Tribune Company, As Agent of and Successor By Merger to the Former the Times Mirror Company, Itself and its Consolidated Subsidiaries - Page 88

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                    Section 3.  Restrictions on Transfer.                             
                    (a) General.  No holder of shares of [MB Parent]                  
               Voting Preferred Stock shall, directly or indirectly,                  
               transfer or otherwise dispose of any shares of                         
               [MB Parent] Voting Preferred Stock owned by such holder                
               or any interest therein prior to June 30, 2000. * * *                  
               Also on July 28, 1998, representatives of REUS, REBV,                  
          MB Parent, and MergerSub executed an agreement entitled                     
          “CBM MergerSub Corp. Shareholders Agreement” (MergerSub                     
          shareholders agreement).  Under the terms of the MergerSub                  
          shareholders agreement, REUS, REBV, MB Parent, and MergerSub                
          agreed, in pertinent part, to the following:                                
                    Section 1.  Call Option with Respect to Voting                    
               Preferred Stock.                                                       
                    (a) Grant of Call Option.  MB Parent hereby grants                
               to Acquirors [REUS and REBV] an option, exercisable by                 
               Acquirors on or after July 15, 2018, to purchase, in                   
               the manner provided in Section 1(c), all, but not less                 
               than all, of the outstanding shares of [MergerSub]                     
               Voting Preferred Stock, at a purchase price per share                  
               equal to 100% of the Stated Value thereof on the date                  
               of purchase.                                                           
                    (b) Call Option Subject to the Company’s Right of                 
               Redemption.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right                  
               of Acquirors to exercise the option granted pursuant to                
               Section 1(a) shall be subject to the Company’s                         
               [MergerSub’s] right or obligation, as the case may be,                 
               to redeem the Voting Preferred Stock pursuant to                       
               Section 4(g)(i) of Article V of the Restated                           
               Certificate of Incorporation of the Company upon the                   
               occurrence of an event specified therein and the                       
               Company’s obligation to redeem the Voting Preferred                    
               Stock of a holder of Voting Preferred Stock at the                     
               option of such holder pursuant to Section 4(g)(ii) of                  
               Article V of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation                 
               of the Company upon the occurrence of an event                         
               specified therein.                                                     






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