Document:

Exhibit 4.1

 

AMENDMENT TO RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Amendment (this “Amendment”) to the Rights
Agreement, dated as of July 30, 1998, as amended (the “Rights Agreement”),
between CenterPoint Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust
(the “Trust”), and Computershare Investor Services, as Rights Agent, is
made and entered into as of December 7, 2005.

 

WHEREAS, concurrently herewith the Trust is entering
into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 7, 2005
(the “Merger Agreement”), by and among CalEast Industrial Investors,
LLC, a California limited liability company (“Parent”), Solstice Merger
Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Parent (the “Merger Sub”), and the Trust, pursuant to which the Merger
Sub will be merged with and into the Trust;

 

WHEREAS, Section 26(a) of the Rights
Agreement provides that, prior to the Trigger Date, a majority of the Board of
Trustees of the Trust may, and the Rights Agent shall, if so directed,
supplement or amend any provision of the Rights Agreement without the approval
of any holders of Rights;

 

WHEREAS, as of the time immediately prior to this
Amendment, a Trigger Date has not occurred; and

 

WHEREAS, a majority of the Board of Trustees of the
Trust has determined, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement,
that it is desirable to amend the Rights Agreement and has directed that the
Rights Agreement be amended as provided herein pursuant to Section 26(a) of
the Rights Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and
mutual agreements herein set forth, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Section 1
of the Rights Agreement shall be supplemented by adding the following
subsections (gg) and (hh) immediately after subsection (ff):

 

(gg)         “Merger”
shall have the meaning specified in the Merger Agreement.

 

(hh)         “Merger
Agreement” shall mean that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 7,
2005, as it may be amended from time to time (the “Merger Agreement”),
by and among CalEast Industrial Investors, LLC, a California limited liability
company (“Parent”), Solstice Merger Trust, a Maryland real estate
investment trust and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger Sub”
and, together with Parent, the “Purchaser Parties”), and the Trust.

 

2.             The
definition of “Acquiring Person” as set forth in Section 1(a) of
the Rights Agreement shall be supplemented to include the following provision
at the end of such definition:

 

 

“Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, none of the Purchaser Parties nor any of their
respective Affiliates or Associates or any of their permitted assignees or
transferees shall be deemed to be an “Acquiring Person” by reason or as
a result of (A) the approval, execution or delivery of the Merger
Agreement or any amendment thereto, (B) the approval or consummation of
the transactions and agreements contemplated by the Merger Agreement
(including, without limitation, the Merger) or (C) the public announcement
of any of the foregoing (each of (A) through (C), a “Merger Event”).”

 

3.             The
definition of “Exempt Person” as set forth in Section 1(r) of the
Rights Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

““Exempt Person” means (i) the Trust, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Trust,
(iii) any employee benefit plan of the Trust or of any Subsidiary of the
Trust, (iv) any Person holding Common Shares for any such employee benefit
plan or for employees of the Trust or of any Subsidiary of the Trust pursuant to
the terms of any such employee benefit plan, and (v) LaSalle U.S.
Holdings, Inc., the California Public Employees’ Retirement System and any
direct or indirect Subsidiary of CalEast Industrial Inventors, LLC.”

 

4.             The
definition of “Exchange Date” as set forth in Section 1(p) of the
Rights Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

““Exchange Date” means the time at which all of
the then-outstanding and exercisable Rights are exchanged pursuant to Section 11(c)(3).”

 

5.             The
definition of “Expiration Date” as set forth in Section 1(t) of the
Rights Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

 

““Expiration Date” means the earlier of (i) immediately
prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and (ii) the
Close of Business on July 30, 2008.”

 

6.             The
definition of “Stock Acquisition Date” as set forth in Section 1(cc)
of the Rights Agreement shall be supplemented to include the following
provision at the end of such definition:

 

“Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, no Stock Acquisition Date shall be deemed to occur
or shall have occurred, by reason of or as a result of a Merger Event.”

 

7.             The
definition of “Trigger Date” as set forth in Section 1(ee) of the
Rights Agreement shall be supplemented to include the following provision at
the end of such definition:

 

“Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, no Trigger Date shall be deemed to occur or shall
have occurred, by reason or as a result of a Merger Event.”

 

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8.             The
definition of “Triggering Event” as set forth in Section 1(ff) of
the Rights Agreement shall be supplemented to include the following provision
at the end of such definition:

 

“Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, no Triggering Event shall be deemed to occur or
shall have occurred, by reason or as a result of a Merger Event.”

 

9.             Section 3(a) of
the Rights Agreement shall be supplemented to include the following provision
at the end of such subsection:

 

“Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the
contrary in this Agreement, no Distribution Date shall be deemed to occur or
shall have occurred, by reason or as a result of a Merger Event.”

 

10.           Except
for the amendments made hereby, the Rights Agreement shall continue in full
force and effect.

 

11.           This
Amendment shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of
Maryland and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the internal laws of Maryland applicable to contracts to be made and
performed entirely within Maryland.

 

12.           This
Amendment shall be effective as of, and immediately prior to, the execution and
delivery of the Merger Agreement, and all references to the Rights Agreement
shall, from and after such time, be deemed to be references to the Rights
Agreement as amended hereby.

 

13.           Exhibits
B and C to the Rights Agreement shall be deemed amended in a manner consistent
with this Amendment.

 

14.           This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such
counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

15.           Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to
them in the Rights Agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the Trust has caused this
Amendment to be duly executed and attested, all as of the day and year first
written above.

 

	
   

  	
  CENTERPOINT PROPERTIES TRUST, a

  Maryland real estate investment trust

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Daniel Hemmer

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Name: Daniel Hemmer

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Title: General Counsel

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Rockford O. Kottka

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Name: Rockford O. Kottka

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Title: Treasurer

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  COMPUTERSHARE INVESTOR

  SERVICES, as Rights Agent

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Tammie J. Marshall

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Name: Tammie J. Marshall

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   Title: Senior Account Manager

  

 

[Signature page for Amendment
to Rights Agreement]Exhibit 10.1

 

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

 

AGREEMENT made and entered into this 1st day of December,
2005 by and between National Interfaith Cable
Coalition, Inc. d/b/a Faith & Values Media, a Maryland
not-for-profit corporation with offices at 74 Trinity Place, Suite 1550,
New York, New York 10006 and VISN Management Corp.
(collectively “NICC”) and Crown Media
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation with offices at 12700
Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, California 91604 (“Crown”).

 

WHEREAS, NICC entered into an agreement with Crown’s
predecessors with respect to the production, financing and broadcast of NICC
programming on the Hallmark Channel (the “Channel”) and related matters, on November 13,
1998 (consisting of a “Program License Agreement” and certain portions of an
Amended and Restated Company Agreement”), which agreement was amended on February 22,
2001 (the “First Amendment”), March 5, 2003 (the “Second Amendment”), January 1,
2004 (the “Third Amendment”) and November 15, 2004 (the “Fourth Amendment”)
(collectively, the “Prior Agreements”); and

 

WHEREAS, NICC has claimed that Crown failed to
perform some of its material obligations under the Prior Agreements, a claim
which Crown denies, and the parties have entered into good faith negotiations
with respect to (a) settlement of NICC’s claims against Crown and Hallmark
Entertainment, LLC. (“Hallmark Entertainment”); and (b) modifications and
extensions of the Prior Agreements; and

 

WHEREAS, NICC and Crown have negotiated terms and
conditions for settlement of NICC’s claims, which terms and conditions of
settlement are as set forth below;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and
representations contained herein, and in settlement of NICC’s claims against
Crown and Hallmark Entertainment and any claims Crown may have against NICC,
the parties agree as follows:

 

1.  Sunday Morning Programming (Other than
Sunday New Morning)

 

1.1  Crown
shall continue to make payments to NICC for its Sunday morning programming (6AM
until 1PM Eastern Time and in pattern Pacific Time – the “Sunday Morning
Programming”) in accordance with the Prior Agreements until such time as the
first episode of Sunday New Morning with Naomi Judd
is broadcast (the “Naomi Show Premier”). 
Thereafter Crown shall pay NICC license fees as follows: (a) a pro
rata portion of $4.3 million for remainder of 2005; (b) $4.3 million for
2006; and (c) $4.3 million increased by CPI as set forth in the Prior Agreements
(the “CPI”) for 2007.  The initial
pro-rata payment for 2005, shall be payable in full five days after the Naomi
Show Premier (or if the premier has been pre-empted by Crown, five days after
the scheduled premier date).  The license
fee payments for 2006 and 2007 will be due in quarterly

 

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installments on the first business day of
each quarter.  In addition, Crown will
pay NICC a deferred annual payment of $1.5 million per year (pro rata for 2005
and pro rata for any year in which the Channel may be sold), such deferment to
be paid in accordance with the terms of Clause 7 below.

 

1.2  Crown
grants to NICC the right to broadcast within the Sunday Morning Programming one
feature movie per week from the Crown Media Distribution program library, or to
the extent Crown has the rights, from other programming which Crown has
licensed, without charge if NICC elects to include such movie in its
schedule.  NICC shall advise Crown of the
movie it selects, and Crown shall have a right to approve such movie, such
approval not to be unreasonably denied or delayed.  For example, Crown’s disapproval shall not be
deemed unreasonable if Crown has plans to broadcast the movie elsewhere in the
Channel schedule, has granted conflicting rights or has almost exhausted all
licensed exhibition days.

 

1.3  NICC will
grant to Crown the right to exclusively program the 12:00 - 1:00PM Sunday
morning time period which has been previously programmed by NICC. Crown may
commence broadcasting its own programs in such time period commencing on the Naomi
Show Premier date.  In consideration of
such grant of rights, Crown will pay to NICC (i) fifty (50%) percent of
Crown’s advertising income (less third party agency commissions) for such time
period (the “Ad Revenue Participation”), or (ii) four hundred thousand
($400,000) dollars per year (the “Ad Guarantee”), whichever is greater.  Crown will pay the Ad Guarantee in two (2) equal
semi-annual payments on January 15 and July 15 of each year,
commencing after the Naomi Show Premier. NICC will be provided with an
accounting of Crown’s advertising income from the time period during each
calendar year, accompanied by payment of the excess of Ad Revenue Participation
over the Ad Guarantee, if any, within thirty (30) days following the close of
the year. The Channel will pay the pro rata share of the 2005 Ad Guarantee
within 30 days of the Naomi Show Premier.

 

In the event of a sale or merger which results in a change
of control (i.e., the aggregate ownership of the Channel by the current owners
becomes less than fifty percent) of the Channel (a “sale”), Crown will provide
NICC, within 30 days of closing of the sale, with an accounting of NICC’s Ad
Revenue Participation for the portion of the year prior to the closing.  To the extent the Ad Revenue Participation
exceeds the portions of the Ad Guarantee which have already been paid for such
year, Crown will pay NICC the excess.  To
the extent the portions of the Ad Guarantee which have been paid exceeds the Ad
Revenue Participation, Crown will deduct such overpayment against other amounts
which may be due NICC hereunder.

 

1.4  The
provisions of this clause 1 supersede those of Paragraph 2(a) of the First
Amendment.

 

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2.  Sunday New Morning with Naomi Judd

 

2.1  Crown
agrees to finance the production of a one-hour series currently entitled Sunday New Morning with Naomi Judd as follows: $3.5 million
for 11 programs delivered in 2005; $4.6 million for 22 programs delivered in
2006; and $5.6 million for 26 programs delivered in 2007 (the “Naomi Production
Fees”). If the costs of the series are less than the foregoing amounts in any
year, the parties will equally share the underages. If the series costs exceed
these amounts, the Channel will consider, but is not obligated, to provide all
or some of such overage funding.  The
Naomi Production Fees will be deemed in lieu of a broadcast license fee.

 

2.2  The Naomi
Production Fees for 2005, shall be payable in full five days after the Naomi
Show Premier (or if the premier has been pre-empted by Crown, five days after
the scheduled premier date).  The Naomi
Production Fees for 2006 and 2007 will be due in quarterly installments on the
first business day of each quarter.

 

2.3  In the
event that NICC delivers fewer programs in any year than the numbers set forth in
2.1 above, Crown’s Naomi Production Fee payments for such year shall be reduced
proportionately.

 

2.4  In the
event that Naomi Judd shall cease to participate as host of the program, NICC
shall have the right to replace Ms. Judd. In such event the parties will
negotiate in good faith for an appropriate adjustment of the Naomi Production
Fees in clause 2.1 above with respect both to the host salary portion of the
license fee and any change in costs for other creative or production elements,
if any, on the understanding that if NICC furnishes a host of comparable talent
and stature and comparable creative and production elements, the Naomi
Production Fees shall remain unchanged.

 

2.5 
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties recognize
that the air time for this series is dedicated to NICC programming, and Crown
will continue to reasonably compensate NICC for the programming it produces and
delivers for this time period if New Morning with Naomi Judd or a successor
host is no longer part of the Sunday Morning Programming.

 

3.  Weekday New Morning

 

3.1  The Weekday
New Morning series will be expanded to one hour to be broadcast Monday-Friday
from 7AM until 8AM Eastern (and in pattern in Pacific Time by those affiliates
receiving the Hallmark Channel West Coast feed). NICC will produce and deliver
to the Channel 30 new episodes in 2005; 90 new episodes in 2006; and 110 new
episodes in 2007.

 

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3.2  Crown
will pay NICC a license fee of $1.4 million for the 2005 episodes; $4.2 million
for the 2006 episodes; and $5.133 million for the 2007 episodes. Such payments
shall be paid in four equal quarterly payments on the first business day of the
calendar quarter, except in 2005, when the full payment shall be made within 30
days of the date of mutual execution of this Agreement.

 

3.3  In
addition to the payments in 3.2 above, Crown will be obligated to pay to NICC a
deferred payment of Five Hundred Thirty-Five thousand ($535,000) dollars for
development of this series and related expenses, such deferment to be paid in
accordance with the terms of Clause 7, below.

 

3.4  Crown
agrees that the Weekday New Morning series will be followed immediately by
Channel programming, and not by infomercials.

 

3.5  The Channel
will have the right to pre-empt up to ten (10) hours of the Weekday New
Morning series per year for either special network programming or stunts, such
as program marathons, or special events.

 

3.6  The
provisions in this clause 3 relating to the Weekday New Morning, as well as the
provisions of clause 2 relating to New Morning with Naomi
Judd supersede the following provisions of the First Amendment: the
first two sentences of Paragraph 1(b); Paragraph 1(c), except for the last
sentence; the last two sentences of Paragraph 1; and Paragraph 2(b).  With respect to the last sentence of
Paragraph 1(c) of the First Amendment, the subject matter of New Morning with Naomi Judd will be deemed to meet the
standards of the Hallmark Channel if it is consistent with the content of
programming delivered under the Prior Agreements.

 

4.  Non-Dramatic Specials

 

4.1  Crown
shall pay to NICC the balances of monies owed to NICC for the non-dramatic
specials American Creed, Albert Schweitzer, and Married In America, all in accordance with
payment schedules previously approved by the parties. These payment schedules
provided for Crown payments to NICC of approximately $99,000 in 2005 for American Creed; $98,000 in 2005 for Albert Schweitzer; and approximately
$887,000 in 2005 and $296,000 in 2006 for Married In America.
All of the above payment obligations shall be reduced to the extent any of the
foregoing payments have been made by Crown.

 

4.2  The
Channel will broadcast these programs during prime time (i.e., between 8:00PM
and 11:00PM Eastern Time and in pattern Pacific Time) on a mutually agreed to
date and time.  The Channel will
broadcast the non-dramatic special C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia
on Friday, December 9, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time.

 

4.3  Crown will
continue to fund under the terms of the Prior Agreements two new non-dramatic
specials to be selected and produced by NICC in 2006/2007 for

 

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broadcast in 2007. The license fees for these
two non-dramatic specials will be $1.25 million in the aggregate (the “New
Non-Dramatic Specials”). The license fees for the New Non-Dramatic Specials
shall be paid to NICC in the following installments: one-fourth in January, 2006;
 provided that production of at least one
special has commenced, one-fourth in June 2006; and one-half in January 2007
or on the closing of the sale of the Channel, whichever first occurs.

 

4.4  While
Crown is not obligated to broadcast the New Non-Dramatic Specials on the
Channel, NICC will offer those programs to Crown for the premier US broadcast.  If within thirty (30) days of receiving such written
offer, identifying the subject matter and creative elements of the programs in
reasonable detail, Crown does not elect to broadcast such programs, NICC may
cause such programs to be broadcast elsewhere without any further obligation to
Crown.

 

4.5  In the
event that Crown sells the Channel, the new owner will not be obligated to
broadcast any of the non-dramatic specials described in this Clause 4, except
for “C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia as provided in
clause 4.2 above.  In the event the new
owner elects not to broadcast any non-dramatic special, however, NICC shall
have the right to broadcast such non-dramatic specials elsewhere, and NICC
shall have no further obligation to Crown (or its successor) with respect to
such non-dramatic specials.

 

5.  Dramatic Specials

 

5.1  Crown
will pay to NICC in each of 2006 and 2007 the sum of $2 million for the
development of television movies of the week during those years (the “Movie
Funding”).  In 2006, the Movie Funding
will be paid in two $1 million installments on January 15, 2006 and June 15,
2006.  In 2007, the Movie Funding will be
paid in one $2 million installment on January 15, 2007.  Crown will also pay NICC $2 million in Movie
Funding for 2005 as follows: $250,000 will be paid within 30 days of mutual
execution of this Agreement and payment of the balance of $1.75 million will be
deferred as provided in clause 7 hereof. 
NICC will advise Crown in writing of the projects for which the Movie
Funding is utilized.

 

5.2  Crown and
NICC will endeavor to develop and produce A Reason To Believe
under the terms of the Prior Agreements. If Crown does not agree to finance the
production of the movie on or before the closing date of a Sale of the Channel
or June 30, 2006, whichever comes first, Crown will pay NICC a penalty
payment of $1 million on the sooner of the closing date or July 5, 2006 .

 

5.3  With
respect to each movie produced by NICC pursuant to this clause 5, the Channel
will have a period of thirty (30) days from delivery of the development
materials for the movie (i.e., teleplay, budget, production schedule and
suggested casting) to determine if it will cause Crown to finance the
production of the movie. If Crown finances substantially the entire the
production budget of the movie, NICC shall grant to Crown the exclusive right
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Channel in the United States for a period of three
(3) years from first broadcast or six (6) months from delivery,
whichever comes first and Crown will be deemed to be a co-producer of the
movie, with the rights and financial interests described in Paragraph 1(d) of
the First Amendment.  The distributor of
any such movie, however, will be determined in good faith by NICC and Crown.

 

5.4  If the
Channel elects not to finance the production of any movie under 5.3, NICC may
seek financing anywhere else and Crown and the Channel will have no further
interest in the movie.  NICC, however,
shall be obligated to return to Crown one hundred (100%) percent of the
development costs of any movie that has been funded using Crown’s Movie Funding,
out of the subsequent production financing for the production of the movie,
payable upon NICC’s receipt of the production financing.

 

5.5  The
provisions of this clause 5 and of clause 4 above supersede Paragraphs 1(d) and
2(c) of the First Amendment and the entire November 15, 2004
amendment, except as specifically noted.

 

6.  Late Fees

 

6.1  Crown
will incur and pay to NICC a late payment fee of 1.5% per month for any
payments that Crown is obligated to make to NICC herein which are not made
within thirty (30) days of the date they are due and invoiced. The parties
expressly agree that the late fees provided for herein do not constitute a
penalty.

 

7.  Deferred Payments

 

7.1  All
payments which NICC has agreed to defer in this Agreement (the “Deferred
Payments”) shall be due and payable to NICC on the closing of the sale of the
Channel or December 31, 2007, whichever comes first.

 

7.2  Deferred Payments
are the sum of the amount of money NICC defers pursuant to this Agreement and
either (a) interest on such money at the rate charged by NICC’s prime
lender commencing on the date that NICC borrows such funds and interest is
charged by NICC’s lender or (b)  if NICC sells its Crown stock to finance
the deficit, the increase in the sale price of such stock between the time NICC
sells such stock to fund the Deferred Payments and the average price of the
Crown stock on the 15 business days prior to and including the date the
Deferred Payment is paid by Crown. 
Before NICC sells any stock to fund the Deferred Payments, it will
notify Crown in writing and Crown will have the right to accelerate and make the
Deferred Payment within five business days so that the stock sale is not
necessary.  If Crown does not elect to
accelerate the Deferred Payment and NICC proceeds with the stock sale, NICC
will notify Crown in writing of such sale of Crown stock and the price at which
the stock is sold.

 

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8.  Prior Dramatic Specials Accountings

 

8.1  Crown
will account or cause Hallmark Entertainment to account for NICC’s imputed profit
participation (as defined in Paragraph 1(d) of the First Amendment) for
the motion pictures Love Comes Softly
and Love’s Enduring Promise. 
(Crown represents that it has secured Hallmark Entertainment’s agreement
to provide such accounting).  Such
accountings, accompanied by payment if any, will be rendered within sixty (60)
days of the end of each calendar semi-annual period.  The provisions in this clause 8 supersede
Paragraph 1(d) of the First Amendment and the entire November 15,
2004 amendment.

 

9.  Heroes Series

 

9.1  Crown
will finance and the Channel will broadcast a minimum of six episodes of this
series.

 

9.2  NICC will
receive a credit on each episode of the series as follows: “Produced in
Association with Faith & Values Media”.

 

9.3  Crown
will pay to NICC a producer’s fee of $7,500 per episode for each episode
produced by Crown.  This payment will be
made to NICC on or before June 30, 2006, and thereafter if additional
episodes are produced, to be paid for each such additional episode on its
delivery.

 

9.4  If
additional episodes of the Heroes Series are produced by Crown and broadcast
other than on the Channel, NICC will nevertheless be entitled to its $7,500
producer’s fee for each such episode.

 

9.5  The
provisions of this Clause 9 supersede those of Paragraphs 1(e) and 2(d) and
the last two sentences of Paragraph 1 of the First Amendment.

 

10.  Crown Quarterly Payments

 

10.1  Crown
had been making annual payments to NICC in lieu of financing a Signature Series as
provided in Paragraphs 1(c) and 2(b) of the First Amendment the
amount of $3 million dollars, paid in four equal quarterly installments at the
beginning of each calendar quarterly period. NICC has agreed to permit Crown to
defer the fourth quarter 2005 payment in the amount of $750,000 in accordance
with clause 7 above.  Crown shall have no
obligation for such payments in years subsequent to 2005.

 

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11.  Programming Rights and Air Time

 

11.1  NICC
hereby grants to the Channel five-year broadcast rights to the programs
produced hereunder which NICC owns, unless another rights period is
specifically set forth in this Agreement for a specific genre of programming,
provided that (a) such rights period will terminate in the event of a Sale
of the Channel and the buyer elects not to broadcast the NICC programming and (b) NICC
is granted a recapture right without fee for any programs it so designates,
which recapture right may be exercised by NICC at anytime upon the earlier of (i) six
(6) months after the initial broadcast of the program or (ii) twelve
months after delivery of the program.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if Crown receives notice from NICC of its intent to recapture
the rights to a “holiday” program (i.e. a program with subject matter which is
associated with a holiday), Crown may in turn notify NICC that it wishes to
retain its rights to such program.  Once
it has given this notice, Crown’s rights hereunder to the program will continue
for another two years from the date of the notice, provided that it thereafter rebroadcasts
the program on at least an annual basis. 
The rights to the program will revert to NICC immediately if, at any
time during the two year period, Crown has not rebroadcast the program at least
once during the previous twelve months. 
If there is no prior reversion, the rights to the program will revert to
NICC at the end of the two year period. 
Crown may delay NICC’s recapture of rights and retain its rights for two
years to a maximum of only two such “holiday” programs per year. This clause
11.1 will be deemed to supersede Paragraph 2 of the Second Amendment.

 

11.2  As
provided in the Prior Agreements, NICC is and shall be the copyright owner of
all new programming covered herein, excepting only the Heroes Series.

 

12.  The Sale of the Channel

 

12.1  At the
time the Channel is sold to a third party (the “Purchaser”), Crown will use its
reasonable business efforts to have the purchaser elect to continue the NICC
programming. Provided that Crown either (a) makes this request to the
Purchaser in writing or (b) arranges for NICC to meet with the Purchaser
to discuss the NICC programming, Crown will be deemed to have used reasonable
business efforts.

 

12.2  If the
Purchaser does not elect to continue broadcasting NICC programming, the
Purchaser will nevertheless, if so requested by NICC, a) continue to broadcast the
Sunday Morning Programming, including “Sunday New Morning with Naomi Judd”, and
weekday “New Morning” series on the Channel for a period of six months
following the closing in accordance with the terms of this and the Prior
Agreements and (b) pay a pro rata portion of the license fees and
production funding

 

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specified in this Agreement for such programming.  The foregoing shall be the Purchasers only
obligation to NICC during such six month period and following the six month
period, the Purchaser shall have no further obligations whatsoever to NICC
under this or the Prior Agreements.

 

12.3  At the closing
of the Sale of the Channel, Crown will cause the following payments to be made directly
to NICC out of the proceeds of the sale price of the Channel: (a)  $15
million; (b) any unpaid amounts of the $2 million per year of the dramatic
specials payments as set forth in clause 5 above through the end of 2007 and
the non-dramatic special payments as set forth in clause 4.3; and (c) all other
amounts deferred by NICC in accordance with clause 7 above.

 

12.4  At the
closing of the Sale of the Channel, Crown will redeem the $25 million NICC
Preferred Interest plus any accrued interest measured at LIBOR and calculated
from the date of the Naomi Show Premier.

 

13.  Digital Channel

 

13.1  It is
agreed by the parties that Crown shall have no obligations to NICC with respect
to assistance or financing of a digital cable channel, as described in
Paragraph 3 of the First Amendment.

 

14.  Superseded Provisions of Prior Agreement

 

14.1  In
addition to the superseded provisions described above, other provisions of the Prior
Agreements are no longer in force or effect. 
These include, but are not limited to: Paragraphs 6.3, 6.6, 6.8, and
6.9.1 of the 1998 Amended and Restated Company Agreement;  the last paragraph of Paragraph 1 of the 1998
Program License Agreement; and Paragraphs 5, 6 , and 7 (a), (b) and (d) of
the First Amendment,

 

15.  Releases

 

15.1  In
consideration of the payments Crown is to make to NICC herein and the
performance of the other obligations undertaken by Crown herein, NICC, Faith
and Values Media, VISN Management Corporation and their parent and affiliated
companies (the NICC Parties”) hereby release Crown, Hallmark Entertainment,
their parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, shareholders, directors, officers and
agents from and against any and all claims, which the NICC Parties may have
against them from the beginning of the world to the date of the Agreement,
solely as they relate to the development, production, distribution, marketing
and promotion, financing and broadcast of programming, channels and program
services, including but not limited to NICC and “faith and values” programming
pursuant to the Prior Agreements or any other agreements, undertakings, understanding
or protocols.

 

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15.2  In consideration of the
covenants and undertakings assumed by NICC pursuant to this Agreement, Crown
hereby releases the NICC Parties and any of their parents, affiliates,
subsidiaries, directors, officers and agents from any and all claims,
liabilities, costs and expenses which Crown may have against the NICC Parties,
their parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, directors, officers and agents from
the beginning of the world to the date of this Agreement, solely as they relate
to the development, production, distribution, marketing and promotion,
financing and broadcast of programming, channels and program services,
including but not limited to NICC and “faith and values” programming pursuant
to the Prior Agreements or any other agreements, undertakings, understanding or
protocols.

 

15.3  These
releases do not extend to any outstanding or continuing obligations under this
Settlement Agreement or the Prior Agreements.

 

16.  Term; Renewal; Buyout; Termination

 

16.1  Subject
to an earlier sale of the Channel, the Term of this Agreement and the Prior
Agreements will end on December 31, 2007, except for any term which
expressly or by implication is intended to survive the Term, including, but not
limited to the Amended and Restated Company Agreement clauses I, II, 5.7,
5.7.4, 6.6(b) 13.3 and 13.4 and the First Amendment clause 4.

 

16.2  If there has not been a sale or merger of
Crown or the Channel, on or about June 30, 2007, Crown will negotiate with
NICC for a period of 60 days regarding continuation of the programming
commitments described in Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 (the “Programming Commitments”).
If, at the end of the 60 day negotiating period, the parties have not reached
agreement and Crown is not willing to continue the Programming Commitments on
the Channel at the same levels, NICC may compel Crown to buy all of NICC’s
outstanding shares of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Class A common stock
at their then-current market value, by written notice given no later than November 1,
2007.  The market value of the shares
will be calculated based on the average share price during the 15 trading days preceding
and 15 trading days following the date of notice.

 

16.3  In the event NICC sells more than 50% of the
shares of Crown Media Holdings, Inc. Class A common stock which it
owned as of February 22, 2001, except as part of a sale or merger of the
Company, the commitments and obligations described in Paragraphs 1 through 5 above
will cease at the end of the then-current broadcast season (approximately August 31st)
and the rights and obligations under Paragraph 12 (a) and (b) will
terminate immediately..

 

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17.  General

 

17.1  This
Agreement may be amended only by written instrument signed by both NICC and
Crown.

 

17.2  No
waiver or modification of any of the terms of this Agreement will be valid
unless in writing.

 

17.3  No
waiver by either party of a breach hereof will be deemed a waiver of any other
default hereunder or of any subsequent breach or default.

 

17.4  If any
particular term, covenant or provision of this Agreement is determined to be
invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability thereof will not
affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement which will remain in full
force and effect.

 

17.5  This
Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all pre-existing oral or written
agreements and understandings between them with respect thereto.

 

17.6  This
Agreement is governed by the law of the State of New York applicable to
agreements entered into and wholly to be performed in that State. The parties
here to designate the federal and state courts in New York, New York as the
exclusive venue for the resolution of any and all disputes concerning this
Agreement and the parties agree to submit to the jurisdictions of said courts
and agree to waive and not to assert any defenses based on lack of personal
jurisdiction or forum non conviens.

 

Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any disputes arising under clauses 2.4 and 8.1 shall first be
submitted by the parties to mediation in the State of New York under the
auspices of the American Arbitration Association and the parties shall, in good
faith, seek to resolve their dispute in this manner.

 

The foregoing sets forth all of the terms and
conditions of this Settlement, and the parties hereby acknowledge their
agreement to and acceptance of such terms and conditions by signing as
indicated below.

 

	
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