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                                                         DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,                                   Issuer                              DISCOVERY, INC.,                              Parent Guarantor                  SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC.,                             Subsidiary Guarantor                                     and                     U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,                                  Trustee                 NINETEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE                      DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2020                                     TO                                 INDENTURE                        DATED AS OF AUGUST 19, 2009                                 Relating To                   $1,732,036,000 4.000% Senior Notes due 2055                                                                                                     ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  NINETEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE          NINETEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of September 21,   2020 (the “Supplemental Indenture”), to the Base Indenture (defined below) among  Discovery Communications, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the  “Company”), Discovery, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent Guarantor”),  Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“Scripps”), and U.S. Bank  National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”).                                  RECITALS         WHEREAS, the Company has executed and delivered to the Trustee the  Indenture, dated as of August 19, 2009 (the “Base Indenture” and, together with this  Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time  of its Securities;         WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture, the Company desires to  provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known as its 4.000%  Senior Notes due 2055 (the “Initial Notes” and, together with any Exchange Notes (as  defined herein) issued therefor as provided herein, the “Notes”), the form and substance  of the Notes and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided  in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture; and         WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this  Supplemental Indenture, and all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental  Indenture a valid instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes, when  executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid and  legally binding obligations of the Company, and all acts and things necessary have been  done and performed to make this Supplemental Indenture enforceable in accordance with  its terms, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly  authorized in all respects.                                WITNESSETH:         NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises contained herein,  each party agrees for the benefit of each other party and for the equal and ratable benefit  of the Holders of the Notes, as follows:                                  ARTICLE 1                                 DEFINITIONS          Section 1.01. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental   Indenture shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Base Indenture.                                        2                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Section 1.02. References in this Supplemental Indenture to article and section   numbers shall be deemed to be references to article and section numbers of this   Supplemental Indenture unless otherwise specified.          Section 1.03. For purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, the following terms   have the meanings ascribed to them as follows:          “Attributable Debt” means, with respect to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, an  amount equal to the present value of the lease payments with respect to the term of the  lease remaining on the date as of which the amount is being determined, without regard  to any renewal or extension options contained in the lease, discounted at the rate of  interest set forth or implicit in the terms of the lease, compounded semi-annually.         “Base Indenture” has the meaning provided in the recitals.         “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking Société Anonyme.           “Company” has the meaning provided in the preamble.         “Distribution Compliance Period” means, with respect to the Notes, the period  of 40 consecutive days beginning on the later of (i) the day on which such Notes are first  offered to Persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on  Regulation S and (ii) the issue date with respect to such Notes.         “Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear  system.         “Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.         “Exchange Notes” means Notes containing terms substantially identical to the  Initial Notes (except that (i) such Exchange Notes may omit terms with respect to transfer  restrictions and may be registered under the Securities Act, and (ii) certain provisions  relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon may be eliminated), that are  issued and exchanged for the Initial Notes, as provided for in the Registration Rights  Agreement (including any amendment or supplement thereto).         “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set  forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements  of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved  by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are  applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.         “Indenture” has the meaning provided in the recitals.                                       3                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “Initial Notes” has the meaning provided in the recitals.          “Interest Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 2.04.          “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit,   arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or   other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever   (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of   way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease substantially   having the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).          “Non U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in  Regulation S.         “Notes” has the meaning provided in the recitals.         “Parent Guarantor” has the meaning provided in the preamble.         “Paying Agent” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(d).         “Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction” has the meaning provided in  Section 3.02(b).         “Private Placement Legend” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03(e).         “QIB” or “Qualified Institutional Buyer” means a “qualified institutional  buyer,” as that term is defined in Rule 144A.         “Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement,  dated as of September 21, 2020, among the Company, the Parent Guarantor, Scripps and  Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as dealer managers,  relating to the Initial Notes, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or  otherwise modified from time to time.         “Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.         “Regulation S Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form attached  hereto as Exhibit B.         “Resale Restriction Termination Date” has the meaning provided in Section  2.03(e).         “Restricted Security” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 144(a)(3)  under the Securities Act.                                       4                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.          “Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person   pursuant to which the Company or any Subsidiary leases any property that has been or is   to be sold or transferred by the Company or the Subsidiary to such person.          “Scripps” has the meaning provided in the preamble.          “Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning provided in the preamble.          “Total Consolidated Assets” means, as of any date, the total consolidated assets  of the Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries computed in accordance with GAAP as of  the last day of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to such date, subject to the  second sentence of the definition of “Debt” in the Base Indenture.         “Trustee” has the meaning provided in the preamble.                                  ARTICLE 2                   GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES          Section 2.01. Designation and Principal Amount.  The Notes are hereby   authorized and are designated the “4.000% Senior Notes due 2055,” unlimited in   aggregate principal amount.  The Notes issued on the date hereof pursuant to the terms of   the Indenture shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,732,036,000, which amount   shall be set forth in the written order of the Company for the authentication and delivery   of the Notes pursuant to Section 2.05 of the Base Indenture.  In addition, the Company   may, from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes,   create and issue additional Notes ranking equally and ratably with the Notes issued on the   date hereof in all respects (or in all respects except for the payment of interest accruing  prior to the issue date of such additional Notes or except for the first payment of interest  following the issue date of such additional Notes), so that such additional Notes shall be  consolidated and form a single series with the Notes issued on the date hereof and shall   have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes issued on the date   hereof, provided that if any such additional Notes are not fungible with the Notes initially   issued hereunder for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional Notes shall have a   separate CUSIP number.          Section 2.02. Maturity.  The principal amount of the Notes shall be payable on   September 15, 2055.          Section 2.03. Form and Payment.  (a) The Notes shall be issued as global notes,   only in fully registered book-entry form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of   $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.                                        5                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (b)   Principal, premium, if any, and/or interest, if any, on the global notes  representing the Notes shall be made to the Paying Agent (defined below) which in turn  shall make payment to The Depository Trust Company as the Depositary with respect to  the Notes of such series or its nominee.         (c)   The global notes representing the Notes shall be deposited with, or on  behalf of, the Depositary and shall be registered, at the request of the Depositary, in the  name of Cede & Co.         (d)   U.S. Bank National Association shall act as paying agent for the Notes  (the “Paying Agent”).  The Company may appoint and change the Paying Agent without  prior notice to the Holders.         (e)   Each global note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form  (the “Private Placement Legend”) on the face thereof until the Private Placement  Legend is removed or not required in accordance with Section 2.06(c):            THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED           IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE           UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE           “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED,           SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH           REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM.           EACH PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT           THE SELLER OF THIS SECURITY MAY BE RELYING ON THE           EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE           SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE           HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF           REPRESENTS THAT IT IS (1) A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL           BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)           OR (2) NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING ITS NOTE IN AN           “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” PURSUANT TO RULE 904 OF           REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.            THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF           DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC THAT (A) PRIOR TO THE           DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) WHICH           IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE           HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY           AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY           (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), THIS SECURITY           MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE           TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER           REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL                                      6                                                                             ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT)            IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A,            (II) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER            THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF            AVAILABLE), (III) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S.            PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN            THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,            (IV) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN            THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE            501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THIS            SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF            SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” FOR            INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR            OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN            VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (V) PURSUANT TO ANY            OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION            REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (VI) PURSUANT TO A            REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED            EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN            ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY            STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND            EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY            PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS            REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. THIS LEGEND WILL BE            REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS            SECURITY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (A)(VI) ABOVE OR REQUEST OF            THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION            DATE. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING THE            TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER THE TRANSFER OF THIS            SECURITY IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTION.           Section 2.04. Interest.  Interest on the Notes shall accrue at the rate of 4.000%  per annum.  Interest on the Notes shall be payable semiannually in arrears on March 15   and September 15 of each year, commencing on March 15, 2021 (each an “Interest  Payment Date”), to the Holders in whose names the Notes are registered at the close of  business on the March 1 and September 1 immediately preceding such Interest Payment  Date.  Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised  of twelve 30-day months.  If any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, then the  related payment of interest for such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on the next  succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest  Payment Date and no further interest shall accrue as a result of such delay.                                        7                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Section 2.05. Other Terms.  The Notes shall be unsecured senior indebtedness of  the Company and shall rank equally and ratably in right of payment with all of the  Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness outstanding from time to  time.  The Notes shall not be convertible into, or exchangeable for, any other securities of  the Company, except that the Notes shall be exchangeable for other Notes to the extent  provided for in the Base Indenture.         Section 2.06. Special Transfer Restrictions.           (a)   Transfers to Non U.S. Persons.  The following provisions shall apply with   respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security   to any Non U.S. Person: The Security Registrar shall register such transfer if it complies   with all other applicable requirements of the Indenture and,                (i)   if (x) such transfer is after the relevant Resale Restriction         Termination Date with respect to such Note or (y) the proposed transferor has         delivered to the Security Registrar, the Company and the Trustee a Regulation S        Certificate and, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Trustee, an        opinion of counsel, certifications and other information satisfactory to the        Company and the Trustee, and                (ii)  if the proposed transferor is or is acting through a members of, or         participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) holding a beneficial interest         in a global note, upon receipt by the Security Registrar, the Company and the         Trustee of (x) the certificate, opinion, certifications and other information, if any,         required by clause (a) above and (y) written instructions given in accordance with         the procedures of the Security Registrar and of the Depositary;    whereupon (i) the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a   decrease in the principal amount of the relevant global note in an amount equal to the   principal amount of the beneficial interest in the relevant global note to be transferred,   and (ii) if the proposed transferee is or is acting through an Agent Member holding a   beneficial interest in a relevant global note, the Security Registrar shall reflect on its   books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of such global note in   an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest being so transferred.   Through the Distribution Compliance Period, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S   global note may be held only through designated Agent Members holding on behalf of   Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the provisions of   this Section 2.06(a).          (b)   Transfers to QIBs. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the   registration of any proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security to a QIB   (excluding transfers to Non U.S. Persons): The Security Registrar shall register such   transfer if it complies with all other applicable requirements of the Indenture and,                                       8                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (i)   if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has        checked the box provided for on the form of such Note stating, or has otherwise        certified to the Security Registrar, the Company and the Trustee in writing, that        the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a        transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of such Note        stating, or has otherwise certified to Security Registrar, the Company and the        Trustee in writing, that it is purchasing such Note for its own account or an        account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it        and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware        that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it        has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant        to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is        aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to        claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and               (ii)  if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Note to be        transferred consists of a beneficial interest in a global note that after the transfer is        to be evidenced by an interest in a different global note, upon receipt by the        Security Registrar of written instructions given in accordance with the procedures        of the Security Registrar and of the Depositary or Euroclear or Clearstream, as        applicable, whereupon the Security Registrar shall reflect on its books and records        the date and an increase in the principal amount of the transferee global note in an        amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial interest in such transferor        global note to be transferred, and the Trustee shall reflect on its books and records        the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such transferor global note.         (c)   Private Placement Legend.  Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of  Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Security Registrar shall deliver  Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or  replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Security Registrar shall  deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) the requested  transfer is after the relevant Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such  Notes, (ii) upon written request of the Company after there is delivered to the Security  Registrar an opinion of counsel (which opinion of counsel is satisfactory to the  Company) to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are  required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, or (iii)  such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the  Securities Act.         (d)   Other Transfers.  The Security Registrar shall effect and register, upon  receipt of a written request from the Company to do so, a transfer not otherwise permitted  by this Section 2.06, such registration to be done in accordance with the otherwise  applicable provisions of this Section 2.06, upon the furnishing by the proposed transferor                                      9                                                                             ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                or transferee of a written opinion of counsel (which opinion of counsel is satisfactory to  the Company) to the effect that, and such other certifications or information as the  Company or the Trustee may require to confirm that, the proposed transfer is being made  pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration  requirements of the Securities Act.         A Note that is a Restricted Security may not be transferred other than as provided  in this Section 2.06. A beneficial interest in a global note that is a Restricted Security may  not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in another global note other than through a  transfer in compliance with this Section 2.06.         (e)   General.  By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement  Legend, each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such  Note set forth in this Supplemental Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and  agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Supplemental Indenture.         The Security Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written  communications received pursuant to this Section 2.06. The Company shall have the right  to require the Security Registrar to deliver to the Company, at the Company’s expense,  copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time  upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Security Registrar.         In connection with any transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Security Registrar  and the Company shall be entitled to receive, shall be under no duty to inquire into, may  conclusively presume the correctness of, and shall be fully protected in conclusively  relying upon the certificates, opinions and other information referred to herein (or in the  forms provided herein, attached hereto or to the Notes, or otherwise) received from any  Holder and any transferee of any Note regarding the validity, legality and due  authorization of any such transfer, the eligibility of the transferee to receive such Note  and any other facts and circumstances related to such transfer.         Section 2.07. Payment of Additional Interest.  (a) Under the circumstances set  forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will be obligated to pay  additional amounts of interest to the Holders of certain Initial Notes, as more particularly  set forth in such Registration Rights Agreement and Initial Notes.         (b)   Prior to any Interest Payment Date on which any such additional interest is  payable, the Company shall give notice to the Trustee of the amount of any additional  interest due on such Interest Payment Date. The Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or  verify the calculation of any additional interest that is payable as determined by the  Company.                                       10                                                                             ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ARTICLE 3                           ADDITIONAL COVENANTS        Section 3.01. Limitation on Liens.  (a) The Company shall not, and shall not  permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any  property or asset, to secure any Debt of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other  Person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, without securing the Notes equally and  ratably with such Debt for so long as such Debt will be so secured, subject to the  exceptions set forth in Section 3.01(b).         (b)   The foregoing restriction does not apply, with respect to any Person, to  any of the following:               (i)   Liens existing on the date hereof;               (ii)  Liens on assets or property of a Person at the time it becomes a        Subsidiary securing only indebtedness of such Person or Liens existing on assets        or property at the time of the acquisition of such assets, provided such        indebtedness was not incurred or such Liens were not created in connection with        such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such assets being acquired;               (iii) Liens on assets created at the time of or within 12 months after the        acquisition, purchase, lease, improvement or development of such assets to secure        all or a portion of the purchase price or lease for, or the costs of improvement or        development of, such assets;               (iv)  Liens to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding        (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings or refundings), in whole or in        part, of any indebtedness secured by Liens referred to in the foregoing clauses (i)        through (iii) or Liens created in connection with any amendment, consent or        waiver relating to such indebtedness, so long as such Lien does not extend to any        other property and the amount of Debt secured is not increased (other than by the        amount equal to any costs and expenses incurred in connection with any        extension, renewal, refinancing or refunding);               (v)   Liens on property incurred in a Permitted Sale and Leaseback        Transaction;               (vi)  Liens in favor of only the Parent Guarantor, the Company or one        or more Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor granted by the Company or a        Subsidiary to secure any obligations owed to the Parent Guarantor, the Company        or a Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor;                                       11                                                                             ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (vii) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,        repairmen’s, laborers’, landlords’ and similar Liens arising in the ordinary course        of business securing obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 90        days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;               (viii) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in        connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other        social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by the Employee        Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended;               (ix)  deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and        leases, statutory obligations, surety bonds (other than bonds related to judgments        or litigation), performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in        the ordinary course of business;              (x)   Liens arising out of a judgment, decree or order of court being       contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate       reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Parent Guarantor,        the Company or the books of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity        with GAAP;               (xi)  Liens for taxes not yet due and payable, or being contested in good        faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect        thereto are maintained on the books of the Parent Guarantor, the Company or the        books of their Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;               (xii) easements, rights of way, restrictions and similar Liens affecting        real property incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any        monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the property        subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the        Parent Guarantor, the Company or of such Subsidiary;               (xiii) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of        credit related to trade payables and issued in the ordinary course of business,        which Liens encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of        credit and the products and proceeds thereof;               (xiv) Liens encumbering customary initial deposits and margin deposits        and other Liens in the ordinary course of business, in each case securing        indebtedness under any interest swap obligations and currency agreements and        forward contract, option, futures contracts, futures options or similar agreements        or arrangements designed to protect the Parent Guarantor or any of its        Subsidiaries from fluctuations in interest rates or currencies;                                      12                                                                             ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (xv)  Liens in the nature of voting, equity transfer, redemptive rights or         similar terms under any such agreement or other term customarily found in such         agreements, in each case, encumbering the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s         equity interests or other investments in such Subsidiary or other Person;                (xvi) Liens created in favor of a producer or supplier of television         programming or films over distribution revenues and/or distribution rights which         are allocable to such producer or supplier under related distribution arrangements;         or                (xvii) Liens otherwise prohibited by this Section 3.01, securing         indebtedness which, together with the amount of Attributable Debt incurred in         Sale and Leaseback Transactions, do not at any time exceed 10% of Total         Consolidated Assets.          Section 3.02. Limitation on Sale and Leasebacks.  (a) The Company shall not,   and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction   (other than a Permitted Sale and Leaseback Transaction), unless the Company or such   Subsidiary would be entitled to secure the property to be leased (without equally and   ratably securing the outstanding Notes) in a principal amount equal to the amount of   Attributable Debt incurred in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction.          (b)   For purposes of Section 3.01 and this Section 3.02, “Permitted Sale and   Leaseback Transaction” means any of the following:  (i) temporary leases for a term,   including renewals at the option of the lessee, of not more than three years, (ii) leases   between only the Company and a Subsidiary or only between Subsidiaries of the   Company and (iii) leases of property executed by the time of, or within 12 months after   the latest of (A) the acquisition, (B) the completion of construction or improvement or   (C) the commencement of commercial operation of the property.          Section 3.03. Consolidation, Sale, Merger or Conveyance.  (a) In addition to  complying with the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, the Company  agrees that if, as a result of any consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease to  which such Section 9.01 applies, properties or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary  would become subject to any lien that would not be permitted by Section 3.01 hereof  without equally and ratably securing the Notes, (i) the Company or the Person formed by  such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person that acquires by  conveyance or transfer, or that leases, the properties and assets of the Company  substantially as an entirety, as the case may be, shall take the steps as are necessary to  effectively secure the Notes equally and ratably with, or prior to, all indebtedness secured  by those liens as provided for in Section 3.01 and (ii) the Officer’s Certificate and an   Opinion of Counsel required by Section 9.01(c) of the Base Indenture shall also state that   such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental                                       13                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture  comply with this Section 3.03(a).         (b)   In addition to complying with the provisions of Section 9.03 of the Base  Indenture, the Parent Guarantor agrees that if, as a result of any consolidation, merger,  conveyance, transfer or lease to which such Section 9.03 applies, properties or assets of  the Company or any Subsidiary would become subject to any lien that would not be  permitted by Section 3.01 hereof without equally and ratably securing the Notes, (i) the  Parent Guarantor or the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Parent  Guarantor is merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or that leases,  the properties and assets of the Parent Guarantor substantially as an entirety, as the case  may be, shall take the steps as are necessary to effectively secure the Notes equally and  ratably with, or prior to, all indebtedness secured by those liens as provided for in Section  3.01 and (ii) the Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel required by Section  9.03(c) of the Base Indenture shall also state that such consolidation, merger,  conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection  with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Section 3.03(b).         (c)   Nothing contained in the last paragraph of each of Sections 9.01 and 9.03  of the Base Indenture shall limit the application of Section 3.01 hereof to any  consolidation or merger of any Person into the Company or the Parent Guarantor where  the Company or the Parent Guarantor is the survivor of such transaction, or the  acquisition by the Company or the Parent Guarantor, by purchase or otherwise, of all or  any part of the property of any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Company  or the Parent Guarantor).         Section 3.04. Guarantee by Subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor.          (a)   The Parent Guarantor shall cause each wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary  that guarantees payment of any Debt of the Company or the Parent Guarantor under the  Company’s Revolving Credit Facility, to execute and deliver to the Trustee within 30  days a supplemental indenture, in form and substance required by the Indenture or other  instrument pursuant to which such wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary will guarantee  payment of the Notes, whereupon such Domestic Subsidiary will become a Subsidiary  Guarantor for all purposes hereunder. Subsidiary guarantees will be subject to release and  discharge under the circumstances described below in this Section 3.04 prior to payment  in full of the Notes.          (b)   All payments on the Notes, including principal and interest (and premium,  if any), and all other amounts due under the Indenture relating to the Notes will be fully  and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis by each  Subsidiary Guarantor.                                       14                                                                             ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (c)   The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor are limited to the maximum  amount, as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such  Subsidiary Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made  by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such  other Subsidiary Guarantor under its subsidiary guarantee or pursuant to its contribution  obligations under the Indenture, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor  under the subsidiary guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent  transfer under applicable law, or being void or unenforceable under any law relating to  insolvency of debtors.        (d)    Each such subsidiary guarantee will be a continuing guarantee and shall (i)  remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the principal amount of all  outstanding Notes (whether by payment at maturity, purchase, redemption, defeasance,  retirement or other acquisition) and all other subsidiary guaranteed obligations of the  relevant Subsidiary Guarantor then due and owing, unless earlier terminated as described  below, (ii) be binding upon such Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) inure to the benefit of and  be enforceable by the Trustee, the Holders and their permitted successors, transferees and  assigns.         Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.04, any Subsidiary  Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be released from all obligations under  its subsidiary guarantee, and such subsidiary guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be  discharged and of no further force or effect, (i) concurrently with any direct or indirect  sale or disposition (by merger or otherwise) of such Subsidiary Guarantor or any interest  therein, or any other transaction, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, (ii) at any  time that such Subsidiary Guarantor is (or, substantially concurrently with the release of  the subsidiary guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor or if as a result of the release of  the subsidiary guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor, will be) released from all of its  obligations under its guarantee of payment by the Company of any Debt of the Company  or the Parent Guarantor under the Revolving Credit Facility (it being understood that a  release subject to contingent reinstatement is still a release, and that if any such guarantee  is so reinstated, such subsidiary guarantee shall also be reinstated to the extent that such  Subsidiary Guarantor would then be required to provide a subsidiary guarantee pursuant  to this Section 3.04), (iii) upon the merger or consolidation of such Subsidiary Guarantor  with and into the Company or the Parent Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor that  is the surviving person in such merger or consolidation, or upon the liquidation of such  Subsidiary Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the Company or the  Parent Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor, (iv) concurrently with such Subsidiary  Guarantor ceasing to constitute a Domestic Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor, (v) upon  legal or covenant defeasance of the Company’s obligations, or satisfaction and discharge  of the Notes, or (vi) upon payment in full of the aggregate principal amount of all of the  Notes then outstanding and all other subsidiary guaranteed obligations then due and  owing (provided that the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be                                      15                                                                             ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    reinstated if at any time any payment which would otherwise have reduced or terminated   the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and under its subsidiary guarantee   (whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company or by or on   behalf of a Subsidiary Guarantor) is rescinded or reclaimed from any of the Holders upon   the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any   Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made).   Upon any such occurrence specified in this Section 3.04, the Trustee shall execute any   documents reasonably requested by the Company in order to evidence such release,   discharge and termination in respect of such subsidiary guarantee.          (e)   For purposes of this Section 3.04, the following definitions are applicable:          “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Guarantor Subsidiary that is organized under   the laws of any political subdivision of the United States that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.          “Foreign Subsidiary” means any Guarantor Subsidiary that is organized under   the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a state thereof or the District of   Columbia or that is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco. For the avoidance of doubt, any   Guarantor Subsidiary that is organized and existing under the laws of Puerto Rico or any   other territory of the United States of America shall be a Foreign Subsidiary.          “Foreign Subsidiary Holdco” means any Guarantor Subsidiary designated as a   Foreign Subsidiary Holdco by the Company, so long as such Subsidiary has no material   assets other than securities, indebtedness or receivables of one or more Foreign   Subsidiaries (or Guarantor Subsidiaries thereof), intellectual property relating solely to   such Foreign Subsidiaries (or Guarantor Subsidiaries thereof) and/or other assets   (including cash and cash equivalents) relating to an ownership interest in any such   securities, indebtedness, intellectual property or Guarantor Subsidiaries.          “Guarantor Subsidiary” means a corporation or other business entity of which   equity interests having a majority of the voting power under ordinary circumstances is   owned, directly or indirectly, by the Parent Guarantor or by one of more subsidiaries of   the Parent Guarantor, or by the Parent Guarantor and one or more subsidiaries of the   Parent Guarantor.         “Revolving Credit Facility” means the revolving credit facility created pursuant  to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 4, 2016, among the  Company, the Parent Guarantor, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, the lenders from   time to time parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent, as   amended by Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of   August 11, 2017, and Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,   dated as of April 30, 2020, and as further amended, restated, supplemented, replaced,   waived or otherwise modified from time to time.                                       16                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “Subsidiary Guarantor” means any Guarantor Subsidiary that enters into a   subsidiary guarantee, in each case, unless and until such Guarantor Subsidiary is released   from such subsidiary guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.04.          Section 3.05. Certain Subsidiaries.  If any Subsidiary Guarantor (including   Scripps) is a subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor but not a Subsidiary of the Company,   then, unless and until such Subsidiary Guarantor is released from such subsidiary   guarantee of the Notes, such Subsidiary Guarantor and its subsidiaries shall be treated as   if they were Subsidiaries of the Company for all purposes under the Indenture, including   for purposes of the provisions described in Section 3.01 and Section 3.02 of this   Supplemental Indenture.                                   ARTICLE 4                           REDEMPTION OF THE NOTES          Section 4.01. Optional Redemption.          (a)   Prior to the Par Call Date (as defined below), the Notes shall be   redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company at any time and from time   to time, at a redemption price equal to the greater of:               (i)   100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, and               (ii)  as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum        of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and        interest on the Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of such payments        of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) assuming that the Notes matured        on the Par Call Date, discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis        (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted        Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 40 basis points, plus, in each case accrued        and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but not including        the date of redemption.         On and after the Par Call Date, the Notes shall be redeemable, in whole or in part,  at the option of the Company at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price  equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and  unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to but not including the date of  redemption.         For all purposes of the Notes, the reference to 30 days in Section 12.02 of the  Base Indenture shall be deemed to have been replaced with 10 days. In addition to  complying with the provisions of Section 12.02 under the Base Indenture, any notice of  redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction or waiver of  one or more conditions precedent and such notice shall state the nature of such conditions                                       17                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    precedent. Interest on the Notes or portions of Notes so called for redemption shall cease   to accrue on and after the date of redemption together with interest accrued to said date,   subject to the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent specified in such notice   of redemption, unless the Company defaults in the payment of such Notes at the   redemption price.          (b)   For purposes of this Section 4.01, the following definitions are applicable:          “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate  per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable  Treasury Issue (as defined below), assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue  (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury  Price (as defined below) for such redemption date.         “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security  selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term  of the Notes to be redeemed (assuming that such Notes matured on the Par Call Date) that  would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial  practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the  remaining term of such Notes.         “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date, (i)  the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for such  redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer  Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer  Quotations, the average of all such quotations.         “Par Call Date” means March 15, 2055.         “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the  Company.         “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (i) Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBC  Capital Markets, LLC, their respective affiliates and their respective successors with  respect to the Notes; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing ceases to be a  primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury  Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (ii)  any other Primary Treasury Dealers selected by the Company.         “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference  Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of  the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a  percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference                                        18                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding   such redemption date.          Section 4.02. Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.    (a) If a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs, unless the Company has exercised its   right to redeem the Notes in full, pursuant to Section 4.01, Holders of Notes shall have   the right to require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of such Holders’ Notes, as   applicable, pursuant to the offer described in 4.02(b) below (such offer, the “Change of   Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus   accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase, subject to the rights of   Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant   interest payment date.          (b)   Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control   Triggering Event occurred, or at the Company’s option, prior to any Change of Control   but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall   be required to send, by first class mail, a notice to Holders of Notes not redeemed, with a  copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer.   Such notice shall state, among other things, the repurchase date, which must be no earlier  than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may  be required by law (the “Change of Control Payment Date”).  The notice, if mailed  prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control, may state that the Change of  Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control being consummated on or prior to  the Change of Control Payment Date.  Holders of Notes not redeemed electing to have  their Notes repurchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to  surrender their Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the  reverse of the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice,  or transfer their Notes to the Paying Agent by book-entry transfer pursuant to the  applicable procedures of the Paying Agent, prior to the close of business on the third  Business Day prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.         (c)   The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a  third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance  with the requirements for such an offer made by the Company and such third party  purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer.         (d)   The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the  Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those  laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a  result of a Change of Control Triggering Event.  To the extent that the provisions of any  such securities laws or regulations conflict with the Change of Control Offer provisions  of the Notes, the Company shall comply with those securities laws and regulations and  shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions in the Indenture  governing the Change of Control Offer by virtue of any such conflict.                                       19                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          (e)   For purposes of this Section 4.02, the following definitions are applicable:          “Below Investment Grade Rating Event” with respect to the Notes means that  such Notes become rated below Investment Grade by each Rating Agency on any date  from the date of the public notice by the Parent Guarantor or the Company of an  arrangement that results in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period  following public notice by the Parent Guarantor or the Company of the occurrence of a  Change of Control (which period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is  under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating  Agencies); provided, however, that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise  arising by virtue of a particular reduction in rating shall not be deemed to have occurred  in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below  Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of the definition of “Change of Control  Triggering Event”), if the Rating Agencies making the reduction in rating to which this  definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the  Trustee in writing at its request that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of  any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the  applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has  occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).         “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any one of the following:               (i)   the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other        disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of        related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent Guarantor        and its Subsidiaries, or the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any        “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than        to the Parent Guarantor or one of its Subsidiaries;               (ii)  the consummation of any transaction (including without limitation,        any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as that term        is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), other than any Significant        Shareholder (as defined below) or any combination of Significant Shareholders,        becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the        Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting        Stock of the Parent Guarantor or the Company, measured by voting power rather        than number of shares;               (iii) the consummation of a so-called “going private/Rule 13e-3        Transaction” that results in any of the effects described in paragraph (a)(3)(ii) of        Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision) with respect to        each class of the Parent Guarantor’s common stock, following which any        Significant Shareholder or any combination of Significant Shareholders        “beneficially own” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange                                       20                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Act), directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock of the         Parent Guarantor, measured by voting power rather than number of shares;                (iv)  the first day on which the majority of the members of the Board of         Directors of the Parent Guarantor cease to be Continuing Directors; or                (v)   the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation, dissolution or         winding up of the Parent Guarantor.         “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change  of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.  Notwithstanding the foregoing,  no Change of Control Triggering Event shall be deemed to have occurred in connection   with any particular Change of Control unless and until such Change of Control has   actually been consummated.          “Continuing Director” means, as of any date of determination, any member of   the Board of Directors (or equivalent body) of the Parent Guarantor who:                (i)   was a member of such board of directors on the date of the         issuance of the Notes; or                (ii)  was nominated for election, elected or appointed to such board of         directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were         members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination, election or        appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Parent Guarantor’s        proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a        director).         “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings Ltd., and its successors.         “Investment Grade” means a rating of “BBB–” or better by S&P (or its  equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P), a rating of “Baa3” or better by  Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s) and a rating  of “BBB–” or better by Fitch (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of  Fitch).         “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.         “Rating Agency” means (i) each of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch; and (ii) if any of  S&P, Moody’s or Fitch ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes  publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized  statistical rating organization” as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act,  selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the                                        21                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Parent Guarantor and reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) as a replacement agency for   S&P, Moody’s or Fitch, or all of them, as the case may be.          “S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and its   successors.         “Significant Shareholder” means each of (i) Advance/Newhouse Programming  Partnership, (ii) the Parent Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) any other  “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) if 50% or more of  the Voting Stock of such person is “beneficially owned” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and  13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, by Advance/Newhouse  Programming Partnership or the Parent Guarantor or one of its Subsidiaries or any  combination thereof.         “Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means any and all shares  or equity interests (however designated) of such Person that are at the time entitled to  vote generally in the election of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such  Person, as applicable.                                  ARTICLE 5                              EVENTS OF DEFAULT          Section 5.01. Events of Default.  (a) Solely with respect to the Notes, the first  paragraph of Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended as follows:                (i)   Clause (a) shall be amended by replacing the phrase “60 days (or         such other period as may be established for the Securities as contemplated by         Section 2.04)” with “30 days” therein;               (ii)  Clause (b) shall be amended by deleting the phrase “, and the        continuance of such default for five days (or such other period as may be        established for the Securities as contemplated by Section 2.04)” therein;               (iii) The following clause shall be added immediately following clause        (e):  “(f) a Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated        by the terms of the Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding        or the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, denies or        disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or the applicable Guarantee; or”;        and               (iv)  Clause (f) shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as        follows:                                        22                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                “(g) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument               under which there may be issued or by which there may be               secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money               borrowed by the Parent Guarantor, the Company or any of               their Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is guaranteed               by the Parent Guarantor, the Company or any of their               Subsidiaries), whether such indebtedness or guarantee now               exists, or is created after the date hereof, if that default (i) is               caused by a failure to pay principal on such indebtedness at               its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any               applicable grace periods provided in such indebtedness) (a               “Payment Default”) or (ii) results in the acceleration of              such indebtedness prior to its express maturity (an               “Acceleration Event”) and (A) in each case, the principal               amount of any such indebtedness, together with the               principal amount of any other such indebtedness under               which there has been a Payment Default or an Acceleration               Event, aggregates $100 million or more and (B) in the case               of a Payment Default, such indebtedness is not discharged               and, in the case of an Acceleration Event, such acceleration               is not rescinded or annulled, within ten days after there has               been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company               and the Parent Guarantor by the Trustee or to the Company,               the Parent Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at               least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, a               written notice specifying such default or breach and               requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a               “Notice of Default” hereunder.”          (b)   Solely with respect to the Notes, the first sentence of the second paragraph   of Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture shall be amended by replacing the phrase “in   clauses (a), (b), (c) or (f)” with “in clauses (a), (b), (c), (f) or (g)” therein.          Section 5.02. Collection of Debt by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt.  Solely   with respect to the Notes, the first sentence of the first paragraph of Section 5.02 of the   Base Indenture shall be amended as follows:          (a)   Clause (a) shall be amended by replacing the phrase “60 days” with “30  days” therein; and         (b)   Clause (b) shall be amended by deleting the phrase “, and such default  shall have continued for a period of five days” therein.                                        23                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ARTICLE 6                           SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES          Section 6.01. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders.  Solely   with respect to the Notes, the first paragraph of Section 8.02 of the Base Indenture shall   be amended as follows:          (a)   the following clauses shall be added immediately following clause (a) in   the proviso of that paragraph (but before the word “or” immediately preceding clause  (b)):  “(b) reduce the amount payable upon repurchase of the Notes, or change the time at  which any Notes may be so repurchased; (c) make any change to a Guarantee in any   manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes;” and         (b)   clause (b) in the proviso of that paragraph shall become clause (d).                                  ARTICLE 7                                 NO RECOURSE          Section 7.01. No Recourse.  Solely with respect to the Notes, Section 11.01 of   the Base Indenture shall be amended (a) by replacing the phrase “the Guarantor” with   “any Guarantor” in each instance, and (b) by adding the words “and the Guarantee”   immediately following the phrase “such Securities.”                                  ARTICLE 8                                MISCELLANEOUS          Section 8.01. Covenant Defeasance.  Article 10 of the Base Indenture shall be   applicable to the Notes.  If the Company effects “covenant defeasance” (as defined in   Section 10.05 of the Base Indenture) pursuant to Article 10 of the Base Indenture, then   the Company shall be released from its obligations under Article Three and Section 4.02   of this Supplemental Indenture with respect to the Notes as provided for in Article 10 of   the Base Indenture.         Section 8.02. Form of Notes.  (a) The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of  authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A  attached hereto, which form is hereby incorporated in and made a part of this  Supplemental Indenture.         (b)   The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are  hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture, and the Company and the  Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree  to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.                                        24                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Section 8.03. Ratification of Base Indenture.  The Base Indenture, as   supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed,   and this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Base Indenture in the   manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.         Section 8.04. Trust Indenture Act Controls.  If any provision hereof limits,  qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310 through Section 317 of the  Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the imposed duties shall control.         Section 8.05. Conflict with Indenture.  To the extent not expressly amended or  modified by this Supplemental Indenture, the Base Indenture shall remain in full force  and effect.  If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture relating to the Notes is  inconsistent with any provision of the Base Indenture, the provision of this Supplemental  Indenture shall control.         Section 8.06. Governing Law.  THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND  THE NOTES SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT UNDER THE LAWS OF  THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE CONSTRUED  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SUCH STATE, EXCEPT AS MAY  OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW.         Section 8.07. Successors.  All agreements of the Company and the Parent  Guarantor in the Base Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall bind  their respective successors.  All agreements of the Trustee in the Base Indenture and this  Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.         Section 8.08. Counterparts.  This instrument may be executed in any number of  counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such  counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.  Signatures of the  parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original  signatures for all purposes. Electronic signatures believed by the Trustee to comply with  the ESIGN Act of 2000 or other applicable law (including electronic images of  handwritten signatures and digital signature provided by DocuSign, Orbit, Adobe Sign or  any other digital signature provider acceptable to Trustee) shall also be deemed original  signatures for all purposes hereunder.  Any communication or documents sent to the  Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way  of a digital signature provided by DocuSign (or such other digital signature provider as  specified in writing to the Trustee by the authorized representative of the Company).   Notwithstanding the foregoing, Trustee may in any instance and in its sole discretion  require that an original document bearing a manual signature be delivered to Trustee in  lieu of, or in addition to, any such electronic method.  The Company agrees to assume all  risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit  communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting  on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.                                       25                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Section 8.09. Trustee Disclaimer.  The Trustee makes no representation as to the  validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture other than as to the validity of its  execution and delivery by the Trustee.  The recitals and statements herein are deemed to  be those of the Company and the Parent Guarantor and not the Trustee.                                        26                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the   Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.                                 DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC                                                                                                By:   /s/ Fraser Woodford                                                       Name: Fraser Woodford                                      Title:  Executive Vice President, Treasury                                       and Corporate Finance                                 DISCOVERY, INC.                                                                                                By:   /s/ Fraser Woodford                                                       Name: Fraser Woodford                                      Title:  Executive Vice President, Treasury                                       and Corporate Finance                                 SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC.                                                                                                By:   /s/ Fraser Woodford                                                       Name: Fraser Woodford                                      Title:  Executive Vice President, Treasury                                       and Corporate Finance                                 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Trustee                                                                                                By:   /s/ Karen R. Beard                                                        Name: Karen Beard                                      Title:   Vice President                    [Signature Page to Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture]                                                                           

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 EXHIBIT A                                FORM OF NOTE          UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR   SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT   BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A   NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO   THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE   DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A   NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.  UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS   PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY   TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY  OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR  PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF  CEDE & CO.  OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO  CEDE & CO.  OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN  AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR  OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS  WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO.,  HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.                                                                                                                        ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC                         4.000% Senior Note Due 2055                CUSIP No.:[144A CUSIP: 25470D BK4] [Reg S CUSIP: U25478 AH8]  No.         ISIN No.: [144A ISIN: US25470DBK46] [Reg S ISIN: USU25478AH87]                                                                     $                DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability  company (the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation), for value  received promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of  $         (the “Principal”) on September 15, 2055.         Interest Payment Dates:  March 15 and September 15 (each, an “Interest  Payment Date”), commencing on March 15, 2021.         Interest Record Dates: March 1 and September 1 (each, an “Interest Record  Date”).         Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security contained herein,  which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.                                                                                                                                                ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Security to be signed  manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer under its seal.                                 DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC                                                                                                                                By:                                                                             Name:                                        Title:                                                                                                                                                  ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          NOTATION OF GUARANTEE          Discovery, Inc. (the “Parent Guarantor”) and Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.  (the “Subsidiary Guarantor” and together with the Parent Guarantor, the   “Guarantors”, which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture (the   “Indenture”) referred to in the Security on which this notation is endorsed) have   unconditionally guaranteed, pursuant to the terms of the Guarantee contained in Article   13 of the Indenture (and, with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantor, subject to the terms   and conditions set forth in Section 3.04 of the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated   as of September 21, 2020 (the “Supplemental Indenture”)), the due and punctual   payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security, when and as   the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Security and   the Indenture.          The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of the Securities and to the   Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 13   of the Indenture (and, with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantor, subject to the terms and   conditions set forth in Section 3.04 of the Supplemental Indenture), and reference is   hereby made to such Article and Indenture and Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, for   the precise terms of the Guarantee.          The Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate   of authentication on the Security upon which this notation of the Guarantee is endorsed   shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of   one of its authorized signatories.                                                                                                                                                    ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              DISCOVERY, INC.                                                                                                                                By:                                                                             Name:                                        Title:                                   SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC.                                                                                                                                By:                                                                             Name:                                        Title:                                                                                                                                                  ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the  within-mentioned Indenture.   Dated: September 21, 2020                                 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Trustee                                 By:                                                                             Authorized Officer                                                                                                                     ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (REVERSE OF SECURITY)                     DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC                          4.000% Senior Note Due 2055           1.    Interest.         DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability  company (the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this  Security at the rate per annum shown above.  Cash interest on the Securities will accrue  from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid,  from September 21, 2020.  The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on  each Interest Payment Date, commencing March 15, 2021.  Interest will be computed on  the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.  If any Interest Payment Date is not  a Business Day, then the related payment of interest for such Interest Payment Date shall  be paid on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on  such Interest Payment Date and no further interest shall accrue as a result of such delay.         The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on  demand at the rate borne by the Securities and on overdue installments of interest  (without regard to any applicable grace periods) to the extent lawful.           2.    Method of Payment.         The Company shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the  persons who are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Interest Record  Date immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date notwithstanding any transfer or  exchange of such Security subsequent to such Interest Record Date and prior to such  Interest Payment Date.  Holders must surrender Securities to the Trustee to collect  principal payments.  The Company shall pay principal and interest in money of the  United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private  debts (“U.S. Legal Tender”).  Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and any  such interest on this Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in  Boston, Massachusetts or at any other office or agency designated by the Company for  such purpose; provided that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be  made by check mailed to the address of the Holder entitled thereto as such address  appears in the Security register.  However, the payments of interest, and any portion of   the principal (other than interest payable at maturity or on any redemption or repayment   date or the final payment of principal) shall be made by the Paying Agent, upon receipt   from the Company of immediately available funds by 12:30 p.m., New York City time   (or such other time as may be agreed to between the Company and the Paying Agent or   the Company), directly to a Holder (by Federal funds wire transfer or otherwise) if the   Holder has delivered written instructions to the Trustee 15 days prior to such payment   date requesting that such payment will be so made and designating the bank account to                                                                                 ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    which such payments shall be so made and in the case of payments of principal   surrenders the same to the Trustee in exchange for a Security or Securities aggregating   the same principal amount as the unredeemed principal amount of the Securities   surrendered.           3.    Paying Agent.          Initially, U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) will act as Paying  Agent.  The Company may change any Paying Agent without notice to the Holders.           4.    Indenture.         The Company issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of August 19,  2009 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, Discovery, Inc., a Delaware corporation  (the “Parent Guarantor”) and the Trustee.  Capitalized terms herein are used as defined  in the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein.  The terms of the Securities include  those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the  Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “TIA”), as in effect  on the date of the Indenture.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the  Securities are subject to all such terms, and Holders of Securities are referred to the  Indenture and the TIA for a statement of them.  To the extent the terms of the Indenture  and this Security are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.         The Company, the Parent Guarantor, Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. (the  “Subsidiary Guarantor” and together with the Parent Guarantor, the “Guarantors”,  which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture) and the Trustee entered  into a Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 21, 2020 setting forth  certain terms of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.04 of the Indenture (the  “Supplemental Indenture”).  The Supplemental Indenture imposes certain limitations  on the incurrence of liens and certain sale and leaseback transactions and limits the  Company’s ability to consolidate, merge, convey, transfer or lease its properties and  assets substantially as an entirety.  To the extent the terms of the Supplemental Indenture  are inconsistent with the Indenture or this Security, the terms of the Supplemental  Indenture shall govern.           5.    Guarantee.         The payment by the Company of the principal of, and premium and interest on,  the Securities is irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis by the  Guarantors.                                                                                 ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           6.    Optional Redemption.          The Securities are redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company,   at any time and from time to time, at the redemption price described in the Supplemental   Indenture.           7.    Change of Control Offer to Repurchase.          If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the Supplemental   Indenture) occurs, unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem the Securities,   Holders of the Securities will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or a   portion of their Securities pursuant to the offer described in the Supplemental Indenture   at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and   unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase, subject to the rights of Holders of   Securities on the relevant Interest Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant   Interest Payment Date.           8.    Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.          The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in minimum   denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.  A Holder   shall register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture.  The   Company may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements   and transfer documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges   payable in connection therewith as permitted by the Indenture.  The Company need not   issue, authenticate, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof   for a period of 15 days before such series is selected for redemption, nor need the   Company register the transfer or exchange of any Security selected for redemption in   whole or in part.          The Holder of this Security is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights  Agreement. Until (i) this Security has been exchanged for an Exchange Security (as  defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) in an Exchange Offer (as defined in the  Registration Rights Agreement); (ii) a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the  Registration Rights Agreement) registering this Note under the Securities Act has been  declared or becomes effective and this Note has been sold or otherwise transferred by the  holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf  Registration Statement; or (iii) the earliest date that is no less than 365 days after  September 21, 2020 and on which this Note is eligible to be sold by a Person that is not  an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company pursuant to Rule 144 without  volume restriction, from and including the date on which a Registration Default (as  defined below) shall occur to but excluding the date on which such Registration Default  has been cured (a “Registration Default Period”), additional interest will accrue on this  Note until such time as all Registration Defaults have been cured at the rate of (a) 0.25%                                                                                 ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    per annum for the first 90 days of the Registration Default Period and (b) an additional   0.25% per annum for any subsequent 90-day Registration Default Period. Any such   additional interest shall not exceed such respective rates for such respective periods, and   shall not in any event exceed 0.50% per annum in the aggregate, regardless of the number   of Registration Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such additional   interest shall be paid in the same manner and on the same dates as interest payments in   respect of this Note. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the accrual of such   additional interest will cease. A Registration Default under clause (ii) or (iii) below will  be deemed cured upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in the case of a Shelf  Registration Statement required to be filed due to a failure to consummate the Exchange  Offer within the required time period. For purposes of the foregoing, each of the  following events, as more particularly defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, is a  “Registration Default”: (i) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated within 365  days after September 21, 2020; (ii) if a Shelf Registration Statement required by the  Registration Rights Agreement is not declared effective on or before the date that is 365  days after September 21, 2020 or (iii) if any Shelf Registration Statement required by the  Registration Rights Agreement is filed and declared effective, and during the period the  Company is required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf  Registration Statement to remain effective, the Shelf Registration Statement either ceases  to be effective or the related prospectus ceases to be usable at any time during the  required effectiveness period (subject to certain exceptions), and such failure to remain  effective or be usable exists for more than 90 days (whether or not consecutive) in any  12-month period.           9.    Persons Deemed Owners.         The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all  purposes.           10.   Unclaimed Funds.         If funds for the payment of principal or interest remain unclaimed for two years,  the Trustee and the Paying Agent will repay the funds to the Company or the Parent  Guarantor at its written request.  After that, all liability of the Trustee and such Paying  Agent with respect to such funds shall cease.           11.   Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.          The Company may be discharged from its obligations under the Securities and   under the Indenture with respect to the Securities except for certain provisions thereof,   and may be discharged from obligations to comply with certain covenants contained in   the Securities and in the Indenture with respect to the Securities, in each case upon   satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Indenture.                                                                                 ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           12.   Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.          Subject to certain exceptions, the Securities and the provisions of the Indenture   relating to the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of   the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all   series then outstanding affected by such amendment or supplement (voting as one class),   and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with certain provisions may   be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of   all the Securities of such series, each series voting as a separate class, (or of all the   Securities, as the case may be, voting as a single class) then outstanding.  Without notice   to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture   and the Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,   provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, or   make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a   Security.           13.   Defaults and Remedies.          If an Event of Default (other than certain bankruptcy Events of Default with   respect to the Company or the Parent Guarantor) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or   the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series then   outstanding (voting as a separate class) may declare all of the Securities to be due and   payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.  If a   bankruptcy Event of Default with respect to the Company or the Parent Guarantor occurs   and is continuing, the entire principal amount of the Securities then outstanding and   interest accrued thereon, if any, shall immediately become due and payable.  Holders of  Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the  Indenture.  The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it  has received indemnity satisfactory to it.  The Indenture permits, subject to certain  limitations therein provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the  Securities then outstanding to direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power.  The  Trustee may withhold from Holders of Securities notice of certain continuing Defaults or  Events of Default if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.           14.   Trustee Dealings with Company.         The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may  become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company as  if it were not the Trustee.           15.   No Recourse Against Others.         No stockholder, director, officer, employee, member or incorporator, as such, of  the Company, any Guarantor or any successor Person thereof shall have any liability for                                                                                 ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    any obligation under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect   of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.  Each Holder of a Security by   accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability.  The waiver and release are   part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities and the Guarantee.           16.   Authentication.          This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of   authentication on this Security.           17.   Abbreviations and Defined Terms.          Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an   assignee, such as:  TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the   entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in   common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).           18.   CUSIP Numbers.         Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform  Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be  printed on the Securities as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities.  No  representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities  and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.           19.   Governing Law.         The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Security  thereof.                                                                                                            ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ASSIGNMENT FORM         I or we assign and transfer this Security to                                                                                               (Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee or transferee)                                                                                (Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)    and irrevocably appoint                                   agent to transfer this Security on the books  of the Company.  The agent may substitute another to act for him.   CHECK ONE BOX BELOW   (1)        This Security is being transferred inside the United States to a “qualified        institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933)        that purchases for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional        buyer to whom notice is given that such transfer is being made in reliance on Rule        144A, in each case pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the        Securities Act of 1933; or       (2)        This Security is being transferred outside the United States to a Non-U.S.        Person in an offshore transaction within the meaning of Regulation S under the        Securities Act in compliance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act of 1933.   Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will not be obligated to register this  Security in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the  conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.6 of the  Supplemental Indenture shall have been satisfied.   Dated:                                 Signed:                                                                               ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (Signed exactly as name appears on the                                      other side of this Security)   Signature  Guarantee:                                                                    Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion              Program (or other signature guarantor program reasonably              acceptable to the Trustee)     TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (1) ABOVE IS CHECKED.   The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own  account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and  that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of  Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and is aware that the sale to it is being made  in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information  regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has  determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is  relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption  from registration provided by Rule 144A.      Dated: __________________     ________________________________________                                NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer.                                                                                                          ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE         If you want to elect to have this Security purchased by the Company pursuant to  Section 4.02 of the Supplemental Indenture, check the box .         If you want to elect to have only part of this Security purchased by the Company  pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Supplemental Indenture, state the amount you elect to  have purchased (must be integral multiples of $1,000):                     $   Dated:                                 Signed:                                                                                                                 (Signed exactly as name appears on the                                      other side of this Security)   Signature  Guarantee:                                                                    Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion              Program (or other signature guarantor program reasonably              acceptable to the Trustee)                                                                              ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             EXHIBIT B                            Form of Regulation S Certificate   []            Re:   Discovery Communications, LLC (the “Company”)               4.000% Senior Notes due 2055 (the “Notes”)   Ladies and Gentlemen:         In connection with our proposed sale of $________ aggregate principal amount of  Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with  Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  “Securities Act”), and accordingly, we hereby certify as follows:            1. The offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States              (unless such person or the account held by it for which it is acting is              excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule              902(k)(2)(vi) or 902(k)(2)(i) of Regulation S under the circumstances              described in Rule 902(h)(3) of Regulation S) or specifically targeted at an              identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad.            2. Either (a) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside              the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably              believed that the buyer was outside the United States or (b) the transaction              was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore              securities market, and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf              knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United              States.            3. No directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in              contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(a)(2) or Rule 904(a)(2) of              Regulation S, as applicable.            4. The proposed transfer of Notes is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the              registration requirements of the Securities Act.            5. If we are a dealer or a person receiving a selling concession or other fee or              remuneration in respect of the Notes, and the proposed transfer takes place              before the end of the distribution compliance period under Regulation S,              or we are an officer or director of the Company or a distributor, we certify                                                                                                                    ActiveUS 181772720 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            that the proposed transfer is being made in accordance with the provisions              of Rules 903 and 904 of Regulation S.            6. If the proposed transfer takes place before the end of the distribution              compliance period under Regulation S, the beneficial interest in the Notes              so transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear (as              defined in such Indenture) or Clearstream (as defined in such Indenture).            7. We have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the              Notes.         You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this  Certificate and are irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to  any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with  respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings  set forth in Regulation S.                                                      Very truly yours,                                             [NAME OF SELLER]                                             By:______________________                                            Name:                                            Title:                                            Address:                  Date of this Certificate:_____________ __, 20__                                                                                                                     ActiveUS 181772720discovery-2020exchangexr

                                                                                                        REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT          This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated September 21, 2020 (this   “Agreement”) is entered into by and among Discovery Communications, LLC, a Delaware   limited liability company (the “Company”), Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc., an Ohio   corporation (“Scripps”), and Discovery, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Discovery” and, together   with Scripps, the “Initial Guarantors”) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., RBC Capital Markets,   LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and   Mizuho Securities USA LLC as dealer managers (each, a “Dealer Manager” and together, the   “Dealer Managers”). The Initial Guarantors, together with the Company, are herein referred to as   the “Issuers”).          The Company, Discovery and the Dealer Managers are parties to the Dealer Manager  Agreement dated September 10, 2020 (the “Dealer Manager Agreement”), which was entered   into in connection with (a) the Company’s offers to exchange (the “Original Exchange Offers”)   the Company’s 5.000% Senior Notes due 2037, 6.350% Senior Notes due 2040, 4.950% Senior   Notes due 2042, 4.875% Senior Notes due 2043 and 5.200% Senior Notes due 2047   (collectively, the “Existing Notes”) for the Company’s newly issued 4.000% Senior Notes due   2055 (the “New Notes”) on the terms and conditions set forth in the Company’s Offering   Memorandum dated September 10, 2020 and (b) the Company’s separate, concurrent offers to   purchase for cash the Existing Notes on the terms and conditions set forth in the Company’s   Offer to Purchase dated September 10, 2020.          The New Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis   by the Initial Guarantors. The New Notes and the Guarantees are referred to herein collectively   as the “Securities.” As an inducement to holders to tender the Existing Notes in the Original   Exchange Offers, the Company agrees with the Dealer Managers, for the benefit of the Holders   (as defined below) the registration rights set forth in this Agreement.          In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:          1.    Definitions.  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the   following meanings:          “Additional Guarantor” shall mean any subsidiary of Discovery that executes a   Guarantee under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement.          “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.          “Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which   commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.          “Closing Date” means September 21, 2020.          “Dealer Manager” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.          “Dealer Manager Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.                                          1   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                       “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the  Company’s successors.         “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time  to time.         “Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.         “Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of  Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.         “Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected  pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.         “Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration  statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and  supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained  therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference  therein.         “Exchange Securities” shall mean unsecured senior notes issued by the Company and  guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities  (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any  increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to  Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.         “Existing Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.         “FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.         “Free Writing Prospectus” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405  under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the  Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.         “Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and guarantees of the Exchange  Securities by the Guarantors under the Indenture.         “Guarantors” shall mean the Initial Guarantors, any Additional Guarantors and any  Guarantor’s successor that Guarantees the Securities; provided, however, that a Guarantor shall  no longer be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement at such time as such  Guarantor ceases to guarantee the Securities.         “Holders” shall mean the holders of Registrable Securities, and each of their successors,  assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under  the Indenture; provided that, for purposes of Section 4 and Section 5 hereof, the term “Holders”  shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.         “Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.                                         2  ActiveUS 181591633v.8  Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                         “Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.          “Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of August 19,   2009, among the Company, Discovery and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as   supplemented and amended by a nineteenth supplemental indenture dated as of September 21,  2020, among the Issuers and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and as the same may be  further amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.          “Initial Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.          “Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof.          “Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.          “Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal   amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or   approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any   Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall   not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of   such required percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if the Company shall issue any   additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if   applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and   the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class   for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage   of Registrable Securities has been obtained.          “New Notes” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.          “Notice and Questionnaire” shall mean a notice of registration statement and selling   security holder questionnaire distributed to a Holder by the Company upon receipt of a Shelf   Request from such Holder.           “Original Exchange Offers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.          “Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.          “Participating Holder” shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a   completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 2(b)   hereof.          “Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation,   trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.          “Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and   regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including any   preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus   supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any   portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other                                          3   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                 amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document  incorporated by reference therein.         “Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease  to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has  become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed  of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding or  (iii) except in the case of Securities that otherwise remain Registrable Securities and that are held  by a Holder and that are ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, when the Exchange  Offer is consummated.         “Registration Default” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the  Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (ii) the Shelf  Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or Section 2(b)(ii) hereof, has not  become effective on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (iii) if the Company receives a  Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed  thereby has not become effective by the Target Registration Date, or (iv) the Shelf Registration  Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter ceases to be  effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable for its intended purpose without  being succeeded promptly by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that  cures such failure and that is itself promptly declared effective, and such failure to remain  effective or usable exists for more than 90 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month  period.         “Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or  compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without  limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and  expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws  (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in  connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii)  all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and  distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any  amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or  other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance  with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the  qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the reasonable fees and  disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the  Company and the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable  fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Participating Holders (which counsel shall be  selected by the Participating Holders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount of  Registrable Securities held by such Participating Holders and which counsel may also be counsel  for the Dealer Managers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent registered  public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special  audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with  this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees  and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and                                         4  ActiveUS 181591633v.8  Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                 commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition  of Registrable Securities by a Holder.         “Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the  Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the  provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration  statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained  therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference  therein.         “Scripps” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.          “SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.         “Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.         “Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.         “Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.         “Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.         “Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the  Company and the Guarantors, including an existing “shelf” registration statement designated by  the Company and the Guarantors, that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities on an  appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be  adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement,  including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or  deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.         “Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.         “Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.         “Target Registration Date” shall mean the date that is 365 days after the Closing Date.         “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time  to time.         “Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.         “Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.         “Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold  to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.         2.    Registration Under the Securities Act.  (a) To the extent not prohibited by any  applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall  use their commercially reasonable efforts to (x) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration                                        5  ActiveUS 181591633v.8  Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                 Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for  Exchange Securities and (y) have such Registration Statement become and remain effective for a  period ending on the earlier of (i) 120 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer  Registration Statement is declared effective and (ii) the date on which no Broker-Dealer is  required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities (as  such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof). The Company and the Guarantors  shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is  declared effective by the SEC and use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the  Exchange Offer.         The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the  related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each  Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law,  substantially the following:                      (i)   that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement  and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted  for exchange;                      (ii)  the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at  least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);                     (iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding  and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement (including  with respect to increases in annual interest rate), except as otherwise specified herein;                     (iv)  that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged  pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security,  together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address and in the  manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the  applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the  close of business on the last Exchange Date; and                      (v)   that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later  than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the  address specified in the notice, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such  Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement  that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting  such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the  Registrable Securities.          As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to  represent to the Company and the Guarantors that (1) any Exchange Securities to be received by  it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (2) it is not engaged in, does not intend  to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the  distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of  the provisions of the Securities Act, (3) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405                                         6  ActiveUS 181591633v.8  Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                   under the Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantors and (4) if such Holder is a broker-  dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable   Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, then such  Holder will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus  to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.         As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors  shall:                            (I)   accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions  thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and                             (II)  deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for   cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the  Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder,  Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable  Securities tendered by such Holder.         The Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to  complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable  requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations   in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any   conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable   interpretations of the Staff.          In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer   Registration provided for in Section 2(a) hereof is not available or the Exchange Offer may not   be completed because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the   Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by the Target Registration   Date or (iii) upon receipt of a written request (a “Shelf Request”) from any Holder representing   that it holds Registrable Securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange   Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause   to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or Shelf Request, as the case may   be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the   Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective; provided that   no Holder will be entitled to have any Registrable Securities included in any Shelf Registration   Statement, or entitled to use the prospectus forming a part of such Shelf Registration Statement,   until such Holder shall have delivered a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire and   provided such other information regarding such Holder to the Company as is contemplated by   Section 3(b) hereof. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected   agrees to furnish promptly to the Company and the Guarantors all information required to be   disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company and the   Guarantors by such Holder not materially misleading.          In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration   Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors   shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file and have become effective both an                                          7   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                   Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof with respect to all   Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined   Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers   and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Holders after completion of the Exchange Offer.          The Company and the Guarantors agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to   keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the earliest of (i) the time   when such Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement can be sold   pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act without any limitations by non-affiliates of the  Company and the Guarantors under clause (d) of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, (ii) the date on  which all such Registrable Securities are disposed of in accordance with the Shelf Registration  Statement and (iii) one year after the original effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement  (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company and the Guarantors further agree to supplement   or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any Free Writing   Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form   used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any   other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable   Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their commercially   reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf   Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to become   usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the   Participating Holders copies, upon request, of any such supplement or amendment promptly after   its being used or filed with the SEC.                (b)   The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in   connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder   shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes,   if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the   Shelf Registration Statement.                (c)   An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof   will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. A   Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become   effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon   filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act.          If a Registration Default occurs, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be   increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period beginning on the day immediately   following such Registration Default and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each   subsequent 90-day period, in each case until and including the date such Registration Default   ends, up to a maximum increase of 0.50% per annum. A Registration Default ends when the   Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, (1) in the case of a Registration Default   under clause (i) of the definition thereof, when the Exchange Offer is completed, (2) in the case   of a Registration Default under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf   Registration Statement becomes effective or (3) in the case of a Registration Default under   clause (iv) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes   effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. If at any time more than one Registration                                          8   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                 Default has occurred and is continuing, then, until the next date that there is no Registration  Default, the increase in interest rate provided for by this paragraph shall apply as if there  occurred a single Registration Default that begins on the date that the earliest such Registration  Default occurred and ends on such next date that there is no Registration Default.              (d)   Without limiting the remedies available to the Dealer Managers and the  Holders, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the  Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may  result in material irreparable injury to the Dealer Managers or the Holders for which there is no  adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries  precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Dealer Managers or any Holder may  obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’  obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof; provided, however, that the parties hereto  agree that the additional interest provided for in this Section 2 is intended to constitute the sole  remedy for monetary damages in connection with any Registration Default.         3.    Registration Procedures.  (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to  Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall as expeditiously as  possible:                     (i)   prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the  appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (A) shall be selected by the Company and  the Guarantors, (B) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the  Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (C) shall comply as to form in all material  respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements  required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause  such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in  accordance with Section 2 hereof;                     (ii)  prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective  amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration  Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each  Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented,  to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current  during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is  applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or  Exchange Securities;                     (iii) to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the  SEC any Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantors  with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not  required to be filed;                     (iv)  in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating  Holder, to counsel for the Dealer Managers (if any Registrable Securities held by a Dealer  Manager are included in such Registration Statement), to counsel for such Participating Holders  and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without                                         9  ActiveUS 181591633v.8  Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                   charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus,   and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Holder, counsel or Underwriter   may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable   Securities thereunder; and, subject to Section 3(c) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors   consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus   and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the   Participating Holders and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the   Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary   prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in   accordance with applicable law;                      (v)   use their commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the   Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions   as any Participating Holder shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable   Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Participating Holders in   connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and do any and all other acts and   things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Participating Holder to   complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such   Participating Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to   (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such   jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify but for the requirements of   this Section 3(a)(v), (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction, (3)   take any action that would subject it to the service of process in suits or to taxation in any   jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (4) make any change to its charter or by-laws or   similar organizational documents;                      (vi)  notify counsel for the Dealer Managers and, in the case of a Shelf   Registration, notify each Participating Holder and counsel for such Participating Holders   promptly and, if requested by any such Participating Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in   writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective  amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has  been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus  has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments  and supplements to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or for  additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance  by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a  Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt  by the Company of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration  Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the  Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and  the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and  warranties of the Company or any Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities  sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable  Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company or any  Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the  Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such  purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective                                         10   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                   that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any   Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any   changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to   make the statements therein not misleading and (6) of any determination by the Company or any   Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or   supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be appropriate;                      (vii) use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal   of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf   Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the   Securities Act, including by filing, if necessary, an amendment to such Registration Statement on   the proper form, at the earliest possible time and provide immediate notice to each Holder or   Participating Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;                      (viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating   Holder, upon its request, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration   Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated   therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);                     (ix)  in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Participating  Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable  Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable  Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the  provisions of the Indenture) as such Participating Holders may reasonably request at least one  Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;                     (x)   subject to the Company’s right to, pursuant to Section 3(d), to  suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, upon the  occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their commercially  reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to   the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement or the   related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by   reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent   permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or   Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material   fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the   circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company and the   Guarantors shall notify the Participating Holders (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement)   and the Dealer Managers and any Participating Broker-Dealers known to the Company (in the  case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free  Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such  Participating Holders, such Participating Broker-Dealers and the Dealer Managers, as applicable,  hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may  be, until the Company and the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the  Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission;                                           11   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                                     (xi)  a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement,   any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or   amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus or of any document that   is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing   Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the   Dealer Managers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the   Participating Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company   and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Dealer Managers or their counsel   (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel)   available for discussion of such document; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not, at any   time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing   Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus or a   Free Writing Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a   Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, of which the Dealer   Managers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating   Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to   which the Dealer Managers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement,   the Participating Holders or their counsel) shall reasonably object;                      (xii) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable   Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;                      (xiii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in   connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case   may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as   may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust   Indenture Act; and execute, and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to   execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and   documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely   manner;                      (xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, and subject to customary   confidentiality agreements, make available for inspection, solely for due diligence purposes, by a   representative of the Participating Holders (an “Inspector”), the managing underwriters, if any,   participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement and any attorneys   and accountants designated by such managing underwriter, at reasonable times and in a   reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of   Discovery and each of its subsidiaries that is a significant subsidiary within the meaning of such   term as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the SEC (the “Significant Subsidiaries”) , and   cause the respective officers, directors and employees of Discovery and the Significant   Subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, managing   underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement;                      (xv)  if reasonably requested by any Participating Holder, promptly   include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect  to such Participating Holder as such Participating Holder reasonably requests to be included  therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective                                          12   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                   amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company has received notification of the   matters to be so included in such filing; provided, that the Company shall not be required to   make more than two such filings on behalf of the Participating Holders in any 30 day period;                     (xvi) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary  agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those reasonably  requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered  by the Shelf Registration Statement) that are necessary in order to expedite or facilitate the  disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering  and in such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to  the Participating Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the  business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus, any  Free Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by  reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers  to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) solely  with respect to an Underwritten Offering, obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the  Guarantors (which counsel and opinions shall be in form, scope and substance, shall be  reasonably satisfactory to the Participating Holders and such Underwriters and their respective  counsel) addressed to each Participating Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, with  customary limitations, assumptions and exclusions, and covering the matters customarily  covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) solely with respect to an  Underwritten Offering, obtain “comfort” letters from the independent registered public  accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other registered public  accountant of any subsidiary of Discovery, or of any business acquired by the Company or the  Guarantors for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in  the Registration Statement) addressed to each Participating Holder (to the extent permitted by  applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in  customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in  connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial information  contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus and (4) deliver  such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in  principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are  customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the  representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1)  above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting  agreement; and                     (xvii) so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause  each Additional Guarantors that, after the creation or acquisition by the Company of such  Additional Guarantor, guarantees the New Notes in accordance with the Indenture to execute a  counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such  counterpart to the Dealer Managers no later than ten Business Days following the execution  thereof.               (b)   In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require  each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company a Notice and Questionnaire and  such other information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of                                         13   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                   such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time   reasonably request in writing. Each Holder as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being   effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company and the Guarantors all information required   to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company and the   Guarantors by such Holder not materially misleading.                (c)   Each Participating Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the   Company and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section   3(a)(vi)(3) or Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Participating Holder will forthwith discontinue   disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such   Participating Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any   Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the   Company and the Guarantors, such Participating Holder will deliver to the Company and the   Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such   Participating Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering   such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.                (d)   If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any notice to suspend the   disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the   Guarantors shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained   effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including   the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such   Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or   any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. Each Participating Holder   agrees to hold in confidence the fact that it has received such notice and any communication   related thereto; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not give reasons   for such suspension should it constitute material non-public information.                (e)   The Participating Holders who desire to do so may sell such Registrable   Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank   or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that will administer the   offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable   Securities included in such offering, provided, that any such Underwriters shall be reasonably   satisfactory to the Company.          4.    Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.  (a) The Staff has taken the   position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the   Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of   market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be   an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting   the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.          The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the  Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of  distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating  Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker- Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may                                          14   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                 be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available  to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in  connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus  otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.               (b)   In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this  Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree to amend or supplement the Prospectus  contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period ending on the earlier of (i)  90 days from the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective  and (ii) the date on which no Broker-Dealer is required to deliver a prospectus in connection with  market-making or other trading activities (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section  3(d) hereof), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by  Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a)  above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be  authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during  such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.               (c)   The Dealer Managers shall have no liability to the Company, any  Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b)  hereof.         5.    Indemnification and Contribution.  (a) The Issuers (together, the “Indemnifying  Party”) jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Dealer Managers and each  Holder, their respective affiliates, directors, officers and each Person, if any, who controls any  Dealer Manager or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, or Section  20 of the Exchange Act (the Dealer Managers, Holders and each such Person being an  “Indemnified Party”) as follows:                     (i)   from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities  (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection  with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are  incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon (1) any untrue statement or alleged  untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or any omission or  alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order  to make the statements therein not misleading or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue  statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any  “issuer information” (“Issuer Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d)  under the Securities Act, or any of the documents referred to therein, furnished or made available  by the Indemnifying Party or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact  necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which  they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or  liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue  statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to  the Dealer Managers or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing  (including, without limitation, a Notice and Questionnaire of such Holder) through the Dealer  Managers or any selling Holder, respectively, expressly for use therein.                                         15  ActiveUS 181591633v.8  Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                                     (ii)  from and against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and   reasonable expenses, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any   litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced   or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever related to, arising out of or based on any matter for   which the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to subparagraph (i) above,   provided, except as specified in Section 5(g) below, any such settlement shall be effected with   the written consent of the Indemnifying Party, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed   or conditioned; and                      (iii) from and against any and all reasonable expense, as incurred   (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by the Dealer Managers or  Holder, as applicable), incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or  investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or  any claim whatsoever related to, arising out of or based on any matter for which the Indemnified  Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to subparagraph (i) or (ii) above.               (b)   Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold  harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers and the other selling Holders, the  directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each officer of the Company and the Guarantors  who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the  Guarantors, any Dealer Manager and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15  of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set  forth in subsection (a)(i) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities  that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement  or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such  Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration  Statement, any Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus;               (c)   Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Party of written notice of any  claim or commencement of an action or proceeding with respect to which indemnification may  be sought hereunder, such Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party in writing of  such claim or of the commencement of such action, claim or proceeding, but failure so to notify  the Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any liability which it may  have hereunder to such Indemnified Party, and in any event will not relieve the Indemnifying  Party from any other liability that it may have to such Indemnified Party. In the event of any  such claim, action or proceeding, if such Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party  of the commencement thereof, the Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense thereof, with  counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party, and shall pay the fees and reasonable  expenses of such counsel; provided, however, (i) if the Indemnifying Party fails to assume such  defense in a timely manner or (ii) the Indemnified Party shall have concluded that there may be  one or more legal defenses available to it which are different from or additional to those  available to the Indemnifying Party, the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to assume  the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party, it being understood, however, that  the Indemnifying Party shall not, in connection with any one such action or separate but  substantially similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general  allegations or circumstances, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm  of attorneys (in addition to one local counsel in any jurisdiction) for the Indemnified Party.                                         16   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                               (d)   In the event an Indemnified Party is requested or required to appear as a   witness in any action brought by or on behalf of or against the Indemnifying Party, the   Indemnifying Party agrees to reimburse the Indemnified Party for all reasonable expenses as   incurred by it in connection with such Indemnified Party’s appearing and preparing to appear as   such a witness, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of its legal   counsel, and to compensate the Indemnified Party in an amount to be mutually agreed upon. In   addition, the Indemnifying Party agrees to promptly compensate the Indemnified Party in an   amount to be mutually agreed upon per employee per day for each day that the Indemnified  Party’s officer or employee is involved in preparation, discovery or testimony pertaining to any  litigation, discovery or investigation in connection with this Agreement.               (e)   If the indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) and (b) hereof is for  any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an Indemnified Party in respect of any  losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then the Indemnifying Party  agrees to contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and  expenses incurred by such Indemnified Party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate  to reflect the relative benefits to the Indemnifying Party from the offering of the Securities and  the Exchange Securities on the one hand and to the Holders from receiving Securities or  Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act on the other hand or (ii) if, but only if,  the allocation provided by clause (i) is for any reason held unenforceable, in such proportion as  is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the  relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and of the Indemnified Party on the  other hand in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,  liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits to the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the  other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or  alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact  relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or by the Indemnified Party and the  parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent  such statement or omission. The Company, the Guarantors, the Dealer Managers and the Holders  agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5(e) were  determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such  purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable  considerations referred to above in this Section 5(e). The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities,  claims, damages and expenses incurred by an Indemnified Party and referred to above in this  Section 5(e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such  Indemnified Party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any  investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or  any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or  alleged omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be  required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the  Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that  such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue  statement or omission or alleged omission.               (f)   The Indemnifying Party agrees that, without the Indemnified Party’s prior  written consent, it will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in or with                                         17   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                   respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, investigation or proceeding in respect of   which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 5 (whether or not the   Indemnified Party is an actual or potential party to such claim, action, investigation or   proceeding), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release   of each Indemnified Party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, investigation or   proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a   failure to act by or on behalf of an Indemnified Party.               (g)   If at any time an Indemnified Party shall have requested the Indemnifying  Party to reimburse the Indemnified Party for fees and reasonable expenses of counsel, the  Indemnifying Party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement effected without its written   consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by the Indemnifying   Party of the aforesaid request, (ii) the Indemnifying Party shall have received notice of the terms   of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) the   Indemnifying Party shall not have reimbursed such Indemnified Party in accordance with such   request prior to the date of such settlement.                (h)   The rights of any Indemnified Party under this Section shall be in addition   to and not in limitation of any rights that any Indemnified Party may have at common law or   otherwise.                      (i)   The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this   Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of   this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Dealer Manager or any   Holder or any Person controlling any Dealer Manager or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the   Company or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company   or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of   Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.          6.    General.                (a)   No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors represent,   warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict   with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding   securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantors under any other agreement   and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this   Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the   Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions   hereof.                (b)   Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including   the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or   consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the   Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate   principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment,   modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification,   supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be                                          18   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                   effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such   Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this   Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.                (c)   Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted   hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, facsimile  transmission, electronic transmission or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a  Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice  given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with  respect to any Dealer Manager, its address set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement; (ii) if to  the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Dealer  Manager Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance  with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their respective  addresses as provided in the Dealer Manager Agreement and thereafter at such other address,  notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices  and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if  personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if  mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied or electronically transmitted; and on the next  Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all  such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person  giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.               (d)   Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and  be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without  limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that  nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of  Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Dealer Manager Agreement or the  Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner,  whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all  the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person  shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and  provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. No  Dealer Manager (in its capacity as Dealer Manager) shall have any liability or obligation to the   Company or the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any   breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.                (e)   Third-Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary   to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand,   and the Dealer Managers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements   directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the   rights of other Holders hereunder.                (f)   Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of   counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed   shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the   same agreement.                                          19   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                               (g)   Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of   reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the   meaning hereof.                (h)   Governing Law. This Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute   arising under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance   with the laws of the State of New York.               (i)   Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire   agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral   statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction   contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or   unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and   restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected,   impaired or invalidated. The Company, the Guarantors and the Dealer Managers shall endeavor  in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid  provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or  unenforceable provisions.                                           20   ActiveUS 181591633v.8   Error! Unknown document property name.                                         

 

                                                                                       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first  written above.                                       DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS, LLC                                        By _/s/ Fraser Woodford___                                          Name: Fraser Woodford                                      Title:  Executive Vice President, Treasury and                                             Corporate Finance                                       DISCOVERY, INC.                                        By _/s/ Fraser Woodford___                                          Name: Fraser Woodford                                      Title:  Executive Vice President, Treasury and                                             Corporate Finance                                       SCRIPPS NETWORKS INTERACTIVE, INC.                                        By _/s/ Fraser Woodford___                                          Name: Fraser Woodford                                      Title:  Executive Vice President, Treasury and                                             Corporate Finance              [Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement - Company and Guarantors]   

 

                                                                                         Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:     DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.             RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC    By /s/ Ritu Ketkar                        By /s/ Scott Primrose            Name:  Ritu Ketkar                        Name:  Scott Primrose  Title: Managing Director                  Title: Authorized Signatory    By /s/ Ryan E. Montgomery                    Name:  Ryan E. Montgomery    Title: Managing Director    BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.                     BNP PARIBAS SECURITIES CORP.    By /s/ E. Pete Contrucci III              By /s/ Amir Nouri                Name:  E. Pete Contrucci III             Name: Amir Nouri  Title: Managing Director                  Title: Managing Director    J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC                MIZUHO SECURITIES USA LLC    By /s/ Som Bhattacharyya                  By /s/ Michael L. Saron          Name:  Som Bhattacharyya                  Name: Michael L. Saron  Title: Executive Director                 Title: Managing Director        As Dealer Managers                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement – Dealer Managers]    

 

                                                                                                                                                       Annex A                       Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement         The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a   Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 21, 2020 by and   among Discovery Communications, LLC, Discovery, Inc., Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.   and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC to be bound by the terms and   provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement.         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of   _______________, 202_.                                        [GUARANTOR]                                        By___________________________                                       Name:                                       Title:      ActiveUS 181591633v.8  Error! Unknown document property name.

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