Exhibit 10-1
Execution Version

INCREASED FACILITY ACTIVATION NOTICE—INCREASE OF FIVE-YEAR COMMITMENTS
To:    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement referred
to below
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Competitive Advance and Revolving
Credit Agreement (as amended as of June 29, 2015, and as further amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Credit Agreement”), dated as of August 5, 2013, among TEGNA Inc. (f/k/a Gannett
Co., Inc.) (“TEGNA”), the Lenders party thereto from time to time, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”) and other parties party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
This notice is an Incremental Facility Activation Notice referred to in Section
2.1(d) of the Credit Agreement, and TEGNA and each Lender party hereto hereby
notify you that:
1.
Each Lender party hereto agrees to increase the amount of its Five-Year
Commitment in the amount set forth under such Lender’s name on the signature
pages hereof under the caption “Increase of Five-Year Commitments”.

2.
The Facility to be increased is a Five-Year Facility. The commitments
contemplated hereby shall constitute Five-Year Commitments for all purposes of
the Credit Agreement and all Loans thereunder shall have the same terms as the
Five-Year Loans. Each Lender party hereto shall be a Five-Year Lender for all
purposes of the Credit Agreement.

3.
The Incremental Facility Closing Date with respect to the increase in Five-Year
Commitments is September 26, 2016.

4.
The aggregate principal amount of such increase contemplated hereby is
$103,000,000.

5.
The agreement of each Lender party hereto to increase its Five-Year Commitments
on the Incremental Facility Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the
following conditions precedent:

(a)
The Administrative Agent shall have received this notice, executed and delivered
by TEGNA and each Lender party hereto.

(b)
After giving effect to the increase in Five-Year Commitments contemplated hereby
on the Incremental Facility Closing Date, (i) each of the representations and
warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on
and as of such date, except for representations and warranties made as of a
specific earlier date that shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of such date, and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.

        

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6.    On the Incremental Facility Closing Date, to the extent there are
Five-Year Loans outstanding, each Lender party hereto shall make Five-Year
Loans, the proceeds of which will be used to prepay the Five-Year Loans of other
Five-Year Lenders so that, after giving effect thereto, the Five-Year Loans
outstanding are allocated among the Five-Year Lenders in accordance with their
Five-Year Commitment Percentages after giving effect to the increase in
Five-Year Commitments contemplated hereby.
7.    On the Incremental Facility Closing Date, each Lender party hereto shall
purchase for its own account and risk an undivided interest in the Issuing
Lender’s obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit
and the amount of each draft paid by the Issuing Lender thereunder so that,
after giving effect thereto, each L/C Participant shall hold, for its own
account and risk, an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s
Five-Year Commitment Percentage in the Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights
under and in respect of each Letter of Credit and the amount of each draft paid
by the Issuing Lender thereunder.

[Signature page follows]

        

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized
officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of September 26, 2016.

TEGNA INC.

By:____/s/ Michael A. Hart___________
Name: Michael A. Hart    
Title: Vice President and Treasurer

SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as Lender increasing its Five-Year Commitments

By:__ /s/ David W. Kee____________
Name: David W. Kee    
Title: Managing Director

Increase of Five-Year Commitments
$78,000,000

CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,
as Lender increasing its Five-Year Commitments

By:__ /s/ Barrett D. Bencivenga________
Name: Barrett D. Bencivenga    
Title: Managing Director

Increase of Five-Year Commitments
$25,000,000

CONSENTED TO: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

By:___ /s/ Davide Migliardi___________
Name: Davide Migliardi    
Title: Vice President

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