Accounting Firm. The accounting firm engaged by the Company for general tax purposes as of the day prior to the Change in Control will perform the calculations set forth in Section 9(a). If the firm so engaged by the Company is serving as the accountant or auditor for the acquiring company, the Company will appoint a nationally recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder. The Company will bear all expenses with respect to the determinations by such firm required to be made hereunder. The accounting firm engaged to make the determinations hereunder will provide its calculations, together with detailed supporting documentation, to the Company within 30 days before the consummation of a Change in Control (if requested at that time by the Company) or such other time as requested by the Company. If the accounting firm determines that no Excise Tax is payable with respect to a Payment, either before or after the application of the Reduced Amount, it will furnish the Company with documentation reasonably acceptable to the Company that no Excise Tax will be imposed with respect to such Payment. Any good faith determinations of the accounting firm made hereunder will be final, binding and conclusive upon the Company and Executive.

Accounting Firm The term “Accounting Firm” means the independent auditors of ​ for the fiscal year immediately preceding the earlier of # the year in which the Termination Date occurred, or # the year, if any, in which occurred the first Change of Control occurring after the Effective Date, and that firm’s successor or successors; unless that firm is unable or unwilling to serve and perform in the capacity contemplated by this Agreement, in which case ​ must select another accounting firm that # is of recognized regional or national standing and # is not then the independent auditors for ​ or any affiliated corporation.

Acknowledgement; Determination by Accounting Firm ​ and Employee acknowledge that, following a change in ownership or control (as that term is defined in the Treasury Regulations published under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code), one or more payments or distributions to be made by ​ or an affiliated entity to or for the benefit of Employee (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of the Agreement to which this [Exhibit A] is attached, under some other plan, agreement, or arrangement, or otherwise) (a “Payment”) may be determined to be an “excess parachute payment” that is not deductible by ​ or any affiliated entity for Federal income tax purposes and with respect to which Employee will be subject to an excise tax because of [Sections 280G and 4999]9], respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code. If a change in ownership or control occurs, either Employee or ​ may direct the Accounting Firm, which, subject to any inconsistent position asserted by the Internal Revenue Service, will make all determinations required to be made under this Section A, to determine whether any Payment will be an excess parachute payment and to communicate its determination, together with detailed supporting calculations, to ​ and to Employee within 30 days after its receipt of the direction from Employee or ​, as the case may be. ​ and Employee will cooperate with each other and the Accounting Firm and will provide necessary information so that the Accounting Firm may make all such determinations.

Accounting Firm Fees and Expenses ​ will bear and pay all fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm for services performed pursuant to this Section A that are incurred at any time from the Effective Date through the tenth anniversary of Employee’s death (“Applicable Fees and Expenses”). To assure compliance with Section 409A, ​ will pay any Applicable Fees and Expenses subject to and as provided in [Sections B.1 and B.2]2].

Selected Firm. Emmis and Sinclair will cooperate with the Selected Firm during the term of its engagement. The matters to be resolved by the Selected Firm will be limited to the items specified in the Notice of Disagreement. The resolution of any such disputed item by the Selected Firm will not be more favorable to Sinclair than the amount set forth in the Preliminary Closing Statement or more favorable to Emmis than set forth in the Notice of Disagreement with respect to such item. The Selected Firm’s determination will be based upon such evidence as the Selected Firm reasonably requires in order to reach a decision with respect to the disputed items specified in the Notice of Disagreement, including such reasonable independent review as the Selected Firm may require; provided, that that the Final Closing Statement and the determination of the Final Net Working Capital will become final and binding on the Parties and nonappealable, on the date the Selected Firm delivers its final resolution in writing to the Parties (which final resolution will be delivered promptly following referral by Emmis or Sinclair of such dispute and in any event not more than 45 days following the selection of the Selected Firm). The fees and expenses of the Selected Firm will be borne by the parties as designated by the Selected Firm, which designation will be based upon the inverse proportion of the dollar value of the disputed items resolved in favor of such party (i.e., so that the prevailing party bears a lesser amount of such fees and expenses).

In a Valuation Certificate, the Revised Payable Amount will be calculated as the amount equal to:

Accounting. Except as provided to the contrary herein, all accounting terms used in the calculation of any financial covenant or test shall be interpreted and all accounting determinations hereunder in the calculation of any financial covenant or test shall be made in accordance with Agreement Accounting Principles. If, subsequent to the Restatement Effective Date, any changes in generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America are required or permitted and are adopted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the agreement of its independent certified public accountants and such changes result in a change in the method of calculation of any of the financial covenants set forth in [Section 7.4] or any other financial test set forth in this Agreement or in the related definitions or terms used therein (“Accounting Changes”), the parties hereto agree, at the Company’s request, to enter into negotiations, in good faith, in order to amend such provisions in a credit neutral manner so as to reflect equitably such changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ financial condition shall be the same after such changes as if such changes had not been made; provided, however, that until such provisions are amended in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, no Accounting Change shall be given effect in such calculations. In the event such amendment is entered into, all references in this Agreement to Agreement Accounting Principles in connection with the financial covenants set forth in [Section 7.4] and each other financial test set forth in this Agreement shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States of America as of the Restatement Effective Date but giving effect to the relevant Accounting Changes, subject to further modification in accordance with this [Section 10.3]. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein (including the definition of Agreement Accounting Principles), all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, # without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein, # without giving effect to any treatment of indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof and # without giving effect to any changes in Agreement Accounting Principles resulting from implementation pursuant to the final standards for Leases (Topic 842) released on February 25, 2016 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing statement shall apply only to treatment of financial concepts in this Agreement (including determinations of Indebtedness and the calculation of the financial covenants) and not to the manner in which the Company prepares its financial statements (it being understood that appropriate adjustments shall be made for purposes of the Compliance Certificate or any other demonstration or determination of compliance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement).

Accounting. During the first fifteen (15) business days after Closing, Sinclair shall cause the LP to provide Emmis at no additional cost the services of the LP’s business offices, together with reasonable access to related systems and records, for the purposes of closing the books of the LP for the period prior to Closing, all in accordance with the procedures and practices applied by the business offices for periods prior to Closing.

Accounting. Changed its method of accounting or the accounting principles or practices utilized in the preparation of its financial statements, other than as required by GAAP;

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