SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2018-10-30

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1<a name="Exhibit10_1_100643"></a></font></b></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Execution Version</font></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Amended and Restated Transaction Support Agreement (together with the exhibits and schedules attached hereto, which include, without limitation, the Term Sheet (as defined below),(1)&nbsp;as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this &#147;<u>Amended Agreement</u>&#148;), dated as of October&nbsp;30, 2018, is entered into by and among:&#160; (i)&nbsp;</font>Ascent Capital Group,&nbsp;Inc. (&#147;<u>Ascent</u>&#148;) and Monitronics International,&nbsp;Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, &#147;<u>Monitronics</u>&#148;); (ii)&nbsp; the beneficial owners (or nominees, investment managers, advisors or subadvisors for the beneficial owners) (each, a &#147;<u>Noteholder</u>&#148;) of the 9.125% Senior Notes due 2020 (the&nbsp;&#147;<u>Notes</u>&#148;) issued pursuant to that certain Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;23, 2012 (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the &#147;<u>Notes Indenture</u>&#148;), by and among Monitronics, the guarantors named thereunder, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, that are (and any Noteholder that may become a Consenting Noteholder in accordance with <u>Section</u>&nbsp;14(a)&nbsp;hereof) signatories hereto (each, a &#147;<u>Consenting Noteholder</u>&#148; and collectively, the &#147;<u>Consenting Noteholders</u>&#148;); and (iii)&nbsp;the lenders for the Term B-2 Loans under the Credit Agreement (each, a &#147;<u>Term B-2 Lender</u>&#148;) that are (and any Term B-2 Lender that may become a Consenting Term B-2 Lender in accordance with <u>Section</u>&nbsp;14(b)) signatories hereto (each, a &#147;<u>Consenting Term B-2 Lender</u>&#148; and collectively, the &#147;<u>Consenting Term B-2 Lenders</u>&#148;).&#160; This Amended Agreement collectively refers to Ascent, Monitronics, the Consenting Noteholders, and the Consenting Term B-2 Lenders as the &#147;<u>Parties</u>&#148; and each individually as a &#147;<u>Party</u>.&#148;</p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RECITALS</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, Ascent, Monitronics, and the Consenting Noteholders entered into (i)&nbsp;that certain Transaction Support Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;24, 2018, and (ii)&nbsp;that certain First Amendment to Transaction Support Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;16, 2018;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS,</font> each of Ascent, Monitronics and the Requisite Consenting Noteholders agreed to further amend the Transaction Support Agreement and to have the Consenting Term B-2 Lenders join this Amended Agreement in accordance with and subject to the terms hereof;</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, the Parties have engaged in good faith, arm&#146;s-length negotiations and agreed to enter into certain transactions pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in this Amended Agreement and in the term sheet attached hereto as <b><u style="font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;A</u></b> (the &#147;<u>Term Sheet</u>&#148;) incorporated herein by reference pursuant to <u>Section</u>&nbsp;2 hereof;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Consenting Noteholders, in the aggregate, hold approximately 66% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes;</font></p>
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