Defined Term
Section
Foreign Competition Laws
5.1(d)(i)
Foreign Regulators
5.1(d)(i)
Foreign Regulatory Laws
5.1(d)(i)
Form S-4
6.4(a)
Form of Election
4.3(b)
GAAP
5.1(a)
Government Official
5.1(j)(ii)
Governmental Consents
7.1(b)
Governmental Entity
5.1(d)(i)
Hazardous Substance
5.1(m)
HSR Act
5.1(d)(i)
Indebtedness
5.1(e)(vi)
Indemnified Parties
6.12(a)
Information Technology
5.1(o)(vii)
Intellectual Property
5.1(o)(vii)
IRS
5.1(h)(iii)
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
6.4(a)
Knowledge of the Company
5.1(a)
Knowledge of Parent
5.2(a)
Law
5.1(j)(i)
Leased Real Property
5.1(q)(ii)
Licenses
5.1(j)(i)
Lien
5.1(b)(ii)
Material Contracts
5.1(k)
Merger
Recitals
Merger Consideration
4.1(a)(i)
Merger Sub
Preamble
Mixed Consideration Electing Share
4.1(a)(i)(A)
Mixed Election
4.1(a)(i)(A)
Mixed Election Cash Consideration
4.1(a)(i)(A)
Mixed Election Consideration
4.1(a)(i)(A)
Mixed Election Stock Consideration
4.1(a)(i)(A)
Moody's
4.2(a)
Multiemployer Plan
5.1(h)(iv)
NASDAQ
4.1(a)(iv)(C)
Non-Electing Share
4.3(b)
Notes Exchange Offer
6.16(b)
Notes Tender Offer
6.16(b)
OFAC
5.1(j)(ii)
OGCL
1.1
Option Payment
4.6(a)
Order
5.1(j)(i)
Owned Real Property
5.1(q)(i)
Parent
Preamble
Parent Acquisition Proposal
6.3(d)
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Defined Term
Section
Parent Alternative Acquisition Agreement
6.3(e)
Parent Award
4.6(d)
Parent Balance Sheet
5.2(g)
Parent Bylaws
5.2(d)(ii)
Parent Certificate of Incorporation
5.2(d)(ii)
Parent Change in Recommendation
6.3(e)
Parent Common Stock
5.2(b)(i)
Parent Disclosure Letter
5.2
Parent Expenses
8.5(c)
Parent Intervening Event
6.3(d)
Parent Material Adverse Effect
5.2(a)
Parent Preferred Stock
5.2(b)(i)
Parent Recommendation
5.2(c)
Parent Reports
5.2(e)(i)
Parent Requisite Vote
5.2(c)
Parent Stock Plans
5.2(b)(i)
Parent Stockholders Meeting
6.5(c)(i)
Parent Superior Proposal
6.3(d)
Parent Termination Fee
8.6
Payment
8.7(b)
Payor
8.7(b)
PBGC
5.1(h)(v)
Permanent Financing
6.16(c)
Person
4.2(b)
Personal Data
5.1(o)(vii)
Phantom Unit
4.6(d)
Preferred Shares
5.1(b)(i)
Proceedings
5.1(g)
Real Property Leases
5.1(q)(ii)
Recipient
8.7(b)
Redacted Fee Letter
5.2(l)
Registered IP
5.1(o)(i)
Regulatory Actions
6.6(d)
Representatives
6.2(a)
Required Governmental Consents
7.1(b)
Required Information
6.16(c)
Revolver Cap
6.1(b)(iv)
Revolving Credit Facility
6.16(a)
Rollover Options
4.6(a)
S&P
4.2(a)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
5.1(e)(i)
Scripps Family Agreement
6.5(a)
SEC
5.1(e)(i)
Second Request
6.6(b)
Section 409A
4.6(b)
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Defined Term
Section
Securities Act
5.1(d)(i)
Senior Executives
6.1(a)(iii)
Series A Common Stock
5.2(b)(i)
Series B Common Stock
5.2(b)(i)
Series C Common Stock
5.2(b)(i)
Series A Preferred Stock
5.2(b)(i)
Series C Preferred Stock
5.2(b)(i)
Shares
4.1(a)(i)
Significant Subsidiary
5.1(a)
Statutory Plan
5.1(h)(i)
Stock Award Consideration
4.6(b)(ii)
Stock Electing Share
4.1(a)(i)(C)
Stock Election
4.1(a)(i)(C)
Stock Election Consideration
4.1(a)(i)(C)
Subsidiary
5.1(a)
Substitute Financing
6.16(a)
Surviving Company
1.1
Takeover Statute
5.1(l)
Tax
5.1(n)
Tax Return
5.1(n)
Taxable
5.1(n)
Taxes
5.1(n)
Termination Date
8.2(a)
Trading Day
4.1(a)(iv)(D)
Uncertificated Shares
4.1(a)(ii)
Willful Breach
8.7(a)
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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (hereinafter referred to as this "Agreement"),
dated as of July 30, 2017, among SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC., an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("Parent"), and SKYLIGHT MERGER SUB, INC., an Ohio corporation and a
direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company, by resolutions duly adopted, has
unanimously approved the merger of the Merger Sub with and into the Company with
the Company as the surviving corporation in the merger (the "Merger") upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this