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Exhibit 10.2

Exhibit 10.2

EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY

CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT

THIS EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY CHANGE IN CONTROL SEVERANCE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is
entered into, effective September 4, 2011 (the “Effective Date”), by and between EMMIS OPERATING
COMPANY, an Indiana corporation (the “Company”), and Patrick Walsh (“Executive”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, Executive is an officer and employee of the Company and also an officer of the
Company’s sole shareholder, Emmis Communications Corporation (“Parent”) and that the Company
derives a material benefit from compensation to executives that is provided by Parent; and

WHEREAS, as a material inducement to Executive’s continued employment with the Company, Parent
and Executive entered into a certain Emmis Communications Corporation Change in Control Severance
Agreement effective January 1, 2008 (the “Parent CIC Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, on August 19, 2009, the Company’s Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan
Agreement, to which both the Company and Parent are parties (the “Credit Agreement”), was amended
to prohibit Parent from paying compensation to officers or employees of Parent or the Company, and
such amendment may have prohibited Parent from performing certain of its obligations under the
Parent CIC Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Company considers the establishment and maintenance of sound and vital management
to be essential to protecting and enhancing the best interests of the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company recognizes that, as is the case with many operating subsidiaries of
publicly held corporations, the possibility of a change in control may arise and that such
possibility may result in the departure or distraction of management personnel to the detriment of
the Company; and

WHEREAS, the Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to secure
Executive’s continued services and to ensure Executive’s continued and undivided dedication to his
duties in the event of any threat or occurrence of a “Change in Control” (as defined in Section 1)
and that it is in the best interests of the Company to eliminate the unnecessary level of
uncertainty due to the potential inability of Parent to perform its obligations under Parent CIC
Agreement; and

WHEREAS, Executive and Parent have informed the Company that the Parent CIC Agreement will be
terminated upon execution of this Agreement in order to ensure Executive does not receive
unintended, duplicative benefits in connection with the occurrence of a Change in Control.

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the Company and Executive hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings set forth below:

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified person, a person that, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common
control with, the person specified.

(b) “Base Salary” means Executive’s gross base salary, regardless of whether payable directly
by the Company in cash or the stock compensation program or a similar program.

(c) “Board” means the Board of Directors of Parent. The board of directors of the Company
agree to cause the Company to implement any and all directions of the Board hereunder.

(d) “Bonus Amount” means the greater of (i) the highest annual incentive bonus earned by
Executive from the Company (and/or its Affiliates) during the last three (3) completed fiscal years
of the Company immediately preceding Executive’s Date of Termination (annualized in the event
Executive was not employed by the Company (or its Affiliates) for the whole of any such fiscal
year), or (ii) if the Date of Termination occurs before Executive has been employed for a full
fiscal year and before the date on which the Company generally pays bonuses to its executives for
the fiscal year in which Executive’s employment commenced, 25% of Executive’s Base Salary for the
fiscal year of the Company which includes the Executive’s Date of Termination.

(e) “Cause” means (i) the willful and continued failure of Executive to perform substantially
his duties with the Company (other than any such failure resulting from Executive’s incapacity due
to physical or mental illness or any such failure subsequent to Executive being delivered a notice
of Termination without Cause by the Company or delivering a notice of Termination for Good Reason
to the Company) after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Executive by the
Board which specifically identifies the manner in which the Board believes that Executive has not
substantially performed Executive’s duties; provided that Executive has not cured such failure or
commenced such performance within 30 days after such demand is given to Executive, or (ii) the
willful engaging by Executive in illegal conduct or gross misconduct which is demonstrably and
materially injurious to the Company or its Affiliates. For purpose of the preceding sentence, no
act or failure to act by Executive shall be considered “willful” unless done or omitted to be done
by Executive in bad faith and without reasonable belief that Executive’s action or omission was in
the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant
to a resolution duly adopted by the Board, based upon the advice of counsel for the Company (or
upon the instructions of the Company’s chief executive officer or another senior officer of the
Company) shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good
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not exist unless and until the Company has delivered to Executive a copy of a resolution duly
adopted by three-quarters (3/4) of the entire Board (excluding Executive if Executive is a Board
member) at a meeting of the Board called and held for such purpose (after reasonable notice to
Executive and an opportunity for Executive, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board),
finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board an event set forth in clause (i) or (ii) has
occurred and specifying the particulars thereof in detail. The Company must notify Executive of
any event constituting Cause within ninety (90) days following the Company’s knowledge of its
existence or such event shall not constitute Cause under this Agreement.

(f) “Change in Control” means any of the following: (i) any individual, entity or group
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (other than an Affiliate or any employee benefit plan (or any related
trust) of Parent or an Affiliate, and other than Jeffrey H. Smulyan or an Affiliate of Mr. Smulyan)
(a “Person”) becomes after the date hereof the beneficial owner of 35% or more of either the then
outstanding Stock or the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of Parent
entitled to vote in the election of directors, except that no Change in Control shall be deemed to
have occurred solely by reason of any such acquisition by a corporation with respect to which,
after such acquisition, more than 60% of both the then outstanding common shares of such
corporation and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of such
corporation entitled to vote in the election of directors are then beneficially owned, directly or
indirectly, by the persons who were the beneficial owners of the Stock and voting securities of
Parent immediately before such acquisition in substantially the same proportion as their ownership,
immediately before such acquisition, of the outstanding Stock and the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities of Parent entitled to vote in the election of directors; (ii)
individuals who, as of the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease
for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided that any individual who
becomes a director after the Effective Date whose election, or nomination for election by Parent’s
shareholders, was approved by a vote or written consent of at least two-thirds of the directors
then comprising the Incumbent Directors shall be considered as though such individual were an
Incumbent Director, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption
of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest relating to the election
of the directors of Parent (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 under the Exchange Act); (iii)
the consummation of (A) a merger, reorganization or consolidation with respect to which the
individuals and entities who were the respective beneficial owners of the Stock and voting
securities of Parent immediately before such merger, reorganization or consolidation do not, after
such merger, reorganization or consolidation, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than
60% of, respectively, the then outstanding common shares and the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities entitled to vote in the election of directors of the corporation
resulting from such merger, reorganization or consolidation, or (B) the sale or other disposition
(or series of sales and/or other dispositions over time resulting in a sale and/or other
disposition) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or Parent to any Person or
Persons as part of the Company’s or Parent’s plan to sell or otherwise dispose of all or
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such assets; (iv) the approval by the shareholders of the Company or Parent of a liquidation
or dissolution of the Company or Parent; (v) Parent ceasing to own at least a majority of the
common stock of the Company; or (vi) such other event(s) or circumstance(s) as are determined by
the Board to constitute a Change in Control. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
definition, a Change in Control shall be deemed not to have occurred with respect to Executive, if
he is, by written agreement executed prior to such Change in Control, a participant on his own
behalf in a transaction in which the persons with whom he has the written agreement (and/or their
Affiliates) Acquire Parent (as defined below) and, pursuant to the written agreement, Executive has
(or has the right to acquire) an equity interest in the resulting entity.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not be deemed to occur solely because
any Person acquires beneficial ownership of more than 35% of the then outstanding Stock as a result
of the acquisition of the Stock by Parent which reduces the number of shares of Stock outstanding;
provided, that if after such acquisition by Parent such person becomes the
beneficial owner of additional Stock that increases the percentage of outstanding Stock
beneficially owned by such person, a Change in Control shall then occur.

For the purposes of this definition, “Acquire Parent” means the acquisition of beneficial
ownership by purchase, merger, or otherwise, of either more than 50% of the Stock (such percentage
to be computed in accordance with Rule 13d-3(d)(1)(i) of the SEC under the Exchange Act) or
substantially all of the assets of Parent or its successors; “person” means such term as used in
Rule 13d-5 of the SEC under the Exchange Act; “beneficial owner” means such term as defined in Rule
13d-3 of the SEC under the Exchange Act; and “group” means such term as defined in Section 13(d) of
the Exchange Act.

(g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations and rulings
thereunder. References to a particular section of the Code shall include references to successor
provisions.

(h) “Date of Termination” means the effective date of the Termination of Executive’s
Employment.

(i) “Disability” means Termination of Executive’s Employment by the Company (A) on account of
Executive’s disability or incapacity in accordance with Executive’s written employment agreement
with the Company, if such agreement contains provisions relating to Termination of Employment for
disability or incapacity, or (B) except as provided in clause (A), on account of Executive’s
disability or incapacity in accordance with the Company’s policies applicable to salaried employees
without a written employment agreement, as in effect immediately before the Change in Control.

(j) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. References to a
particular section of, or rule under, the Exchange Act shall include references to successor
provisions.

 

 

 

(k) “Good Reason” means, without Executive’s express written consent, the occurrence of any of
the following events after a Change in Control:

(i) a material diminution in Executive’s authority, duties, or responsibilities;
provided, however, Good Reason shall not be deemed to occur upon a change in duties or
responsibilities (other than reporting responsibilities) that is solely and directly a
result of Parent no longer being a publicly traded entity that does not involve another
event described in this Subsection (l);

(ii) a material breach by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company of this Agreement
or an employment agreement to which the Executive and the Company or an Affiliate of the
Company are parties;

(iii) a material reduction by the Company in Executive’s rate of annual Base Salary,
as in effect immediately prior to such Change in Control or as the same may be increased
from time to time thereafter (with a reduction or series of reductions exceeding 5% of Base
Salary being deemed material);

(iv) any requirement of the Company that Executive (A) be based anywhere more than
thirty-five (35) miles from the office where Executive is based at the time of the Change
in Control, if such relocation increases Executive’s commute by more than twenty (20)
miles, or (B) travel on Company business to an extent materially greater than the travel
obligations of Executive immediately prior to such Change in Control;

(v) the failure of the Company to obtain the assumption and, if applicable, guarantee,
agreement from any successor (and parent corporation) as contemplated in Section 9(b).

Notwithstanding the preceding, an event described above shall not be considered an event of Good
Reason, unless the Executive provides notice to the Company of the existence of such event of Good
Reason within ninety (90) days after its first occurrence and the Company fails to cure such event
within thirty (30) days after receiving Executive’s notice. Executive’s right to Terminate
Employment for Good Reason shall not be affected by Executive’s incapacity due to mental or
physical illness, and Executive’s continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a waiver
of rights with respect to, any event or condition constituting Good Reason; provided,
however, that Executive must Terminate Employment within ninety (90) days following the end
of the thirty (30) day cure period specified above, or such event shall not constitute a
termination for Good Reason under this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, Termination of Employment by Executive for any reason during the thirty
(30)-day period beginning one (1) year after the date of a Change in Control shall constitute a
Termination of Employment for Good Reason.

 

 

 

(l) “Qualifying Termination” means a Termination of Executive’s Employment (i) by the Company
other than for Cause or (ii) by Executive for Good Reason. Termination of Executive’s employment
on account of death, Disability, or Retirement shall not be treated as a Qualifying Termination.

(m) “Retirement” means Executive’s Termination of Employment by reason of retirement (not
including any mandatory early retirement) in accordance with the Company’s retirement policy
generally applicable to its salaried employees, as in effect immediately prior to the Change in
Control, or in accordance with any retirement arrangement established with respect to Executive
with Executive’s written consent; provided, however, that under no circumstances
shall a resignation with Good Reason be deemed a Retirement.

(n) “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

(o) “Stock” means the Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock of Parent, par value
$.01 per share.

(p) “Termination of Employment”, “Terminates Employment”, or any variation thereof means
Executive’s separation from service within the meaning of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i).

(q) “Termination Period” means the period of time beginning with a Change in Control and
ending two (2) years following such Change in Control. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
to the contrary, if (i) Executive’s Employment is Terminated prior to a Change in Control for
reasons that would have constituted a Qualifying Termination if they had occurred following a
Change in Control; (ii) Executive reasonably demonstrates that such termination (or Good Reason
event) was at the request of a Person who had indicated an intention or taken steps reasonably
calculated to effect a Change in Control, or was otherwise made in connection with a Change in
Control; and (iii) a Change in Control involving such third party or an Affiliate of such third
party (or a party competing with such third party to effectuate a Change in Control) does occur,
then for purposes of this Agreement, the date immediately prior to the date of such Termination of
Employment or event constituting Good Reason shall be treated as a Change in Control. For purposes
of determining the timing of payments and benefits to Executive under Section 4, the date of the
actual Change in Control shall be treated as Executive’s Date of Termination under Section l(h).

2. Obligation of Executive. In the event of a tender or exchange offer, proxy
contest, or the execution of any agreement which, if consummated, would constitute a Change in
Control, Executive agrees not to voluntarily leave the employ of the Company, other than as a
result of Disability, Retirement or an event which would constitute Good Reason if a Change in
Control had occurred, until the Change in Control occurs or, if earlier, such tender or exchange
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3. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall be effective on the date hereof and shall
continue in effect until the Company shall have given three (3) years’ written notice of
cancellation; provided, that, notwithstanding the delivery of any such notice, this
Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of two (2) years after a Change in Control, if such
Change in Control shall have occurred during the term of this Agreement. Moreover, if Executive is
party to a written employment agreement with the Company at the time of a Change in Control, and
such agreement would otherwise expire during the Termination Period, the term of such agreement
shall automatically be extended to the end of the Termination Period or, if earlier, Executive’s
Retirement. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, except as provided in the
second sentence of Section 1(r), this Agreement shall terminate if Executive or the Company
Terminates Executive’s Employment prior to a Change in Control.

4. Payments Upon Termination of Employment.

(a) Qualifying Termination — Severance. If during the Termination Period, the
Employment of Executive shall Terminate pursuant to a Qualifying Termination, the Company shall
provide to Executive:

(i) within ten (10) days following the Date of Termination a lump-sum cash amount
equal to the sum of (A) Executive’s Base Salary through the Date of Termination and any
bonus amounts which have become payable, to the extent not theretofore paid or deferred,
(B) an amount equal to (I) one hundred percent (100%) of Executive’s Base Salary at the
rate in effect on the Change in Control (or, if higher, the rate in effect on Termination
of Employment), multiplied by (II) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days
in the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs through the Date of Termination
and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty-five (365), and (C) any accrued
vacation pay, in each case to the extent not theretofore paid; plus

(ii) within ten (10) days following the Date of Termination, a lump-sum cash amount
equal to (i) three (3) times Executive’s highest annual rate of Base Salary during the
36-month period immediately prior to Executive’s Date of Termination plus (ii) three (3)
times Executive’s Bonus Amount.

(b) Qualifying Termination — Benefits. If during the Termination Period, the
Employment of Executive shall Terminate pursuant to a Qualifying Termination, the Company shall:

(i) for a period of three (3) years following Executive’s Date of Termination,
continue to provide Executive (and Executive’s dependents, if applicable) with the same
level of accident and life insurance benefits upon substantially the same terms and
conditions (including contributions required by Executive for such benefits) as existed
immediately prior to Executive’s Date of Termination (or, if more favorable to Executive,
as such benefits and terms and
conditions existed immediately prior to the Change in Control); provided,
that, if Executive cannot continue to participate in the Company plans providing
such benefits, the Company shall otherwise provide such benefits on the same after-tax
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(ii) for the period beginning on Executive’s Date of Termination and continuing for up
to 18 months thereafter, reimburse Executive for COBRA premiums paid by Executive for
continuation coverage for Executive (and Executive’s dependents, if applicable) under the
Company’s medical and dental benefits plan, with such reimbursement being taxable to
Executive (any reimbursement required by this paragraph (ii) may be accomplished by the
Company’s direct payment of such premium, with such payment taxable to Executive, or by
Company reimbursing Executive for such premium within thirty (30) days after Executive’ s
payment thereof);

(iii) for the period beginning 19 months after Executive’s Date of Termination and
ending 36 months after Executive’s Date of Termination, reimburse Executive for the cost of
purchasing coverage substantially similar to that purchased under the Company’s medical and
dental benefits plan pursuant to paragraph (ii) above (with no additional pre-existing
condition exclusion), with such reimbursement being taxable to Executive (any reimbursement
required by this paragraph (iii) may be accomplished by the Company’s direct payment of
such premium, with such payment taxable to Executive, or by Company reimbursing Executive
for such premium within thirty (30) days after Executive’ s payment thereof);

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) in the event Executive (or, if applicable, Executive’s
dependent) becomes ineligible for COBRA continuation coverage during the first 18 months
following Executive’s Date of Termination, such person shall not be eligible for further
coverage under paragraph (ii) or (iii), and (B) subject to the limitations in clause (A),
in the event Executive becomes employed by another employer and becomes eligible to receive
welfare benefits from such employer, the welfare benefits described in paragraphs (i)
through (iii) shall be secondary to such benefits during the period of Executive’s
eligibility, but only to the extent that the Company reimburses Executive for any increased
cost and provides any additional benefits necessary to give Executive the benefits provided
hereunder;

(iv) for two years following the Executive’s Date of Termination (or such shorter
period ending upon the subsequent employment of Executive at a level of service
commensurate with Executive’s positions with the Company on the Date of Termination),
provide outplacement services for Executive from a provider selected by the Company and at
the Company’s expense;

(v) make such additional payments and provide such additional benefits to Executive as
the Company and Executive may agree in
writing, or to which Executive may be entitled under the compensation and benefit
plans, policies, and arrangements of the Company.

 

 

 

(c) Nonqualifying Termination. If during the Termination Period the Employment of
Executive shall Terminate other than by reason of a Qualifying Termination, the Company shall pay
to Executive within thirty (30) days following the Date of Termination, a lump-sum cash amount
equal to the sum of Executive’s Base Salary through the Date of Termination and any bonus amounts
which have become payable, to the extent not theretofore paid or deferred, and any accrued vacation
pay, to the extent not theretofore paid. The Company may make such additional payments and provide
such additional benefits to Executive as the Company and Executive may agree in writing, and the
Company shall provide Executive with those payments and benefits to which Executive may be entitled
under the compensation and benefit plans, policies, and arrangements of the Company or any
employment agreement with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

(d) Stock Rights. In the event of a Change in Control, all restricted Stock and all
options, stock appreciation rights, and/or other stock rights held by Executive with respect to
Stock that are exempt from Section 409A (“Stock Rights”) which are not fully vested (and
exercisable, if applicable) shall become fully vested and exercisable as of a time established by
the Board, which shall be no later than a time preceding the Change in Control which allows
Executive to exercise the Stock Rights and cause the stock acquired thereby to participate in the
Change in Control transaction. If the Change in Control transaction is structured so that stock
participating therein at one time is or may be treated differently from stock participating therein
at a different time (e.g., a tender offer followed by a squeeze-out merger), the Board
shall interpret this Subsection (d) to provide for the required vesting acceleration in a manner
designed to allow Executive to exercise the Stock Rights and cause the stock acquired thereby to
participate in the earliest portion of the Change in Control transaction. If the consummation of a
Change in Control transaction is uncertain (e.g., a tender offer in which the tender of a
minimum number of shares is a condition to closing, or a voted merger or proxy contest in which a
minimum number of votes is a condition to closing), the Board shall apply this Subsection (d) by
using its best efforts to determine if and when the Change in Control transaction is likely to
close, and proceeding accordingly. To the extent necessary to implement this Subsection d), each
agreement reflecting a Stock Right, and each plan, if any, pursuant to which a Stock Right is
issued, if any, shall be deemed amended.

(e) Delay in Payments to Specified Employees. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, if Executive is a specified employee within the meaning of Code Section
409A(a)(2)(B)(i), distributions pursuant to this Section shall be delayed to the earliest day on
which such payments are permitted by Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) and the regulations thereunder.

 

 

 

5. Certain Additional Payments by the Company.

(a) If it is determined (as hereafter provided) that any payment or distribution by the
Company or any Affiliate to or for the benefit of Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed
or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise pursuant to or by reason of
any other agreement, policy, plan, program or arrangement, including without limitation any stock
option, stock appreciation right or similar right, or the lapse or termination of any restriction
on or the vesting or exercisability of any of the foregoing (a “Payment”), would be subject to the
excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or to any
similar tax imposed by state or local law, or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise
tax (such tax or taxes, together with any such interest and penalties, are hereafter collectively
referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then (i) if reduction of the amount payable pursuant to paragraph
4(a)(ii) by no more than ten percent (10%) would result in no Excise Tax being imposed, the amount
in paragraph 4(a)(ii) shall be reduced to the minimum extent necessary to result in no Excise Tax
being imposed, and (ii) if clause (i) does not apply, Executive will be entitled to receive an
additional payment or payments (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that, after payment by
Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such taxes),
including any Excise Tax, imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, Executive retains an amount of the
Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 5(f) hereof, all determinations required to be made
under this Section 5, including whether an Excise Tax is payable by Executive and the amount of
such Excise Tax and whether a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment,
will be made by a nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants (the “Accounting
Firm”) selected by Executive in his sole discretion. Executive will direct the Accounting Firm to
submit its determination and detailed supporting calculations to both the Company and Executive
within 15 calendar days after the date of Executive’s termination of employment, if applicable, and
any other such time or times as may be requested by the Company or Executive. If the Accounting
Firm determines that any Excise Tax is payable by Executive, the Company will pay the required
Gross-Up Payment to Executive within five business days after receipt of such determination and
calculations. If the Accounting Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by Executive, it
will, at the same time as it makes such determination, furnish Executive with an opinion that he
has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax on his federal, state, local income or other
tax return. Subject to the provisions of this Section 5, any determination by the Accounting Firm
as to the amount of the Gross-Up Payment will be binding upon the Company and Executive. As a
result of the uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor
provision thereto) and the possibility of similar uncertainty regarding applicable state or local
tax law at the time of any determination by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that
Gross-Up Payments which will not have been made by the Company should have been made (an
“Underpayment”), consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event that
an Underpayment is made and the Company exhausts or fails to pursue its remedies pursuant to
Section 5(f) hereof and Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax,
Executive will direct the Accounting Firm to determine the amount of the Underpayment that has
occurred and to submit its determination and detailed supporting calculations to
both the Company and Executive as promptly as possible. Any such Underpayment will be
promptly paid by the Company to, or for the benefit of, Executive within five business days after
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(c) The Company and Executive will each provide the Accounting Firm access to and copies of
any books, records and documents in the possession of the Company, Parent or Executive, as the case
may be, reasonably requested by the Accounting Firm, and otherwise cooperate with the Accounting
Firm in connection with the preparation and issuance of the determination contemplated by Section
5(b) hereof.

(d) The federal, state and local income or other tax returns filed by Executive will be
prepared and filed on a consistent basis with the determination of the Accounting Firm with respect
to the Excise Tax payable by Executive. Executive will make proper payment of the amount of any
Excise Tax, and at the request of the Company, provide to the Company true and correct copies (with
any amendments) of his federal income tax return as filed with the Internal Revenue Service and
corresponding state and local tax returns, if relevant, as filed with the applicable taxing
authority, and such other documents reasonably requested by the Company, evidencing such payment.
If prior to the filing of Executive’s federal income tax return, or corresponding state or local
tax return, if relevant, the Accounting Firm determines that the amount of the Gross-Up Payment
should be reduced, Executive will within five business days pay to the Company the amount of such
reduction.

(e) The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm for its services in connection with the
determinations and calculations contemplated by Sections 5(b) and (d) hereof will be borne by the
Company. If such fees and expenses are initially advanced by Executive, the Company will reimburse
Executive the full amount of such fees and expenses within five business days after receipt from
Executive of a statement therefor and reasonable evidence of his payment thereof.

(f) Executive will notify the Company in writing of any claim by the Internal Revenue Service
that, if successful, would require the payment by the Company of a Gross-Up Payment. Such
notification will be given as promptly as practicable but no later than 10 business days after
Executive actually receives notice of such claim and Executive will further apprise the Company of
the nature of such claim and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid (in each case, to
the extent known by Executive). Executive will not pay such claim prior to the earlier of (i) the
expiration of the 30-calendar-day period following the date on which he gives such notice to the
Company and (ii) the date that any payment of amount with respect to such claim is due. If the
Company notifies Executive in writing prior to the expiration of such period that it desires to
contest such claim, Executive will:

(i) provide the Company with any written records or documents in his possession
relating to such claim reasonably requested by the Company;

 

 

 

(ii) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company will
reasonably request in writing from time to time, including without limitation accepting
legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney competent in respect of the
subject matter and reasonably selected by the Company;

(iii) cooperate with the Company in good faith in order effectively to contest such
claim; and

(iv) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim;

provided, however, that the Company will bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including
interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and will indemnify and hold
harmless Executive, on an after-tax basis, for and against any Excise Tax or income tax, including
interest and penalties with respect thereto, imposed as a result of such representation and payment
of costs and expenses. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 5(f), the Company
will control all proceedings taken in connection with the contest of any claim contemplated by this
Section 5(f) and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative appeals,
proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim (provided
that Executive may participate therein at his own cost and expense) and may, at its option, either
direct Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any
permissible manner, and Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any
administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as
the Company will determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs Executive to pay the tax
claimed and sue for a refund, the Company will advance the amount of such payment to Executive on
an interest-free basis and will indemnify and hold Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from
any Excise Tax or income tax, including interest or penalties with respect thereto, imposed with
respect to such advance; and provided further, however, that any extension of the statute of
limitations relating to payment of taxes for the taxable year of Executive with respect to which
the contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. Furthermore,
the Company’s control of any such contested claim will be limited to issues with respect to which a
Gross-Up Payment would be payable hereunder and Executive will be entitled to settle or contest, as
the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service or any other taxing
authority.

(g) If, after the receipt by Executive of an amount advanced by the Company pursuant to
Section 5(f) hereof, Executive receives any refund with respect to such claim, Executive will
(subject to the Company’s complying with the requirements of Section 5(f) hereof) promptly pay to
the Company the amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after
any taxes applicable thereto). If, after the receipt by Executive of an amount advanced by the
Company pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof, a determination is made that Executive will not be
entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Company does not notify Executive in
writing of its intent to contest such denial or refund prior to the expiration of 30 calendar days
after such
determination, then such advance will be forgiven and will not be required to be repaid and
the amount of such advance will offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment
required to be paid pursuant to this Section 5.

 

 

 

(h) To the extent that earlier payment is not required by the preceding provisions of this
Section, the Company shall pay amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section not later than
the end of the calendar year next following the calendar year in which Executive remits the related
taxes.

6. Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from all payments due to Executive (or
his beneficiary or estate) hereunder all taxes which, by applicable federal, state, local or other
law, the Company is required to withhold therefrom. In the case of the withholding of an Excise
Tax, such withholding shall be consistent with any determination made under Section 5.

7. Reimbursement of Expenses. If any contest or dispute shall arise under this
Agreement involving termination of Executive’s employment with the Company or involving the failure
or refusal of the Company and/or Parent to perform fully in accordance with the terms hereof, the
Company shall reimburse Executive, on a current basis, for all reasonable legal fees and expenses,
if any, incurred by Executive in connection with such contest or dispute (regardless of the result
thereof); provided, however, Executive shall be required to repay any such amounts
to the Company to the extent that a court or an arbitration panel issues a final order from which
no appeal can be taken, or with respect to which the time period to appeal has expired, setting
forth that Executive has not wholly or partially prevailed on at least one material issue in
dispute. The amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in one year pursuant to this Section
shall not affect the amount of expenses eligible for reimbursement in any following year. Under no
circumstances shall the Company’s reimbursement for expenses incurred in a calendar year be made
later than the end of the next following calendar year; provided, however, this requirement shall
not alter the Company’s obligation to reimburse Executive for eligible expenses on a current basis.

8. Scope of Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to entitle Executive
to continued employment with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, and if Executive’s
employment with the Company shall terminate prior to a Change in Control, Executive shall have no
further rights under this Agreement (except as otherwise provided hereunder); provided,
however, that any Termination of Executive’s Employment during the Termination Period shall
be subject to all of the provisions of this Agreement.

9. Successors; Binding Agreement.

(a) This Agreement shall not be terminated by any Change in Control or other merger,
consolidation, statutory share exchange, sale of substantially all the assets or similar form of
corporate transaction involving the Company (a “Business Combination”). In the event of any
Business Combination, the provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the surviving
corporation, and such surviving
corporation shall be treated as the Company hereunder. For purposes of clarity only, a
corporation acquiring substantially all of the assets of the Company shall be a “surviving
corporation” for purposes of the preceding sentence.

 

 

 

(b) The Company agrees that in connection with any Business Combination, it will cause any
successor entity to the Company unconditionally to assume (and for any parent corporation in such
Business Combination to guarantee), by written instrument delivered to Executive (or his
beneficiary or estate), all of the obligations of the Company and Parent hereunder. Failure of the
Company to obtain such assumption and guarantee prior to the effectiveness of any such Business
Combination that constitutes a Change in Control, shall be a breach of this Agreement and shall
constitute Good Reason hereunder, with the event of Good Reason occurring on the date on which such
Business Combination becomes effective.

(c) This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Executive’s personal or
legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and
legatees. If Executive shall die while any amounts would be payable to Executive hereunder had
Executive continued to live, all such amounts, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be paid in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement to such person or persons appointed in writing by
Executive to receive such amounts or, if no person is so appointed, to Executive’s estate.

10. Notice. (a) For purposes of this Agreement, all notices and other communications
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given
when actually received or, if mailed, three days after mailing by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, or one business day after mailing by a nationally recognized express mail
delivery service with instructions for next-day delivery, addressed as follows:

If to the Executive, to the Executive’s principal residence as reflected in the records of the
Company.

If to the Company or Parent:

Emmis Operating Company

40 Monument Circle

Suite 700

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

Attn.: Legal Department

or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance
herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

 

 

 

(b) A written notice of Executive’s Date of Termination by the Company or Executive, as the
case may be, to the other, shall (i) indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement
relied upon, (ii) to the extent applicable, set forth
in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for Termination of
Executive’s Employment under the provision so indicated and (iii) specify the termination date
(which date shall be not less than fifteen (15) (thirty (30), if termination is by the Company for
Disability) nor more than sixty (60) days after the giving of such notice). The failure by
Executive or the Company to set forth in such notice any fact or circumstance which contributes to
a showing of Good Reason or Cause shall not waive any right of Executive or the Company hereunder
or preclude Executive or the Company from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing
Executive’s or the Company’s rights hereunder.

11. Full Settlement; Resolution of Disputes. The Company’s obligation to make any
payments and provide any benefits pursuant to this Agreement and otherwise to perform its
obligations hereunder shall be in lieu and in full settlement of all other severance payments to
Executive under any other severance or employment agreement between Executive and the Company, and
any severance plan of the Company; provided, however, that if any such other
agreement or plan would provide Executive with a greater payment or more or longer benefits in
respect of any particular item described hereunder (e.g., severance, welfare benefits), then
Executive shall receive such particular item of payment and/or benefit pursuant to such other
agreement or plan, in lieu of receiving that particular item pursuant to this Agreement; and
provided further, retention bonuses and/or completion bonuses shall not be considered
severance pay for purposes of this Section. The Company’s obligations hereunder shall not be
affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which
the Company may have against Executive or others. In no event shall Executive be obligated to seek
other employment or take other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable and benefits
provided to Executive under any of the provisions of this Agreement and, except as provided in
Section 4(b), such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not Executive obtains other employment.
The parties agree that any controversy or claim of either party hereto arising out of or in any way
relating to this Agreement, or breach thereof, shall be settled by final and binding arbitration in
Indianapolis, Indiana by three arbitrators in accordance with the applicable rules of the American
Arbitration Association, and that judgment upon any award rendered may be entered by the prevailing
party in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The Company shall bear all costs and expenses
arising in connection with any arbitration proceeding pursuant to this Section.

12. Employment by Affiliates of the Company. Employment by the Company for purposes
of this Agreement shall include employment by any Affiliate.

13. Survival. The respective obligations and benefits afforded to the Company and
Executive as provided in Sections 4 (to the extent that payments or benefits are owed as a result
of a Termination of Employment that occurs during the term of this Agreement), 5 (to the extent
that Payments are made to Executive as a result of a Change in Control that occurs during the term
of this Agreement), 6, 7, 9(c) and 11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

 

 

14. GOVERNING LAW; VALIDITY. THE INTERPRETATION, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE OF THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF
THE STATE OF INDIANA WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF, OF SUCH
PRINCIPLES OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY
JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF INDIANA. THE INVALIDITY OR UNENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PROVISION
OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
AGREEMENT, WHICH OTHER PROVISIONS SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.

15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

16. Miscellaneous. No provision of this Agreement may be modified or waived unless
such modification or waiver is agreed to in writing and signed by Executive and by a duly
authorized officer of the Company. No waiver by either party hereto at any time of any breach by
the other party hereto of, or compliance with, any condition or provision of this Agreement to be
performed by such other party shall be deemed a waiver of similar or dissimilar provisions or
conditions at the same or at any prior or subsequent time. Failure by Executive or the Company to
insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or to assert any right Executive
or the Company may have hereunder, including, without limitation, the right of Executive to
terminate employment for Good Reason, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right
or any other provision or right of this Agreement. Except as otherwise specifically provided
herein, the rights of, and benefits payable to, Executive, his estate or his beneficiaries pursuant
to this Agreement are in addition to any rights of, or benefits payable to, Executive, his estate
or his beneficiaries under any other employee benefit plan or compensation program of the Company.

17. Termination of Parent CIC Agreement; Replacement. The Parent CIC Agreement is
hereby terminated and replaced in its entirely by this Agreement; and the Parent CIC Agreement
shall be of no further force and effect.

[signatures appear on the following page(s)]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by a duly authorized
officer of the Company and Executive has executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above
written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Jeffrey H. Smulyan
 	 
	 	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	Date: September 30, 2011	 
	 
	 	EXECUTIVE

 	 
	 	/s/ Patrick M. Walsh
 	 
	 	Date: October 3, 2011 	 

Parent hereby acknowledges and agrees to (i) perform all of its obligations hereunder, including
without limitation obligations with respect to the Board hereunder and with respect to Stock and
all options, stock appreciation rights, and/or other stock rights held by Executive; and (ii)
termination of the Parent CIC Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Jeffrey H. Smulyan
 	 
	 	 	Title: Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	Date: September 30, 2011Exhibit 10.18

Exhibit 10.18

EXECUTION VERSION

FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND

RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, dated
as of November 10, 2011 (this “Amendment”), is by and among (a) EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION (the “Parent”), an Indiana corporation, (b) EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY (the
“Borrower”), an Indiana corporation, and (c) certain Lenders and is acknowledged by BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for itself and the
other Lenders party to that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement,
dated November 2, 2006, as amended by (i) that certain First Amendment and Consent to Amended and
Restated Revolving Credit And Term Loan Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2009, by and among the
Borrower, the Parent, the lending institutions party thereto (the “Lenders”), the
Administrative Agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as syndication agent, General Electric
Capital Corporation, Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”,
New York Branch and SunTrust Bank, as co-documentation agents; (ii) that certain Second Amendment
to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of August 19, 2009,
among the Borrower, the Parent, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and (iii) that certain
Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of March
29, 2011, among the Borrower, the Parent and, the Lenders and acknowledged by the Administrative
Agent (as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”). Capitalized terms used herein without
definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Parent desire to modify certain terms and conditions of the
Credit Agreement as specifically set forth in this Amendment; and

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Borrower, the
Parent, and the Lenders hereby agree as follows:

§1. Amendments to Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as
follows:

(a) The following three new definitions are hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement in appropriate alphabetical order:

“Note Purchase Agreement” means (i) the Note Purchase Agreement between Emmis
Communications Corporation, as Issuer, and Zell Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., as
Purchaser, as in effect on the date hereof and (ii) any other note purchase agreement
entered into in the future (a) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit L, (b)
containing subordination provisions identical to (or more favorable to the Lenders, and in
no respect less favorable, than) those set forth in Exhibit L, (c) containing
covenants, defaults, events of default and other restrictions no more restrictive than those
set forth in Exhibit L, and (d) otherwise meeting all the requirements for Permitted
Parent Indebtedness set out in the definition thereof, except the requirements set out in
clause (c) thereof relating to subordination (which shall be met pursuant to clause (ii)(b)
above) and clause (d) (which shall be met if the note purchase agreement is entered into in
the form set forth in Exhibit L), in each of clauses (i) and (ii) as may be amended or modified
from time to time in accordance with §10.20 of this Agreement.”

 

 

 

“Specified Permitted Parent Indebtedness. Indebtedness and all other
obligations of the Parent under the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes issued thereunder,
including such additional principal amount as may be added thereto as a result of payments
in kind, in accordance with the provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement.”

“Specified Parent TRS or Escrow. One or more total return swap confirmations
or escrow agreements having substantially the same terms as such total return swap
confirmations, in each case having substantially the terms set forth in the respective form
attached as Exhibit M, to be entered into from time to time between Parent and
certain existing holders of the Parent Preferred Stock.”

(b) The definition of the “Distribution” contained in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended and restated in its entirety as:

“Distribution. The declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of
any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, other
than dividends payable solely in shares of common stock of the Borrower; the purchase,
redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of
Capital Stock of the Parent or of any other parent entity of the Borrower, the Borrower or
any of their respective Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary or
otherwise (including the setting apart of assets for a sinking or other analogous fund to be
used for such purpose); the return of capital by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to its
shareholders as such; or any other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class
of Capital Stock of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries.”

(c) The definition of the “Eligible Assignee” contained in Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is amended by deleting the period at the end thereof and adding the following proviso
thereto:

“provided, that Zell Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P. (“ZCOF”)
shall be deemed to be an “Eligible Assignee” for purposes of clause (iii) of the first
proviso of §17.1(b) hereof and for purposes of permitting ZCOF to purchase the Obligations
pursuant to Section 21 of the Note Purchase Agreement (but only in the case of an assignment
pursuant to the purchase option referred to in §17.6) and for no other purposes hereunder.”

(d) The definition of “HoldCo Corporate Overhead Expenses” contained in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the “ and” before clause (ix) thereof with a “,”,
adding “and” after clause (ix) thereof and adding a new clause (x) thereof as follows:

“(x) out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred to unrelated third parties in connection with
the Note Purchase Agreement in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 in connection with
execution of the Note Purchase Agreement and in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000
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(e) The definition of “HoldCo Corporate Overhead Expenses” contained in Section 1.1 of the
Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following at the beginning of clause (B)
of the proviso: “except as specified in clause (x) above,”.

(f) Clause (a)(iv)(2) of the definition of “Investments” is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety as:

“(2) are not used or intended for use by the Parent in connection with any redemption,
purchase or other acquisition or extinguishment of any Parent Preferred Stock or, solely in
the case of (A) above, any Common Stock of the Parent or any other parent entity of the
Borrower”

(g) The definition of “Permitted Parent Indebtedness” contained in Section 1.1 of the Credit
Agreement is hereby amended by:

(i) amending clause (c) thereof to replace the phrase “Parent Preferred Stock or Common
Stock” with “Parent Preferred Stock”; and

(ii) adding the following sentence at the end thereof after clause (f), ““Specified
Permitted Parent Indebtedness” meeting the requirements set forth in the definition thereof,
including entry into a Note Purchase Agreement meeting the requirements set forth in the
definition thereof, shall constitute “Permitted Parent Indebtedness” for all purposes
hereunder.”

(h) Clause (ii) of the first sentence in Section 4.4(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety as:

“(ii) one hundred percent (100%) of the Net Cash Debt Issuance Proceeds from each
issuance (excluding issuances of Specified Permitted Parent Indebtedness to the extent such
Net Cash Debt Issuance Proceeds are used concurrently upon receipt thereof solely to (i)
acquire one or more Specified Parent TRS or Escrows or (ii) purchase Parent Preferred Stock
in a tender offer) by the Parent in accordance with the terms of §10.13.”

(i) A new Section 8.25 is hereby added as follows:

“8.25. Representations and Warranties of the Parent. To the extent not otherwise
applicable to the Parent, each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 8 of the
Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be equally applicable to the Parent with respect to itself for
all purposes hereunder.

(j) A new Section 9.18 of the Credit Agreement is hereby added as follows:

“9.18. Affirmative Covenants Applicable to the Parent. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, and without limiting in any respect any of the
restrictions of or obligations on the Parent or modifying in any respect any of the other
covenants of the Borrower (or related definitions) set forth herein, the obligations set
forth in the covenants contained in §§ 9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 9.6 through 9.11, and 9.17 and
applicable to the Borrower in this Section 9 and not otherwise applicable to the Parent in
accordance with the terms thereof shall be deemed to be equally applicable to the
Parent with respect to itself for all purposes hereunder.”

 

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(k) Adding the following sentence at the end of the last paragraph of Section 10.1 of the
Credit Agreement:

“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this §10.1, no Indebtedness (other than
(x) Indebtedness permitted under clauses (a) through (d), (f), (g), (i) or (j) of this §10.1
or (y) Indebtedness otherwise permitted pursuant to clauses (e) or (k) above, the Net Debt
Issuance Proceeds of which are used to repay the Loans or cancel the Revolving Commitments)
shall be incurred, assumed, or guaranteed by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries nor
will the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries become liable therefor unless at the time of
such incurrence, assumption or guarantee or at the time the Borrower or its Subsidiaries
become liable therefor and after giving effect thereto, the Total Leverage Ratio shall be
less than 3.0:1.0.”

(l) Section 10.2.1(xii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety as follows:

“[Reserved].”

(m) Section 10.3(j) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by removing the “and” at the
end of clause (iii) thereof, adding an “and” at the end of clause (iv) thereof and adding a new
clause (v) at the end thereof as follows:

“(v) no Investments made pursuant to this clause (j) may be used for the purposes of
purchasing or otherwise making any Investment, directly or indirectly, in any Common Stock or
Parent Preferred Stock, or in the Capital Stock of any other parent entity of the Borrower.”

(n) Section 10.4(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by restating clause (ii)
thereof in its entirety as follows:

“HoldCo Corporate Overhead Expenses incurred by the Parent (a) in the ordinary course of
business for any fiscal quarter of the Parent other than HoldCo Corporate Overhead Expenses
incurred pursuant to clause (x) of the definition thereof and (b) in connection with the Note
Purchase Agreement in accordance with clause (x) of the definition of HoldCo Corporate Overhead
Expenses;”

(o) Section 10.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the “.” at the end of
clause (f) with “; and” and adding a new clause (g) at the end of Section 10.4 as follows:

“(g) the Parent may use the proceeds of Specified Permitted Parent Indebtedness to make
payments pursuant to a Specified Parent TRS or Escrow.”

 

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(p) Section 10.13.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by removing the “and” following
clause (c) thereof, replacing the period following clause (d) thereof with “, and” and adding a new
clause (e) thereof as follows:

“(e) enter, so long as after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, into any Specified Parent TRS or Escrow and exercise
any of the rights and perform any of the obligations specified thereunder; provided,
however, that promptly, but in any event, no later than five (5) Business Days,
after the occurrence of any vote of the holders of Parent Preferred Stock that has the
effect of modifying the rights of such holders, the Parent shall terminate the total return
swap transaction pursuant to the “Optional Early Termination” procedures specified in the
Specified Parent TRS or Escrow.”

(q) Section 10.15 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence
at the end of the last paragraph:

“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this §10.15, neither the Borrower, any
Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary or any Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary shall enter into
any Bridge to Sale Third Party Transaction on or after November 10, 2011.”

(r) Section 10.15 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sentence
at the end of the last paragraph:

“The Borrower and its Subsidiaries may become a party to or agree to or effect any
disposition or swap of assets with respect to one (1) Bridge to Sale Third Party Transaction
(that provides for the sale of the related assets by the Borrower or an Excluded Subsidiary
at a future price specified pursuant to the related Bridge to Sale Transaction Documents) at
a time prior to the time specified in the related Bridge to Sale Transaction Documents and
at a price lower than such specified future price, so long as the aggregate sales price in
such transaction is deemed to be for fair market value in the sole reasonable judgment of
the Board of Directors of the Parent.”

(s) A new Section 10.19 of the Credit Agreement is hereby added as follows:

“10.19 Additional Restrictions Regarding Permitted Parent Indebtedness. For
the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document to the contrary, (i) no cash payments of any kind, including interest payments,
amortization payments, principal repayments, mandatory or voluntary prepayments or
redemptions, fee payments, or any purchase, repurchase, defeasance, setting aside of funds
or other provision for, or assurance of, payment, in respect of Permitted Parent
Indebtedness may be made while the Obligations hereunder remain outstanding (other than the
reimbursement of out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred to unrelated third parties
pursuant to clause (x) of the definition of HoldCo Corporate Overhead Expenses) and (ii) no
Asset Swaps may be made in exchange for any Permitted Parent Indebtedness; provided,
that, additional Common Shares or Parent Preferred Shares may be issued in exchange
for Permitted Parent Indebtedness, so long as such issuance or issuances would not result in
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(t) A new Section 10.20 of the Credit Agreement is hereby added as follows:

“10.20. Modifications to the Purchase Documents. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in the Note Purchase Agreement, the Notes issued thereunder (the
“Notes”) or any other document entered into in connection therewith (the “Purchase
Documents”), Parent and Borrower will not, and will not permit any of their respective
subsidiaries, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders and of the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, to (1) increase the maximum principal amount
of the Notes under the Note Purchase Agreement other than (a) as a result of disbursements
of new amounts used for the purposes set forth in Section 10.13 in the amount of such
disbursement or (b) through the making of in kind payments in lieu of cash payments as
provided thereunder, (2) provide for payment of interest in cash, (3) change (to earlier
dates) the dates upon which payments of principal, interest or other amounts of the Notes
are due, (4) change or add any event of default (other than to eliminate any such event of
default or increase any grace period related thereto) or any covenant with respect to the
Notes; (5) change any redemption or prepayment provisions of the Notes other than to
eliminate or defer mandatory redemption or prepayments or reduce make whole amounts or call
provisions; (6) alter the subordination provisions with respect to the Notes, including
subordinating the Notes to any other indebtedness, (7) take any liens or security interests
in any assets of the Parent, Borrower or any of their respective subsidiaries; (8) change or
amend any other term of the Purchase Documents if such change or amendment would result in a
default under this Agreement, increase the obligations of the Parent, Borrower or any of
their Subsidiaries in any material respect or confer additional material rights on Zell
Credit Opportunities Master Fund, L.P., as Purchaser, or any other holder of the Notes, in
each case in a manner adverse to the Parent, Borrower or any of their respective
subsidiaries or the Lenders in any material respect; (9) make the terms of the Note Purchase
Agreement more restrictive in any respect for the Parent or the Borrower or any of their
subsidiaries than the terms under this Agreement as in effect on November 10, 2011 or (10)
otherwise amend, modify, replace or change in any respect any of the terms set out in
Sections 20 and 21 of the Note Purchase Agreement or the related definitions.”

(u) A new Section 10.21 of the Credit Agreement is hereby added as follows:

“10.21. Negative Covenants Applicable to the Parent. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Agreement, and without limiting in any respect the restrictions on
the Parent set forth in Section 10.13 or modifying in any respect any other covenants of the
Borrower (or the related definitions) set forth herein, the limitations in the covenants
contained in §§ 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, 10.8(a), 10.9, 10.10, 10.12 and
10.15 and applicable to the Borrower in this Article 10 and not otherwise applicable to the
Parent in accordance with the terms thereof shall be deemed to be equally applicable to the
Parent for all purposes hereunder; provided that, nothing in this §10.21 shall
prevent the Parent from (i) entering into any agreements for, and having outstanding, any
Permitted Parent Indebtedness, not withstanding any requirement to comply with any Total
Leverage Ratio requirement set forth in the last paragraph of §10.1; (ii) owning its
investment in the common equity of the Borrower or in the Specified Parent TRS or Escrow;
(iii) accepting and cancelling Parent Preferred Stock upon the settlement of a Specified
Parent TRS or Escrow or (iv) exchanging outstanding Parent Preferred Stock for Permitted
Parent Indebtedness, new Parent Preferred Stock or Common Stock.”

(v) Exhibit L and Exhibit M are hereby added to the Credit Agreement as set
forth in Annex I and Annex II to this Amendment, respectively.

 

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(w) Section 14.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by removing the “or” following
clause (z) thereof, replacing the period following clause (aa) thereof with a comma and adding a
new clause (bb) thereof as follows:

“(bb) a breach of, or failure to comply with, any of (i) the subordination provisions and the
other terms set out in Section 20 of the Note Purchase Agreement or any other provisions therein
expressed to be for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders or any Lender or
(ii) pertaining to the Specified Permitted Parent Indebtedness by any of the parties thereto; or

(cc) any default shall occur with respect to all or any part of the Specified Permitted Parent
Indebtedness or the holders of all or any part of the Specified Permitted Parent Indebtedness shall
accelerate the maturity of all or any part of the Specified Permitted Parent Indebtedness.”

(x) Section 17.1(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby restating clause (iii) of the first
proviso thereof as follows:

“(iii) any assignment of a Commitment must be approved by the Administrative Agent (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless the Person that is the proposed assignee
is itself an Eligible Assignee, unless the definition of Eligible Assignee would itself require the
consent of the Administrative Agent with respect to such proposed assignee.”

(y) A new Section 17.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby added as follows:

“17.6. Purchase Option. In consideration of receiving the benefits of Section 20 of
the Note Purchase Agreement, each Lender who shall have consented to the Fourth Amendment to this
Agreement, dated November 10, 2011 hereby irrevocably agrees, on behalf of itself and any and all
of its direct and indirect successors and assigns, to be bound by Section 21 of the Note Purchase
Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2011 as if it were a party thereto. The provisions of this
§17.6 may not be amended, restated, deleted, removed, supplemented or otherwise modified unless, in
addition to satisfaction of the requirements and conditions set forth in §18.13, the consent of the
Purchasers (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2011) shall have
been obtained. Such Purchasers are express third party beneficiaries of this §17.6 and shall be
entitled to enforce this §17.6 against the parties hereto as if such Purchasers were a party
hereto.”

§2. Conditions to Effectiveness & Conditions Subsequent.

(a) This Amendment shall become effective as of the date set forth above upon the receipt by
the Administrative Agent of the following items (the “Fourth Amendment Effective Date”:

(1) there shall exist no Default or Event of Default immediately prior to and immediately
after giving effect to this Amendment;

(2) the Administrative Agent shall have received a counterpart signature page to this
Amendment, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Parent, each Guarantor, and the
Required Lenders;

 

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(3) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment shall be true
and correct as of the date of this Amendment;

(4) the Borrower shall have paid to the Agent for the account of each Lender executing the
Fourth Amendment on or prior to November 10, 2011 an amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.50% of
the Revolving Credit Commitments and outstanding Tranche B Term Loans of such Lender;

(5) the Note Purchase Agreement shall (i) be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Required Lenders, (ii) have been executed and delivered by the Borrower and the Purchaser (as
defined in the Note Purchase Agreement and (iii) become effective in accordance with the terms
thereof.

(6) the Borrower shall have paid to Canyon Capital Advisors LLC all fees and expenses of the
Lenders arising in connection with this Amendment and the Note Purchase Agreement (including any
fees and disbursements of legal counsel).

(b) Each Lender who shall consent to the terms of this Amendment after it becomes effective
pursuant to clause (a) above, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after the date of
such effectiveness, shall be entitled to receive from the Borrower an amendment fee in an amount
equal to 0.50% of the Revolving Credit Commitments and outstanding Tranche B Term Loans of such
Lender (the “Post-Effective Amendment Fee”). Such Post-Effective Amendment Fee shall be
payable within two (2) Business Days of such Lender’s notifying the Agent of its consent to this
Amendment. In no event shall any Lender who has been paid an amendment fee pursuant to clause (a)
above be entitled to a Post-Effective Amendment Fee pursuant to this clause (b).

§3. Affirmation of Borrower and Parent. The Borrower and the Parent each hereby
affirms its Obligations under the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) and under each of the other
Loan Documents to which each is a party and each hereby affirms its absolute and unconditional
promise to pay to the Lenders the Loans and all other amounts due under the Credit Agreement (as
amended hereby) and the other Loan Documents.

§4. Representations and Warranties. The Parent and the Borrower each hereby
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties
contained in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement were true and correct in all material respects
(except to the extent such representations and warranties are already qualified by materiality, in
which case, such representations and warranties were true and correct in all respects) when made,
and, after giving effect to this Amendment, are true and correct in all material respects on and as
of the date hereof (except to the extent such representations and warranties are already qualified
by materiality, in which case, such representations and warranties are true and correct in all
respects), except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions contemplated or permitted by
the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to the extent that such representations and
warranties relate specifically to a prior date. To the extent not otherwise applicable to the
Parent, each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement
shall be deemed to be equally applicable to the Parent for all purposes
hereunder, and shall be deemed to be made by the Parent with respect to itself in connection
with this Section 4.

 

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(b) Enforceability. The execution and delivery by the Borrower and the Parent of this
Amendment, and the performance by the Borrower and the Parent of this Amendment and the Credit
Agreement, as amended hereby, are within the corporate authority of each of the Borrower and the
Parent and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate proceedings. This Amendment and
the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each
of the Borrower and the Parent, enforceable against it in accordance with their terms, except as
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general.

(c) No Default or Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default will
result from the execution, delivery and performance by the Parent and the Borrower of this
Amendment or from the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein.

(d) Disclosure. None of the information provided to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders on or prior to the date of this Amendment relating to this Amendment contained any untrue
statement of material fact or omitted to state any material fact (known to the Parent, the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries in the case of any document or information not furnished by it or any of
its Subsidiaries) necessary in order to make the statements herein or therein not misleading. On
the date hereof, neither the Borrower nor the Parent possess any material information with respect
to the operations, business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial
condition of the Parent, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole as to
which the Lenders do not have access.

§5. No Other Amendments, etc. Except as expressly provided in this Amendment, (a) all
of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents remain unchanged,
and (b) all of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and of the
other Loan Documents are hereby ratified and confirmed and remain in full force and effect.
Nothing herein shall be construed to be an amendment, consent or a waiver of any requirements of
the Parent, the Borrower or of any other Person under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents except as expressly set forth herein. Nothing in this Amendment shall be construed to
imply any willingness on the part of any Lender to grant any similar or future amendment, consent
or waiver of any of the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
For the avoidance of doubt, this Amendment shall constitute a “Loan Document” under the Credit
Agreement and each other Loan Document.

§6. Release. In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the
Borrower and the Parent each acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the Borrower and the Parent do not
have any claim or cause of action against the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their
respective directors, officers, employees or agents); (ii) the Borrower and the Parent do not have
any offset right, counterclaim, right of recoupment or any defense of any kind against the
Borrower’s or the Parent’s obligations, indebtedness or liabilities to the Administrative Agent or
any Lender; and (iii) each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders has heretofore properly
performed and satisfied in a timely manner all of its obligations to the Borrower and the Parent.
The Borrower and the Parent

 

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each
wishes to eliminate any possibility that any past conditions, acts, omissions, events, circumstances or matters would impair or otherwise adversely affect
any of the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ rights, interests, contracts, collateral
security or remedies. Therefore, the Borrower and the Parent each unconditionally releases, waives
and forever discharges (A) any and all liabilities, obligations, duties, promises or indebtedness
of any kind of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Borrower, except the obligations to be
performed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender on or after the date hereof as expressly stated
in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (B) all claims, offsets,
causes of action, right of recoupment, suits or defenses of any kind whatsoever (if any), whether
arising at law or in equity, whether known or unknown, which the Borrower or the Parent might
otherwise have against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective directors,
officers, employees or agents, in either case (A) or (B), on account of any past or presently
existing condition, act, omission, event, contract, liability, obligation, indebtedness, claim,
cause of action, defense, circumstance or matter of any kind.

§7. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In
proving this Amendment, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such
counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

§8. Interpretation. This Amendment has been the result of limited negotiation
involving the Administrative Agent and its counsel. This Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents are not intended to be construed against the Administrative Agent or any of
the Lenders whether or to the extent of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s involvement in
the preparation of such documents.

§9. Loan Document. This Amendment is a Loan Document under the terms of the Credit
Agreement, and any breach of any provision of this Amendment shall be a Default or Event of Default
under the Credit Agreement (as applicable).

§10. Miscellaneous. This Amendment shall for all purposes be construed in accordance
with and governed by the laws of the State of New York (excluding the laws applicable to conflicts
or choice of law) (other than Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of the General Obligations Laws of
the State of New York). The captions in this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and
shall not define or limit the provisions hereof. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative
Agent, on demand by the Administrative Agent, all reasonable costs and expenses incurred or
sustained by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation of this Amendment,
including reasonable legal fees in accordance with Section 18.2 of the Credit Agreement.

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Left Blank]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Amendment as a sealed instrument
as of the date first set forth above.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	The Borrower:

EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ J. Scott Enright
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	J. Scott Enright 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary 	 
	 
	 	The Parent:

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ J. Scott Enright
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	J. Scott Enright 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary 	 

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Lenders:

CANYON SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND (CAYMAN), LTD.

 	 
	 	By:  	Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, its Investment Advisor
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Mitchell R. Julis
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mitchell R. Julis 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 
	 	CANPARTNERS INVESTMENTS IV, LLC

 	 
	 	By:  	Canyon Capital Advisors LLC, its Manager
 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	                                             /s/ Mitchell R. Julis
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Mitchell R. Julis 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Signatory 	 
	 

 

 

 

Receipt of the preceding Amendment is hereby acknowledged by the Administrative Agent in its role
as administrative agent and, solely with respect to Sections 1(c) and 1(x) hereof, approved in such
capacity, but the remaining provisions of this Amendment are not consented to by the Administrative
Agent, or by Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as a Lender; provided, however that Bank of
America, N.A. may choose, in its sole discretion, to consent to the remaining provisions of this
Amendment within ten (10) Business Days of the effectiveness hereof pursuant to Section 2(b).

The Administrative Agent’s acknowledgement of receipt of this Amendment should not be construed as
an agreement by the Administrative Agent or Bank of America, N.A., or confirmation by the
Administrative Agent or Bank of America, N.A., that such Amendment was completed in accordance with
the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents other than with respect to Sections
1(c) and 1(x) hereof.

The Administrative Agent and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Lender,
respectively, each reserves all of its rights in connection with the Amendment (other than the
Administrative Agent’s consent with respect to (i) the inclusion of ZCOF as an “Eligible Assignee”
as provided in Section 1(c) hereof and (ii) the required consent to the assignment to ZCOF as an
Eligible Assignee, in each case of (i) and (ii) preceding, only in its role as Administrative Agent
to the extent such consent is required from the Administrative Agent by the terms of Section
17.1.(b) of the Credit Agreement).

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Edna Aguilar Mitchell
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Edna Aguilar Mitchell 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director 	 
	 

 

 

 

RATIFICATION OF GUARANTORS

Each of the undersigned Guarantors hereby (a) acknowledges and consents to the foregoing
Amendment and the Borrower’s and the Parent’s execution thereof; (b) joins the foregoing Amendment
for the sole purpose of consenting to and being bound by the provisions of Sections 3, 5 and 6
thereof, (c) ratifies and confirms all of their respective obligations and liabilities under the
Loan Documents to which any of them is a party and ratifies and confirms that such obligations and
liabilities extend to and continue in effect with respect to, and continue to guarantee and secure,
as applicable, the Obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement; (d) acknowledges and
confirms that the liens and security interests granted by such Guarantor pursuant to the Loan
Documents are and continue to be valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests
(subject only to Permitted Liens) that secure all of the Obligations on and after the date hereof;
(e) acknowledges and agrees that such Guarantor does not have any claim or cause of action against
the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of its respective directors, officers, employees or
agents); and (f) acknowledges, affirms and agrees that such Guarantor does not have any defense,
claim, cause of action, counterclaim, offset or right of recoupment of any kind or nature against
any of their respective obligations, indebtedness or liabilities to the Administrative Agent or any
Lender.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	The Guarantors:

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

EMMIS INDIANA BROADCASTING, L.P., by

Emmis Operating Company, its General Partner

EMMIS INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

EMMIS LICENSE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK

EMMIS MEADOWLANDS CORPORATION

EMMIS PUBLISHING CORPORATION

EMMIS PUBLISHING, L.P., by Emmis

Operating Company, its General Partner

EMMIS RADIO, LLC, by Emmis Operating

Company, its Manager

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ J. Scott Enright
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	J. Scott Enright 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary 	 

[Signature Page to Ratification of Guarantors]

 

 

 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	The Guarantors
(cont):

EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION

OF NEW YORK

EMMIS RADIO LICENSE, LLC, by Emmis

Operating Company, its Manager

EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE, LLC, by

Emmis Operating Company, its Manager

EMMIS TELEVISION BROADCASTING, L.P.,

by Emmis Operating Company, its General Partner

LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE HOLDING COMPANY, INC.

MEDIATEX COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

ORANGE COAST KOMMUNICATIONS, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ J. Scott Enright
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	J. Scott Enright 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Executive Vice President,

General Counsel and Secretary 	 

 

 

 

Exhibit L

FORM OF NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

ANNEX I

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated as of November 10, 2011

between

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,

as Issuer

and

[PURCHASER],

as Purchaser

 

 

 

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	1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION
	 	 	2	 
	1.1 Definitions
	 	 	2	 
	1.2 Rules of Interpretation
	 	 	27	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	2. INITIAL PURCHASE DATE AND SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE DATE TRANSACTIONS
	 	 	29	 
	2.1 Commitment
	 	 	29	 
	2.2 Purchase Date Transactions
	 	 	29	 
	 
	3. TERMS OF THE NOTES
	 	 	29	 
	3.1 Form of Notes
	 	 	29	 
	3.2 Interest on Notes
	 	 	29	 
	3.2.1 Interest Rate; Payment
	 	 	29	 
	3.2.2 Default Rate
	 	 	30	 
	3.2.3 Computations; Records
	 	 	30	 
	3.3 Redemption
	 	 	30	 
	3.3.1 Payment of Principal and Accrued Interest at Final Maturity
	 	 	30	 
	3.3.2 Mandatory Redemption of the Notes
	 	 	30	 
	3.3.3 Optional Redemption of the Notes
	 	 	32	 
	3.3.4 Pro Rata Treatment of Partial Redemptions
	 	 	33	 
	3.4 Application of Payments; Pro Rata Treatment
	 	 	33	 
	3.5 Transfer and Exchange of Notes
	 	 	34	 
	3.6 Replacement of Notes
	 	 	34	 
	3.7 No Other Prepayments
	 	 	34	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	4. [Reserved]
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	5. [Reserved]
	 	 	35	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	6. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS
	 	 	35	 
	6.1 [Reserved]
	 	 	35	 
	6.2 OpCo Non-Compliance Fee
	 	 	35	 
	6.3 Funds for Payments
	 	 	35	 
	6.3.1 Payments
	 	 	35	 
	6.3.2 No
Offset, etc.
	 	 	35	 
	6.3.3 Forms and Certifications
	 	 	36	 
	6.3.4 Mitigation Obligations
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	7. [Reserved]
	 	 	37	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	37	 
	8.1 Corporate Authority
	 	 	37	 
	8.1.1 Incorporation; Good Standing
	 	 	37	 
	8.1.2 Authorization
	 	 	37	 

 

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	8.1.3 Enforceability
	 	 	37	 
	8.2 Governmental Approvals
	 	 	38	 
	8.3 Title to Properties
	 	 	38	 
	8.4 Financial Statements and Projections
	 	 	38	 
	8.4.1 Fiscal Year
	 	 	38	 
	8.4.2 Financial Statements
	 	 	38	 
	8.4.3 Projections
	 	 	38	 
	8.5 No
Material Adverse Changes, etc.
	 	 	39	 
	8.6
Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, etc.
	 	 	39	 
	8.7 Litigation
	 	 	39	 
	8.8 No
Materially Adverse Contracts, etc.
	 	 	39	 
	8.9
Compliance with Other Instruments, Laws, Status as Senior Debt, etc.
	 	 	39	 
	8.10 Tax Status
	 	 	39	 
	8.11 No Event of Default
	 	 	40	 
	8.12 Investment Company Acts and Communications Act
	 	 	40	 
	8.13 Absence
of Financing Statements, etc.
	 	 	40	 
	8.14 [Reserved]
	 	 	40	 
	8.15 Certain Transactions
	 	 	40	 
	8.16 Employee Benefit Plans
	 	 	41	 
	8.16.1 In General
	 	 	41	 
	8.16.2 Terminability of Welfare Plans
	 	 	41	 
	8.16.3 Guaranteed Pension Plans
	 	 	41	 
	8.16.4 Multiemployer Plans
	 	 	41	 
	8.17 [Reserved]
	 	 	42	 
	8.18 Environmental Compliance
	 	 	42	 
	8.19
Subsidiaries, etc.
	 	 	43	 
	8.20 Disclosure
	 	 	43	 
	8.21 Licenses and Approvals
	 	 	43	 
	8.22 Material Agreements
	 	 	45	 
	8.23 Solvency
	 	 	45	 
	8.24 Excluded Subsidiaries
	 	 	45	 
	8.25 Private Offering
	 	 	45	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	45	 
	9.1 Punctual Payment
	 	 	45	 
	9.2 Maintenance of Office
	 	 	46	 
	9.3 Records and Accounts
	 	 	46	 
	9.4 Financial Statements, Certificates and Information
	 	 	46	 
	9.5 Notices and Other Information
	 	 	48	 
	9.5.1 Defaults
	 	 	48	 
	9.5.2 Environmental Events
	 	 	48	 
	9.5.3 Notices to OpCo Administrative Agent
	 	 	48	 
	9.5.4 Notice of Litigation and Judgments
	 	 	48	 
	9.5.5 Notice of FCC Filings
	 	 	48	 
	9.5.6 [Reserved]
	 	 	48	 
	9.5.7 Foreign Subsidiaries
	 	 	49	 

 

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	9.6 Legal Existence; Conduct of Business; Maintenance of Properties
	 	 	49	 
	9.7 Insurance
	 	 	49	 
	9.8 Taxes
	 	 	50	 
	9.9
Inspection of Properties and Books, etc.
	 	 	50	 
	9.9.1 General
	 	 	50	 
	9.9.2 Appraisals
	 	 	50	 
	9.9.3 Communications with Accountants
	 	 	50	 
	9.10 Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits
	 	 	51	 
	9.11 Employee Benefit Plans
	 	 	51	 
	9.12 [Consenting OpCo Lender Notice Addresses
	 	 	51	 
	9.13 [Reserved]
	 	 	52	 
	9.14 [Reserved]
	 	 	52	 
	9.15 [Reserved]
	 	 	52	 
	9.16 Further Assurances
	 	 	52	 
	9.17 Bridge to Sale Transactions Generally
	 	 	52	 
	9.18 Public Disclosure
	 	 	53	 
	9.19 Use of Proceeds
	 	 	54	 
	9.20 TRS Transaction Termination
	 	 	54	 
	9.21 TRS Transaction Disposition
	 	 	54	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
	 	 	54	 
	10.1 Restrictions on Indebtedness
	 	 	54	 
	10.2 Restrictions on Liens
	 	 	55	 
	10.2.1 Permitted Liens
	 	 	55	 
	10.2.2 Restrictions on Negative Pledges and Upstream Limitations
	 	 	55	 
	10.3 Restrictions on Investments
	 	 	55	 
	10.4 Restricted Payments
	 	 	55	 
	10.5 Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Disposition of Assets
	 	 	56	 
	10.5.1 Mergers and Acquisitions
	 	 	56	 
	10.5.2 Disposition of Assets
	 	 	56	 
	10.6 Sale and Leaseback; LMA Agreements
	 	 	56	 
	10.7 Compliance with Environmental Laws
	 	 	56	 
	10.8 Subordinated Debt
	 	 	57	 
	10.9 Employee Benefit Plans
	 	 	57	 
	10.10 Fiscal Year
	 	 	57	 
	10.11 Transactions with Affiliates
	 	 	58	 
	10.12 Certain Intercompany Matters
	 	 	58	 
	10.13 Activities and Indebtedness of the Issuer
	 	 	58	 
	10.14 Restrictions on Equity Issuances
	 	 	58	 
	10.15 Bridge to Sale Transactions Generally
	 	 	59	 
	10.16 Debt Repurchases
	 	 	59	 
	10.17 Restrictions on Excluded Subsidiaries
	 	 	59	 
	10.18 Restrictions on Amendments and Refinancings of the OpCo Credit Agreement
	 	 	59	 

 

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	11. [Reserved]
	 	 	60	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	12. CONDITIONS
	 	 	60	 
	12.1 Purchase Documents
	 	 	60	 
	12.2 Certified Copies of Governing Documents
	 	 	60	 
	12.3 Corporate or Other Action
	 	 	60	 
	12.4 Officer’s Certificates
	 	 	60	 
	12.5 OpCo Credit Agreement
	 	 	60	 
	12.6 Fourth Amendment to the OpCo Credit Agreement
	 	 	61	 
	12.7 [Reserved]
	 	 	61	 
	12.8 Financial Statements
	 	 	61	 
	12.9 Third Party Consents
	 	 	61	 
	12.10 [Reserved]
	 	 	61	 
	12.11 Opinions of Counsel
	 	 	61	 
	12.12 Compliance Certificate
	 	 	61	 
	12.13 [Reserved]
	 	 	62	 
	12.14 Financial Condition
	 	 	62	 
	12.15 Expenses
	 	 	62	 
	12.16 [Reserved]
	 	 	62	 
	12.17 [Reserved]
	 	 	62	 
	12.18 Accountant’s Letter
	 	 	62	 
	12.19 [Reserved]
	 	 	62	 
	12.20 Proceedings and Documents
	 	 	62	 
	 
	13. CONDITIONS TO EACH PURCHASE DATE
	 	 	62	 
	13.1 Conditions to Initial Purchase Date
	 	 	62	 
	13.2 Conditions to each Subsequent Purchase
	 	 	63	 
	 
	14. EVENTS
OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.
	 	 	64	 
	14.1 Events of Default and Acceleration
	 	 	64	 
	14.2 [Reserved]
	 	 	68	 
	14.3 Remedies
	 	 	68	 
	 
	15. [Reserved]
	 	 	69	 
	 
	16. [Reserved]
	 	 	69	 
	 
	17. [Reserved]
	 	 	69	 

 

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	18. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
	 	 	69	 
	18.1 Setoff
	 	 	69	 
	18.2 Expenses
	 	 	69	 
	18.3 Indemnification
	 	 	70	 
	18.4 Treatment of Certain Confidential Information
	 	 	70	 
	18.4.1 Confidentiality
	 	 	70	 
	18.4.2 Prior Notification
	 	 	71	 
	18.4.3 Other
	 	 	71	 
	18.5 Survival of Covenants, Etc
	 	 	71	 
	18.6 Notices
	 	 	72	 
	18.7 Communications
	 	 	72	 
	18.8 Governing Law
	 	 	73	 
	18.9 Consent to Jurisdiction
	 	 	73	 
	18.10 Headings
	 	 	73	 
	18.11 Counterparts
	 	 	73	 
	18.12 Entire Agreement, Etc
	 	 	74	 
	18.13 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
	 	 	74	 
	18.14 Consents, Amendments, Waivers, Etc
	 	 	74	 
	18.15 Severability
	 	 	75	 
	18.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice
	 	 	75	 
	18.17 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
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	19. FCC APPROVAL
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	20. SUBORDINATION
	 	 	76	 
	20.1 Subordination; Certain Payments Restricted
	 	 	76	 
	20.1.1 Agreement to Subordinate
	 	 	76	 
	20.1.2 Third Party Beneficiary
	 	 	77	 
	20.2 Enforcement; Standstill Period
	 	 	78	 
	20.2.1 Enforcement
	 	 	78	 
	20.2.2 Standstill Period for Notes
	 	 	78	 
	20.3 Payments Held In Trust
	 	 	79	 
	20.4 Bankruptcy, etc
	 	 	80	 
	20.4.1 Payments Relating to Obligations
	 	 	80	 
	20.4.2 Voting Rights
	 	 	81	 
	20.5 Legend
	 	 	82	 
	20.6 Rights of Holder of Senior Debt Obligations
	 	 	82	 
	20.7 Termination of Subordination
	 	 	82	 
	20.8 Participations or Interests
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	21. Purchase Right
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Exhibits

	 	 	 
	Exhibit A

	 	[Reserved]
	Exhibit B

	 	OpCo Credit Agreement
	Exhibit C

	 	Form of Note
	Exhibit D

	 	Projections
	Exhibit E

	 	Form of Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit F

	 	Form of Officer’s Certificate
	Exhibit G

	 	Form of Notice of Purchase
	Exhibit H

	 	Form of Assignment and Acceptance
	Exhibit I

	 	Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
	Exhibit J

	 	Form of Total Leverage Ratio Certificate

Schedules

	 	 	 
	Schedule 1

	 	Purchaser Address
	Schedule 8.3(a)

	 	Title to Properties
	Schedule 8.3(b)

	 	Stations
	Schedule 8.5

	 	Restricted Payments
	Schedule 8.7

	 	Litigation
	Schedule 8.10

	 	Tax Status
	Schedule 8.18

	 	Environmental Compliance
	Schedule 8.19

	 	Subsidiaries Etc.
	Schedule 8.21

	 	FCC Licenses

 

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NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Equity Group Investments, L.L.C.

Two North Riverside Plaza

Chicago, IL 60606

Date as of November 10, 2011

Emmis Communications Corporation

One Emmis Plaza

40 Monument Circle, Suite 700

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

Dear Issuer:

WHEREAS, EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (the “Issuer”), has
informed us that it has entered into, or will enter into one or more total return swap transactions
or escrow agreements intended to accomplish the same economic purposes (each a “TRS
Transaction”) with one or more holders of its 6.25% Series A Convertible Stock, par value $0.01
per share (the “Preferred Stock”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Issuer will
make a cash payment to such holders on the effective date of the applicable TRS Transaction and in
return such holders agree to deliver the applicable shares of Preferred Stock to the Issuer on the
settlement date of the applicable TRS Transaction;

WHEREAS, in order to obtain funds to fund its obligations under the TRS Transactions or to
complete a Tender Offer, the Issuer has requested that, [PURCHASER], a Delaware limited
partnership, purchase one or more subordinated notes (individually a “Note” and
collectively the “Notes”), all as set forth in this Note Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”); provided that the aggregate original principal amount of the
Notes shall not exceed $35,000,000;

WHEREAS, the Purchaser is willing to purchase the Notes in an aggregate original principal
amount not to exceed $35,000,000, subject to the terms and conditions hereof;

 

 

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Issuer and the Purchaser hereby agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION.

1.1 Definitions

The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this §1.1 or elsewhere in the
provisions of this Purchase Agreement referred to below:

Acquiring Purchaser. See §21(b).

Affiliate. With respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with
the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the
ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have
meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person (for
purposes of this sentence, the “specified person”) shall be deemed to be Controlled by
another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote ten percent
(10%) or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors,
managing general partners or the equivalent of the specified person. When used with respect to the
Purchaser, the term “Affiliate” shall include any investment manager, investment advisor or general
partner of the Purchaser, the general partner of any investment manager or investment advisor of
the Purchaser and any investment or similar fund that is managed by the same investment manager or
investment advisor as the Purchaser or an Affiliate of such investment manager or advisor.

Applicable Pension Legislation. At any time, any pension or retirement benefits
legislation (be it national, federal, provincial, territorial or otherwise) then applicable to the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

Approved Bridge to Sale Transfer. A Bridge to Sale Transfer that (a) prior to the
Discharge of the OpCo Credit Agreement, is approved in writing by the OpCo Administrative Agent in
its sole discretion and subject to the terms and conditions of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in
effect on the date hereof) and (b) on or after the Discharge of the OpCo Credit Agreement, is
approved by the Purchaser in its sole discretion and subject to the terms and conditions hereof.

Asset Sale. Any one or a series of related transactions (other than an Asset Swap)
pursuant to which any of the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM, conveys, sells,
leases, licenses or otherwise transfers or disposes of, directly or indirectly (including by means
of a simultaneous exchange of Stations and any Bridge to Sale Transfer), any of its properties,
businesses or assets (other than to the Issuer or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Emmis OpCo)
(including the sale of the interest held by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in the Austin
Partnership or in RAM and the sale or issuance of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary other than to the
Issuer or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Emmis OpCo) whether owned on the date hereof or thereafter
acquired.

 

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Asset Swap. Any transfer of assets of any of the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin
Partnership or RAM to any Person other than the Issuer or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Emmis OpCo
in exchange for assets of such Person if such exchange would qualify, whether in part or in full,
as a like-kind exchange pursuant to §1031 of the Code. Nothing in this definition shall require
the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM to elect that §1031 of the Code be
applicable to any Asset Swap.

Assignment and Acceptance. The Assignment and Acceptance substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit H hereto.

Attributable Indebtedness. On any date, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease of
any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person
prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any monetary obligation under
any Synthetic Lease, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease or similar payments under the
relevant lease or other applicable agreement or instrument that would appear on a balance sheet of
such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease or other agreement or
instrument were accounted for as a Capitalized Lease and (c) all Synthetic Debt of such Person.

Austin Investment. The acquisition by Emmis OpCo pursuant to the terms of the
Sinclair Definitive Agreement of a 50.1% combined economic and controlling interest in the Austin
Partnership and RAM, the sole general partner of the Austin Partnership.

Austin Partnership. That certain Emmis Austin Radio Broadcasting Company, L.P.
(formerly known as LBJS Broadcasting Company, L.P.), a Texas limited partnership, and of which RAM
is the sole general partner, referred to in the Sinclair Definitive Agreement.

Balance Sheet Date. February 28, 2011.

Bankruptcy Code. Title 11 of the United States Code, and any successor statute, each
as amended.

Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary. A wholly-owned Excluded Subsidiary of Emmis OpCo
or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Emmis OpCo organized under the laws of any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia and in the case of any such Subsidiary prior to the Discharge of
the OpCo Credit Agreement with respect to which Emmis OpCo or such Subsidiary has granted to the
OpCo Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the OpCo Lenders and the OpCo Administrative Agent, a
first priority perfected security interest in the Capital Stock of such Excluded Subsidiary and has
taken all other actions relating thereto to the reasonable satisfaction of the OpCo Administrative
Agent.

 

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Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary. A wholly-owned subsidiary of a Bridge to Sale
Excluded Subsidiary organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of
Columbia and the sole asset of which subsidiary is the FCC License associated with the Station
owned by such Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary.

Bridge to Sale Third Party Transaction. The sale of a Station (and the FCC License
associated with such Station) by a Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary and a Bridge to Sale License
Subsidiary, on the one hand, to a non-Affiliate third party, on the other hand.

Bridge to Sale Transaction Conditions. Prior to the Discharge of the OpCo Credit
Agreement, the “Bridge to Sale Transaction Conditions” as defined therein and thereafter, the
satisfaction of the following conditions:

(i) the sale of the applicable Station (and the FCC License associated with such
Station) is consummated on an arm’s length basis to a non-Affiliate third party for fair and
reasonable consideration; and

(ii) none of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries, any Bridge to Sale Excluded
Subsidiary, any Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing
has made at any time during the twelve consecutive month period ending immediately prior to,
or in connection with, the relevant Bridge to Sale Third Party Transaction, or, after giving
effect to the relevant Bridge to Sale Third Party Transaction, will make, an Investment in
such non-Affiliate third party purchaser or an Affiliate of such third party which in the
aggregate with all such Investments is in excess of 25% of the total consideration received
by Emmis OpCo, any Subsidiary of Emmis OpCo, any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary, any
Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary or Affiliate of any of the foregoing in connection with
such sale of the Station (and the FCC License associated with such Station), and any such
Investment otherwise permitted hereunder shall be in the form of one or more promissory
notes or any Capital Stock of such non-Affiliate third party purchaser or Affiliate of such
third party received by the applicable Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary and/or Bridge to
Sale License Subsidiary as part of the consideration for the relevant Bridge to Sale Third
Party Transaction; and

(iii) at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the consideration received by such Bridge
to Sale Excluded Subsidiary, Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary or any other Affiliate of
Emmis OpCo (as applicable) is in the form of cash and is received upon the consummation of
the sale of such Station (and the FCC License associated with such Station); and

(iv) such sale is consummated in accordance with the Bridge to Sale Transaction
Documents.

 

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Bridge to Sale Transaction Documents. Collectively, (i) an asset sale agreement,
put-call agreement or such other agreement (whether written or otherwise) pursuant to which, among
other things, a Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary and a Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary agrees
to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Station (and the FCC License associated with such
Station) owned by such Person to a non-Affiliate third party and/or (ii) any LMA Agreement relating
to such Station (including the FCC License associated with such Station), all in form, scope and
substance satisfactory to the OpCo Administrative Agent.

Bridge to Sale Transfer. The transfer by Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries of a
Station and the FCC License associated with such Station to one or more Excluded Subsidiaries.

Business Day. Any day on which banking institutions in Chicago, Illinois and New
York, New York are open for the transaction of banking business.

Capital Assets. Fixed assets, both tangible (such as land, buildings, fixtures,
machinery and equipment) and intangible (such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, franchises and
good will) to the extent such intangible assets have not been acquired in connection with a
Permitted Acquisition; provided that Capital Assets shall not include any item customarily
charged directly to expense or depreciated over a useful life of twelve (12) months or less in
accordance with GAAP.

Capital Expenditures. Amounts paid or Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or any of
its Subsidiaries in connection with (i) the purchase or lease by the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries of Capital Assets that would be required to be capitalized and shown on the balance
sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the lease of any assets by the Issuer or any
of its Subsidiaries as lessee under any Synthetic Lease to the extent that such assets would have
been Capital Assets had the Synthetic Lease been treated for accounting purposes as a Capitalized
Lease.

Capital Stock. Any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership or equity
interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to
purchase any of the foregoing.

Capitalized Leases. Leases under which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is the
lessee or obligor, the discounted future rental payment obligations under which are required to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee or obligor in accordance with GAAP.

 

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CERCLA. See §8.18(a).

Change of Control. An event or series of events as a consequence of which (a) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used in §§13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), excluding any Permitted Holder, shall become, or
obtain rights (whether by means of warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of
35% or more of the Capital Stock of the Issuer unless the Permitted Holders own Capital Stock
having a greater percentage of the general voting power of the outstanding voting Capital Stock
than that held by such person or group; (b) the board of directors of the Issuer shall cease to
consist of a majority of Continuing Directors; (c) the Issuer shall at any time (i) cease to own
Capital Stock of any Subsidiary representing the same percentage of outstanding Capital Stock of
such Subsidiary as held by the Issuer on the date hereof or as of any later date on which any new
Subsidiary is created or acquired, unless the diminution of such percentage is attributable to a
disposition of Capital Stock which was permitted hereunder or (ii) cease to own Capital Stock of
any Subsidiary which enables it at all times to elect a majority of the board of directors of such
Subsidiary unless the disposition of such Capital Stock was permitted hereunder; (d) the Issuer
shall cease to directly own one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock
of Emmis OpCo; (e) any change of control under the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date
hereof); or (f) any change of control under the OpCo Credit Agreement.

Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Common Stock. The common stock of the Issuer, par value $.01 per share.

Communications Act. The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations of the FCC thereunder as now or hereafter in effect.

Competitor. Any Person (other than a bank or any Person (other than a natural person)
that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of
credit in the ordinary course of its business) that owns (either directly or indirectly) a legal or
beneficial interest attributable under FCC rules to one or more radio stations within any of the
markets in which Emmis or any of its Subsidiaries or Excluded Subsidiaries operates.

Compliance Certificate. See §9.4(c).

Consenting OpCo Lenders. Each OpCo Lender that has executed the Fourth Amendment to
the OpCo Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Issuer, Emmis OpCo and the
lenders party thereto, and each direct or indirect successor and assign of such OpCo Lender.

 

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Consolidated or consolidated. With reference to any term defined herein and except as
otherwise expressly provided herein, shall mean that term as applied to the accounts of the Issuer
and its Subsidiaries, consolidated in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated EBITDA. Consolidated EBITDA as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as
in effect on the date hereof), and any defined term used therein shall for purposes of calculating
Consolidated EBITDA also have the meaning specified in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on
the date hereof), except that “Revert Date” shall be deemed to mean the date the Obligations
hereunder and under the other Purchase Documents are indefeasibility paid in full in cash.

Consolidated Net Income. Consolidated Net Income as defined in the OpCo Credit
Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), and any defined term used therein shall for purposes
of calculating Consolidated Net Income shall also have the meaning specified in the OpCo Credit
Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), except that “Revert Date” shall be deemed to mean the
date the Obligations hereunder and under the other Purchase Documents are indefeasibility paid in
full in cash.

Consolidated Total Funded Debt. As of any date of determination, for the Issuer and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all
obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and
all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar
instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters
of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds
and similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property
or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) all
Attributable Indebtedness, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding
Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the
Issuer or any Subsidiary, and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through
(f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a
corporation or limited liability company) in which the Issuer or a Subsidiary is a general partner
or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Issuer or such
Subsidiary.

Continuing Directors. The directors of the Issuer and Emmis OpCo on the Effective
Date, and each other director of the Issuer or Emmis OpCo, if (a) in case of the Issuer, such other
director’s nomination for election to the board of directors of the Issuer is recommended by at
least 662/3% of the then Continuing Directors of the Issuer in his
or her election by the shareholders of the Issuer, and (b) in the case of Emmis OpCo, such other
director’s nomination for election to the board of directors of Emmis OpCo is recommended by either
662/3% of the then Continuing Directors of the Emmis OpCo or by
the majority of the shareholders in his or her election by the shareholders of Emmis OpCo.

 

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Default. See §14.1.

Default Rate. See §3.2.2.

Designated OpCo Obligations. All OpCo Obligations (other than contingent indemnity
obligations for which no claim has been made) beneficially owned by each Consenting OpCo Lender.

Discharge of the OpCo Credit Agreement. The first date that (i) the “Obligations” (as
defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)), other than contingent
obligations for which no claim has been made, have been paid in full in cash other than with the
proceeds of a Permitted Refinancing; (ii) all letters of credit issued under the OpCo Credit
Agreement (other than letters of credit not constituting Senior Debt Obligations) have been
cancelled or cash collateralized at 105% of the aggregate undrawn face amount thereof on terms and
conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the OpCo Administrative Agent
or otherwise assumed under or in connection with a Permitted Refinancing and (iii) all
“Commitments” (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)) have been
terminated.

Discharge of the Senior Debt Obligations. The first date that (i) the Senior Debt
Obligations, other than contingent obligations for which no claim has been made, have been paid in
full in cash other than with the proceeds of a Permitted Refinancing; (ii) all letters of credit
issued under the OpCo Credit Agreement (other than letters of credit not constituting Senior Debt
Obligations) have been cancelled or cash collateralized at 105% of the aggregate undrawn face
amount thereof on terms and conditions and pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the
OpCo Administrative Agent or otherwise assumed under or in connection with a Permitted Refinancing
and (iii) all commitments to lend (other than commitments in excess of the maximum amount of Senior
Debt Obligations) have been terminated.

Distribution. The declaration or payment of any dividend on or in respect of any
shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, other than dividends
payable solely in shares of common stock of the Issuer; the purchase, redemption, defeasance,
retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Issuer or any of
its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary or otherwise (including the setting
apart of assets for a sinking or other analogous fund to be used for such purpose); the return of
capital by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries to its shareholders as such; or any other distribution on
or in respect of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries.

Dollars or $. Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

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Effective Date. The date that all of the conditions precedent set forth in Article 12
are satisfied.

Emmis OpCo. Emmis Operating Company, an Indiana corporation.

Employee Benefit Plan. Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of §3(3) of ERISA
maintained or contributed to by the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate, other than a Guaranteed Pension
Plan or a Multiemployer Plan.

Environmental Laws. See §8.18(a).

EPA. See §8.18(b).

Equity Issuance. The sale or issuance (whether by public or private offering) by the
Issuer, Emmis OpCo or any Subsidiary of either the Issuer or Emmis OpCo of any of its Capital Stock
or any Equity-Like Instrument, other than sales or issuances to the Issuer, Emmis OpCo or any
Subsidiary of either the Issuer or Emmis OpCo.

Equity-Like Instrument. Any instrument that is equity-like in nature (including
without limitation, preferred stock and any instrument issued pursuant to the conversion of
convertible Indebtedness into Capital Stock), whether or not such instrument is considered Capital
Stock, which evidences a residual interest in the issuer or its assets after the payment of all
indebtedness and other liabilities paid prior to equity in accordance with GAAP, and has no put or
similar provisions (except for put or similar provisions applicable in the event of an asset sale
or change of control), no fixed maturity date and no mandatory redemption date, unless such
maturity date or such mandatory redemption date is more than six (6) months after the Final
Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein permitting the existence in
any Equity-Like Instrument of put or similar provisions applicable in the event of an asset sale or
change of control shall be deemed a consent to the making of any payment resulting from the
exercise of such provisions.

ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate. Any Person which is treated as a single employer with the Issuer
under §414 of the Code.

ERISA Reportable Event. A reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan
within the meaning of §4043 of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Event of Default. See §14.1.

Excluded Subsidiaries. Collectively, (a) each subsidiary of Emmis International
Broadcasting Corporation which is not organized under the laws of the United States or any state or
political subdivision of the United States unless included at the election of the Issuer upon prior
written notice to the Purchaser, (b) Ciudad, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company and (c) the
Austin Partnership and RAM, in each case, until such subsidiary becomes wholly-owned by Emmis OpCo
and upon prior written notice to the Purchaser. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person may be an
Excluded Subsidiary hereunder if (i) it is a “Guarantor” under any indenture or other document or
instrument governing Subordinated Debt or has otherwise guaranteed or given assurances of payment
or performance under or in respect of any Indebtedness (including Subordinated Debt) of the Issuer
or any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) it is a License Subsidiary formed or organized, as applicable,
under the laws of the United States.

Excluded Taxes. See §6.3.2.

Exercise Period. See §21(d).

Extraordinary Receipt. Any cash received by or paid to or for the account (without
duplication) of the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM, not in the ordinary
course of business, including tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance
(including business interruption insurance), condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof),
indemnity payments and any purchase price adjustments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect
to Extraordinary Receipts with respect to the assets of the Austin Partnership and RAM,
Extraordinary Receipts shall include only the Issuer’s and Emmis OpCo’s and its Subsidiaries’
aggregate equity percentage in the Austin Partnership or RAM of such Extraordinary Receipts.

FCC. The Federal Communications Commission (or any successor agency, commission,
bureau, department or other political subdivision of the United States of America).

FCC License. Any license, permit, certificate of compliance, antenna structure
registration, franchise, approval or authorization granted or issued by the FCC.

Final Maturity Date. February 1, 2015.

Fourth Amendment to the OpCo Credit Agreement. That certain Fourth Amendment to
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2011, by
and among (a) Issuer, (b) Emmis OpCo, and (c) certain Lenders and acknowledged by Bank of America,
N.A. as administrative agent.

 

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Fund. Any Person that is or will be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or
otherwise investing in loans, notes or other extensions of credit, equity interests or other
securities or investments.

GAAP. Generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States from
time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any change in GAAP would affect the
computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Purchase Document, and the
Issuer or the Purchaser shall so request, the Purchaser and the Issuer shall negotiate in good
faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such
change in GAAP; provided that, until so amended, (a) such ratio or requirement
shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (b) the
Issuer shall provide to the Purchaser financial statements and other documents required under this
Purchase Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between
calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in
GAAP.

Governing Documents. With respect to any Person, its certificate or articles of
incorporation, membership agreement, partnership agreement or similar charter document, any by-laws
and all shareholder agreements, voting trusts and similar arrangements applicable to any of its
Capital Stock.

Governmental Authority. Any foreign, federal, state, regional, local, municipal or
other government, or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency, public authority or
instrumentality thereof, or any court or arbitrator, including, without limitation, the FCC.

Guarantee. As to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other
obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner,
whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect,
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such
Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for
the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the
payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital,
equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash
flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other
obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in
respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to
protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any
assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or
not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or
otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any
Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related
primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not
stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as
determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a
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Guaranteed Pension Plan. Any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of
§3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of
which are guaranteed on termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA,
other than a Multiemployer Plan.

Hazardous Substances. See §8.18(b).

Indebtedness. As to any Person and whether recourse is secured by or is otherwise
available against all or only a portion of the assets of such Person and whether or not contingent,
but without duplication:

(a) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed,

(b) every obligation of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar
instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets
or businesses,

(c) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’
acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person,

(d) every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of
property or services (including securities repurchase agreements but excluding trade accounts
payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue or
which are being contested in good faith),

(e) every obligation of such Person under any Capitalized Lease,

(f) every obligation of such Person under any Synthetic Lease,

(g) all sales by such Person of (i) accounts or general intangibles for money due or to become
due, (ii) chattel paper, instruments or documents creating or evidencing a right to payment of
money or (iii) other receivables (collectively “receivables”), whether pursuant to a
purchase facility or otherwise, other than in connection with the disposition of the business
operations of such Person relating thereto or a disposition of defaulted receivables for collection
and not as a financing arrangement, and together with any obligation of such Person to pay any
discount, interest, fees, indemnities, penalties, recourse, expenses or other amounts in connection
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(h) every obligation of such Person (an “equity related purchase obligation”) to
purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any shares of Capital Stock issued by such
Person or any rights measured by the value of such Capital Stock,

(i) every net obligation of such Person under any forward contract, futures contract, swap,
option or other financing agreement or arrangement (including, without limitation, caps, floors,
collars and similar agreements), the value of which is dependent upon interest rates, currency
exchange rates, commodities or other indices (a “derivative contract”),

(j) every obligation in respect of Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership
in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent that such Person is liable therefor as a
result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the
extent that the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor and such
terms are enforceable under applicable law,

(k) every obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing, or having the
economic effect of guarantying or otherwise acting as surety for, any obligation of a type
described in any of clauses (a) through (j) (the “primary obligation”) of another Person
(the “primary obligor”), in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including,
without limitation, any obligation of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply
funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such primary obligation, (ii) to
purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the payment of such primary
obligation, or (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement
condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such
primary obligation,

(l) every financial obligation of such Person in connection with the KMVN Sale.

The “amount” or “principal amount” of any Indebtedness at any time of
determination represented by (u) any Indebtedness, issued at a price that is less than the
principal amount at maturity thereof, shall be 100% of the stated principal amount thereof, (v) any
Capitalized Lease shall be the principal component of the aggregate of the rental obligation under
such Capitalized Lease payable over the term thereof that is not subject to termination by the
lessee, (w) any sale of receivables shall be the amount of unrecovered capital or principal
investment of the purchaser (other than the Issuer or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries)
thereof, excluding amounts representative of interest earned on such investment, (x) any Synthetic
Lease shall be the stipulated loss value, termination value or other equivalent amount, (y) any
derivative contract shall be the maximum amount of any termination or loss payment required to be
paid by such Person if such derivative contract were, at the time of determination, to be
terminated by reason of any event of default or early termination event thereunder, whether or not
such event of default or early termination event has in fact occurred and (z) any equity related
purchase obligation shall be the maximum fixed redemption or purchase price thereof inclusive of
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Indemnified Liabilities. See §18.3.

Indemnified Person. See §18.3.

Initial Purchase Date. The date upon which the conditions in Article 12 and in §13.1
shall have been satisfied.

Initial Purchaser. [PURCHASER]

Investments. All expenditures made and all liabilities incurred (contingently or
otherwise) for the acquisition of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or in respect of any guaranties
(or other commitments as described under the definition of Indebtedness) of the obligations or
Indebtedness of, or obligations of, or loans, advances, capital contributions or transfers of
property to, any Person, but excluding accrued interest or earnings thereon. In determining the
aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time: (i) the amount of any
Investment represented by a guaranty shall be taken at not less than the principal amount of the
obligations guaranteed and still outstanding unless such guaranty shall be for an expressly lower
amount or portion of such obligations guaranteed; (ii) there shall not be deducted in respect of
any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such Investment, whether as dividends, interest
or otherwise, (iii) there shall not be deducted from the aggregate amount of Investments any
decrease in the value thereof, and (iv) there shall be deducted in respect of the total amount of
Investments (A) the amount of Net Cash Equity Issuance Proceeds of any Equity Issuance by the
Issuer or Emmis OpCo, (B) the amount of Net Cash Debt Issuance Proceeds of any issuance of
Permitted Issuer Indebtedness, but in each of (A) and (B) above, only to the extent that such
proceeds (1) are not subject to a mandatory prepayment under §3.3.2 or §4.4 of the OpCo Credit
Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), (2) are not used or intended for use by the Issuer in
connection with any redemption, purchase or other acquisition or extinguishment of any Issuer
Preferred Stock or Common Stock of the Issuer, (3) are not used or intended for use in connection
with any redemption, purchase or other acquisition or extinguishment of any Indebtedness of the
Issuer or any Subsidiary (except a voluntary prepayment of the revolving credit loans at par that
does not reduce the revolving credit commitment in connection with the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in
effect on the date hereof)), (4) are not used or intended for use in connection with a dutch
auction in connection with the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), and (5) of
the Issuer are concurrently with such transaction contributed to Emmis OpCo in cash as equity, and
(C) any deferred purchase price of Asset Sales (excluding the sale of KMVN), but only to the extent
(1) such deferred purchase price was an Investment included in the calculation of outstanding
Investments at the time of such Asset Sale and at all times prior to such date of determination,
and (2) such amounts are applied to prepay the “Obligations” (as defined in the OpCo Credit
Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date
hereof) or, after the Discharge of the Senior Debt Obligations, to prepay the Obligations under
this Purchase Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall an amount in excess of
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Issuer. Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indiana corporation.

Issuer Corporate Overhead Expenses. Means (i) accounting and audit costs and expenses
incurred by the Issuer in the ordinary course of its business in connection with preparing
consolidated and consolidating financial reports and tax filings, (ii) Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) filing fees and expenses incurred by the Issuer, (iii) legal fees
relating to the corporate maintenance of the Issuer, (iv) director fees incurred by the Issuer, (v)
costs and expenses payable by the Issuer for director and officer insurance, (vi) transfer agent
fees payable in connection with Capital Stock of the Issuer, (vii) proxy solicitation costs
incurred by the Issuer, (viii) franchise taxes and other fees payable to the jurisdictions of
incorporation or qualification of the Issuer, (ix) out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in
connection with this Purchase Agreement, and (x) other similar costs and expenses of the Issuer
incurred in the ordinary course of conducting its business; provided, that in no event shall Issuer
Corporate Overhead Expenses include (A) employees’ or officers’ salaries and bonuses, (B) debt
service and dividends and other distributions in respect of the Capital Stock of the Issuer (other
than debt service with respect to the Notes) or (C) costs and expenses incurred by the Issuer in
connection with any actual or proposed issuance of indebtedness (other than costs or expenses with
respect to the Notes) or equity by the Issuer which is permitted hereunder except to the extent
such costs and expenses are paid out of the proceeds of such issuance.

KMVN Sale. See §10.5.2.

License Subsidiaries. Collectively, (a) Emmis License Corporation of New York, Emmis
Radio License Corporation, Emmis Radio License Corporation of New York, Emmis Radio License, LLC,
Emmis Television License, LLC and (b) any new Subsidiaries that hold licenses to broadcast or
transmit radio or television signals formed or acquired in connection with any Permitted
Acquisition, or any internal reorganization permitted pursuant to §10.5.1(a) of the OpCo Credit
Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).

Lien. Any mortgage, deed of trust, security interest, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, attachment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory, judgment or otherwise),
or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any Capitalized Lease, any Synthetic
Lease, any financing lease involving substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing
and the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction and
with respect to stock, a Person’s right to acquire such stock).

 

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LMA Agreement. Any time brokerage agreement, local marketing agreement or related or
similar agreements pursuant to which a Person acquires the right to program substantially all of
the time and to sell all of the advertising spots of a Station owned by another non-affiliated
person or to otherwise operate a Station in exchange for cash payment, entered into, directly or
indirectly, either between (i) Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any
Person other than the Issuer, Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates,
on the other hand or (ii) a Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Person
other than the Issuer, Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates, on the
other hand.

Make-Whole Amount. With respect to the Notes on any redemption date, the present
value as of the redemption date of the amount of interest that would have been payable (including
interest that would have been payable on capitalized interest) on the Notes being redeemed through
the Make-Whole Expiration Date if such Notes had not been redeemed, determined by discounting such
interest at a discount rate equal to the applicable Treasury Rate with a maturity date nearest the
Make-Whole Expiration Date plus 25 basis points.

Make-Whole Expiration Date. May 10, 2013.

Material Adverse Effect. With respect to any event or occurrence of whatever nature
(including any adverse determination in any litigation, arbitration or governmental investigation
or proceeding):

(a) a material adverse effect on the business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise),
assets, operations or income of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(b) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Issuer or Emmis OpCo individually or the
Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to perform any of their respective Obligations under
any of the Purchase Documents to which it is a party;

(c) any impairment of the validity, binding effect or enforceability of this Purchase
Agreement or any of the other Purchase Documents, any material impairment of the rights, remedies
or benefits available to the Purchaser under any Purchase Document; or

(d) any “Material Adverse Effect” as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the
date hereof).

Moody’s. Moody’s Investors Services, Inc.

Multiemployer Plan. Any multiemployer plan within the meaning of §3(37) of ERISA
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Necessary Authorization. Any license, permit, consent, franchise, order, approval or
authorization from, or any filing, recording or registration with, any Governmental Authority
(including without limitation the FCC) necessary to the conduct of any business of the Issuer or
any of its Subsidiaries or for the ownership, maintenance and operation by such Person of its
Stations and other properties or to the performance by such Person of its obligations under any LMA
Agreement.

Net Cash Debt Issuance Proceeds. With respect to any issuance of Indebtedness of (a)
Emmis OpCo and its Subsidiaries (other than in accordance with the terms of §§10.1.(a), (b), (c),
(d), (f), (g), (h), (i), and (j) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and
other than any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness), and (b) the Issuer, the gross cash proceeds
received by the issuer for such issuance of Indebtedness, minus the sum of (i) the amount
of any mandatory prepayment with the proceeds of such Indebtedness under the OpCo Credit Agreement
(as in effect on the date hereof) and (ii) all reasonable and customary transaction expenses
(including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and commissions) actually incurred in
connection with such issuance.

Net Cash Equity Issuance Proceeds. With respect to any Equity Issuance, the excess of
the gross cash proceeds received by the issuer for such Equity Issuance minus the sum of (i) the
amount of any mandatory prepayment with the proceeds of such Equity Issuance under the OpCo Credit
Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and (ii) all reasonable and customary transaction
expenses (including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and commissions) actually incurred
in connection with such issuance.

Net Cash Sale Proceeds. In respect of any Asset Sale or Asset Swap, the gross cash
proceeds (without duplication) received by the Issuer, its Subsidiaries, the Austin Partnership or
RAM, as applicable, minus, the sum of (a) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, commissions
and other reasonable and customary direct expenses actually incurred in connection with such Asset
Sale or Asset Swap, including any income taxes payable as a result of such Asset Sale and the
amount of any transfer or documentary taxes required to be paid by such Person or Persons in
connection with such Asset Sale or Asset Swap, plus (b) the aggregate amount of cash so
received by such Person or Persons which is required to be used to retire (in whole or in part) any
Indebtedness (other than under the Purchase Documents) of such Person or Persons permitted by this
Purchase Agreement that was secured by a lien or security interest permitted by this Purchase
Agreement and which is required to be repaid in whole or in part (which repayment, in the case of
any other revolving credit arrangement or multiple advance arrangement, reduces any commitment
thereunder) in connection with such Asset Sale or Asset Swap, plus (c) any cash reserve in
an amount reasonably determined by the Issuer to be necessary in connection with indemnification
obligations or potential post-closing purchase price adjustments relating to such Asset Sale or
Asset Swap so long as (i) the Issuer provides to the Purchaser an accounting of such proceeds
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser and (ii) the Issuer prepays the loans due under the OpCo
Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) with the remainder of such funds promptly upon
settlement or extinguishment of such obligations or adjustments. If any of the Issuer, any
Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM receives any promissory notes or other instruments as
part of the consideration for such Asset Sale or Asset Swap or if payment in cash of any portion of
the consideration for such Asset Sale or Asset Swap is otherwise deferred or if the amount
previously held as a cash reserve for indemnification obligations or purchase price adjustments is
reduced, Net Cash Sale Proceeds shall be deemed to include any cash payments in respect of such
notes or instruments or otherwise deferred portion of such consideration when and to the extent
received by such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to Asset Sales and Asset
Swaps of the assets of the Austin Partnership and RAM, Net Cash Sale Proceeds shall be calculated
only to the extent of the Issuer’s and its Subsidiaries’ aggregate equity percentage in the Austin
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Non-Compliance Date. See §6.2.

Non-Compliance Fee. See §6.2.

Non-Excluded Taxes. See §6.3.2.

Notice of Purchase. A notice substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

Notes. The Notes issued by the Issuer in favor of the Purchaser dated as of the date
hereof in the original principal amount of up to $35,000,000 substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit C hereto and any other Note(s) issued pursuant to §3.5 or §3.6.

Obligations. All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Issuer to the
Purchaser, existing on the date of this Purchase Agreement or arising thereafter, direct or
indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, arising or
incurred under or in connection with this Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Documents or the
Notes, or other instruments at any time evidencing any thereof. This term includes, without
limitation, all interest that accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding by or
against any credit party in bankruptcy whether or not allowed in such case or proceeding.

Obligor. See § 20.1.1.

OpCo Administrative Agent. “Administrative Agent” as defined in the OpCo Credit
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OpCo Credit Agreement. That certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term
Loan Agreement, dated as of November 2, 2006, by and among Emmis OpCo, the lending institutions
party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as syndication agent, and General Electric Capital Corporation, Coöperatieve Centrale
Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., Rabobank Nederland, New York Branch and Suntrust Bank, as
co-documentation agents, as amended on March 3, 2009, August 19, 2009, March 29, 2011, and November
10, 2011, as attached hereto as Exhibit B and as such agreement may be amended, amended and
restated, modified, supplemented, waived, restructured, renewed, replaced, extended, or refinanced
(including as Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) from time to time. At any time after the
Discharge of the OpCo Credit Agreement, all references to the OpCo Credit Agreement herein or in
any other Purchase Document shall survive the Discharge of the OpCo Credit Agreement and shall
continue in full force and effect regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the
OpCo Credit Agreement and regardless of any termination, cancellation, amendments, amendments and
restatements, supplements, waivers, restructurings, renewals, extensions, replacements,
refinancings or other modifications to the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).
All references in the OpCo Credit Agreement to “Revert Date” shall be deemed to mean the date the
Obligations hereunder under the Notes and under the other Purchase Documents are indefeasibly paid
in full in cash.

OpCo Obligations. The “Obligations” (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement) (which
for the avoidance of doubt includes interest at the default rate, if applicable, and any applicable
acceleration prepayment penalties or premiums, in each case, irrespective of whether a Proceeding
has been commenced by or against any OpCo Obligor, and such amounts are allowed in such
Proceeding), plus (B) any Exit Fee (as defined in that certain backstop letter dated March
27, 2011 among the OpCo Obligors party thereto, and Canyon Capital Advisors LCC) that would be
payable to an OpCo Lender upon the redemption or other repayment (including, without limitation, as
a result of an acceleration upon any Event of Default, including the commencement of a Proceeding
by any OpCo Obligor) of any Designated OpCo Obligations, or under any other circumstance).

OpCo Lenders. “Lenders” as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement.

OpCo Loan Documents. “Loan Documents” as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement.

OpCo Obligor. The Issuer, Emmis OpCo and its Subsidiaries, as obligors under the OpCo
Loan Documents.

OpCo Required Lenders. “Required Lenders” as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement.

OpCo Secured Parties. The OpCo Administrative Agent and the OpCo Lenders.

OpCo Security Documents. “Security Documents” as defined in the OpCo Credit
Agreement.

 

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Operating Subsidiaries. Collectively, (a) Emmis Radio Corporation, Emmis Meadowlands
Corporation, Emmis Publishing Corporation, Mediatex Communications Corporation, Los Angeles
Magazine Holding Company, Inc., and Emmis Enterprises, Inc., each an Indiana corporation; (b) Emmis
Radio, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company; (c) Emmis International Broadcasting Corporation,
a California corporation; (d) the Partnership Subsidiaries and their successors; and (e) any new
Subsidiaries acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any internal reorganization
permitted pursuant to §10.5.1 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) (a)
used to hold assets (other than broadcast licenses) used in connection with, and to conduct
operations of, any Station.

Original Obligations. See Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.

outstanding. With respect to the Notes, the aggregate unpaid principal thereof as of
any date of determination.

Partnership Subsidiaries. Collectively, Emmis Indiana Broadcasting, L.P., Emmis
Publishing, L.P. and Emmis Television Broadcasting, L.P., each an Indiana limited partnership.

Payment Default. An “Event of Default” under §14.1(a) or §14.1(b) of the OpCo Credit
Agreement.

Payment in Full or Paid in Full. (a) Senior Debt Obligations, other than
contingent obligations for which no claim has been made, have been paid in full in cash other than
with the proceeds of a Permitted Refinancing and (b) all letters of credit issued under the OpCo
Credit Agreement have been cancelled or cash collateralized or otherwise assumed in connection with
a Permitted Refinancing.

Payment or Distribution. With respect to any indebtedness, obligation or security,
(a) any payment or distribution by any Obligor of cash, securities or other assets or property, by
set-off or otherwise, on account of such indebtedness, obligation or security, (b) any redemption,
purchase or other acquisition of such indebtedness, obligation or security by any Obligor or (c)
the granting of any lien or security interest to or for the benefit of the holders of such
indebtedness, obligation or security in or upon any payment of any Obligor.

PBGC. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by §4002 of ERISA and any
successor entity or entities having similar responsibilities.

Permitted §11 Amendment. Either (a) an amendment to §11 of the OpCo Credit Agreement
(as in effect on the date hereof) so long as, after giving effect thereto, (i) the definitions used
in the calculation of Total Leverage Ratio shall not have changed, (ii) the Total Leverage Ratio
continues to be tested as of the last day of each fiscal quarter and (iii) the Total Leverage Ratio
does not exceed 5.50:1.00 or (b) any waiver of non-compliance with the covenants set forth in §11
of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) as of the last day of a fiscal
quarter so long as, with respect to the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter, no
such waiver was in existence and Emmis OpCo and its Subsidiaries were in compliance with the
covenants set forth in §11.

 

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Permitted Acquisition. Any acquisition permitted under §10.5.1.

Permitted Holders. Jeffrey Smulyan, his spouse, his children, his grandchildren, his
estate and trusts created for the benefit of any of the foregoing.

Permitted Issuer Indebtedness. Indebtedness under this Purchase Agreement and any
other obligations under the Purchase Documents.

Permitted Liens. Liens permitted by §10.2.

Permitted Refinancing. A refinancing, extension, replacement, amendment, amendment
and restatement, modification, supplement, renewal or restructuring of the OpCo Indebtedness with
the proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.

Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness. Any Indebtedness (“Refinancing
Indebtedness”) that extends, replaces, amends, amends and restates, modifies, supplements,
renews, restructures or refinances the OpCo Obligations as in effect on the date hereof (the
“Original Obligations”); so long as the aggregate principal amount of term loans and
revolving commitments under all such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the sum of (i) the
principal amount of the term loans and revolving commitments outstanding under the OpCo Credit
Agreement as of the date hereof by more than $25,000,000, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to
the date such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred and (ii) the costs and expenses
incurred in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness.

Person. Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited
liability partnership, trust, other unincorporated association, business, or other legal entity,
and any Governmental Authority.

Proceeding. See §20.4.1.

Projections. See §8.4.3.

 

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Public Affiliate. An Affiliate of a Purchaser that is under common control with the
Purchaser (but not controlled by the Purchaser) that has a class of equity securities listed on a
national securities exchange in the United States and is a reporting company for purposes of the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) so long as the majority
of the members of the board of directors of such Affiliate are independent of the Purchaser and its
other Affiliates and Related Funds for purposes of applicable stock exchange rules and the Exchange
Act.

Purchase Agreement. This Purchase Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits
hereto.

Purchase Date. Each date during the Purchase Period on which a Note is purchased by
the Purchaser in accordance with the terms hereof; provided there shall be a maximum of
three (3) Purchase Dates.

Purchase Documents. Collectively, this Purchase Agreement, the Notes, and any other
documents, agreements or instruments contemplated hereby or thereby or executed by the Issuer, a
Subsidiary (or an Excluded Subsidiary, to the extent required by the terms of this Purchase
Agreement and the other Purchase Documents) from time to time in connection herewith or therewith.

Purchase Option. See §20.1.1(a).

Purchase Option Date. See §21(b).

Purchase Option Event. The occurrence of any of the following: (a) receipt by the
Initial Purchaser of a notice (a “Consensual Restructuring Notice”) stating that the OpCo
Obligors and the OpCo Required Lenders intend to pursue a consensual restructuring, which notice
shall include a copy of a duly executed agreement among the OpCo Obligors and the OpCo Required
Lenders agreeing to implement a restructuring of the Designated OpCo Obligations pursuant to a
“prepackaged” or “prenegotiated” Proceeding, or (b) unless a Consensual Restructuring Notice has
been previously delivered, (w) acceleration of the OpCo Obligations in accordance with the terms of
the OpCo Loan Documents, which acceleration has not been waived within twenty (20) Business Days,
(x) a payment default under the OpCo Loan Documents that has not been cured or waived by the OpCo
Required Lenders within twenty (20) Business Days of the occurrence thereof, (y) initiation of a
foreclosure action against a material portion of the “Collateral” (as defined in the OpCo Credit
Agreement), which has not been stayed or withdrawn within twenty (20) Business Days, or (z) the
commencement of any Proceeding by any OpCo Obligor. For greater certainty, following the delivery
of a Consensual Restructuring Notice, none of the items in (b) shall be considered Purchase Option
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Purchase Option Notice. See §21(b).

Purchase Option Period. See §21(b).

Purchase Option Price. See §21(e)(i).

Purchase Period. The period commencing on the Effective Date and ending at 2:00 p.m.
(Chicago, Illinois time) on the 60th day thereafter; provided that if following the
purchase on the Initial Purchase Date the Borrower commences a Tender Offer for Preferred Stock,
the Purchase Period shall be extended for a period of 30 additional days.

Purchased Letter of Credit Percentage. The aggregate Commitment Percentage (as
defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)) of the Total Revolving
Credit Commitment (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)) of
the OpCo Consenting Lenders.

Purchaser. [PURCHASER], a Delaware limited partnership and its successors and assigns
and any other Person that becomes a Purchaser pursuant to an assignment executed pursuant to §3.5.

Purchaser Affiliate. Any Affiliate of a Purchaser (other than a Public Affiliate) and
any Related Fund.

RAM. Radio Austin Management, L.L.C., the sole general partner of the Austin
Partnership, which is and shall remain a single purpose entity whose sole material asset is the
general partnership interest in the Austin Partnership.

Real Estate. All real property at any time owned or leased (as lessee or sublessee)
by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

Reference Period. As of any date of determination, the period of four (4) consecutive
fiscal quarters of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries ending on such date, or if such date is not a
fiscal quarter end date, the period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended (in
each case treated as a single accounting period).

Refinancing. See §10.18.

Refinancing Indebtedness. See Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness.

Register. See §3.5.

 

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Related Fund. Any Fund that is administered or managed by the Purchaser or an
Affiliate of the Purchaser or any entity or Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a
Purchaser.

Related Parties. With respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s
Affiliates.

Requisite Holders. The Purchasers holding at least a majority in principal amount of
all Notes then outstanding.

Restricted Payment. In relation to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, any (a)
Distribution, (b) payment in respect of Subordinated Debt, (c) payment of management, consulting or
similar fees to Affiliates of the Issuer or such Subsidiary, or (d) derivatives or other
transactions with any financial institution, commodities or stock exchange or clearinghouse (a
“Derivatives Counterparty”) obligating the Issuer or such Subsidiary to make
payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in market value of any Capital
Stock of the Issuer or such Subsidiary.

Senior Debt Obligations. (i) Any and all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of
any nature that is now or may hereafter be owing by any OpCo Obligor under or in connection with
any of the OpCo Loan Documents, whether for principal, accrued and unpaid interest, prepayment or
other premium, fees or expenses (which the parties acknowledge shall include the Exit Fee (as
defined in that certain backstop letter dated March 27, 2011 among the OpCo Obligors party thereto,
and Canyon Capital Advisors LCC)), and whether from time to time reduced and thereafter increased
or entirely extinguished and thereafter reincurred, whether before or after the filing of a
Proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code, together with any amendments, modifications, renewals or
extensions thereof; and (ii) after the commencement of a Proceeding by or against any OpCo Obligor,
any interest which, but for the filing by or against such OpCo Obligor of any such Proceeding,
would constitute part of the foregoing indebtedness, obligations or liabilities, whether or not a
claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such Proceeding; provided
that the aggregate principal amount of Senior Debt Obligations (excluding interest, premium, fees,
expenses or indemnity payments) shall not exceed the sum of (i) $245,057,563.00, plus any accrued
and unpaid interest to the date any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred, and (ii) the
costs and expenses incurred in connection with any Refinancing Indebtedness, as such aggregate
principal amount is reduced by actual repayments of any term loan under the OpCo Credit Agreement
and any actual permanent reduction of any revolving credit commitment under the OpCo Credit
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Sinclair Definitive Agreement. That certain Agreement for Purchase of Limited Partner
and Member Interests, dated as of March 3, 2003, between Sinclair Telecable, Inc. and Emmis OpCo,
together with all other agreements and documents entered into or delivered pursuant to or in
connection therewith, relating to the Austin Investment and the governance of, or operation of the
business of, the Austin Partnership thereafter.

Solvent. With respect to any Person as of any date of determination, (a) the fair
value of the property of such Person (both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable value) is
greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (b)
the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will
be required to pay the probable liabilities of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and
matured, (c) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other
liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of
business, (d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or
liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (e) such
Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a
transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after
giving due consideration to current and anticipated future capital requirements and current and
anticipated future business conduct and the prevailing practice in the industry in which such
Person is engaged. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, such liabilities
shall be computed in an amount which, in light of the facts and circumstances existing at such
time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured
liability.

S&P. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.

Standstill Period. See §20.2.

Station. The properties, assets and operating rights constituting a system for
transmitting radio or television signals from a transmitter licensed by the FCC.

Subject Preferred Stock. Any Preferred Stock subject to a TRS Transaction at any time
during the term hereof.

Subordinated Debt. Collectively, any unsecured Indebtedness issued by the Issuer
after the Effective Date that is expressly subordinated and made junior to the payment and
performance in full in cash of the Obligations, and evidenced as such by a written instrument
containing subordination provisions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser
and approved by the Purchaser in writing; provided that the material terms and conditions of such
Subordinated Debt are less restrictive than the terms and conditions set forth in this Purchase
Agreement with respect to the Obligations and otherwise reasonably acceptable as reasonably
determined by the Purchaser and provided, further that the Purchaser shall
have received from the Issuer a certificate from the principal financial or accounting office of
the Issuer certifying that the Obligations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries arising under this
Purchase Agreement and the other Purchase Documents constitute “Senior Debt” under and as defined
in the definitive documentation governing such Indebtedness, and the incurrence of the Obligations
is permitted under the definitive documentation governing such Indebtedness and will not cause a
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Subsidiary. Any corporation, association, trust, partnership, limited liability
company or other business entity of which the designated parent shall at any time own directly or
indirectly through a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries at least a majority of the shares of Capital Stock
or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing
body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency). For purposes of this Purchase Agreement, with respect to the Issuer or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, “Subsidiary” shall include all Subsidiaries of the Issuer other than
Excluded Subsidiaries, except as otherwise expressly provided.

Synthetic Debt. With respect to any Person as of any date of determination thereof,
all obligations of such Person in respect of transactions entered into by such Person that are
intended to function primarily as a borrowing of funds (including any minority interest
transactions that function primarily as a borrowing) but are not otherwise included in the
definition of “Indebtedness” or as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and
its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

Synthetic Lease. Any lease of goods or other property, whether real or personal,
which is treated as an operating lease under GAAP and as a loan or financing for U.S. income tax
purposes.

Tender Offer. A broad solicitation by the Issuer to purchase shares of the Issuer’s
6.25% Series A Convertible Stock pursuant to an offer that remains open for a period that ends no
later than 90 days after the Effective Date; provided that no such broad solicitation shall
qualify as a Tender Offer hereunder unless the sum of (i) the Tender Offer Purchase Price
plus (ii) all TRS Funding Obligations shall not be less than $35,000,000 minus the costs
and expenses of the Tender Offer or TRS Transactions paid with proceeds of the Notes.

Tender Offer Purchase Price. The number of shares which the Issuer offers to purchase
multiplied by the offer price, assuming the offer is accepted by all holders with respect to all
shares.

Total Leverage Ratio. As at any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated
Total Funded Debt outstanding on such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently
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Treasury Rate. With respect to any prepayment pursuant to §3.3.2 or §3.3.3, the yield
to maturity at a time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity
(as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) which
has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the date of prepayment (or, if
such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source similar market
data)) most nearly equal to the period from the applicable date of prepayment to May 1, 2013,
provided, however, that if the period from the date of prepayment to May 1, 2013 is
not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average
yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities
for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the date of prepayment to May 1,
2013 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury
securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

TRS Funding Obligations. All obligations to fund the TRS Transactions that are in
fact funded with proceeds of the Notes.

UCC. The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

1.2 Rules of Interpretation.

(a) A reference to any document or agreement shall, unless expressly provided otherwise,
include such document or agreement as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with its terms and the terms of this Purchase Agreement.

(b) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

(c) A reference to any law includes any amendment or modification to such law.

(d) A reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns.

(e) Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP
applied on a consistent basis by the accounting entity to which they refer. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant or ratio contained herein, all
Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the
outstanding principal amount thereof and the effects of FASB ASC 825 on financial liabilities shall
be disregarded.

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(g) All terms not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in the UCC
have the meanings assigned to them therein, with the term “instrument” being that defined under
Article 9 of the UCC.

(h) Reference to a particular “§” refers to that section of this Purchase Agreement unless
otherwise indicated.

(i) The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of like import shall refer to this
Purchase Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subdivision of this Purchase
Agreement.

(j) Unless otherwise expressly indicated, in the computation of periods of time from a
specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including,” the words
“to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding,” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(k) This Purchase Agreement and the other Purchase Documents may use several different
limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All such limitations,
tests and measurements are, however, cumulative and are to be performed in accordance with the
terms thereof.

(l) This Purchase Agreement and the other Purchase Documents are the result of negotiation
between, and have been reviewed by counsel to, among others, the Purchaser and the Issuer and are
the product of discussions and negotiations among all parties. Accordingly, this Purchase
Agreement and the other Purchase Documents are not intended to be construed against the Purchaser
merely on account of the Purchaser’s involvement in the preparation of such documents.

(m) Any reference contained herein to the “OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date
hereof)” shall refer to the OpCo Credit Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit B regardless of the
validity, regularity or enforceability of the OpCo Credit Agreement and regardless of any
termination, cancellation, amendments, amendments and restatements, supplements (provided that any
amendment of §11 of the OpCo Credit Agreement or the definitions set forth therein (but not any
amendment of any other provision of the OpCo Credit Agreement) pursuant to a Permitted §11
Amendment shall be given effect to the extent set forth herein), waivers, restructurings, renewals,
extensions, replacements, refinancings or other modifications to the OpCo Credit Agreement. Any
restriction, limitation, prohibition, agreement or condition contained herein that is determined by
reference to restrictions, limitations, prohibitions, agreements or conditions in the OpCo Credit
Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) shall remain in full force and effect regardless of
whether the OpCo Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect, and for purposes hereof all
such restrictions, limitations, prohibitions, agreements and conditions shall survive the Discharge
of the OpCo Credit Agreement and be binding on the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as if fully set
forth herein, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the OpCo Credit Agreement
(as in effect on the date hereof). In addition, (i) any requirement that the OpCo Administrative
Agent be in possession of, or have a Lien on, “Collateral” (as defined in the OpCo Credit
Agreement) shall be deemed waived for purposes of this Agreement from and after the Discharge of
the OpCo Credit Agreement, (ii) to the extent that compliance with the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in
effect on the date hereof) requires Emmis OpCo or its Subsidiaries to provide the OpCo
Administrative Agent with any financial statement, appraisal, report, projection, certificate,
notice, estimate, calculation or similar writing, the Issuer shall substantially concurrently
therewith deliver a copy of such financial statement, appraisal, report, projection, notice,
estimate, calculation or similar writing to the Purchaser and (iii) all references to the “Revert
Date” in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) shall be deemed to mean the
date that the Obligations hereunder, under the Notes and under the other Purchase Documents have
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2.
INITIAL PURCHASE DATE AND SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE DATE TRANSACTIONS.

2.1 Commitment. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Purchaser agrees to
purchase a Note on the Initial Purchase Date and up to four (4) additional dates during the
Purchase Period. To request that the Purchaser consummate a purchase transaction, the Issuer shall
deliver to the Purchaser a Notice of Purchase (x) in the case of transaction on the Initial
Purchase Date, on or prior to the closing of transactions on such date and (y) in the case of any
subsequent Purchase Date, prior to 2:00 p.m. (Chicago, Illinois time) three (3) Business Days prior
to the proposed purchase.

2.2 Purchase Date Transactions. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, on each
Purchase Date, upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent in Articles 12 and 13, (a) the Issuer
shall issue the Note to the Purchaser and shall register the Note in the name of the Purchaser in
the Register and (b) immediately upon receipt of the Note, the Purchaser shall pay the purchase
price for the Note by wire transfer of immediately available Dollars to the Issuer. The purchase
price for each Note shall be 100% of the original principal amount of such Note.

3. TERMS OF THE NOTES.

3.1 Form of Notes. The Notes shall be in the form of Exhibit C, shall be in the
original principal amount of up to $35,000,000 and shall be payable to Purchaser or its registered
assigns.

3.2 Interest on Notes.

3.2.1 Interest Rate; Payment. Except as otherwise provided in §3.2.2, the Notes shall bear
interest at the rate of 22.95% per annum, compounded quarterly (except that (i) with respect to any
Note issued prior to November 30, 2011, interest accrued on any Note between the applicable
Purchase Date and November 30, 2011 shall be added to the principal amount of such Note on November
30, 2011 and (ii) with respect to any Note issued after November 30, 2011, interest accrued on any
Note between the applicable Purchase Date and February 29, 2012 shall be added to the principal
amount of such Note on February 29, 2012); provided, if the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in
effect on the date hereof) is amended, amended and restated, restructured, renewed, extended,
replaced, supplemented, modified, waived or refinanced (“Refinanced”), and in connection
therewith the weighted average cost of funds (taking into account LIBOR floors, original issue
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fees, index
rates, interest rates and applicable margins) (the “Weighted
Average Cost of Funds”) applicable to the OpCo Credit Agreement as so Refinanced (including any agreements governing
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) is greater than the Weighted Average Cost of Funds in effect
for loans under the OpCo Credit Agreement as of the date hereof, the Notes shall bear interest at
the greater of (x) 22.95% or (y) the Weighted Average Cost of Funds applicable to the OpCo Credit
Agreement as so Refinanced (including any agreements governing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness)
plus 1125 basis points. Interest shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each May, August,
November and February and on the date of any payment of principal of the Notes, commencing November
30, 2011 (each an “Interest Payment Date”). Except for payments at Final Maturity or that
are payable in connection with the redemption of the Notes (whether by acceleration or otherwise)
which shall be paid in cash in immediately available Dollars, all such interest shall paid in kind
and added to the outstanding principal balance of the Notes on the date such payment is due.
Payments of cash interest shall be subordinated to the extent provided in §20 hereof.

3.2.2 Default Rate. During the continuance of any Event of Default, the outstanding
principal of the Notes, and to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest shall bear interest at
the greater of (a) the rate of 24.95% per annum payable on demand in cash or (b) the rate then in
effect pursuant to §3.2.1 plus 2.00%. Payments of cash interest shall be subordinated to
the extent provided in §20 hereof and accordingly no such cash payment shall be made prior to the
Discharge of the Senior Debt Obligations. Prior to the Discharge of the Senior Debt Obligations,
interest at the Default Rate shall be payable in kind in arrears on the last day of each May,
August, November and February and added to the outstanding principal balance of the Notes on the
date such payment is due.

3.2.3 Computations; Records. All computations of interest on the Notes shall be based on a
360-day year and paid for the actual number of days elapsed. Whenever a payment hereunder becomes
due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the
next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during such extension. The outstanding
amount of the Notes as reflected from time to time in the accounts or records maintained by the
Purchaser in accordance with the provisions of this Purchase Agreement shall be considered correct
and binding on the Issuer absent manifest error.

3.3 Redemption.

3.3.1 Payment of Principal and Accrued Interest at Final Maturity. The Notes shall be
redeemed in full by the Issuer on the Final Maturity Date. On the Final Maturity Date, the Issuer
shall pay to the Purchasers in cash by wire transfer of immediately available Dollars the principal
amount of the Notes then outstanding plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all other
amounts due hereunder.

3.3.2 Mandatory Redemption of the Notes. From and after the Discharge of the Senior Debt
Obligations, the Issuer shall make the following redemptions (the “Mandatory Redemptions”)
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(a) Redemption with Proceeds of Asset Sales and Asset Swaps; Etc.

(i) If the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries receives Net Cash Sale Proceeds from
any Asset Sales or Asset Swaps (whether through a single transaction or a series of
related transactions), then on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (or, if the
Net Cash Sale Proceeds are received on an Interest Payment Date, such Interest
Payment Date) and after giving effect to the interest payment, the Issuer shall pay
to the Purchaser an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Sale Proceeds and the
Purchaser shall apply such amount to (A) if such prepayment is prior to the
Make-Whole Expiration Date, the Make-Whole Amount applicable to the portion of the
principal amount of the Notes being prepaid pursuant to this §3.3.2(a)(i) and (B)
the prepayment of the outstanding principal of the Notes; provided that this
§3.3.2(a) shall not apply to any Net Cash Sale Proceeds from the sale or other
disposition of the Subject Preferred Stock or the Issuer’s or Emmis OpCo’s right,
title and interest in any TRS Transaction.

(ii) If any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary, any Bridge to Sale License
Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Issuer receives any gross cash proceeds from the
sale by such Person of the Station subject to a Bridge to Sale Third Party
Transaction (including the FCC License associated with the Station subject of such
Bridge to Sale Third Party Transaction), then on the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date (or, if such proceeds are received on an Interest Payment Date, such
Interest Payment Date) and after giving effect to the interest payment, the Issuer
shall pay to the Purchaser an amount equal to 100% of such gross cash proceeds,
minus all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, commissions and other reasonable
and customary direct expenses actually incurred in connection with such sale,
including any income taxes payable as a result of such sale and the amount of any
transfer or documentary taxes required to be paid by such Person in connection with
such sale and the Purchaser shall apply such amount to (A) if such prepayment is
prior to the Make-Whole Expiration Date, the Make-Whole Amount applicable to the
portion of the principal amount of the Notes being prepaid pursuant to this
§3.3.2(a)(ii) and (B) the prepayment of the outstanding principal of the Notes.

(b) Redemption with Proceeds of Equity Issuances. If the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries
receives any Net Cash Equity Issuance Proceeds, then on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
(or, if the Net Cash Equity Issuance Proceeds are received on an Interest Payment Date, such
Interest Payment Date) and after giving effect to the interest payment, the Issuer shall pay to the
Purchaser an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Equity Issuance Proceeds
and the Purchaser shall apply such amount to (A) if such prepayment is prior to the Make-Whole
Expiration Date, the Make-Whole Amount applicable to the portion of the principal amount of the
Notes being prepaid pursuant to this §3.3.2(b) and (B) the prepayment of the outstanding principal
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(c) Redemption with Proceeds of Issuances of Indebtedness. If the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries receives any Net Cash Debt Issuance Proceeds, then on the next succeeding Interest
Payment Date (or, if the Net Cash Debt Issuance Proceeds are received on an Interest Payment Date,
such Interest Payment Date) and after giving effect to the interest payment, the Issuer shall pay
to the Purchaser an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Debt Issuance
Proceeds and the Purchaser shall apply such amount to (A) if such prepayment is prior to the
Make-Whole Expiration Date, the Make-Whole Amount applicable to the portion of the principal amount
of the Notes being prepaid pursuant to this §3.3.2(c) and (B) the prepayment of the outstanding
principal of the Notes.

(d) Redemption with Proceeds of Extraordinary Receipts. If any Extraordinary Receipt is
received by or paid to or for the account of the Issuer, Emmis OpCo, the Subsidiaries of the Issuer
or Emmis OpCo, the Austin Partnership or RAM, and not otherwise included in §§3.3.2(a), (b) or (c),
then on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (or, if the Extra Ordinary Receipt is received by
or paid to or for the account of such party on an Interest Payment Date, such Interest Payment
Date) and after giving effect to the interest payment, the Issuer shall pay to the Purchaser an
amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of all such Extraordinary Receipts and the Purchaser
shall apply such amount to (A) if such prepayment is prior to the Make-Whole Expiration Date, the
Make-Whole Amount applicable to the portion of the principal amount of the Notes being prepaid
pursuant to this §3.3.2(d) and (B) the prepayment of the outstanding principal of the Notes.

(e) Redemption upon an Event of Default. If the Purchaser has declared the Notes to become
immediately due and payable in accordance with §14.1 or the Notes become immediately due and
payable in accordance with §14.1 (each, an “Acceleration Event”) on any date (an
“Acceleration Date”), the Issuer shall prepay the Notes, (A) if such Acceleration Date is
on or prior to the Make-Whole Expiration Date, the price paid shall be equal to the sum of (w) the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes, plus (x) all accrued and unpaid interest as of
the Acceleration Date on such outstanding principal amount, plus (y) the Make-Whole Amount
computed on such outstanding principal amount, plus (z) all other Obligations then due and
owing hereunder and under the other Purchase Documents or (B) if such Acceleration Date is after
the Make-Whole Expiration Date, the price paid shall be equal to the sum of (x) the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes as of the Acceleration Date, plus (y) all accrued and unpaid
interest as of the Acceleration Date on such outstanding principal amount, plus (z) all
other Obligations then due and owing hereunder and under the other Purchase Documents.

(f) Application of Payments. All payments made pursuant to §§3.3.2(a), (b), (c), (d) or
(e) shall be paid to the Purchaser in cash by wire transfer of immediately available Dollars.

3.3.3 Optional Redemption of the Notes. (a) At any time after the Discharge of the Senior
Debt Obligations and on or prior to the Make-Whole Expiration Date, the Issuer may, upon prior
written notice to the Purchaser, redeem the Notes in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal
to the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of the Notes or portion thereof to be redeemed
as of the redemption date, plus (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest as of the redemption
date on such outstanding principal amount or portion thereof, plus (iii) the Make-Whole
Amount computed on such outstanding principal amount or portion thereof, plus (iv) if redeeming the
entire outstanding principal amount of the Notes, all other Obligations then due and owing
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(b) At any time after the Discharge of the OpCo Credit Agreement and after the Make-Whole
Expiration Date, the Issuer may, upon prior written notice to the Purchaser, redeem the Notes in
whole or in part. Any such redemption shall be at a price equal to the sum of (i) the outstanding
principal amount of the Notes or portion thereof to be redeemed as of the redemption date,
plus (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest as of the redemption date on such outstanding
principal amount or portion thereof, plus (iii) if redeeming the entire outstanding principal
amount of the Notes, all other Obligations then due and owing hereunder and under the other
Purchase Documents.

(c) Any partial redemption of the Notes shall be in denominations of at least $[10,000,000]
and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of such minimum denomination.

3.3.4 Pro Rata Treatment of Partial Redemptions. In the event of a partial redemption of
the Notes, such partial redemption shall be a pro rata redemption of all of the Notes based on the
proportion the principal amount of each Note bears to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
all of the Notes.

3.4 Application of Payments; Pro Rata Treatment. All payments, prepayments and redemptions
of the Notes shall be applied to the Obligations in the following order of priority: (a) first, to
the payment of, or (as the case may be) the reimbursement of the Purchaser of all reasonable costs,
expenses, indemnities, disbursements then due hereunder or under the other Purchase Documents, (b)
second, to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, (c) third, to the payment of the Make-Whole
Amount, if any, and (d) fourth, to the payment of unpaid principal. Amounts shall be applied to
each category of Obligations set forth above until Payment in Full thereof and then to the next
category. If amounts are insufficient to satisfy a category, they shall be applied on a pro rata
basis among the Obligations in the category. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, all payments, prepayments or redemptions of principal with respect to the Notes shall be
made and applied pro rata on all outstanding Notes in accordance with the respective unpaid
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3.5 Transfer and Exchange of Notes. The Issuer shall keep a register which shall provide
for the registration of the Notes and the registration of transfers of the Notes (the
“Register”). The principal amount of and stated rate of interest on the Notes, the names,
addresses and commitments of the Purchasers holding the Notes, the transfer of the Notes, and the
names and addresses of the transferees of the Notes shall be registered in the Register. The Notes
may not be transferred or exchanged unless (i) such transfer or exchange is recorded in the
Register, (ii) the Issuer has consented to such transfer or exchange (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, and provided that no such consent shall be required
during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default unless such transfer is to a
Competitor), (iii) after giving effect to such proposed transfer or exchange, the total number of
Persons (other than the Issuer or any of its Affiliates) holding Notes shall not exceed three (3)
(treating all affiliated holders as a single entity for this purpose) and (iv) the prospective
transferee thereof shall have agreed to assume such Purchaser’s rights and obligations hereunder by
executing an Assignment and Acceptance in substantially the form of Exhibit H. A Purchaser
holding a Note may, prior to maturity or prepayment thereof, surrender such Note at the principal
office of the Issuer for transfer or exchange. A Purchaser desiring to transfer or exchange a Note
or portion thereof shall first notify the Issuer in writing at least three (3) days in advance of
such transfer or exchange. Within a reasonable time after such notice to the Issuer from a
Purchaser of its intention to make such transfer or exchange and without expense (other than
transfer taxes, if any) to a Purchaser, the Issuer shall, if consenting to such transfer or
exchange pursuant to the terms hereof:

(a) acknowledge such transfer or exchange by executing an Assignment and Acceptance;

(b) record such transfer or exchange in the Register, effective as of the date of such
Assignment and Acceptance; and

(c) issue in exchange therefor another Note or Notes, in denominations of at least $10,000,000
and in multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of such minimum denomination (except in the case of a Note
for the aggregate amount or the balance of the Note or Notes so transferred) all as requested by
the Purchaser, for the same aggregate principal amount, as of the date of such issuance, as the
unpaid principal amount of the Note or Notes so surrendered, and having the same maturity and rate
of interest, containing the same provisions and subject to the same terms and conditions as the
Note or Notes so surrendered (provided, that no minimum shall apply to a liquidating
distribution of Notes to investors in a Purchaser and any Notes so distributed may be subsequently
transferred by such investor and its successors in the original denomination thereof without
restriction under this sentence). Each new Note shall be made payable to such Person or Persons,
or assigns, as the Purchaser holding such surrendered Note or Notes may designate, and such
transfer or exchange shall be made in such a manner that no gain or loss of principal or interest
shall result therefrom. The Issuer shall have no obligation hereunder or under any Note to any
Person other than the Purchaser that is the registered holder of each such Note.

3.6 Replacement of Notes. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer
of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note and, if requested in the case of any such
loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity bond or other agreement or security
reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer, or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and
cancellation of such Note, the Issuer will issue a new Note, of like tenor and amount and dated the
date to which interest has been paid, in lieu of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

3.7 No Other Prepayments. Except as expressly provided in this §3, no Note may be prepaid,
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4. [Reserved].

5. [Reserved].

6. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS.

6.1 [Reserved].

6.2 OpCo Non-Compliance Fee. If the Issuer fails to comply with any of the covenants set
forth in §11 of the OpCo Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof without regard to any
amendment, modification, forbearance or waiver thereof, other than a Permitted §11 Amendment, then
immediately upon such failure (the “Non-Compliance Date”), the Issuer shall pay to the
Purchaser a fee (the “Non-Compliance Fee”) in an amount equal to 5% of the principal amount
of the Notes as of the Non-Compliance Date. Such Non-Compliance Fee shall be payable in kind (and
may not be paid in cash) and shall automatically be added to the principal balance of the Notes on
the Non-Compliance Date without any further action by any Person. Once a Non-Compliance Fee has
been paid, no further Non-Compliance Fee shall be payable.

6.3 Funds for Payments.

6.3.1 Payments. All payments of principal, interest, fees and any other amounts due
hereunder or in connection herewith (other than interest which is payable in kind pursuant to §3.2)
shall be made on the due date thereof by wire transfer to the Purchaser of immediately available
Dollars to its account number
 _____ 
at
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or at such other place that the Purchaser may from
time to time designate, in each case no later than 2:00 p.m. (Chicago, Illinois time).

6.3.2 No Offset, etc. All payments by the Issuer hereunder and under any of the other
Purchase Documents shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of and without
deduction for any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions, withholdings,
restrictions or conditions of any nature now or hereafter imposed or levied by any jurisdiction or
any political subdivision thereof or taxing or other authority therein excluding (A) income and
franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) the net income or profits of the Purchaser by the
jurisdictions under the laws of which the Purchaser is organized or any political subdivision
thereof, or by the jurisdictions in which the Purchaser is located or any political subdivision
thereof, or by the jurisdictions in which the Purchaser is doing business or any political
subdivision (other than a jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof in which the Purchaser
is doing business solely as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Purchase Agreement
and the Purchase Documents) thereof, (B) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of
America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction described in clause (A) above unless,
in each case, the Issuer is compelled by law to make such deduction or withholding, and (C) any
withholding tax imposed on the Purchaser as a result of the Purchaser’s failure to comply with
Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date hereof (or any amended or successor version
that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous), or any applicable Treasury
regulation or published administrative guidance implementing such law (such non-excluded items,
including any penalties, additions, interest or reasonable expenses relating thereto, referred to
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If any such Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed upon the Issuer or
the Purchaser with respect to any amount payable by the Issuer hereunder (including amounts paid or
payable under this §6.3.2, the Issuer will pay to the Purchaser, on the date on which such amount
is due and payable hereunder, such additional amount in Dollars as shall be necessary to enable the
Purchaser to receive the same net amount which the Purchaser would have received on such due date
had no such obligation been imposed upon the Issuer, whether or not such Non-Excluded Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted; provided however that the Issuer shall
not be required to increase any such amounts payable to the Purchaser with respect to any such
Non-Excluded Taxes that are attributable to (i) the Purchaser’s failure to comply with the
provisions of §6.3.3 or (ii) that are withholding taxes imposed on the amounts payable to the
Purchaser at the time the Purchaser becomes a party to this Purchase Agreement, except to the
extent that the Purchaser’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive
additional amounts from the Issuer with respect to such obligation pursuant to this §6.3.2. The
Issuer shall timely pay over to the relevant Governmental Authority all amounts required to be
withheld and shall deliver promptly to the Purchaser certificates or other valid vouchers for all
taxes or other charges deducted from or paid with respect to payments made by the Issuer hereunder.

6.3.3 Forms and Certifications. Each Purchaser (including any assignee) that is not a U.S.
Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code for federal income tax purposes (a
“Non-U.S. Purchaser”) hereby agrees that, if and to the extent it is legally able to do so,
it shall, prior to the date on which such Purchaser becomes a Purchaser under this Agreement (and
from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Issue), deliver to the Issuer such
certificates, documents or other evidence, as and when required by the Code or Treasury Regulations
issued pursuant thereto, including (a) in the case of a Non-U.S. Purchaser that is a “bank” for
purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, two (2) duly completed copies of Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI and any other certificate or statement of exemption required by
Treasury Regulations, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed
and duly executed by such Purchaser establishing that with respect to payments of principal,
interest or fees hereunder it is (i) not subject to United States federal withholding tax under the
Code because such payment is effectively connected with the conduct by such Purchaser of a trade or
business in the United States or (ii) totally exempt or partially exempt from United States federal
withholding tax under a provision of an applicable tax treaty and (b) in the case of a Non-U.S.
Purchaser that is not a “bank” for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto, together with a properly completed and
executed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI, W-8BEN, W-8IMY or W-9, as applicable (or successor
forms). The Purchaser agrees that it shall, promptly upon a change of its lending office or the
selection of any additional lending office, to the extent the forms previously delivered by it
pursuant to this section are no longer effective, and promptly upon the Issuer’s reasonable request
after the occurrence of any other event (including the passage of time) requiring the delivery of a
Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8 IMY or W-9 in addition to or in replacement of the forms previously
delivered, deliver to the Issuer, if and to the extent it is properly entitled to do so, two (2)
properly completed and executed copies of Form W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W-8 IMY or W-9, as applicable (or
any successor forms thereto). Each Non-U.S. Purchaser shall promptly notify the Issuer at any time
it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to
the Issuer (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such
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6.3.4 Mitigation Obligations. If the Issuer is required to pay any additional amount to
any Purchaser or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Purchaser pursuant to §6.3.2,
then such Purchaser shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for
funding or booking its Notes hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another
of its officers, branches, or Affiliates, if, in the sole discretion of such Purchaser, such
designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to §6.3.2, as the
case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Purchaser to any unreimbursed cost or
expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Purchaser. The Issuer hereby agrees to
pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Purchaser in connection with any such
designation or assignment.

7. [Reserved].

8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

The Issuer represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:

8.1 Corporate Authority.

8.1.1 Incorporation; Good Standing. Each of the Issuer and the Subsidiaries (a) is a
corporation, partnership or limited liability company (or similar business entity) duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
formation, (b) has all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company (or the
equivalent company) power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as
presently contemplated, and (c) is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or
limited liability company (or similar business entity) and is duly authorized to do business in
each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary except where a failure to be so qualified
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.1.2 Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Purchase Agreement
and the other Purchase Documents to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary is or is to become a party
and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (a) are within the corporate, partnership or
limited liability company (or the equivalent company) authority of such Person, (b) have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company (or the equivalent
company) proceedings, (c) do not and will not conflict with or result in any breach or
contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which such Person is subject
or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, license or permit applicable to such Person and (d) do
not conflict with any provision of the Governing Documents of, or any agreement or other instrument
binding upon, such Person.

8.1.3 Enforceability. The execution and delivery of this Purchase Agreement and the other
Purchase Documents to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary is or is to become a party will result in
valid and legally binding obligations of such Person enforceable against it in accordance with the
respective terms and provisions hereof and thereof, except as enforceability is limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally
the enforcement of creditors’ rights and except to the extent that availability of the remedy of
specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which
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8.2 Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer or any
Subsidiary of this Purchase Agreement and the other Purchase Documents to which such Person is or
is to become a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the
approval or consent of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than those already
obtained.

8.3 Title to Properties(a). (a) Except as indicated on Schedule 8.3(a)
hereto, the Issuer and the Subsidiaries own all of the assets reflected in the consolidated balance
sheet of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as at the Balance Sheet Date or acquired since that date
(except (i) property and assets which are not integral to the operations of the Stations or
publishing operations owned by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries as such Stations or publishing
operations are operated immediately prior to the Balance Sheet Date, (ii) property and assets which
do not consist of a Station or publishing asset which have been sold or otherwise disposed of in
the ordinary course of business since that date, (iii) property and assets which have been replaced
since that date or (iv) property and assets which have been sold or otherwise disposed of after the
Effective Date as permitted hereunder), subject to no rights of others, including any mortgages,
leases, conditional sales agreements, title retention agreements, liens or other encumbrances
except Permitted Liens.

(b) Schedule 8.3(b) hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with §10.5 sets
forth all of the Stations of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries at the time of reference thereto.

8.4 Financial Statements and Projections.

8.4.1 Fiscal Year. The Issuer and each of the Subsidiaries has a fiscal year which is the
twelve (12) months ending on February 28, or in the case of a leap year, February 29, of each
calendar year.

8.4.2 Financial Statements. There has been furnished to the Purchaser the consolidated
balance sheet of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, as at the Balance Sheet Date, and the related,
similarly adjusted, consolidated statements of income and cash flow for the fiscal year then ended,
each certified by an authorized officer of the Issuer. Such balance sheet and statement of income
and cash flow have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, as at the close of business on
the date thereof and the results of operations for the fiscal year then ended. There are no
contingent liabilities of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, as of the Purchase Date, involving
material amounts, known to any officer of the Issuer or of any of the Subsidiaries not disclosed in
the balance sheet dated the Balance Sheet Date and the related notes thereto other than contingent
liabilities disclosed to the Purchaser in writing.

8.4.3 Projections. There has been furnished to the Purchaser the projections of the
consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of the Issuer and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2012 through the fiscal year ended February
28, 2016, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Projections”), which
disclose all assumptions made with respect to general economic, financial and market conditions
used in formulating the Projections. To the knowledge of the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries as
of the Effective Date and each Purchase Date, no facts exist that (individually or in the
aggregate) would result in any material change in any of the Projections. The Projections are
based upon reasonable estimates and assumptions at the time made, have been prepared on the basis
of the assumptions stated therein and reflect the reasonable estimates of the Issuer and the
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8.5 No Material Adverse Changes, etc. Since the Balance Sheet Date there has been no event
or occurrence which has had a Material Adverse Effect. Since the Balance Sheet Date, neither the
Issuer nor any Subsidiary has made any Restricted Payment except as set forth on Schedule
8.5 hereto or after the Effective Date as permitted by §10.4.

8.6 Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, etc. The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries
possesses all material franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, licenses and
permits, and rights in respect of the foregoing, necessary for the conduct of its business
substantially as now conducted without known material conflict with any rights of others.

8.7 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 8.7 hereto, there are no actions,
suits, proceedings or investigations of any kind pending or threatened against the Issuer or any of
its Subsidiaries before any Governmental Authority, (a) that, could reasonably be expected to, in
each case or in the aggregate, (i) have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) materially impair the
right of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, to carry on business substantially
as now conducted by them, or result in any substantial liability not adequately covered by
insurance, or for which adequate reserves are not maintained on the consolidated balance sheet of
the Issuer and its subsidiaries, or (b) which question the validity of this Purchase Agreement or
any of the other Purchase Documents, or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto.

8.8 No Materially Adverse Contracts, etc. None of the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries is
subject to any Governing Document or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, law,
statute, rule or regulation that has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse
Effect. None of the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement that
has or is expected, in the reasonable judgment of the Issuer’s officers, to have any Material
Adverse Effect.

8.9 Compliance with Other Instruments, Laws, Status as Senior Debt, etc. None of the
Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries is in violation of any provision of its Governing Documents, or
any agreement or instrument to which it may be subject or by which it or any of its properties may
be bound or any decree, order, judgment, statute, license, rule or regulation, in any of the
foregoing cases in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.10 Tax Status. The Issuer and the Subsidiaries (a) have made or filed all federal,
state, local and foreign income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any
jurisdiction to which any of them is subject, except where failure to have done so could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (b) have paid all taxes and other
governmental assessments and charges shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and
declarations, except those being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the
Issuer or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and except where failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule
8.10, there are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing
authority of any jurisdiction (except those being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings subject to the Issuer or the applicable Subsidiary having established adequate reserves
in conformity with GAAP for the payment of such disputed taxes and except where the failure to pay
such disputed taxes could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect), and
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8.11 No Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

8.12 Investment Company Acts and Communications Act. None of the Issuer, any Person
Controlling or any Subsidiary (i) is a “public-utility company”, “holding company,” or a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company”, as such
terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, and none of its Subsidiaries
is subject to regulation as a “public utility” under the Federal Power Act, as amended, or (ii) is
or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended. The Issuer and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the Communications
Act with regard to alien control or ownership.

8.13 Absence of Financing Statements, etc. Except with respect to Permitted Liens, there
is no financing statement, security agreement, chattel mortgage, real estate mortgage or other
document filed or recorded with any filing records, registry or other public office, that purports
to cover, affect or give notice of any present or possible future Lien on any assets or property of
the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries or any rights relating thereto.

8.14 [Reserved].

8.15 Certain Transactions. Except for arm’s length transactions pursuant to which the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries makes payments in the ordinary course of business upon terms no
less favorable than the Issuer or such Subsidiary could obtain from third parties, none of the
officers, directors, or employees of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is presently a party to
any transaction with the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (other than for services as employees,
officers and directors and independent contractors in the ordinary course of business), including
any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by,
providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or
from any officer, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such employee has a
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8.16 Employee Benefit Plans.

8.16.1 In General. Each Employee Benefit Plan and each Guaranteed Pension Plan has been
maintained and operated in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA and all
Applicable Pension Legislation and, to the extent applicable, the Code, including but not limited
to the provisions thereunder respecting prohibited transactions and the bonding of fiduciaries and
other persons handling plan funds as required by §412 of ERISA. The Issuer has heretofore delivered
to the Purchaser the most recently completed annual report, Form 5500, with all required
attachments, and actuarial statement required to be submitted under §103(d) of ERISA, with respect
to each Guaranteed Pension Plan.

8.16.2 Terminability of Welfare Plans. No Employee Benefit Plan, which is an employee
welfare benefit plan within the meaning of §3(1) or §3(2)(B) of ERISA, provides benefit coverage
subsequent to termination of employment, except as required by Title I, Part 6 of ERISA or the
applicable state insurance laws. The Issuer may terminate each employee welfare benefit plan at any
time (or at any time subsequent to the expiration of any applicable bargaining agreement) in the
discretion of the Issuer without liability to any Person other than for claims arising prior to
termination.

8.16.3 Guaranteed Pension Plans. Each contribution required to be made to a Guaranteed
Pension Plan, whether required to be made to avoid the incurrence of an accumulated funding
deficiency, the notice or lien provisions of §302(f) of ERISA, or otherwise, has been timely made.
No waiver of an accumulated funding deficiency or extension of amortization periods has been
received with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, and neither the Issuer nor any ERISA
Affiliate is obligated to or has posted security in connection with an amendment to a Guaranteed
Pension Plan pursuant to §307 of ERISA or §401(a)(29) of the Code. No liability to the PBGC (other
than required insurance premiums, all of which have been paid) has been incurred by the Issuer or
any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan and there has not been any ERISA
Reportable Event (other than an ERISA Reportable Event as to which the requirement of 30 days
notice has been waived), or any other event or condition which presents a material risk of
termination of any Guaranteed Pension Plan by the PBGC. Based on the latest valuation of each
Guaranteed Pension Plan (which in each case occurred within twelve months of the date of this
representation), and on the actuarial methods and assumptions employed for that valuation, the
aggregate benefit liabilities of all such Guaranteed Pension Plans within the meaning of §4001 of
ERISA did not exceed the aggregate value of the assets of all such Guaranteed Pension Plans,
disregarding for this purpose the benefit liabilities and assets of any Guaranteed Pension Plan
with assets in excess of benefit liabilities.

8.16.4 Multiemployer Plans. Neither the Issuer nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any
material liability (including secondary liability) to any Multiemployer Plan as a result of a
complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan under §4201 of ERISA or as a result of
a sale of assets described in §4204 of ERISA. Neither the Issuer nor any ERISA Affiliate has been
notified that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization or insolvent under and within the meaning
of §4241 or §4245 of ERISA or is at risk of entering reorganization or becoming insolvent, or that
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8.17 [Reserved].

8.18 Environmental Compliance. The Issuer has taken all necessary steps to investigate the
past and present condition and usage of the Real Estate and the operations conducted thereon and,
based upon such diligent investigation, has determined that:

(a) none of the Issuer, its Subsidiaries or any operator of the Real Estate or any operations
thereon is in violation, or alleged violation, of any judgment, decree, order, law, license, rule
or regulation pertaining to environmental matters, including without limitation, those arising
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 as amended (“CERCLA”), the Superfund Amendments and
Reauthorization Act of 1986, the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Toxic
Substances Control Act, or any state, local or foreign law, statute, regulation, ordinance, order
or decree relating to health, safety or the environment (hereinafter “Environmental Laws”),
which violation could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the environment
or a Material Adverse Effect;

(b) neither the Issuer nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice from any third party
including, without limitation, any Governmental Authority, (i) that any one of them has been
identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) as a potentially
responsible party under CERCLA with respect to a site listed on the National Priorities List, 40
C.F.R. Part 300 Appendix B; (ii) that any hazardous waste, as defined by 42 U.S.C. §6903(5), any
hazardous substances as defined by 42 U.S.C. §9601(14), any pollutant or contaminant as defined by
42 U.S.C. §9601(33) and any toxic substances, oil or hazardous materials or other chemicals or
substances regulated by any Environmental Laws (“Hazardous Substances”) which any one of
them has generated, transported or disposed of has been found at any site at which a Governmental
Authority has conducted or has ordered that any Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries conduct a
remedial investigation, removal or other response action pursuant to any Environmental Law; or
(iii) that it is or shall be a named party to any claim, action, cause of action, complaint, or
legal or administrative proceeding (in each case, contingent or otherwise) arising out of any third
party’s incurrence of costs, expenses, losses or damages of any kind whatsoever in connection with
the release of Hazardous Substances except where any of the foregoing could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) except as set forth on Schedule 8.18 attached hereto: (i) no portion of the Real
Estate has been used for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances
except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws; and no underground tank or other
underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances is located on any portion of the Real
Estate; (ii) in the course of any activities conducted by the Issuer, its Subsidiaries or operators
of its properties, no Hazardous Substances have been generated or are being used on the Real Estate
except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws, except where any failure to comply could
not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) there have been no
releases (i.e. any past or present releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting,
emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, disposing or dumping) or threatened releases of
Hazardous Substances on, upon, into or from the properties of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, which
releases would have a material adverse effect on the value of any of the Real Estate or adjacent
properties or the environment; (iv) to the best of the Issuer’s knowledge, there have been no
releases on, upon, from or into any real property in the vicinity of any of the Real Estate which,
through soil or groundwater contamination, may have come to be located on, and which would have a
material adverse effect on the value of, the Real Estate; and (v) in addition, any Hazardous
Substances that have been generated on any of the Real Estate have been transported offsite only by
carriers having an identification number issued by the EPA (or the equivalent thereof in any
foreign jurisdiction), treated or disposed of only by treatment or disposal facilities maintaining
valid permits as required under applicable Environmental Laws, which transporters and facilities
have been and are, to the best of the Issuer’s knowledge, operating in compliance with such permits
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(d) none of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, any real property subject to a mortgage or any
of the other Real Estate is subject to any applicable Environmental Law requiring the performance
of Hazardous Substances site assessments, or the removal or remediation of Hazardous Substances, or
the giving of notice to any Governmental Authority or the recording or delivery to other Persons of
an environmental disclosure document or statement by virtue of the transactions set forth herein
and contemplated hereby, or as a condition to the recording of any Mortgage or to the effectiveness
of any other transactions contemplated hereby.

8.19 Subsidiaries, etc. Schedule 8.19 hereto sets forth all of the Subsidiaries of
the Issuer as of the Effective Date. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.19, neither the
Issuer nor any Subsidiary is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person.
The jurisdiction of incorporation/formation and principal place of business of each Subsidiary is
listed on Schedule 8.19 hereto.

8.20 Disclosure. Neither this Purchase Agreement nor any of the other Purchase Documents
contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in the case of any document or information not furnished by it or
any of its Subsidiaries) necessary in order to make the statements herein or therein not
misleading. There is no fact known to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries which has had a
Material Adverse Effect, or which is reasonably likely in the future to have a Material Adverse
Effect, exclusive of effects resulting from changes in general economic conditions, legal standards
or regulatory conditions or changes affecting the broadcasting or publishing industries generally
resulting from new technologies.

8.21 Licenses and Approvals.

(a) Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority and
Necessary Authorizations to hold the FCC Licenses and to own and operate its Stations and to carry
on its businesses as now conducted.

(b) Set forth in Schedule 8.21 hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with
§10.5, is a complete description of all FCC Licenses of the Issuer and/or its Subsidiaries and the
dates on which such FCC Licenses expire. Complete and correct copies of all such FCC licenses have
been delivered to the Purchaser. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.21, each such FCC
License which is necessary to the operation of the business of the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries is validly issued and in full force and effect and, in respect of each such license
that has expired by its terms, a timely renewal application has been filed and the Issuer and/or
its Subsidiaries has authority to continue operating the applicable Station pending action on such
application and, except as set forth on Schedule 8.7 the Issuer and its Subsidiaries do not
know of any matters that could reasonably be expected to result in the non-renewal of any material
license; and except as set forth on Schedule 8.7 and Schedule 8.21, the Issuer and
each of its Subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed in all material respects all of its
obligations with respect to each such FCC License; in each case, provided that such
exceptions could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
and provided further that the Issuer or such Subsidiary is taking all reasonable and appropriate
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exceptions and has set
aside on its books adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP with
respect thereto. Except as set
forth on Schedule 8.7 and Schedule 8.21, no event has occurred which: (i) has
resulted in, or after notice or lapse of time or both would result in, revocation or termination of
any FCC License, or (ii) materially and adversely affects or in the future could reasonably be
expected to materially adversely affect any of the rights of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries
under any FCC License, except for such events (including such events set forth on Schedule
8.7 and Schedule 8.21) which could not reasonably be expected to cause an Event of
Default pursuant to §14.1(t) and so long as the Issuer or the applicable Subsidiary shall have
complied with §9.10(b)(iv). No material license or franchise, other than the FCC Licenses
described in Schedule 8.21 which have been obtained, is necessary for the operation of the
business (including the Stations) of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries as now conducted.

(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.7 and Schedule 8.21, as such
Schedule 8.21 may be updated from time to time pursuant to §10.5, none of the Issuer or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party to or has knowledge of any investigation, notice of violation, order
or complaint issued by or before any Governmental Authority, including the FCC, or of any other
proceedings (other than proceedings relating to the radio or television broadcasting industry
generally) which could in any manner threaten or adversely affect the validity or continued
effectiveness of the FCC Licenses of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the
business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, provided that any such
investigations, violations, orders or complaints issued by or before any Governmental Authority or
proceedings could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect
and provided further that the Issuer or such Subsidiary is taking all reasonable and appropriate
steps to contest or mitigate its potential liabilities in respect of such investigations,
violations, orders or complaints or proceedings and has set aside on its books adequate reserves in
conformity with GAAP with respect thereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 8.7, none of
the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries has reason to believe that any of the FCC Licenses described
in Schedule 8.21, as updated from time to time pursuant to §10.5, will not be renewed,
except for those the failure to be in full force and effect after the Effective Date could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries
has filed all material reports, applications, documents, instruments and information required to be
filed by it pursuant to applicable rules and regulations or requests of every regulatory body
having jurisdiction over any of its FCC Licenses or the activities or business of such Person with
respect thereto and has timely paid all FCC annual regulatory fees assessed with respect to its FCC
Licenses.

(d) All FCC Licenses and other licenses, permits and approvals relating to the Stations are
held by a License Subsidiary. No License Subsidiary (A) owns or holds any assets (including the
ownership of stock or any other interest in any Person) other than FCC Licenses and other licenses,
permits and approvals relating to the Stations, (B) is engaged in any business other than the
holding, acquisition and maintenance of FCC Licenses and other licenses, permits and approvals
relating to the Stations, (C) has any Investments in any Person other than the Issuer or (D) owes
any Indebtedness (other than (x) Indebtedness to the Purchaser pursuant to the Guaranty and (y)
contingent obligations pursuant to Subordinated Debt consisting of guaranties of Subordinated Debt
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8.22 Material Agreements. All material radio or television network affiliation,
programming, engineering, consulting, management, employment and related agreements, if any, of the
Issuer and its Subsidiaries which are presently in effect in connection with, and are material and
necessary to, the conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, including
without limitation the operation of any Station by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, are
valid, subsisting and in full force and effect and none of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or,
to the Issuer’s best knowledge, any other Person are in material default thereunder.

8.23 Solvency. As of the date on which this representation and warranty is made, each of
the Issuer and the Subsidiaries is Solvent, both before and after giving effect to the transactions
contemplated hereby consummated on such date and to the incurrence of all Indebtedness and other
obligations incurred on such date in connection herewith and therewith.

8.24 Excluded Subsidiaries. The entities set forth in clause (a) of the definition of
“Excluded Subsidiaries” do not own or operate any Station, broadcasting business or publishing
business within the United States and either own no assets or own only stock of Persons whose
primary businesses are owning or operating broadcasting businesses outside the United States. The
primary business of Ciudad, LLC is the magazine publishing business. The Austin Partnership is a
Texas limited partnership, 49.69443% of which is owned by Emmis OpCo. RAM is a Texas limited
liability company, 50.1% of which is owned by Emmis OpCo.

8.25 Private Offering. Neither the Issuer nor anyone acting on the behalf of the Issuer
has offered the Notes or any similar security for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the
same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any person other than the
Purchaser. Neither the Issuer nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action
that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5
of the Securities Act of 1933.

9. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

The Issuer covenants and agrees that, so long as the Notes or other Obligation is outstanding:

9.1 Punctual Payment. The Issuer will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the
principal and interest on the Notes and all fees and amounts provided for in this Purchase
Agreement and the other Purchase Documents to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a
party, all in accordance with the terms of this Purchase Agreement and such other Purchase
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9.2 Maintenance of Office. The Issuer will maintain its chief executive office at One
Emmis Plaza, 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 or at such other place in
the United States of America as the Issuer shall designate upon written notice to the Purchaser,
where notices, presentations and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Purchase Documents
to which the Issuer is a party may be given or made.

9.3 Records and Accounts. The Issuer will (a) keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to
keep, true and accurate records and books of account in which full, true and correct entries will
be made in accordance with GAAP, (b) maintain adequate accounts and reserves for all taxes
(including income taxes), depreciation, depletion, obsolescence and amortization of its properties
and the properties of its Subsidiaries, contingencies, and other reserves, and (c) at all times
engage Ernst & Young LLP or other independent certified public accountants reasonably satisfactory
to the Purchaser as the independent certified public accountants of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries
and will not permit more than thirty (30) days to elapse between the cessation of such firm’s (or
any successor firm’s) engagement as the independent certified public accountants of the Issuer and
its Subsidiaries and the appointment in such capacity of a successor firm as shall be reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser.

9.4 Financial Statements, Certificates and Information. The Issuer will deliver to the
Purchaser:

(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than eighty (80) days after the end of
each fiscal year of the Issuer, the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its
subsidiaries, as at the end of such year, and the related audited consolidated statements of income
and audited consolidated statements of cash flow, each setting forth in comparative form the
figures for the previous fiscal year and all such consolidated statements (i) to be in reasonable
detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP and the requirements of the SEC and (ii) to be certified
without qualification and without an expression of uncertainty as to the ability of the Issuer or
any of the Subsidiaries to continue as going concerns, by Ernst & Young LLP or by other independent
certified public accountants reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser (provided that the
absences of such qualification or expression shall not be required with respect to any year prior
to the fiscal year ending February 28, 2013), together with a written statement from such
accountants to the effect that, in making the examination necessary to said certification, they
have obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default related to or arising from accounting
matters, or, if such accountants shall have obtained knowledge of any then existing Default or
Event of Default they shall disclose in such statement any such Default or Event of Default;
provided that such accountants shall not be liable to the Purchaser for failure to obtain
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default;

(b) (i) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than fifty (50) days after the end
of each of the fiscal quarters of the Issuer, copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheets
of the Issuer and its subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and the related consolidated
statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended, all in reasonable detail and
prepared in accordance with GAAP and SEC requirements, together with a certification by the
principal financial or accounting officer of the Issuer that the information contained in such
financial statements fairly presents the financial position of the Issuer and their respective
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(ii) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than thirty (30) days
after the end of each month, copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of
the Issuer and its subsidiaries as at the end of such month, and the related
consolidated statements of income for the fiscal month then ended, all in reasonable
detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certification by the
principal financial or accounting officer of the Issuer that the information
contained in such financial statements fairly presents the financial position of the
Issuer and its subsidiaries on the date thereof (subject to year-end and quarter-end
adjustments);

(c) simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections
(a) and (b)(i) above, (i) a statement certified by the principal financial or accounting officer of
the Issuer in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto or any other form acceptable to
the Purchaser (a “Compliance Certificate”) and certifying that no Default or Event of
Default is then continuing or describing the nature and duration of any then continuing Default or
Event of Default and setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance with the
covenants contained in §11 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and (if
applicable) reconciliations to reflect changes in GAAP since the Balance Sheet Date, (ii) a
schedule in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser of computations of
(x) Consolidated Net Income (along with a schedule that reconciles the net income (or loss) of the
Issuer and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to the net income (or loss) of Emmis OpCo and
its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) and (y) Consolidated EBITDA and other financial
covenant-related calculations detailing the adjustments made to exclude Excluded Subsidiaries from
such computations, in each case, prepared by the principal financial or accounting officer of the
Issuer, (iii) a schedule in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser of the amount
of cash and cash equivalents as of the end of such fiscal quarter in each of the Issuer’s and each
of the Subsidiary’s deposit accounts and securities accounts, (iv) a schedule in form and detail
reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser tracking and detailing the existing Investments made
pursuant to the terms of §10.3(j) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)
and the replenishment in accordance with the terms of the definition of Investment and (v) a
schedule in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser tracking and detailing the
Distributions of Emmis OpCo made to the Issuer and the reasons therefor;

(d) promptly upon completion thereof and in any event no later than eighty (80) days after the
beginning of each fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer’s annual operating budget in the form of
consolidated financial projections for such fiscal year and prepared on a quarterly basis and
setting forth projected operating results for each quarter in such fiscal year and for the fiscal
year as a whole, including projections of operating cash flow together with a quarterly itemization
of estimated taxes and Capital Expenditures for such fiscal year, which are prepared on the basis
of reasonable assumptions; and

(e) from time to time such other financial data and information (including, without
limitation, accountants’ management letters) with respect to the condition or operations, financial
or otherwise, of the Issuer and the subsidiaries (including Excluded Subsidiaries) as the Purchaser
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9.5 Notices and Other Information.

9.5.1 Defaults. The Issuer will promptly notify the Purchaser in writing of the occurrence
of any Default or Event of Default, together with a reasonably detailed description thereof, and
the actions the Issuer proposes to take with respect thereto. If any Person shall give any notice
or take any other action in respect of a claimed default (whether or not constituting an Event of
Default) under this Purchase Agreement or any other note, evidence of indebtedness, indenture or
other obligation in an amount equal to or greater than $5,000,000 to which or with respect to which
the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or obligor, whether as principal, guarantor,
surety or otherwise, the Issuer shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Purchaser,
describing the notice or action and the nature of the claimed default.

9.5.2 Environmental Events. The Issuer will promptly give notice to the Purchaser (a) of
any violation of any Environmental Law that the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries reports in
writing or is reportable by such Person in writing (or for which any written report supplemental to
any oral report is made) to any Governmental Authority and (b) upon becoming aware thereof, of any
inquiry, proceeding, investigation, or other action, including a notice from any agency of
potential environmental liability, of any Governmental Authority that could have a Material Adverse
Effect.

9.5.3 Notices to OpCo Administrative Agent. To the extent that compliance with the OpCo
Credit Agreement requires Emmis OpCo or its Subsidiaries to provide the OpCo Administrative Agent
with any financial statement, appraisal, report, projection, certificate, notice, estimate,
calculation or similar writing, the Issuer shall substantially concurrently therewith deliver a
copy of such financial statement, appraisal, report, projection, notice, estimate, calculation or
similar writing to the Purchaser.

9.5.4 Notice of Litigation and Judgments. The Issuer will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, give notice to the Purchaser in writing within fifteen (15) days of becoming aware
of any litigation or proceedings threatened in writing or any pending litigation and proceedings
affecting the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries or to which any such Person is or becomes a party
involving an uninsured claim against any such Person that could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and stating the nature and status of such litigation or proceedings. The
Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, give notice to the Purchaser, in writing,
in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, within ten (10) days of any judgment
not covered by insurance, final or otherwise, against the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries in an
amount in excess of $5,000,000.

9.5.5 Notice of FCC Filings. The Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
contemporaneously with the filing or mailing thereof, give notice to the Purchaser, of such filing
or mailing of any periodic or special reports of a material nature filed with the FCC and relating
to any Station owned or operated by the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries.

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9.5.7 Foreign Subsidiaries. The Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
promptly give notice to the Purchaser in writing of the acquisition or creation of any new direct
subsidiary that is not organized under the laws of the United States or any state or political
subdivision of the United States.

9.6 Legal Existence; Conduct of Business; Maintenance of Properties. Except as otherwise
permitted under §10.5.1(a) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), the
Issuer will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and
effect its legal existence, rights and franchises and those of its Subsidiaries and will not, and
will not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, convert to a limited liability company or a
limited liability partnership without providing at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to
the Purchaser. Except as otherwise permitted under §10.5, the Issuer (i) will cause all of its
properties and those of its Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business or the
business of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order
and supplied with all necessary equipment, (ii) will cause to be made all necessary repairs,
renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Issuer
may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and
advantageously conducted at all times, (iii) will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries (other
than the License Subsidiaries) to, continue to engage primarily in the radio and television
broadcasting and/or magazine publishing businesses now conducted by each of them and in related
businesses, (iv) will cause each of the License Subsidiaries to engage solely in the business of
holding the FCC Licenses necessary for the Operating Subsidiaries to operate the Stations operated
by each of them, (v) will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, obtain, maintain, preserve,
renew, extend and keep in full force and effect all permits, rights, licenses, franchises,
authorizations, patents, trademarks, copyrights and privileges to the extent necessary for the
proper conduct of its business, including FCC Licenses and (vi) will, and will cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, continue to engage primarily in the businesses now conducted by them and in
related businesses; provided that nothing in this §9.6 shall prevent the Issuer from
discontinuing the operation and maintenance of any of its properties or any of those of its
Subsidiaries if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Issuer, desirable in the conduct of
its or their business and that do not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.7 Insurance. The Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain with
financially sound and reputable insurers insurance with respect to its properties and business
against such casualties and contingencies as shall be in accordance with the general practices of
businesses engaged in similar activities in similar geographic areas and in amounts, containing
such terms, in such forms and for such periods as may be reasonable and prudent and as is
consistent with sound business practice in the industry. In the event of any failure by the Issuer
or any of its Subsidiaries to provide and maintain insurance as required herein, the Purchaser may
after notice to the Issuer to such effect, provide such insurance and charge the amount thereof to
the Issuer and the Issuer hereby promises to pay to the Purchaser on demand the amount of any
disbursements made by the Purchaser for such purpose. Within ninety (90) days of the end of each
fiscal year of the Issuer, the Issuer shall furnish to the Purchaser certificates or other evidence
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9.8 Taxes. The Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, duly pay and
discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same shall become overdue, all taxes,
assessments and other governmental charges (other than taxes, assessments and other governmental
charges imposed by foreign jurisdictions that in the aggregate are not material to the business or
assets of the Issuer on an individual basis or of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis) imposed upon it and its Real Estate, sales and activities, or any part thereof, or upon the
income or profits therefrom, as well as all claims for labor, materials, or supplies that if unpaid
might by law become a Lien or charge upon any of its property unless failure to pay could not
reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect; provided that any such tax,
assessment, charge, levy or claim need not be paid if the validity or amount thereof is then being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if the Issuer or such Subsidiary shall have
set aside on its books adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto; and
provided further that the Issuer and each Subsidiary of the Issuer will pay all
such taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings
to foreclose any Lien that may have attached as security therefor.

9.9 Inspection of Properties and Books, etc.

9.9.1 General. The Issuer shall permit the Purchaser or Purchaser’s other designated
representatives to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries, to examine the books of account of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (and to make
copies thereof and extracts therefrom), and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the
Issuer and its Subsidiaries with, and to be advised as to the same by, its and their officers, all
upon reasonable advance notice to the Issuer and at such reasonable times and intervals as the
Purchaser may reasonably request.

9.9.2 Appraisals. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon the
request of the Purchaser, the Issuer will obtain and deliver to the Purchaser appraisal reports in
form and substance and from appraisers reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser, stating (a) the
then current fair market, orderly liquidation and forced liquidation values of one or more of the
Stations owned by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, business units that hold the publishing assets
and/or the Mortgaged Properties and (b) the then current business value of each of the Issuer and
its Subsidiaries. All such appraisals shall be conducted and made at the expense of the Issuer.

9.9.3 Communications with Accountants. The Issuer authorizes the Purchaser to communicate
directly with such Person’s independent certified public accountants and authorizes such
accountants to disclose to the Purchaser any and all financial statements and other supporting
financial documents and schedules including copies of any management letter with respect to the
business, financial condition and other affairs of the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries. At the
request of the Purchaser, the Issuer shall deliver a letter addressed to such accountants
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9.10 Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits.

(a) The Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with (i) the
applicable laws and regulations wherever its business is conducted, including all Environmental
Laws and the Communications Act, (ii) the provisions of its Governing Documents, (iii) all
agreements and instruments by which it or any of its properties may be bound and (iv) all
applicable decrees, orders, and judgments, unless failure to comply could not reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect. If any authorization, consent, approval, permit or
license from any officer, agency or instrumentality of any government shall become necessary or
required in order that the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may fulfill any of its obligations
hereunder or any of the other Purchase Documents to which the Issuer or such Subsidiary is a party,
the Issuer will, or (as the case may be) will cause such Subsidiary to, immediately take or cause
to be taken all reasonable steps within the power of the Issuer or such Subsidiary to obtain such
authorization, consent, approval, permit or license and furnish the Purchaser with evidence
thereof.

(b) The Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) operate its Stations,
unless failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect, in
accordance with and in compliance with the Communications Act, (ii) file in a timely manner all
necessary applications for renewal of all FCC Licenses that are material to the operations of its
Stations, (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to defend any proceedings which could result in the
termination, forfeiture or non-renewal of any FCC License, and (iv) promptly furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Purchaser: (A) a copy of any order or notice of the FCC which designates any of
the Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ FCC Licenses for a hearing or which refuses renewal or
extension thereof, or reverses or suspends its or any of its Subsidiaries’ authority to operate a
Station, (B) a copy of any competing application filed with respect to any of its franchises,
licenses (including FCC Licenses), rights, permits, consents or other authorizations pursuant to
which the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries operates any Station, (C) a copy of any
citation, notice of violation or order to show cause issued by the FCC in relation to any of the
Issuer’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ Stations and (D) a copy of any notice or application by the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries requesting authority to cease broadcasting on any Station or to
cease operating any Station for any period in excess of five (5) days.

9.11 Employee Benefit Plans. The Issuer will (a) promptly upon filing the same with the
Department of Labor or Internal Revenue Service, upon request of the Purchaser, furnish to the
Purchaser a copy of the most recent actuarial statement required to be submitted under §103(d) of
ERISA and Annual Report, Form 5500, with all required attachments, in respect of each Guaranteed
Pension Plan, (b) promptly upon receipt or dispatch, furnish to the Purchaser any notice, report or
demand sent or received in respect of a Guaranteed Pension Plan under §§302, 4041, 4042, 4043,
4063, 4065, 4066 and 4068 of ERISA, or in respect of a Multiemployer Plan, under §§4041A, 4202,
4219, 4242, or 4245 of ERISA and (c) promptly upon request of the Purchaser, furnish to the
Purchaser a copy of all actuarial statements required to be submitted under all Applicable Pension
Legislation.

9.12 Consenting OpCo Lender Notice Addresses. Upon request from the Purchaser from time to
time, the Issuer will provide to the Purchaser a notice address and contact information for each
Consenting OpCo Lender to the extent the Issuer has such information. If the Issuer does not have
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9.13
[Reserved].

9.14 [Reserved].

9.15 [Reserved].

9.16 Further Assurances. The Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to,
cooperate with the Purchaser and execute such further instruments and documents as the Purchaser
shall reasonably request to carry out to their satisfaction the transactions contemplated by this
Purchase Agreement and the other Purchase Documents.

9.17 Bridge to Sale Transactions Generally.

(a) (i) Bridge to Sale Transfers Generally. The Issuer agrees that the Issuer will
not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, consummate a Bridge to Sale Transfer, (x) in the case
of any Bridge to Sale Transfer prior to the Discharge of the OpCo Credit Agreement, unless such
Bridge to Sale Transfer is permitted under the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date
hereof) and (y) thereafter unless the following conditions have been satisfied to the satisfaction
of the Purchaser:

(A) such Bridge to Sale Transfer is to a Bridge to Sale Excluded
Subsidiary and a Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary; and

(B) the Investment constituting the Bridge to Sale Transfer satisfies
the conditions set forth in §10.3(j) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in
effect on the date hereof); and

(C) the Asset Sale constituting the Bridge to Sale Transfer satisfies
the conditions set forth in §10.5.2(g)(i) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as
in effect on the date hereof); and

(D) such Bridge to Sale Transfer shall occur contemporaneously with the
execution and delivery of a LMA Agreement that is a Bridge to Sale
Transaction Document by the applicable Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary
and, if applicable, the applicable Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary, on the
one hand, and a non-Affiliate third party, on the other hand.

(ii) Interests of Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary and Bridge to Sale License
Subsidiary. The Issuer agrees that, at all times, (i) the Issuer or one of its
Subsidiaries shall hold 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of each
Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary and (ii) the applicable Bridge to Sale Excluded
Subsidiary shall hold 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of any Bridge
to Sale License Subsidiary that holds the FCC License associated with any Station
held by such Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary.

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(c) Distributions. Upon receipt by a Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary, a Bridge to
Sale License Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Issuer of any cash payments under a Bridge to
Sale Transaction Document, the Issuer shall cause such Person to promptly, but in no event more
than (i) two (2) Business Days thereafter for any proceeds of any Bridge to Sale Third Party
Transaction and (ii) five (5) Business Days thereafter for any cash payments made under any LMA
Agreement, make a cash distribution to Emmis OpCo equal to 100% of such cash payments and other
proceeds received by such Person, provided that such Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary,
such Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary or other Affiliate of the Issuer may retain and shall not be
required to make a cash distribution as otherwise required (x) with respect to that portion of any
cash payments received pursuant to any LMA Agreement that are used to pay reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by such Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary in connection with the operation of
the relevant Station during the period for which such cash payments relate, (y) with respect to
that portion of any cash payments received pursuant to any LMA Agreement approved by the OpCo
Administrative Agent or, after the Discharge of the OpCo Credit Agreement, the Purchaser in writing
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) that are reserved to pay reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses anticipated to be incurred by such Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary in connection with
the operation of the relevant Station during the relevant period for which such cash payments
relate and (z) with respect to that portion of proceeds received from a Bridge to Sale Third Party
Transaction that are applied to pay reasonable out-of-pocket fees, commissions and other reasonable
and customary direct expenses actually incurred in connection with such sale, including any income
taxes payable as a result of such sale and the amount of any transfer or documentary taxes required
to be paid by such Person in connection with such sale. Such cash distributions shall not
constitute cash returns of capital for purposes of §10.3(j) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in
effect on the date hereof).

(d) Bridge to Sale Third Party Transactions Generally. Not less than three Business
Days prior to the entry by the Issuer, Emmis OpCo, any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary, any
Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary or any other Affiliate thereof into any Bridge to Sale
Transaction Documents, the Issuer shall deliver to the Purchaser current drafts of all such Bridge
to Sale Transaction Documents. Further, concurrently with the execution and delivery of such
Bridge to Sale Transaction Documents by the Issuer, Emmis OpCo, any Bridge to Sale Excluded
Subsidiary, any Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary or any other Affiliate thereof, the Issuer shall
deliver to the Purchaser certified true, correct and complete copies of all such Bridge to Sale
Transaction Documents.

The Issuer shall not permit any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary or any Bridge to Sale
Licensed Subsidiary to consummate a Bridge to Sale Third Party Transaction unless the Bridge to
Sale Transaction Conditions have been satisfied.

9.18 Public Disclosure. The Issuer agrees that it will not in the future issue
any press release or other public disclosure using the name of the Purchaser or its Affiliates or
referring to this Purchase Agreement or the other Purchase Documents without at least two (2)
Business Days’ prior notice to the Purchaser and without the prior written consent of the
Purchaser, unless (and only to the extent that) the Issuer is required to do so under law and then,
in any event, the Issuer will consult with the Purchaser before issuing such press release or other
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9.19 Use of Proceeds. The Issuer agrees that it will use the proceeds from the
issuance of the Notes solely to fund one or more TRS Transactions, to fund the purchase price for
the Preferred Stock pursuant to the Tender Offer and to pay fees and expenses in connection with
the transactions contemplated hereby. No part of such proceeds will be used, whether directly or
indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any law, including Regulations T, U and X
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

9.20 TRS Transaction Termination. Immediately upon the delivery of the Subject Preferred
Stock to the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer or upon the settlement or termination of any TRS
Transaction, the Issuer or such Affiliate of the Issuer will cancel the Subject Preferred Shares
upon such delivery, settlement or termination.

9.21 TRS Transaction Disposition. In the event that the Issuer or any Affiliate of the
Issuer receives any proceeds (whether in cash or in kind) from the sale, transfer, assignment or
other disposition of any TRS Transaction, the Issuer or such Affiliate of the Issuer will deposit
such proceeds into a segregated account and not withdraw or otherwise release such proceeds without
the consent of the Purchaser.

10. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

The Issuer covenants and agrees that, so long as the Notes or any other Obligation is
outstanding:

10.1 Restrictions on Indebtedness. The Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis OpCo or
any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently
or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness, except (1) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
incurred to refinance the OpCo Credit Agreement and (2) Indebtedness of Emmis OpCo and any of its
Subsidiaries to the extent expressly permitted pursuant to §10.1 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as
in effect on the date hereof); provided, however, that notwithstanding the
foregoing, no Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted under clauses (a) through (d), (f),
(g), (i) or (j) of §10.1 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)) shall be
incurred, assumed, or guaranteed by Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries nor will Emmis OpCo or
any of its Subsidiaries become liable therefor unless at the time of such incurrence, assumption or
guarantee or at the time Emmis OpCo or its Subsidiaries become liable therefor and after giving
effect thereto, the Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than 3.0:1.0, as evidenced by a certificate
of the Issuer substantially in the form of Exhibit J (the “Total Leverage Ratio
Certificate”) delivered to the Purchaser prior to the incurrence of such indebtedness;
provided, however, that Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness may be incurred without
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10.2 Restrictions on Liens.

10.2.1 Permitted Liens. The Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis OpCo or any of its
Subsidiaries to, (a) create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any Lien upon
any of its property or assets of any character whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or upon the
income or profits therefrom; (b) transfer any of such property or assets or the income or profits
therefrom outside the ordinary course of business for the purpose of subjecting the same to the
payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to payment of its
general creditors; (c) acquire, or agree or have an option to acquire, any property or assets upon
conditional sale or other title retention or purchase money security agreement, device or
arrangement; (d) suffer to exist for a period of more than thirty (30) days after the same shall
have been incurred any Indebtedness or claim against it that if unpaid might by law or upon
bankruptcy or insolvency, or otherwise, be given any priority whatsoever over its general creditors
(other than in respect of de minimus amounts); or (e) sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer
any “receivables” as defined in clause (g) of the definition of the term
“Indebtedness,” with or without recourse (other than in connection with the disposition of
the business operations of such Person relating thereto or a disposition of defaulted receivables
for collection and not as a financing arrangement); provided that Emmis OpCo or any of its
Subsidiaries may create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any Lien, deposit,
pledge, encumbrance, security agreement or mortgage (1) to the extent expressly permitted by
§10.2.1 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (and any permitted amendment thereto) and (2) for the
avoidance of doubt, in favor of the OpCo Lenders and OpCo Administrative Agent to secure the OpCo
Obligations under the OpCo Credit Agreement, and any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
provided further that this §10.2.1 shall not apply to liens granted on the Subject
Preferred Stock or the Issuer’s or Emmis OpCo’s right, title and interest in any TRS Transaction.

10.2.2 Restrictions on Negative Pledges and Upstream Limitations. The Issuer will not, nor
will it permit Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into any agreement, contract or
arrangement (other than this Purchase Agreement and the other Purchase Documents) restricting the
ability of any Subsidiary of the Issuer to pay or make dividends or distributions in cash or kind
to the Issuer, to make loans, advances or other payments of any nature to the Issuer, or to make
transfers or distributions of all or any part of its assets to the Issuer; other than each of (a)
and (b) in the case of restrictions or prohibitions to the text expressly permitted by clauses (i),
(ii) and (iii) of §10.2.2 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).
Notwithstanding the forgoing, nothing in §10.2.2 shall restrict (x) the ability of Emmis OpCo or
any Subsidiary of Emmis OpCo from creating, assuming or incurring any Lien upon its properties,
revenues or assets or those of any of its Subsidiaries whether now owned or hereafter acquired to
secure the “Obligations” (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement) or (y) any Subsidiary of Emmis
OpCo to pay or make dividends or distributions in cash or kind to Emmis OpCo, to make loans,
advances or other payments of any nature to Emmis OpCo, or to make transfers or distributions of
all or any part of its assets to the Issuer.

10.3 Restrictions on Investments. The Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis OpCo or
any of its Subsidiaries to, make or permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment,
except Emmis OpCo and its Subsidiaries may make any Investment to the extent expressly
permitted by §10.3 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).

10.4 Restricted Payments. The Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis OpCo or any of
its Subsidiaries to, make any Restricted Payments, except Emmis OpCo and its Subsidiaries may make
Restricted Payments to the extent expressly permitted pursuant to §10.4 of the OpCo Credit
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10.5 Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Disposition of Assets.

10.5.1  Mergers and Acquisitions. The Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis OpCo or
any of its Subsidiaries to, become a party to any merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or agree
to or effect any asset acquisition or stock acquisition, or enter into any LMA Agreement, except
Emmis OpCo and its Subsidiaries may become a party to any merger, amalgamation or consolidation, or
agree to or effect any asset acquisition or stock acquisition, or enter into any LMA Agreement to
the extent expressly permitted pursuant to §10.5.1 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on
the date hereof).

10.5.2 Disposition of Assets. The Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis OpCo or any
of its Subsidiaries to, become a party to or agree to or effect any disposition or swap of assets
(which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include Asset Sales and Asset Swaps), including Capital
Stock of any Subsidiary (whether by means of a public or private offering or otherwise), except
Emmis OpCo and its Subsidiaries may become a party to or agree to or effect any disposition or swap
of assets (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include Asset Sales and Asset Swaps), including
Capital Stock of any Subsidiary (whether by means of a public or private offering or otherwise) (i)
to the extent expressly permitted pursuant to §10.5.2 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on
the date hereof) and (ii) with respect to one (1) Bridge to Sale Third Party Transaction that
provides for the sale of the related assets by Emmis OpCo or an Excluded Subsidiary at a future
price specified pursuant to the related Bridge to Sale Transaction Documents, at a time prior to
the time specified in the related Bridge to Sale Transaction Documents and at a price lower than
such specified future price, so long as the aggregate sales price in such transaction is deemed to
be for fair market value in the sole reasonable judgment of the Board of Directors of the Issuer
(such disposition described in this clause (ii), the “KMVN Sale.”); provided that this
§10.5.2 shall not apply to any sale or other disposition of the Subject Preferred Stock or the
Issuer’s or Emmis OpCo’s right, title and interest in any TRS Transaction.

10.6 Sale and Leaseback; LMA Agreements. The Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis
OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby the
Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer shall sell or transfer any property or Station or any
significant portion of the property, assets and ownership rights used in connection with the
operation of a Station owned by it in order then or thereafter to lease such property or Station
(or associated rights or assets) or lease other property that the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the
Issuer intends to use for substantially the same purpose as the property being sold or transferred
or in order to then or thereafter enter into a LMA Agreement (or a similar agreement regardless of
whether such agreement is with a non-Affiliate or an Affiliate) directly or indirectly relating to
such property or the Station operated in connection with such property except that Emmis OpCo and
its Subsidiaries may enter into any such transaction to the extent expressly permitted by §10.6 of
the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).

10.7 Compliance with Environmental Laws. The Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis
OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries to, (a) use any of the Real Estate or any portion thereof for the
handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances, (b) cause or permit to be
located on any of the Real Estate any underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for
Hazardous Substances, (c) generate any Hazardous Substances on any of the Real Estate, (d) conduct
any activity at any Real Estate or use any Real Estate in any manner so as to cause a release (i.e.
releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting,
escaping, leaching, disposing or dumping) or threatened release of Hazardous Substances on, upon or
into the Real Estate or (e) otherwise conduct any activity at any Real Estate or use any Real
Estate in any manner that in any of clauses (a) through (e) would violate any Environmental Law or
bring such Real Estate in violation of any Environmental Law, except where failure to comply could
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10.8 Subordinated Debt. The Issuer will not amend, supplement or otherwise modify the
terms of, or any other agreement relating to, Subordinated Debt or (except as otherwise expressly
permitted under §10.4) prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, or issue any notice of redemption or
defeasance with respect to, any of the Subordinated Debt, provided, however, that
this §10.8 shall not restrict the right of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to amend any
document evidencing Subordinated Debt to extend the maturity thereof or amend any covenants therein
so as to make such covenants less restrictive for the Issuer and its Subsidiaries.

10.9 Employee Benefit Plans. Neither the Issuer nor any ERISA Affiliate will:

(a) engage in any “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of §406 of ERISA or
§4975 of the Code which could result in a material liability for the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries; or

(b) permit any Guaranteed Pension Plan to incur an “accumulated funding deficiency”, as such
term is defined in §302 of ERISA, whether or not such deficiency is or may be waived; or

(c) fail to contribute to any Guaranteed Pension Plan to an extent which, or terminate any
Guaranteed Pension Plan in a manner which, could result in the imposition of a lien or encumbrance
on the assets of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to §302(f) or §4068 of ERISA; or

(d) amend any Guaranteed Pension Plan in circumstances requiring the posting of security
pursuant to §307 of ERISA or §401(a)(29) of the Code; or

(e) permit or take any action which would result in the aggregate benefit liabilities (with
the meaning of §4001 of ERISA) of all Guaranteed Pension Plans exceeding the value of the aggregate
assets of such Plans, disregarding for this purpose the benefit liabilities and assets of any such
Plan with assets in excess of benefit liabilities; or

(f) permit or take any action which would contravene any Applicable Pension Legislation in any
way which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

10.10 Fiscal Year. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to,
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10.11 Transactions with Affiliates. The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, engage in any transaction with any Affiliate (including, without limitation, the
Excluded Subsidiaries), and the Issuer will not engage in any transaction with any Excluded
Subsidiary, in each case whether or not in the ordinary course of business and including, without
limitation, any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services
to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring
payments to or from any such Affiliate or, to the knowledge of the Issuer or such Subsidiary, any
corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any such Affiliate has a substantial
interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, other than on fair and reasonable terms
substantially similar to those that would be obtainable at the time by the Issuer or such
Subsidiary, as applicable, and such Affiliate in a comparable arm’s length transaction between or
among Persons that are not Affiliates of one another except that the Issuer, Emmis OpCo and its
Subsidiaries may engage in any such transaction to the extent expressly permitted by §10.11 of the
OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).

10.12 Certain Intercompany Matters. The Issuer will not permit any of its Excluded
Subsidiaries to (a) fail to satisfy customary formalities with respect to organization
separateness, including (i) the maintenance of separate books and records and (ii) the maintenance
of separate bank accounts in its own name, (b) fail to act solely in its own name and through its
authorized officers and agents, (c) commingle any money or other assets of any Excluded Subsidiary
with any money or other assets of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary of the Issuer, or (d) take any
action, or conduct its affairs in a manner, which could reasonably be expected to result in the
separate organizational existence of the Excluded Subsidiaries being ignored under any
circumstance.

10.13 Activities and Indebtedness of the Issuer. The Issuer shall not (i)(x) perform any
services or activities, or make any cash payments for the performance of any services or
activities, other than those services and activities described in clauses (i) through (viii) of the
definition of “Issuer Corporate Overhead Expenses” or reasonably related thereto, or (y) perform
any services or activities, or make any cash payments for the performance of any services or
activities that are ordinarily performed or paid for by an operating company, (ii) engage in any
trade or business, (iii) own any assets, (iv) directly or indirectly, beneficially or otherwise,
hold or own (whether pursuant to an Asset Swap or otherwise) any Capital Stock or other securities
of any Person, (v) issue or incur any Indebtedness or (vi) effect any Equity Issuances, except the
Issuer may perform the services and activities, make cash payments for services and activities,
engage in a trade or business, own assets, own Capital Stock or securities, issue or incur
Indebtedness or effect Equity Issuances in each case to the extent expressly permitted pursuant to
§10.13 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).

10.14 Restrictions on Equity Issuances. None of the Issuer, Emmis OpCo or any Subsidiary
shall effect any Equity Issuance on or after the Effective Date, except that Emmis OpCo may issue
common stock to the extent expressly permitted pursuant to §10.14(a) of the OpCo Credit Agreement
(or as otherwise consented to or approved by the OpCo Required Lenders) and the Issuer may issue
common stock, other Capital Stock and Equity-Like Instruments to the extent expressly permitted by
§10.14(b) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (or otherwise consented to or approved by the OpCo Required
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10.15 Bridge to Sale Transactions Generally. The Issuer shall not permit, and shall not
permit Emmis OpCo or otherwise allow any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary or Bridge to Sale
License Subsidiary to engage in any transaction of the type specified in clauses (i) through (viii)
in §10.15 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof).

10.16 Debt Repurchases. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit Emmis OpCo or any
Subsidiary, Excluded Subsidiary or other Affiliate to, repurchase, buy, redeem, prepay, defease,
receive an assignment of, issue any notice of redemption or defeasance with respect to, or
otherwise cause the cancellation, forgiveness or purchase (including, without limitation, any
setting aside of funds, or other provision for, or assurance of, payment), or enter into any other
transaction which accomplishes a like result, of any of its Indebtedness (in each case other than
the Notes and Obligations to the extent permitted hereby and the Senior Debt Obligations), except
that the Issuer and Emmis OpCo may enter into any transaction to the extent expressly permitted
pursuant to clauses (a), (b) or (c) of §10.16 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the
date hereof).

10.17 Restrictions on Excluded Subsidiaries. The Issuer will not permit any of the
Excluded Subsidiaries to (a) enter into or permit to exist any arrangement or agreement (other than
the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and the other OpCo Loan Documents (as
in effect on the date hereof)) which directly or indirectly prohibits any such Excluded Subsidiary
from creating, assuming or incurring any Lien upon its properties, revenues or assets or those of
any of its subsidiaries whether now owned or hereafter acquired to secure the Obligations (other
than restrictions on specific assets, which assets are the subject of purchase money security
interests), or (b) enter into any agreement, contract or arrangement (other than this Purchase
Agreement and the other Purchase Documents) restricting the ability of any such Excluded Subsidiary
to pay or make dividends or distributions in cash or kind to the Issuer or any other Subsidiary or
Excluded Subsidiary, to make loans, advances or other payments of any nature to the Issuer or any
other Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary, or to make transfers or distributions of all or any part
of its assets to the Issuer or any other Subsidiary or Excluded Subsidiary; in each case other than
(i) restrictions on specific assets which assets are the subject of purchase money security
interests, (ii) customary anti-assignment provisions contained in leases and licensing agreements
entered into by any Excluded Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and (iii) property
subject to a pending Asset Sale.

10.18 Restrictions on Amendments and Refinancings of the OpCo Credit Agreement. The Issuer
shall not permit, and shall not permit Emmis OpCo or otherwise allow any amendments, amendments and
restatements, supplements, waivers, restructurings, renewals, extensions, replacements,
refinancings or other modifications of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)
(collectively, a “Modification”) if the effect of such Modification is that the aggregate
principal amount of term loans and revolving commitments under all such Modifications exceeds the
principal amount of the term loans and revolving commitments outstanding and available as of the
date hereof under the OpCo Credit Agreement, which amount is $220,057,653.00, by more than the sum
of (i) $25,000,000, plus any accrued and unpaid interest to the date any Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness is incurred and (ii) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with any
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11. [Reserved].

12. CONDITIONS.

Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties hereto, the obligations of the Issuer and the
Purchaser hereunder shall be subject to the following conditions precedent on the Initial Purchase
Date (unless otherwise provided herein):

12.1 Purchase Documents. This Purchase Agreement and the Notes shall have been duly
executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, shall be in full force and effect and
shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser.

12.2 Certified Copies of Governing Documents. The Purchaser shall have received from the
Issuer and each of the Subsidiaries a copy, certified by a duly authorized officer of such Person
to be true and complete on the Effective Date, of each of its Governing Documents as in effect on
such date of certification.

12.3 Corporate or Other Action. All corporate (or other) action necessary for the valid
execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of this Purchase Agreement and the other Purchase
Documents to which it is or is to become a party shall have been duly and effectively taken, and
evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser shall have been provided to the
Purchaser.

12.4 Officer’s Certificates.

(a) The Purchaser shall have received from the Issuer an incumbency certificate, dated as of
the Effective Date, signed by a duly authorized officer of such Person, and giving the name and
bearing a specimen signature of each individual who shall be authorized: (i) to sign, in the name
and on behalf of each of such Person, each of the Purchase Documents to which such Person is or is
to become a party; and (ii) to give notices and to take other action on its behalf under the
Purchase Documents.

(b) On the Effective Date, the Purchaser shall have received from the Issuer a certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit F (the “Officer’s Certificate”), dated as of
such date, certifying that (i) each of the representations and warranties made by such Person under
this Purchase Agreement and the other Purchase Documents are true and correct in all material
respects on such date as though made on such date, and (ii) each of the conditions set forth in
this §12 have been satisfied.

12.5 OpCo Credit Agreement. The Purchaser shall have received from the Issuer a certified
copy of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), and the OpCo Credit Agreement
shall be in full force and effect, and no “Default” or “Event of Default” (each as defined in the
OpCo Credit Agreement) shall have occurred and be continuing or result from the transactions
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12.6 Fourth Amendment to the OpCo Credit Agreement. The Fourth Amendment to the OpCo
Credit Agreement shall (i) be in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser, (ii) have been
executed and delivered by the OpCo Required Lenders, (iii) have been acknowledged by the OpCo
Administrative Agent and the OpCo Administrative Agent shall have approved Purchaser as an
“Eligible Assignee” (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement) for purposes of exercising its
purchase right pursuant to §21 hereof and (iv) become effective in accordance with the terms
thereof.

12.7 [Reserved].

12.8 Financial Statements. The Purchaser shall have received copies of the consolidated
financial statements of the Issuer and its subsidiaries as at February 28, 2011, prepared in
accordance with GAAP and SEC requirements, together with a certification by the principal financial
or accounting officer of the Issuer that the information contained in such financial statements
fairly represents the financial position of the Issuer and its subsidiaries on the date thereof and
that there are no contingent liabilities of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries, as of the
Effective Date involving material amounts, known to any officer of the Issuer or of any of the
Subsidiaries not disclosed such consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto
other than contingent liabilities disclosed to the Purchaser in writing prior to the Effective
Date.

12.9 Third Party Consents. All other necessary governmental and third party consents to
and notices of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Documents shall have been obtained and
given, and evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Purchaser shall have been provided to
the Purchaser.

12.10 [Reserved].

12.11 Opinions of Counsel. The Purchaser shall have received a favorable legal opinion
addressed to the Purchaser, dated as of the Initial Purchase Date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser, from:

(a) Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, special New York counsel to the Issuer;

(b) Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, special Indiana counsel to the Issuer; and

(c) Wiley Rein LLP, FCC counsel to Issuer.

12.12 Compliance Certificate. The Purchaser shall have received from the Issuer a
Compliance Certificate demonstrating compliance with the covenants set forth in §11 of the OpCo
Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date (provided that, for purposes of this §12.12, the Issuer
shall use Consolidated EBITDA for the Reference Period ended August 31, 2011), together with a
certificate from the principal financial or accounting officer of the Issuer certifying that no
Default or Event of Default or “Default” or “Event of Default” (as each such term is defined in the
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12.13 [Reserved]

12.14 Financial Condition. The Purchaser shall be reasonably satisfied and shall have
received an officer’s certificate certifying that there has been no event or occurrence which has
had a Material Adverse Effect since the Balance Sheet Date.

12.15 Expenses. The Issuer shall have paid to the Purchaser all fees and expenses of the
Purchaser (including fees and expenses of counsel) incurred in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby up to a maximum amount of $250,000.

12.16 [Reserved].

12.17 [Reserved].

12.18 Accountant’s Letter. The Purchaser shall have received a copy of the letter to the
Issuer’s accountants pursuant to §9.9.3.

12.19 [Reserved].

12.20 Proceedings and Documents. All proceedings in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Purchase Agreement, the other Purchase Documents and all other documents
incident thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in substance and in form to the Purchaser and its
counsel, and the Purchaser and its counsel shall have received all information and such counterpart
originals or certified or other copies of such documents as the Purchaser or its counsel may
reasonably request.

13. CONDITIONS TO EACH PURCHASE DATE.

13.1 Conditions to Initial Purchase Date. The obligation of the Purchaser to purchase the
Notes to be issued on such date shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent in
Article 12 and the satisfaction of the following additional conditions precedent on such date:

(a) The delivery of a Notice of Purchase;

(b) Each of the representations and warranties of the Issuer and the Subsidiaries contained in
this Purchase Agreement, the other Purchase Documents or in any document or instrument delivered
pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Agreement shall be true in all material respects as
of the date as of which they were made and shall also be true in all material respects at and as of
the Purchase Date, with the same effect as if made at and as of that time;

(c) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and no “Default” or “Event
of Default” has occurred and is continuing under the OpCo Credit Agreement;

(d) The original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued on the Initial Purchase Date
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(e) the Purchaser shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Issuer has registered the
Purchaser or the holder of the Note in the Register;

(f) the Purchaser shall have received an officer’s certificate duly executed by a senior
financial officer of Emmis OpCo certifying that Emmis OpCo would have been in compliance with
clauses (b) and (c) above; and

(g) all documents, instruments and agreements relating to any TRS Transaction to be funded
with the proceeds of the Note on the Initial Purchase Date shall be in form and substance
consistent with the forms therefor previously delivered to the Purchaser by the Issuer.

13.2 Conditions to each Subsequent Purchase. The obligation of the Purchaser to purchase a
Note on each Purchase Date (other than the Initial Purchase Date) shall be subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on such date:

(a) The delivery of a Notice of Purchase;

(b) Each of the representations and warranties of the Issuer and the Subsidiaries contained in
this Purchase Agreement, the other Purchase Documents or in any document or instrument delivered
pursuant to or in connection with this Purchase Agreement shall be true in all material respects as
of the date as of which they were made and shall also be true in all material respects at and as of
the Purchase Date, with the same effect as if made at and as of that time;

(c) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and no “Default” or “Event
of Default” has occurred and is continuing under the OpCo Credit Agreement;

(d) The original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued on the applicable Purchase
Date plus the original aggregate principal amount of all other Notes shall not exceed
$35,000,000;

(e) the Purchaser shall have received satisfactory evidence that the Issuer has registered the
Purchaser or the holder of the Note in the Register;

(f) the Purchaser shall have received an officer’s certificate duly executed by a senior
financial officer of Emmis OpCo certifying that Emmis OpCo would have been in compliance with
clauses (b) and (c) above;

(g) all documents, instruments and agreements relating to any TRS Transaction to be funded
with the proceeds of the Note on the Purchase Date shall be in form and substance consistent with
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(h) the Tender Offer to be funded with the proceeds of the Note on the Purchase Date shall be
executed in accordance with the terms of the definition thereof herein; and

(i) the Issuer shall afford the Purchaser a reasonable opportunity to review any provisions of
any disclosure in connection with such Tender Offer that describe the existence or the terms of
this Purchase Agreement, the Notes, the Purchaser and the Affiliates of the Purchaser before any
such disclosure is disseminated and the Purchaser shall not have notified the Issuer within two (2)
Business Days of being provided the disclosure that such disclosure is unacceptable to the
Purchaser in the reasonable exercise of its discretion.

14. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC.

14.1 Events of Default and Acceleration. If any of the following events (“Events of
Default” or, if the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both is required, then, prior to
such notice or lapse of time, “Defaults”) shall occur:

(a) the Issuer shall fail to pay any principal of the Notes when the same shall become due and
payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other
date fixed for payment;

(b) the Issuer shall fail to pay any other sums due hereunder or under any of the other
Purchase Documents, within three (3) Business Days of when the same shall become due and payable,
whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date
fixed for payment;

(c) (i) the Issuer shall fail to comply with any of its covenants contained in §9.2, §9.4,
§9.5 (other than §9.5.5), §9.6(iii) through (vi), §9.9, §9.17 (other than §9.17(b)(i), §9.17(b)(ii)
and §9.17(d)(i)) or §10; or (ii) the Issuer, any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary, any Bridge to
Sale License Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof shall fail to comply with §9.17(b)(i),
§9.17(b)(ii) or §9.17(d)(i) and such failure continues for fifteen (15) days;

(d) the Issuer shall fail (i) to comply with §9.7 for ten (10) Business Days after written
notice of such failure has been given to the Issuer by the Purchaser; or (ii) to perform any term,
covenant or agreement contained herein or in any of the other Purchase Documents (other than those
specified elsewhere in this §14.1) for thirty (30) days after written notice of such failure has
been given to the Issuer by the Purchaser;

(e) any representation or warranty of the Issuer in this Purchase Agreement or any of the
other Purchase Documents or in any other document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in
connection with this Purchase Agreement shall prove to have been false in any material respect upon
the date when made or deemed to have been made or repeated;

(f) any Senior Debt Obligations or any obligation for borrowed money or credit received or in
respect of any Capitalized Leases in each case in an amount greater than $10,000,000 shall be
declared to be due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled
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(g) any of the Issuer, any of the Subsidiaries or the Austin Partnership or RAM, shall make an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its inability to pay or generally fail
to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition or apply for the appointment of a
trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of any of the Issuer, any of the Subsidiaries,
or the Austin Partnership or RAM, or of any substantial part of the assets of any such Person, or
shall commence any case or other proceeding relating to any such Person under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or
similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, or shall take any action to authorize
or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or if any such petition or application shall be filed or
any such case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any of the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the
Austin Partnership or RAM, and any such Person shall indicate its approval thereof, consent thereto
or acquiescence therein or such petition or application shall not have been dismissed within sixty
(60) days following the filing thereof;

(h) a decree or order is entered appointing any such trustee, custodian, liquidator or
receiver or adjudicating any of the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM, bankrupt
or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or a decree or order
for relief is entered in respect of any such Person in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy
laws as now or hereafter constituted;

(i) there shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than thirty
(30) days, whether or not consecutive, any final judgment against any of the Issuer, any
Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM, that, with other outstanding final judgments,
undischarged, against such Person exceeds in the aggregate $5,000,000;

(j) any default shall occur with respect to all or any part of the Subordinated Debt or the
holders of all or any part of the Subordinated Debt shall accelerate the maturity of all or any
part of the Subordinated Debt; the Subordinated Debt shall be prepaid, redeemed or repurchased in
whole or in part (other than pursuant to §10.4(d) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the
date hereof)) or an offer to prepay, redeem or repurchase the Subordinated Debt in whole or in part
shall have been made (other than pursuant to §10.4(d) of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on
the date hereof)) or the subordination provisions of such Subordinated Debt are found by any court,
or asserted by the trustee in respect of, or any holder of, Subordinated Debt in a judicial
proceeding to be, invalid or unenforceable;

(k) any of the Purchase Documents shall be cancelled, terminated, revoked or rescinded with
the express prior written agreement, consent or approval of the Purchaser, or any action or suit at
law or in equity or other legal proceeding to cancel, revoke or rescind any of the Purchase
Documents shall be commenced by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries party thereto
or any of their respective stockholders, or any court or any other governmental or regulatory
authority or agency of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination that, or issue a judgment,
order, decree or ruling to the effect that, any one or more of the Purchase Documents is illegal,
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(l) the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate incurs any liability to the PBGC or a Guaranteed Pension
Plan pursuant to Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000, or the Issuer or
any ERISA Affiliate is assessed withdrawal liability pursuant to Title IV of ERISA by a
Multiemployer Plan requiring aggregate annual payments exceeding $5,000,000, or any of the
following occurs with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan: (i) an ERISA Reportable Event, or a
failure to make a required installment or other payment (within the meaning of §302(f)(1) of
ERISA), provided that the Purchaser determines in its reasonable discretion that such event (A)
could be expected to result in liability of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries to the PBGC or
such Guaranteed Pension Plan in an aggregate amount exceeding $5,000,000 and (B) is reasonably
likely to constitute grounds for the termination of such Guaranteed Pension Plan by the PBGC, for
the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such
Guaranteed Pension Plan or for the imposition of a lien in favor of such Guaranteed Pension Plan;
or (ii) the appointment by a United States District Court of a trustee to administer such
Guaranteed Pension Plan; or (iii) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate such
Guaranteed Pension Plan;

(m) any of the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM, shall be enjoined,
restrained or in any way prevented by the order of any Governmental Authority from conducting any
material part of its business and such order shall continue in effect for more than thirty (30)
days, provided that with respect to any such order relating to the renewal or availability of any
Necessary Authorization, if the issuance of such order would not otherwise constitute an Event of
Default under §14.1(t), it shall not cause an Event of Default solely by virtue of meeting the
criteria of this clause (m);

(n) there shall occur any strike, lockout, labor dispute, embargo, condemnation, act of God or
public enemy, or other casualty, which in any such case causes, for more than fifteen (15)
consecutive days, the cessation or substantial curtailment of revenue producing activities at any
facility of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries if such event or circumstance is not covered by
business interruption insurance and would have a Material Adverse Effect;

(o) there shall occur the loss, suspension or revocation of, or failure to renew, any license
or permit now held or hereafter acquired by any of the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin
Partnership or RAM, if such loss, suspension, revocation or failure to renew would have a Material
Adverse Effect;

(p) a Change of Control shall occur;

(q) any default or event of default shall occur under any documents entered into in connection
with any Permitted Acquisition, which such default or event of default could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(r) [Reserved];

(s) the commencement of proceedings to suspend, revoke, terminate or substantially and
adversely modify any material FCC License or other material license of any of the Issuer, any
Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM, or of any Stations of any thereof, if such proceeding
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(t) appropriate proceedings for the renewal of any material Necessary Authorization shall not
be commenced prior to the expiration thereof or if such Necessary Authorization is not renewed or
otherwise made available for the use of any of the Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership
or RAM, provided that no Event of Default shall be deemed to occur under this clause (t) if (A) no
Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred as a result of such event and (B) the Issuer shall have
demonstrated compliance with §11 of the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) on
a “Pro Forma Basis” (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) and
both before and after giving effect to such event) as though the affected Station had been sold in
an Asset Sale as of the first day of the Reference Period most recently ended and the Issuer, the
Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM, (as applicable) received no consideration for such sale;

(u) any contractual obligation which is necessary to the broadcasting operations of any of the
Issuer, any Subsidiary, the Austin Partnership or RAM, shall be revoked or terminated and not
replaced by a substitute, without a Material Adverse Effect, within ninety (90) days after such
revocation or termination;

(v) any order of the FCC relating to any Permitted Acquisition granting or consenting to a
transfer of an FCC License in connection with any Permitted Acquisition which has been completed
shall not have become final and any Governmental Authority shall have entered an order reversing
such order (whether or not such order shall be subject to further appeal);

(w) [Reserved];

(x) [Reserved];

(y) (i) the Austin Partnership shall incur any Indebtedness in an aggregate amount at any one
time outstanding in excess of $20,000,000 or (ii) the partnership agreement or any other governing
documents relating to the Austin Partnership shall permit, after giving effect to any amendment,
modification or waiver of the terms thereof, or there shall occur, any cash or other distribution
(including any redemption, purchase, retirement or other acquisition of any partnership interests
or return of capital attributable to any partnership interests) by the Austin Partnership to all or
any of its partners which is not made simultaneously to all of its partners on a pro rata basis, in
terms of both value and kind, in accordance with such partners’ proportional equity interests in
the Austin Partnership; provided that it shall not be an Event of Default hereunder if the Issuer
or any of its Subsidiaries receives any distribution in excess of their pro rata share as so
determined or if the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries receives any repayment of Indebtedness
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(z) any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary or any Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary shall make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its inability to pay or generally
fail to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition or apply for the appointment
of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary
or any Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary or of any substantial part of the assets of such Person or
shall commence any case or other proceeding relating to such Person under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or
similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, or shall take any action to authorize
or in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or if any such petition or application shall be filed or
any such case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary
or any Bridge to Sale License Subsidiary and such Person shall indicate its approval thereof,
consent thereto or acquiescence therein or such petition or application shall not have been
dismissed within sixty (60) days following the filing thereof;

(aa) a decree or order is entered appointing any such trustee, custodian, liquidator or
receiver or adjudicating any Bridge to Sale Excluded Subsidiary or any Bridge to Sale License
Subsidiary bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or
a decree or order for relief is entered in respect of any such Person in an involuntary case under
federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter constituted; or

(bb) the Issuer shall fail to issue a Note in accordance with §2.

then, and in any such event, so long as the same may be continuing, the Purchaser may, by notice in
writing to the Issuer declare all amounts owing with respect to this Purchase Agreement, the Notes
and the other Purchase Documents to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due
and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by the Issuer; provided that in the event of any Event of Default
specified in §14.1(g) or §14.1(h), all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable
automatically and without any requirement of notice from the Purchaser.

14.2 [Reserved].

14.3 Remedies. In case any one or more of the Events of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, and whether or not the Purchaser shall have accelerated the maturity of the Notes
pursuant to §14.1, the Purchaser, if owed any amount with respect to the Notes, may proceed to
protect and enforce its rights by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding,
whether for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Purchase
Agreement and the other Purchase Documents or any instrument pursuant to which the Obligations to
the Purchaser are evidenced, including as permitted by applicable law the obtaining of the
ex parte appointment of a receiver, and, if such amount shall have become due, by
declaration or otherwise, proceed to enforce the payment thereof or any other legal or equitable
right of the Purchaser. No remedy herein conferred upon the Purchaser or the holder of any Note is
intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and
shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or
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15. [Reserved].

16. [Reserved].

17. [Reserved].

18. PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION.

18.1 Setoff. Subject to §20 hereof, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, the Purchaser is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,
time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by
the Purchaser to or for the credit or the account of the Issuer against any and all of the
obligations of the Issuer now or hereafter existing under this Purchase Agreement and the Notes,
irrespective of whether or not the Issuer shall have made any demand under this Purchase Agreement
or the Notes and although such obligations may be unmatured.

18.2 Expenses. The Issuer agrees to pay (a) the reasonable costs of the Purchaser in
producing and reproducing this Purchase Agreement, the other Purchase Documents and the other
agreements and instruments mentioned herein, (b) any taxes (including any interest and penalties in
respect thereto), other than Excluded Taxes (as defined in §6.3.2), payable by the Purchaser (other
than taxes based upon the Purchaser’s net income or profits) on or with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Purchase Agreement (the Issuer hereby agreeing to indemnify the Purchaser with
respect thereto), (c) the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Purchaser’s Special
Counsel (and only one such Purchaser’s Special Counsel at any one time) and any local or FCC
counsel to the Purchaser incurred in connection with the preparation, syndication, administration
or interpretation of the Purchase Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, each closing
hereunder, any amendments, modifications, approvals, consents or waivers hereto or hereunder, or
the cancellation of any Purchase Document upon payment in full in cash of all of the Obligations or
pursuant to any terms of such Purchase Document providing for such cancellation, (d) the fees,
expenses and disbursements (other than reimbursements of legal fees and expenses) of the Purchaser
or any of its respective affiliates incurred by such Person or such affiliate in connection with
the preparation, administration or interpretation of the Purchase Documents and other instruments
mentioned herein, including appraisal and examination charges, (e) all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, which attorneys may be
employees of the Purchaser, and reasonable consulting, accounting, appraisal, investment bankruptcy
and similar professional fees and charges) incurred by the Purchaser in connection with (i) the
enforcement of or preservation of rights under any of the Purchase Documents against the Issuer or
any of the Subsidiaries or the administration thereof after the occurrence of a Default or Event of
Default and (ii) any litigation, proceeding or dispute whether arising hereunder or otherwise, in
any way related to the Purchaser’s relationship with the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, and (f)
all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Purchaser incurred in connection with UCC
searches, UCC filings, intellectual property searches, intellectual property filings or mortgage
recordings. The covenants contained in this §18.2 shall survive payment or satisfaction in full of
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18.3 Indemnification. The Issuer agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Purchaser and
its respective affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents, trustees and advisors (each such
Person an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all claims, actions and suits
whether groundless or otherwise, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages and
expenses of every nature and character arising out of this Purchase Agreement or any of the other
Purchase Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby including, without limitation, (a) the
Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries entering into or performing this Purchase Agreement or any of the
other Purchase Documents or (b) with respect to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and their
respective properties and assets, the violation of any Environmental Law, the presence, disposal,
escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, discharge, emission, release or threatened release of any
Hazardous Substances or any action, suit, proceeding or investigation brought or threatened with
respect to any Hazardous Substances (including, but not limited to, claims with respect to wrongful
death, personal injury or damage to property), in each case including, without limitation, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel incurred in
connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding (all the foregoing,
collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), except to the extent any of the foregoing
Indemnified Liabilities result solely from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any such
Indemnified Person. In litigation, or the preparation therefor, such Indemnified Person shall be
entitled to select its own counsel and, in addition to the foregoing indemnity, the Issuer agrees
to pay promptly the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. If, and to the extent that the
obligations of the Issuer under this §18.3 are unenforceable for any reason, the Issuer hereby
agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment in satisfaction of such obligations which is
permissible under applicable law. The covenants contained in this §18.3 shall survive payment or
satisfaction in full of all other Obligations.

18.4 Treatment of Certain Confidential Information.

18.4.1 Confidentiality. The Purchaser agrees, on behalf of itself and each of its
affiliates, directors, officers, employees and any Person which manages the Purchaser, to use
reasonable precautions to keep confidential, in accordance with their customary procedures for
handling confidential information of the same nature and in accordance with safe and sound
financial industry practices, any non-public information supplied to it by the Issuer or any of its
Subsidiaries pursuant to this Purchase Agreement, provided that nothing herein shall limit
the disclosure of any such information (a) after such information shall have become public other
than through a violation of this §18, or becomes available to the Purchaser on a nonconfidential
basis from a source other than the Issuer, (b) to the extent required by statute, law, rule,
regulation or judicial process, (c) to the Purchaser’s Affiliates, directors, officers, employees,
trustees, advisors, and agents, including, without limitation, counsel or financial advisers for
any of the Purchaser (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be
informed of the confidential nature of the information and instructed to keep such information
confidential), (d) to bank examiners or any other regulatory or self-regulatory authority having or
reasonably claiming to have jurisdiction over the Purchaser, or to auditors or accountants, (e) to
the Purchaser, (f) in connection with any litigation to which the Purchaser is a party, or in
connection with the enforcement of rights or remedies hereunder or under any other Purchase
Document, (g) to an Affiliate or a Subsidiary of the Purchaser, (h) to any actual or prospective
assignee, pledgee or participant or any actual or prospective direct or indirect counterparty (or
its advisors) to any swap, derivative or securitization transactions relating to credit or other
risks or events arising under this Purchase Agreement or any other Purchase Document so long as
such assignee, participant or direct or indirect counterparty (or its advisors), as the case may
be, agrees to be bound by the provisions of §18.4 or (i) with the consent of the Issuer. Moreover,
the Purchaser is hereby expressly permitted by the Issuer to refer to any of the Issuer and their
respective Subsidiaries in connection with any advertising, promotion or marketing undertaken by
the Purchaser and, for such purpose, the Purchaser may utilize any trade name, trademark, logo or
other distinctive symbol associated with the Issuer or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any
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The Purchaser acknowledges that (a) any confidential information may include material non-public
information concerning the Issuer or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed
compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle
such material non-public information in accordance with applicable law, including Federal and state
securities laws.

18.4.2 Prior Notification. Unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court
order, the Purchaser shall, prior to disclosure thereof, notify the Issuer of any request for
disclosure of any such non-public information by any governmental agency or representative thereof
(other than any such request in connection with an examination of the financial condition of such
Purchaser by such governmental agency) or pursuant to legal process.

18.4.3 Other. In no event shall the Purchaser be obligated or required to return any
materials furnished to it by the Issuer or any of its respective Subsidiaries. The obligations of
the Purchaser under this §18 shall supersede and replace the obligations of the Purchaser under any
confidentiality letter in respect of this financing signed and delivered by the Purchaser to the
Issuer prior to the date hereof and shall be binding upon any assignee of, or purchaser of any
participation in, any interest in the Notes from the Purchaser.

18.5 Survival of Covenants, Etc. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
made herein and in any of the other Purchase Documents or in any documents or other papers
delivered by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant hereto (i) shall be
deemed to have been relied upon by the Purchaser, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or
hereafter made by it, and (ii) shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof and the
issuance by the Purchaser of the Notes, as herein contemplated, and (iii) shall continue in full
force and effect so long as this Purchase Agreement, the Notes or any of the other Purchase
Documents remains outstanding or the Purchaser has any obligation to issue the Notes, and for such
further time as may be otherwise expressly specified in this Purchase Agreement. All statements
contained in any certificate or other paper delivered to the Purchaser at any time by or on behalf
of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant hereto or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby shall constitute representations and warranties by the Issuer or such
Subsidiary hereunder and have been or will be relied upon by the Purchaser, regardless of any
investigation made by the Purchaser or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Purchaser may
have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any borrowing hereunder, and shall
continue in full force and effect as long as the Notes or any other Obligation hereunder shall
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18.6 Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Purchase Agreement, all
notices and other communications made or required to be given pursuant to this Purchase Agreement
or any Notes shall be in writing and shall be delivered in hand, mailed by United States registered
or certified first class mail, postage prepaid, sent by overnight courier, or sent by telecopy or
facsimile and confirmed by delivery via courier or postal service, addressed as follows:

(a) if to the Issuer or any of the Subsidiaries, at One Emmis Plaza, 40 Monument Circle, Suite
700, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204, Attention: Jeffrey H. Smulyan, Chairman, with a copy to J. Scott
Enright, Esq., Emmis Operating Company, 40 Monument Circle, Suite 700, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
and Eric Goodison, Esq., Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, New York 10019, or at such other address for notice as the Issuer shall last have
furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice; and

(b) if to the Purchaser, at such Purchaser’s address set forth on Schedule 1 hereto,
with a copy to Seth Jacobson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, or such other address for
notice as such party shall have last furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice.

Any such notice or demand shall be deemed to have been duly given or made and to have become
effective (i) if delivered by hand, overnight courier or facsimile to a responsible officer of the
party to which it is directed, at the time of the receipt thereof by such officer or the sending of
such facsimile and (ii) if sent by registered or certified first-class mail, postage prepaid, on
the third Business Day following the mailing thereof.

18.7 Communications.

(a) [Reserved].

(b) [Reserved].

(c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Issuer and the Purchaser may change its
address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to
the other parties hereto.

(d) Reliance by Purchaser. The Purchaser shall be entitled to rely and act upon any
notices (including telephonic notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Issuer even if (i)
such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or
followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by
the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Issuer shall indemnify the Purchaser and
the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from
the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Issuer. All
telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Purchaser may be recorded by the
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18.8 Governing Law. THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED
THEREIN, EACH OF THE OTHER PURCHASE DOCUMENTS ARE CONTRACTS UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
AND SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SAID STATE
OF NEW YORK (EXCLUDING THE LAWS APPLICABLE TO CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE
APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION). THE ISSUER AGREES THAT ANY SUIT FOR THE
ENFORCEMENT OF THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER PURCHASE DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK OR APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF, AND SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY
IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER PURCHASE
DOCUMENTS TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT
THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE COURTS
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY
THEREOF. SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT BEING MADE UPON SUCH PERSON BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS
SPECIFIED IN §18.6. THE ISSUER HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO
THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT OR ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH SUIT IS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT.

18.9 Consent to Jurisdiction. The Issuer irrevocably and unconditionally submits for
itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Purchase Agreement and
the other Purchase Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any
judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of
New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York in the
Borough of Manhattan and appellate courts from any thereof. To the fullest extent it may
effectively do so under applicable law, the Issuer irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert, by
way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of
any such court, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any
such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action
or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

18.10 Headings. The captions in this Purchase Agreement are for convenience of reference
only and shall not define or limit the provisions hereof.

18.11 Counterparts. This Purchase Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in
several counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when executed and
delivered shall be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In
proving this Purchase Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one
such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought. Delivery by facsimile by
any of the parties hereto of an executed counterpart hereof or of any amendment or waiver hereto
shall be as effective as an original executed counterpart hereof or of such amendment or waiver and
shall be considered a representation that an original executed counterpart hereof or such amendment
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18.12 Entire Agreement, Etc. The Purchase Documents and any other documents executed in
connection herewith or therewith express the entire understanding of the parties with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby. Neither this Purchase Agreement nor any term hereof may be
changed, waived, discharged or terminated, except as provided in §18.14.

18.13 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WITH
RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PURCHASE
AGREEMENT, THE NOTES OR ANY OF THE OTHER PURCHASE DOCUMENTS, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR
THEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF
DEALINGS, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY, INCLUDING ANY COURSE OF
CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF THE PURCHASER RELATING TO THE NOTES OR
ENFORCEMENT OF THE NOTES AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY
OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE OR HAS NOT BEEN WAIVED. Except as prohibited by law,
the Issuer hereby waives any right it may have to claim or recover in any litigation referred to in
the preceding sentence any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages or any damages
other than, or in addition to, actual damages. The Issuer (a) certifies that no representative,
agent or attorney of the Purchaser has represented, expressly or otherwise, that the Purchaser
would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waivers and (b) acknowledges
that the Purchaser has been induced to enter into this Purchase Agreement, the other Purchase
Documents to which it is a party by, among other things, the waivers and certifications contained
herein.

18.14 Consents, Amendments, Waivers, Etc. No amendment, alteration, modification or
waiver of any term or provision of this Purchase Agreement, the Notes, or any other Subordinated
Debt, nor consent to any departure by the Issuer therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by the Requisite Holders, and then such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given;
provided, that no such amendment, alteration, modification or waiver shall be effective to
reduce, or to postpone the date fixed for the payment, of the principal (including any Mandatory
Redemption), interest, or premium, if any, payable on any Note or any fees or other amounts payable
hereunder, or to alter or amend any provisions relating to Mandatory Redemptions or repurchases, or
to alter or amend the consent mechanism provided for under this §18.14 without the consent of each
Purchaser holding Notes then outstanding, provided, further, that a Purchaser may
consent to an amendment, alteration, modification or waiver with respect to any of the matters
referenced in the first proviso to this §18.14 solely with respect to the Notes held by such
Purchaser and may elect to have such provisions be binding on such Purchaser, regardless of the
consent of any other Purchaser. Any waiver or consent may be given subject to satisfaction of
conditions stated therein. Written notice of any waiver or consent affected under this subsection
shall be promptly delivered by the Issuer to any Purchaser that did not execute the same.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment, alteration, modification or waiver of this §18.14,
§20, §21 or any of the provisions relating to Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, or in each case
any of the related definitions shall be effective unless the parties hereunder have obtained the
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18.15 Severability. The provisions of this Purchase Agreement are severable and if any one
clause or provision hereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any
jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision,
or part thereof, in such jurisdiction, and shall not in any manner affect such clause or provision
in any other jurisdiction, or any other clause or provision of this Purchase Agreement in any
jurisdiction.

18.16 USA PATRIOT Act Notice. The Purchaser that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter
defined) hereby notifies the Issuer that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title
III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to
obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Issuer, which information includes the
name and address of the Issuer and other information that will allow the Purchaser to identify the
Issuer in accordance with the Act.

18.17 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each
transaction contemplated hereby, the Issuer acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its
respective Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) the purchase of the Notes as provided herein and
any related arranging or other services in connection herewith (including in connection with any
amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Purchase Document) are an
arm’s-length commercial transaction between the Issuer and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the
Purchaser and its Affiliates, on the other hand, and the Issuer is capable of evaluating and
understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions
contemplated hereby and by the other Purchase Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other
modification hereof or thereof); (ii) in connection with the process leading to such transaction,
the Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the financial advisor, agent
or fiduciary, for the Issuer or any of its respective Affiliates, stockholders, creditors or
employees or any other Person; (iii) the Purchaser has not assumed and will not assume an advisory,
agency or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Issuer with respect to any of the transactions
contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto, including with respect to any amendment, waiver
or other modification hereof or of any other Purchase Document (irrespective of whether the
Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Issuer or any of its Affiliates on other
matters) and the Purchaser has no obligation to the Issuer or any of its Affiliates with respect to
the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the
other Purchase Documents; (iv) the Purchaser and its Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of
transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Issuer and its Affiliates, and
the Purchaser has no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any advisory, agency
or fiduciary relationship; and (v) the Purchaser has not provided and will not provide any legal,
accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby
(including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Purchase Document)
and the Issuer has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent
it has deemed appropriate. The Issuer hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted
by law, any claims that it may have against the Purchaser with respect to any breach or alleged
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19. FCC APPROVAL.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Purchase Agreement or in the other
Purchase Documents, the Purchaser will not take any action pursuant to this Purchase Agreement or
any of the other Purchase Documents, which would constitute or result in a change in control of the
Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries requiring the prior approval of the FCC without first obtaining
such prior approval of the FCC. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Issuer shall take
or cause to be taken any action which the Purchaser may reasonably request in order to obtain from
the FCC such approval as may be necessary to enable the Purchaser to exercise and enjoy the full
rights and benefits granted to the Purchaser, for the benefit of the Purchaser by this Purchase
Agreement or any of the other Purchase Documents, including, at the Issuer’s cost and expense, the
use of the Issuer’s best efforts to assist in obtaining such approval for any action or transaction
contemplated by this Purchase Agreement or any of the other Purchase Documents for which such
approval is required by law, including specifically, without limitation, upon request, to prepare,
sign and file with the FCC the assignor’s or transferor’s portion of any application or
applications for the consent to the assignment or transfer of control necessary or appropriate
under the FCC’s rules and approval of any of the transactions contemplated by this Purchase
Agreement or any of the other Purchase Documents.

20. SUBORDINATION.

20.1 Subordination; Certain Payments Restricted.

20.1.1 Agreement to Subordinate.

(a) Subordination. The Issuer agrees, for itself and its respective successors and
assigns, and the Purchaser agrees, and each transferee of any Note, by its acquisition and
acceptance of any Note shall be deemed to have agreed, that the payment of the Obligations
(including any fees payable in connection with this Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Documents or
the Notes) is hereby subordinated in right of payment as provided herein to the prior Discharge of
the Senior Debt Obligations, and that the subordination effected by this §20 is for the benefit of
and enforceable by the holders of Senior Debt Obligations. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Purchase Agreement to the contrary (including §3), prior to the Discharge of the Senior Debt
Obligations, Issuer will not, and will not permit Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries (together,
the “Purchase Obligors” and together with the OpCo Obligors, the “Obligors”) to (1) make any
payment or distribution of any kind or character on, or in respect of any Obligations (including in
respect of any fees payable in connection with this Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Documents or
the Notes), (2) acquire any Obligations or interest or rights in any Obligations (or any of the
fees payable in connection with this Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Documents or the Notes) for
cash or assets or otherwise, (3) cancel or discharge any Obligations (or any fees payable in
connection with this Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Documents or the Notes) that result in any
cash payments of any type to holders of indebtedness incurred under this Purchase Agreement, (4)
permit the terms of any of its Obligations (or any of the fees payable in connection with this
Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Documents or the Notes) to be modified in any way that could
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more restrictive in any respect than the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in
effect as of the date hereof), (5) permit or require any voluntary or optional repayment,
prepayment, redemption or repurchase of the Obligations (including of any fees payable in
connection with this Purchase Agreement or the Purchase Documents or the Notes), and in each case
the Purchaser shall not receive or accept any of the foregoing (by set off or otherwise), without
the prior written consent of the OpCo Administrative Agent on behalf of the OpCo Lenders. Each
holder of Senior Debt Obligations, whether such Senior Debt Obligations are now outstanding or
hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, shall be deemed to hold and have acquired
Senior Debt Obligations and permitted the incurrence of the Obligations hereunder in reliance upon
this §20 and the provisions contained in this Purchase Agreement. In consideration for the
subordination provision set forth in this § 20, the Consenting OpCo Lenders have provided to the
Purchaser the purchase option set forth in §1 of the Fourth Amendment to the OpCo Credit Agreement
and §21 hereof (the “Purchase Option”) and the Purchaser has agreed to the provisions of
this §20 in reliance upon the Purchase Option. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
(i) out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) in an aggregate
amount of up to $250,000 incurred by the Purchaser in connection with this Purchase Agreement may
be paid in cash by the Issuer to the Purchaser and (ii) except during the Standstill Period in
addition to the out-of-pocket expenses in clause (i), the Issuer may reimburse the Purchaser in
cash for its out of pocket costs and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel) in an
aggregate amount of up to $75,000 incurred in connection with this Purchase Agreement, including
any amendment, modification or waiver hereof.

(b) Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. In the event of any Proceeding involving an
Obligor, the OpCo Lenders are entitled to receive Payment in Full of all monetary obligations due
under any Senior Debt Obligations prior to any Payment or Distribution to the Purchaser on account
of the Notes.

20.1.2 Third Party Beneficiary. Each of the OpCo Lenders and the OpCo Administrative Agent
is an express third party beneficiary of §18.14, this §20, and any provisions relating to Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness, and in each case the related definitions and shall be entitled to enforce
the terms hereof against the parties hereto as if the OpCo Lenders or OpCo Administrative Agent
were a party hereto. For the avoidance of doubt, OpCo Required Lenders shall, at their option, be
entitled to enforce the terms hereof directly and shall not be required to act through the OpCo
Administrative Agent. Each of the OpCo Lenders, the OpCo Administrative Agent and OpCo Required
Lenders may demand specific performance of the terms hereof and each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any other defense that
might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which may be brought by
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20.2 Enforcement; Standstill Period.

20.2.1 Enforcement. This Article 20, together with the Purchase Option, defines the
relative rights of the Purchaser and the holders of Senior Debt Obligations. Nothing contained
herein shall:

(a) impair the obligations of the Issuer to the Purchaser to pay any Obligations as and when
such Obligations shall become due and payable in accordance with its terms or, except as otherwise
provided in this §20, affect the rights of the Purchaser with respect to the Issuer (it being
understood that notwithstanding any provision in this §20, the failure of the Issuer to pay
principal, interest and other amounts due on the Final Maturity Date in full in cash shall
constitute an Event of Default hereunder);

(b) affect the relative rights of the Purchaser with respect to creditors of the Issuer other
than the Purchaser’s rights in relation to holders of Senior Debt Obligations; or

(c) prevent the Purchaser from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law
upon the happening of a Default or an Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior
Debt Obligations to receive distributions and payments otherwise payable to the Purchaser.

20.2.2 Standstill Period for Notes. (a) During any Standstill Period, the Purchaser shall
not:

(i) take any action to accelerate the scheduled maturity of the Notes;

(ii) collect amounts pursuant to the Notes (or any part thereof), and
Obligations in respect thereof, or any fees in connection with this Purchase
Agreement or the Purchase Documents or the Notes;

(iii) enforce any right of repayment under any of the Notes; or

(iv) initiate (or join in) any judicial action with respect to the Notes or
the Obligations, including initiating (or joining in) a filing of a petition for
relief under the Bankruptcy Code,

except, in each case, that the Purchaser may make any filing that may be required to toll the
running of any applicable statute of limitations (which filing is not made any earlier than 30 days
prior to the expiration of such statute of limitations or such earlier date as any such filing is
required to be made) and to file proofs of claims for the full accelerated amount of the
Obligations.

(b) As used in this §20.2.2, the term “Standstill Period” means (x) any time after the
occurrence of a Payment Default, or (y) the period beginning on the occurrence of any OpCo Event of
Default (other than a Payment Default), and in each case ending on the earliest to occur of (i) the
date on which such OpCo Event of Default shall no longer be continuing or shall have been otherwise
cured or waived, (ii) the date that is 270 days following the date that the OpCo Administrative
Agent or the OpCo Required Lenders shall have given notice that any OpCo Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing so long as on such date, no Payment Default has occurred and is
continuing, (iii) the acceleration of any of the Senior Debt Obligations, (iv) the date on which
any Senior Debt Obligations have become due and payable at final maturity in accordance with its
terms, if the OpCo Administrative Agent or the OpCo Required Lenders take any of the actions set
forth in clause (v) or an event set forth in clause (v) occurs, (v) the commencement of any action
to foreclose upon any portion of the collateral securing payment of Senior Debt Obligations or any
case, proceeding or other judicial action by any holder of Senior Debt Obligations against any OpCo
Obligor and (vi) a filing by Emmis OpCo for relief under, or the commencement of any other action
or proceeding under, the federal Bankruptcy Code or any other existing or future law of any
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(c) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if following the acceleration
of the Senior Debt Obligations by the holders thereof, such acceleration is rescinded (whether or
not any existing OpCo Event of Default has been cured or waived), then all enforcement actions
taken by the Purchaser shall likewise be rescinded if such enforcement action is based solely on
clause (b) of this §20.2.2.

(d) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, neither the acceleration of the
Notes, nor the timing thereof, pursuant to §20.2.2 shall in any way impact the relative senior
priority position of the holders of Senior Debt Obligations.

The Issuer shall promptly provide a copy to the Purchaser of any notice of any “Event of
Default” (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement) under the OpCo Credit Agreement delivered to the
OpCo Administrative Agent. The Issuer agrees to use best efforts to notify the Purchaser of any
such Payment Default or “Event of Default” (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement) under the OpCo
Credit Agreement that shall have occurred and be continuing.

20.3 Payments Held In Trust. If any payment or distribution of any kind or character is
made to the Purchaser on account of the Obligations at a time when such payment or distribution is
prohibited by this §20 (including, without limitation, a payment or other distribution of the
nature described in the last sentence of this paragraph) before the Discharge of the Senior Debt
Obligations, whether such payment or distribution is made as a result of the taking of any
enforcement action by the Purchaser or otherwise, the Purchaser will hold such payment or
distribution in trust in a segregated account for the benefit of the OpCo Lenders. The Purchaser
shall promptly, and in no event later than two (2) Business Days, pay such payment or distribution
over to the OpCo Administrative Agent on behalf of the OpCo Lenders in the same form of payment
received by the Purchaser with appropriate endorsements, for application to the Senior Debt
Obligations.

The Issuer hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this §20 require the Purchaser to pay
over to the OpCo Required Lenders or the OpCo Administrative Agent on behalf of the OpCo Lenders
any payments received by the Purchaser in contravention of this §20, and hereby irrevocably
authorizes such payment to the OpCo Required Lenders or the OpCo Administrative Agent on behalf of
such OpCo Lenders, notwithstanding any instructions to the contrary that the Issuer may deliver to
the Purchaser after the date hereof. The Issuer hereby acknowledges that no such payment shall
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20.4 Bankruptcy, etc.

20.4.1 Payments Relating to Obligations.

(a) (i) Upon any Payment or Distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property
or securities, to creditors upon any total or partial liquidation, dissolution, winding-up,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or marshaling of assets of any Obligor or
in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership, custodianship, any appointment of a
custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers, or other similar proceeding
relating to any Obligor or its property, in each case whether voluntary or involuntary (any such
proceeding, a “Proceeding”), all Senior Debt Obligations shall first be Paid in Full before
any Payment or Distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, securities or other
property, is made on account of any Obligations.

(ii) In the event of any Proceeding that is continuing, any Payment or Distribution of any
kind or character of any OpCo Obligor, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the
Purchaser would be entitled except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid by such OpCo Obligor or
by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such
Payment or Distribution, or by the Purchaser if received by the Purchaser, to the OpCo
Administrative Agent on behalf of the OpCo Lenders, for application to the payment of Senior Debt
Obligations remaining unpaid until all such Senior Debt Obligations have been Paid in Full after
giving effect to any concurrent Payment or Distribution to or for the OpCo Lenders.

(iii) The Purchaser agrees not to initiate, prosecute or participate in any claim, action or
other proceeding challenging the enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the Senior
Debt Obligations or any liens and security interests securing or purporting to secure the Senior
Debt Obligations or seek to block current payment of any Senior Debt Obligations.

(iv) The Purchaser shall not take any action which would have directly or indirectly any of
the following effects: (A) extension of the final maturity of and/or forgiveness, reduction or
cram-down of the Senior Debt Obligations or deferral of any required payment in respect of the
Senior Debt Obligations, (B) challenging in any respect treatment of the Senior Debt Obligations as
a first priority perfected fully secured claim, lien or security interest or (C) blocking current
payment of any Senior Debt Obligations. The holders of the Senior Debt Obligations shall have no
duty to the Purchaser with respect to any collateral securing the indebtedness arising under the
OpCo Credit Documents, and the holders of Senior Debt Obligations shall have no duty to marshal
assets, including any collateral securing the indebtedness arising under the OpCo Credit Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this §20.4.1(a)(iv) shall not apply to the
Purchaser in its capacity as an OpCo Lender, to the extent that the Purchaser exercises the
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(v) For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchaser agrees that the holders of Senior Debt
Obligations shall not be deemed or otherwise considered to be, acting as an agent or in any
fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Purchaser by virtue of this Purchase Agreement or otherwise.

(vi) Upon any Payment or Distribution referred to in this §20.4.1, the Purchaser shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
bankruptcy, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or upon
a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person
making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Purchaser for the purpose of ascertaining the
persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Debt Obligations and
other indebtedness of the OpCo Obligors, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or
amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this §20.4.1.

(b) The Senior Debt Obligations shall continue to be treated as Senior Debt Obligations and
the provisions of this Purchase Agreement shall continue to govern the relative rights and
priorities of the holders of the Senior Debt Obligations and the Purchaser even if all or part of
the Senior Debt Obligations or the security interests securing the Senior Debt Obligations are
subordinated, set aside, avoided, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or set
aside or is required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, under any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar act or law, state, federal or foreign law, common law or
equitable cause (such payment being hereinafter referred to as a “Voided Payment”), and in
the event of such Voided Payment:

(i) that portion of the Senior Debt Obligations that had been previously satisfied by such
Voided Payment shall be revived and continue in full force and effect as if such Voided Payment had
never been made; and

(ii) the provisions of this §20 shall be reinstated and continue in full force and effect
until the full amount of such Voided Payment (together with interest thereon) is paid in full in
cash.

20.4.2 Voting Rights. The Purchaser shall retain its rights, if any, as a holder of
Obligations to vote and (subject to the other provisions hereof) otherwise act in any case or
Proceeding relating to the Issuer or any OpCo Obligor with respect to the Obligations (including,
without limitation, the right to vote to accept or reject any plan of partial or complete
liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, composition or extension), whether at any meeting of
creditors or in the event of any such case or Proceeding relating to the Issuer or any OpCo
Obligor, so long as and solely to the extent that the Purchaser’s actions are at all times in
compliance with the limitations and other terms set out in this §20; and the Purchaser shall not,
and shall cause the Purchaser Affiliates not to, directly or indirectly support, vote for or
propose any plan of reorganization or disclosure statement of Issuer or any OpCo Obligor if such
plan or disclosure statement does not provide for the Payment in Full of the Senior Debt
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20.5 Legend. Any promissory note issued by the Issuer evidencing the Obligations shall
contain the following legend:

THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE AND SHALL AT ALL TIMES BE AND
REMAIN SUBORDINATED TO THE EXTENT AND IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN §20 OF THAT CERTAIN NOTE
PURCHASE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 10, 2011, BETWEEN EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
AND [PURCHASER] (THE “PURCHASE AGREEMENT”), WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS, SUBORDINATES
THE OBLIGATIONS OF EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION HEREUNDER TO THE OBLIGATIONS TO CERTAIN
HOLDERS OF SENIOR DEBT OBLIGATIONS, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN SAID PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

20.6 Rights of Holder of Senior Debt Obligations. No right of any holder of Senior Debt
Obligations to enforce the subordination of the Notes shall be impaired by any act or failure to
act by the Issuer or any Purchaser or the OpCo Administrative Agent or by the failure of the Issuer
or any Purchaser to comply with this Purchase Agreement.

20.7 Termination of Subordination. The provisions of this §20 shall continue in full force
and effect, and the obligations and agreements of the Purchaser and the Issuer hereunder shall
continue to be fully operative, until the Discharge of the Senior Debt Obligations, irrespective of
any amendment, amendment and restatement, modification, supplement, waiver, restructuring, renewal,
replacement, extension, or refinancing (including as Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness) of the
OpCo Credit Agreement.

20.8 Participations or Interests. The Purchaser shall not and shall procure that its
Purchaser Affiliates do not, and shall not induce any of its Public Affiliates to, acquire,
purchase, hold, maintain, accept any assignments of or participations in, or any other interest in,
or rights (including any rights to direct voting) in respect of, any Senior Debt Obligations or any
other indebtedness of Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent such acquisition,
purchase, possession, maintenance, acceptance or assignment of or participation in such interest or
rights (including any rights to direct voting) would, in the aggregate, equal one-third or more of
the indebtedness eligible to vote under the Senior Debt Obligations or such other indebtedness of
Emmis OpCo or any of its Subsidiaries and the Purchaser shall procure that the Purchaser and the
Purchaser Affiliates collectively shall only acquire and hold any such Indebtedness using one
entity. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this §20.8 shall not apply to the
Purchaser’s right to exercise the Purchase Option in accordance with the terms thereof. In the
event the Purchaser exercises the Purchase Option, this §20.8 shall be voided and shall no longer
be enforceable.

21. Purchase Right.

(a) By accepting the benefits of §20 of this Purchase Agreement, each Consenting OpCo Lender
on behalf of itself and its direct and indirect successors and assigns hereby irrevocably grants to
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(b) The Purchaser shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase by way of
assignment (and shall thereby also assume all funding commitments and obligations of the Consenting
OpCo Lenders under the OpCo Loan Documents), at any time during the Exercise Period (as hereinafter
defined), all, but not less than all, of the Designated OpCo Obligations, including, without
limitation, all principal of all Designated OpCo Obligations outstanding at the time of purchase
and all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses in respect of all Designated OpCo
Obligations outstanding at the time of purchase, and as more particularly set forth in paragraph
(e) below; provided, however, that the Acquiring Purchasers (as hereinafter
defined) shall not be required to purchase any Designated OpCo Obligations belonging to any
Defaulting Creditor, as set forth in paragraph (g) below. Such election shall occur by delivery of
a notice (a “Purchase Option Notice”) during the Exercise Period, which Purchase Option
Notice shall be addressed to each Consenting OpCo Lender at the notice address most recently
provided by such Consenting OpCo Lender to the Purchaser in writing (or if no such notice address
has been provided, to the OpCo Administrative Agent on behalf of such Consenting OpCo Lender),
shall be signed by every Purchaser offering to make such purchase (each an “Acquiring
Purchaser”, and collectively, the “Acquiring Purchasers”) and (i) indicate the
percentage of the Designated OpCo Obligations to be purchased by each Acquiring Purchaser (which
must equal 100 percent (100%) when added to the percentage of Designated OpCo Obligations owned by
the Consenting OpCo Lenders to be purchased by all other Acquiring Purchasers) and (ii) state that
(A) it is a Purchase Option Notice delivered pursuant to this §21 of this Purchase Agreement, (B)
the Acquiring Purchasers are irrevocably offering to purchase all of the Designated OpCo
Obligations at the Purchase Option Price in accordance with this §21, and (C) the date on which
such purchase shall occur (the “Purchase Option Date”), which date shall not be less than
five (5) Business Days, nor more than ten (10) Business Days, after the receipt by each Consenting
OpCo Lender of the Purchase Option Notice (the period between delivery of the Purchase Option
Notice and the proposed Purchase Option Date, being the “Purchase Option Period”). The
Purchase Option will be allocated among the Acquiring Purchasers in the proportion they mutually
agree upon, or, in the absence of agreement, in the ratio that each of the Acquiring Purchaser’s
percentage share of the Obligations bears to the aggregate percentage shares of the Obligations
held by all Acquiring Purchasers.

(c) During the Purchase Option Period, no Consenting OpCo Lender shall direct the OpCo
Administrative Agent to, and the Consenting OpCo Lenders shall request that the OpCo Administrative
Agent not, complete any enforcement action against any Collateral (as defined in the OpCo Credit
Agreement) (other than the exercise of control or a right of setoff over, or to sweep funds held
in, any OpCo Obligor’s deposit or securities accounts), unless the Consenting Opco Lenders
reasonably determine, in their sole discretion, that the failure to direct the completion of such
proceeding or enforcement action would be materially prejudicial to the OpCo Lenders.

(d) Subject to paragraph (f) below, the right to purchase the Designated OpCo Obligations as
described in this §21 may be exercised by giving the Purchase Option Notice at any time during the
period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the occurrence of a Purchase Option Event and
ending on the forty-fifth (45th) day thereafter or, if earlier, the date that the occurrence giving
rise to the Purchase Option Event is waived, cured or otherwise ceases to exist.

 

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(e) Any purchase pursuant to this §21 shall be made on the following terms and conditions:

(i) The Purchase Option Price payable to each Consenting OpCo Lender shall be equal to the sum
of (A) 100% of the Designated OpCo Obligations (including, without limitation, all accrued and
unpaid interest thereon through the date of purchase, including interest at the default rate, if
applicable, and any applicable acceleration prepayment penalties or premiums, in each case,
irrespective of whether a Proceeding has been commenced by or against any OpCo Obligor, and such
amounts are allowed in such Proceeding) beneficially owned by such Consenting OpCo Lender through
the date of purchase plus (B) any Exit Fee (as defined in that certain backstop letter dated March
27, 2011 among the OpCo Obligors party thereto, and Canyon Capital Advisors LCC) that would be
payable to a Consenting OpCo Lender upon the redemption or other repayment (including, without
limitation, as a result of an acceleration upon any Event of Default, including the commencement of
a Proceeding by any OpCo Obligor) of any Designated OpCo Obligations, or under any other
circumstance, (collectively, the “Purchase Option Price”). In addition, unless waived by
the OpCo Administrative Agent, on the Purchase Option Date, the Purchaser shall provide cash
collateral to the OpCo Administrative Agent to collateralize its reimbursement obligations under
§5.1.4 of the OpCo Credit Agreement in an amount equal to 105% of the Purchased Letter of Credit
Percentage of the Maximum Drawing Amount (as defined in the OpCo Credit Agreement (as in effect on
the date hereof)).

(ii) The Purchase Option Price shall be remitted by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to the bank account(s) of each Consenting OpCo Lender, as such Consenting OpCo Lender may
designate in writing to the Acquiring Purchaser(s) for such purpose (or if a Consenting OpCo Lender
has not designated a bank account to the Purchaser in writing on or prior to the second (2nd)
Business Day prior to the expiration of the Purchase Option Period, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the OpCo Administrative Agent on behalf of such Consenting OpCo Lender).
Interest shall be calculated to but excluding the Business Day on which such purchase and sale
shall occur if the amounts so paid by the Acquiring Purchasers to the bank account designated by a
Consenting OpCo Lender are received in such bank account prior to 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) and interest
shall be calculated to and including such Business Day if the amounts so paid by the Acquiring
Purchaser(s) to the bank account designated by such Consenting OpCo Lender are received in such
bank account later than 1:00 p.m. (Eastern).

(iii) The Purchase Option Price shall be accompanied by a waiver by each Acquiring Purchaser
of all claims against each Consenting OpCo Lender arising out of this Purchase Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby as a result of exercising the Purchase Option contemplated by this
§21, other than (A) claims against a Consenting OpCo Lender arising out of a breach of any
representation or warranty made by such Consenting OpCo Lender hereunder and (B) claims against a
Defaulting Creditor.

(iv) The purchase and sale contemplated hereby shall be made without recourse and without any
representation or warranty whatsoever by any Consenting OpCo Lender, whether as to the
enforceability of the Designated OpCo Obligations or the validity, enforceability, perfection,
priority or sufficiency of any Lien securing, or guarantee or other supporting obligation for, any
Designated OpCo Obligations or as to any other matter whatsoever, except the representation and
warranty that the transferor owns free and clear of all Liens and encumbrances (other than
participation interests not prohibited by the OpCo Credit Agreement, in which case the Purchase
Option Price shall be appropriately adjusted so that the Acquiring Purchaser or Acquiring
Purchasers do not pay amounts represented by any participation interest which remains in effect),
and has the right to convey, whatever claims and interests it may have in respect of the Designated
OpCo Obligations.

 

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(v) The purchase and sale shall be made pursuant to and in accordance with §17.1(b) of the
OpCo Credit Agreement, including without limitation, the parties duly executing and delivering a
completed Assignment and Acceptance Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit H to the OpCo Credit
Agreement; it being understood and agreed that each Consenting OpCo Lender shall retain all rights
to indemnification as provided in the relevant OpCo Loan Documents for all periods prior to any
assignment pursuant to the provisions of this §21.

(f) The Purchase Option shall be exercisable only following a Purchase Option Event, and be
legally enforceable as to a Consenting OpCo Lender, upon receipt by each Consenting OpCo Lender or,
if a Consenting OpCo Lender has not provided a notice address to the Purchaser in writing, receipt
by the OpCo Administrative Agent on behalf of such Consenting OpCo Lender, of a Purchase Option
Notice (which notice, once delivered, shall be irrevocable and fully binding on the respective
Acquiring Purchaser or Acquiring Purchasers) during the Exercise Period. Neither the OpCo
Administrative Agent nor any other Consenting OpCo Lender shall have any disclosure obligation to
any Acquiring Purchaser, or any other Purchaser in connection with any exercise of such Purchase
Option.

(g) The obligations of the Consenting OpCo Lenders to sell their respective Designated OpCo
Obligations under this §21 are several and not joint and several. To the extent any Consenting
OpCo Lender (a “Defaulting Creditor”) breaches its obligation to sell its Designated OpCo
Obligations under this §21, nothing in this §21 shall be deemed to require the OpCo Administrative
Agent or any other OpCo Lender to purchase such Defaulting Creditor’s Designated OpCo Obligations
for resale to any Purchaser and in all cases, each Consenting OpCo Lender complying with the terms
of this §21 shall not be deemed to be in default of this Purchase Agreement or otherwise be deemed
liable for any action or inaction of any Defaulting Creditor; provided that the Acquiring
Purchasers shall be required to purchase the Designated OpCo Obligations from the non-Defaulting
Creditors only if the non-Defaulting Creditors hold, in the aggregate, not less than 50% of the
then outstanding OpCo Obligations. Each of the Purchaser(s) may demand specific performance of
this §21 and the Consenting OpCo Lenders hereby irrevocably waive any defense based on the adequacy
of a remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific
performance in any action which may be brought by the Purchaser(s) under this §21.

(h) Each OpCo Obligor irrevocably consents to any assignment effected to one or more Acquiring
Purchasers pursuant to this §21 for purposes of all OpCo Loan Documents and hereby agrees that no
further consent from such OpCo Obligor shall be required.

 

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(i) If the Purchaser(s) (x) does not duly deliver the Purchase Option Notice during an
Exercise Period, or (y) fails to consummate the purchase within the Purchase Option Period, the
Consenting OpCo Lenders shall have no further obligations pursuant to this §21; provided,
however, that nothing shall relieve the Purchaser(s) of its obligation to consummate the
purchase, and any Consenting OpCo Lender may demand specific performance of this §21 and the
Purchaser(s) hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and any
other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance in any action which
may be brought by any Consenting OpCo Lender under this §21. For the avoidance of doubt, the
Purchase Option shall terminate forty-five (45) days after the commencement of a Proceeding by any
OpCo Obligor, unless the Purchase Option has been duly exercised in accordance with this §21.

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Exhibit M

ANNEX II

Emmis Communication Corporation

One EMMIS Plaza, Suite 700

40 Monument Circle

Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

TOTAL RETURN SWAP TRANSACTION

[Address for Party A]

	 	 	 
	Date:

	 	                    , 2011
	 
	 	 
	From:

	 	Emmis Communication Corporation (“Party B”)
	 
	 	 
	Attention:
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	To:

	 	                                         (“Party A”)
	 
	 	 
	Re:

	 	Total Return Swap Transaction

Dear Sir or Madam:

The purpose of this letter agreement (this “Confirmation”) is to confirm the terms and
conditions of the Transaction entered into between us on the Trade Date specified below (the
“Transaction”). This Confirmation constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master
Agreement specified below.

The definitions and provisions contained in the 2002 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the
“Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.,
are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between the Equity
Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will govern.

 

 

 

1. This Confirmation evidences a complete binding agreement between you and us as to the terms
of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a
part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the ISDA 2002 Master Agreement, as published
by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. in 2002 (the “ISDA Form”), as if we
had executed an agreement in such form on the Trade Date of this Transaction between us (but
without any Schedule except for (a) the election of the laws of the State of New York as the
governing law and United States Dollars as the Termination Currency, (b) the amendment of Section
13(b)(i)(2) to read “(2) if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by the laws of the State of
New York, to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Indiana sitting in Marion County,
Indiana, the court of the United States of America for the Southern District of Indiana and
appellate courts having jurisdiction of appeals from any of the foregoing;”, (c) the replacement of
“; and” in Section 13(b)(ii) with “.” and the deletion of Section 13(b)(iii), and (d) the agreement
that notwithstanding Sections 5 and 6, if at any time and so long as a party to this Agreement
(“X”) shall have satisfied in full all its payment and delivery obligations under Section 2(a)(i)
and shall at the time have no future payment or delivery obligations, whether absolute or
contingent, under such Section, then unless the other party (“Y”) is required pursuant to
appropriate proceedings to return to X or otherwise returns to X upon demand of X any portion of
any such payment or delivery, (i) the occurrence of an event described in Section 5(a) with respect
to X or any Credit Support Provider or Specified Entity of X shall not constitute an Event of
Default or Potential Event of Default with respect to X and (ii) Y shall be entitled to designate
an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6 only as a result of the occurrence of a Termination
Event set forth in Section 5(b)(i) or 5(b)(ii) with respect to X as the Affected Party only). In
the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the ISDA Form and this Confirmation, this
Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of this Transaction.

2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 
	General Terms:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Trade Date:
	 	[                    ], 2011
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Effective Date:
	 	[                    ], 2011
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Scheduled Termination Date:
	 	[                    ], 2016
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Termination Date:
	 	The earlier to occur of: (i)
the Optional Early Termination
Date; (ii) the Event
Termination Date; and (iii)
the Scheduled Termination
Date.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Shares:
	 	6.25% Series A Cumulative
Convertible Preferred Stock of
Emmis Communication
Corporation (the “Issuer”)

 

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	 	Exchange:
	 	NASDAQ
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Related Exchange(s):
	 	All Exchanges
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Clearance System:
	 	DTC
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Equity Amounts payable by Party A	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Equity Amount Payer:
	 	Party A
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Equity Amount Receiver:
	 	Party B
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Number of Shares:
	 	[                    ]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Equity Notional Amount:
	 	$[total consideration]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Initial Price:
	 	$[price per share]
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Type of Return:
	 	Total Return
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Initial Exchange Amount payable by Party B:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Initial Exchange Amount:
	 	Equity Notional Amount
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Initial Exchange Date:
	 	Effective Date
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Settlement Terms:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Physical Settlement:
	 	Applicable; provided that the
Equity Amount Receiver shall
have no obligation to make any
payment (including, without
limitation, payment of the
Equity Notional Amount) on the
Settlement Date; provided
further that Physical
Settlement shall be deemed
satisfied upon the Termination
Date provided Party A has
delivered the Number of Shares
to Party B on the Effective
Date pursuant to Section 6(a)
below.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Settlement Date:
	 	The Termination Date.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Settlement Currency:
	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Settlement Method Election:
	 	Not Applicable

 

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	Dividends:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Dividend Payments:
	 	On each Dividend Payment Date,
the Equity Amount Payer will
pay the Equity Amount Receiver
the Dividend Amount in respect
of the relevant Dividend
Period, unless the Equity
Amount Receiver shall have
otherwise received the
Dividend Amount directly from
the Issuer. The obligation to
make Dividend Payments shall
survive any termination of
this Transaction.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Dividend Period:
	 	Each period from, but
excluding one Dividend Payment
Date to, and including, the
next Dividend Payment Date,
except that (i) the initial
Dividend Period will commence
on, but exclude, the Trade
Date and (ii) the final
Dividend Period will end on,
and include, the Settlement
Date.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Dividend Amount:
	 	Record Amount
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Dividend Payment Date:
	 	The date, if any, that the
Issuer of the Shares pays the
related dividend to holders of
record of such Shares as
determined by the Calculation
Agent.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Re-investment of Dividends:
	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Adjustments:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Method of Adjustment:
	 	Calculation Agent Adjustment

 

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	Extraordinary Events:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Consequences of Merger Events:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Share-for-Share:	 	As provided below
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Share-for-Other:	 	As provided below
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Share-for-Combined:	 	As provided below
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Determining Party:	 	Party A and Party B
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Tender Offer:	 	Applicable
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Consequences of Tender Offers:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Share-for-Share:	 	As provided below
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Share-for-Other:	 	As provided below
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Share-for-Combined:	 	As provided below
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Determining Party:
	 	Party A and Party B
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Composition of Combined Consideration:	 	Applicable
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Nationalization, Insolvency or Delisting:	 	As provided below
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Determining Party:
	 	Party B
	 
	 	 	 	 
	Additional Disruption Events:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Change in Law:
	 	Applicable
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Failure to Deliver:
	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Determining Party:
	 	Party A and Party B

Consequences of Extraordinary Events and Additional Disruption Events:

Upon the occurrence of an Extraordinary Event or an Additional Disruption Event, and
notwithstanding anything in the Equity Definitions to the contrary, each of Party A and Party B
shall have the right to deliver a notice to the other party of the occurrence of such Extraordinary
Event or Additional Disruption Event, which notice shall also specify a date that is not more than
2 Scheduled Trading Days and not less than 5 Scheduled Trading Days after the date on which such
notice is delivered, which date, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, will be the
Termination Date for the Transaction (the “Event Termination Date”).

 

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	Non-Reliance:

	 	Applicable
	 
	 	 
	Agreements and Acknowledgments
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	Regarding Hedging Activities:

	 	Not Applicable
	 
	 	 
	Additional Acknowledgments:

	 	Applicable

3. Optional Early Termination.

	(a)	 	Right to Terminate Early

Notwithstanding any other termination provision contained in this Confirmation or the ISDA
Form, Party B may give irrevocable notice (an “Optional Early Termination Notice”) (which
may be delivered in writing or orally by telephone) no later than the Scheduled Closing
Time on any Notice Date (as defined below) of an early termination of the Transaction (an
“Optional Early Termination”). If an Optional Early Termination Notice is given after the
Scheduled Closing Time on any Scheduled Trading Day, then that Optional Early Termination
Notice will be deemed delivered on the next following Scheduled Trading Day. Party B will
execute and deliver a written confirmation confirming the substance of any telephonic
notice in respect of an Optional Early Termination Notice within one Scheduled Trading Day
of that notice. Failure to provide that written confirmation will not affect the validity
of the telephonic notice.

Party B shall state in any Optional Early Termination Notice the date on which any such
Optional Early Termination is to be effected (the “Optional Early Termination Date”) (I)
which must be at least one (1) Scheduled Trading Day after the Notice Date (or such other
time as the parties may agree from time to time in respect of a particular Optional Early
Termination which may provide less notice), and (II) shall be no later than the Scheduled
Trading Day preceding the Scheduled Termination Date.

	(b)	 	Consequences of an Optional Early Termination

In consideration of the termination of the Transaction, Party A shall deliver to Party B a
number of Shares equal to the Number of Shares on the Settlement Date; provided that such
delivery shall be deemed satisfied upon delivery of the Number of Shares to Party B on the
Effective Date in accordance with Section 6(a) below. Upon the Termination Date, the
Transaction shall be terminated and neither party shall have any further obligation to the
other party in respect thereof.

“Notice Date” means, a Scheduled Trading Day from, and including, the Effective Date to,
and including, the second (2nd) Scheduled Trading Day preceding the Scheduled Termination
Date (or such other time as the parties may agree from time to time in respect of an
Optional Early Termination).

4. Calculation Agent.

Party A and Party B.

 

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5. Ownership of Shares.

Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 6 herein, Party A shall remain the beneficial owner
of, and maintain control (subject to the Transaction Documents) over the Shares in an amount equal
to the Number of Shares during the term of the Transaction and, except as otherwise provided
herein, may not sell any of the Number of Shares or enter into any other transactions relating to
any of the Number of Shares at any time during the term of the Transaction.

6. Security Interest.

	(a)	 	Security Interest

Party A hereby pledges to Party B, as security for all present and future obligations of
Party A under this Transaction, and grants to Party B a first priority continuing security
interest in, lien on and right of set-off against a number of Shares equal to the Number of
Shares. Party B will hold such Shares and shall act in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of
Party A, who shall remain a beneficial owner of the Shares until the Termination Date.

	(b)	 	Further Assurances

Promptly following a demand made by Party B, Party A will execute, deliver, file and record
any financing statement, specific assignment or other document and take any other action
that may be necessary or desirable and reasonably requested by Party B to create, preserve,
perfect or validate any security interest or lien granted under this Section 6, to enable
Party B to exercise or enforce its rights under this Confirmation with respect to the
Number of Shares.

7. [Reserved].

8. Additional Representations of Party A.

Party A represents and warrants to the Party B that:

	(a)	 	as of the Effective Date, its jurisdiction of organization, mailing address and the location
of its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more
than one place of business) are as set forth in Schedule 1 attached hereto;

	(b)	 	the name in which it has executed this Confirmation is the exact name as it appeared in its
organizational documents, as amended, as filed with its jurisdiction of organization on the
date of such execution; and

	(c)	 	it is the sole owner of or otherwise has the right to pledge the Shares to Party B hereunder,
free and clear of any security interest, lien, encumbrance or other restrictions other than
the security interest and lien in favor of Party B granted hereunder.

 

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9. Account Details:

	 	 	 
	Account for payments to Party A:

	 	[                    ]
	 
	 	 
	Account for delivery of Shares to Party B:

	 	Account Information to be provided
by Party B prior to the Effective
Date.

10. Offices:

(a) The Office of Party A for the Transaction is [                    ]; and

(b) The Office of Party B for the Transaction is Indiana.

[Signatures follow on separate page]

 

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Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing the
copy of this Confirmation enclosed for that purpose and returning it to us or by sending to us a
letter or telex substantially similar to this letter, which letter or telex sets forth the material
terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates and indicates your agreement to those
terms.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	Yours Sincerely,

EMMIS COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	 	 
	 	 	Title:  	 	 

Confirmed as of the date first above written:

[Party A]

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Name:	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:	 	 	 	 

 

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Schedule 1

JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION, MAILING ADDRESS AND LOCATION OF PLACE OF BUSINESS OF PARTY A

 

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