Fourth Extension of Amended and Renewed Option Agreement between The Hearst Corporation and Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.
This agreement, dated January 1, 2007, is between The Hearst Corporation and Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. It extends the term of their existing Amended and Renewed Option Agreement, originally dated August 29, 2000, by replacing the previous expiration date with a new one of December 31, 2007. All other terms of the original agreement remain unchanged. The extension ensures the continued validity of the option arrangement between the two companies until the new end date.
Exhibit 10.6
FOURTH EXTENSION OF AMENDED AND RENEWED OPTION AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH EXTENSION OF THE AMENDED AND RENEWED OPTION AGREEMENT is entered into as of the 1st day of January, 2007, by and between The Hearst Corporation (Hearst), a Delaware corporation, and Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. (the Company), a Delaware corporation.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, Hearst and the Company entered into an Amended and Renewed Option Agreement dated as of August 29, 2000 (the Amended and Renewed Option Agreement); and
WHEREAS, Hearst and the Company extended the Amended and Renewed Option Agreement pursuant to an initial Extension and subsequent Second Extension of the Amended and Renewed Option Agreement; and
WHEREAS, Hearst and the Company mutually desire to further extend the Amended and Renewed Option Agreement as set forth hereinafter;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Amended and Renewed Option Agreement is hereby amended and extended by substituting the date of December 31, 2007 for the date of August 31, 2004 in Section 1 of the Amended and Renewed Option Agreement.
Except as expressly set forth herein, all terms and conditions of the Amended and Renewed Option Agreement shall continue in full force and effect. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms shall have their respective meanings as set forth in the Amended and Renewed Option Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this extension of the Amended and Renewed Agreement as of the date first above written.
THE HEARST CORPORATION |
| HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC. | |||
By: | /s/RONALD J. DOERFLER |
| By: | /s/ JONATHAN C. MINTZER | |
Name: Ronald J. Doerfler |
| Name: | Jonathan C. Mintzer | ||
Title: Sr. VP and CFO |
| Title: | Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||
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