Title: Assistant Vice President
MERCANTILE BANK OF ST. LOUIS,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Ann C. Kelly
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Title: Vice President
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MERRILL LYNCH PRIME RATE PORTFOLIO
By: Merrill Lynch Asset Management, L.P.,
as Investment Advisor
By /s/ John W. Fraser
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Title: Authorized Signatory
MERRILL LYNCH SENIOR FLOATING RATE
FUND, INC.
By /s/ John W. Fraser
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Title: Authorized Signatory
MICHIGAN NATIONAL BANK
By /s/ Stephane E. Lubin
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Title: Vice President
THE MITSUBISHI TRUST AND BANKING
CORPORATION
By /s/ Hachiro Hosoda
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Title: Senior Vice President
MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF
NEW YORK
By /s/ Colleen McCloskey
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Title: Associate
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NATIONSBANK, N.A.
By /s/ Gregory I. Meador
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Title: Vice President
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By /s/ Adam G. Clemens
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Title: Investment Vice President
THE NIPPON CREDIT BANK, LTD.
By /s/ David C. Carrington
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Title: Vice President & Manager
THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
By /s/ Richard A. Strait
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Title: Vice President
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Christopher H. Chaplin
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Title: Banking Officer
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PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By /s/ Mark K. Okada
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Title: Executive Vice President
RESTRUCTURED OBLIGATIONS BACKED
BY SENIOR ASSETS B.V.
By: Chancellor Senior Secured
Management, Inc.
as Portfolio Advisor
By: /s/ Stephen M. Alfieri
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Title: Managing Director
THE SAKURA BANK, LTD.
By /s/ Yoshikazu Nagura
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Title: Vice President & Manager
THE SANWA BANK LTD.
By /s/ Christian Kambour
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Title: Assistant Vice President
SENIOR DEBT PORTFOLIO
By: Boston Management and Research,
as Investment Advisor
By /s/ Scott Page
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Title: Vice President
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SENIOR HIGH INCOME PORTFOLIO, INC.
By /s/ John W. Fraser
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Title: Authorized Signatory
SOUTHERN PACIFIC THRIFT & LOAN
ASSOCIATION
By /s/ Charles D. Martorano
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Title: Senior Vice President
TORONTO DOMINION (NEW YORK), INC.
By /s/ Debbie A. Greene
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Title: Vice President
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
By /s/ Kristina M. Mouzakis
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Title: Assistant Vice President
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VAN KAMPEN AMERICAN CAPITAL PRIME
RATE INCOME TRUST
By /s/ Jeffrey W. Maillet
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Title: Senior Vice President-
Portfolio Manager
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