Exhibit 10.03

EXECUTIVE LIFE INSURANCE BONUS AGREEMENT

EFFECTIVE ON OR AFTER NOVEMBER 19, 2007

This Executive Life Insurance Bonus Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and
entered into as of                     , 20    , by and between
                     (“Executive”) and Media General, Inc. (“Company”).

RECITALS

 

A. The Company will annually provide the Executive with special bonus
compensation in recognition of the Executive’s ongoing valuable contribution to
the success of the Company and as an inducement for the Executive’s continued
employment in the future;

 

B. The Company and the Executive desire to have the specifics of the annual
bonus compensation and the criteria pursuant to which such compensation will be
paid reduced to a written agreement.

 

C. This Agreement, the compensation provided hereunder, and the related
Executive Life Insurance Bonus Agreement Program Summary are intended to comply
with section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the “Code”)
and Treasury Regulations thereunder, and shall be administered and interpreted
accordingly.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and the mutual agreements and
covenants set forth below, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

 

1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise clearly
apparent from the context, the following phrases or items shall have the
following indicated meanings:

 

  (a) “Actual Policy” shall mean the actual registered corporate variable
universal life insurance product (policy number             ), issued by the
Insurer and owned by the Executive or the Executive’s designee, for which the
Company shall remit Premium to the Insurer on the Executive’s behalf and which
shall reflect the Executive’s actual allocation of policy values.

 

  (b)

“Base Compensation” shall mean: (i) the Executive’s annual base salary,
excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, director fees and other fees, paid to
the Executive for employment services rendered to the Company, before reduction
for compensation deferred pursuant to all qualified, non-qualified and Code
Section 125 plans of the Company. For purposes of determining the Executive’s
Base Compensation for every year up to and including the year in which such
Executive

 

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terminates (including termination due to Total Disability) or retires, the Base
Compensation established for the Executive as of January 1 of that year shall be
used. For any and all subsequent years (if any) covered by this Agreement, the
Executive’s Base Compensation established for the Executive as of January 1 in
the year in which the Executive terminates (including termination due to Total
Disability) or retires shall be used.

 

  (c) “Cause” shall mean:

 

  (i) the failure of the Executive to perform the Executive’s duties with the
Company or an affiliated company (other than any such failure resulting from
incapacity due to physical or mental illness),

 

  (ii) the engaging by the Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct
which is injurious to the Company,

 

  (iii) conviction of an act of embezzlement or fraud against the Company, or a
conviction of a felony or guilty or nolo contendere plea by the Employee with
respect thereto, or

 

  (iv) deliberate dishonesty of the Executive with respect to the Company or any
of its affiliated companies.

 

  (d) “Effective Date” shall mean the date the Insurer issues the Executive’s
Actual Policy.

 

  (e) “Bonus Compensation” shall mean the sum of the Premium, and a cash bonus
computed in the manner described in Section 3.2.

 

  (f) “Insurer” shall mean Travelers Life Insurance Company and/or such other
carrier(s) as the Company may, in its sole discretion, select for purposes of
remitting Premium.

 

  (g) “Non-Compete Requirement” shall mean that an Executive shall not, without
the written consent of the Company, directly or indirectly enter into or in any
manner take part in any business, profession or other endeavor which shall be in
competition with the business of the Company, either as an employee, agent,
independent contractor, owner or otherwise in any state in which the Company is
conducting business.

 

  (h)

“Phantom Policy” shall be used solely for the purpose of computing the amount of
Premium due to the Insurer for any given Policy Year, based upon the following
assumptions: (i) the issue date, health “rating” of the insured, attained age of
the insured and other similar underwriting attributes reflected in the Actual
Policy shall also be reflected in the Phantom Policy; provided, however, in the
event the Executive’s Actual Policy is a joint life policy, the Phantom Policy
shall be deemed to be a single life policy insuring the life of the Executive;
(ii) the Phantom Policy shall be funded with annual

 

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premiums over the premium payment period; (iii) the premium payment period shall
commence upon the Effective Date and shall be assumed to continue until the
Policy Year in which the Executive will attain age sixty-five (65), or actual
termination in the event the Executive continues employment past age sixty-five
(65); (iv) the Phantom Policy shall be deemed to be the same registered
corporate variable universal life insurance product as the Actual Policy;
provided, however, in the event the Executive’s Actual Policy is a joint life
policy, the Phantom Policy shall be deemed to be a single life policy insuring
the life of the Executive; (v) any and all Premiums paid to the Insurer pursuant
to this Agreement, for prior Policy Years, shall be deemed to be contributed to
this Phantom Policy as of the date such Premiums are contributed to the Actual
Policy; (vi) all Premiums and policy values shall be assumed to grow at a net
crediting rate of 8.5% (before reduction for mortality and policy expenses but
net of investment management fees) within the Phantom Policy (irrespective of
the Executive’s allocation choices within the Actual Policy) and (vii) the
Phantom Policy shall be funded, annually, with Premium based on all of the
following benefit targets:

The first funding target shall be to provide a death benefit to the Executive
equal to 300% of the sum of Base Compensation and Targeted Incentive Bonus.

The second funding target shall be to provide a death benefit to the Executive
through his projected retirement age of sixty-five (65) equal to 300% of
Projected Total Compensation.

The third funding target shall be to provide cash value, as the end of the
premium payment period (described above), sufficient to sustain ongoing death
benefit coverage equal to 150% of Projected Total Compensation.

Upon any actual termination of employment, which occurs before the term of this
Agreement has been completed, pursuant to Section 4.1, other than termination
due to Total Disability, the following benefit targets shall replace the three
benefits targets above, however, all other assumptions described above with
respect to the Phantom Policy, shall be applicable:

The first funding target shall be to provide a death benefit to the Executive
through age sixty-five (65) equal to 150% of the sum of Base Compensation and
Targeted Incentive Bonus.

 

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The second funding target shall be to provide cash value, as the end of the
premium payment period (described above), sufficient to sustain ongoing death
benefit coverage equal to 150% of the sum of the Executive’s Base Compensation
and Targeted Incentive Bonus.

Upon any actual termination of employment due to Total Disability which occurs
before the term of this Agreement has been completed, pursuant to Section 4.1,
the following benefit targets shall replace the three benefits targets above,
however, all other assumptions described above with respect to the Phantom
Policy, shall be applicable:

The first funding target shall be to provide a death benefit to the Executive
through age fifty-five (55) equal to 300% of Base Compensation and Targeted
Incentive Bonus.

The second funding target shall be to provide a death benefit to the Executive
from age fifty-five (55) through age sixty-five (65) equal to 150% of the sum of
Base Compensation and Targeted Incentive Bonus.

The third funding target shall be to provide cash value, as the end of the
premium payment period (described above), sufficient to sustain ongoing death
benefit coverage equal to 150% of Base Compensation and Targeted Incentive
Bonus.

 

  (i) “Policy Year” shall mean the twelve (12) month period commencing on the
Effective Date, and every twelve (12) month period commencing thereafter.

 

  (j) “Premium” shall mean the amount required to fund the Phantom Policy, for a
given Policy Year, which shall be remitted to the Insurer on the Executive’s
behalf, for the Actual Policy.

 

  (k) “Projected Total Compensation” shall be used solely for purposes of
determining Premium payable by the Company with respect to the “Phantom Policy”
and shall mean the amount of the Executive’s Base Compensation and Targeted
Incentive Bonus projected to be earned by the Executive in each future year. For
purposes of determining the annual Premium to be paid in connection with the
“Phantom Policy”, each year the Executive’s Base Compensation and Targeted
Incentive Bonus shall be measured as of January 1, and an annual escalation
factor of nine and one-half percent (9.5%) shall be applied to such Base
Compensation and Targeted Incentive Bonus, for the period remaining until age
sixty-five (65). An increase in Base Compensation and Targeted Incentive Bonus
shall be deemed to occur as of January 1 of each year.

 

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  (l) “Targeted Incentive Bonus” shall mean one hundred (100) percent of the
amount the Executive is eligible to receive under the Company’s annual incentive
bonus plan. For purposes of determining the Executive’s Targeted Incentive Bonus
for every year up to and including the year in which such Executive terminates
(including termination due to Total Disability) or retires, the Targeted
Incentive Bonus established for the Executive as of January 1 of that year shall
be used. For any and all subsequent Policy Years (if any) covered by this
Agreement, the Executive’s Targeted Incentive Bonus established for the
Executive as of January 1 in the year in which the Executive terminates
(including termination due to Total Disability) or retires shall be used.

 

  (m) “Total Disability” shall mean the Executive is permanently physically or
mentally unable to perform his customary and/or required duties under the terms
of the Company’s group disability insurance plan.

 

1.2 Construction. The masculine gender, where appearing in the Agreement, shall
include the feminine gender (and vice versa), and the singular shall include the
plural, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary. Headings and
subheadings are for the purpose of reference only and are not to be considered
in construction of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is
determined to be for any reason invalid or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

ARTICLE II

CESSATION OF PARTICIPATION IN EXECUTIVE DEATH BENEFIT PLAN

 

2.1 The Company and the Executive mutually agree that as of the Effective Date,
the Executive’s participation in the Media General, Inc. Executive Death Benefit
Plan, as amended, shall immediately cease.

ARTICLE III

BONUS COMPENSATION

 

3.1

Payment of Bonus Compensation. In addition to any other compensation paid by the
Company to the Executive for services rendered, the Company agrees to: (i) remit
a Premium to the Insurer, on the Executive’s behalf, at the beginning of any
Policy Year (but in no event later than the 90th day of the applicable Policy
Year) in which Premium is payable with respect to the Actual Policy, pursuant to
the definition and assumptions described with respect to the Phantom Policy; and
(ii) pay the Executive a cash bonus during any Policy Year in which Premium is
remitted to the Insurer on the Executive’s behalf, to approximately offset the
Executive’s state and federal income taxes associated with such Premium amount
and the cash bonus itself (as more specifically described in Section 3.2).

 

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3.2 Calculation and Payment of Cash Bonus. The cash bonus due to the Executive
for any Policy Year in which Premium is paid, shall be computed in accordance
with the following formula:

cash bonus = [Premium amount/(1-n)] less [Premium amount]

For purposes of this Subsection, ‘n’ shall mean the Executive’s marginal federal
and state tax rate, expressed as a decimal, which shall be determined by the
Company in its sole discretion. For administrative ease, the Company can use a
standardized tax rate for any Executive participating in similar arrangements.
Such cash bonus shall be payable to the Executive on or before December 31 of
the Policy Year in which the Premium is remitted to the Insurer and taxable to
the Executive. The Company’s obligation to pay the cash bonus shall be fixed and
certain at the time the Premium is remitted to the Insurer and shall not be
abrogated due to the Executive’s subsequent termination of employment.

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

 

4.1 Term of Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall coincide with the
initial Policy Year. Thereafter, the Agreement shall be renewed automatically
from year to year on a Policy Year basis, for so long as the Executive either
(i) continues to be employed by the Company as
                                        , or (ii) is reassigned by the Company
to a comparable position with the Company that is at least as favorable to the
Executive in terms of benefits, Base Compensation and title as the Executive was
receiving and had attained immediately preceding the date on which the Executive
was reassigned. If the Executive’s employment with the Company in the position
or comparable position described above is terminated due to Total Disability, or
for any reason on or after attainment of age sixty (60) and the completion of at
least ten (10) years of service with the Company, the term of the Agreement
shall automatically extend up to and including the Policy Year in which the
Executive attains age sixty-five (65). Notwithstanding the prior language of
this Subsection, this Agreement shall automatically terminate, and the Company’s
obligation to make further payments hereunder shall thereby cease, upon: (i) the
Executive’s death, (ii) the date the Executive terminates employment if prior to
attaining age sixty (60), or termination of employment if after attaining age
sixty (60) but prior to completing ten (10) years of service with the Company,
(iii) the date the Executive executes a policy withdrawal, surrender, partial
surrender or loan, (iv) the date the Executive is terminated for Cause, and/or
(iv) the date the Executive violates the Non-Compete Requirement.

 

4.2 Administration. The Company shall be responsible for monitoring any changes
in the Executive’s Base Compensation or Targeted Incentive Bonus and for
coordinating any adjustment in the death benefit of the Actual Policy, with the
Insurer, in order to provide the proper death benefit. In the event the Insurer
requires medical information with respect to the Executive in order to increase
the death benefit of the Actual Policy, the Company shall notify the Executive
that such additional information is necessary.

 

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4.3 Miscellaneous. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, without reference to
principles of conflict of laws. The captions of this Agreement are not part of
the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect. This Agreement may not
be amended or modified other than by a written agreement executed by the parties
hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives. All notices and
other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given by hand
delivery to the other party or by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

If to the Executive:

Insert Name

Insert Address

If to the Company:

Media General, Inc.

333 E. Franklin Street

Richmond, VA 23219

ATTN: Corporate Human Resources Department

or to such other addresses as either party shall have furnished to the other in
writing in accordance herewith. Notice and communications shall be effective
when actually received by the addressee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date
first above written.

 

COMPANY     EXECUTIVE By:  

 

   

 

Its:  

 

   

 

 

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