LIN
TV Corp.
Four
Richmond Square, Suite 200
Providence, Rhode Island
02906
NOTICE OF 2009 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
To
be held on May 21, 2009
As
a stockholder of LIN TV Corp., you are hereby given notice of and invited to
attend, in person or by proxy, our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be
held at our WISH-TV offices, 1950 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana,
46202, on May 21, 2009 at 10:00 a.m., local time, at which stockholders will
consider and vote on the following matters:
1. The
election of two members to our Board of Directors to serve as Class III
directors for a term of three years.
2. The
ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent
registered public accounting firm of LIN TV Corp. for the year ending December
31, 2009.
3. The
transaction of any other business which may properly come before the
meeting.
Our
Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 24, 2009 as the
record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive notice of
and to vote at the Annual Meeting.
All
stockholders are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting.
By
Order of our Board of Directors,
Denise
M. Parent
Secretary
April
17, 2009
TO ENSURE THAT YOUR SHARES ARE
REPRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE FILL IN,
DATE, SIGN AND PROMPTLY MAIL THE
ENCLOSED PROXY CARD, FOR WHICH A RETURN STAMPED
ENVELOPE IS
PROVIDED.
LIN
TV Corp.
Four
Richmond Square, Suite 200
Providence, Rhode Island
02906
PROXY STATEMENT FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS
To be held on May
21, 2009
The
accompanying proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of LIN TV
Corp., a Delaware corporation (“we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”), for use at
our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to be held at our
WISH-TV offices, 1950 N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, on
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 10:00 a.m., local time, notice of which is attached
hereto, and any adjournment or postponement thereof.
The
Annual Meeting is being held (1) to consider and vote upon the election of two
Class III directors for a three-year term, (2) to ratify the selection of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm
of LIN TV Corp. for the year ending December 31, 2009, and (3) to transact any
other business which may properly come before the meeting.
Our
Board recommends that you vote FOR all proposals presented.
This
Proxy Statement and the enclosed form of proxy are being mailed to stockholders
commencing on or about April 17, 2009.
A
copy of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is being mailed to
stockholders with this Notice and Proxy Statement on or about April 17, 2009.
Exhibits will be provided to any stockholder at no charge upon written or oral
request to LIN TV Corp., Four Richmond Square, Suite 200, Providence, Rhode
Island 02906, Attention: Denise M. Parent, Secretary; Telephone: (401)
454-2880.
Shares
Entitled to Vote
Our
Board has fixed the close of business on March 24, 2009 as the record date for
the Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. Only stockholders who were record
owners of shares of our common stock at the close of business on the record date
are entitled to receive notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting or any
adjournment or postponement thereof. As of March 24, 2009, 27,926,160 shares of
our class A common stock, 23,502,059 shares of our class B common stock and two
shares of our class C common stock were issued and outstanding.
Holders
of shares of class A common stock outstanding on the record date are entitled to
one vote per share at the Annual Meeting.
The
class B common stock is generally not entitled to vote except with respect to
approval of a range of specified corporate transactions as to which the class B
common stock votes as a separate class, with each share of class B common stock
entitled to one vote. None of the matters being considered at the Annual Meeting
is a matter as to which approval of a majority of the class B common stock
voting as a separate class is required.
The
class C common stock is entitled to 70% of the voting power on all matters
submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Each outstanding share of class C
common stock is entitled to a proportionate number of votes determined at the
record date relative to the total number of shares of class A common stock
outstanding. As of March 24, 2009, there were two shares of class C common stock
outstanding. As a result, each share of class C common stock will be entitled to
cast 32,580,520 votes at the Annual Meeting. The class A common stock and the
class C common stock generally vote together as a single class on all matters
submitted to a vote of our stockholders.
Voting
in Person
If
a stockholder plans to attend the meeting and vote in person, we will provide a
ballot to such stockholder as he or she arrives. However, if shares are held in
the name of a broker, bank or other nominee, the stockholder must bring an
account statement or letter from the nominee indicating that such stockholder
was the beneficial owner of the shares on March 24, 2009, the record date for
voting.
Voting
by Proxy
Shares
represented by a properly executed proxy in the accompanying form will be voted
at the Annual Meeting and, when instructions have been given by the stockholder,
will be voted in accordance with those instructions. If no instructions are
given, the stockholder’s shares will be voted according to the recommendations
of our Board.
Quorum
Requirement
A
quorum of stockholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting. A majority of
shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting present in person or represented
by proxy represents a quorum. Shares which abstain from voting on a particular
matter and “broker non-votes,” or shares held in “street name” by brokers or
nominees who indicate on their proxies that they do not have discretionary
authority to vote such shares on a particular matter, are counted for purposes
of determining whether a quorum exists.
Vote
Required
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Proposal
1: Election of Directors
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The
election of directors requires a plurality of the votes cast, and votes may be
cast in favor of the nominees or withheld. A plurality means that the nominee
receiving the most votes for election to a director position is elected to that
position. Votes that are withheld and broker non-votes will be excluded entirely
from the vote to elect directors and have no effect.
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Proposal
2: Ratification of the Selection of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
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The
ratification of the selection of our independent registered public accounting
firm requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the
meeting, and votes may be cast for, against or may abstain. Abstentions will
count in the tabulations of votes cast on this proposal, while broker non-votes
are not counted as votes cast or shares voting on such matter and will have no
effect on the voting on such matter.
Under
Delaware law, stockholders have no rights of appraisal or similar rights of
dissenters with respect to any of the proposals to be voted upon at the Annual
Meeting.
Revoking
a Proxy
A
stockholder may revoke his or her proxy at any time before its exercise by
sending written notice of revocation to the Secretary of the Company, by signing
and delivering a later dated proxy or, if the stockholder attends the Annual
Meeting in person, either by giving notice of revocation to the inspector of
election at the Annual Meeting or by voting at the Annual Meeting.
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND
MANAGEMENT
The
following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of
each class of our common stock by each person who beneficially owned more than
5% of any class of our equity securities and by our directors and named
executive officers (as defined in the Summary Compensation Table), individually,
and by our directors and executive officers as a group, as of March 18, 2009
(unless otherwise noted).
The
amounts and percentages of common stock beneficially owned are reported on the
basis of regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) governing
the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the rules of the
SEC, a person is deemed to be a beneficial owner of a security if that person
has or shares voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the
voting of such security, or investment power, which includes the power to
dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. Unless otherwise
indicated below, each beneficial owner named in the table below has sole voting
and sole investment power with respect to all shares beneficially owned, subject
to community property laws where applicable.
Holders
of shares of our class B common stock may elect at any time to convert their
shares into an equal number of shares of class A common stock, provided that any
necessary consent by the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has been
obtained. With the approval of the holders of a majority of our class B common
stock and the FCC, one or more shares of class B common stock of a holder may be
converted into an equal number of shares of class C common stock. If a majority
of the shares of class B common stock convert into shares of class A common
stock, each outstanding share of class C common stock will automatically convert
into an equal number of shares of class A common stock.
Percentage
of beneficial ownership is based on 27,926,160 shares of class A common stock,
23,502,059 shares of class B common stock and two shares of class C common stock
outstanding as of March 18, 2009. The number of beneficially owned shares of
class A common stock excludes shares of class A common stock issuable upon
conversion of shares of our class B common stock and class C common stock. The
number of beneficially owned shares of class C common stock excludes shares of
our class C common stock issuable upon conversion of shares of our class B
common stock.
Unless
otherwise indicated below, the address of each person below is c/o LIN TV Corp.,
Four Richmond Square, Suite 200, Providence, Rhode Island 02906.
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Percent
of
Total
Economic
Interest
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Percentage
of
Total
Class
A
and
Class
C
Voting
Power
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HM
Entities
(1)
c/o
HM Capital Partners I LP
200
Crescent Court, Suite 1600
Dallas,
Texas 75201
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—
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—
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23,300,739
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99.1
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%
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1
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50.0
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%
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45.3
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%
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35.0
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%
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Gabelli
Asset Management Entities
(2)
767
Fifth Avenue
New
York, NY 10153
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7,758,214
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27.8
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%
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—
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—
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—
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—
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15.1
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%
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8.3
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%
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Sirois
Capital Partners, L.P.
(3)
One
International Place,
Boston
MA 02110
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2,337,830
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8.4
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%
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—
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—
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4.5
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%
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2.5
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%
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Dimensional
Fund Advisors Inc.
(4)
1299
Ocean Avenue,
11th
Floor
Santa
Monica, CA 90401
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2,272,807
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8.1
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%
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—
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—
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—
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—
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4.4
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%
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2.4
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%
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Amalgamated
Gadget, L.P
(5)
301
Commerce Street Suite 2975
Fort
Worth, TX 76102.
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2,242,150
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8.0
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%
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—
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—
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—
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4.4
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%
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2.4
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%
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Barclays
PLC
(6)
1
Churchill Place
London,
E14 5HP
United
Kingdom
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1,626,295
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5.8
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%
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—
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—
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—
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3.2
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%
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1.7
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%
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Royal
W. Carson, III
(7)
500
Victory Plaza East,
3030
Olive
Street,
Dallas,
Texas 75219
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386,251
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1.4
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%
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—
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1
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50.0
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%
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*
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35.4
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%
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Gregory
M. Schmidt
(8)
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91,313
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*
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—
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*
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*
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Vincent
L. Sadusky
(9)
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562,037
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2.0
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%
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—
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—
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—
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1.1
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%
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*
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Denise
M. Parent
(10)
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151,141
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*
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—
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*
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*
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Scott
M. Blumenthal
(11)
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285,794
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1.0
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%
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—
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Richard
J. Schmaeling
(12)
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*
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*
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Bart
W. Catalane
(13)
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—
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William
S. Banowsky
(14)
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117,053
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*
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*
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*
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Robert
S. Richter
(15)
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106,667
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*
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—
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*
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*
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Peter
S. Brodsky
(16)
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79,822
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*
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23,300,739
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99.1
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%
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1
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50.0
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%
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45.4
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%
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35.1
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%
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Douglas
W. McCormick
(17)
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85,572
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*
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*
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Mitchell
Stern
(18)
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65,572
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*
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*
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*
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Patti
S. Hart
(19)
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60,572
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*
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*
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Michael
A. Pausic
(20)
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65,294
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*
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—
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*
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All
executive officers and directors as a group (14
persons)
(21)
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2,057,088
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7.3
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%
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23,300,739
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99.1
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%
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2
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100.0
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%
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49.2
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%
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72.7
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%
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*
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Represents
less than 1%
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(1)
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Includes
shares held by the following persons or entities that are or may be deemed
to be affiliated with HM Capital Partners I LP (“HMC”): (i) 18,122,110
shares of class B common stock and one share of class C common stock held
of record by Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Equity Fund III, L.P., a
limited partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks Muse
Fund III Incorporated, (ii) 236,980 shares of class B common stock held of
record by HM3 Coinvestors, L.P., a limited partnership of which the
ultimate general partner is Hicks Muse Fund III Incorporated, (iii)
4,692,329 shares of class B common stock held of record by Hicks, Muse,
Tate & Furst Equity Fund IV, L.P., a limited partnership of which the
ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Latin America Fund I Incorporated,
(iv) 31,562 shares of class B common stock held of record by Hicks, Muse,
Tate & Furst Private Equity Fund IV, L.P., a limited partnership of
which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Latin America Fund I
Incorporated, (v) 72,820 shares of class B common stock held of record by
HM4-EQ Coinvestors, L.P., a limited partnership of which the ultimate
general partner is Hicks, Muse Fund IV, LLC, (vi) 13,016 shares of class B
common stock held of record by HM4-EN Coinvestors, L.P., a limited
partnership of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Fund IV,
LLC, (vii) 8,329 shares of class B common stock held of record by HM4-P
Coinvestors, L.P., a limited partnership of which the ultimate general
partner is Hicks, Muse Fund IV, LLC, (viii) 127 shares of class B common
stock held of record by HM 1-FOF Coinvestors, L.P., a limited partnership
of which the ultimate general partner is Hicks, Muse Latin America Fund I
Incorporated, and (ix) 123,466 shares of class B common stock held of
record by Hicks, Muse & Co. Partners, L.P., a limited partnership of
which the ultimate general partner is HM Partners
Inc.
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John R.
Muse is (a) the sole shareholder and an executive officer of Hicks, Muse Fund
III Incorporated and Hicks, Muse Latin America Fund I Incorporated, (b) the sole
member and an executive officer of Hicks, Muse Fund IV, LLC and (c) the majority
stockholder, a director and an executive officer of HM Partners Inc.
Accordingly, Mr. Muse may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares
held of record by the entities listed in clauses (i) through (ix) of this
footnote (1). Mr. Muse disclaims beneficial ownership of shares not owned of
record by him, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. In
addition, Mr. Muse, Peter S. Brodsky, a member of the Board of the Company,
Andrew S. Rosen, and Joe Colonnetta are members of a four-person committee that
exercises voting and dispositive powers over the securities held by the entities
affiliated with HMC. No single member of the committee has dispositive and/or
voting power over the shares held by the HMC affiliates. Messrs. Muse, Brodsky,
Rosen and Colonnetta are current partners of HMC. As a result of the foregoing,
each of Messrs. Muse, Brodsky, Rosen and Colonnetta may be deemed to
beneficially own all or a portion of the shares of common stock beneficially
owned by the HMC affiliates described above. Each of Messrs. Muse, Brodsky,
Rosen and Colonnetta disclaims the existence of a group and disclaims beneficial
ownership of shares of common stock not owned of record by him, except to the
extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
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According
to the Schedule 13D amendment filed on March 24, 2009, Gabelli Funds, LLC
(“Gabelli Funds”), Gabelli Asset Management Inc. (“GBL”), Gabelli
Securities, Inc. (“GSI”), MJG Associates, Inc. (“MJG”) and Teton Advisors,
such persons are the beneficial owners of, and have the sole power to
dispose of or direct the disposition of 1,737,500 shares, 5,929,814
shares, 13,000 shares, 10,000 shares and 68,400 shares, respectively, of
class A common stock. Gabelli Funds, GBL, GSI, MJG and Teton Advisors have
the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 1,737,500 shares, 5,632,214
shares, 13,000 shares 10,000 shares and 68,400 shares, respectively of
class A common stock. Gabelli Funds and GSI are subsidiaries of GBL. Mario
J. Gabelli is the sole shareholder of
MJG.
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(3)
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According
to the Schedule 13G amendment filed on February 12, 2009, Sirios Capital
Partners L.P. (“SCP I”), Sirios Capital Partners II L.P. (“SCP II”),
Sirios/QP Partners L.P. (“SQP”), Sirios Overseas Fund Ltd. (“SOF”), Sirios
Focus Partners, L.P. (“SFP”), Vitruvius SICAV (“VS”), Sirios Capital
Management, L.P. (“SCM”), Sirios Associates, L.L.C. (“SA”), and John F.
Brennan, Jr. are the beneficial owners of, and have the sole power to
dispose of or direct the disposition of 93,735 shares, 485,900 shares,
786,910 shares, 711,817 shares, 206,470 shares, 52,998 shares, 2,337,830
shares, 2,337,830 shares and 2,337,830 shares, respectively, of class A
common stock. SCP I, SCPII, SQP, SOF, SFP, VS, SCM, SA and John F.
Brennan, Jr. have the sole power to vote or direct the vote of 93,735
shares, 485,900 shares, 786,910 shares, 711,817 shares, 206,470 shares,
52,998 shares, 2,337,830 shares, 2,337,830 shares and 2,337,830 shares,
respectively, of class A common stock. SCM is the investment
manager to SCP I, SCP II, SQP, SOF, SFP and VS. SA is the
general partner of SCM. John F. Brennan, Jr. is the sole
managing member of SA.
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(4)
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According
to the Schedule 13G amendment filed on February 9, 2009, Dimensional Fund
Advisors Inc. is the beneficial owner of, with the sole power to vote or
direct the vote of, 2,252,935 shares, and to dispose of or direct the
disposition of 2,272,807 shares, of class A common
stock.
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(5)
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According
to the Schedule 13G filed on February 13, 2009, Amalgamated Gadget, L.P.
is the beneficial owner of 2,242,150 shares of class A common
stock with the sole power to vote or direct the vote and to dispose of or
direct the disposition of 2,242,150 of class A common
stock.
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(6)
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According
the Schedule 13G filed on February 5, 2009, Barclays Global Investors, NA.
and Barclays Global Fund Advisors are the beneficial owners of 984,456 and
641,839 shares of class A common stock, respectively, with the shared
power to vote or direct the vote of 714,999 shares and 641,839 shares of
class A common stock, respectively, and the sole power to dispose or
direct the disposition of 984,456 and 641,839 shares of class A common
stock, respectively.
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(7)
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Consists
of 1 share of class C common stock held by Carson LIN SBS L.P., a limited
partnership whose ultimate general partner is Carson Private Capital
Incorporated, and 53,583 shares of class A common stock issuable to Mr.
Carson upon the exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of
March 18, 2009, 309,523 shares of class A common stock held of record by
Carson LIN SBS L.P., and 23,145 shares of class A common stock held of
record by Mr. Carson. Mr. Carson is President and a controlling
stockholder of Carson Private Capital Incorporated. Mr. Carson disclaims
beneficial ownership of shares not owned of record by
him.
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(8)
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Consists
of 91,313 shares of class A common stock held of record. Mr.
Schmidt was the Executive Vice President Digital Media of the Company
until his resignation on August 15,
2008.
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(9)
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Consists
of 315,002 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of
options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009 and
247,035 shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(10)
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Consists
of 67,500 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of
options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009 and
83,641 shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(11)
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Consists
of 159,000 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of
options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009 and
126,794 shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(12)
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Mr.
Schmaeling was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company on October 6, 2008 and as of March 18, 2009 he holds no
ownership position in the Company.
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(13)
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Mr.
Catalane was the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer until
his resignation on August 20, 2008. He holds no ownership
position in the Company.
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(14)
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Consists
of 67,592 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of
options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009 and
49,461 shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(15)
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Consists
of 60,000 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the
exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009
and 46,667 shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(16)
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Mr.
Brodsky is deemed to share beneficial ownership with the HM Entities of
the 23,300,739 shares of class B common stock and 1 share of the class C
common stock owned by such entities. Also includes 67,250 shares of class
A common stock issuable upon the exercise of options that are exercisable
within 60 days of March 18, 2009 and 12,572 shares of class A
common stock held of record.
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Consists
of 75,000 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of
options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009 and 10,572
shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(18)
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Consists
of 55,000 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the
exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009
and 10,572 shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(19)
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Consists
of 50,000 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the
exercise of options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009
and 10,572 shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(20)
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Consists
of 52,500 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of
options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009 and 12,794
shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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(21)
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Consists
of 1,022,427 shares of class A common stock issuable upon the exercise of
options that are exercisable within 60 days of March 18, 2009 and
1,034,661 shares of class A common stock held of
record.
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DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING
COMPLIANCE
Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
requires our directors, executive officers and holders of more than 10% of our
class A common stock to file with the SEC initial reports of ownership of our
class A common stock and other equity securities on a Form 3 and reports of
changes in such ownership on a Form 4 or Form 5. Officers, directors and holders
of more than 10% of our class A common stock are required by SEC regulations to
furnish the Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. To our
knowledge, based solely on a review of our records and representations made by
our officers and directors regarding their filing obligations, all Section 16(a)
filing requirements were satisfied with respect to the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008.
PROPOSAL 1 — ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
We
have a classified Board of Directors consisting of Class I, Class II and Class
III directors. Currently there is one vacancy on our Board, in Class
I. Following the Annual Meeting there will be a second vacancy on our
Board, in Class III. Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that subject to the rights of holders of any class or
series of preferred stock to elect directors, the number of directors shall be
established by our Board. Our Board has set the number of directors at
nine.
At
each annual meeting of stockholders, each nominee is elected for a term of three
years to succeed those whose terms are expiring. This year, two Class III
directors will be elected for a three-year term expiring at the 2012 Annual
Meeting. The Class I directors have terms expiring at the 2010 Annual Meeting
and the Class II directors have terms expiring at the 2011 Annual
Meeting.
The
persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote to elect as directors the Class
III nominees named below, unless the proxy is marked otherwise. If a stockholder
returns a proxy without contrary instructions, the persons named as proxies will
vote to elect as directors the Class III nominees named below. Each Class III
nominee will be elected to hold office until the 2012 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The
nominees have indicated their willingness to serve, if elected. However, if any
should be unable to serve, the shares of common stock represented by proxies may
be voted for substitute nominees designated by our Board.
Set
forth below are the name and age of each member of our Board (including the
nominees for election as Class III directors), and the positions and offices
held by him or her, his or her principal occupation and business experience
during the past five years, the names of other publicly held companies of which
he or she serves as a director and the year of the commencement of his or her
term as a member of our Board.
Information
with respect to the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned by each
director, directly or indirectly, as of March 18, 2009, appears above under the
heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and
Management.”
We
recommend that you vote FOR each of the two nominees listed below.
Name and Age
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Principal Occupation and Business
Experience
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Nominees
for Term Expiring in 2012 (Class III Directors)
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Royal
W. Carson, III, 59
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Mr.
Carson was elected to our Board in August 2000. Since 1982, he has served
as Chairman and President of Carson Private Capital, and he has over 35
years of experience sourcing, structuring and managing private
investments. From 1974 to 1994, Mr. Carson’s investment focus was in the
oil and gas sector. During that period, Mr. Carson founded Carson
Petroleum Corporation, which was sold to Devon Energy Corporation in 1982.
Mr. Carson also co-founded CPC Dale Petroleum Company. Prior to forming
Carson Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Carson was a registered principal of
Royal W. Carson & Company, Inc., an investment securities firm in
Oklahoma founded by his father, Royal W. Carson, Jr. Mr. Carson serves as
a director of various privately held corporations and community
organizations. Mr. Carson also serves on the advisory boards of two
prominent private equity firms, HM Capital Partners I LP (Dallas) and Lion
Capital (London).
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Vincent
L. Sadusky, 43
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Mr.
Sadusky was elected to our Board in July 2006, when he was also appointed
our President and Chief Executive Officer. From August 2004 until July
2006, Mr. Sadusky served as Vice President Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer of the Company. From 1999 until August 2004, Mr. Sadusky was
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Telemundo Communications Group,
Inc., where he worked for over ten years. Prior to joining Telemundo
Communications, he performed audit and consulting services for seven years
with Ernst & Young, LLC. Mr. Sadusky serves on the boards of Maximum
Service Television, Inc. (MSTV) and the Open Mobile Video Coalition
(OMVC). Mr. Sadusky received his BS in accounting from Penn State
University and his MBA from New York Institute of
Technology.
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Directors
Whose Terms Expire in 2011 (Class II Directors)
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Peter
S. Brodsky, 38
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Mr.
Brodsky was elected to our Board in June 2005. Mr. Brodsky joined HM
Capital Partners I, LP in 1995 and was named partner in 2001. Mr. Brodsky
focuses primarily on the media sector. He serves as director of several of
HM Capital’s portfolio companies including Choice Cable TV, CanPages Inc.,
Phone Directories Company, Unitek USA and Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company.
Prior to joining HM Capital Partners, Mr. Brodsky worked in the Investment
Banking Division of Credit Suisse First Boston. Mr. Brodsky received his
BA from Yale University in 1992.
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Name and Age
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Principal Occupation and Business
Experience
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Douglas
W. McCormick, 59
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Mr.
McCormick was elected to our Board and named non-executive Chairman of our
Board in September 2006. Mr. McCormick is a Venture Partner with Rho
Ventures, a division of Rho Capital Partners, which he joined in October
2006. Mr. McCormick’s primary focus at Rho is on investments in the media
sector. Prior to Rho, Mr. McCormick was CEO of iVillage Inc. from August
2000 until the sale of iVillage Inc. to NBC Universal in May 2006. He also
served on iVillage’s Board of Directors, to which he was appointed in
February 1999 and was elected Chairman in April 2001. Mr. McCormick also
served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lifetime Television, a
cable network provider, from 1993 to 1998. Prior to Lifetime, Mr.
McCormick held executive positions with The Samuel Goldwyn Company, Cable
Health Network, Petry Television and KCOP-TV. Currently, Mr. McCormick is
a member of the board of Ovation Television and is Chairman of the Board
of Waterfront Media. Mr. McCormick received his MBA from
Columbia University.
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Michael
A. Pausic, 44
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Mr.
Pausic was elected to our Board in February 2006. Mr. Pausic has been a
Limited Partner of Maverick Capital Ltd., a registered investment advisor
managing private investment funds, since 1997, where he leads Maverick’s
efforts in media and telecommunications investments. From 1995 to 1997,
Mr. Pausic was a corporate Vice President at Viacom where he was
responsible for international strategic planning and business development.
From 1991 to 1995, he served as Vice President of market development and
strategic planning for 20th Century Fox. Mr. Pausic received his BS from
the University of Virginia and MBA from Fuqua School of Business at Duke
University.
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Directors
Whose Terms Expire in 2010 (Class I Directors)
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Currently
there is a vacancy on our Board for a Class I Director.
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William
S. Banowsky, Jr., 47
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Mr.
Banowsky was elected to our Board in May 2002. Since 2001, Mr. Banowsky
has served as Chief Executive Officer of Magnolia Pictures Company, an
independent film distribution company. From March 1999 to September 2000,
Mr. Banowsky was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of AMFM,
Inc., which was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange until
September 2000. From January 1997 to July 2000, Mr. Banowsky was Executive
Vice President and General Counsel of Capstar Broadcasting Corporation,
which was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange until it merged
with AMFM, Inc., in July 1999. Mr. Banowsky practiced law for 10 years in
Dallas, Texas prior to joining Capstar. Mr. Banowsky served as a director
of Sunrise Television Corporation and STC Broadcasting, Inc. until May
2002, when they were merged into the
Company.
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Patti
S. Hart, 52
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Ms.
Hart was elected to our Board in December 2006. Most recently, from March
2004 to August 2005, Ms. Hart served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Pinnacle Systems, Inc. a provider of video editing hardware and
software to television broadcast station newsrooms. Previously, from April
2001 to March 2002, Ms. Hart served as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Excite@Home. Excite@Home filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11
of the Federal Bankruptcy Code in September 2001. Prior to Excite@Home,
from June 1999 to April 2001, Ms. Hart was Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Telocity, Inc. Both Excite@Home and Telocity, Inc. are
broadband service providers. Ms. Hart also served as President and Chief
Operating Officer of Sprint’s Long Distance Division from December 1997 to
April 1999, and in a number of other senior-level positions with Sprint
since December 1995. Ms. Hart is a director of Korn Ferry International,
Spansion Inc., and International Game Technology. Ms. Hart received her BS
in marketing and economics from Illinois State
University.
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Name and Age
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Principal Occupation and Business
Experience
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Director
Whose Term Expires in 2009 (Class III Director)
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Mr.
Stern’s term expires at the Annual Meeting. Upon expiration of
his term there will be a vacancy on our Board for a Class III
Director.
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Mitchell
Stern, 54
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Mr.
Stern was elected to our Board in September 2006. Mr. Stern previously
served, from 2004 to March 2005, as President and Chief Executive Officer
of the DirecTV Group, Inc., a satellite television provider. From 1998
until December 2003, Mr. Stern was Chairman and CEO of Fox Television
Stations and Twentieth Television, both divisions of News Corporation,
where he worked since 1986. From 1978 until 1986, Mr. Stern held various
positions in the CBS Television Stations division. Mr. Stern received his
MBA from the University of Chicago.
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PROPOSAL 2 — RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Audit Committee of
the Board of Directors has the authority and responsibility to nominate for
shareholder ratification the independent registered public accounting firm and
has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public
accounting firm for 2009. The Board of Directors is now soliciting the
shareholders’ ratification of the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. If
the shareholders do not ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
the Audit Committee will reevaluate the engagement of the independent registered
public accounting firm. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit
Committee, in its discretion, may nevertheless appoint another independent
registered public accounting firm at any time during the year if the Audit
Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the
shareholders.
A
representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is expected to attend the Annual
Meeting. The PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP representative will have the opportunity
to make a statement if he or she desires to do so and will be able to respond to
appropriate questions from shareholders. Additional information regarding fees
paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is available in the section of this Proxy
Statement titled “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Other
Matters.”
We
recommend that you vote FOR ratification of the appointment of
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS
Under
applicable New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules, a director of our Company
only qualifies as “independent” if our Board determines that the director has no
material relationship with our Company (either directly or as a partner,
shareholder or officer of an organization that has such a relationship with our
Company). Our Board has not adopted any categorical standards to assist it in
making determinations of independence, but instead considers all relevant facts
and circumstances regarding a director’s relationship with our
Company.
Ownership
of a significant amount of our stock, or affiliation with a holder of a
significant amount of our stock, by itself, does not constitute a material
relationship.
The
determination of whether a material relationship exists is made by the other
members of our Board who are independent.
Our
Board has determined that none of Ms. Hart, or Messrs. Banowsky, Brodsky,
Carson, McCormick, Pausic or Stern has a material relationship with our Company,
and that each of these directors is “independent” as determined under Section
303A.02(b) of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. None of these directors had any
commercial, industrial, banking, consulting, legal, accounting, charitable or
familial relationships with our Company, either directly or as a partner,
shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with our
Company that would constitute a “material relationship” under NYSE
rules.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS
During
2008, our Board held six (6) meetings. Each of our directors attended at least
75% of such meetings and the meetings of the committees on which he or she
served during 2008. Resolutions adopted by our Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee of our Board provide that directors are expected to attend
the Annual Meeting of stockholders. Messrs. Banowsky, Brodsky, Carson,
McCormick, Pausic, Sadusky and Stern attended the 2008 Annual Meeting of
stockholders in person and Ms. Hart participated by teleconference.
Our
Board has established three standing committees — Audit, Compensation, and
Nominating and Corporate Governance. Current copies of the charters for all
three committees, along with our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Code of
Business Conduct and Ethics and our Code of Ethics for Senior Financial
Officers, are posted on our website,
www.lintv.com
, in the “About
LIN TV” section under Corporate Governance in the Guidelines subsection. All of
these corporate governance documents are also available in print upon request
directed to Denise M. Parent, Secretary, LIN TV Corp., Four Richmond Square,
Suite 200, Providence, Rhode Island 02906. In February 2008, the
Board established the Operations Review Committee to oversee management’s
efforts regarding certain functions of our operating plan; this committee was
subsequently dissolved in September 2008.
Our
Board has determined that none of the members of the Audit, Compensation or
Nominating and Corporate Governance committees during all or a portion of 2008
had a material relationship with our Company and that each of these directors is
independent as determined under Section 303A.02 (b) of the NYSE Listed Company
Manual, including, in the case of all members of the Audit Committee, the
independence requirements contemplated by Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange
Act.
Mr.
McCormick, as Chairman of our Board, presided at the regularly scheduled
executive sessions of the non-management directors. Stockholders and other
interested parties may communicate directly with our Chairman of the Board or
with the independent directors as a group as described below under the heading
“Communicating with the Directors.”
The
current members of the committees are identified below:
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Committees
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Name
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Chairman
of Board
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Audit
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Compensation
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Nominating
and Corporate Governance
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Operations
Review
(3)
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William
S. Banowsky, Jr.
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Chair
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Peter
S. Brodsky
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Chair
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×
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Royal
W. Carson, III
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×
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Patti
S. Hart
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Chair
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Douglas
W. McCormick
(1)
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×
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×
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×
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Michael
A. Pausic
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×
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×
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Vincent
L. Sadusky
(2)
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Mitchell
Stern
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Chair
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(1)
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Mr.
McCormick was appointed to the Compensation Committee on February 26,
2008.
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(2)
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See
Summary Compensation Table for disclosure related to Mr. Sadusky, who is a
named executive officer of the
Company.
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(3)
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The
Operations Review Committee was established by the Board on February 26,
2008 and subsequently dissolved on September 9,
2008.
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Audit
Committee.
The Audit Committee has the following principal
duties:
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to
nominate for shareholder ratification the independent registered public
accounting firm for appointment by our Board of
Directors;
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to
meet with our financial management, internal audit and independent
registered public accounting firm to review matters relating to our
internal accounting controls, internal audit program, accounting practices
and procedures, the scope and procedures of the independent audit, the
independence of the outside registered public accounting firm and other
matters relating to our financial
condition;
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to
report to our Board periodically any recommendations the Audit Committee
may have with respect to the foregoing matters;
and
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•
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to
review our annual and quarterly financial statements and annual report to
stockholders, proxy materials and Annual Report on Form 10-K and our
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for filing with the
SEC.
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The
Audit Committee has the power to investigate any matter brought to its attention
within the scope of its duties and to retain counsel for this purpose where
appropriate.
The
members of our Audit Committee are Messrs. Banowsky and Stern and Ms. Hart, with
Ms. Hart serving as Chair since her appointment to the Audit Committee on
January 29, 2008. Our Board has determined that each member of the
Audit Committee is an “independent director” under NYSE rules governing the
qualifications of the members of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee met
eight (8) times during 2008.
Our
Board has determined that Ms. Hart is an “audit committee financial expert” as
defined in Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K.
Compensation
Committee.
The Compensation Committee has the following
principal duties:
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to
review director and executive officer compensation policies, plans and
programs;
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to
prepare recommendations and periodic reports to our Board concerning these
matters;
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to
function as the committee that administers our stock option, stock
incentive and other equity-based plans;
and
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to
oversee compensation-related disclosures to be included in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K or Proxy Statement or other appropriate
documents filed with the SEC.
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For
additional information about the Compensation Committee, see “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis” below.
The
members of our Compensation Committee are Messrs. Brodsky, Carson and McCormick,
with Mr. Brodsky serving as its Chair. The Compensation Committee held six (6)
meetings during 2008.
Nominating and Corporate Governance
Committee.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
has the following principal duties:
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to
identify individuals qualified to become members of our
Board;
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to
recommend to our Board the persons to be nominated by our Board for
election as directors at the Annual Meeting of
stockholders;
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to
develop and recommend to our Board a set of corporate governance
principles applicable to us; and
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to
oversee the evaluations of our Board and
management.
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The
members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Messrs.
Banowsky, Brodsky, McCormick and Pausic, with Mr. Banowsky serving as its Chair.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held ten (10) meetings during
2008.
Operations Review
Committee.
The Operations Review Committee was established by
the Board on February 26, 2008 and had the principal duty of overseeing and
providing guidance to senior management on key strategic and operational
decisions until it was dissolved on September 9, 2008. The members of the
Operations Review Committee were Messrs. McCormick, Pausic and Stern, with Mr.
Stern serving as its Chair.
DIRECTOR CANDIDATES
The
process followed by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee to
identify and evaluate director candidates includes requests to the members of
our Board and others for recommendations, meetings from time-to-time to evaluate
biographical information and background material relating to potential
candidates and interviews of selected candidates by members of the committee and
our Board. In addition, the Company may retain the services of an executive
search firm to help identify and evaluate potential director
candidates. The Company is currently conducting a search for a
qualified director to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. William
H. Cunningham in 2008.
In
considering whether to recommend any particular candidate for inclusion in our
Board’s slate of recommended director nominees, the Nominating and Corporate
Governance Committee will apply the criteria set forth in our corporate
governance guidelines. The committee considers: diversity, skills and experience
in the context of the needs of our Board; commitment to understanding our
business and industry; the creation, by virtue of other employment or
directorships, of potential or actual conflicts of interest; risks of
anticompetitive activity, or potential or actual violations of, or restrictions
arising from media ownership regulations; and the ability to exercise sound
judgment and high ethical standards. The committee does not assign specific
weights to particular criteria and no particular criterion is a prerequisite for
each prospective nominee. We believe that the backgrounds and qualifications of
our directors, considered as a group, should provide a composite mix of
experience, knowledge and abilities that will allow our Board to fulfill its
responsibilities.
Stockholders
may recommend individuals to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
for consideration as potential director candidates by submitting their names,
together with appropriate biographical information and background materials and
a statement as to whether the stockholder or group of stockholders making the
recommendation has beneficially owned more than 5% of our common stock for at
least a year as of the date such recommendation is made, to the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee, c/o Denise M. Parent, Secretary, LIN TV Corp.,
Four Richmond Square, Suite 200, Providence, Rhode Island 02906. Assuming that
appropriate biographical and background material has been provided on a timely
basis, the committee will evaluate stockholder-recommended candidates by
following substantially the same process, and applying substantially the same
criteria, as it follows for candidates submitted by others. If our Board
determines to nominate a stockholder-recommended candidate and recommends his or
her election, then his or her name will be included in the proxy card for our
next annual meeting of stockholders.
Stockholders
also have the right under our bylaws to directly nominate director candidates,
without any action or recommendation on the part of the committee or our Board,
by following the procedures set forth below under “Stockholder Proposals for the
2010 Annual Meeting”; provided that such recommendations are delivered to us,
with the information required by our bylaws, no later than the deadline for
submission of stockholder proposals provided below.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE DIRECTORS
Our
Board will give appropriate attention to written communications that are
submitted by stockholders and other interested parties, and will respond if and
as appropriate. The Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee,
with the assistance of our General Counsel, is primarily responsible for
monitoring communications from stockholders and other interested parties and for
providing copies or summaries to the other directors as he or she considers
appropriate.
Communications
are forwarded to all directors if they relate to important substantive matters
and include suggestions or comments that the Chair of the Nominating and
Corporate Governance Committee considers to be important for the directors to
know. In general, communications relating to corporate governance and long-term
corporate strategy are more likely to be forwarded than communications relating
to ordinary business affairs, personal grievances and matters as to which we
tend to receive repetitive or duplicative communications.
Stockholders
and other interested parties that wish to send communications on any topic to
our Board, should address such communications to Board of Directors, c/o Denise
M. Parent, Secretary, LIN TV Corp., Four Richmond Square, Suite 200, Providence,
Rhode Island 02906.
Stockholders
and other interested parties who wish to send communications on any topic to any
of our independent directors, or all of our independent directors as a group,
should address such communications to Independent Directors, c/o Denise M.
Parent, Secretary, LIN TV Corp., Four Richmond Square, Suite 200, Providence,
Rhode Island 02906.
REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OF OUR BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
The
Audit Committee acts under a written charter adopted by our Board, a copy of
which is posted in the “About LIN TV” section under Corporate Governance in the
Guidelines subsection of our website, www.lintv.com. The members of the Audit
Committee are independent directors, as defined by its charter and NYSE
rules.
The
Audit Committee reviewed the audited financial statements for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008 and discussed these financial statements with our
management. Management is responsible for our internal controls and the
financial reporting process. Management represented to the Audit Committee that
the financial statements had been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. Our independent registered public accounting firm,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, is responsible for performing an audit of the
financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
and issuing a report on those financial statements. As appropriate, the Audit
Committee reviews and evaluates, and discusses with our management, our internal
auditor and our independent registered public accounting firm, the following
matters:
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the
plan for and the report of the independent registered public accounting
firm on each audit of our financial
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our
management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting;
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our
financial disclosure documents, including all financial statements and
reports filed with the SEC or sent to
stockholders;
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management’s
selection, application and disclosure of critical accounting
policies;
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changes
in our accounting practices, principles, controls or
methodologies;
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performance of the internal audit function and the independent registered
public accounting firm;
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the
engagement letter between the Company and the independent registered
public accounting firm;
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significant
developments or changes in accounting rules applicable to the Company;
and
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the
adequacy of our internal controls and accounting, financial and auditing
personnel.
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In
addition, the Audit Committee held executive session meetings with the Chief
Financial Officer, the Vice President Controller, the internal auditor and the
independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee also reviewed
and discussed the audited financial statements and the matters required by
Statement on Auditing Standards 61 “Communication with Audit Committees” (“SAS
61”), as amended, with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, our independent registered
public accounting firm. SAS 61, as amended, requires our independent registered
public accounting firm to discuss with our Audit Committee, among other things,
the following:
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methods
used to account for significant or unusual
transactions;
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the
effect of significant accounting policies in controversial or emerging
areas for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or
consensus;
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the
process used by management in formulating particularly sensitive
accounting estimates and the basis for the auditors’ conclusions regarding
the reasonableness of those estimates;
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disagreements,
if applicable, with management over the application of accounting
principles, the basis for management’s accounting estimates and the
disclosures in the financial
statements.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP also provided the Audit Committee with the written disclosures and the
letter required by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Rule No. 3526
(“Communications with Audit Committees Concerning Independence”),
which requires auditors annually to disclose in writing all
relationships that in the auditor’s professional opinion may reasonably be
thought to bear on independence, confirm their independence and engage in a
discussion of independence. The Audit Committee discussed with the independent
registered public accounting firm the matters disclosed in this letter and its
independence from the Company. The Audit Committee also considered whether the
provision of the other, non-audit related services to us which are referred to
under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Other
Matters” is compatible with maintaining the independence of our registered
public accounting firm.
Based
on its discussions with management and the independent registered public
accounting firm, and its review of the representations and information provided
by management and the report of independent registered public accounting firm,
the Audit Committee recommended to our Board that the audited financial
statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008.
Audit
Committee of our Board of Directors
Patti
S. Hart (Chair)
William
S. Banowsky
Mitchell
Stern
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The
executive officers of the Company are:
Name
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Age
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Position
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Vincent
L. Sadusky
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43
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President
and Chief Executive Officer
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Richard
J. Schmaeling
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44
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Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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Scott
M. Blumenthal
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60
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Executive
Vice President Television
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Nicholas
N. Mohamed
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33
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Vice
President Controller
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Denise
M. Parent
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45
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Vice
President General Counsel and Secretary
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Robert
S. Richter
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39
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Senior
Vice President New Media
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The
following information describes the background of our executive officers who are
not members of our Board.
Richard J.
Schmaeling
has been Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
since October 2008. He was previously employed by Dow Jones &
Company, Inc. in the positions of Vice President, Finance since 2007 and Vice
President, Business Unit Finance from 2004 – 2007. Mr. Schmaeling was Vice
President, Finance of Bracco Diagnostics Inc. from 1994 – 2004.
Scott M.
Blumenthal
has been Executive Vice President Television since September
2006. From February 2005 until September 2006, he served as Vice President
Television of our wholly-owned subsidiary, LIN Television Corporation. Mr.
Blumenthal previously held general manager positions at our WISH-TV station from
May 1999 to September 2002 and at our WOOD-TV and WOTV-TV stations from May 1994
to May 1999.
Nicholas N.
Mohamed
has been Vice President Controller since March 2009 and the
Company’s Vice President, Finance from February 2009 to March
2009. From May 2007 to December 2008, he was Director of Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions at Sensata Technologies, Inc. Prior to
joining Sensata Technologies, Inc., Mr. Mohamed served as a Director at
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in its Transaction Services group, where he was
employed in various positions since September 1997.
Denise M. Parent
has been Vice President General Counsel and Secretary since September
2006. Previously, she was Vice President Deputy General Counsel since March
1997. From April 1993 to March 1997, Ms. Parent was employed by The Providence
Journal Company as Senior Corporate Counsel. Prior to 1993, Ms. Parent was
employed by Adler, Pollock & Sheehan Incorporated, a law firm in Providence,
Rhode Island.
Robert S. Richter
has been Senior Vice President New Media since September 2008.
Previously, he was Vice President Internet of LIN Television Corporation since
2006. From 2001 – 2006, Mr. Richter served as Vice President of
Marketing and Sales Planning for ShopNBC. Prior to 2001, Mr. Richter
was Vice President, DET, LLC, a market newspaper consulting
company.
COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
Overview
In
this section, we discuss certain aspects of our compensation program as it
pertains to our President and Chief Executive Officer, Senior Vice President
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President Television, Senior Vice
President New Media and Vice President General Counsel and
Secretary. These individuals are referred to as the “named executive
officers” throughout this Compensation Discussion and Analysis.
Role
of the Compensation Committee
The
Compensation Committee has primary responsibilities for assessing, recommending
and approving the following areas of compensation:
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determining
the compensation of the named executive
officers;
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overseeing
and administering incentive-compensation plans and equity-based plans of
our Company, including the authority to grant stock options and
to make other stock-based awards;
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determining
the compensation of directors;
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other
duties as authorized by our Board from time-to-time;
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overseeing
and approving this Compensation Discussion and
Analysis.
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Objectives
of Compensation Program
The
Compensation Committee is committed to and responsible for designing,
implementing, and administering a compensation program for executive officers
that ensures appropriate linkage between pay, company performance and results
for shareholders. The Compensation Committee seeks to increase shareholder value
by rewarding performance with cost-effective compensation and ensuring that we
can attract and retain the best executive talent. To achieve the objectives set
forth below, the Compensation Committee has designed the executive compensation
program to reward the achievement of specific annual and long-term financial and
strategic goals of our Company that are designed to improve shareholder
value.
The
Compensation Committee believes that executive compensation should be designed
to:
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align
compensation of the named executive officers with their own performance
and the overall performance of our
Company;
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manage
compensation costs by combining a conservative approach to base salaries
and benefits, with performance-dependent short-term and long-term
incentives;
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heavily
weight the compensation package towards long-term, performance-dependent
incentives to better align the interests of executives with shareholders;
and
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reward
and retain our named executive
officers.
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Although
we do not engage in a formal benchmarking process, the Compensation Committee
periodically evaluates our executive compensation program to ensure that the
program is competitive with peer companies in our industry so that we can
continue to attract and retain qualified employees in key
positions.
Factors
Considered in Establishing Compensation
The
Compensation Committee makes all compensation decisions regarding our President
and Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers. The Compensation
Committee takes many factors into account in making compensation decisions,
including the individual’s performance, tenure, and experience; the performance
of our Company overall and the individual’s contribution to that performance;
achievement of specific quantifiable and qualitative business goals and
objectives; retention considerations; the individual’s historical compensation;
comparisons to other executive officers; and the recommendations of the
President and Chief Executive Officer with respect to the other executive
officers. Additionally, because the President and Chief Executive Officer is
ultimately responsible for the direction of our Company, his greater
compensation reflects this differential compared with the other named executive
officers. The grant of stock options and restricted stock awards to all of our
employees is approved by the Compensation Committee based on the recommendations
of our President and Chief Executive Officer.
Role
of Compensation Consultant
Neither
the Compensation Committee nor our Company has any long-term contractual
arrangements with a compensation consultant whose role would be to determine or
to recommend the amount or the form of compensation for our named executive
officers. The Compensation Committee and our management have periodically worked
with compensation consultants to assist in providing the Compensation Committee
with market information and reports regarding compensation practices of peer
companies.
Design
of Compensation Programs
Our
executive compensation plan is designed to attract qualified executives and to
reward those executives for their contributions to our Company and our
shareholders. The compensation program for the named executive officers includes
an annual base salary, an annual performance bonus opportunity, equity-based
compensation, retirement benefits and limited perquisites. Because executive
officers are in a position to directly influence the overall performance of our
Company, a significant portion of their compensation is in the form of
performance-dependent short-term and long-term incentive programs. The level of
performance-dependent pay varies for each executive based upon level of
responsibility, with a greater emphasis on performance-dependent pay for those
in more senior positions who have responsibility over matters that have a direct
impact on the overall performance of our Company.
Effect of
Economic Downturn on Compensation Decisions
Our
operations and financial performance have been materially affected by recent
macroeconomic conditions, which began to deteriorate significantly in 2008 and
may remain depressed for the foreseeable future. The economic
slowdown has adversely affected local and national advertising revenues across
all of our television stations, which we expect to continue
in 2009. The recent market turmoil and tightening of
credit has also generally reduced consumer confidence and led to a widespread
reduction of business activity. These economic conditions have
resulted in significant declines in advertising expenditures in several
industries, including the automotive industry, from which we receive a
substantial percentage of our revenue.
These
difficult economic conditions have had a direct effect on a number of decisions
regarding executive compensation made by the Compensation
Committee. Regarding 2009 compensation for the named executive
officers, the Compensation Committee decided to (i) hold all annual base
salaries for 2009 flat with the prior year, and (ii) hold target bonus amounts
for 2009 flat with the prior year. With respect to bonuses for 2008
for the named executive officers, the Compensation Committee did not award any
budget-based bonuses, which are determined based solely on achievement of
specified objective financial performance targets, because the Company did not
meet the threshold level for any such objective financial
targets. However, as described in greater detail below under “Cash
Compensation - Performance Bonus,” the Compensation Committee decided to award
discretionary bonuses for 2008 that, for some named executive officers, exceeded
the target discretionary bonus called for under the named executive officers’
employment agreements, to recognize the achievement of certain
strategic and operational milestones in 2008 reached under very challenging
economic conditions.
In
addition, the severe economic conditions led management, in consultation
with the Board of Directors, to make certain changes regarding the
Company’s benefit plans that affect all employees, including the named executive
officers, and which are aimed at controlling our operating expenses
during the economic downturn. Those decisions included,
among others, (i) terminating the executive disability insurance premiums, (ii)
suspending participation in the deferred compensation plan, (iii) suspending the
Company’s contributions to the cash balance pension benefit plan, (iv)
suspending the Company’s contributions to the 401(k) plan, and (v) increasing
employees’ share of contributions to the health and welfare benefit
plans.
Cash
Compensation
Base Salary.
Base
salary amounts for our named executive officers are determined based on the
judgment of our Compensation Committee members in consultation with our
President and Chief Executive Officer, for the other named executive officers.
The Compensation Committee considers a number of factors to determine the salary
for each of our executives, including compensation paid to persons in similar
positions by peer companies in our industry, the work experience of the
executive, each executive’s individual skills, the executive’s length of service
with our Company and the performance of the executive. For 2009, the
Compensation Committee determined that, given the extremely challenging economic
environment and the sacrifices being made by the employees of the Company, base
salaries for the named executive officers would remain flat with the prior year
as reflected in the Summary Compensation Table under “Salary.”
Performance
Bonus.
The annual incentive bonus plan is designed to align
executive officer pay with the Company’s financial performance and individual
performance during a particular year. The annual bonus is comprised of two
separate components, as described in more detail below. One portion of the bonus
is determined quantitatively based solely on the Company’s achievement of
financial performance goals. The other portion of the annual bonus is determined
qualitatively by the Compensation Committee based on the Committee’s assessment
of other performance criteria as it deems relevant on a case-by-case basis. The
target amount of each component of the annual bonus opportunity is a percentage
of the executive’s base salary, as specified in the executive’s employment
agreement. The target bonus opportunity for 2008 for the named executive
officers (including both components of the bonus) ranged from 48.9% to 100% of
base salary. For 2009, the Compensation Committee determined that in
light of the challenging economic environment and the direct impact on our
Company, the target bonus opportunities for the named executive officers would
remain unchanged from 2008.
The
two components of the annual bonus program are more fully described
below:
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The
quantitative
or budget-based objective bonus
target amount can range from
13.2-75.0% of the named executive officer’s base salary. The percentage
that determines the target amount for each named executive officer is
specified in his or her employment agreement. Except for the Senior Vice
President New Media, discussed below, the amount of the budget-based
objective bonus paid out to named executive officers is based on our
results with respect to two performance metrics: annual net revenues and
annual Adjusted EBITDA (defined below). The budget-based objective bonus
is paid out at the target level if we achieve performance at the budgeted
levels for these metrics. For 2008, net revenues were budgeted at $447.7
million and Adjusted EBITDA was budgeted at $165.0 million. If we exceed
our budgeted net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, the executive receives a
budget-based objective bonus amount based on an increasing sliding scale
up to a maximum of twice the target budget-based bonus amount. Conversely,
if we do not achieve our budgeted net revenue and Adjusted EBITDA, the
executive receives less than the target budget-based objective bonus
amount based on a decreasing sliding scale. The named executive officers
do not receive any budget-based objective bonus if net revenues fall below
95% of the budgeted net revenues and Adjusted EBITDA is less than 90% of
the budgeted Adjusted EBITDA. The budget-based objective bonus for the
Senior Vice President New Media is based solely on achievement of budgeted
digital media revenues instead of net revenues and Adjusted EBITDA, as
outlined in his employment agreement. Given the objective nature of the
determination of the budget-based objective bonus, such portion of the
annual bonus is reported in the Summary Compensation Table under
“Non-Equity Incentive Plan
Compensation.”
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The
qualitative
or discretionary performance bonus
target amount can range from
12.2-39.7% of the named executive officer’s base salary. The percentage
that determines the target amount for each named executive officer is
specified in his or her employment agreement. The actual amount of
discretionary performance bonus paid out is determined by the Compensation
Committee, in consultation with the Chief Executive Officer for named
executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, based on the
Committee’s assessment of other performance criteria as it deems relevant
on a case-by-case basis. Factors that may be considered by the
Compensation Committee in determining the appropriate amount of the
discretionary performance bonus include, without limitation, the Company’s
performance in the prior fiscal year, general business conditions and
achievement by the executive of certain project, department and
development goals established by the Chief Executive Officer, our Board
and/or the Compensation Committee. Given the subjective nature of the
determination of the discretionary performance bonus, such portion of the
annual bonus is reported in the Summary Compensation Table under
“Bonus.”
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table below shows the target bonus opportunity for each component of the annual
bonus program for each named executive officer, as specified in the named
executive officer’s employment agreement. The different allocations and
weightings among the named executive officers for the quantitative, budget-based
component and the qualitative, discretionary component reflect the Compensation
Committee’s judgment regarding the appropriate balance for each named executive
officer, based on his or her seniority, experience, role and ability to
influence the Company’s results.
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Scott
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M. Parent
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Robert
S. Richter
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Mr.
Schmaeling was appointed Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer of
the Company on October 6, 2008. The Compensation Committee did
not use the bonus structure detailed above for determining his pro-rated
bonus for 2008. The amount of Mr. Schmaeling’s 2008 bonus
was determined in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement
and in the discretion of the Compensation Committee based upon achievement
of certain strategic and operational goals during the fourth quarter of
2008.
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For
purposes of the budget-based objective bonus, Adjusted EBITDA is defined as
operating income plus amortization of program rights, depreciation and
amortization of intangible assets, impairment of goodwill and intangible assets,
restructuring charges and non-recurring severance payments, less program
payments. Program payments represent cash payments for program contracts and do
not necessarily correspond to program usage.
We
believe Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP measure, is relevant and useful as
a metric for determining bonus amounts because it is a measurement used by
lenders to measure our ability to service our debt and it is a measurement
industry analysts use when evaluating our operating performance. We use Adjusted
EBITDA, among other things, in evaluating the operating performance of our
stations and to value stations targeted for acquisition.
In
2008, we recorded net revenues of $399.8
million, which
represented 89% of the budgeted amount of net revenue, and Adjusted
EBITDA was $123.4
million, which
represented 75% of the budgeted amount of Adjusted EBITDA. Because our net
revenues were less than 95% of the budgeted level and Adjusted EBITDA was less
than 90% of the budgeted level, there was no budget-based objective
bonus awarded to any of the named executive officers, with the exception of Mr.
Richter, whose performance metrics are based on different
criteria. Mr. Richter’s budget-based objective bonus is based solely
on achievement of budgeted digital media revenues instead of net revenues and
Adjusted EBITDA. The amount of Mr. Richter’s budget-based objective
bonus for 2008, reflecting achievement of the performance target applicable to
his bonus at the 67% level, is reflected in the Summary Compensation Table under
“Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.” A more detailed analysis of
our financial and operational performance is contained in the Management’s
Discussion and Analysis section and in our audited consolidated financial
statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008.
The
Compensation Committee awarded discretionary performance bonuses for 2008 to our
named executive officers in the amounts shown in the Summary Compensation Table
under “Bonus.” These bonus awards reflect the Compensation Committee’s
consideration of factors that included each named executive officer’s individual
performance in addition to achievement of certain strategic and operational
milestones. The Compensation Committee exercised its discretion to
award discretionary performance bonuses above the targeted discretionary bonus
amounts, based on the Compensation Committee’s determination that the named
executive officers expended significant efforts toward managing the
Company through an unprecedented economic downturn. The Compensation
Committee acknowledged that macroeconomic factors have had a significant impact
on our business and that the named executive officers should be incentivized to
remain focused on management despite factors extending beyond their control that
have a direct impact on their capacity to earn the budget-based objective
bonus. In awarding these discretionary bonuses, the Compensation
Committee considered, among other things, the achievement of certain strategic
and operational milestones in 2008 under very challenging economic conditions,
including (i) market share improvements in many of our markets, (ii) completed
negotiations with every major pay TV provider in our local markets, (iii) a
significant increase in digital revenues, and (iv) achievement of specific
performance metrics by our online business.
Equity-Based
Compensation
Another
key component of our compensation package for the named executive officers is
the granting of stock options and restricted stock awards. We believe
these awards provide a significant incentive for executives to manage our
Company for long-term growth, thereby aligning their interests with those of our
shareholders. These incentives are designed to motivate executive officers to
improve financial performance and stockholder value, as well as encourage
long-term employment with the Company. We rely primarily on stock option awards
and restricted stock awards in granting long-term incentives. We do not backdate
options or grant options retroactively. In addition, we do not purposely
schedule option awards prior to the disclosure of favorable information or after
the announcement of unfavorable information. Options are granted at fair market
value on a predetermined date. All stock option grants and restricted stock
awards to executive officers require the approval of the Compensation
Committee. We have no formal policy or practice as to the timing of
equity grants.
Option
grants are designed to reward executive officers for the increase in our stock
price over time. Options represent the high-risk and potential high-return
component of our total long-term incentive program, as the realizable value of
each option can fall to zero if the stock price is lower than the exercise price
established on the date of grant. The size of stock option grants for executive
officers is based primarily on the target dollar value of the award translated
into a number of option shares based on the estimated economic value on the date
of grant, as determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing formula. As a
result, the number of shares underlying stock option awards will typically vary
from year-to-year, as it is dependent on the price of our common stock on the
date of grant. Mr. Schmaeling was granted 100,000 options to acquire the
Company’s class A common stock in October 2008 upon commencement of his
employment. No other named executive officers received any stock
options during 2008.
Restricted
stock awards are designed to reward executive officers with equity in the
Company which vests over a period of time. In September 2008, the
Compensation Committee granted restricted stock awards to each of the named
executive officers in office at that time, in the amounts shown in the “Grants
of Plan-Based Awards” table below. In determining the size of the
restricted stock awards made to the named executive officers in 2008, the
Compensation Committee considered the strategic, operational and financial
performance of our Company along with each named executive officers’ expected
contributions to our Company’s future success.
Other
Benefits
Our
Company also provides certain benefits and perquisites to our named executive
officers that the Compensation Committee believes are reasonable and necessary
to attract and retain key executives. The Company provides the use of a company
automobile and covers term life insurance premiums for the named executive
officers in the amount of $400,000. See “Other Benefit Plans” below. The named
executive officers are also entitled to health, disability and retirement
benefits substantially similar to those that are offered to all of our
employees.
Employment
Agreements, Severance and Change-in-Control Arrangements
In
2006 we entered into employment agreements with Ms. Parent and Messrs. Sadusky
and Blumenthal to memorialize key terms of their employment and to reduce
certain severance and change in control benefits potentially paid by the Company
and thereby more fully align management’s interest with shareholder
interests. Since then, we have entered into employment agreements
with Mr. Schmaeling and Mr. Richter in connection with their appointments as
officers of the Company.
Each
employment agreement addresses the following elements: base salary; target
discretionary performance bonus and target budget-based objective performance
bonus. The actual amount of the objective performance bonus is calculated as
described in the “Design of Compensation Programs — Cash Compensation -
Performance Bonus” above. The term of the agreement will continue each year
unless terminated by the executive or us.
If
the executive’s employment is terminated by us “without cause” or by the
executive for “good reason” as defined in the agreement, the executive is
entitled to receive certain benefits. Mr. Sadusky, Mr. Schmaeling, Mr. Richter
and Mr. Blumenthal will be entitled to receive as a severance payment an amount
equal to their annual base salary plus a payment equal to the annual bonus they
received in the prior year and we will also continue to pay the employer’s
portion of their health and dental insurance premiums for twelve months. Under
her prior severance compensation agreement, Ms. Parent was entitled to receive
as a severance payment an amount equal to three times her base salary plus a
payment equal to three times the highest bonus she received in the last three
complete fiscal years and we would also continue to pay the employer’s portion
of her health and dental insurance premiums for three years from the date of
termination. However, under her current employment agreement her severance
payment is being reduced pro rata for each day of her employment following
September 6, 2006 until her severance payment is equal to the sum of her annual
base salary plus the bonus she received in the prior year. Her medical benefits
will be reduced in the same manner until equal to 12 months of payments. In
addition, all stock options and restricted stock awards granted to Ms. Parent
prior to 2006 which are not otherwise exercisable or vested will become fully
vested as of the date of termination in the circumstances described
above.
Upon
a change in control transaction or if we terminate any of the named executive
officer’s employment in anticipation of a change in control transaction, in
addition to severance payments described above, the employment agreements
provide that certain of the stock options granted in 2006 to each executive upon
their appointment to their current positions will become fully vested. See
“Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control” below for more
detailed information.
The
employment agreements include non-competition and non-solicitation provisions
that are in effect during the term of the agreement and for one year
thereafter.
Share
Ownership Guidelines
We
do not require but encourage our named executives to own our Company’s class A
common stock.
Tax
Considerations
Under
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, a limitation is placed on tax
deductions of any publicly-held corporation for individual compensation to
certain executives exceeding $1.0 million in any taxable year, unless the
compensation is performance-based. To the extent practical, the Compensation
Committee intends to preserve deductibility, but may choose to provide
compensation that is not deductible if necessary to attract, retain and reward
high-performing executives.
REPORT OF THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE OF OUR BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
The
Compensation Committee has reviewed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis and
discussed such discussion and analysis with management. Based on the
Compensation Committee’s review and discussions with management, the
Compensation Committee recommended to our Board that the Compensation Discussion
and Analysis be included in the Company’s 2009 Proxy Statement. This Report is
provided by the following independent directors, who comprise the Compensation
Committee:
Compensation
Committee of our Board of Directors
Peter
S. Brodsky (Chair)
Royal
W. Carson III
Douglas
W. McCormick
Summary
Compensation Table
The
following table sets forth the annual and long-term compensation earned during
the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 by our Chief Executive Officer,
all persons serving as our Chief Financial Officer during 2008, our three other
most highly-compensated executive officers who were serving as executive
officers as of December 31, 2008, and Gregory M. Schmidt, for whom
disclosure would have been provided but for the fact that he was not serving as
an executive officer as of December 31, 2008 (collectively, the
“named executive officers”).
Name
and Principal Position
|
Year
|
|
Salary
|
|
|
Bonus
|
|
|
Stock
Awards
(8)
|
|
|
Option
Awards
(8)
|
|
|
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan Compensation
|
|
|
Change
in Pension Value and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
(9)
|
|
|
All
Other
Compensation
(10)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent L. Sadusky
(1)
|
2008
|
|
$
|
500,000
|
|
|
$
|
425,000
|
|
|
$
|
162,802
|
|
|
$
|
498,008
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
49,320
|
|
|
$
|
9,914
|
|
|
$
|
1,645,044
|
|
President
and Chief Executive
|
2007
|
|
|
500,000
|
|
|
|
125,000
|
|
|
|
175,779
|
|
|
|
508,258
|
|
|
|
251,250
|
|
|
|
74,100
|
|
|
|
5,938
|
|
|
|
1,640,325
|
|
Officer
|
2006
|
|
|
512,462
|
|
|
|
125,000
|
|
|
|
281,034
|
|
|
|
403,405
|
|
|
|
712,500
|
|
|
|
35,782
|
|
|
|
6,479
|
|
|
|
2,076,662
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bart W. Catalane
(2)
|
2008
|
|
|
179,260
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
164,407
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
6,457
|
|
|
|
350,124
|
|
Former
Senior Vice President
|
2007
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
|
|
37,500
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
145,666
|
|
|
|
75,375
|
|
|
|
12,718
|
|
|
|
67,629
|
|
|
|
588,888
|
|
and
Chief Financial Officer
|
2006
|
|
|
24,038
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
13,846
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
4,567
|
|
|
|
42,451
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard J.
Schmaeling
(3)
|
2008
|
|
|
75,000
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
22,623
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3,125
|
|
|
|
24,011
|
|
|
|
174,759
|
|
Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott M. Blumenthal
(4)
|
2008
|
|
|
386,250
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
125,101
|
|
|
|
244,431
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
173,263
|
|
|
|
547
|
|
|
|
1,079,592
|
|
Executive
Vice President
|
2007
|
|
|
375,000
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
|
179,940
|
|
|
|
247,935
|
|
|
|
100,500
|
|
|
|
307,494
|
|
|
|
3,045
|
|
|
|
1,263,914
|
|
Television
|
2006
|
|
|
364,788
|
|
|
|
200,000
|
|
|
|
293,840
|
|
|
|
163,834
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
72,271
|
|
|
|
3,555
|
|
|
|
1,098,288
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denise M. Parent
(5)
|
2008
|
|
|
283,250
|
|
|
|
115,000
|
|
|
|
116,007
|
|
|
|
134,858
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
27,019
|
|
|
|
2,557
|
|
|
|
678,691
|
|
Vice
President General
|
2007
|
|
|
275,000
|
|
|
|
112,500
|
|
|
|
190,875
|
|
|
|
93,281
|
|
|
|
25,125
|
|
|
|
28,527
|
|
|
|
4,312
|
|
|
|
729,620
|
|
Counsel
and Secretary
|
2006
|
|
|
244,365
|
|
|
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
334,648
|
|
|
|
126,854
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
23,454
|
|
|
|
4,260
|
|
|
|
883,581
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert S. Richter
(6)
|
2008
|
|
|
270,250
|
|
|
|
45,000
|
|
|
|
16,253
|
|
|
|
164,407
|
|
|
|
62,000
|
|
|
|
18,459
|
|
|
|
2,418
|
|
|
|
578,787
|
|
Senior
Vice President New Media
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory M. Schmidt
(7)
|
2008
|
|
|
282,062
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
164,330
|
|
|
|
240,341
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
41,034
|
|
|
|
6,538
|
|
|
|
734,305
|
|
Former
Executive Vice President
|
2007
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
|
43,750
|
|
|
|
298,454
|
|
|
|
240,024
|
|
|
|
164,063
|
|
|
|
51,325
|
|
|
|
9,470
|
|
|
|
1,207,086
|
|
Digital
Media
|
2006
|
|
|
400,000
|
|
|
|
175,000
|
|
|
|
533,704
|
|
|
|
226,556
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
49,331
|
|
|
|
9,600
|
|
|
|
1,394,191
|
|
__________________
(1)
|
On
February 24, 2009, the Compensation Committee determined the amount of the
2008 cash bonus to be paid to Mr. Sadusky. As discussed in “Compensation
Discussion and Analysis — Design of Compensation Programs — Cash
Compensation — Performance Bonus,” the 2008 bonus had two components: the
budget-based objective bonus, which was determined to be zero because the
Company did not achieve the threshold level for the
applicable financial metric targets, and the discretionary
performance bonus, which was determined by the Committee based on criteria
it deemed relevant. Mr. Sadusky’s 2008 discretionary performance bonus is
reported under “Bonus.” (See the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for
more details regarding Mr. Sadusky’s 2008 budget-based objective bonus
opportunity.) On February 24, 2009, the Compensation Committee approved
the 2009 salary to be paid to Mr. Sadusky in the amount of
$500,000.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Catalane resigned as Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer
effective as of August 20, 2008. The compensation amounts set
forth in this table reflect the compensation earned through that
date. For 2007 and 2006, the All Other Compensation figures
have been adjusted to correct prior reported amounts to include additional
relocation expenses. Relocation expenses for 2007 totaled $59,589,
comprised of rental expenses of $34,465 and payment for payroll
withholding taxes in the amount of
$25,124.
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Schmaeling was appointed Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer as
of October 6, 2008. The Compensation Committee, in consultation
with the Chief Executive Officer, determined the amount of the 2008 target
cash bonus in connection with the negotiation of his employment
agreement. Mr. Schmaeling was awarded a bonus for 2008 in the
amount of $50,000 in recognition of certain objectives that were achieved
in the fourth quarter of 2008.
|
(4)
|
On
February 24, 2009, the Compensation Committee, in consultation with the
Chief Executive Officer, determined the amount of the 2008 cash bonus to
be paid to Mr. Blumenthal. Mr. Blumenthal’s 2008
budget-based objective bonus was determined to be zero because the Company
did not achieve the threshold level for the
applicable financial metric targets and his 2008 discretionary
performance bonus is reported under “Bonus.” (See “Compensation Discussion
and Analysis — Design of Compensation Programs — Cash Compensation —
Performance Bonus” for more information about our bonus program, and see
the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for more details regarding Mr.
Blumenthal’s 2008 budget-based objective bonus opportunity.) On February
24, 2009 the Compensation Committee also approved the 2009 salary to be
paid to Mr. Blumenthal in the amount of
$386,250.
|
(5)
|
On
February 24, 2009, the Compensation Committee, in consultation with the
Chief Executive Officer, determined the amount of the 2008 cash bonus to
be paid to Ms. Parent. Ms. Parent’s 2008 budget-based objective bonus was
determined to be zero because the Company did not achieve the threshold
level for the applicable financial metric targets and her 2008
discretionary performance bonus is reported under “Bonus.” (See
“Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Design of Compensation Programs —
Cash Compensation — Performance Bonus” for more information about our
bonus program, and see the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for more
details regarding Ms. Parent’s 2008 budget-based objective bonus
opportunity.) The Compensation Committee also approved the 2009 salary to
be paid to Ms. Parent in the amount of
$283,250.
|
(6)
|
Mr.
Richter was appointed Senior Vice President New Media and an executive
officer of the Company, as of September 10, 2008. On February
24, 2009, the Compensation Committee, in consultation with the Chief
Executive Officer, determined the amount of the 2008 cash bonus to be paid
to Mr. Richter. Mr. Richter’s 2008 budget-based objective bonus is
reported under “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” and his 2008
discretionary performance bonus is reported under “Bonus.” (See
“Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Design of Compensation Programs —
Cash Compensation — Performance Bonus” for more information about our
bonus program, and see the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table for more
details regarding Mr. Richter’s 2008 budget-based objective bonus
opportunity.) The Compensation Committee also approved the 2009 salary to
be paid to Mr. Richter in the amount of
$300,000.
|
(7)
|
Mr.
Schmidt resigned as Executive Vice President Digital Media effective
August 15, 2008. The compensation amounts set forth in this
table reflect the compensation earned through that
date.
|
(8)
|
Represents
the expense recognized in accordance with SFAS 123R relating to restricted
stock awards and stock options in the year shown. The amounts reported
disregard estimates of forfeitures for awards with service-based vesting
conditions and do not reflect actual forfeitures. During 2008,
140,000 stock options were forfeited as a result of Mr. Catalane’s
resignation, and 38,751 shares of restricted stock and 356,434 stock
options, were forfeited as a result of Mr. Schmidt’s
resignation. See Note 8 to the consolidated financial
statements included in our Form 10-K filed March 16, 2009 for a discussion
of the assumptions used under SFAS 123R to value equity-based
compensation.
|
(9)
|
These
amounts relate solely to a change in pension value during the year
shown.
|
(10)
|
See
“All Other Compensation” below for additional information regarding the
amounts shown for 2008.
|
Grants
of Plan-Based Awards
The
following table provides information about the non-equity incentive plan and
equity awards granted to the named executive officers in 2008:
|
|
|
|
Estimated
Potential Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All
Other Stock
Awards:
|
|
All Other
Option
Awards:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number
of Shares of
Stock
(2)
|
|
Stock
Award Grant Date Fair
Value
(3)
|
|
Number
of Securities Underlying
Options
(4)
|
|
Exercise
or Base Price of Option/Stock Awards
($
per share)
(5)
|
|
Closing
Price on Date of
Grant
(6)
|
|
Option
Award Grant Date Fair
Value
(7)
|
|
Name
|
|
Grant
Date
|
|
Threshold
|
|
Target
|
|
Maximum
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vicent
L. Sadusky
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
93,750
|
|
$
|
375,000
|
|
$
|
750,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9/10/08
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
200,000
|
|
1,135,000
|
|
—
|
|
$ 5.67
|
|
$ 5.64
|
|
$ —
|
|
Bart
W. Catalane
(8)
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
28,125
|
|
$
|
112,500
|
|
$
|
225,000
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Schmaeling
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
28,125
|
|
$
|
112,500
|
|
$
|
225,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/06/08
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
100,000
|
|
3.76
|
|
3.74
|
|
191,923
|
|
Scott
M. Blumenthal
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
37,500
|
|
$
|
150,000
|
|
$
|
300,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9/10/08
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
83,333
|
|
472,915
|
|
—
|
|
5.67
|
|
5.64
|
|
—
|
|
Denise
M. Parent
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
9,375
|
|
$
|
37,500
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9/10/08
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
33,333
|
|
189,165
|
|
—
|
|
5.67
|
|
5.64
|
|
—
|
|
Robert
S. Richter
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
24,888
|
|
$
|
99,555
|
|
$
|
199,110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9/10/08
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
46,667
|
|
264,835
|
|
—
|
|
5.67
|
|
5.64
|
|
—
|
|
Gregory
M. Schmidt
(9)
|
|
—
|
|
$
|
32,813
|
|
$
|
131,250
|
|
$
|
262,500
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
___________________
(1)
|
These
columns show the potential value of the payout for the budget-based
objective bonus for 2008, which are defined in each executive’s employment
agreement, if the threshold, target or maximum goals are satisfied for the
Company’s financial performance metrics. The potential payouts are
performance-based and are completely at risk. The budget-based objective
bonus is described more fully in “Compensation Discussion and Analysis —
Design of Compensation Programs — Cash Compensation — Performance
Bonus”.
|
(2)
|
This
column shows the number of restricted stock awards granted on September
10, 2008, which vest in equal installments of 20% over 5 years following
the date of grant.
|
(3)
|
This
column shows the fair value of the restricted stock awards on the date of
grant, computed in accordance with SFAS No. 123R based on the average
stock price of our class A common stock on grant
date.
|
(4)
|
This
column shows the number of stock options granted pursuant to the Amended
and Restated 2002 Stock Option Plan. The stock options vest over four
years, with 25% vesting on each anniversary of the grant date, and expire
10 years from the date of grant.
|
(5)
|
This
column shows the stock option exercise price, which was based on the
average of the high and low prices of our class A common stock on the
grant date.
|
(6)
|
This
column shows the closing price of our class A common stock on the grant
date.
|
(7)
|
This
column shows the full grant date fair value of the stock options under
SFAS 123R. Generally, the full grant date fair value is the amount that we
would expense in our financial statements over the entire term of the
stock options’ vesting schedule.
|
(8)
|
Mr.
Catalane resigned as Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer
effective August 20, 2008 and therefore was not eligible to receive
non-equity incentive plan compensation for the 2008 fiscal
year.
|
(9)
|
Mr.
Schmidt resigned as Executive Vice President Digital Media effective
August 15, 2008 and therefore was not eligible to receive non-equity
incentive plan compensation for the 2008 fiscal
year.
|
Outstanding
Equity Awards at Year-End
The
following table provides information about the holdings of stock options and
restricted stock awards by our named executive officers as of December 31,
2008.
For
additional information about the stock option grants and restricted stock
awards, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis - Design of Compensation
Programs - Equity-Based Compensation.”
|
Stock
Option Awards
|
|
Restricted
Stock Awards
|
Name
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Exercisable
|
|
Number
of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options Unexercisable
|
|
Option
Exercise Price
|
|
Option
Expiration Date
(1)(2)
|
|
Number
of Shares or Units of Stock That
Have Not Vested
(3)
|
Market Value of
Shares or Units of Stock That
Have Not Vested
(4)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent
L. Sadusky
|
20,001
|
|
6,666
|
|
$
|
13.855
|
|
7/1/2015
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
221,036
(5)
|
$240,929
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,334
|
|
13,333
|
|
|
8.65
|
|
5/11/2016
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
250,000
|
|
|
7.44
|
|
7/11/2016
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,000
|
|
75,000
|
|
|
12.03
|
|
12/18/2017
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bart
W. Catalane
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Schmaeling
|
—
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
3.76
|
|
10/6/2018
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott
M. Blumenthal
|
6,750
|
|
2,250
|
|
|
16.03
|
|
5/2/2015
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
105,204
(6)
|
114,672
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,750
|
|
6,250
|
|
|
13.86
|
|
7/1/2015
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,500
|
|
12,500
|
|
|
8.65
|
|
5/11/2016
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
|
7.43
|
|
9/6/2016
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,500
|
|
37,500
|
|
|
12.03
|
|
12/18/2017
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denise
M. Parent
|
13,750
|
|
4,583
|
|
|
13.86
|
|
7/1/2015
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
57,761
(7)
|
62,959
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,167
|
|
9,166
|
|
|
8.65
|
|
5/11/2016
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
7.43
|
|
9/6/2016
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,000
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
12.03
|
|
12/18/2017
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
S. Richter
|
10,000
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
12.03
|
|
12/18/2017
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
46,667
(8)
|
50,867
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000
|
|
50,000
|
|
|
8.72
|
|
11/27/2016
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory
M. Schmidt
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
—
|
___________________
(1)
|
The
option expiration date is ten years from the date of
grant.
|
(2)
|
Stock
option awards expiring on May 2, 2015, July 1, 2015, July 12, 2015, May
11, 2016, September 6, 2016, November 27, 2016, December 18, 2017, and
October 6, 2018 were granted on May 2, 2005, July 1, 2005, July 12, 2005,
May 11, 2006, September 6, 2006, November 27, 2006, December 18, 2007 and
October 6, 2018, respectively, and vest in equal installments of 25% over
4 years following the date of
grant.
|
(3)
|
Restricted
stock awards were granted on September 10, 2008, September 15, 2005 and
December 22, 2005, respectively, and vest in equal installments of 20%
over 5 years following the date of grant. Restricted stock awards were
also granted on May 11, 2006 and vest in equal installments of 33.33% over
3 years following the date of
grant.
|
(4)
|
Market
value of unvested shares is calculated based upon the closing price of our
class A common stock on December 31, 2008 of $1.09, as reported by the New
York Stock Exchange.
|
(5)
|
Represents
restricted stock that will vest as follows: (i) 5,926 shares on
May 11, 2009; (ii) 3,555 shares July 1, 2009; (iii) 4,000 shares on July
6, 2009; (iv) 40,000 shares on September 10, 2009; (v) 3,555 shares July
1, 2010; (vi) 4,000 shares on July 6, 2010; (vii) 40,000 shares on
September 10, 2010; (viii) 40,000 shares on September 10, 2011;
(ix) 40,000 shares on September 10, 2012; and (x) 40,000 shares on
September 10, 2013.
|
(6)
|
Represents
restricted stock that will vest as follows: (i) 5,555 shares on May 11,
2009; (ii) 3,333 shares on July 1, 2009; 1,825 shares on July 6, 2009;
1,500 shares on July 9, 2009; 750 shares on July 12, 2009; 750 shares on
July 15, 2009; 16,667 shares on September 10, 2009; 3,333 shares on July
1, 2010; 1,825 shares on July 6, 2010; 1,500 shares on July 9, 2010; 750
shares on July 12, 2010; 750 shares on July 15, 2010; 16,667 shares on
September 10, 2010; 16,667 shares on September 10, 2011; 16,666 shares on
September 10, 2012; and 16,666 shares on September 10,
2013.
|
(7)
|
Represents
restricted stock that will vest as follows: (i) 4,074 shares on May 11,
2009; 2,444 shares on July 1, 2009; 1,567 shares on July 6, 2009; 2,000
shares on July 9, 2009; 2,916 shares on July 12, 2009; 1,250 shares on
July 15, 2009; 6,667 shares on September 10, 2009; 2,444 shares on July 1,
2010; 1,567 shares on July 6, 2010; 2,000 shares on July 9, 2010; 2,916
shares on July 12, 2010; 1,250 shares on July 15, 2010; 6,667 shares on
September 10, 2010; 6,667 shares on September 10, 2011; 6,666 shares on
September 10, 2012 and 6,666 shares on September 10,
2013.
|
(8)
|
Represents
restricted stock that will vest as follows: (i) 9,334 shares on September
10, 2009; 9,334 shares on September 10, 2010; 9,333 shares on September
10, 2011; 9,333 shares on September 10, 2012; and 9,333 shares on
September 10, 2013.
|
Option
Exercises and Stock Vested
The
following table provides information regarding the number of shares
of our class A common stock acquired by named executive officers upon the
vesting of restricted stock awards and the value realized, before payment of any
applicable withholding tax and broker commissions. None of the named
executive officers exercised any stock options during 2008.
|
|
Stock
Option Awards
|
|
|
Restricted
Stock Awards
|
|
Name
|
|
Number
of Shares Acquired on Exercise
|
|
|
Value
Realized on Exercise
|
|
|
Number
of Shares Acquired on Vesting
|
|
|
Value
Realized on Vesting
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent
L. Sadusky
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
13,482
|
|
|
$
|
98,195
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bart
W. Catalane
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Schmaeling
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott
M. Blumenthal
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
13,714
|
|
|
|
97,255
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denise
M. Parent
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
14,252
|
|
|
|
92,995
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
S. Richter
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory
M. Schmidt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
22,154
|
|
|
|
141,239
|
|
___________________
(1)
|
Based
on the average of the high and low prices of our class A common stock on
the vesting date if stock was held by named executive officer. If named
executive officer sold the stock, the value was based on the actual sales
price, net of commission and fees.
|
Other
Benefit Plans
Pension
Benefits
The
table below shows the present value of accumulated benefits payable to each of
the named executive officers, including the number of years of service credited
to each of the named executive officers, under each of the Retirement Plan and
the Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan. Certain terms of these plans are
described below. The present value is determined using interest rate, mortality
rate and other assumptions consistent with those described in Note 11 of the
consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2008 as filed on March 16, 2009.
Name
|
Plan
Name
|
|
Number of
Years of Credited Service
|
|
|
Present Value
of Accumulated Benefit
|
|
|
Payments
During the Last Fiscal Year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent
L. Sadusky
(1)
|
Retirement
Plan
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
$
|
52,835
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
138,428
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bart
W. Catalane
(2)
|
Retirement
Plan
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Schmaeling
(1)
|
Retirement
Plan
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
3,125
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott
M. Blumenthal
(3)
|
Retirement
Plan
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
549,565
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan
|
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
791,584
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denise
M. Parent
(1)
|
Retirement
Plan
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
134,881
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
48,196
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
S. Richter
(1)
|
Retirement
Plan
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
23,712
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
7,465
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory
M. Schmidt
(1)
|
Retirement
Plan
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
233,941
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
312,044
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
___________________
(1)
|
Messrs.
Sadusky, Schmaeling, Richter and Ms. Parent participate in the cash
balance plan. Mr. Schmidt participated in the cash balance plan
until his resignation on August 15,
2008.
|
(2)
|
Mr.
Catalane resigned from the Company prior to the date when the pension
benefit had vested.
|
(3)
|
Mr.
Blumenthal participates in the traditional average final-pay
plan.
|
Retirement
Plan
Participants
in our tax qualified pension plan participate in either a cash balance benefit
plan or a traditional average final-pay plan and may also receive benefits under
our SERP, as hereinafter defined, which is described below. Mr. Blumenthal
participates in the traditional average final-pay plan. Messrs. Sadusky,
Schmaeling, Richter and Ms. Parent participate in the cash balance
plan. Before his resignation in August, 2008, Mr. Schmidt also
participated in the cash balance plan.
In
April, 2009 we suspended the Company’s contribution to the cash balance benefit
plan on behalf of the participating employees. We expect to
reevaluate this decision to suspend such contributions if the current economic
downturn subsides and there is a corresponding improvement in our
business. During 2008, under the cash balance benefit
plan, we contributed to each participating employee’s cash balance
account an amount equal to 5% of such employee’s compensation. For that purpose,
compensation includes base pay, overtime pay, other wage premium pay and annual
incentive bonuses. Pension benefits vest after three years of service. Cash
balance plan accounts earn annual interest at a rate equal to the interest rate
for five-year U.S. Treasury Bills plus 25 basis points (the interest rate is
reset annually at the Treasury rate during the November preceding each plan
year). As of December 31, 2008, the estimated annual retirement benefits payable
under the cash balance plan and our SERP as an annuity for life upon normal
retirement, assuming Messrs. Sadusky, Schmaeling, Blumenthal, Richter and Ms.
Parent, remain employed by us at their current level of compensation until age
65, is $46,883, $1,499, $166,396, $10,149 and $41,598,
respectively.
Under
the traditional average final-pay benefit plan, benefits are computed by
multiplying (i) 1.50% of the average of the employee’s three highest years of
annual compensation, as defined in the plan, times (ii) the employee’s number of
years of credited service, up to a maximum of 32 years. Each named executive
officer’s salary and bonus for 2008 is set forth above in the “Salary”, “Bonus”
and “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation” columns of the Summary Compensation
Table.
Under
the plan, a participant’s normal retirement age is 65. The normal form of
payment for a participant who is not married is a single life annuity. The
normal form of payment for a participant who is married is a qualified joint and
survivor annuity. A participant may retire early after attaining age 55 and full
vesting. A traditional participant who retires early will have their benefit
reduced by 0.55% for each month up to 60 months and by 0.30% for each month in
excess of 60 months that they retire prior to their normal retirement date. A
cash balance participant will receive the present value of their accrued benefit
at the time they retire early.
Supplemental
Employee Retirement Plan
As
permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
our Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (“SERP”) is a non-qualified plan
designed to provide for the payment by us of the difference, if any, between the
amount of maximum IRS and/or other regulatory limitations and the annual benefit
that would be payable under the pension plan (including the cash balance benefit
plan and traditional average final-pay benefit plan), but for such
limitations.
The
SERP follows the provisions of the retirement plan for normal retirement date
and early retirement. Payments for traditional participants will commence at
their normal retirement date. Payments to cash balance participants will be paid
in a lump sum six (6) months after termination.
401(k)
Plan
We
provide a defined contribution plan (401(k) plan) to substantially all
employees, however, we contribute only to the 401(k) accounts of plan
participants that are not included in our retirement plan. In
February, 2009 we suspended the Company’s base and match contributions to the
401(k) Plan on behalf of the participating employees. We expect to
reevaluate this decision to suspend such contributions if the current economic
downturn subsides and there is a corresponding improvement in our
business.
Nonqualified
Deferred Compensation
The
named executive officers and other eligible employees have had the opportunity
to participate in our Deferred Compensation Plan. The Deferred Compensation Plan
allows eligible employees to defer up to 100% of their base salary and
performance bonuses in either mutual funds managed by Fidelity Investments or in
our Company’s Senior Subordinated Notes or Debentures, which are described more
fully in Note 7 of the notes to our audited consolidated financial statements in
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008. As of December 2008, we decided not to offer the named
executive officers and other eligible employees the opportunity to participate
in the Deferred Compensation Plan because, among other reasons, the number of
participants in the plan had declined while the expense and resources required
to manage the plan had increased. The Deferred Compensation Plan
remains in place for purposes of servicing the current participants and the
balance of the amounts that were previously deferred by named executive officers
and other eligible employees.
The
following table summarizes the deferred compensation accounts for each of the
named executive officers under our Deferred Compensation Plan as of December 31,
2008:
Name
|
|
Executive
Contributions in Last Fiscal Year
|
|
|
Registrant
Contributions in Last Fiscal Year
|
|
|
Aggregate
Earnings in Last Fiscal Year
|
|
|
Aggregate
Withdrawals/ Distributions
|
|
|
Aggregate
Balance at Last Fiscal Year End
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent
L. Sadusky
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
(45,750
|
)
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
154,391
|
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bart
W. Catalane
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Schmaeling
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott
M. Blumenthal
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denise
M. Parent
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
S. Richter
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory
M. Schmidt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(91,331
|
)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
162,926
|
(2)
|
___________________
(1)
|
With
the exception of the earnings (losses) shown in the table for 2008, the
aggregate balance of Mr. Sadusky’s deferred compensation represents
compensation and investments earnings earned in prior years and
compensation earned during the year ended December 31, 2006 and shown in
the Summary Compensation Table for 2006 as
“Salary”.
|
(2)
|
With
the exception of the earnings (losses) shown in the table for 2008, the
balance of Mr. Schmidt’s deferred compensation represents compensation
earned and investment earnings earned during the years prior to
2006.
|
Other
Benefits and Perquisites
All
Other Compensation
For
the year ended December 31, 2008, the following table describes each component
of the All Other Compensation column in the Summary Compensation
Table.
Name
|
|
Company
Paid Auto and Commuting Benefits
(1)
|
|
Executive
Life Insurance
|
|
Relocation
|
|
Total
Other Compensation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent
L. Sadusky
|
|
$
|
9,367
|
|
$
|
547
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
$
|
9,914
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bart
W. Catalane
|
|
|
6,092
|
|
|
365
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6,457
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Schmaeling
|
|
|
7,332
|
|
|
91
|
|
|
16,588
|
|
|
24,011
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott
M. Blumenthal
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
547
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
547
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denise
M. Parent
|
|
|
2,010
|
|
|
547
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,557
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
S. Richter
|
|
|
1,871
|
|
|
547
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,418
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory
M. Schmidt
|
|
|
6,173
|
|
|
365
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
6,538
|
___________________
(1)
|
Our
Company provides the use of a company automobile to each of our named
executive officers and we allow the purchase of a new vehicle every three
years. We limit our Company’s contribution towards the purchase of a
vehicle to $35,000 plus applicable taxes, registration and insurance for
each of our named executive
officers.
|
Potential
Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control
Had
any of the named executive officers been terminated “without cause” or if the
named executive officers had terminated their employment for “good reason” as of
December 31, 2008, or if there had been a change in control as of such date, the
named executive officers would have been eligible to receive the following
payments:
|
|
Termination
Without Change in Control
|
|
|
Additional
Payment if Change in Control
|
|
|
|
Salary
& Bonus
(1)
|
|
|
Health
and Other Benefits
(2)
|
|
|
Retirement
Benefits
(3)
|
|
|
Accelerated
Vesting of Options & Awards
(4)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Accelerated
Vesting of Options & Awards
(5)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vincent
L. Sadusky
|
|
$
|
925,000
|
|
|
$
|
7,467
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
932,467
|
|
|
$
|
186,450
|
|
|
$
|
1,118,917
|
|
Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bart
W. Catalane
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Former
Sr. Vice President Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Richard
J. Schmaeling
|
|
|
375,000
|
|
|
|
7,617
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
382,617
|
|
|
|
169,298
|
|
|
|
551,915
|
|
Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Scott
M. Blumenthal
|
|
|
536,250
|
|
|
|
7,023
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
543,273
|
|
|
|
84,413
|
|
|
|
627,686
|
|
Executive
Vice President Television
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denise
M. Parent
|
|
|
433,250
|
|
|
|
25,235
|
|
|
|
19,913
|
|
|
|
186,698
|
|
|
|
665,096
|
|
|
|
25,324
|
|
|
|
690,420
|
|
Vice
President General Counsel and Secretary
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
S. Richter
|
|
|
407,000
|
|
|
|
7,467
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
414,467
|
|
|
|
65,689
|
|
|
|
480,156
|
|
Senior
Vice President New Media
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gregory
M. Schmidt
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Former
Executive Vice President Digital Media
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
___________________
(1)
|
In
accordance with each named executive officer’s employment agreement,
described above under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Design of
Compensation Programs — Employment Agreements, Severance and
Change-in-Control Arrangements”, calculated as a multiple of salary and
bonus paid to the named executive officer in 2008 or if not paid, the
amount to which the executive was
eligible.
|
(2)
|
Benefits
include the medical and dental costs paid by our Company using the
healthcare rates in effect as of January 1, 2009. For Ms.
Parent in accordance with her employment agreement, in addition to medical
and dental costs, other executive benefits including company automobile,
vision, life and pension benefits will be
provided.
|
(3)
|
This
represents additional retirement benefits that would have accrued to Ms.
Parent in the 12 months following termination in accordance with her
employment agreement.
|
(4)
|
For
Ms. Parent in accordance with her employment agreement, all prior stock
options and restricted stock awards which are not otherwise exercisable or
vested will become fully vested as of the date of the employment
termination except for options to purchase (i) 60,000 shares of class A
common stock granted to Ms. Parent on September 6, 2006, and (ii) 40,000
shares of class A common stock granted to Ms. Parent on December 18, 2007,
and (iii) 33,333 shares of class A common stock granted to Ms. Parent on
September 10, 2008.
|
(5)
|
This
reflects the value which will automatically vest upon a change in control
pursuant to existing agreements. In addition, with respect to all other
outstanding option grants, the Compensation Committee has the authority to
declare that any restrictions may lapse and any or all outstanding options
shall vest and become immediately exercisable upon consummation of a
change in control.
|
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION
Our
Board believes that our future growth and profitability depend upon our ability
to maintain a competitive position in attracting and retaining qualified
directors and that both cash compensation and equity awards are an important
part of the compensation offered to directors.
The
following table summarizes the compensation paid to all persons serving as
non-employee directors during 2008:
Name
|
|
Fees
Earned or Paid in Cash
|
|
|
Stock
Awards
(1)
|
|
|
Option
Awards
(1)
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William
S. Banowsky, Jr.
|
|
$
|
70,062
|
|
|
$
|
19,741
|
|
|
$
|
103,264
|
|
|
$
|
193,067
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Peter
S. Brodsky
|
|
|
67,062
|
|
|
|
7,194
|
|
|
|
98,980
|
|
|
|
173,236
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Royal
W. Carson III
|
|
|
49,750
|
|
|
|
22,959
|
|
|
|
83,200
|
|
|
|
155,909
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
William H. Cunningham
(2)
|
|
|
2,637
|
|
|
|
16,058
|
|
|
|
107,276
|
|
|
|
125,971
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patti
S. Hart
|
|
|
63,536
|
|
|
|
3,683
|
|
|
|
102,296
|
|
|
|
169,515
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Douglas
W. McCormick, Chairman
|
|
|
66,458
|
|
|
|
3,683
|
|
|
|
120,381
|
|
|
|
190,522
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael
A. Pausic
|
|
|
54,250
|
|
|
|
7,582
|
|
|
|
82,211
|
|
|
|
144,043
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mitchell
Stern
|
|
|
59,263
|
|
|
|
3,683
|
|
|
|
88,280
|
|
|
|
151,226
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals
|
|
$
|
433,018
|
|
|
$
|
84,583
|
|
|
$
|
785,888
|
|
|
$
|
1,303,489
|
|
___________________
(1)
|
Amounts
reflect the compensation expense of the awards, as determined under SFAS
123R. The amounts reported disregard estimates of forfeitures for awards
with service-based vesting conditions and do not reflect actual
forfeitures. See Note 8 to the consolidated financial
statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2008 for the assumptions underlying the valuation of equity
awards.
|
(2)
|
Dr.
Cunningham resigned from our Board effective January 24,
2008. The amounts reflected in this table represent (i) annual
cash retainer pro-rated for the period of time Dr. Cunningham was a
director in 2008, and (ii) the expense recognized in accordance with SFAS
123R relating to Dr. Cunningham’s restricted stock awards and stock
options. As a result of Dr. Cunningham’s resignation, 5,731
shares of restricted stock and 102,592 stock options, respectively, were
forfeited.
|
Cash
Compensation
Effective
as of September 2008, our non-employee directors were eligible to receive an
annual retainer of $60,000 for services rendered as directors, plus compensation
of $1,500 per meeting for attending Board meetings in person, or $1,000 per
meeting for attending via telephone. Committee members also receive $1,000 per
meeting for attending committee meetings in person, or $500 per meeting for
attending via telephone. The Chair of our Compensation Committee and our
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee each receive an additional annual
retainer of $15,000, the chair of our Audit Committee receives an additional
annual retainer of $20,000, and the Chairman of the Board receives an additional
annual retainer of $25,000. Directors may elect to receive half of their annual
retainer in the Company’s class A common stock. We do not maintain a medical,
dental or retirement benefits plan for our non-employee directors.
Equity
Compensation
1,500,000
shares of class A common stock are reserved for issuance under the Third Amended
and Restated 2002 Non-Employee Director Stock Plan (“Director Stock
Plan”).
Stock
options granted pursuant to the Director Stock Plan expire on the earlier of 10
years from the date of grant or three months after cessation of service as a
director. Stock options granted pursuant to the Director Stock Plan have an
exercise price equal to the fair market value of a share of our common stock on
the date of grant. Options granted under the Director Stock Plan vest over a
period of four years, with 25% of the options vesting on each anniversary of the
grant date. Restricted stock awards granted under the Director Stock Plan vest
over a period of five years, with 20% of the shares granted under the award
vesting on each anniversary of the grant date.
Upon
any change in control, or if we or affiliates of HM Capital Partners I LP enter
into any agreement providing for our change in control, the Compensation
Committee may declare that any restrictions applicable to a stock award may
lapse and any or all outstanding options shall vest and become immediately
exercisable. Thereafter, the stock options will be subject to the terms of the
transaction effecting the change in control.
The
following table summarizes the equity awards made to non-employee directors
during 2008, and the aggregate number of stock options and unvested restricted
stock awards outstanding for each non-employee director as of December 31,
2008:
|
Restricted
Stock Awards
|
|
Stock
Option Awards
|
|
Number
of Aggregate Awards Outstanding
|
Name
|
Date
of Award
|
Restricted
Stock Awards
|
|
Fair
Value at Grant Date
|
|
Date
of Award
|
Stock
Option Awards
|
|
Fair
Value at Grant Date
|
|
Awards
Outstanding Restricted Stock Awards
|
Stock
Options
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William
S. Banowsky, Jr.
|
9/10/08
|
10,572
|
|
$
|
59,996
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
14,524
|
130,842
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Peter
S. Brodsky
|
9/10/08
|
10,572
|
|
|
59,996
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
11,772
|
128,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Royal
W. Carson III
|
9/10/08
|
10,572
|
|
|
59,996
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
15,317
|
104,333
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dr.
William H. Cunningham
(1)
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Patti
S. Hart
|
9/10/08
|
10,572
|
|
|
59,996
|
|
9/10/08
|
30,000
|
|
$
|
170,250
|
|
10,572
|
130,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Douglas
W. McCormick, Chairman
|
9/10/08
|
10,572
|
|
|
59,996
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
10,572
|
150,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Michael
A. Pausic
|
9/10/08
|
10,572
|
|
|
59,996
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
11,904
|
103,333
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mitchell
Stern
|
9/10/08
|
10,572
|
|
|
59,996
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
10,572
|
110,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
—
|
74,004
|
|
|
419,972
|
|
—
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
85,233
|
856,508
|
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER
PARTICIPATION
None
of the members of our Compensation Committee has at any time been one of our
officers or employees. None of our executive officers currently serves, or in
the past year has served, as a member of the board or compensation committee of
any entity that has one or more executive officers serving on our Board or
Compensation Committee.
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED
TRANSACTIONS
We
are unaware of any relations or related transactions that are required to be
reported in this proxy statement.
REVIEW, APPROVAL OR RATIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS WITH
RELATED PERSONS
On
an annual basis, each director and executive officer of our Company must
complete a Director and Officer Questionnaire that requires disclosure of any
transaction, arrangement or relationship with us during the last fiscal year, in
which the director or executive officer, or any member of his or her immediate
family, had a direct or indirect material interest. Any transaction, arrangement
or relationship disclosed in the Director and Officer Questionnaire is reviewed
and considered by our Board in making independence determinations and resolving
any conflicts of interest that may be implicated.
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FEES AND OTHER
MATTERS
The
aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, and
December 31, 2007, respectively, are as follows (in thousands):
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Audit
Fees
|
|
$
|
1,365
|
|
|
$
|
1,025
|
|
Audit-Related
Fees
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
28
|
|
Tax
Fees
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
All
Other
Fees
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
1,367
|
|
|
$
|
1,071
|
|
Items
included under Audit Fees include professional services rendered by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the audit of our annual financial statements
included in our Form 10-K, including compliance testing with respect to Sarbanes
Oxley Act Section 404, and review of interim financial statements included in
our Forms 10-Q for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007.
Items
included under Audit-Related Fees include professional services rendered by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for assurance and other related services that are
required in the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements,
and which are not included under Audit Fees, during the years ended December 31,
2008 and 2007.
Items
included under All Other Fees include costs for seminars conducted by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and for annual usage fees relating to software
sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
The
Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves all annual services and fees proposed
by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. No services were approved pursuant to the de
minimis exception.
OTHER INFORMATION
Other
Matters
As
of the date of this Proxy Statement, our Board does not intend to present any
matter for action at the Annual Meeting other than as set forth in the Notice
and Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting. If any other matters properly come
before the meeting, it is intended that the holders of the proxies will act in
accordance with their best judgment.
Stockholder
Proposals for the 2010 Annual Meeting
Proposals
of stockholders who intend to be present at the 2010 annual meeting of
stockholders pursuant to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the Exchange Act must be
received by us no later than the close of business on December 18, 2009 in order
that they may be included in the proxy statement and form of proxy relating to
that meeting. Proposals should be addressed to Denise M. Parent, Secretary, LIN
TV Corp., Four Richmond Square, Suite 200, Providence, Rhode Island
02906.
In
addition, our bylaws require that we be given advance notice of stockholder
nominations for election to our Board and of other business that stockholders
wish to present for action at an annual meeting of stockholders (other than
matters included in our Proxy Statement in accordance with Rule 14a-8). Such
nominations and proposals for the 2010 annual meeting, other than those made by
or on behalf of our Board, shall be made by notice in writing delivered or
mailed by first class United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary, and
received no earlier than January 2, 2010 and no later than February 1, 2010,
assuming that the 2010 annual meeting is to be held between April 2, 2010 and
July 11, 2010, as we currently anticipate. In the event that the 2010 annual
meeting is not held between April 2, 2010 and July 11, 2010, notice of
stockholder nominees or proposals must be received no earlier than 120 days
before the date of the 2010 annual meeting and no later than 90 days before the
date of the 2010 annual meeting or the 10th day following our first public
announcement of the date of such meeting, whichever is later. Our bylaws also
require that such notice contain certain additional information. Copies of our
bylaws can be obtained without charge from the Secretary.
Proxy
Solicitation
The
cost of the solicitation of proxies will be borne by us. In addition to the
solicitation of proxies by mail, certain of our officers and employees, without
extra remuneration, may solicit proxies personally, by telephone, mail or
facsimile. Brokers, custodians and fiduciaries will be requested to forward
proxy soliciting material to the owners of stock held in their names, and we
will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
connection with the distribution of proxy materials.
Householding
of Annual Meeting Materials
Some
banks, brokers and other nominee record holders may be participating in the
practice of “householding” proxy statements. This means that only one copy of
our Proxy Statement may have been sent to multiple stockholders in a
stockholder’s household. We will promptly deliver a separate copy to any
stockholder upon written or oral request to LIN TV Corp., Four Richmond Square,
Suite 200, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, Attention: Denise M. Parent,
Secretary; Telephone: (401) 454-2880. If any stockholder wants to receive
separate copies of the Proxy Statement in the future, or if any stockholder is
receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only one copy for his or her
household, such stockholder should contact his or her bank, broker, or other
nominee record holder, or such stockholder may contact us at the above address
and phone number.
By
Order of our Board of Directors,
Denise
M. Parent
Secretary
April
17, 2009