Document:

Scripps Senior Executive Change in Control Plan

 EXHIBIT 10.65 
  
 

 
  
 Scripps Senior Executive 
 Change in Control Plan 
 (Effective April 28, 2004) 

 
  
 The E. W. Scripps Company 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
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	 ARTICLE 1.
	 	INTRODUCTION	  	2
			
	 ARTICLE 2.
	 	DEFINITIONS	  	2
			
	 ARTICLE 3.
	 	PLAN PARTICIPATION	  	5
			
	 ARTICLE 4.
	 	ACCELERATION OF VESTING OF EQUITY AWARDS UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL	  	5
			
	 ARTICLE 5.
	 	TERMINATION PAYMENT AND OTHER BENEFITS UPON CERTAIN TERMINATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AFTER CHANGE IN CONTROL	  	5
			
	 ARTICLE 6.
	 	NON-DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS AND BENEFITS	  	9
			
	 ARTICLE 7.
	 	SOURCE OF PAYMENTS	  	9
			
	 ARTICLE 8.
	 	PLAN ADMINISTRATION AND CLAIMS PROCEDURE	  	9
			
	 ARTICLE 9.
	 	ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES	  	10
			
	 ARTICLE 10.
	 	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	  	11

  

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 ARTICLE 1. INTRODUCTION 
  

The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (“Company”), hereby adopts the Scripps Senior Executive Change in Control Plan (“Plan”) to read in
its entirety as set forth in this document, effective April 28, 2004. 
  
 The Plan
generally provides for (i) accelerated vesting of outstanding equity awards for covered executives if the Company experiences a change in control and (ii) certain potential termination payments and other benefits for covered executives if their
employment terminates under prescribed circumstances after a change in control, all as specifically described in the following provisions of the Plan. The Company believes that it will derive substantial benefits by adopting the Plan because its
existence will: 
  

	 	•	Allow covered executives to focus on the Company’s business and objectively evaluate any future proposals during potential change in control transactions,

  

	 	•	Assist the Company in attracting and retaining selected executives, 

  

	 	•	Provide for greater consistency of protection for selected executives, and 

  

	 	•	Avoid problems associated with adopting change in control agreements during any future potential change in control transaction. 

  
 ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS 
  

	2.1	“Board” means the board of directors of the Company. 

  

	2.2	“Cause” means: 

  

	 	(a)	Commission of a felony or an act or series of acts that results in material injury to the business or reputation of the Company or any subsidiary; 

 

	 	(b)	Willful failure to perform duties of employment, if such failure has not been cured in all material respects within twenty (20) days after the Company or any subsidiary, as
applicable, gives notice thereof; or 

  

	 	(c)	Breach of any material term, provision or condition of employment, which breach has not been cured in all material respects within twenty (20) days after the Company or any
subsidiary, as applicable, gives notice thereof. 

  

	2.3	“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following with respect to the Company: 

  

	 	(a)	Any Person becomes a Beneficial Owner of a majority of the outstanding Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value, of the Company (or shares of 

  

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 capital stock of the Company with comparable or unlimited voting rights), excluding, however, The Edward
W. Scripps Trust (the “Trust”) and the trustees thereof, and any Person that is or becomes a party to the Scripps Family Agreement, dated October 15, 1992, as amended currently and as it may be amended from time to time in the
future (the “Family Agreement”); or 
  

	 	(b)	Assets of the Company accounting for 90% or more of the Company’s revenues are disposed of pursuant to a merger, consolidation, sale, or plan of liquidation and
dissolution (unless the Trust or the parties to the Family Agreement have Beneficial Ownership of, directly or indirectly, a controlling interest (defined as owning a majority of the voting power) in the entity surviving such merger or consolidation
or acquiring such assets upon such sale or in connection with such plan of liquidation and dissolution). 

  
 For purposes of this Section 2.3, “Person” has the meaning provided in section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(“Exchange Act”), and as used in sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including a “group” within the meaning of section 13(d) of the Exchange Act; and “Beneficial Ownership” and
“Beneficial Owner” have the meanings provided in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act. 
  

	2.4	“Committee” means the Board’s Compensation Committee.  

  

	2.5	“Company” means The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation, and any successor. 

  

	2.6	“Covered Executive” means an employee of the Company who is employed as an executive and who is listed in Appendix A at the time of a Change in Control.

  

	2.7	“Disability” means a Covered Executive’s termination or suspension of employment accompanied by his/her actual receipt of a Disability Retirement
Benefit under the Scripps Pension Plan or a Disability Benefit under the Scripps Long Term Disability Income Plan. A Covered Executive will be deemed to be in actual receipt of the aforementioned benefits during any waiting period, of up to six (6)
months duration, that is a prerequisite for the commencement of benefit payments.  

  

	2.8	“Effective Date” means April 28, 2004, the date as of which the Plan has been adopted. 

  

	2.9	“Good Reason” means: 

  

	 	(a)	After a Change in Control, a material reduction in a Covered Executive’s annual salary or bonus opportunity below the amount of annual salary or bonus opportunity in
effect immediately prior to such Change in Control; 

  

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	 	(b)	After a Change in Control, the assignment to a Covered Executive of duties, offices or responsibilities materially inconsistent with, or materially less than, his/her duties,
offices or responsibilities immediately prior to such Change in Control, or any removal of a Covered Executive from, or any failure to reelect or reappoint him/her to, any office or director position he/she held immediately prior to such Change in
Control, except in connection with the termination of such Covered Executive’s employment for Cause or on account of his/her Retirement, Disability or death; 

  

	 	(c)	After a Change in Control, the relocation or reassignment of a Covered Executive, without his/her consent, to regularly work in a location more than fifty (50) miles outside
of the metropolitan area in which he/she was located as an employee immediately prior to such Change in Control; 

  

	 	(d)	After a Change in Control, the failure by any successor to the Company to assume the obligations of the Company under any employment agreement applicable to a Covered
Executive; or 

  

	 	(e)	After a Change in Control, the Company’s (or successor’s) failure to correct a breach of any material term, provision or condition of employment of a Covered
Executive, after receiving thirty (30) days’ notice from the Covered Executive, unless the Covered Executive’s employment is terminated for Cause within such thirty (30) day notice period. 

  

	2.10	“Retirement” means a Covered Executive’s termination of employment accompanied by his/her actual receipt of a Normal Retirement Benefit or Early
Retirement Benefit under the Scripps Pension Plan. 

  

	2.11	“Scripps Long Term Disability Income Plan” means the employee benefit plan of that name sponsored by the Company, including any amended, restated or
successor version of that plan. 

  

	2.12	“Scripps Pension Plan” means the tax-qualified employee pension plan of that name sponsored by the Company, including any amended, restated or successor
version of that plan. “Scripps Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan” means the non-tax-qualified excess retirement plan sponsored by the Company, including any amended, restated or successor version of that plan.

  

	2.13	“Termination Payment” is the payment described in Section 5.2 to which a Covered Executive may become entitled following termination of his/her employment
under the circumstances described in Section 5.1. 

  

	2.14	In addition to the foregoing, certain other terms of more limited usage are defined in other Articles of the Plan. All terms defined in the Plan are designated with initial
capital letters. 

  

	2.15	Whenever appropriate, words used herein in the singular may be read as the plural and the plural may be read as the singular. Unless otherwise clear from

  

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 the context, words used herein in the masculine shall also be deemed to include the feminine. 

 
 ARTICLE 3. PLAN PARTICIPATION 
  
 An individual must be a Covered Executive in order to participate in the Plan. The names of
all Covered Executives are listed in Appendix A. Subject to approval or ratification by the Board, the Committee may revise Appendix A at any time(s) by adding or deleting names (or changing Termination Pay Multiples, as described in Section
5.2(c)), provided that the deletion of any name (or reduction of any Termination Pay Multiple) shall require sixty (60) days’ advance written notice to each affected Covered Executive. Only those employees listed in Appendix A at the time of a
Change in Control are eligible to receive any rights, termination payment or other benefits under the Plan. 
  
 ARTICLE 4. ACCELERATION OF VESTING OF EQUITY AWARDS UPON CHANGE IN CONTROL 
  
 Upon a Change in Control, all outstanding equity awards of a Covered Executive, including but not limited to any incentive or nonqualified stock options, stock
appreciation rights in tandem with or independent of options (“SARs”), restricted or nonrestricted share awards, restricted stock units and performance units, shall immediately vest and not be subject to forfeiture, with all vested
stock options and SARs (including those vesting pursuant to this Article 5) remaining exercisable for the remainder of their original terms. 
  
 ARTICLE 5. TERMINATION PAYMENT AND OTHER BENEFITS UPON CERTAIN TERMINATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AFTER CHANGE IN CONTROL 
  

	5.1	Eligibility for Termination Payment. A Covered Executive will be entitled to receive a Termination Payment (described in Section 5.2) if, within twenty-four (24)
months after a Change in Control, his/her employment with the Company is terminated either (i) by the Company without Cause, or (ii) by the Covered Executive for Good Reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Covered Executive will not be entitled to
any Termination Payment if his/her termination of employment is (i) of his/her own initiative for any reason other than Good Reason, or (ii) on account of his/her Retirement, Disability or death. A Termination Payment is in lieu of any further
salary, bonus or other payments to a Covered Executive for periods subsequent to the date of his/her termination of employment; but the Covered Executive still will retain any and all of his/her 

  

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 vested rights under the Company’s employee pension and benefit plans and arrangements, including,
without limitation, the Scripps Pension Plan and the Scripps Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan. 
  

	5.2	Amount of Termination Payment. A Covered Executive’s Termination Payment is a cash lump sum equal to the amount computed by multiplying (i) the sum of his/her
Base Salary plus Bonus, by (ii) his/her Termination Pay Multiple. A Covered Executive’s Termination Payment will be paid by the Company within thirty (30) days following his/her termination of employment. 

  
 As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings: 

 

	 	(a)	“Base Salary” means a Covered Executive’s highest annualized rate of basic salary in effect at any time during the then current partial calendar year,
if applicable, and three (3) full prior calendar years preceding his/her termination of employment; 

  

	 	(b)	“Bonus” means the higher of (i) a Covered Executive’s target bonus in the then partial calendar year, if applicable, of his/her termination of
employment, or (ii) his/her highest actual annual bonus in the three (3) full prior calendar years preceding his/her termination of employment; and 

  

	 	(c)	“Termination Pay Multiple” is the number set forth beside a Covered Executive’s name in Appendix A under the column so named Termination Pay Multiple.

  

	5.3	Other Benefit Coverage. If a Covered Executive qualifies for Termination Pay under Section 5.1, his/her Benefit Coverage shall be continued for the Maximum Benefit
Period or, if less, until the Covered Executive obtains full-time employment providing benefits substantially similar to his/her Benefit Coverage. To receive such Benefit Coverage, the Covered Executive must continue to pay the same percentage of
the total benefit premiums or contributions required from senior executive employees at the time of the Covered Executive’s termination of employment (or, if materially less, at the time of the prior Change in Control).

  
 If continued Benefit Coverage cannot be
provided to a Covered Executive for any reason, the Company will exercise its best efforts to provide substantially similar coverage under an alternate arrangement. If this cannot reasonably be done due to circumstances beyond the Company’s
control, then the Company will make a lump sum payment to the Covered Executive equal to the sum of the present actuarially determined value of such Benefit Coverage plus any lost income tax benefits. 
  
 As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings: 

 

	 	(a)	“Benefit Coverage” means the medical, dental, disability, life and accidental death insurance benefits which the Covered Executive and his/her eligible
dependents, if any, were receiving at the time of his/her 

  

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 termination of employment (or, if materially greater, at the time of the prior Change in Control); and

  

	 	(b)	“Maximum Benefit Period” is the number of months following the Covered Executive’s termination of employment equal to twelve (12) times his/her
Termination Pay Multiple. The Maximum Benefit Period automatically shall end if a Covered Executive dies, but only with respect to his/her own coverage, with coverage of any eligible dependent(s) continuing as though the Covered Executive had not
died so long as all required employee premiums or contributions continue to be paid by the eligible dependent(s). 

  

	5.4	Pension Enhancement. If a Covered Executive qualifies for Termination Pay under Section 5.1, he/she will receive a cash lump sum equal to the actuarially determined
value of a Pension Enhancement. 

  
 “Pension Enhancement” is the difference in the present value of the following: 
  

	 	(a)	The actual pension the Covered Executive is entitled to receive under the Scripps Pension Plan and the Scripps Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan based upon his/her
actual age and years of credited service at the time of his/her termination of employment; and 

  

	 	(b)	The assumed pension the Covered Executive would be entitled to receive under the Scripps Pension Plan and the Scripps Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan if his/her age
and years of credited service at the time of his/her termination of employment were increased by a number equal to his/her Termination Pay Multiple. 

  
 In calculating the Pension Enhancement, the same actuarial assumptions and factors shall be used as are prescribed under the
Scripps Pension Plan for computing lump sum benefit payments. 
  

	5.5	Gross-Up Payment. If a Covered Executive qualifies for a Termination Payment under Section 5.1, he/she also shall be entitled to a Gross-Up Payment, if applicable.
“Gross-Up Payment” is the lump sum benefit payment hereinafter described in this Section 5.5. 

  
 If it is determined (as hereinafter provided) that any payment, benefit or distribution to or for such Covered Executive’s benefit, whether paid or
payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of the Plan or otherwise pursuant to or by reason of any other agreement, policy, plan, program, arrangement or similar right (a “Payment”), would be subject to the
excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor provision thereto), or any interest or penalties with respect to such excise tax (such tax, together with any such interest and penalties, hereafter collectively
referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the Covered Executive shall be entitled to receive a cash lump sum Gross-Up Payment(s) in an amount such that, after 
  

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 payment by the Covered Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect
to such taxes), including any Excise Tax, imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment(s), the Covered Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment(s) equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments. 
  
 All determinations required to be made under this Section 5.5, including
whether an Excise Tax is payable by the Covered Executive, the amount of such Excise Tax, whether a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment, shall be made by a nationally-recognized legal or accounting firm (the
“Firm”) (which may be the Company’s independent auditor) selected by the Company in its sole discretion. The Firm shall submit its determination and detailed supporting calculations to the Covered Executive and the Company as
promptly as practicable. If the Firm determines that any Excise Tax is payable by the Covered Executive and that a Gross-Up Payment is required, the Company shall pay the Covered Executive the required Gross-Up Payment within thirty (30) days of
receipt of such determination and calculations. If the Firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable by the Covered Executive, it shall, at the same time it makes such determination, furnish the Covered Executive with an opinion stating that he/she
has substantial authority not to report any Excise Tax on his/her federal income tax return. Any determination by the Firm as to the amount of the Gross-Up Payment shall be binding upon the Covered Executive and the Company. As a result of the
uncertainty in the application of Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code (or any successor provision thereto) at the time of the initial determination by the Firm hereunder, it is possible that the Company may fail to pay a Gross-Up Payment which
should have been paid (an “Underpayment”). If the Covered Executive thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Firm shall determine the amount of the Underpayment, if any, that has occurred and submit its
determination and detailed supporting calculations to the Covered Executive and the Company as promptly as possible. Any such Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Company to the Covered Executive, or for his/her benefit, within thirty (30)
days of receipt of such determination and calculations. 
  
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Covered Executive and the Company shall each provide the Firm access to and copies of any books, records or documents in the possession of the Company or the Covered Executive, as the case may be, reasonably requested by the Firm, and shall each
otherwise cooperate with the Firm in connection with the preparation and issuance of the determinations contemplated by this Section 5.5. The fees and expenses of the Firm for services in connection with the determinations and calculations
contemplated by this Section 5.5 shall be paid by the Company. 
  

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 ARTICLE 6. NON-DUPLICATION OF PAYMENTS AND BENEFITS 
  
 Notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan, there shall be no duplication of rights, payments and benefits under the Plan with
rights, payments and benefits granted to a Covered Employee, in the event of a Change in Control or upon termination of his/her employment after a Change in Control, under any other agreement, plan or arrangement (“Alternate Plan”).
In order to prevent such duplication, the Committee shall require the Covered Executive to elect whether he/she desires to claim such rights, payments and benefits under this Plan or under the Alternate Plan. 
  
 ARTICLE 7. SOURCE OF PAYMENTS 
  
 All payments required under the terms of the Plan shall be paid in cash from the general
assets of the Company. A Covered Executive shall have the status of a general creditor of the Company with respect to any and all claims for payments under the Plan. 
  
 ARTICLE 8. PLAN ADMINISTRATION AND CLAIMS PROCEDURE 
  

	8.1	Plan Administration. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee and/or its designee(s). The Committee shall have rights, powers and duties with respect to the
Plan that are comparable to those granted to the designated pension board under the Scripps Pension Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee has full authority to (i) interpret Plan, (ii) determine all questions relating
to the rights and status of Covered Executives and their Termination Payments, Benefit Coverage, Pension Enhancements and Gross-Up Payments, and (iii) make such rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan as are not inconsistent with
its express terms and provisions. This provision is included in the Plan for the express purpose of giving and granting to the Committee the maximum discretionary authority possible under Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch, 489 U.S.
101 (1989). Decisions by the Committee shall be made by majority vote of all members of the Committee. 

  

	8.2	Claims Procedure. If any Covered Executive’s claim for payments or benefits under the Plan is denied, the Committee shall cause a written notice to be sent to the
Covered Executive setting forth the specific reasons for the denial, specific reference to the provisions of the Plan on which the denial is based, a description of any material or information necessary to perfect the denied claim (together with an
explanation of why such material or information is necessary), and an explanation of the review procedure described below. Within sixty (60) days after receipt of such notice of denial from the Committee, the Covered Executive, or his/her duly
authorized representative, may request a review of the denied claim by written application to the Committee. In connection with such request for review, the Covered Executive, or his/her duly authorized representative, shall be

  

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 entitled to review any and all documents pertinent to the claim or its denial and also shall be entitled
to submit issues and comments in writing. The decision of the Committee upon such review shall be made not later than sixty (60) days after the receipt of such request for review, unless special circumstances shall require an extension of time for
processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered as soon as possible, but not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the Committee’s receipt of the request for review. The decision of the Committee upon review of the denied
application shall be in writing and shall include specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the decision is based. All written communications from the Committee under this Section 8.2 shall
be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the recipient. 
  
 ARTICLE 9. ARBITRATION OF DISPUTES 
  
 Any controversy or claim
arising out of or relating to the Plan that cannot be resolved pursuant to Section 9.2 shall be settled by binding arbitration in the City of Cincinnati, Ohio, in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association then pertaining in such city; and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator or arbitrators may be entered in any court in Hamilton County, Ohio having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitrator or arbitrators shall have powers to
issue mandatory orders and restraining orders in connection with such arbitration. Neither the Company nor a Covered Executive shall be liable for punitive or exemplary damages. Each party shall be responsible for its/his/her own costs and expenses
(including attorneys’ fees). The federal and state courts in Hamilton County, Ohio shall have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to the entry of judgment upon any arbitration award hereunder or the granting of any order; and such courts shall
have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any other controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the Plan that may properly be brought therein if the provisions herein mandating arbitration are held to be unenforceable. 
  

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 ARTICLE 10. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
  

	10.1	ERISA and Governing Law. The Plan is an unfunded deferred compensation plan for a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as defined in Section
201(2) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). As such, the Plan is expressly excluded from all, or substantially all, of the provisions of ERISA, including but not limited to Parts 2 and
3 of Title I thereof. None of the statutory rights and protections conferred on participants by ERISA are conferred under the terms of this Plan, except as expressly noted or required by operation of law. To the extent not superseded by federal law,
the laws of the State of Ohio shall control in any and all matters relating to the Plan. 

  

	10.2	Benefits Are Nonassignable. No right, payment or benefit under the Plan may be pledged, assigned, anticipated or alienated in any way by any Covered Executive.

  

	10.3	Amendment, Suspension or Termination of Plan. The Company hereby reserves the right and power to amend, suspend or terminate the Plan, in whole or in part, at any time
and from time to time; provided, however, that any action taken after a Change in Control or within sixty (60) days prior to a Change in Control cannot materially adversely affect the rights, payments or benefits of any employee who then is a
Covered Executive without his/her express written consent. All actions pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall be set forth in a written instrument adopted by the Committee and approved or ratified by the Board. 

  

	10.4	No Guarantee Of Employment. Nothing contained in the Plan shall be construed as a contract of employment between the Company or any Covered Executive, or as a right of
any Covered Executive to continue in the employment of the Company, or as a limitation of the right of the Company to discharge any Covered Executive, with or without cause, at any time. 

  

	10.5	Severability. If any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions
hereof; instead, each provision shall be fully severable and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein. 

  

 11Scripps Executive Deferred Compensation Plan

 EXHIBIT 10.66 
  
 Scripps Executive Deferred Compensation Plan 
  
 Effective July 1, 2004 
  

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
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	 ARTICLE 1.
	 	INTRODUCTION	  	2
			
	 ARTICLE 2.
	 	DEFINITIONS	  	2
			
	 ARTICLE 3.
	 	ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION	  	6
			
	 ARTICLE 4.
	 	PARTICIPANT DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS	  	7
			
	 ARTICLE 5.
	 	COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS	  	8
			
	 ARTICLE 6.
	 	COMPANY ELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS	  	8
			
	 ARTICLE 7.
	 	VESTING	  	8
			
	 ARTICLE 8.
	 	ACCOUNTS	  	9
			
	 ARTICLE 9.
	 	INVESTMENT FUNDS	  	9
			
	 ARTICLE 10.
	 	ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS	  	10
			
	 ARTICLE 11.
	 	PAYMENT OF BENEFITS	  	10
			
	 ARTICLE 12.
	 	BENEFICIARIES; PARTICIPANT DATA	  	11
			
	 ARTICLE 13.
	 	THE TRUST	  	13
			
	 ARTICLE 14.
	 	ADMINISTRATION	  	13
			
	 ARTICLE 15.
	 	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS	  	15

  

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 Scripps Executive Deferred Compensation Plan 
  

  

 ARTICLE 1. INTRODUCTION 
  
 Effective as of July 1, 2004, The E.W. Scripps Company has adopted the Scripps Executive Deferred Compensation and Savings Restoration Plan
(the “Plan”) for the benefit of certain key executives of The E.W. Scripps Company and its related business entities (collectively, the “Company”). 
  
 The Plan is intended to provide the Company’s key executives with enhanced ability to plan their financial futures by expanding their
ability to defer compensation. The Plan allows key executives to defer this compensation to a time that is better suited for their financial needs. 
  
 The Plan also is intended to provide the Company’s key executives with the opportunity to accumulate deferred compensation that cannot be accumulated under the
Scripps Retirement & Investment Plan (the “Basic Plan”) because Basic Contributions under the terms of the Basic Plan are limited to six percent (6%) of Compensation (or such other percentage of Compensation as the Basic Plan may from
time to time specify). 
  
 The Company intends, by adopting the Plan, to recognize
the value of the past and present services of key executives and to encourage and assure their continued service with the Company by making more adequate provision for their future retirement security. 
  
 This Plan replaces the 1997 Deferred Compensation and Phantom Stock Plan for Senior Officers
and Selected Employees (Effective May 22, 1997), as well as the Scripps Executive Savings Restoration Plan (Effective May 1, 1999). Collectively these plans are referred to as the “Prior Plans.” The Prior Plans hereby are terminated,
rescinded and superseded by this Plan for all participants therein who are Eligible Employees under this Plan, effective at such time as the deferrals under the Prior Plans have been credited to Accounts under this Plan as described in Section
8.1(b) of this Plan. Definitions 
  

	1.1	“Account” means the balance credited to a Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Plan bookkeeping account, including contribution credits and deemed
income, gains, and losses credited thereto. A Participant’s or Beneficiary’s Account shall consist of a Deferral Contributions Subaccount, a Company Matching Contributions Subaccount and/or a Company Elective Contributions Subaccount.
Accounts are further described in Article 8. 

  

	1.2	“Base Compensation” means “Compensation” as defined in the Basic Plan, but without regard to the dollar limits therein prescribed by reason of Code
Section 401(a)(17). 

  

	1.3	“Base Deferrals” means deferrals from Base Compensation, as described in Section 4.2(a). 

  

	1.4	“Basic Plan” means the Scripps Retirement & Investment Plan, which hereby is incorporated by reference. Except to the extent otherwise indicated herein,
and except to the extent otherwise inappropriate in the context, certain definitions contained in the Basic Plan are applicable under the Plan. 

  

	1.5	“Beneficiary” means any person or persons so designated in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.1. 

  

			
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 Scripps Executive Deferred Compensation Plan 
  

  

	1.6	“Board” means the Board of Directors of The E. W. Scripps Company or any successor. 

  

	1.7	“Bonus Compensation” means bonuses earned during a Plan Year that become payable in the following Plan Year under the Company’s annual executive bonus
plan. 

  

	1.8	“Bonus Deferrals” means deferrals from Bonus Compensation, as described in Section 4.2(b). 

  

	1.9	“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following with respect to The E.W. Scripps Company: 

  

	 	(a)	Any Person becomes a Beneficial Owner of a majority of the outstanding Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value, of The E.W. Scripps Company (or shares of capital stock of The
E.W. Scripps Company with comparable or unlimited voting rights), excluding, however, The Edward W. Scripps Trust (the “Scripps Trust”) and the trustees thereof, and any Person that is or becomes a party to the Scripps Family
Agreement, dated October 15, 1992, as amended currently and as it may be amended from time to time in the future (the “Family Agreement”); or 

  

	 	(b)	Assets of the The E.W. Scripps Company accounting for 90% or more of its revenues are disposed of pursuant to a merger, consolidation, sale, or plan of liquidation and
dissolution (unless the Scripps Trust or the parties to the Family Agreement have Beneficial Ownership of, directly or indirectly, a controlling interest (defined as owning a majority of the voting power) in the entity surviving such merger or
consolidation or acquiring such assets upon such sale or in connection with such plan of liquidation and dissolution). 

  
 In addition to the foregoing, Change in Control also means the occurrence of the following with respect to a particular Subsidiary of The E.W. Scripps
Company or division of such Subsidiary, but only with respect to Participants employed by that particular Subsidiary or division: 
  

	 	(c)	Any Person, other than The E.W. Scripps Company or an Affiliate, acquires Beneficial Ownership of securities of a particular Subsidiary having at least fifty percent (50%) of
the voting power of such Subsidiary’s then outstanding securities; or 

  

	 	(d)	A Subsidiary sells to any Person, other than The E.W. Scripps Company or an Affiliate, all or substantially all of the assets of a particular division of such Subsidiary.

  
 For purposes of this Section 2.10,
“Person” has the meaning provided in section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), and as used in sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, including a “group”
within the meaning of section 13(d) of the Exchange Act; “Beneficial Ownership” and “Beneficial Owner” have the meanings provided in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act; “Subsidiary” means
a corporation or other entity of which outstanding shares or interests representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the combined voting power of such corporation or entity are owned directly or indirectly by The E.W. Scripps Company; and 

 

			
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 “Affiliate” means any Person controlling or under common control with The E.W.
Scripps Company or any Person of which The E.W. Scripps Company directly or indirectly has Beneficial Ownership of securities having a majority of the voting power. 
  

	1.10	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

  

	1.11	“Committee” means the Plan Committee, as selected by the Board or its designee, and whose membership is appointed or removed by the Board or its designee.
The Committee is further described in Article 14. 

  

	1.12	“Company” means The E. W. Scripps Company, or any other related business entity that, with the consent of the Committee, becomes a participating employer in
the Plan, including successors or assigns of the foregoing. 

  

	1.13	“Company Elective Contributions” means any contributions deemed made by the Company pursuant to Article 6. 

  

	1.14	“Company Elective Contributions Subaccount” means the portion of an Account credited with Company Elective Contributions for a given Participant, adjusted
for gains and losses. 

  

	1.15	“Company Matching Contributions” means the contributions deemed made by the Company pursuant to Article 5. 

  

	1.16	“Company Matching Contributions Subaccount” means the portion of an Account credited with Company Matching Contributions for a given Participant (including
like amounts transferred pursuant to Section 8.1(b) from the Prior Plans), adjusted for gains and losses. 

  

	1.17	“Deferral Contributions” means the combined Base Deferrals and Bonus Deferrals made pursuant to Article 4. 

  

	1.18	“Deferral Contributions Subaccount” means the portion of an Account credited with Deferral Contributions for a given Participant (including like amounts
transferred pursuant to Section 8.1(b) from the Prior Plans), adjusted for gains and losses. 

  

	1.19	“Effective Date” means July 1, 2004. 

  

	1.20	“Eligible Employee” means, for any Plan Year (or applicable portion thereof), a person employed by the Company who meets the following requirements: (i) is
eligible to participate in The E.W. Scripps Company Amended and Restated 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (excluding awards issued through the President’s Club or any similar program); (ii) is eligible to participate in the Basic Plan with respect
to such Plan Year; and (iii) has Base Compensation in excess of the Code Section 401(a)(17) limit with respect to such Plan Year. Eligible Employee also includes (iv) any person employed by the Company on the Effective Date who then is eligible to
participate in any Prior Plan and who actually deferred compensation into a Prior Plan after January 1, 1999; or (v) any other management or highly compensated employee of the Company approved by the Committee. 

  

			
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	1.21	“Entry Date” with respect to an Eligible Employee means the first day of each Plan Year, and such other date or dates as Committee shall specify. In
addition, in the case of an individual who is newly hired by the Company on or after January 1 and prior to September 1 of a given Plan Year, his/her initial Entry Date shall be the first day of the month on which he/she is eligible to participate
in the Basic Plan, provided he/she then satisfies all requirements to be an Eligible Employee, but any individual impacted by this sentence must make his/her election of any Bonus Deferrals within thirty (30) days of his/her initial date of hire
notwithstanding any contrary provision of the Plan. 

  

	1.22	“Investment Fund(s)” means any fund(s) to which the Committee allows Eligible Employees to nominally allocate their Accounts. Investment Funds are further
described in Article 9. 

  

	1.23	“Participant” means any person so designated in accordance with the provisions of Article 3, including, where appropriate according to the context of the
Plan, any former Eligible Employee who is or may become (or whose Beneficiary may become) eligible to receive a benefit under the Plan. 

  

	1.24	“Participant Enrollment and Election Form” means the form on which a Participant elects to defer Base Compensation and/or Bonus Compensation hereunder and on
which the Participant makes certain other designations as required thereon. 

  

	1.25	“Plan” means the Scripps Executive Deferred Compensation and Savings Restoration Plan as set forth herein and as from time to time in effect.

  

	1.26	“Plan Year” means the twelve (12) month period ending each December 31 during which the Plan is in effect, except that the first Plan Year shall commence on
the Effective Date and end on December 31, 2004. 

  

	1.27	“Prior Plan(s)” means the two deferred compensation plans that are superseded by this Plan, which are the 1997 Deferred Compensation and Phantom Stock Plan
for Senior Officers and Selected Employees and the Scripps Executive Savings Restoration Plan. 

  

	1.28	“Trust” means the trust fund, if any, established pursuant to Article 13 of the Plan. 

  

	1.29	“Trustee” means the trustee named in the agreement establishing any Trust, and such successor and/or additional trustee(s) as may be named pursuant to the
terms of the agreement establishing any Trust. 

  

	1.30	“Valuation Date” means such date or dates as the Committee, in its sole discretion, designates as a Valuation Date, provided that such dates shall occur no
less frequently than quarterly as of the last business day of each calendar quarter. 

  

	1.31	In addition to the foregoing, certain other terms of more limited usage may be defined in other Articles of the Plan. All terms defined in the Plan are designated with
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	1.32	Whenever appropriate, words used herein in the singular may be read as the plural and the plural may be read as the singular. Unless otherwise clear from the context, words
used herein in the masculine shall also be deemed to include the feminine. 

  
 ARTICLE 2. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION 
  

	2.1	REQUIREMENTS. 

  

	 	(a)	Every Eligible Employee on the Effective Date shall be eligible to become a Participant on the Effective Date. Every other person who becomes an Eligible Employee after the
Effective Date shall be eligible to become a Participant on the first Entry Date occurring on or after the date on which he or she becomes an Eligible Employee. No individual shall become a Participant, however, if he/she is not an Eligible Employee
on the date his/her participation is to begin. 

  

	 	(b)	In order to participate as of a specified Entry Date, an Eligible Employee must make written application by filing with the Committee, within such time period as the
Committee shall specify, a Participant Enrollment and Election Form on which the Eligible Employee shall: 

  

	 	(i)	Elect to become a Plan Participant; 

  

	 	(ii)	Elect a rate of Base Deferrals as provided in Article 4; 

  

	 	(iii)	Elect a rate of Bonus Deferrals as provided in Article 4; 

  

	 	(iv)	Designate a Beneficiary as provided in Section 12.1; 

  

	 	(v)	Specify the method of payment (and, in the case of Bonus Deferrals, the time of payment), pursuant to Section 11.2, of Plan benefits; and 

  

	 	(vi)	Agree to the terms of the Plan. 

  

	 	(c)	An Eligible Employee who chooses not to participate in the Plan when first eligible to do so shall waive participation by so specifying on the Participant Enrollment and
Election Form. 

  

	 	(d)	Within such time period before any subsequent Entry Date as the Committee shall specify, an Eligible Employee who previously elected to participate may, as of such subsequent
Entry Date, elect to: 

  

	 	(i)	Change his/her rate of Base Deferrals or Bonus Deferrals as provided in Section 4.1 for subsequent Plan Years; 

  

	 	(ii)	Specify a new method of payment (and, in the case of Bonus Deferrals, a new time of payment), pursuant to Section 11.2, of Plan benefits attributable to Base Deferrals or Bonus
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	 	(e)	Change his/her Beneficiary designation as provided in Section 12.1. 

  

	2.2	CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY. During any period in which a Participant remains in the employ of the Company, but ceases to be an Eligible Employee, he/she shall not
be eligible to make Deferral Contributions hereunder, or have Company Matching Contributions or Company Elective Contributions made on his/her behalf. However, his/her Account shall continue to be revalued in accordance with Article 8.

  
 ARTICLE 3. PARTICIPANT DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS 

 

	3.1	IRREVOCABLE ELECTION. A Participant may elect, pursuant to a salary reduction agreement as hereinafter provided, to reduce the amount of Base Compensation and/or Bonus
Compensation that he/she would otherwise receive as taxable pay for the Plan Year with respect to which the salary reduction agreement relates and have the Company credit an equivalent amount to such Participant’s Deferral Contributions
Subaccount. Elections to defer Base Compensation and/or Bonus Compensation with respect to a given Plan Year shall be made only by Eligible Employees and shall be effectuated by filing with the Committee a Participant Enrollment and Election Form
within such period before the beginning of such Plan Year as the Committee shall specify. Once the particular Plan Year specified on the election form has begun, the salary reduction election with respect to such Plan Year shall become irrevocable.

  
 3.2 CHOICE OF CONTRIBUTION RATES. 
  

	 	(a)	Unless the Committee otherwise specifies, an Eligible Employee may choose to make Base Deferrals for the specified Plan Year at a rate not to exceed fifty percent (50%) of
Base Compensation. A Participant may not make Base Deferrals for a given Plan Year unless he/she also has elected to contribute the maximum amount allowable as a Basic Contribution to the Basic Plan for that Plan Year. 

  

	 	(b)	Unless the Committee otherwise specifies, an Eligible Employee may choose to make Bonus Deferrals for the specified Plan Year at a rate not to exceed one hundred percent
(100%) of Bonus Compensation. 

  

	 	(c)	Except as allowed in Section 4.2(d), an Eligible Employee’s Base Deferral and Bonus Deferral elections must total at least $5,000 in a Plan Year; otherwise, no deferrals
for that Plan Year may be made. 

  

	 	(d)	Notwithstanding Section 4.2(c), an Eligible Employee may elect to make only Base Deferrals sufficient to receive up to the maximum Company Matching Contributions for a given
Plan Year, as described in Section 5.2(b). 

  

			
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	 	(e)	Deferral Contributions shall be deducted by the Company from the pay of an Eligible Employee, and an equivalent amount shall be credited to his/her Deferral Contributions
Subaccount as of the last day of the month with respect to which such amounts would have been paid to the Eligible Employee if he/she had not made a deferral election. 

  
 ARTICLE 4. COMPANY MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS 
  

	4.1	ELIGIBILITY. An Eligible Employee with at least one Year of Service under the Basic Plan will have Company Matching Contributions credited to his/her Company Matching
Contributions Subaccount for each month that he/she makes Base Deferrals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is ineligible for any reason to receive Employer Contribution credits under the Basic Plan for a given period, no credits shall
be made to his/her Company Matching Contributions Subaccount with respect to any Base Deferrals for the corresponding period. 

  

	4.2	AMOUNT.  

  

	 	(a)	Except as limited by Section 5.2(b), the amount credited to an eligible Participant’s Company Matching Contributions Subaccount shall equal fifty percent (50%) of
his/her Base Deferrals. 

  

	 	(b)	The maximum amount credited to an eligible Participant’s Company Matching Contributions Subaccount for a given period shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the
Participant’s Base Compensation for that period, reduced by the amount of his/her Employer Contribution credits under the Basic Plan for said period. 

  

	 	(c)	Company Matching Contributions shall be credited to the Participant’s Company Matching Contributions Subaccount at the end of the month in which the corresponding Base
Deferrals are credited to the Participant’s Deferral Contributions Subaccount. 

  
 ARTICLE 5. COMPANY ELECTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS 
  

	5.1	GENERAL. The Company, in its sole discretion, may credit Company Elective Contributions to the Company Elective Contributions Subaccount of any Participant at any
time(s). Any and all determinations as to whether Company Elective Contributions shall be made, the amount of such contributions, and all other matters relating thereto, shall be made by the Board or the Committee. Nothing in this Plan shall require
any Company Elective Contributions ever to be made. 

  
 ARTICLE
6. VESTING 
  

	6.1	GENERAL. A Participant shall always be one hundred percent (100%) vested in that portion of his/her Account consisting of the Deferral Contributions Subaccount and the
Company Matching Contributions Subaccount. Any portion of the Account consisting of the Company Elective Contributions Subaccount shall vest in accordance with the terms 

  

			
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 specified by the Board or the Committee at the time such Company Elective Contributions were deemed
made. 
  
 ARTICLE 7. ACCOUNTS 
  
 7.1 ACCOUNTS. 
  

	 	(a)	The Company will maintain on its books, as necessary, a Deferral Contributions Subaccount, a Company Matching Contributions Subaccount and a Company Elective Contributions
Subaccount for each Participant to which shall be credited, as appropriate, Deferral Contributions under Article 4, Company Matching Contributions under Article 5, Company Elective Contributions under Article 6, and deemed investment earnings and/or
losses as provided in Section 8.2. Amounts due to Base Deferrals and Bonus Deferrals in the Deferral Contributions Subaccount shall be accounted for separately. There also shall be separate accounting, if and to the extent necessary, to track
differing elections by a Participant with respect to the commencement date or method of payment of different annual deferral/credit elections. 

  

	 	(b)	Amounts deemed to be transferred to this Plan from the Prior Plans shall be credited to a Participant’s Deferral Contributions Subaccount, if attributable to employee
elected deferrals under the Prior Plans, or Company Matching Contributions Subaccount, if attributable to contributions deemed made by the Company under the Prior Plans. The election(s) in effect under the Prior Plans at the time such amounts are
deemed to be transferred to this Plan shall remain in effect and control the commencement date and method of payment of benefits under this Plan attributable to amounts described in this Section 8.1(b). 

  

	 	(c)	All Accounts shall be bookkeeping accounts only, and all amounts credited thereto shall, prior to being distributed, in all events remain subject to the claims of the
Company’s general creditors. 

  

	7.2	ADJUSTMENTS. As of each Valuation Date, each Account will be adjusted, with either an increase or a decrease, to reflect the deemed investment experience of the
Account since the preceding Valuation Date. For this purpose, the Account will be adjusted to reflect the investment return under the Participant’s investment elections pursuant to Article 9. 

  

	7.3	ACCOUNTING FOR DISTRIBUTIONS. As of the date of any distribution hereunder, the distribution to a Participant or his/her Beneficiary shall be charged to such
Participant’s Account. 

  
 ARTICLE 8. INVESTMENT FUNDS

  

	8.1	GENERAL. Although no assets will be segregated or otherwise set aside with respect to a Participant’s Account, the amount that is ultimately payable to the
Participant with respect to such Account shall be determined as if such Account had been invested in some or all of the Investment Funds. The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall adopt 

  

			
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 (and modify from time to time) such rules and procedures as it deems necessary or appropriate to
implement the deemed investment of Participant Accounts. In the event no election has been made by a Participant, such Account will be deemed to be invested in an Investment Fund designated by the Committee which has the characteristics of a money
market or other short term fixed income fund. Participants shall be able to reallocate their Accounts between the Investment Funds and reallocate amounts newly credited to their Accounts at such time and in such manner as the Committee shall
prescribe. 
  
 ARTICLE 9. ENTITLEMENT TO BENEFITS 
  

	9.1	ELECTION OF COMMENCEMENT DATE OF BONUS DEFERRALS BY PARTICIPANT. At the time a Participant makes an election of Bonus Deferrals according to the provisions of Article
3, the Participant must elect the timing of commencement of benefits due to that deferral election. The participant may choose to receive such benefits at termination of employment or commencing at an earlier date certain. The date certain must be
no earlier than three years after the close of the Plan Year to which the deferral agreement applies. At a Participant’s termination of employment, all amounts scheduled to commence at later dates certain shall be deemed to have been elected to
commence at termination. Any benefits already in pay status due to earlier commencement shall continue to be paid according to the existing schedule prior to termination. Any amounts from separate Bonus Deferral elections for which the Participant
has chosen benefits to commence at termination or at the same date certain shall be commingled for bookkeeping purposes unless they are to have different methods of payment. This Section 10.1 only is applicable to Bonus Deferrals; distribution of
amounts attributable to Basic Deferrals are only distributed at termination of employment. 

  

	9.2	ELECTION OF METHOD OF PAYMENT BY PARTICIPANT. At the time the Participant makes an election according to the provisions of Article 3, the Participant must elect the
method of payment of benefits due to that deferral election from among the alternatives described in Section 11.2. 

  

	9.3	CHANGE IN CONTROL. If a Change in Control occurs, the vested Account of each affected Participant as of the date of the Change in Control shall in all events be valued
and payable in a lump sum in cash as soon as practicable thereafter. 

  

	9.4	SOURCE OF PAYMENTS. Any payment due hereunder shall be payable from general assets of the Company; provided, however, that if the Company later decides to establish a
Trust to fund benefit payments hereunder, such payments by the Trust shall be made only to the extent there are assets in the Trust and any payment due under the Plan that is not paid by the Trust will be paid by the Company from its general assets.

  
 ARTICLE 10. PAYMENT OF BENEFITS 
  

	10.1	CASH PAYMENTS. All payments under the Plan shall be made in cash. 

  

			
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	10.2	PAYMENT OPTIONS. 

  

	 	(a)	The payment option must be selected by the Eligible Employee when he or she first becomes a Participant as provided in Section 3.1. Different payment options then may be
elected for deferrals in subsequent Plan Years, but previously elected options cannot be changed for prior deferrals. Different payment options also may be elected for Base Deferrals and Bonus Deferrals, and the election for Base Deferrals for a
given Plan Year also shall be applicable to Company Matching Contributions for that Plan Year. The elected payment option shall provide for payment to the Participant of the vested value of his/her Account as set forth below:

  

	 	(i)	Time of Distribution. As soon as administratively feasible pursuant to Article 10 after the Participant’s employment terminates with the Company for any reason (or, in
the case of Bonus Deferrals, at an earlier fixed date (but at least three (3) years after the Plan Year applicable to the Bonus Deferral election), as specified by the Participant at the time of making his Bonus Deferral election).

  

	 	(ii)	Form of Distribution. In a single lump sum, or in monthly installments, each as nearly equal as is reasonably possible, over a period of five (5), ten (10) or fifteen (15)
years (as the Eligible Employee shall elect), commencing as soon as administratively feasible after the occurrence of the time of distribution described in Section 11.2(a)(i). 

  

	 	(b)	Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant shall have failed to designate properly the manner of payment of the Participant’s benefit under the Plan, such payment
will be in a lump sum as soon as practicable after the date of the Participant’s termination of employment. 

  

	 	(c)	Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have absolute discretion to accelerate any payout in the event of a Participant’s disability, death or severe hardship.

  

	10.3	SMALL BALANCES. Any other provision of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of a Participant’s termination of employment with the Company the
value of his or her Account is not in excess of $25,000, an amount equal to such value shall be distributed in a cash lump sum as soon as practicable after the date of the Participant’s termination, regardless of any elections made by the
Participant to the contrary. 

  
 ARTICLE 11. BENEFICIARIES;
PARTICIPANT DATA 
  
 11.1 DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARIES. 
  

	 	(a)	Each Participant from time to time may designate any person or persons (who may be named contingently or successively) to receive such benefits as may be payable under the
Plan upon or after the Participant’s death, and such designation may be changed from time to time by the Participant by filing a new designation. 

  

			
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 However, if the Participant is legally married at the time of his/her death, any designation of a
Beneficiary other than the person who is his or her legal spouse at the time of his or her death shall be void, and such legal spouse will be the sole Beneficiary, unless such legal spouse has consented to the designation of such other person as
Beneficiary in a written, signed and notarized statement. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed in writing with the
Committee or its designee during the Participant’s lifetime. 
  

	 	(b)	In the absence of a valid Beneficiary designation, or if, at the time any benefit payment is due to a Beneficiary, there is no living Beneficiary validly named by the
Participant, then any such benefit payment shall be made to the Participant’s spouse, if then living, but otherwise to the person or persons designated as Beneficiary under the Basic Plan, or, if such person(s) is not then living, to the
Participant’s then living descendants, if any, per stirpes, but, if none, to the Participant’s estate. In determining the existence or identity of anyone entitled to a benefit payment, the Committee may rely conclusively upon
information supplied by the Participant’s personal representative, executor, or administrator. If a question arises as to the existence or identity of anyone entitled to receive a benefit payment as aforesaid, or if a dispute arises with
respect to any such payment, then, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may cause such payment to be made to the Participant’s estate without liability for any tax or other consequences that might flow therefrom
or may take such other action as the Committee deems to be appropriate. 

  

	11.2	INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED BY PARTICIPANTS AND BENEFICIARIES; INABILITY TO LOCATE PARTICIPANTS OR BENEFICIARIES. Any communication, statement, or notice addressed to
a Participant or to a Beneficiary at his or her last post office address as shown on the Company’s or Committee’s records shall be binding on the Participant or Beneficiary for all purposes of the Plan. The Company or Committee shall not
be obliged to search for any Participant or Beneficiary beyond the sending of a registered letter to such last known address. If the Company or Committee notifies any Participant or Beneficiary that he/she is entitled to any amount under the Plan
and the Participant or Beneficiary fails to claim such amount or make his/her location known to the Company or Committee within three (3) years thereafter, then, except as otherwise required by law, if the location of one or more of the next of kin
of the Participant is known to the Company or Committee, the Committee may direct distribution of such amount to any one or more or all of such next of kin, and in such proportions as the Committee determines. If the location of none of the
foregoing persons can be determined, the Committee shall have the right to direct that the amount payable shall be deemed to be a forfeiture, except that the dollar amount of the forfeiture, unadjusted for deemed gains or losses in the interim,
shall be paid by the Company if a claim for the benefit subsequently is made by the Participant or the Beneficiary to whom it was payable. If a benefit payable to an unlocated Participant or Beneficiary is subject to escheat pursuant to applicable
state law, the Company shall not be liable to any person for any payment made in accordance with such law. 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 12. THE TRUST 
  

	12.1	ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST. The Company may, but is not required to establish a Trust to fund benefits hereunder. If it so chooses to establish a Trust, such Trust shall
be established with the Trustee, pursuant to such terms and conditions as are set forth in the Trust agreement to be entered into between the Company and the Trustee. Any such Trust is intended to be treated as a grantor trust under the Code, and
the establishment of the Trust is not intended to cause Participants to realize current income on amounts contributed thereto, and the Trust shall be so interpreted. 

  

	12.2	BENEFIT PAYMENTS IN ABSENCE OF TRUST. To the extent the Company chooses not to establish a Trust, benefit payments shall be made from the general assets of the Company
(i.e., the general assets of the employer of the respective Participant). 

  
 ARTICLE 13. ADMINISTRATION 
  

	13.1	COMMITTEE. The Committee shall administer, construe, and interpret this Plan and shall determine, subject to the provisions of this Plan in a manner consistent with
the administration of the Basic Plan, the Eligible Employees who shall participate in the Plan from time to time and the amount, if any, due a Participant (or his/her Beneficiary) under this Plan. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any
act done or determination made in good faith. No member of the Committee who is a Participant in this Plan may vote on matters affecting his/her personal benefit under this Plan, but any such member shall otherwise be fully entitled to act in
matters arising out of or affecting this Plan notwithstanding his/her participation herein. In carrying out its duties herein, the Committee shall have sole discretionary authority to exercise all powers and to make all determinations, consistent
with the terms of the Plan, in all matters entrusted to it, and its determinations shall be given deference and shall be final and binding on all interested parties. It is intended that the Committee shall have the maximum discretionary authority
possible under Firestone Tire and Rubber Company v. Bruch, 489 U.S. 101 (1989). Decisions by the Committee shall be made by majority vote of all members of the Committee. 

  

	13.2	CLAIMS PROCEDURE. 

  

	 	(a)	Notice of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary, or the duly authorized representative of a Participant or Beneficiary, may file with the Committee a claim for a Plan
benefit. Such a claim must be in writing on a form provided by the Committee and must be delivered to the Committee, in person or by mail, postage prepaid. Within ninety (90) days (or forty-five (45) days if the claim relates to disability) after
the receipt of such a claim, the Committee or its designee shall send to the claimant, by mail, postage prepaid, a notice of the granting or the denying, in whole or in part, of such claim, unless special circumstances require an extension of time
for processing the claim. In no event may the extension exceed ninety (90) days (or thirty (30) days if the claim relates to disability) from the end of the initial period. If such an extension is necessary, the claimant will be given a written
notice to this effect prior to the expiration of the initial period. The Committee or its designee shall have full discretion to deny 

  

			
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 or grant a claim in whole or in part in accordance with the terms of the Plan. If notice of the
denial of a claim is not furnished in accordance with this Section 14.2(a), the claim shall be deemed denied and the claimant shall be permitted to exercise his or her right to review pursuant to Section 14.2(c). 
  

	 	(b)	Action on Claim. The Committee or its designee shall provide to every claimant who is denied a claim for benefits a written notice setting forth, in a manner calculated to be
understood by the claimant: 

  

	 	(i)	The specific reason or reasons for the denial; 

  

	 	(ii)	A specific reference to the pertinent Plan provisions on which the denial is based; 

  

	 	(iii)	A description of any additional material or information necessary for the claimant to perfect the claim and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary; and

  

	 	(iv)	An explanation of the Plan’s claim review procedure. 

  

	 	(c)	Review of Denial. Within sixty (60) days (or one hundred eighty (180) days if the claim relates to disability) after the receipt by a claimant of written notification of the
denial (in whole or in part) of a claim, the claimant or the claimant’s duly authorized representative, upon written application to the Committee, delivered in person or by certified mail, postage prepaid, may review pertinent documents and may
submit to the Committee, in writing, issues and comments concerning the claim. Upon the Committee’s receipt of a notice of a request for review, the Committee shall make a prompt decision on the review and shall communicate the decision on
review in writing to the claimant. The decision on review shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the claimant and shall include specific reasons for the decision and specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions on which
the decision is based. The decision on review shall be made no later than sixty (60) days (or forty-five (45) days if the claim relates to disability) after the Committee’s receipt of a request for a review, unless special circumstances require
an extension of time for processing, in which case a decision shall be rendered not later than one hundred twenty (120) days (or ninety (90) days if the claim relates to disability) after receipt of the request for review. If an extension is
necessary, the claimant shall be given written notice of the extension by the Committee prior to the expiration of the initial period. If notice of the decision on review is not furnished in accordance with this Section, the claim shall be deemed
denied on review. Actions under this Section 14.2(c) shall be taken by the full Committee (excluding any members of the Committee who participated in any decision on the initial claim pursuant to Section 14.2(a). 

  

			
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 ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
  

	14.1	LIMITATION OF RIGHTS. Nothing contained in this Plan shall be construed to: 

  

	 	(a)	Limit in any way the right of the Company to terminate an Eligible Employee’s employment at any time; or 

  

	 	(b)	Be evidence of any agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the Company will employ an Eligible Employee in any particular position or at any particular rate of
remuneration. 

  

	14.2	NONALIENATION OF BENEFITS. No amounts payable under the Plan may be assigned, pledged, mortgaged, or hypothecated, and, to the extent permitted by law, no such amounts
shall be subject to legal process or attachment of the payment for any claims against any person entitled to receive the same. 

  

	14.3	AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PLAN. Although it is expected that this Plan shall continue indefinitely, the Board may amend this Plan from time to time in any respect,
and may at any time terminate the Plan in its entirety; provided, however, that a Participant’s Account as of the date of any such amendment or termination may not be reduced, nor may any such amendment or termination adversely affect a
Participant’s entitlement to his/her vested Account as of such date. 

  

	14.4	ERISA AND GOVERNING LAW. The Plan is an unfunded deferred compensation plan for a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as defined in Section
201(2) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). As such, the Plan is expressly excluded from all, or substantially all, of the provisions of ERISA, including but not limited to Parts 2 and 3 of
Title I thereof. None of the statutory rights and protections conferred on participants by ERISA are conferred under the terms of this Plan, except as expressly noted or required by operation of law. To the extent not superseded by federal law, the
laws of the State of Ohio shall control in any and all matters relating to the Plan. 

  

	14.5	SEVERABILITY. If any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions
hereof; instead, each provision shall be fully severable and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or invalid provision had never been included herein. 

  
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The E.W. Scripps Company has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer, this
         day of             , 2004. 
  

			
	THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
		
	By:	 	  

  

			
	ARTICLE 14	 	15

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