AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER BY AND AMONG THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY, SCRIPPS MEDIA, INC., SCRIPPS FARADAY INC., ION MEDIA NETWORKS, INC., AND solely in its capacity as the Equityholder Representative hereunder, BD ION EQUITYHOLDER REP LLC DATED AS OF...Agreement and Plan of Merger • September 29th, 2020 • E.W. SCRIPPS Co • Television broadcasting stations • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 23, 2020 (this "Agreement"), by and among The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation ("EWS"), Scripps Media, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of EWS ("Parent"), Scripps Faraday Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub" and, together with EWS and Parent, each, a "Parent Party" and collectively, the "Parent Parties"), ION Media Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and BD ION Equityholder Rep LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, solely in its capacity as the Equityholder Representative (as hereinafter defined) hereunder (the "Equityholder Representative").
