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Quarterly Report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 0-16914

THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Ohio		31-1223339
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

312 Walnut Street
Cincinnati, Ohio		45202
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (513) 977-3000

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No ¨

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date. As of July 31, 2005 there were 126,990,428 of the Registrant’s Class A Common Shares outstanding and 36,668,226 of the Registrant’s Common Voting Shares outstanding.

INDEX TO THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2005


Item No.		Page
	PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

1	Financial Statements	3

2	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	3

3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	3

4	Controls and Procedures	3

	PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

1	Legal Proceedings	3

2	Unregistered Sales of Equity and Use of Proceeds	4

3	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	4

4	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	5

5	Other Information	5

6	Exhibits	5

	Signatures	6

PART I

As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the terms “we,” “our,” “us” or “Scripps” may, depending on the context, refer to The E.W. Scripps Company, to one or more of its consolidated subsidiary companies or to all of them taken as a whole.

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Financial Information at page F-1 of this Form 10-Q.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Financial Information at page F-1 of this Form 10-Q.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Financial Information at page F-1 of this Form 10-Q.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Financial Information at page F-1 of this Form 10-Q.

PART II

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are involved in litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, such as defamation actions, employment and employee relations and various governmental and administrative proceedings, none of which is expected to result in material loss.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY AND USE OF PROCEEDS

There were no sales of unregistered equity securities during the quarter for which this report is filed.

The following table provides information about Company purchases of equity securities that are registered by the Company pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act during the quarter ended June 30, 2005:


Period	(a) Total Number of Shares Purchased	(b) Average Price Paid per Share		(c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs	(d) Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans Or Programs
4/1/05 - 4/30/05					5,000,000
5/1/05 - 5/31/05					5,000,000
6/1/05 - 6/30/05	60,000	$	49.30	60,000	4,940,000

Total	60,000	$	49.30	60,000	4,940,000

Under a share repurchase program authorized by the Board of Directors on October 28, 2004, we are authorized to repurchase up to 5.0 million Class A Common Shares. There is no expiration date for the program and we are under no commitment or obligation to repurchase any particular amount of Class A Common Shares under the program.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

There were no defaults upon senior securities during the quarter for which this report is filed.

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

The following table presents information on matters submitted to a vote of security holders at the April 14, 2005 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.


Description of Matters Submitted	In Favor	Authority Witheld	Broker Non-Votes
1. Election of Directors:
Class A Common Shares:
David A. Galloway	119,038,511	972,770
Nicholas B. Paumgarten	95,623,327	24,387,954
Ronald W. Tysoe	117,988,112	2,023,169
Julie A. Wrigley	118,722,870	1,288,411

Common Voting Shares:
William R. Burleigh	35,593,746	870,000
John H. Burlingame	36,463,746
Kenneth W. Lowe	36,463,746
Jarl Mohn	36,463,746
Jeffrey Sagansky	36,463,746
Nackey E. Scagliotti	36,463,746
Edward W. Scripps	36,463,746
Paul K. Scripps	36,463,746

2. Approve and amend the 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan:
Common Voting Shares:	36,329,966	100,000	33,780

3. Approve and amend the Executive Bonus Plan:
Common Voting Shares:	36,429,966		33,780

4. Approve technical amendment to the Code of Regulations:
Common Voting Shares:	36,429,966		33,780

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

Exhibits

The information required by this item is filed as part of this Form 10-Q. See Index to Exhibits at page E-1 of this Form 10-Q.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

Dated: August 9, 2005	BY:	/s/ Joseph G. NeCastro
		Joseph G. NeCastro
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

Index to Financial Information


Item		Page
Consolidated Balance Sheets		F-2
Consolidated Statements of Income		F-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows		F-5
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income and Shareholders’ Equity		F-6
Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		F-7
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements		F-31
Executive Overview		F-31
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates		F-32
Results of Operations
Consolidated Results of Operations		F-33
Business Segment Results		F-34
Scripps Networks		F-37
Newspapers		F-40
Broadcast Television		F-43
Shop At Home		F-45
Liquidity and Capital Resources		F-46
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		F-47
Controls and Procedures		F-48

F-1

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


*(in thousands)*	June 30, 2005 (Unaudited)		As of December 31, 2004		June 30, 2004 (Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	26,434	$	12,279	$	25,498
Short-term investments		13,796		8,637
Accounts and notes receivable (less allowances - $17,967, $20,527, $16,297)		451,050		404,852		358,357
Programs and program licenses		148,481		139,082		141,211
Inventories		40,768		40,773		31,450
Deferred income taxes		30,507		17,634		24,178
Miscellaneous		19,117		20,041		20,387

Total current assets		730,153		643,298		601,081

Investments		226,596		234,030		239,416

Property, plant and equipment		509,278		496,241		498,932

Goodwill and other intangible assets:
Goodwill		1,754,509		1,358,976		1,230,152
Other intangible assets		408,101		255,859		244,190

Total goodwill and other intangible assets		2,162,610		1,614,835		1,474,342

Other assets:
Programs and program licenses (less current portion)		172,636		169,452		169,226
Unamortized network distribution incentives		181,792		193,830		205,360
Prepaid pension		24,409		32,179		4,080
Miscellaneous		48,553		40,984		38,857

Total other assets		427,390		436,445		417,523

TOTAL ASSETS	$	4,056,027	$	3,424,849	$	3,231,294

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-2

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


*(in thousands, except share data)*	June 30, 2005 (Unaudited)			As of December 31, 2004			June 30, 2004 (Unaudited)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	108,159		$	106,484		$	92,850
Customer deposits and unearned revenue		53,593			52,689			43,646
Accrued liabilities:
Employee compensation and benefits		61,419			64,482			56,986
Network distribution incentives		14,372			42,468			46,292
Miscellaneous		122,918			72,413			75,459
Other current liabilities		24,016			36,810			19,979

Total current liabilities		384,477			375,346			335,212

Deferred income taxes		320,581			264,419			204,760

Long-term debt (less current portion)		899,845			532,686			575,432

Other liabilities and minority interests (less current portion)		201,524			156,277			141,960

Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par - authorized: 25,000,000 shares; none outstanding
Common stock, $.01 par:
Class A - authorized: 240,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 127,072,394, 126,521,832; and 126,247,976 shares		1,270			1,265			1,262
Voting - authorized: 60,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 36,668,226, 36,668,226 and 36,738,226 shares		367			367			367

Total		1,637			1,632			1,629
Additional paid-in capital		341,000			320,359			315,111
Retained earnings		1,920,486			1,787,221			1,672,972
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of income taxes:
Unrealized gains on securities available for sale		4,321			7,912			6,272
Pension liability adjustments		(18,495	)		(18,495	)		(14,713	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		904			1,582			647
Stock compensation		(253	)		(4,090	)		(7,988	)

Total shareholders’ equity		2,249,600			2,096,121			1,973,930

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	4,056,027		$	3,424,849		$	3,231,294

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-3

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)


*(in thousands, except per share data)*	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands, except per share data)*	2005			2004			2005			2004
Operating Revenues:
Advertising	$	428,014		$	382,221		$	802,070		$	717,552
Merchandise		83,231			63,381			181,057			134,116
Network affiliate fees, net		39,624			33,554			81,599			67,431
Circulation		31,784			32,126			65,573			67,352
Licensing		16,772			21,085			37,880			42,596
Other		27,918			14,949			44,225			31,925

Total operating revenues		627,343			547,316			1,212,404			1,060,972

Costs and Expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits (exclusive of JOA editorial compensation costs)		145,646			137,938			292,801			275,882
Programs and program licenses		55,101			51,480			109,276			101,343
Costs of merchandise sold		58,010			41,617			125,426			89,911
Newsprint and ink		20,335			19,779			41,154			39,861
JOA editorial costs and expenses		9,964			9,700			19,591			19,351
Other costs and expenses		158,949			141,125			313,649			274,951

Total costs and expenses		448,005			401,639			901,897			801,299

Depreciation, Amortization, and Losses (Gains):
Depreciation		16,858			15,393			32,210			30,329
Amortization of intangible assets		1,750			812			3,595			1,475
Gain on sale of production facility					(11,148	)					(11,148	)
Losses (gains) on disposal of property, plant and equipment		(25	)		89			112			227
Hurricane recoveries, net		(1,892	)					(1,892	)

Net depreciation, amortization and losses (gains)		16,691			5,146			34,025			20,883

Operating income		162,647			140,531			276,482			238,790
Interest expense		(7,559	)		(8,272	)		(14,931	)		(15,667	)
Equity in earnings of JOAs and other joint ventures		23,073			20,212			42,813			36,875
Interest and dividend income		374			303			582			1,530
Other investment results, net of expenses											14,674
Miscellaneous, net		(402	)		(200	)		(70	)		3

Income before income taxes and minority interests		178,133			152,574			304,876			276,205
Provision for income taxes		63,254			54,489			108,651			99,359

Income before minority interests		114,879			98,085			196,225			176,846
Minority interests		17,290			11,661			28,625			19,903

Net income	$	97,589		$	86,424		$	167,600		$	156,943

Net income per share of common stock:
Basic	$	.60		$	.53		$	1.03		$	.97
Diluted		.59			.52			1.01			.95

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-4

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)


*(in thousands)*	Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005			2004
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
Net income	$	167,600		$	156,943
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		35,805			31,804
Gain on sale of production facility, net of deferred income tax					(7,773	)
Investment gains, net of deferred income tax					(9,595	)
Other effects of deferred income taxes		2,684			(6,936	)
Tax benefits of stock compensation plans		5,070			9,623
Dividends received greater (less) than equity in earnings of JOAs and other joint ventures		2,172			5,907
Stock and deferred compensation plans		7,176			5,089
Minority interests in income of subsidiary companies		28,625			19,903
Affiliate fees billed greater than amounts recognized as revenue		10,821			11,376
Network launch incentive payments		(9,270	)		(29,394	)
Payments for programming less (greater) than program cost amortization		(16,352	)		(19,136	)
Prepaid and accrued pension expense		7,770			10,769
Other changes in certain working capital accounts, net		(2,346	)		(20,010	)
Miscellaneous, net		(4,655	)		2,897

Net operating activities		235,100			161,467

Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchase of subsidiary companies and long-term investments		(536,706	)		(180,930	)
Additions to property, plant and equipment		(19,835	)		(42,288	)
Decrease in short-term investments, net of effects of acquiring Shopzilla		7,120
Sale of long-term investments		2,359			14,019
Proceeds from sale of production facility					3,000
Miscellaneous, net		799			(34	)

Net investing activities		(546,263	)		(206,233	)

Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Increase in long-term debt		367,432			69,904
Payments on long-term debt		(52	)		(2,733	)
Dividends paid		(34,335	)		(30,493	)
Dividends paid to minority interests		(7,816	)		(728	)
Repurchase Class A Common shares		(2,959	)
Proceeds from employee stock options		18,027			23,379
Miscellaneous, net		(14,979	)		(7,292	)

Net financing activities		325,318			52,037

Increase in cash and cash equivalents		14,155			7,271

Cash and cash equivalents:
Beginning of year		12,279			18,227

End of period	$	26,434		$	25,498

Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosures:
Interest paid, excluding amounts capitalized	$	15,505		$	15,153
Income taxes paid		59,786			85,363
Non-Cash Transactions:
Assumption of Summit America note and preferred stock obligations					48,424

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-5

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY (UNAUDITED)


*(in thousands, except share data)*	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Stock Compensation			Total Shareholders’ Equity			Comprehensive Income for the Three Months Ended June 30
As of December 31, 2003	$	1,619		$	277,569		$	1,546,522		$	1,715		$	(4,894	)	$	1,822,531
Comprehensive income:
Net income								156,943									156,943		$	86,424

Unrealized gains (losses), net of tax of $362 and ($508)											(675	)					(675	)		941
Adjustment for losses (gains) in income, net of tax of $4,573 and $40											(8,492	)					(8,492	)		(74	)

Change in unrealized gains (losses)											(9,167	)					(9,167	)		867
Currency translation, net of tax of $106 and $67											(342	)					(342	)		(321	)

Total								156,943			(9,509	)					147,434		$	86,970

Dividends: declared and paid - $.1875 per share								(30,493	)								(30,493	)
Compensation plans, net: 1,113,214 shares issued; 63,132 shares repurchased		10			27,919									(3,094	)		24,835
Tax benefits of compensation plans					9,623												9,623

As of June 30, 2004	$	1,629		$	315,111		$	1,672,972		$	(7,794	)	$	(7,988	)	$	1,973,930

As of December 31, 2004	$	1,632		$	320,359		$	1,787,221		$	(9,001	)	$	(4,090	)	$	2,096,121
Comprehensive income:
Net income								167,600									167,600		$	97,589

Unrealized gains (losses), net of tax of $2,354 and $703											(4,482	)					(4,482	)		(1,418	)
Adjustment for losses (gains) in income, net of tax of ($480) and ($133)											891						891			248

Change in unrealized gains (losses)											(3,591	)					(3,591	)		(1,170	)
Currency translation, net of tax of $175 and $143											(678	)					(678	)		(316	)

Total								167,600			(4,269	)					163,331		$	96,103

Dividends: declared and paid - $.21 per share								(34,335	)								(34,335	)
Repurchase 60,000 Class A Common shares		(1	)		(2,958	)											(2,959	)
Compensation plans, net: 668,980 shares issued; 55,918 shares repurchased; 2,500 shares forfeited		6			18,529									3,837			22,372
Tax benefits of compensation plans					5,070												5,070

As of June 30, 2005	$	1,637		$	341,000		$	1,920,486		$	(13,270	)	$	(253	)	$	2,249,600

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

F-6

CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation - The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. The information disclosed in the notes to consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, has not changed materially. Financial information as of December 31, 2004, included in these financial statements has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements included in that report. In management’s opinion all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) necessary for a fair presentation of the interim periods have been made.

Results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for future interim periods or for the full year.

Nature of Operations - We are a diverse media concern with interests in national television networks, newspaper publishing, broadcast television, television retailing, on-line comparison shopping, interactive media and licensing and syndication. All of our media businesses provide content and advertising services via the Internet. Our media businesses are organized into the following reportable business segments: Scripps Networks, Newspapers, Broadcast television, Shop At Home and Shopzilla.

Scripps Networks includes five national television networks: Home & Garden Television (“HGTV”), Food Network, DIY Network (“DIY”), Fine Living and Great American Country (“GAC”). Scripps Networks also includes our on-line channel HGTVPro.com, and our 12% interest in FOX Sports Net South, a regional television network. Our networks also operate internationally through licensing agreements and joint ventures with foreign entities. We own approximately 70% of Food Network and approximately 90% of Fine Living. Each of our networks is distributed by cable and satellite television systems. Scripps Networks earns revenue primarily from the sale of advertising time and from affiliate fees from cable and satellite television systems.

Our newspaper business segment includes daily and community newspapers in 19 markets in the U.S. Four of our newspapers are operated pursuant to the terms of joint operating agreements. See Note 6. Each of those newspapers maintains an independent editorial operation and receives a share of the operating profits of the combined newspaper operations. We solely manage and operate each of the other newspapers. Newspapers earn revenue primarily from the sale of advertising space to local and national advertisers and from the sale of newspapers to readers.

Broadcast television includes six ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC-affiliated stations and one independent. Each station is located in one of the 60 largest television markets in the U.S. Broadcast television stations earn revenue primarily from the sale of advertising time to local and national advertisers.

Shop At Home markets a range of consumer goods to television viewers and visitors to its Internet site. The Shop At Home business segment also includes ownership of five television stations that exclusively broadcast Shop At Home programming. Shop At Home reaches about 53 million full-time equivalent households and can be viewed in more than 152 television markets, including 95 of the largest 100 television markets in the U.S. Shop At Home programming is distributed under the terms of affiliation agreements with broadcast television stations and cable and satellite television systems. Substantially all of Shop At Home’s revenues are earned from the sale of merchandise.

On June 27, 2005, we completed the acquisition of Shopzilla. Shopzilla operates a comparison shopping search engine that helps on-line shoppers find products offered for sale on the Web by participating retailers. Shopzilla aggregates and organizes information on approximately 30 million products from more than 55,000 retailers. Shopzilla also operates BizRate, a Web-based consumer feedback network with about 1 million consumer reviews of stores and products added each month. Shopzilla earns revenue primarily from referral fees paid by participating on-line retailers.

Financial information for our business segments is presented in Note 16. Licensing and other media aggregates our operating segments that are too small to report separately, and primarily includes syndication and licensing of news features and comics.

Our operations are geographically dispersed and we have a diverse customer base. We believe bad debt losses resulting from default by a single customer, or defaults by customers in any depressed region or business sector, would not have a material effect on our financial position. Approximately 65% of our operating revenues are derived from advertising. Operating results can be affected by changes in the demand for advertising both nationally and in individual markets.

F-7

The six largest cable television systems and the two largest satellite television systems provide service to more than 90% of homes receiving HGTV and Food Network. The loss of distribution by any of these cable and satellite television systems could adversely affect our business. While no assurance can be given regarding renewal of our distribution contracts, we have not lost carriage upon the expiration of our distribution contracts with any of these cable and satellite television systems.

While a variety of sources are available for most products that Shop At Home sells, two vendors in two different product categories supply us with merchandise that accounts for approximately 22% and 14% of total merchandise costs incurred in 2005. Our Shop At Home business could be adversely affected if these vendors ceased supplying merchandise.

One customer accounts for approximately 30% of Shopzilla’s operating revenues for the year-to-date period of 2005. Our Shopzilla business could be adversely affected upon the loss of this customer.

Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make a variety of decisions that affect the reported amounts and the related disclosures. Such decisions include the selection of accounting principles that reflect the economic substance of the underlying transactions and the assumptions on which to base accounting estimates. In reaching such decisions, we apply judgment based on our understanding and analysis of the relevant circumstances, including our historical experience, actuarial studies and other assumptions.

Our financial statements include estimates and assumptions used in accounting for our defined benefit pension plans; the recognition of certain revenues; product returns and rebates due to customers; the periods over which long-lived assets are depreciated or amortized; the fair value of securities that do not trade in a public market; income taxes payable; estimates for uncollectible accounts receivable; the fair value of our inventories and self-insured risks.

While we re-evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis, actual results could differ from those estimated at the time of preparation of the financial statements.

Newspaper Joint Operating Agreements (“JOA”) - We include our share of JOA earnings in “Equity in earnings of JOAs and other joint ventures” in our Consolidated Statements of Income. The related editorial costs and expenses are included in “JOA editorial costs and expenses.” Our residual interest in the net assets of the Denver and Albuquerque JOAs is classified as an investment in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. We do not have a residual interest in the net assets of the other JOAs.

Stock Split – On July 29, 2004, our Board of Directors authorized a two-for-one split of our shares of common stock in the form of a 100 percent stock dividend. As a result of the stock split, our shareholders received one additional share of our common stock for each share of common stock held at the close of business on August 31, 2004. All share and per share amounts in our consolidated financial statements and related notes have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the stock split for all periods presented.

Stock-Based Compensation - We have a stock-based compensation plan, which is described more fully in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. We measure compensation expense using the intrinsic-value based method of Accounting Principles Board Opinion 25 - Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and its related interpretations (collectively “APB 25”). Under that method, total compensation is determined on the measurement date as the difference between the fair value of the underlying shares and the price the employee will pay for those shares. The measurement date is the date upon which both the number of shares that will be issued and the price the employee will pay are known.

Options to purchase Class A Common shares (“stock options”) are granted under the plan with exercise prices not less than 100% of the fair market value on the date of the award. As a result, we do not recognize compensation expense in our financial statements for grants of stock options to employees or directors. However, if the terms of such options are subsequently modified, compensation expense is recognized for the difference between the fair value of the underlying stock at the time of modification and the option exercise price. The compensation expense is amortized over the remaining vesting period stated in the option agreement, or immediately if the options are fully vested.

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Performance awards represent the right to receive restricted shares if certain performance measures are met. Each award specifies a target number of shares to be issued and the specific performance criteria that must be met. The number of shares that an employee receives may be less or more than the target number of shares depending on the extent to which the specified performance measures are met or exceeded. The measurement date for performance awards does not occur until the number of shares that will be issued is known. Until that date, we estimate total compensation expense based upon the number of shares that we expect to be issued and the period end fair value of the underlying shares. Total compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period stated in the performance award.

Awards of Class A Common shares (“restricted stock”) and restricted stock units (“RSU”) generally require no payment by the employee. Restricted stock and RSUs generally vest over a one to three-year incentive period conditioned upon the individual’s continued employment through that period. The fair value of restricted stock and RSUs at the measurement date is amortized to expense over the vesting period stated in the restricted stock and RSU agreements. Cliff vested awards are amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period and pro-rata vested awards are amortized as each vesting period expires. The vesting of certain awards may be accelerated if certain financial targets are met. If it is expected those targets will be met, the awards are amortized over the accelerated vesting period.

The fair value of options granted and assumptions used to determine the fair values were as follows:


	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
	2005			2004			2005			2004
Weighted-average fair value of options granted	$	11.52		$	13.22		$	11.52		$	11.86
Assumptions used to determine fair value:
Dividend yield		0.8	%		0.8	%		0.8	%		0.8	%
Expected volatility		22.24	%		19.0	%		22.24	%		19.5	%
Risk-free rate of return		3.81	%		3.9	%		3.81	%		3.5	%
Expected life of options		5.38 years			6.5 years			5.38 years			6.5 years

In 2005, we changed our method of estimating the fair value of options granted. In years prior to 2005, we estimated the fair value of our options granted using the Black-Scholes model. In 2005, we began estimating the value of these options using a lattice-based binomial model. The use of a lattice-based binomial model did not materially impact the fair value of options granted or the pro-forma expense reported for stock option grants.

Options granted prior to 2005 generally had a ten-year term. Options granted in 2005 generally have an eight-year term. The expected life assumption was adjusted to reflect the shorter terms of the options.

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The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share if we had applied the fair value recognition provisions of Financial Accounting Standard No. (“FAS”) 123 - Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, as amended by FAS 148 - Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation - Transition and Disclosure, to all stock-based employee compensation for the periods covered in this report:


*(in thousands, except per share data)*	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands, except per share data)*	2005			2004			2005			2004
Net income as reported	$	97,589		$	86,424		$	167,600		$	156,943
Add stock-based compensation included in reported income, net of related income tax effects		1,201			1,022			3,444			1,719
Deduct stock-based compensation determined under fair value based method, net of related income tax effects		(4,305	)		(6,191	)		(10,620	)		(10,497	)

Pro forma net income	$	94,485		$	81,255		$	160,424		$	148,165

Net income per share of common stock
Basic earnings per share:
As reported	$	0.60		$	0.53		$	1.03		$	0.97
Additional stock-based compensation, net of income tax effects		(0.02	)		(0.03	)		(0.04	)		(0.05	)

Pro forma basic earnings per share	$	0.58		$	0.50		$	0.98		$	0.91

Diluted earnings per share:
As reported	$	0.59		$	0.52		$	1.01		$	0.95
Additional stock-based compensation, net of income tax effects		(0.02	)		(0.03	)		(0.04	)		(0.05	)

Pro forma diluted earnings per share	$	0.57		$	0.49		$	0.97		$	0.90

Net income per share amounts may not foot since each is calculated independently.

On April 14, 2004, shareholders approved amendments to the 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) that, among other things: (a) extended the term of the Plan to June 1, 2014 and (b) modified provisions with respect to vesting and the term of outstanding stock options when employment is terminated due to death or disability. Under the prior Plan provisions, stock options held by an employee whose employment was terminated due to death or disability were immediately vested with the exception of stock options granted less than one year prior to the termination of employment. The employee forfeited any stock options granted less than one year prior to termination of employment due to death or disability. Vested stock options granted prior to 1999 were exercisable for the lesser of one year or the remaining terms of the stock options, while vested stock options granted after 1998 were exercisable for the remaining terms of the stock options. The amended and restated Plan provides that all stock options held by an employee will immediately vest upon termination of employment due to death or disability and those stock options will remain exercisable for the remaining terms of the options.

The terms of approximately 3.4 million stock options, representing substantially all outstanding stock options granted after 1994 but before 1999, and from April 15, 2003, through April 14, 2004, were modified by the Plan amendments with respect to termination of employment due to death or disability. Because we are unable to estimate which employees, if any, will benefit from these modifications, the intrinsic-value based method of APB 25 requires us to record compensation expense for any such options that are held by an employee at the time their employment is terminated due to death or disability. No compensation expense would be recognized if such stock options were exercised or forfeited prior to termination of employment due to death or disability.

Under the terms of the prior Plan, a change in control of The E.W. Scripps Company resulted in immediate vesting of all stock options held by employees, while a change in control of a subsidiary or division thereof (“subsidiary”) alone did not trigger vesting of stock options held by employees of that subsidiary. Vested stock options held by employees of a subsidiary whose employment was terminated due to a change in control of that subsidiary were exercisable for a period of 90 days. The amended and restated plan provides that all stock options held by an employee of a subsidiary will vest and remain exercisable for the remaining terms of the stock options upon termination of employment due to a change in control of that subsidiary.

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The Plan amendments with respect to termination of employment due to change in control modified the terms of approximately 4.6 million stock options held by employees of subsidiary companies. Approximately 1.4 million of those stock options were also modified by the plan amendments with respect to termination of employment due to death or disability. Because we are unable to estimate which employees may benefit from the Plan modifications, the intrinsic-value based method of APB 25 requires us to record compensation expense for any such stock options that are held by an employee of a subsidiary company at the time their employment is terminated due to a change in control of that subsidiary. No compensation expense would be recognized if such options were exercised or forfeited prior to termination of employment due to a change in control.

While we measure compensation expense in our financial statements using the intrinsic-value based method of APB 25, we must also report pro forma net income and earnings per share assuming we had used the fair-value based methods of FAS 123. Both the amount of compensation expense and the timing of recognition of compensation expense resulting from the Plan modifications is different if fair-value based methods are used instead of intrinsic-value based methods. Under the fair-value based method, Plan modifications are accounted for as the retirement of the outstanding stock options and the issuance of new stock options at the modification date. The fair value of the modified stock options exceeded the fair value of the stock options held as of the date of the modifications by approximately $2.8 million. That compensation expense is recognized over the remaining vesting period of the stock options, or immediately for vested stock options. The pro forma effect of the stock option modifications is included in the preceding table.

Net Income Per Share - The following table presents information about basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding:


*(in thousands)*	Three months ended June 30,		Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005	2004	2005	2004
Basic weighted-average shares outstanding	163,365	162,272	163,131	161,971
Effect of dilutive securities:
Unvested restricted stock held by employees	287	340	295	354
Stock options held by employees and directors	2,124	2,550	1,993	2,440

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding	165,776	165,162	165,419	164,765

Reclassifications - For comparative purposes, certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current classifications.

2. ACCOUNTING CHANGES AND RECENTLY ISSUED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FAS 123 (revised 2004) - Share-Based Payments (“FAS 123-R”). FAS 123-R replaces FAS 123 - Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and supersedes APB 25 - Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. As revised by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we will be required to adopt FAS 123-R beginning January 1, 2006. FAS 123-R requires all share-based awards to employees, and any subsequent modifications to those awards, to be recognized in the financial statements based on a fair-value-based method. The pro forma disclosures previously permitted under FAS 123 will no longer be an alternative to financial statement recognition.

Under FAS 123-R, we must determine the appropriate fair-value model to be used for valuing share-based payments, the amortization method for compensation cost and the transition method to be used at the date of adoption. FAS 123-R permits companies to adopt the new standard using either a modified prospective transition method or a modified retrospective transition method. Using the modified prospective transition method, compensation expense would be recorded for all unvested awards at the beginning of the first quarter of FAS 123-R adoption based upon the values assigned to grants and modifications of stock compensation used in the proforma disclosures made in accordance with the original provisions of FAS 123. Under the modified retrospective method, companies are permitted to restate financial statements of previous periods using those proforma amounts.

We are currently evaluating the requirements of this standard. Except for the effects of stock compensation grants to retiree-eligible employees disclosed below, we expect that the effect on net income and earnings per share in the periods following adoption will be consistent with amounts reported in our pro forma disclosures under FAS 123 (see Note 1). However, the actual effect on net income and earnings per share will vary depending on the terms and number of options ultimately granted.

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Upon the adoption of FAS 123-R, we will be required to record compensation expense over the period in which the employee becomes eligible to retire, if that period is shorter than the stated vesting period. If employees are eligible to retire at the date of grant compensation expense will be recognized immediately. If these provisions had been applied in 2005, we would have recognized approximately $4.2 million of compensation expense upon grant of stock options rather than over the vesting period. Compensation expense of $3.4 million related to performance awards would have been recognized ratably over the 2005 performance period rather than over the stated vesting period.

In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. FAS 109-1 (“FSP 109-1”) - Application of FASB Statement No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes,” to the Tax Deduction on Qualified Production Activities Provided by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (“AJCA”). The AJCA introduces a special 9% tax deduction on qualified production activities. FSP 109-1 clarifies that this tax deduction should be accounted for as a special tax deduction in accordance with Statement 109. Pursuant to the AJCA, we will be eligible to claim the benefit beginning in 2005. We are currently assessing which of our business activities may be eligible for the special tax deduction and have not yet determined the impact of the provisions for the AJCA. The United States Treasury Department is expected to issue guidance with respect to the deduction in the third quarter of 2005.

In March 2005, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. (“Interpretation”) 47 - Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations – an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143. Interpretation 47 clarifies the timing of liability recognition for legal obligations associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset when the timing and/or method of settlement are conditional on a future event. This Interpretation will be effective for us no later than December 31, 2005. The application of this Interpretation is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2005, the FASB issued FAS 154 - Accounting Changes and Error Corrections, which replaces Accounting Principles Opinion No. 20 - Accounting Changes and FAS 3 - Reporting Accounting Changes in Interim Financial Statements. FAS 154 provides guidance on the accounting for and reporting of accounting changes and error corrections. The standard requires retrospective application to prior period financial statements for changes in accounting principles and the reporting of a correction of an error. FAS 154 also requires a change in accounting estimate that is effected by a change in accounting principle to be accounted for as a change in accounting estimate. FAS 154 will be effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The application of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

3. ACQUISITIONS


2005 -		On June 27, 2005, we acquired 100% ownership of Shopzilla for approximately $570 million in cash. Assets acquired in the transaction included approximately $34.0 million of cash and $12.3 million of short-term investments. The acquisition was financed using a combination of cash on hand and additional borrowings. The acquisition enables us to capitalize on the rapid growth and rising profitability of specialized Internet search businesses and expands our electronic media platform.

2004 -		On April 14, 2004, we acquired Summit America. Summit America owned a 30% minority interest in Shop At Home and owned and operated five Shop At Home-affiliated broadcast television stations. The acquisition provided us with complete ownership of Shop At Home and secured distribution of the network in Summit America’s television markets.

		We paid $4.05 in cash per fully-diluted outstanding share of Summit America common stock, or approximately $180 million, which we financed through cash and short-term investments on hand and additional borrowings on our existing credit facilities. We also assumed Summit America’s obligations to us under the $47.5 million secured loans and the $3 million in redeemable preferred stock extended to Summit America as part of the 2002 acquisition of the controlling interest in Shop At Home.

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The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the Shopzilla and Summit America acquisitions.


	Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005			2004
Short-term investments	$	12,279
Other current assets		13,788		$	388
Property, plant and equipment		24,596			8,360
Indefinite-lived intangible assets					180,450
Amortizable intangible assets		140,000			1,790
Goodwill		411,176			55,721
Other assets		138			25
Net operating loss carryforwards		21,102			31,008

Total assets acquired		623,079			277,742
Current liabilities		(22,889	)		(904	)
Deferred income taxes		(63,718	)		(48,152	)
Obligations under notes receivable and redeemable preferred stock					(48,424	)
Other long term obligations		(678	)

Cash paid, net of cash received	$	535,794		$	180,262

In addition to the acquisitions described above, we also completed the acquisition of the Great American Country (“GAC”) network in the fourth quarter of 2004. We paid approximately $140 million in cash, which we financed through additional borrowings on our existing credit facilities. Acquiring GAC provided us a recognized cable network brand that had secured distribution into 37 million homes.

The allocation of the purchase price to the assets and liabilities of the Shopzilla and GAC acquisitions is based upon preliminary appraisals and estimates and is therefore subject to change.

The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis, the estimated combined results of operations of Scripps and Shopzilla had the transaction taken place at the beginning of 2005 and 2004. The pro forma information includes adjustments for interest expense that would have been incurred to finance the acquisition, additional depreciation and amortization of the assets acquired and excludes transaction related expenses incurred by Shopzilla in the 2005 periods. The unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of the results that actually would have occurred had the acquisition been completed at the beginning of the period. Pro forma results are not presented for the other acquisitions because the combined results of operations would not be significantly different from reported amounts.


*(in thousands, except per share data)*	Three months ended, June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands, except per share data)*	2005		2004		2005		2004
Operating revenues	$	655,834	$	561,213	$	1,267,791	$	1,087,387
Net income		92,864		79,819		157,841		143,422

Net income per share of common stock:
Basic	$	.57	$	.49	$	.97	$	.89
Diluted		.56		.48		.95		.87

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4. INVESTMENT RESULTS AND OTHER ITEMS

2005 - Certain of our Florida operations sustained hurricane damages in 2004. In the second quarter of 2005, our affected businesses reached agreement with insurance providers and other responsible third parties on certain of our property and business interruption claims and recorded insurance recoveries of $2.2 million. These insurance recoveries were partially offset by additional estimated losses of $0.3 million recorded in 2005. Net income was increased by $1.2 million, $.01 per share. Our affected newspapers are currently in discussions with our insurance providers to assess the amount of the claim and the amount of covered losses. Insurance recoveries for these claims will not be recorded until settlement agreements are reached with the insurance providers.

2004 – Second quarter and year-to-date operating results include an $11.1 million pre-tax gain on the sale of our Cincinnati television station’s production facility to the City of Cincinnati. The gain on sale had previously been deferred while the station continued to use the facility until construction of a new production facility was complete. Net income was increased by $7.0 million, $.04 per share.

Year-to-date other investment results represent realized gains from the sale of certain investments, including Digital Theater Systems. Net income was increased by $9.5 million, $.06 per share.

5. INCOME TAXES

We file a consolidated federal income tax return and separate state income tax returns for each subsidiary company. Included in our federal and state income tax returns is our proportionate share of the taxable income or loss of partnerships and incorporated limited liability companies that have elected to be treated as partnerships for tax purposes (“pass-through entities”). Our financial statements do not include any provision (benefit) for income taxes on the income (loss) of pass-through entities attributed to the non-controlling interests.

Food Network is operated under the terms of a general partnership agreement. Fine Living and Shop At Home are limited liability companies (“LLC”) and are treated as partnerships for tax purposes. As a result, federal and state income taxes for these pass-through entities accrue to the individual partners.

Consolidated income before income tax consisted of the following:


*(in thousands)*	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005		2004		2005		2004
Income allocated to Scripps	$	163,121	$	141,586	$	279,146	$	257,600
Income of pass-through entities allocated to non-controlling interests		15,012		10,988		25,730		18,605

Income before income taxes	$	178,133	$	152,574	$	304,876	$	276,205

The income tax provision for interim periods is determined based upon the expected effective income tax rate for the full year and the tax rate applicable to certain discreet transactions in the interim period. To determine the annual effective income tax rate for the full year period we must estimate both the total income before income tax for the full year and the jurisdictions in which that income is subject to tax. The actual effective income tax rate for the full year may differ from these estimates if income before income tax is greater or less than what was estimated or if the allocation of income to jurisdictions in which it is taxed is different from the estimated allocations. We review and adjust our estimated effective income tax rate for the full year each quarter based upon our most recent estimates of income before income tax for the full year and the jurisdictions in which we expect that income will be taxed.

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Information regarding our expected effective income tax rate for the full year of 2005 and the actual effective income tax rate for the full year of 2004 is as follows:


	2005		2004
Statutory rate	35.0	%	35.0	%
Effect of:
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	3.7		3.4
Income of pass-through entities allocated to non-controlling interests	(3.0	)	(2.6	)
Miscellaneous	0.1		0.3

Effective income tax rate	35.8	%	36.1	%

The provision for income taxes consisted of the following:


	Three months ended June 30,					Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005		2004			2005			2004
Current:
Federal (net of $3,800 and $4,500 tax benefits from NOLs in 2005)	$	40,058	$	40,887		$	80,210		$	71,026
State and local		12,299		7,904			19,793			14,429
Foreign		525		1,527			894			2,964

Total		52,882		50,318			100,897			88,419
Tax benefits of compensation plans allocated to additional paid-in-capital		3,584		6,394			5,070			9,623

Total current income tax provision		56,466		56,712			105,967			98,042

Deferred:
Federal		5,490		(1,732	)		(434	)		(4,103	)
Other		585		(90	)		1,069			379

Total		6,075		(1,822	)		635			(3,724	)
Deferred tax allocated to other comprehensive income		713		(401	)		2,049			5,041

Total deferred income tax provision (benefit)		6,788		(2,223	)		2,684			1,317

Provision for income taxes	$	63,254	$	54,489		$	108,651		$	99,359

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The approximate effects of the temporary differences giving rise to deferred income tax liabilities (assets) were as follows:


*(in thousands)*	June 30, 2005			As of December 31, 2004			June 30, 2004
Temporary differences:
Property, plant and equipment	$	64,709		$	59,586		$	45,963
Goodwill and other intangible assets		265,999			197,809			194,421
Network distribution incentives		5,680			5,773			5,698
Investments, primarily gains and losses not yet recognized for tax purposes		57,994			63,908			18,808
Accrued expenses not deductible until paid		(9,707	)		(9,169	)		(12,443	)
Deferred compensation and retiree benefits not deductible until paid		(23,097	)		(19,576	)		(27,911	)
Other temporary differences, net		(4,370	)		(4,164	)		(6,933	)

Total temporary differences		357,208			294,167			217,603
Tax basis capital loss carryforwards		(13,235	)		(9,286	)
Federal net operating loss carryforwards		(43,057	)		(28,278	)		(27,503	)
State net operating loss carryforwards		(19,372	)		(17,229	)		(14,061	)
Valuation allowance for state deferred tax assets		8,530			7,411			4,543

Net deferred tax liability	$	290,074		$	246,785		$	180,582

Investment losses on our portfolio of investments in development-stage businesses were recognized for book purposes when it was determined the carrying values of the investment would not be recovered. For tax purposes such losses are generally recognized when the securities become worthless. Federal tax law provides that such losses may not be deducted from ordinary income, and that any losses in excess of capital gains can be carried forward for up to five years. At June 30, 2005, such tax-basis capital loss carryforwards totaled $36.3 million. We expect to generate sufficient capital gains to fully utilize the capital loss carryforwards prior to the expiration of the carryforward periods between 2008 and 2010.

At the date of acquisition, Shopzilla had federal net operating loss carryforwards totaling $54.1 million. These net operating loss carryforwards and the loss carryforwards obtained in the Summit America acquisition totaled $123 million at June 30, 2005. The federal net operating loss carryforwards expire between 2018 and 2024. We expect to be able to fully utilize the carryforwards on our federal income tax returns.

At the date of acquisition Shopzilla had state tax loss carryforwards totaling $37.8 million. Total state net operating loss carryforwards, including those acquired in the Summit America acquisition and of certain of our other subsidiary companies, were $561 million at June 30, 2005. Our state tax loss carryforwards expire between 2005 and 2023. Because separate state income tax returns are filed, we are not able to use state tax losses of a subsidiary company to offset state taxable income of another subsidiary company.

Federal and state carryforwards are recognized as deferred tax assets, subject to valuation allowances. At each balance sheet date we estimate the amount of carryforwards that are not expected to be used prior to expiration of the carryforward period. The tax effect of the carryforwards that are not expected to be used prior to their expiration is included in the valuation allowance.

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6. JOINT OPERATING AGREEMENTS

Four of our newspapers are operated pursuant to the terms of joint operating agreements (“JOAs”). The Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 provides a limited exemption from anti-trust laws, permitting competing newspapers in a market to combine their sales, production and business operations to reduce aggregate expenses and take advantage of economies of scale, thereby allowing the continuing operation of both newspapers in that market. Each newspaper maintains a separate and independent editorial operation.

The table below provides certain information about our JOAs.


Newspaper	Publisher of Other Newspaper	Year JOA Entered Into	Year of JOA Expiration
The Albuquerque Tribune	Journal Publishing Company	1933	2022
Birmingham Post-Herald	Newhouse Newspapers	1950	2015
The Cincinnati Post	Gannett Newspapers	1977	2007
Denver Rocky Mountain News	MediaNews Group, Inc.	2001	2051

The JOAs generally provide for renewals unless an advance termination notice ranging from two to five years is given to either party. Gannett Newspapers has notified us of its intent to terminate the Cincinnati JOA upon its expiration in 2007.

The combined sales, production and business operations of the newspapers are either jointly managed or are solely managed by one of the newspapers. The sales, production and business operations of the Denver newspapers are operated by the Denver Newspaper Agency, a limited liability partnership (the “Denver JOA”). Each newspaper owns 50% of the Denver JOA and shares management of the combined newspaper operations. We have no management responsibilities for the combined operations of the other three JOAs.

The operating profits earned from the combined operations of the two newspapers are distributed to the partners in accordance with the terms of the joint operating agreement. We receive a 50% share of the Denver JOA profits and between 20% and 40% of the profits from the other three JOAs.

7. INVESTMENTS

Investments consisted of the following:


*(in thousands, except share data)*	June 30, 2005		As of December 31, 2004		June 30, 2004
Securities available for sale (at market value):
Time Warner (2,017,000 common shares)	$	33,701	$	39,227	$	35,456
Other available-for-sale securities		4,462		4,673		6,015

Total available-for-sale securities		38,163		43,900		41,471
Denver JOA		162,432		164,996		175,029
FOX Sports Net South and other joint ventures		17,828		17,852		14,009
Other equity securities		8,173		7,282		8,907

Total investments	$	226,596	$	234,030	$	239,416

Unrealized gains (losses) on securities available for sale	$	6,816	$	12,171	$	9,646

Investments available for sale represent securities in publicly-traded companies. Investments available for sale are recorded at fair value. Fair value is based upon the closing price of the security on the reporting date. As of June 30, 2005, there were no significant unrealized losses on our available-for-sale securities.

Other equity securities include securities that do not trade in public markets, so they do not have readily determinable fair values. We estimate the fair values of the other securities approximate their carrying values at June 30, 2005. There can be no assurance we would realize the carrying values of these securities upon their sale.

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8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:


*(in thousands)*	June 30, 2005		As of December 31, 2004		June 30, 2004
Land and improvements	$	58,411	$	58,336	$	57,037
Buildings and improvements		263,681		262,201		262,122
Equipment		688,186		650,875		646,900

Total		1,010,278		971,412		966,059
Accumulated depreciation		501,000		475,171		467,127

Net property, plant and equipment	$	509,278	$	496,241	$	498,932

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9. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill and other intangible assets consisted of the following:


*(in thousands)*	June 30, 2005			As of December 31, 2004			June 30, 2004
Goodwill	$	1,754,509		$	1,358,976		$	1,230,152

Other intangible assets:
Amortizable intangible assets:
Carrying amount:
Acquired network distribution		48,354			32,914			5,887
Broadcast television network affiliation relationships		26,748			26,748
Customer lists		5,873			5,870			6,410
Shopzilla		140,000
Other		12,625			12,365			7,527

Total carrying amount		233,600			77,897			19,824

Accumulated amortization:
Acquired network distribution		(5,147	)		(3,991	)		(3,484	)
Broadcast television network affiliation relationships		(824	)		(277	)
Customer lists		(3,790	)		(2,977	)		(3,140	)
Shopzilla		(290	)
Other		(6,897	)		(6,242	)		(5,121	)

Total accumulated amortization		(16,948	)		(13,487	)		(11,745	)

Net amortizable intangible assets		216,652			64,410			8,079

Other indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Broadcast television network affiliation relationships								26,748
FCC licenses		189,222			189,222			205,622
Other		2,087			2,087			3,572

Total other indefinite-lived intangible assets		191,309			191,309			235,942

Pension liability adjustments		140			140			169

Total other intangible assets		408,101			255,859			244,190

Total goodwill and other intangible assets	$	2,162,610		$	1,614,835		$	1,474,342

Broadcast television network affiliation relationships represent the value assigned to an acquired broadcast television station’s relationship with a national television network. National network affiliation agreements are generally renewable upon the mutual decision of the broadcast television station and the network. Our affiliated broadcast television stations have always maintained affiliation with one of the primary national broadcast television networks. Accordingly, these assets were classified as indefinite-lived intangible assets upon adoption of FAS 142 on January 1, 2002.

In the fourth quarter of 2004, we determined that our broadcast television network affiliation relationships no longer have indefinite lives. Accordingly, we began amortizing broadcast television network affiliation relationships on a straight-line basis over their 20 to 25 year remaining useful lives.

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Activity related to goodwill and other intangible assets by business segment was as follows:


*(in thousands)*	Scripps Networks			Newspapers			Broadcast Television			Shop At Home			Shopzilla			Licensing and Other		Total
Goodwill:
Balance as of December 31, 2003	$	141,201		$	783,710		$	219,367		$	30,135					$	18	$	1,174,431
Summit America acquisition											55,721								55,721

Balance as of June 30, 2004	$	141,201		$	783,710		$	219,367		$	85,856					$	18	$	1,230,152

Balance as of December 31, 2004	$	254,689		$	783,710		$	219,367		$	101,192					$	18	$	1,358,976
Shopzilla acquisition													$	411,176					411,176
Adjustment of purchase price allocations		(15,340	)								(303	)							(15,643	)

Balance as of June 30, 2005	$	239,349		$	783,710		$	219,367		$	100,889		$	411,176		$	18	$	1,754,509

Amortizable intangible assets:
Balance as of December 31, 2003	$	1,110		$	3,333		$	999		$	2,186							$	7,628
Summit America acquisition											1,790								1,790
Other additions					136														136
Amortization		(297	)		(346	)		(37	)		(795	)							(1,475	)

Balance as of June 30, 2004	$	813		$	3,123		$	962		$	3,181							$	8,079

Balance as of December 31, 2004	$	29,762		$	2,907		$	27,441		$	4,300							$	64,410
Shopzilla acquisition													$	140,000					140,000
Adjustment of purchase price allocations		15,400									303								15,703
Other additions					134														134
Amortization		(1,370	)		(334	)		(584	)		(1,017	)		(290	)				(3,595	)

Balance as of June 30, 2005	$	43,792		$	2,707		$	26,857		$	3,586		$	139,710				$	216,652

Other indefinite-lived intangible assets:
Balance as of December 31, 2003	$	919		$	1,153		$	52,370		$	1,050							$	55,492
Summit America acquisition											180,450								180,450

Balance as of June 30, 2004	$	919		$	1,153		$	52,370		$	181,500							$	235,942

Balance as of December 31, 2004	$	919		$	1,168		$	25,622		$	163,600							$	191,309

Balance as of June 30, 2005	$	919		$	1,168		$	25,622		$	163,600							$	191,309

The goodwill acquired in the GAC acquisition and $27 million of the goodwill acquired in the Summit America acquisition is to be deductible for income tax purposes.

Amortizable intangible assets acquired in the Shopzilla acquisition include contractual relationships with customers and vendors and intellectual property. The acquired intangibles are estimated to have useful lives of three to five years. The allocation of the Shopzilla purchase price is based upon preliminary appraisals and estimates, and is therefore subject to change.

Intangible assets acquired in the Summit America acquisition primarily include customer lists, network distribution relationships and FCC licenses. Customer lists are amortized over three years and network distribution relationships are amortized over their contractual terms. FCC licenses are not amortized. Final appraisals were issued for the Summit America acquisition in the second quarter of 2005.

Intangible assets acquired in the GAC acquisition are primarily network distribution relationships, which are amortized over periods of up to 15 years. The allocation of the GAC purchase price is based upon preliminary appraisals and estimates, and is therefore subject to change.

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Estimated amortization expense of intangible assets for each of the next five years is expected to be $19.5 million for the remainder of 2005, $38.2 million in 2006, $38.2 million in 2007, $38.1 million in 2008, $30.9 million in 2009, $5.3 million in 2010 and $46.5 million in later years.

10. PROGRAMS AND PROGRAM LICENSES

Programs and program licenses consisted of the following:


*(in thousands)*	June 30, 2005		As of December 31, 2004		June 30, 2004
Cost of programs available for broadcast	$	845,798	$	784,404	$	753,721
Accumulated amortization		595,625		525,257		504,453

Total		250,173		259,147		249,268
Progress payments on programs not yet available for broadcast		70,944		49,387		61,169

Total programs and program licenses	$	321,117	$	308,534	$	310,437

In addition to the programs owned or licensed by us included in the table above, we have commitments to license certain programming that is not yet available for broadcast, including first-run syndicated programming. Such program licenses are recorded as assets when the programming is delivered to us and is available for broadcast. First-run syndicated programming is generally produced and delivered at or near its broadcast date. Such contracts may require progress payments or deposits prior to the program becoming available for broadcast. Remaining obligations under contracts to purchase or license programs not yet available for broadcast totaled approximately $322 million at June 30, 2005. If the programs are not produced, our obligations would generally expire without obligation.

Progress payments on programs not yet available for broadcast and the cost of programs and program licenses capitalized totaled $56.8 million in the second quarter of 2005 and 2004. Year to date progress payments and capitalized programs totaled $101 million in 2005 and $102 million in 2004.

Estimated amortization of recorded program assets and program commitments for each of the next five years is as follows:


*(in thousands)*	Programs Available for Broadcast		Programs Not Yet Available for Broadcast		Total
Remainder of 2005	$	69,518	$	33,521	$	103,039
2006		90,749		94,672		185,421
2007		49,828		78,984		128,812
2008		29,976		65,276		95,252
2009		9,393		58,206		67,599
2010		707		49,264		49,971
Later years		2		12,926		12,928

Total	$	250,173	$	392,849	$	643,022

Actual amortization in each of the next five years will exceed the amounts presented above as our broadcast television stations and our national television networks will continue to produce and license additional programs.

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11. UNAMORTIZED NETWORK DISTRIBUTION INCENTIVES

Unamortized network distribution incentives consisted of the following:


*(in thousands)*	June 30, 2005		As of December 31, 2004		June 30, 2004
Network launch incentives	$	316,726	$	317,816	$	321,878
Accumulated amortization		163,916		151,070		142,279

Net book value		152,810		166,746		179,599
Unbilled affiliate fees		28,982		27,084		25,761

Total unamortized network distribution incentives	$	181,792	$	193,830	$	205,360

We capitalized network launch incentives totaling $1.2 million year-to-date in 2005 and $2.0 million year-to-date in 2004.

Amortization recorded as a reduction to affiliate fee revenue in the consolidated financial statements, and estimated amortization of recorded network launch incentives for each of the next five years, is presented below.


	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005		2004		2005		2004
Amortization of network launch incentives	$	7,355	$	6,507	$	12,719	$	12,882

Estimated amortization for the next five years is as follows:


Remainder of 2005	$	14,455
2006		28,105
2007		21,086
2008		23,425
2009		25,442
2010		16,824
Later years		23,473

Total	$	152,810

Actual amortization will be greater than the above amounts as additional incentive payments will be capitalized as we expand distribution of Scripps Networks.

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12. LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt consisted of the following:


*(in thousands)*	June 30, 2005			As of December 31, 2004			June 30, 2004
Variable-rate credit facilities, including commercial paper	$	300,437		$	82,766		$	119,882
$100 million, 6.625% notes, due in 2007		99,967			99,960			99,953
$50 million, 3.75% notes, due in 2008		50,000			50,000			50,000
$100 million, 4.25% notes, due in 2009		99,575			99,527			99,478
$150 million, 4.30% notes, due in 2010		149,760
$200 million, 5.75% notes, due in 2012		199,122			199,060			198,997
Other notes		1,590			1,638			7,794

Total face value of long-term debt less discounts		900,451			532,951			576,104
Fair market value of interest rate swap		(606	)		(265	)		(672	)

Total long-term debt	$	899,845		$	532,686		$	575,432

We have Competitive Advance and Revolving Credit Facilities expiring in July 2009 (the “Revolver”) and a commercial paper program that collectively permit aggregate borrowings up to $450 million (the “Variable-Rate Credit Facilities”). Borrowings under the Revolver are available on a committed revolving credit basis at our choice of three short-term rates or through an auction procedure at the time of each borrowing. The Revolver is primarily used as credit support for our commercial paper program in lieu of direct borrowings under the Revolver. The weighted-average interest rate on borrowings under the Variable-Rate Credit Facilities was 3.4% at June 30, 2005, 2.3% at December 31, 2004, and 1.3% at June 30, 2004.

We have a U.S. shelf registration statement which allows us to borrow up to an additional $300 million as of June 30, 2005.

We entered into a receive-fixed, pay-floating interest rate swap to achieve a desired proportion of fixed-rate versus variable-rate debt. The interest rate swap expires upon the maturity of the $50 million, 3.75% notes in 2008, and effectively converts those fixed-rate notes into variable-rate borrowings. The variable interest rate was 3.6% at June 30, 2005, which was based on six-month LIBOR minus a rate spread. The swap agreement was designated as a fair-value hedge of the underlying fixed-rate notes. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreement (due to movements in the benchmark interest rate) are recorded as adjustments to the carrying value of long-term debt with an offsetting adjustment to either other assets or other liabilities. The changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements and the underlying fixed-rate obligation are recorded as equal and offsetting unrealized gains and losses in the Consolidated Statements of Income. We have structured the interest rate swap to be 100% effective. As a result, there is no current impact to earnings resulting from hedge ineffectiveness.

Certain long-term debt agreements contain maintenance requirements for net worth and coverage of interest expense and restrictions on incurrence of additional indebtedness. We were in compliance with all debt covenants.

Current maturities of long-term debt are classified as long-term to the extent they can be refinanced under existing long-term credit commitments.

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13. OTHER LIABILITIES AND MINORITY INTERESTS

Other liabilities and minority interests consisted of the following:


*(in thousands)*	June 30, 2005		As of December 31, 2004		June 30, 2004
Program rights payable	$	27,043	$	30,835	$	34,822
Employee compensation and benefits		72,410		70,532		70,969
Network distribution incentives		32,881		44,309		49,854
Minority interests		94,438		73,629		51,629
Other		27,438		21,475		21,046

Total other liabilities and minority interests		254,210		240,780		228,320
Current portion of other liabilities		52,686		84,503		86,360

Other liabilities and minority interests (less current portion)	$	201,524	$	156,277	$	141,960

Non-controlling interests hold an approximate 10% residual interest in Fine Living. The minority owners of Fine Living have the right to require us to repurchase their interests. We have an option to acquire their interests. The minority owners will receive the fair market value for their interests at the time their option is exercised. The put and call options become exercisable at various dates through 2016. Put options on an approximate 6% non-controlling interest in Fine Living are currently exercisable. The remaining put options become exercisable in 2006.

Non-controlling interests hold an approximate 30% residual interest in Food Network. The Food Network general partnership agreement terminates on December 31, 2012, unless amended or extended prior to that date. Upon termination, the assets of the partnership are to be liquidated and distributed to the partners in proportion to their partnership interests.

Minority interests include non-controlling interests of approximately 8% in the capital stock of the subsidiary companies that publish our Memphis and Evansville newspapers. The capital stock of these companies does not provide for or require the redemption of the non-controlling interests by us.

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14. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

The following table presents additional information about the change in certain working capital accounts:


*(in thousands)*	Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005			2004
Other changes in certain working capital accounts, net:
Accounts receivable	$	(35,293	)	$	(21,676	)
Inventories		5			(1,504	)
Accounts payable		(4,541	)		6,052
Accrued income taxes		42,011			2,756
Accrued employee compensation and benefits		(3,691	)		(7,756	)
Accrued interest		41			34
Other accrued liabilities		(2,454	)		5,541
Other, net		1,576			(3,457	)

Total	$	(2,346	)	$	(20,010	)

15. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

We sponsor defined benefit pension plans that cover substantially all non-union and certain union-represented employees. Benefits are generally based upon the employee’s compensation and years of service.

We also have a non-qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”). The SERP, which is unfunded, provides defined pension benefits in addition to the defined benefit pension plan to eligible executives based on average earnings, years of service and age at retirement.

Substantially all non-union and certain union employees are also covered by a company sponsored defined contribution plan. We match a portion of employee’s voluntary contributions to this plan.

Other union-represented employees are covered by defined benefit pension plans jointly sponsored by us and the union, or by union-sponsored multi-employer plans.

We use a December 31 measurement date for our retirement plans. Retirement plans expense is based on valuations performed by plan actuaries as of the beginning of each fiscal year. The components of the expense consisted of the following:


*(in thousands)*	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005			2004			2005			2004
Service cost	$	4,581		$	4,627		$	9,163		$	9,254
Interest cost		5,675			5,459			11,350			10,904
Expected return on plan assets, net of expenses		(7,269	)		(5,536	)		(14,539	)		(11,072	)
Net amortization and deferral		777			1,390			1,553			2,781

Total for defined benefit plans		3,764			5,940			7,527			11,867
Multi-employer plans		167			116			172			239
SERP		1,008			956			2,016			1,912
Defined contribution plans		1,949			1,803			3,809			3,559

Total	$	6,888		$	8,815		$	13,524		$	17,577

We made required contributions of $0.5 million to our defined benefit plans in the first half of 2005. We anticipate contributing $0.5 million to meet minimum funding requirements of our defined benefit plans during the remainder of fiscal 2005. We may also elect to make additional contributions to our defined benefit plans. During the first half of 2005, we also contributed $1.2 million to fund current benefit payments for our non-qualified SERP plan. We anticipate contributing an additional $1.4 million to fund the SERP’s benefit payments during the remainder of fiscal 2005.

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16. SEGMENT INFORMATION

We determine our business segments based upon our management and internal reporting structure. Our reportable segments are strategic businesses that offer different products and services. See Note 1.

The accounting policies of each of our business segments are those described in Note 1 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Each of our segments may provide advertising, programming or other services to our other business segments. In addition, certain corporate costs and expenses, including information technology, pensions and other employee benefits, and other shared services, are allocated to our business segments. The allocations are generally amounts agreed upon by management, which may differ from amounts that would be incurred if such services were purchased separately by the business segment. Corporate assets are primarily cash, cash equivalent and other short-term investments, property and equipment primarily used for corporate purposes, and deferred income taxes.

Our chief operating decision maker (as defined by FAS 131 – Segment Reporting) evaluates the operating performance of our business segments and makes decisions about the allocation of resources to our business segments using a measure we call segment profit. Segment profit excludes interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, divested operating units, restructuring activities, investment results and certain other items that are included in net income determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

As discussed in Note 1, we account for our share of the earnings of JOAs using the equity method of accounting. Our equity in earnings of JOAs is included in “Equity in earnings of JOAs and other joint ventures” in our Consolidated Statements of Income. Newspaper segment profits include equity in earnings of JOAs. Scripps Networks segment profits include equity in earnings of FOX Sports Net South and certain other joint ventures.

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Information regarding our business segments is as follows:


*(in thousands)*	Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005			2004			2005			2004
Segment operating revenues:
Scripps Networks	$	244,252		$	192,820		$	446,853		$	351,589

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		180,696			174,723			362,868			353,196
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		104			59			168			117

Total newspapers		180,800			174,782			363,036			353,313
Broadcast television		83,183			87,379			155,443			163,037
Shop At Home		86,868			66,307			189,012			140,286
Shopzilla		1,047						1,047
Licensing and other media		31,193			26,028			57,013			52,747

Total operating revenues	$	627,343		$	547,316		$	1,212,404		$	1,060,972

Segment profit (loss):
Scripps Networks	$	123,461		$	87,535		$	204,402		$	149,840

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		53,380			50,922			109,396			104,166
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		10,422			7,636			18,430			13,488

Total newspapers		63,802			58,558			127,826			117,654
Broadcast television		27,074			28,215			43,353			45,442
Shop At Home		(6,955	)		(2,740	)		(10,378	)		(6,361	)
Shopzilla		358						358
Licensing and other media		6,329			4,361			11,184			8,631
Corporate		(9,766	)		(10,040	)		(21,533	)		(18,658	)

Total segment profit		204,303			165,889			355,212			296,548
Depreciation and amortization of intangibles		(18,608	)		(16,205	)		(35,805	)		(31,804	)
Gain on sale of production facility					11,148						11,148
Gains (losses) on disposal of property, plant and equipment		25			(89	)		(112	)		(227	)
Interest expense		(7,559	)		(8,272	)		(14,931	)		(15,667	)
Interest and dividend income		374			303			582			1,530
Other investment results, net of expenses											14,674
Miscellaneous, net		(402	)		(200	)		(70	)		3

Income before income taxes and minority interests	$	178,133		$	152,574		$	304,876		$	276,205

Depreciation:
Scripps Networks	$	3,778		$	2,573		$	7,000		$	5,141

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		5,376			5,099			10,544			10,286
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		315			299			622			596

Total newspapers		5,691			5,398			11,166			10,882
Broadcast television		4,600			4,804			9,157			9,322
Shop At Home		1,961			1,913			3,300			3,578
Shopzilla		52						52
Licensing and other media		224			162			443			320
Corporate		552			543			1,092			1,086

Total depreciation	$	16,858		$	15,393		$	32,210		$	30,329

Amortization of intangibles:
Scripps Networks	$	536		$	150		$	1,370		$	297

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		96			106			201			212
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		66			67			133			134

Total newspapers		162			173			334			346
Broadcast television		294			18			584			37
Shop At Home		468			471			1,017			795
Shopzilla		290						290

Total amortization of intangibles	$	1,750		$	812		$	3,595		$	1,475

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*(in thousands)*	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005		2004		2005		2004
Additions to property, plant and equipment:
Scripps Networks	$	1,916	$	10,695	$	4,772	$	14,602

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		2,697		5,374		5,254		14,216
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		435		228		638		338

Total newspapers		3,132		5,602		5,892		14,554
Broadcast television		2,420		4,397		3,308		9,320
Shop At Home		2,657		1,213		3,956		3,039
Licensing and other media		155		128		301		205
Corporate		1,146		477		1,606		568

Total additions to property, plant and equipment	$	11,426	$	22,512	$	19,835	$	42,288

Business acquisitions and other additions to long-lived assets:
Scripps Networks	$	56,779	$	58,441	$	100,922	$	104,064
Newspapers		220				320
Shop At Home				228,686				228,686
Shopzilla		535,795				535,795
Investments		25		588		490		588

Total	$	592,819	$	287,715	$	637,527	$	333,338

Assets:
Scripps Networks					$	1,115,957	$	937,188

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us						1,094,554		1,089,164
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs						180,605		191,471

Total newspapers						1,275,159		1,280,635
Broadcast television						491,308		495,088
Shop At Home						361,360		354,710
Shopzilla						636,008
Licensing and other media						34,016		23,165
Investments						44,336		50,674
Corporate						97,883		89,834

Total assets					$	4,056,027	$	3,231,294

No single customer provides more than 10% of our revenue. International revenues are primarily derived from licensing comic characters and HGTV and Food Network programming in international markets. Licensing of comic characters in Japan provides approximately 50% of our international revenues, which are less than $60 million annually.

Other additions to long-lived assets include investments, capitalized intangible assets and Scripps Networks capitalized programs and network launch incentives.

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17. STOCK COMPENSATION PLANS

The following table presents information about stock options:


	Number of Shares		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Range of Exercise Prices
Options outstanding at December 31, 2003	10,347,790		$	30.99	$	9 - 47

Options granted during the period	2,103,500			49.29		49 - 54
Options exercised during the period	(957,804	)		24.19		10 - 43
Options forfeited during the period	(121,966	)		34.40		32 - 47

Options outstanding at June 30, 2004	11,371,520		$	34.91	$	9 - 54

Options outstanding at December 31, 2004	11,158,734		$	35.27	$	13 - 54

Options granted during the period	1,822,700			46.81		46 - 51
Options exercised during the period	(624,057	)		28.86		17 - 49
Options forfeited during the period	(68,427	)		37.82		24 - 49

Options outstanding at June 30, 2005	12,288,950		$	37.30	$	13-54

Substantially all options granted prior to 2003 are exercisable. Options generally become exercisable over a one-to-three-year period. Information about options outstanding and options exercisable by year of grant is as follows:


	Options Outstanding					Options Exercisable
Year of Grant	Options on Shares Outstanding	Range of Exercise Prices		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Options on Shares Exercisable	Range of Exercise Prices		Weighted Average Exercise Price
1996 - expire in 2006	9,800	$	13	$	13.25	9,800	$	13	$	13.25
1997 - expire in 2007	420,700		17 - 21		17.44	420,700		17 - 21		17.44
1998 - expire in 2008	478,400		20 - 27		23.65	478,400		20 - 27		23.65
1999 - expire in 2009	789,260		21 - 25		23.55	789,260		21 - 25		23.55
2000 - expire in 2010	1,246,416		22 - 30		24.74	1,246,416		22 - 30		24.74
2001 - expire in 2011	1,462,268		29 - 35		32.13	1,462,268		29 - 35		32.13
2002 - expire in 2012	1,874,184		36 - 39		37.66	1,866,208		36 - 39		37.66
2003 - expire in 2013	2,066,524		40 - 46		40.10	1,391,780		40 - 46		40.06
2004 - expire in 2014	2,119,698		46 - 54		49.27	807,214		49 - 54		49.59
2005 - expire in 2013	1,821,700		46 - 51		46.81

Total options on number of shares	12,288,950	$	13 - 54	$	37.30	8,472,046	$	13 - 54	$	33.20

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Information related to awards of Class A Common Shares is presented below:


	Number of Shares		Price at Award Dates
	Number of Shares		Weighted Average		Range of Prices
Unvested shares at December 31, 2003	605,936		$	35.04	$	22 - 47

Shares awarded during the period	118,580			48.40		48 - 54
Shares vested during the period	(206,058	)		32.66		22 - 53

Unvested shares at June 30, 2004	518,458		$	39.14	$	22 - 54

Unvested shares at December 31, 2004	453,954		$	39.58	$	23 - 53

Shares awarded during the period	3,750			48.32		48
Shares vested during the period	(177,020	)		45.52		38 - 52
Shares forfeited during the period	(2,500	)		47.28		47

Unvested shares at June 30, 2005	278,184		$	41.28	$	23 - 53

During 2004, 40,000 restricted stock awards were converted to RSUs. The RSUs vest in 2006.

Performance awards with a target of 147,764 Class A Common shares were issued in 2005. The number of shares ultimately awarded depends upon the extent to which specified performance measures are met. The shares earned vest between 2006 and 2008.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon the consolidated financial statements and the condensed notes to the consolidated financial statements. You should read this discussion in conjunction with those financial statements.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This discussion and the information contained in the condensed notes to the consolidated financial statements contain certain forward-looking statements that are based on our current expectations. Forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. Such risks, trends and uncertainties, which in most instances are beyond our control, include changes in advertising demand and other economic conditions; consumers’ taste; newsprint prices; program costs; labor relations; technological developments; competitive pressures; interest rates; regulatory rulings; and reliance on third-party vendors for various products and services. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, which are as of the date of this filing, should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date the statement is made.

EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW

We are a diverse media concern with interests in national television networks (“Scripps Networks”), newspaper publishing, broadcast television, television retailing (“Shop At Home”), on-line comparison shopping (“Shopzilla”), interactive media and licensing and syndication. Scripps Networks includes five cable and satellite television programming services, Home & Garden Television (“HGTV”), Food Network, DIY Network (“DIY”), Fine Living and Great American Country (“GAC”). Our media businesses provide high quality news, information and entertainment content to readers and viewers. We have undergone a strategic transformation during the past 10 years, evolving from our historical role as a pioneer newspaper publisher and television broadcaster to one of the country’s leading providers of content for a growing range of print, video and electronic media platforms. Scripps Networks revenue and segment profits surpassed our newspaper segment results in 2004.

To create new businesses or acquire businesses that are expected to significantly increase shareholder value, we operate our core media businesses to maximize sustainable cash flow and place a high priority on allocating capital to businesses that will produce the best returns for our shareholders. We have used a portion of the cash produced by our newspapers and broadcast television stations to develop HGTV, DIY and Fine Living and to acquire Food Network, Shop At Home, GAC, and Shopzilla. The expansion of Scripps Networks, implementation of our commerce strategy at Shop At Home, and expanding our electronic media platform continue to be our company’s top strategic priorities.

Scripps Networks has sustained a period of rapid growth, successfully monetizing viewership gains, especially at its two more established networks, HGTV and Food Network. Strong upfront advertising sales at HGTV and Food, combined with a healthy scatter advertising market, has resulted in a prolonged period of strong, double digit profit and revenue growth that the company projects will continue through 2005. Revenue from affiliate fees paid by cable and satellite system operators to carry the networks also has been increasing at a rapid pace as the networks gain popularity and as introductory carriage agreements with cable system operators expire and are renegotiated at higher rates. We also have continued developing video content for the growing number of on-demand services and providing creative, short-form programming to keep pace with the growth of broadband Internet services. HGTVPro.com, our on-line network that provides high-quality video content for professionals in the home construction industry, is already attracting about 500,000 unique visitors per month.

At Shop At Home, we are investing capital to develop an innovative electronic commerce business. Our vision for Shop At Home is to provide a pure electronic commerce environment for products and services that, in part, parallel the consumer categories targeted by our national television networks. Shop At Home’s year-to-date merchandise revenues have increased approximately 37% during 2005 compared with 2004. This increase in revenue reflects improvements we have made in both the quality and variety of products that we are offering to home shoppers. In addition, we are continuing to migrate Scripps Networks talent to Shop At Home. During the second quarter, we reached an agreement with Emeril Lagasse to appear in live specials on the network selling cookware products.

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During the second quarter, we completed the acquisition of Shopzilla. Shopzilla operates a comparison shopping search engine that helps on-line shoppers find products offered for sale on the Web by participating retailers. Shopzilla aggregates and organizes information on more than 30 million products from more than 55,000 retailers. Shopzilla also operates BizRate, a popular Web-based consumer feedback network with about 1 million consumer reviews of stores and products added each month. The acquisition enables us to capitalize on the rapid growth and rising profitability of specialized Internet search businesses and expands our electronic media platform.

At our newspapers, improvements in our 2005 results are attributed to the newspapers capitalizing on a modest improvement in advertising sales and successfully controlling expenses. To maintain competitive positions in our newspapers markets, we have introduced a number of new product initiatives. Examples include new zoned sections in Memphis and a popular Spanish-language publication in Ventura County. We are continuing to achieve significant increases in advertising revenues for these types of publications in hopes of offsetting some of the declines in traditional advertising revenue streams.

At our broadcast television stations, revenue and profits were expectedly lower due to the absence of political advertising.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires us to make a variety of decisions which affect reported amounts and related disclosures, including the selection of appropriate accounting principles and the assumptions on which to base accounting estimates. In reaching such decisions, we apply judgment based on our understanding and analysis of the relevant circumstances, including our historical experience, actuarial studies and other assumptions. We are committed to preparing financial statements incorporating accounting principles, assumptions and estimates that promote the representational faithfulness, verifiability, neutrality and transparency of the accounting information included in the financial statements.

Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K describes the significant accounting policies we have selected for use in the preparation of our financial statements and related disclosures. An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, and if different estimates that reasonably could have been used or changes in estimates that are likely to occur could materially change the financial statements. We believe the accounting for Network Affiliate Fees, Investments, Goodwill and Other Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets, Income Taxes and Pension Plans to be our most critical accounting policies and estimates. A detailed description of these accounting policies is included in the Critical Accounting Policies Section of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. There have been no significant changes in those accounting policies.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The trends and underlying economic conditions affecting the operating performance and future prospects differ for each of our four business segments. Accordingly, we believe the discussion of our consolidated results of operations should be read in conjunction with the discussion of the operating performance of our business segments that follows on pages F-34 through F-45.

Consolidated Results of Operations - Consolidated results of operations were as follows:


	Quarter Period								Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005			Change		2004			2005			Change		2004
Operating revenues	$	627,343		14.6	%	$	547,316		$	1,212,404		14.3	%	$	1,060,972
Costs and expenses		(448,005	)	(11.5	)%		(401,639	)		(901,897	)	(12.6	)%		(801,299	)
Depreciation and amortization of intangibles		(18,608	)	(14.8	)%		(16,205	)		(35,805	)	(12.6	)%		(31,804	)
Gain on sale of production facility							11,148								11,148
Gains (losses) on disposal of property, plant and equipment		25					(89	)		(112	)	50.7	%		(227	)
Hurricane recoveries, net		1,892								1,892

Operating income		162,647		15.7	%		140,531			276,482		15.8	%		238,790
Interest expense		(7,559	)	8.6	%		(8,272	)		(14,931	)	4.7	%		(15,667	)
Equity in earnings of JOAs and other joint ventures		23,073		14.2	%		20,212			42,813		16.1	%		36,875
Interest and dividend income		374		23.4	%		303			582		(62.0	)%		1,530
Other investment results, net of expenses															14,674
Miscellaneous, net		(402	)				(200	)		(70	)				3

Income before income taxes and minority interests		178,133		16.8	%		152,574			304,876		10.4	%		276,205
Provision for income taxes		63,254		(16.1	)%		54,489			108,651		(9.4	)%		99,359

Income before minority interests		114,879		17.1	%		98,085			196,225		11.0	%		176,846
Minority interests		17,290		(48.3	)%		11,661			28,625		(43.8	)%		19,903

Net income	$	97,589		12.9	%	$	86,424		$	167,600		6.8	%	$	156,943

Net income per diluted share of common stock	$	.59		13.5	%	$	.52		$	1.01		6.3	%	$	.95

The increase in operating revenues was partially attributed to the continued growth in advertising and network affiliate fee revenues at our national television networks. The growth in advertising revenues was primarily driven by increased demand for advertising time and higher advertising rates at our networks. The growth in affiliate fee revenues is attributed to scheduled rate increases, wider distribution of our networks, and the impact of reaching several renewal agreements with cable television operators during the second half of 2004. Increases in operating revenues were also attributed to increases in merchandise sales at Shop At Home, continued improvement in help wanted and real estate classified advertising at our newspapers and the renewal of multi-year license agreements for certain of our Peanuts animated films at United Media. These increases in revenue were partially offset by declines in revenue at our broadcast television stations attributed to the absence of political advertising.

Costs and expenses were impacted by the expanded hours of original programming and costs to promote our national networks, increases in costs of merchandise sold at Shop At Home and increased personnel and infrastructure costs incurred to support the growth at Shop At Home, and an increase in royalty and talent costs associated with the renewal of Peanuts film licenses.

Depreciation and amortization increased primarily as a result of the acquisitions of Shopzilla, Summit America and Great American Country.

Second quarter and year-to-date operating results in 2004 include an $11.1 million gain on the sale of our Cincinnati television station’s production facility to the City of Cincinnati. Net income was increased by $7.0 million, $.04 per share.

During the third quarter of 2004, certain of our Florida operations sustained hurricane damages. In the second quarter of 2005, our affected businesses reached agreement with insurance providers and other responsible third parties on certain of our property and business interruption claims and recorded insurance recoveries of $2.2 million. These insurance recoveries were partially offset by additional estimated losses of $0.3 million recorded in 2005. Net income was increased by $1.2 million, $.01 per share.

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Interest expense includes interest incurred on our outstanding borrowings and interest incurred on deferred compensation and other employment agreements. Interest incurred on our outstanding borrowings decreased during the quarter due to lower average debt levels. The average balance of outstanding borrowings was $470 million in 2005 and $557 million in 2004. The effects of the lower borrowing levels were partially offset by an increase in weighted average interest rate on all borrowings to 5.3% in 2005 from 4.9% in 2004 and higher interest incurred on deferred compensation agreements.

Equity in earnings of JOAs in the second quarter of 2004 was reduced by a $2.5 million accrual the company recorded as a result of a court judgment involving its newspaper partnership in Birmingham, Alabama.

Interest and dividend income in 2004 included interest income on the Summit America note receivable that was assumed during our second quarter 2004 acquisition of Summit America.

Other investment results in 2004 represent realized gains from the sale of certain investments, including Digital Theater Systems. Net income was increased by $9.5 million, $.06 per share.

Information regarding our effective tax rate is a follows:


*(in thousands)*	Quarter Period								Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005			Change		2004			2005			Change		2004
Income before income taxes and minority interests as reported	$	178,133		16.8	%	$	152,574		$	304,876		10.4	%	$	276,205
Income allocated to non-controlling interests		15,012					10,988			25,730					18,605

Income allocated to Scripps	$	163,121				$	141,586		$	279,146				$	257,600

Provision for income taxes	$	63,254		16.1	%	$	54,489		$	108,651		9.4	%	$	99,359

Effective income tax rate as reported		35.5	%				35.7	%		35.6	%				36.0	%
Effective income tax rate on income allocated to Scripps		38.8	%				38.5	%		38.9	%				38.6	%

Our effective income tax rate is affected by the growing profitability of Food Network. Food Network is operated pursuant to the terms of a general partnership, in which we own an approximate 70% residual interest. Income taxes on partnership income accrue to the individual partners. While the income before income tax reported in our financial statements includes all of the income before tax of the partnership, our income tax provision does not include income taxes on the portion of Food Network income that is attributable to the non-controlling interest.

The income tax provision for interim periods is determined by applying the expected effective income tax rate for the full year to year-to-date income before income tax. Tax provisions are separately provided for certain discreet transactions in interim periods. To determine the annual effective income tax rate for the full year period we must estimate both the total income before income tax for the full year and the jurisdictions in which that income is subject to tax.

Minority interest increased in the second quarter of 2005 primarily due to the increased profitability of the Food Network. Food Network’s profits are allocated in proportion to each partner’s residual interests in the partnership, of which we own approximately 70%. We expect minority interest will be between $25 million and $27 million in the second half of 2005.

Business Segment Results - As discussed in Note 16 to the Consolidated Financial Statements our chief operating decision maker (as defined by FAS 131 - Segment Reporting) evaluates the operating performance of our business segments using a performance measure we call segment profits. Segment profits excludes interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, divested operating units, restructuring activities, investment results and certain other items that are included in net income determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Items excluded from segment profits generally result from decisions made in prior periods or from decisions made by corporate executives rather than the managers of the business segments. Depreciation and amortization charges are the result of decisions made in prior periods regarding the allocation of resources and are therefore excluded from the measure. Financing, tax structure and divestiture decisions are generally made by corporate executives. Excluding these items from our business segment performance measure enables us to evaluate business segment operating performance for the current period based upon current economic conditions and decisions made by the managers of those business segments in the current period.

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Information regarding the operating performance of our business segments determined in accordance with FAS 131 and a reconciliation of such information to the consolidated financial statements is as follows:


	Quarter Period								Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005			Change		2004			2005			Change		2004
Segment operating revenues:
Scripps Networks	$	244,252		26.7	%	$	192,820		$	446,853		27.1	%	$	351,589

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		180,696		3.4	%		174,723			362,868		2.7	%		353,196
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		104		76.3	%		59			168		43.6	%		117

Total newspapers		180,800		3.4	%		174,782			363,036		2.8	%		353,313
Broadcast television		83,183		(4.8	)%		87,379			155,443		(4.7	)%		163,037
Shop At Home		86,868		31.0	%		66,307			189,012		34.7	%		140,286
Shopzilla		1,047								1,047
Licensing and other media		31,193		19.8	%		26,028			57,013		8.1	%		52,747

Total operating revenues		627,343		14.6	%		547,316		$	1,212,404		14.3	%	$	1,060,972

Segment profit (loss):
Scripps Networks		123,461		41.0	%		87,535		$	204,402		36.4	%	$	149,840

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		53,380		4.8	%		50,922			109,396		5.0	%		104,166
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		10,422		36.5	%		7,636			18,430		36.6	%		13,488

Total newspapers		63,802		9.0	%		58,558			127,826		8.6	%		117,654
Broadcast television		27,074		(4.0	)%		28,215			43,353		(4.6	)%		45,442
Shop At Home		(6,955	)				(2,740	)		(10,378	)	(63.2	)%		(6,361	)
Shopzilla		358								358
Licensing and other media		6,329		45.1	%		4,361			11,184		29.6	%		8,631
Corporate		(9,766	)	2.7	%		(10,040	)		(21,533	)	(15.4	)%		(18,658	)

Total segment profit		204,303		23.2	%		165,889			355,212		19.8	%		296,548
Depreciation and amortization of intangibles		(18,608	)	(14.8	)%		(16,205	)		(35,805	)	(12.6	)%		(31,804	)
Gain on sale of production facility							11,148								11,148
Gains (losses) on disposal of property, plant and equipment		25					(89	)		(112	)	50.7	%		(227	)
Interest expense		(7,559	)	8.6	%		(8,272	)		(14,931	)	4.7	%		(15,667	)
Interest and dividend income		374		23.4	%		303			582		(62.0	)%		1,530
Other investment results, net of expenses															14,674
Miscellaneous, net		(402	)				(200	)		(70	)				3

Income before income taxes and minority interests	$	178,133		16.8	%	$	152,574		$	304,876		10.4	%	$	276,205

Operating results for Shopzilla are included in our results of operations from the June 27, 2005 acquisition date. Shopzilla is expected to generate segment profits of $3 million to $5 million in the third quarter of 2005 and is expected to have a slightly dilutive effect to our earnings for the full year of 2005.

The increase in Licensing and other media’s revenues for the second quarter and year-to-date periods is primarily attributed to the renewals of multi-year license agreements with the ABC Television Network for certain of our Peanuts animated films.

Year-to-date corporate expenses primarily increased in 2005 compared with 2004 due to employee separation related charges accrued during the first quarter.

Discussions of the operating performance of each of our reportable business segments begin on page F-37.

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Segment profits include our share of the earnings of JOAs and certain other investments included in our consolidated operating results using the equity method of accounting. Newspaper segment profits include equity in earnings of JOAs and other joint ventures. Scripps Networks segment profits include equity in earnings of FOX Sports Net South and other joint ventures.

A reconciliation of our equity in earnings of JOAs and other joint ventures included in segment profits to the amounts reported in our Consolidated Statements of Income is as follows:


	Quarter Period							Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005		Change		2004			2005		Change		2004
Scripps Networks:
Equity in earnings of joint ventures	$	2,564	(13.7	)%	$	2,970		$	4,733	11.9	%	$	4,228
Newspapers:
Equity in earnings of JOAs		20,282	17.4	%		17,277			37,853	15.7	%		32,722
Equity in earnings (loss) of joint ventures		227				(35	)		227				(75	)

Total equity in earnings of JOAs and other joint ventures	$	23,073	14.2	%	$	20,212		$	42,813	16.1	%	$	36,875

Certain items required to reconcile segment profitability to consolidated results of operations determined in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America are attributed to particular business segments. Significant reconciling items attributable to each business segment are as follows:


	Quarter Period								Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005			Change		2004			2005			Change		2004
Depreciation and amortization:
Scripps Networks	$	4,314		58.4	%	$	2,723		$	8,370		53.9	%	$	5,438

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		5,472		5.1	%		5,205			10,745		2.4	%		10,498
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		381		4.1	%		366			755		3.4	%		730

Total newspapers		5,853		5.1	%		5,571			11,500		2.4	%		11,228
Broadcast television		4,894		1.5	%		4,822			9,741		4.1	%		9,359
Shop At Home		2,429		1.9	%		2,384			4,317		(1.3	)%		4,373
Shopzilla		342								342
Licensing and other media		224		38.3	%		162			443		38.4	%		320
Corporate		552		1.7	%		543			1,092		0.6	%		1,086

Total	$	18,608		14.8	%	$	16,205		$	35,805		12.6	%	$	31,804

Gains (losses) on disposal of PP&E:
Scripps Networks	$	(4	)			$	4		$	(25	)			$	(3	)

Newspapers:
Newspapers managed solely by us		(124	)				(2	)		(138	)				(36	)
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		(1	)				1								2

Total newspapers		(125	)				(1	)		(138	)				(34	)
Broadcast television		222					11,069			223					10,971
Shop At Home		(66	)				(13	)		(154	)				(13	)
Corporate		(2	)							(18	)

Gains (losses) on disposal of PP&E	$	25				$	11,059		$	(112	)			$	10,921

Interest and dividend income:
Newspapers managed solely by us	$	82		24.2	%	$	66		$	144		13.4	%	$	127
Newspapers operated pursuant to JOAs		5					5			8		(27.3	)%		11

Total newspapers		87		22.5	%		71			152		10.1	%		138
Summit America note							173								1,306
Corporate		254					53			391					76
Other		33					6			39					10

Total interest and dividend income	$	374		23.4	%	$	303		$	582		(62.0	)%	$	1,530

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Scripps Networks - Scripps Networks includes our national lifestyle television networks: Home & Garden Television (“HGTV”), Food Network, DIY Network (“DIY”), Fine Living and Great American Country (“GAC”). Programming from our networks can be viewed on demand (“VOD”) on cable television systems in about 84 markets across the United States. Scripps Networks also includes our on-line channel, HGTVPro.com, and our 12% interest in FOX Sports Net South, a regional television network. Our networks also operate internationally through licensing agreements and joint ventures with foreign entities.

We launched HGTV in 1994. Food Network launched in 1993, and we acquired our controlling interest in 1997. We launched DIY in 1999 and Fine Living in the first quarter of 2002. We acquired GAC on November 17, 2004. We have used a similar strategy in developing each of our networks. Our initial focus is to gain distribution on cable and satellite television systems. We may offer incentives in the form of cash payments or an initial period in which payment of affiliate fees by the systems is waived in exchange for long-term distribution contracts. We create new and original programming and undertake promotion and marketing campaigns designed to increase viewer awareness. We expect to incur operating losses until network distribution and audience size are sufficient to attract national advertisers. As distribution of the network increases, we make additional investments in the quality and variety of programming and increase the number of hours of original programming offered on the network. Such investments are expected to result in increases in viewership, yielding higher advertising revenues.

While we have employed similar development strategies with each of our networks, there can be no assurance DIY, Fine Living and GAC will achieve operating performances similar to HGTV and Food Network. There has been considerable consolidation among cable and satellite television operators, with the eight largest providing services to approximately 90% of the homes that receive cable and satellite television programming. At the same time, there has been an expansion in the number of programming services seeking distribution on those systems, with the number of networks more than doubling since 1996.

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The networks utilize common facilities and certain sales, operational and support services are shared by the networks. Expenses directly attributable to the operations of a network are charged directly to that network while the costs of shared facilities and services are not allocated to individual networks.

Financial information for Scripps Networks is as follows:


	Quarter Period								Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005			Change		2004			2005			Change		2004
Operating revenues:
HGTV	$	123,196		21.5	%	$	101,390		$	227,614		22.1	%	$	186,488
Food Network		95,477		21.9	%		78,311			174,546		23.4	%		141,453
DIY		12,586		53.8	%		8,182			22,012		47.0	%		14,974
Fine Living		7,130		47.4	%		4,837			13,097		53.6	%		8,525
GAC		3,570								6,951
Other		2,293					100			2,633					149

Total segment operating revenues	$	244,252		26.7	%	$	192,820		$	446,853		27.1	%	$	351,589

Contribution to segment profit (loss):
HGTV	$	86,072		36.1	%	$	63,253		$	150,219		31.7	%	$	114,075
Food Network		59,270		35.3	%		43,795			102,547		33.8	%		76,664
DIY		2,237		30.8	%		1,710			3,584		31.5	%		2,725
Fine Living		469		125.9	%		(1,808	)		(215	)	95.1	%		(4,361	)
GAC		100								(815	)
Unallocated costs and other		(24,687	)	(27.2	)%		(19,415	)		(50,918	)	(29.7	)%		(39,263	)

Total segment profit	$	123,461		41.0	%	$	87,535		$	204,402		36.4	%	$	149,840

Homes reached in June (1):
HGTV										88,800		3.7	%		85,600
Food Network										87,600		4.2	%		84,100
DIY										34,000		17.2	%		29,000
Fine Living										27,000		17.4	%		23,000
GAC										38,400		40.7	%		27,300

(1)	Approximately 93 million homes in the United States receive cable or satellite television. Homes reached are according to the Nielsen Homevideo Index (“Nielsen”), with the exception of DIY and Fine Living which are not yet rated by Nielsen and represent comparable amounts calculated by us.

Advertising and network affiliate fees provide substantially all of each network’s operating revenues and employee costs and programming costs are the primary expenses. The trends and underlying economic conditions affecting each of our networks are substantially the same as those affecting all of our networks, primarily the demand for national advertising.

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Operating results for Scripps Networks were as follows:


*(in thousands)*	Quarter Period								Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005			Change		2004			2005			Change		2004
Segment operating revenues:
Advertising	$	202,072		28.3	%	$	157,472		$	361,571		29.2	%	$	279,886
Network affiliate fees, net		39,624		18.1	%		33,554			81,599		21.0	%		67,431
Other		2,556		42.5	%		1,794			3,683		(13.8	)%		4,272

Total segment operating revenues		244,252		26.7	%		192,820			446,853		27.1	%		351,589

Segment costs and expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		28,025		18.0	%		23,759			55,629		21.0	%		45,975
Programs and program licenses		43,297		8.9	%		39,742			85,814		10.3	%		77,821
Other segment costs and expenses		52,033		16.3	%		44,754			105,741		28.7	%		82,181

Total segment costs and expenses		123,355		13.9	%		108,255			247,184		20.0	%		205,977

Segment profit before joint ventures		120,897		43.0	%		84,565			199,669		37.1	%		145,612
Equity in income of joint ventures		2,564		(13.7	)%		2,970			4,733		11.9	%		4,228

Segment profit	$	123,461		41.0	%	$	87,535		$	204,402		36.4	%	$	149,840

Supplemental Information:
Billed network affiliate fees	$	46,162		16.9	%	$	39,495		$	92,420		17.3	%	$	78,807
Network launch incentive payments		4,191					23,722			9,270					29,394
Payments for programming less (greater) than program cost amortization		(12,648	)				(11,972	)		(15,639	)				(18,555	)
Depreciation and amortization		4,314					2,723			8,370					5,438
Capital expenditures		1,916					10,695			4,772					14,602
Business acquisitions and other additions to long-lived assets		56,779					58,441			100,922					104,064

Advertising revenues increased due primarily to an increased demand for advertising time and higher advertising rates at our networks. Advertising revenues are expected to increase approximately 25% to 30% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2005.

The increase in network affiliate fees reflects both scheduled rate increases and wider distribution of the networks. Affiliate fee revenue in 2005 was favorably affected by the completion of several renewal agreements with cable television operators that occurred during the third quarter of 2004. Network affiliate fees are expected to be about $40 million in the third quarter of 2005.

Employee compensation and benefit expenses increased due to the hiring of additional employees to support the growth of Scripps Networks.

Programs and program licenses and other costs and expenses increased due to the improved quality and variety of programming, expanded hours of original programming and continued efforts to promote the programming in order to attract a larger audience.

The bankruptcy court’s ruling on certain amounts due to us in the Adelphia Communications bankruptcy resulted in a reversal of previously recorded bad debt losses. Second quarter 2005 other costs and expenses were reduced by a $3 million.

Our continued investment in building viewership across all of our networks is expected to increase total segment expenses approximately 20% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2005.

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Newspapers - We operate daily and community newspapers in 19 markets in the U.S. Our newspapers earn revenue primarily from the sale of advertising space to local and national advertisers and from the sale of newspapers to readers. Four of our newspapers are operated pursuant to the terms of joint operating agreements. Each of those newspapers maintains an independent editorial operation and receives a share of the operating profits of the combined newspaper operations.

Newspapers managed solely by us: The newspapers managed solely by us operate in mid-size markets, focusing on news coverage within their local markets. Advertising and circulation revenues provide substantially all of each newspaper’s operating revenues and employee and newsprint costs are the primary expenses at each newspaper. Declines in circulation of daily newspapers have resulted in a loss of advertising market share throughout the newspaper industry. Further declines in circulation in our newspaper markets could adversely affect our newspapers.

The trends and underlying economic conditions affecting the operating performance of any of our newspapers are substantially the same as those affecting all of our newspapers. Our newspaper operating performance is most affected by newsprint prices and economic conditions, particularly within the retail, labor, housing and auto markets. While an individual newspaper may perform better or worse than our newspaper group as a whole due to specific conditions at the newspaper or within its local economy, we do not expect such near-term variances to significantly affect the overall long-term operating performance of the newspaper segment.

Operating results for newspapers managed solely by us were as follows:


	Quarter Period							Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005		Change		2004			2005		Change		2004
Segment operating revenues:
Local	$	41,598	3.5	%	$	40,208		$	84,133	1.9	%	$	82,536
Classified		58,311	5.6	%		55,237			115,827	4.4	%		110,940
National		10,320	2.0	%		10,114			20,777	3.9	%		19,992
Preprint and other		34,477	4.6	%		32,956			68,270	6.4	%		64,191

Newspaper advertising		144,706	4.5	%		138,515			289,007	4.1	%		277,659
Circulation		31,784	(1.1	)%		32,126			65,573	(2.6	)%		67,352
Other		4,206	3.0	%		4,082			8,288	1.3	%		8,185

Total operating revenues		180,696	3.4	%		174,723			362,868	2.7	%		353,196

Segment costs and expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		66,753	1.1	%		66,024			132,507	0.1	%		132,377
Newsprint and ink		20,335	2.8	%		19,779			41,154	3.2	%		39,861
Other segment costs and expenses		40,585	6.9	%		37,963			80,168	4.5	%		76,717

Total costs and expenses		127,673	3.2	%		123,766			253,829	2.0	%		248,955

Hurricane recoveries, net		130							130

Contribution to segment profit before joint ventures		53,153	4.3	%		50,957			109,169	4.7	%		104,241
Equity in earnings (loss) of joint ventures		227				(35	)		227				(75	)

Contribution to segment profit	$	53,380	4.8	%	$	50,922		$	109,396	5.0	%	$	104,166

Supplemental Information:
Depreciation and amortization	$	5,472			$	5,205		$	10,745			$	10,498
Capital expenditures		2,697				5,374			5,254				14,216

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Newspaper advertising revenues increased in 2005 primarily due to increases in classified advertising and preprint and other advertising. The increase in classified advertising was primarily attributed to continued improvement in help wanted and real estate advertising. We expect newspaper advertising revenue to increase between 5% and 7% year-over-year in the second half of 2005. Advertising revenues in the second half of 2004 were affected by the impacts of hurricanes on certain of our Florida newspapers.

Increases in preprint and other advertising reflect the continued development of new print and electronic products and services. These products include niche publications such as community newspapers, lifestyle magazines, publications focused upon the classified advertising categories of real estate, employment and auto, and other publications aimed at younger readers. Additionally, our Internet sites had advertising revenues of $5.4 million in the second quarter of 2005 compared with $4.0 million in the second quarter of 2004. Year-to-date Internet advertising revenues were $9.8 million in 2005 compared with $7.5 million in 2004. We expect continued growth in advertising on our Internet sites as we continue to leverage our local franchises in help wanted, automotive and real estate advertising.

Increases in newsprint and ink costs reflect an increase in newsprint prices of approximately 9% that was partially offset by a 5% decrease in newsprint consumption. We expect newsprint costs to increase approximately 10% to 13% year-over-year in the second half of 2005.

The increases in other segment costs and expenses reflect costs associated with the development of new ancillary products and services. We expect other costs and expenses to increase approximately 3% to 4% year-over-year in the second half of 2005.

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Newspapers operated under Joint Operating Agreements (“JOAs”): Four of our newspapers are operated pursuant to the terms of joint operating agreements (“JOAs”). The table below provides certain information about our JOAs.


Newspaper	Publisher of Other Newspaper	Year JOA Entered Into	Year of JOA Expiration
The Albuquerque Tribune	Journal Publishing Company	1933	2022
Birmingham Post-Herald	Newhouse Newspapers	1950	2015
The Cincinnati Post	Gannett Newspapers	1977	2007
Denver Rocky Mountain News	MediaNews Group, Inc.	2001	2051

Operating results for our newspapers operated under JOAs were as follows:


	Quarter Period						Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005		Change		2004		2005		Change		2004
Equity in earnings of JOAs included in segment profit:
Denver	$	9,744	5.5	%	$	9,232	$	17,669	16.3	%	$	15,195
Cincinnati		5,684	2.4	%		5,551		11,038	4.8	%		10,529
Other		4,854	94.6	%		2,494		9,146	30.7	%		6,998

Total equity in earnings of JOAs included in segment profit		20,282	17.4	%		17,277		37,853	15.7	%		32,722
Operating revenues		104	76.3	%		59		168	43.6	%		117

Total		20,386	17.6	%		17,336		38,021	15.8	%		32,839

JOA editorial costs and expenses:
Denver		6,262	5.5	%		5,933		12,136	2.7	%		11,815
Cincinnati		1,982	(2.3	)%		2,029		3,986	(1.6	)%		4,051
Other		1,720	(1.0	)%		1,738		3,469	(0.5	)%		3,485

Total JOA editorial costs and expenses		9,964	2.7	%		9,700		19,591	1.2	%		19,351

JOAs contribution to segment profit:
Denver		3,510	5.2	%		3,336		5,597	62.0	%		3,456
Cincinnati		3,702	5.1	%		3,524		7,052	8.8	%		6,479
Other		3,210				776		5,781	62.7	%		3,553

Total JOA contribution to segment profit	$	10,422	36.5	%	$	7,636	$	18,430	36.6	%	$	13,488

Supplemental Information:

Depreciation and amortization	$	381			$	366	$	755			$	730

Capital expenditures		435				228		638				338

Equity in earnings of JOAs in the second quarter of 2004 was reduced by a $2.5 million accrual as a result of a court judgment involving the Birmingham, Alabama, JOA.

The increase in the Denver JOA’s results is attributed to continued cost containment at the JOA.

Gannett Newspapers has notified us of its intent to terminate the Cincinnati JOA upon its expiration in 2007.

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Broadcast Television – Broadcast television includes six ABC-affiliated stations, three NBC-affiliated stations and one independent. Each station is located in one of the 60 largest television markets in the U.S. Our broadcast television stations earn revenue primarily from the sale of advertising time to local and national advertisers.

National broadcast television networks offer affiliates a variety of programs and sell the majority of advertising within those programs. We may receive compensation from the network for carrying its programming. In addition to network programs, we broadcast locally produced programs, syndicated programs, sporting events, and other programs of interest in each station’s market. News is the primary focus of our locally-produced programming.

Advertising provides substantially all of each station’s operating revenues. Employee and programming costs are the primary expenses. Increased viewing choices on cable and satellite television systems and the growth of alternative electronic entertainment devices has resulted in fragmentation of the viewing audience. Further audience fragmentation could adversely affect our broadcast television stations.

The trends and underlying economic conditions affecting the operating performance of any of our broadcast television stations are substantially the same as those affecting all of our stations. The operating performance of our broadcast television group is most affected by the health of the economy, particularly conditions within the retail and auto markets, and by the volume of advertising time purchased by campaigns for elective office and for political issues. The demand for political advertising is significantly higher in even-numbered years, when congressional and presidential elections occur, than in odd-numbered years. From time-to-time, individual television stations may perform better or worse than our television station group as a whole due to specific conditions at that station or within its local economy. We do not expect such near-term variances to significantly affect the overall long-term operating performance of the broadcast television segment.

Operating results for broadcast television were as follows:


	Quarter Period						Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005		Change		2004		2005			Change		2004
Segment operating revenues:
Local	$	52,662	5.1	%	$	50,095	$	97,617		3.3	%	$	94,464
National		26,524	(1.2	)%		26,850		50,014		1.1	%		49,481
Political		440	(92.9	)%		6,172		478		(95.4	)%		10,324
Network compensation		1,333	(39.6	)%		2,207		2,837		(37.6	)%		4,545
Other		2,224	8.2	%		2,055		4,497		6.5	%		4,223

Total segment operating revenues		83,183	(4.8	)%		87,379		155,443		(4.7	)%		163,037

Segment costs and expenses:
Employee compensation and benefits		30,580	(0.7	)%		30,798		60,670		(1.2	)%		61,428
Programs and program licenses		11,804	0.6	%		11,738		23,462		(0.3	)%		23,522
Other segment costs and expenses		15,487	(6.9	)%		16,628		29,720		(9.0	)%		32,645

Total segment costs and expenses		57,871	(2.2	)%		59,164		113,852		(3.2	)%		117,595

Hurricane recoveries, net		1,762						1,762

Segment profit	$	27,074	(4.0	)%	$	28,215	$	43,353		(4.6	)%	$	45,442

Supplemental Information:

Payments for programming less (greater) than program cost amortization	$	111			$	126	$	(713	)			$	(581	)

Depreciation and amortization		4,894				4,822		9,741					9,359

Capital expenditures		2,420				4,397		3,308					9,320

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Broadcast television operating results are significantly affected by the political cycle. While we expect local and national advertising revenues will increase between 8% and 9% year-over-year in the second half of 2005, total advertising revenue will be down approximately 8% to 10% due to political revenues earned in 2004 that we are not receiving in 2005. Political advertising revenues were $31.2 million in the second half of the year in 2004. Advertising revenues in the second half remaining of 2004 were also affected by the impacts of hurricanes at certain of our Florida television stations.

Negotiations continue on new affiliation agreements for our six ABC affiliate stations. Five of our ABC affiliation agreements, whose expiration dates fell in 2004 and 2005, have been extended on a monthly basis under their original terms while negotiations proceed. The affiliation agreement of our remaining ABC affiliated station expires in 2006. Our ABC affiliates recognized $1.3 million of network compensation revenue in the second quarter of 2005 and $2.1 million in 2004. Year-to-date network compensation revenue was $2.7 million in 2005 and $4.4 million in 2004. We are unable to predict the amount of network compensation we may receive upon renewal of these agreements.

Broadcast television segment profit in 2005 was increased $1.8 million by recoveries received from hurricane damage insurance settlements.

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Shop At Home - On April 14, 2004, we completed our acquisition of Summit America Television Inc. (“Summit America”). Summit America owned a 30% minority interest in Shop At Home and owned and operated five Shop At Home-affiliated broadcast television stations.

Shop At Home markets a range of consumer goods directly to television viewers and visitors to its Web site. Programming is distributed on a full or part-time basis under the terms of affiliation agreements with broadcast television stations and cable and satellite television systems. Affiliates are paid a fee (“network distribution fee”) based upon the number of cable and direct broadcast satellite households reached by the affiliate.

Retail merchandise sales provide substantially all of Shop At Home’s operating revenues and cost of merchandise sold and network distribution costs are the primary expenses. Shop At Home’s operating results are influenced by the distribution of the network, our ability to attract an audience, our selection and mix of product, and by consumers’ discretionary spending.

Operating results for Shop At Home were as follows:


	Quarter Period								Year-to-Date
*(in thousands)*	2005			Change		2004			2005			Change		2004
Segment operating revenues:
Retail merchandise	$	82,999		33.2 %		$	62,304		$	180,601		37.2 %		$	131,646
Shipping and handling		3,566		9.8	%		3,247			7,849		8.5 %			7,235
Other		303		(59.9	)%		756			562		(60.0	)%		1,405

Total segment operating revenues		86,868		31.0 %			66,307			189,012		34.7 %			140,286

Segment costs and expenses:
Cost of merchandise sold		58,000		40.7 %			41,235			125,396		40.9 %			88,999
Network distribution fees		15,286		14.4 %			13,360			30,587		6.7 %			28,655
Employee compensation and benefits		9,283		26.4 %			7,343			19,408		25.4 %			15,473
Other segment costs and expenses		11,254		58.3 %			7,109			23,999		77.5 %			13,520

Total segment costs and expenses		93,823		35.9 %			69,047			199,390		36.0 %			146,647

Segment profit (loss)	$	(6,955	)	(153.8	)%	$	(2,740	)	$	(10,378	)	(63.2	)%	$	(6,361	)

Supplemental Information:

Interest and dividend income from Summit America						$	173							$	1,306

Depreciation and amortization	$	2,429					2,384		$	4,317					4,373

Capital expenditures		2,657					1,213			3,956					3,039

Business acquisitions and other additions to long-lived assets							228,686								228,686

We continue to implement our merchandising plan and electronic commerce strategy at Shop At Home, improving the mix, quality and appeal of products offered for sale both online and on air. Sales of products in the home and cookware categories increased by 66% in the first half of 2005 compared with the first half of 2004 and represent approximately 12% of total revenue in 2005.

Shop At Home programming reached an average full-time equivalent of 53.2 million homes in the second quarter of 2005, up from 49.0 million homes in the second quarter of 2004. Average revenue per full-time equivalent home was $6.46 for the twelve months ended June 30, 2005, compared with $5.63 for the previous year period.

In connection with the acquisition of Summit America, we assumed Summit America’s obligations to us under the $47.5 million secured loan and $3 million redeemable preferred stock extended to Summit America as part of the 2002 acquisition of the controlling interest in Shop At Home. We also assumed Summit America’s rights under the Shop At Home affiliation agreements with the Summit America broadcast television stations. Accordingly, interest and dividend income from Summit America and network distribution fees paid to the Summit America broadcast television stations ceased upon the acquisition of Summit America.

Increases in other segment costs and expenses reflect additional costs to support Shop At Home’s growth. These costs include increases in the costs of facilities, outside services, bad debt losses and marketing research costs.

We expect segment losses at Shop At Home to be approximately $15 million to $20 million for the full year of 2005.

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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Our primary source of liquidity is our cash flow from operating activities. Advertising provides approximately 65% of total operating revenues, so cash flow from operating activities is adversely affected during recessionary periods. Information about our use of cash flow from operating activities is presented in the following table:


*(in thousands)*	Six months ended June 30,
*(in thousands)*	2005			2004
Net cash provided by operating activities	$	235,100		$	161,467
Capital expenditures		(19,835	)		(42,288	)
Dividends paid, including to minority interests		(42,151	)		(31,221	)
Repurchase Class A Common shares		(2,959	)
Employee stock option proceeds		18,027			23,379
Other financing activities		(14,979	)		(7,292	)

Cash flow available for acquisitions and debt repayment	$	173,203		$	104,045

Sources and uses of available cash flow:
Business acquisitions and net investment activity	$	(527,227	)	$	(166,911	)
Other investing activity		799			2,966
Increase (decrease) in long-term debt		367,380			67,171

Our cash flow has been used primarily to fund acquisitions and investments and to develop new businesses. There are no significant legal or other restrictions on the transfer of funds among our business segments.

Net cash provided by operating activities increased year-over-year due to the improved operating performance of our business segments. Cash required for the development of our emerging brands (DIY, Fine Living, GAC, video-on-demand and Shop At Home) was approximately $22 million in the first half of 2005. We expect cash flow from operating activities in 2005 will provide sufficient liquidity to continue the development of our emerging brands and to fund the capital expenditures necessary to support our businesses.

On June 27, 2005, we acquired 100% ownership of Shopzilla for approximately $570 million in cash. Assets acquired in the transaction included approximately $34.0 million of cash and $12.3 million of short-term investments. The acquisition was financed using a combination of cash on hand and additional borrowings.

On April 14, 2004, we completed the acquisition of Summit America Television, Inc. for approximately $180 million in cash. The acquisition was financed through cash and short-term investments on hand and additional borrowings on our existing credit facilities.

In the second quarter of 2004, the Denver JOA entered into an $88 million financing arrangement with a group of banks to construct a new office building for the non-production related employees of the Denver JOA and the editorial departments of both the Rocky Mountain News and Media News Group’s (“MNG”) Denver Post. Upon completion of construction, which is expected to take approximately 24 months, the Denver JOA will lease the building for an initial term of five years. Scripps and MNG are not parties to the arrangement and have not guaranteed any of the Denver JOA’s obligations under the arrangement. At the end of the initial lease term the Denver JOA will either renegotiate an additional lease term, relocate to an alternative building or acquire the building. Relocation or acquisition of the building may require capital contributions by the JOA partners.

Pursuant to the terms of the Food Network general partnership agreement, the partnership is required to provide cash distributions to the general partners equal to each partner’s share of the partnership tax liability. Cash distributions to Food Network’s non-controlling interests totaling $7.0 million were made for the first time in 2005. In prior years, available cash was used by the partnership to repay loans to its partners. We expect these cash distributions will approximate $28 million in the second half of 2005.

We are authorized to repurchase up to 5 million of our Class A Common shares. In the second quarter of 2005 we instituted a stock repurchase program. The intent of the program is to reacquire shares to offset the dilution resulting from our stock compensation programs. The stock repurchase program can be discontinued at any time.

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We have a credit facility that permits $450 million in aggregate borrowings and expires in July 2009. Total borrowings under the facility were $300 million at June 30, 2005.

Our access to commercial paper markets can be affected by macroeconomic factors outside of our control. In addition to macroeconomic factors, our access to commercial paper markets and our borrowing costs are affected by short and long-term debt ratings assigned by independent rating agencies.

We have a U.S. shelf registration statement which allows us to borrow up to an additional $300 million as of June 30, 2005.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Earnings and cash flow can be affected by, among other things, economic conditions, interest rate changes, foreign currency fluctuations (primarily in the exchange rate for the Japanese yen) and changes in the price of newsprint. We are also exposed to changes in the market value of our investments.

We may use foreign currency forward and option contracts to hedge our cash flow exposures that are denominated in Japanese yen and forward contracts to reduce the risk of changes in the price of newsprint on anticipated newsprint purchases. We held no foreign currency or newsprint derivative financial instruments at June 30, 2005.

The following table presents additional information about market-risk-sensitive financial instruments:


*(in thousands, except share data)*	As of June 30, 2005						As of December 31, 2004
*(in thousands, except share data)*	Cost Basis			Fair Value			Cost Basis			Fair Value
Financial instruments subject to interest rate risk:
Variable-rate credit facilities, including commercial paper	$	300,437		$	300,437		$	82,766		$	82,766
$100 million, 6.625% notes, due in 2007		99,967			105,296			99,960			107,500
$50 million, 3.75% notes, due in 2008		50,000			49,394			50,000			49,735
$100 million, 4.25% notes, due in 2009		99,575			99,625			99,527			100,038
$150 million, 4.30% notes, due in 2010		149,760			149,579
$200 million, 5.75% notes, due in 2012		199,122			213,564			199,060			212,960
Other notes		1,590			1,370			1,638			1,440

Total long-term debt including current portion	$	900,451		$	919,265		$	532,951		$	554,439

Interest rate swap	$	(606	)	$	(606	)	$	(265	)	$	(265	)

Financial instruments subject to market value risk:
Time Warner (2,017,000 common shares)	$	29,667		$	33,701		$	29,667		$	39,227
Other available-for-sale securities		1,680			4,462			2,062			4,673

Total investments in publicly-traded companies		31,347			38,163			31,729			43,900
Other equity securities		8,173				(a)		7,282				(a)

(a)	Includes securities that do not trade in public markets, so the securities do not have readily determinable fair values. We estimate the fair value of these securities approximates their carrying value. There can be no assurance that we would realize the carrying value upon sale of the securities.

Our objectives in managing interest rate risk are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on our earnings and cash flows and to reduce our overall borrowing costs. We manage interest rate risk primarily by maintaining a mix of fixed-rate and variable-rate debt. In February 2003, we issued $50 million of 3.75% notes due in 2008. Concurrently, we entered into a receive-fixed, pay-floating interest rate swap, effectively converting the notes to a variable-rate obligation indexed to LIBOR. We account for the interest rate swap as a fair-value hedge of the underlying fixed-rate notes. As a result, changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap are offset by changes in the fair value of the swapped notes and no net gain or loss is recognized in earnings.

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CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Scripps’ management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;

provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and the directors of the company; and

provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations, including the possibility of human error, collusion and the improper overriding of controls by management. Accordingly, even effective internal control can only provide reasonable but not absolute assurance with respect to financial statement preparation. Further, because of changes in conditions, the effectiveness of internal control may vary over time.

The effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) was evaluated as of the date of the financial statements. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision of and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the design and operation of these disclosure controls and procedures are effective. There were no changes to the company’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

We completed the acquisition of Shopzilla, a leading online comparison shopping service, on June 27, 2005. This business represents a separate segment with total assets of $625 to $650 million as of June 30, 2005, subject to final asset valuation, and expected revenues of $130 to $140 million for the full year 2005. It is also a separate control environment. We have excluded this segment from management’s report on internal control over financial reporting, as permitted by SEC guidance, for the quarter ended June 30, 2005.

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THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

Index to Exhibits


Exhibit No.		Item

10.22		Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization by and among The E.W. Scripps Company, Green Monster Acquisition Corp., Shopzilla, Inc. and The Shareholders’ Representative

12		Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

31(a)		Section 302 Certifications

31(b)		Section 302 Certifications

32(a)		Section 906 Certifications

32(b)		Section 906 Certifications

Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization

EXHIBIT 10.22

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION

by and among

THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY,

GREEN MONSTER ACQUISITION CORP.,

SHOPZILLA, INC.

and

THE SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE

NAMED HEREIN

June 6, 2005

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Pages
ARTICLE I	DEFINITIONS	1

Section 1.1	Definitions	1

ARTICLE II	THE MERGER	12

Section 2.1	The Merger	12
Section 2.2	Effect of the Merger	12
Section 2.3	Closing; Effective Time	12
Section 2.4	Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers	13
Section 2.5	Conversion of Shares	13
Section 2.6	Company Option Plans	16
Section 2.7	Cancellation of Shares; Closing of Transfer Books	16
Section 2.8	Exchange of Certificates	17
Section 2.9	Dissenting Shares	18
Section 2.10	Further Action	18
Section 2.11	Working Capital Adjustments; Escrow	18
Section 2.12	Closing Payment Schedule	20

ARTICLE III	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY	21

Section 3.1	Organization and Good Standing	21
Section 3.2	Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement; No Conflict	22
Section 3.3	Capitalization	23
Section 3.4	Financial Statements	24
Section 3.5	Books and Records	25
Section 3.6	Title to Assets	25
Section 3.7	Condition and Sufficiency of Facilities	25
Section 3.8	Accounts Receivable	25
Section 3.9	Bank Accounts	26
Section 3.10	No Undisclosed Liabilities	26
Section 3.11	Taxes	26
Section 3.12	Employee Benefits	27
Section 3.13	Compliance; Governmental Authorizations	31
Section 3.14	Legal Proceedings; Orders	32
Section 3.15	Absence of Certain Changes and Events	33
Section 3.16	Contracts; No Defaults	34
Section 3.17	Insurance	36
Section 3.18	Environmental Matters	36
Section 3.19	Employees	37
Section 3.20	Labor Relations	37
Section 3.21	Intellectual Property	38

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Section 3.22	Certain Payments	40
Section 3.23	FCC Licenses	40
Section 3.24	Vote Required	40
Section 3.25	Websites	41
Section 3.26	Related Party Transactions	41
Section 3.27	Vendor and Customer Relationships	42
Section 3.28	Brokers or Finders	42
Section 3.29	Loans to Employees and Directors	42
Section 3.30	State Takeover Laws	42
Section 3.31	Relationships with Certain Parties	42

ARTICLE IV	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE	43

Section 4.1	Capacity	43
Section 4.2	No Conflict	43
Section 4.3	Enforceability	43

ARTICLE V	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB	43

Section 5.1	Organization and Good Standing	43
Section 5.2	Authority; No Conflict	43
Section 5.3	Financial Capability	44
Section 5.4	Certain Proceedings	44
Section 5.5	Brokers or Finders	44
Section 5.6	Merger Sub	44

ARTICLE VI	COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE	44

Section 6.1	Access and Investigation	44
Section 6.2	Operation of the Business	45
Section 6.3	Forbearance	45
Section 6.4	Notification	47
Section 6.5	Reasonable Best Efforts	47
Section 6.6	No Solicitation	48
Section 6.7	Consent Solicitation Statement	49
Section 6.8	Demands by Holders of Dissenting Shares	49
Section 6.9	FIRPTA Matters	49

ARTICLE VII	CERTAIN COVENANTS OF PARENT	50

Section 7.1	Indemnification	50
Section 7.2	Notification	50
Section 7.3	Reasonable Best Efforts	50

ARTICLE VIII	MISCELLANEOUS COVENANTS	51

Section 8.1	Required Approvals of Governmental Bodies	51

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Section 8.2	Tax Matters	52

ARTICLE IX	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB	53

Section 9.1	Accuracy of Representations	54
Section 9.2	Performance of Covenants	54
Section 9.3	Shareholder Approval	54
Section 9.4	Additional Documents	54
Section 9.5	No Material Adverse Change	54
Section 9.6	No Prohibition	55
Section 9.7	No Injunction	55
Section 9.8	HSR Act	55
Section 9.9	Opinion	55

ARTICLE X	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY	55

Section 10.1	Accuracy of Representations	55
Section 10.2	Performance of Covenants	55
Section 10.3	Additional Documents	55
Section 10.4	HSR Act	56
Section 10.5	Opinion	56
Section 10.6	Shareholder Approval	56
Section 10.7	No Prohibition	56
Section 10.8	No Injunction	56

ARTICLE XI	TERMINATION	56

Section 11.1	Termination of Agreement	56
Section 11.2	Effect of Termination	58

ARTICLE XII	INDEMNIFICATION; ESCROW	59

Section 12.1	Survival	59
Section 12.2	Indemnification	59
Section 12.3	Threshold; Ceiling	61
Section 12.4	No Contribution	61
Section 12.5	Defense of Third Party Claims	61
Section 12.6	Duty to Mitigate	62
Section 12.7	Exercise of Remedies by Indemnitees Other Than Parent	62
Section 12.8	Indemnification Claims; Escrow Fund Arrangements	62
Section 12.9	Knowledge	65
Section 12.10	No Consequential Damages	65

ARTICLE XIII	GENERAL PROVISIONS	66

Section 13.1	Expenses	66
Section 13.2	Public Announcements	66

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Section 13.3	Confidentiality	66
Section 13.4	Notices	66
Section 13.5	Jurisdiction; Venue; Service Of Process	68
Section 13.6	Further Assurances	68
Section 13.7	Waiver	68
Section 13.8	Entire Agreement and Modification	68
Section 13.9	Schedules	69
Section 13.10	Assignments and Successors	69
Section 13.11	Severability	69
Section 13.12	Section Headings; Construction	69
Section 13.13	Governing Law	69
Section 13.14	Counterparts	69
Section 13.15	No Third Party Beneficiaries	69
Section 13.16	Shareholders’ Representative; Escrow Fund Arrangements	70
Section 13.17	Other Remedies; Specific Performance	71
Section 13.18	Waiver of Jury Trial	71
Section 13.19	Incorporation by Reference	71
Section 13.20	Computation of Time	72

Annex

Annex I –Working Capital Guidelines

Schedule

ARTICLE III Disclosure Schedule – Delivered Separately by the Company

Exhibits

Exhibit A – Form of Escrow Agreement

Exhibit B-1 – Form of Opinion of Counsel to the Company

Exhibit B-2 – Form of Opinion of Company’s General Counsel

Exhibit C – Form of Opinion of Counsel to Parent

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AND REORGANIZATION

This Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization (“Agreement”) is made on June 6, 2005, by THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY, an Ohio corporation (“Parent”), GREEN MONSTER ACQUISITION CORP., a California corporation (“Merger Sub”), SHOPZILLA, INC., a California corporation (the “Company”), and Farhad Mohit as the Shareholders’ Representative (as defined herein).

RECITALS

A. Parent, Merger Sub and the Company intend to effect a merger of Merger Sub into the Company (the “Merger”) in accordance with this Agreement and the California General Corporation Law (the “CGCL”). Upon consummation of the Merger, Merger Sub will cease to exist, and the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

B. This Agreement has been approved by the respective boards of directors of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company.

AGREEMENT

The parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified in this Section:

“Accountants” is defined in Section 2.11(c).

“Acquisition Proposal” is defined in Section 6.6(b).

“Acquisition Transaction” means any transaction involving: (a) the sale, license, disposition or acquisition of all or a substantial portion of the business or assets of the Company; (b) the issuance, disposition or acquisition of (i) any capital stock or other equity security of the Company (other than Company Common Stock issued to employees of the Company upon exercise of Company Options in routine transactions in accordance with the Company’s past practices), (ii) any option, call, warrant or right (whether or not immediately exercisable) to acquire any capital stock or other equity security of the Company, or (iii) any security, instrument or obligation that is or may become convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other equity security of the Company; in each of clauses (i) through (iii), representing in the aggregate 1% or more of the voting power of the Company; or (c) any merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction involving the Company, in each of clauses (a) through (c) other than the Contemplated Transactions and other than any transactions by or involving the Company that are permitted under Section 6.3 or Section 6.6.

“Adware” is defined in Section 3.25(b).

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person (i) that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, (ii) that is a general partner, director, manager, trustee or principal officer of, or a limited partner owning more than 10% of, or that serves in a similar capacity with respect to, such Person, or (iii) of which such Person is a general partner, director, manager, trustee or principal officer or a limited partner owning more than 10% of, or with respect to which such Person serves in a similar capacity. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or to cause the direction of the management or policies of the Person in question through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.

“Agreement” is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Aggregate Escrow Cash Amount” is defined in Section 2.5(c).

“Aggregate Exercise Amount” is defined in Section 2.5(b).

“Aggregate Liquidation Preference” is defined in Section 2.5(b).

“Award Amount” is defined in Section 12.8(f).

“Break-Up Fee” is defined in Section 11.1(h).

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, and any day other than a day that is a bank holiday in the State of California or the State of Ohio.

“CGCL” is defined in the Recitals.

“Claimed Amount” is defined in Section 12.8(a).

“Closing” is defined in Section 2.3.

“Closing Date” means the date as of which the Closing actually takes place.

“Closing Date Balance Sheet” means a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiary (together with related notes and supporting schedules and work papers) as of the Closing Date, prepared in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the basis on which the audited Financial Statements were prepared; provided, however, (i) amounts due to holders of unexercised and outstanding Company Options immediately prior to or at the Effective Time for the excess of the Preliminary Residual Share Amount over the Exercise Price per share of such options shall not be included in the Closing Date Balance Sheet and (ii) amounts due to holders of shares of Company Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to or at the Effective Time (excluding any shares of Company Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) shall not be included in the Closing Date Balance Sheet.

“Closing Date Option Holder” is defined in Section 2.12(a).

“Closing Date Shareholder” is defined in Section 2.12(a).

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“Closing Date Working Capital” is defined in Section 2.11(b).

“Closing Payment Schedule” is defined in Section 2.12(a).

“Company” is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Company Articles” means the articles of incorporation of the Company.

“Company Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

“Company Board Recommendation” is defined in Section 6.7.

“Company Capital Stock” means Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock.

“Company Common Stock” means the common stock, no par value, of the Company.

“Company IP” means the Owned IP together with the Licensed IP.

“Company Options” means any Contract to acquire shares of Company Common Stock from the Company, whether vested or unvested and whether exercisable or not exercisable.

“Company Option Plan” is defined in Section 3.3(b).

“Company Other Benefit Obligation” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Company Plan” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Company Preferred Stock” means the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock.

“Company Registered IP” means federal, state and foreign: (a) patents, including applications therefor, (b) registered trademarks and applications to register trademarks, including intent-to-use applications, (c) copyrights registrations and applications to register copyrights, and (d) registered mask works and applications to register mask works; owned by, or filed by or on behalf of, or applied for, by the Company or its Subsidiary.

“Company Stock Certificate” is defined in Section 2.7(b).

“Confidential Information” means inventions, analytics, algorithms, formulae, schematics, technical drawings, ideas, know-how, trade secrets, processes, procedures, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, tools, engineering orders, databases, software, computer programs (whether in source code, object code or human readable form), program listings, new developments, and other proprietary information of the Company or its Subsidiary, however recorded or stored, which are not generally known to the public and are not readily ascertainable by lawful and proper means.

“Consent” means any approval, consent, ratification, waiver, or other authorization (including any Governmental Authorization).

“Consent Solicitation Statement” is defined in Section 6.7.

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“Contemplated Transactions” means all of the transactions and other matters contemplated by this Agreement, including: (a) the Merger; (b) the performance by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub of their respective covenants and obligations under this Agreement; and (c) the solicitation and obtaining of the affirmative votes or written consents of the shareholders of the Company approving the principal terms of this Agreement.

“Contested Amount” is defined in Section 12.8(b).

“Contract” means any agreement, contract, obligation, promise, or undertaking (whether written or oral and whether express or implied).

“Damages” means any loss, damage, liability (including any liability of Parent or the Surviving Corporation under Section 7.1), settlement, judgment, award, fine, penalty, fee (including reasonable attorneys’ fees, whether relating to a Third Party Claim or an action by an Indemnitee to enforce its rights under this Agreement), cost (including out-of-pocket costs of investigation) or expense of any nature.

“Disclosure Schedule” is the Disclosure Schedule within which the Schedules contemplated by this Agreement shall be included, as contemplated by Article III.

“Dispute Period” is defined in Section 12.8(b).

“Dissenting Shares” is defined in Section 2.9(a).

“Effective Time” is defined in Section 2.3.

“Encumbrance” means any charge, claim, community property interest, condition, equitable interest, lien, option, pledge, security interest, right of first refusal, or restriction of any kind, including any restriction on use, voting, transfer, receipt of income, or exercise of any other attribute of ownership.

“Entity” means any corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other enterprise, association, union, political party, organization or unincorporated entity.

“Environment” means soil, land surface or subsurface strata, surface waters (including navigable waters, streams, ponds, drainage basins, and wetlands), groundwater, drinking water supply, stream sediments, ambient air (including indoor air), plant and animal life, and any natural resource.

“Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities” means any cost, damages, liability or other obligation arising under Environmental Law or the provisions of Occupational Safety and Health Law governing Hazardous Materials and consisting of or relating to (a) any environmental, health, or safety matters or conditions (including on-site or off-site contamination, and regulation of Hazardous Materials); (b) fines, penalties, judgments, awards, settlements, legal or administrative proceedings, damages, losses, claims, demands and response, investigative, remedial, or inspection costs and expenses arising under Environmental Law or the provisions of Occupational Safety and Health Law governing Hazardous Materials; (c) financial responsibility under Environmental Law or the provisions of Occupational Safety and Health Law governing Hazardous Materials for cleanup costs or corrective

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action, including any investigation, cleanup, removal, containment, or other remediation or response actions (“Cleanup”) required by applicable Environmental Law or the provisions of Occupational Safety and Health Law governing Hazardous Materials (whether or not such Cleanup has been required or requested by any Governmental Body or other Person) and for any natural resource damages; or (d) any other compliance, corrective, investigative, or remedial measures required under Environmental Law or the provisions of Occupational Safety and Health Law governing Hazardous Materials. The terms “removal,” “remedial,” and “response action” include the types of activities covered by the U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. §9601 et seq., as amended.

“Environmental Law” means any Legal Requirement in effect as of the date hereof or at any time during the existence of the Company that requires or relates to: (a) advising appropriate authorities, employees, and the public of intended or actual releases of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials, violations of discharge limits, or other prohibitions and of the commencements of activities that would have significant impact on the Environment; (b) preventing or reducing to acceptable levels the release of pollutants or hazardous substances or materials into the Environment; (c) reducing the quantities, preventing the release, or minimizing the hazardous characteristics of wastes that are generated; (d) cleaning up pollutants that have been released, preventing the threat of release of pollutants, or paying the costs of such clean up or prevention; (e) making responsible parties pay private parties for damages done to their health or the Environment, or permitting self-appointed representatives of the public interest to recover for injuries done to public assets; or (f) the use, storage, or disposal of Hazardous Materials.

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or any successor law, and rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto.

“ERISA Affiliate” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Escrow Agent” means LaSalle Bank National Association.

“Escrow Agreement” means the Escrow Agreement to be entered into among Parent, the Shareholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent on the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

“Escrow Balance” is defined in Section 12.8(g).

“Escrow Fund” means the escrow fund established pursuant to the Escrow Agreement for the purpose of securing the indemnification and other rights of Parent and the other Indemnitees pursuant to Article XII.

“Escrow Participants” is defined in Section 12.8(g).

“Escrow Participation” is defined in Section 12.8(g).

“Escrow Termination Date” is defined in Section 12.1.

“Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet” means a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiary as of the Closing Date based on the Company’s good faith estimate of the projected

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assets and liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiary as of such date and prepared in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the Company’s audited Financial Statements (but excluding footnotes); provided, however, (i) amounts due to holders of unexercised and outstanding Company Options immediately prior to or at the Effective Time for the excess of the Preliminary Residual Share Amount over the Exercise Price per share of such options shall not be included in the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet and (ii) amounts due to holders of shares of Company Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to or at the Effective Time (excluding any shares of Company Preferred Stock converted into Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) shall not be included in the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet.

“Estimated Working Capital” is defined in Section 2.11(a).

“Exercise Price” means the cash amount required to purchase one share of Company Common Stock upon exercise of the Company Option to which such share relates.

“Existing Policy” is defined in Section 7.1(b).

“Facilities” means any real property, leaseholds, or other interests in real property currently or formerly owned, occupied or operated by the Company or its Subsidiary and any buildings, structures, or equipment currently or formerly owned, leased, occupied or operated by the Company or its Subsidiary.

“FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission.

“Final Order” means an Order of a Governmental Body that is in full force and effect and with respect to which no appeal, request for stay, request for reconsideration or other request for review is pending; with respect to which the time for appeal, requesting a stay, requesting reconsideration or requesting other review has expired; and with respect to which the time for the Governmental Body to set aside the order sua sponte has expired.

“Financial Statements” is defined in Section 3.4(a).

“Fully Diluted Company Share Number” is defined in Section 2.5(b).

“GAAP” means generally accepted United States accounting principles.

“Governmental Authorization” means any approval, consent, license, permit, waiver, or other authorization issued, granted, given, or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Body or pursuant to any Legal Requirement.

“Governmental Body” means any: (a) nation, state, county, city, town, village, district, or other jurisdiction of any nature; (b) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign, or other government; (c) governmental or quasi-governmental authority of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal); (d) multi-national governmental or quasi-governmental organization or body; or (e) body exercising, or entitled to exercise, any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature.

“HSR Act” is defined in Section 8.1(b).

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“Hazardous Activity” means the distribution, generation, handling, importing, management, manufacturing, processing, production, refinement, storage, transfer, transportation, treatment, or use of Hazardous Materials in, on, or under the Facilities or any part thereof or the Release about, or from the Facilities or any part thereof into the Environment.

“Hazardous Materials” means any waste or other substance that is listed, defined, designated, or classified as, hazardous, radioactive, or toxic or a pollutant or a contaminant under any Environmental Law, including any regulated mixture or solution thereof.

“Indemnified Company Personnel” is defined in Section 7.1(a).

“Indemnitees” means the following Persons: (a) Parent; (b) Parent’s current and future Affiliates (including the Surviving Corporation); (c) the respective Representatives of the Persons referred to in clauses “(a)” and “(b)” above; and (d) the respective successors and assigns of the Persons referred to in clauses “(a),” “(b)” and “(c)” above; provided, however, that the Persons who were shareholders of the Company prior to the Effective Time shall not be deemed to be “Indemnitees.”

“Intellectual Property” and “IP” mean all intellectual, industrial and/or proprietary rights, whether domestic or foreign, in and to the following, without limitation: (a) all inventions (whether or not patentable and whether or not reduced to practice) and invention disclosures; (b) all patents and all patent applications, including, without limitation, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, provisionals, reexaminations, reissue applications and renewals; (c) all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered and all other rights corresponding thereto, and mask works and registrations and applications therefor; (d) all trade names, trademarks, trade dress, service marks and domain names (including, without limitation, any word, symbol, product configuration, icon, logo and all goodwill associated therewith) along with registrations therefor and applications for registration thereof; (e) all Confidential Information; and (f) all rights to sue or otherwise claim for past, present or future infringement or unauthorized use or disclosure of any of the assets, properties or rights described in the foregoing clauses (a) – (e).

“IRC” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor law, and the regulations issued by the IRS pursuant thereto.

“IRS” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency, and, to the extent relevant, the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

An individual will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or matter if he or she is actually aware of such fact or matter; provided that, except as otherwise provided herein, such individual’s Knowledge shall be based upon reasonable inquiry consistent with his or her relevant title and responsibility. The Company will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or matter if any of Charles Davis, John Phelps, Brad Kates, Henri Asseily, Farhad Mohit or Stacey Olliff, in their capacities as officers of the Company, has, or at any time had, Knowledge of such fact or matter in accordance with the preceding sentence. Parent will be deemed to have “Knowledge” of a particular fact or matter if any employees of Parent with material involvement in the Contemplated Transactions (including the diligence performed by Parent on the Company prior to the date of this Agreement) has, or at any time had, Knowledge of such fact or matter in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

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“Legal Requirement” means any Order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law, regulation, statute, or treaty of any Governmental Body.

“Letter of Transmittal” is defined in Section 2.8(b).

“Licensed IP” means all Intellectual Property used or held for use by the Company or its Subsidiary other than the Owned IP.

“Material Adverse Effect” or “Material Adverse Change” as to any Person means any change, circumstance, or event that is materially adverse to the financial condition, business, assets, operating results, or operations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the ability of such Person to consummate or perform the Contemplated Transactions in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that in no event shall any of the following, either alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, nor shall any of the following be taken into account in determining whether there has been, a Material Adverse Effect or Material Adverse Change: (A) any change in any Legal Requirement (other than any Order binding on the applicable party or its Subsidiaries), (B) any change in GAAP or official interpretations thereof, (C) any change resulting from or arising out of market, economic or political conditions in general or in the particular industries in which the applicable party or any of its Subsidiaries conducts business (including any change arising out of acts of terrorism, or war, weather conditions or other force majeure events), unless such conditions disproportionately affect the applicable party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (D) any change resulting from or arising out of the announcement of this Agreement, the consummation of the Merger or any action taken as required by this Agreement or at the written request of the other party or parties hereto or any action not taken in compliance with negative covenants set forth in this Agreement, and (F) any change arising out of or resulting from any legal claim or Proceeding instituted by any shareholder of any party hereto arising out of or related to this Agreement, the Merger or any other Contemplated Transaction.

“Maximum Premium” is defined in Section 7.1(b).

“Merger” is defined in the Recitals.

“Merger Sub” is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Minimum Closing Working Capital” means the sum of $500,000.

“Nondisclosure Agreement” means the BizRate.com Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement between Parent and BizRate.com dated September 14, 2004, as amended pursuant to Section 13.3.

“Non-Dissenting Shareholder” means each holder of shares of Company Capital Stock (giving effect to Section 2.5(e) as applicable) that does not perfect such shareholder’s dissenters’ rights under the CGCL and is otherwise entitled to receive consideration pursuant to Section 2.5(a).

“Notice of Indemnification Claim” is defined in Section 12.8(a).

“Occupational Safety and Health Law” means any Legal Requirement designed to provide safe and healthful working conditions and to reduce occupational safety and health hazards.

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“Option Consideration” is defined in Section 2.6.

“Order” means any award, decree, decision, injunction, judgment, order, ruling, subpoena or verdict entered, issued, made, or rendered by any court, administrative agency or other Governmental Body or by any arbitrator or arbitration panel.

“Ordinary Course of Business” means an action taken by a Person only if such action is consistent with the past customs and practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary course of such Person’s normal day-to-day operations.

“Organizational Documents” means (a) the articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws or code of regulations of a corporation; or (b) the articles of organization or certificate of formation or similar document and limited liability company agreement or operating agreement or similar document of a limited liability company; (c) any charter or similar document adopted or filed in connection with the creation, formation, or organization of a Person; and (d) any amendment to any of the foregoing.

“Other Benefit Obligations” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Owned IP” means all Intellectual Property owned by the Company or its Subsidiary, or in which the Company or its Subsidiary has an ownership interest, including but not limited to, the Company Registered IP.

“Parent” is defined in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

“Past Acquisition” is defined in Section 3.1(f).

“Payment Agent” is defined in Section 2.8(a).

“Payment Fund” is defined in Section 2.8(a).

“PBGC” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Pension Plan” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Person” means any individual, Entity or Governmental Body.

“Personally Identifiable Information” is defined in Section 3.25 (b).

“Plan” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Plan Sponsor” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Pre-Closing Period” means the period from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time.

“Preliminary Residual Per Share Amount” is defined in Section 2.5(b).

“Proceeding” means any action, arbitration, audit, hearing, inquiry, examination, investigation, litigation, or suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative, appellate or

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informal) commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or before, or otherwise involving, any Governmental Body or any arbitrator or arbitration panel.

“Proportionate Share” is defined in Section 2.5(c).

“Public Software” means any software that contains, or is derived in any manner (in whole or in part) from, any software that is distributed as free software, open source software (e.g., Linux) or similar licensing or distribution models, including software licensed or distributed under any of the following licenses or distribution models, or licenses or distribution models similar to any of the following: (a) GNU’s General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL (LGPL), (b) the Artistic License (e.g., PERL), (c) the Mozilla Public License, (d) the Netscape Public License, (e) the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), (f) the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL), (g) the BSD License, and (h) the Apache License.

“Qualified Plan” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Record Date” means the record date for the written consent or approval of the shareholders of the Company approving the principal terms of the Merger, which record date shall be the twentieth calendar day following the date of this Agreement.

“Related Party” is defined in Section 3.26.

“Release” means any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, depositing, escaping, leaching, dumping, or other releasing into the Environment, whether intentional or unintentional.

“Renegotiation Period” is defined in Section 11.1(h).

“Representative” means with respect to a particular Person, any director, officer, member, manager, employee, agent, consultant, advisor, or other representative of such Person, including legal counsel, accountants, and financial advisors.

“Required Merger Shareholder Vote” is defined in Section 3.24(a).

“Response Notice” is defined in Section 12.8(b).

“Rules” is defined in Section 12.8(f).

“Series A Preferred Stock” is defined in Section 2.5.

“Series B Preferred Stock” is defined in Section 2.5.

“Series C Preferred Stock” is defined in Section 2.5.

“Shareholders’ Representative” is defined in Section 13.16(a).

“Spyware” is defined in Section 3.25(b).

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An Entity shall be deemed to be a “Subsidiary” of another Person if such Person directly or indirectly owns or purports to own, beneficially or of record, (a) an amount of voting securities or other interests of such Entity that is sufficient to enable such Person to elect at least a majority of the members of such Entity’s board of directors or other governing body, or (b) at least 50% of the outstanding equity or financial interests of such Entity.

“Superior Proposal” is defined in Section 6.6(b).

“Surviving Corporation” is defined in Section 2.1.

“Tax” means (a) any net income, alternative or add-on minimum tax, gross income, gross receipts, sales, use, ad valorem, value added, franchise, profits, license, withholding on amounts paid to or by the Company or its Subsidiary, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp occupation, premium, property, environmental or windfall profit tax, custom, duty, governmental fee, or other tax or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever, together with any interest or any penalty, addition to tax or additional amount, imposed by any Governmental Body responsible for the imposition of any such tax (domestic or foreign), (b) any liability of the Company or its Subsidiary for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) as a result of being a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group for any period prior to the Closing, and (c) any liability of the Company or its Subsidiary for the payment of any amounts of the type described in clause (a) as a result of any obligation to indemnify any other Person.

“Tax Return” means any return (including any information return), report, statement, schedule, notice, form, or other document or information filed with or submitted to, or required to be filed with or submitted to, any Governmental Body in connection with the determination, assessment, collection, or payment of any Tax or in connection with the administration, implementation, or enforcement of or compliance with any Legal Requirement relating to any Tax.

“Termination Date” is defined in Section 11.1(c).

“Third Party Claim” is defined in Section 12.5.

“Third Party Intellectual Property Rights” means Intellectual Property rights of a third party.

A claim, demand, Proceeding, dispute, or other matter will be deemed to have been “Threatened” if any written demand or statement has been made or any written notice has been given that a claim, demand, Proceeding, dispute, or other matter will be asserted or filed.

“Transaction Expense” means any out-of-pocket fee, cost, expense, payment, expenditure, or obligation incurred by the Company or its Subsidiary prior to the date of this Agreement, during the Pre-Closing Period or at the Effective Time that (a) relates directly or indirectly to (i) the Company’s involvement or participation in the investigation and review conducted by Parent and its Representatives, and any investigation or review conducted by other prospective purchasers of all or a portion of the business of the Company, with respect to the business of the Company (and the furnishing of information to Parent and its Representatives and such other prospective purchasers and their Representatives in connection with such investigation and review), (ii) the negotiation, preparation, review, execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement (including the Disclosure Schedule), the

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Consent Solicitation Statement or any certificate, opinion, Contract or other instrument or document delivered or to be delivered in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions, (iii) the preparation and submission of any filing or notice required to be made or given in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions, and the obtaining of any Consent required to be obtained in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions, or (iv) the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions, or (b) is expected to become due or payable, in whole or in part as an obligation of the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time, as a result of the consummation of the Merger or any of the other Contemplated Transactions; provided, however, that “Transaction Expenses” shall not include any employee severance or other costs that are or may become payable as a result of actions taken by Parent or Surviving Corporation after the Effective Time.

“Unresolved Escrow Claim” is defined in Section 12.8(g)(ii).

“Websites” is defined in Section 3.25.

“Welfare Plan” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Working Capital” means the consolidated working capital of the Company and its Subsidiary as of the Closing Date determined from the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP, applied on a basis consistent with the basis on which the audited Financial Statements were prepared, and in accordance with the Working Capital Guidelines set forth on Annex I.

ARTICLE II

THE MERGER

Section 2.1 The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Effective Time (as defined in Section 2.3), Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, and the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease. The Company will continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”).

Section 2.2 Effect of the Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in this Agreement and in the applicable provisions of the CGCL.

Section 2.3 Closing; Effective Time. The consummation of the Merger (the “Closing”) will take place at the offices of the Company at 10:00 a.m. (local time) on the first Business Day immediately following the date on which the last of the conditions set forth in Article IX and Article X is satisfied or waived (other than conditions that by their nature cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, but subject to satisfaction or waiver of such conditions), or at such other time, date and place as the parties may agree. Subject to the provisions of Article XI, failure to consummate the Closing on the date and time determined pursuant to this Section will not result in the termination of this Agreement and will not relieve any party of any obligation under this Agreement. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, an agreement of merger satisfying the applicable requirements of the CGCL and otherwise satisfactory in form and substance to Parent shall be duly executed by the Company and Merger Sub and, concurrently with or as soon as practicable following the Closing, shall be delivered to the Secretary of State of the State of California for filing (together with the officers’ certificates required by the CGCL). The Merger

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shall become effective at the time of such filing or at such later time specified in such filing (the “Effective Time”).

Section 2.4 Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; Directors and Officers. Unless otherwise determined by Parent prior to the Effective Time, at the Effective Time:

(a) the Articles of Incorporation of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation; provided, however, that Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated to read as follows: “The name of this corporation is Shopzilla, Inc.”;

(b) the Bylaws of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended; provided, however, that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be Shopzilla, Inc.; and

(c) the directors and officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation, to serve until their respective successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified.

Section 2.5 Conversion of Shares.

(i) each share of Series A Preferred Stock, no par value, of the Company (“Series A Preferred Stock”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted into Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) shall be converted into the right to receive, in cash, $0.5377;

(ii) each share of Series B Preferred Stock, no par value, of the Company (“Series B Preferred Stock”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted into Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) shall be converted into the right to receive, in cash, $4.3465;

(iii) each share of Series C Preferred Stock, no par value, of the Company (“Series C Preferred Stock”) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any shares of Series C Preferred Stock converted into Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) shall be converted into the right to receive, in cash, the sum of (x) $10.77 plus (y) the Preliminary Residual Per Share Amount (such amount in clause (y) to be reduced by the amount to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c));

(iv) any shares of Company Capital Stock owned by the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or any direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company, Parent or Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and retired and shall cease to exist without payment of any consideration with respect thereto;

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(v) each share of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares of Company Capital Stock described in clause “(iv)” above) shall be converted into the right to receive an amount in cash equal to the Preliminary Residual Per Share Amount (calculated pursuant to Section 2.5(b)) (such amount to be reduced by the amount to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)); and

(vi) each share of the common stock, no par value, of Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation with the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation.

(b) The “Preliminary Residual Per Share Amount” shall be calculated as follows:

$525,000,000 + A + B + C – D

= If the Estimated Working Capital (as estimated pursuant to Section 2.11(a)) exceeds the Minimum Closing Working Capital, then A shall be a positive number equal to such excess; if such Estimated Working Capital equals the Minimum Closing Working Capital, then A shall be zero; and if such Estimated Working Capital is less than the Minimum Closing Working Capital, then A shall be a negative number equal to such deficiency.

= The aggregate dollar amount, up to a maximum of $5,000,000, of all Transaction Expenses (as certified pursuant to Section 2.12(a)) paid in cash by the Company or its Subsidiary prior to, and to be paid in cash by the Company or its Subsidiary at, the Effective Time; provided that the determination of such cash payments shall include the amounts of all drafts, checks and wire transfers issued on accounts of the Company and its Subsidiary for such Transaction Expenses which remain outstanding and uncleared as of the Effective Time.

= The aggregate dollar amount that would have been received by the Company if all Company Options outstanding and unexercised as of the Effective Time had been exercised prior to the Effective Time (the “Aggregate Exercise Amount”).

= The sum of: (i) the product of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any shares of Series A Preferred Stock converted into Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) multiplied by (B) $0.5377; plus (ii) the product of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any shares of Series B Preferred Stock converted into Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) multiplied by (B) $4.3465; plus (iii) the product of (A) the aggregate number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any

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shares of Series C Preferred Stock converted into Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) multiplied by (B) $10.77 (the “Aggregate Liquidation Preference”).

= The sum of (i) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including any such shares that are subject to a repurchase option or risk of forfeiture under any restricted stock purchase agreement or other Contract and any such shares issuable in connection with the conversion of shares of Company Preferred Stock as to which conversion notices have been given prior to the Effective Time), plus (ii) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock purchasable under or otherwise subject to Company Options (whether vested or unvested) outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the Effective Time, plus (iii) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock purchasable under or otherwise subject to warrants and other rights (other than Company Options) to acquire shares of Company Common Stock (whether or not immediately exercisable) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, plus (iv) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable upon the conversion of any convertible securities of the Company (other than shares of Company Preferred Stock) outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, plus (v) the aggregate number of shares of Company Common Stock into which the aggregate number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding any shares of Series C Preferred Stock converted into Company Common Stock prior to the Effective Time) are convertible (the “Fully Diluted Company Share Number”).

(c) On or immediately prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver the Aggregate Escrow Cash Amount to the Escrow Agent as a contribution to the Escrow Fund. The Aggregate Escrow Cash Amount shall be withheld from the consideration otherwise payable to the Non-Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 2.5(a)(iii)(y) and Section 2.5(a)(v) and the Closing Date Option Holders pursuant to Section 2.6, and such amount shall be withheld on a pro rata basis based on the respective Proportionate Shares of the Non-Dissenting Shareholders and Closing Date Option Holders. The Escrow Fund shall be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and shall be disbursed solely in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement:

(i) the “Aggregate Escrow Cash Amount” shall be $26,250,000; and

(ii) the “Proportionate Share” of a Non-Dissenting Shareholder or a Closing Date Option Holder shall be the fraction having a numerator equal to the total consideration payable to such Non-Dissenting Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.5(a)(iii)(y) and Section 2.5(a)(v) (disregarding amounts to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)) or such Closing Date Option Holder pursuant to Section 2.6 (disregarding amounts to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)) and in each case having a denominator equal to the total of all consideration payable to all Non-Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 2.5(a)(iii)(y) and Section 2.5(a)(v) (disregarding amounts to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)) and all Closing Date Option Holders pursuant to Section 2.6 (disregarding amounts to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)); and

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(d) In the event that, subject to and in compliance with Section 6.3, the Company declares, makes, effects or establishes a record date for a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar transaction during the Pre-Closing Period, then the consideration payable in respect of shares of Company Capital Stock pursuant to Section 2.5(a) shall be appropriately adjusted.

(e) If a holder of shares of Company Preferred Stock delivers an election to the Company in accordance with Section B(3) of Article III of the Company Articles prior to the Effective Time, then, for purposes of this Agreement, the shares of Company Preferred Stock subject to such election shall be treated as if they had been converted into shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to such Section B(3) of Article III prior to the Effective Time. The Company shall deliver to Parent accurate and complete copies of all such elections received by the Company.

Section 2.6 Company Option Plans.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or any holder of any shares of the Company Capital Stock or any Company Options, each Company Option that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to or as of the Effective Time shall be cancelled and converted into the right to receive cash, without interest, from the Surviving Corporation in an amount (the “Option Consideration”) equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option (assuming full vesting of all Company Options) and (ii) the excess of the Preliminary Residual Per Share Amount (calculated pursuant to Section 2.5(b)) over the Exercise Price per share of such Company Option (such product to be reduced by amounts to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)). The Option Consideration shall be payable by the Payment Agent to each holder of a Company Option promptly after the Effective Time, subject to applicable withholding of Taxes, as contemplated by Section 2.8. All unexercised Company Options as of the Effective Time that have an Exercise Price equal to or exceeding the Preliminary Residual Per Share Amount shall be immediately cancelled and forfeited without any liability on the part of the Surviving Corporation or Parent.

(b) Immediately prior to the Effective Time, the Company’s repurchase option with respect to each share of restricted Common Stock held by or issued or granted to any current or former employee, consultant or director that is outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger, whether granted under the Company Option Plan, or otherwise, shall immediately lapse.

Section 2.7 Cancellation of Shares; Closing of Transfer Books.

(a) At the Effective Time, all shares of Company Capital Stock converted pursuant to Section 2.5(a) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate representing any such shares immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have any rights with respect thereto, except the right to receive the consideration provided for in Section 2.5(a), without interest.

(b) At the Effective Time, the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed with respect to all shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. No further transfer of any such shares of Company Capital Stock shall be made on such stock transfer books after the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, a valid certificate previously representing any

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shares of Company Capital Stock (a “Company Stock Certificate”) is presented to the Payment Agent, the Surviving Corporation or Parent, such Company Stock Certificate shall be canceled and shall be exchanged as provided in Section 2.8.

Section 2.8 Exchange of Certificates.

(a) Promptly after the date of this Agreement but in any event prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall select a reputable bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company to act as payment agent in the Merger (the “Payment Agent”). Immediately prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit with the Payment Agent a sufficient amount of cash to make payments to the Non-Dissenting Shareholders in accordance with Section 2.5(a) and to the Closing Date Option Holders pursuant to Section 2.6 (in each case, excluding amounts to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)). The cash amount so deposited with the Payment Agent is referred to collectively as the “Payment Fund.”

(b) Prior to the Closing, the Company will cause to be delivered to shareholders of the Company (i) a letter of transmittal containing such provisions as Parent, Company and the Payment Agent may reasonably specify (a “Letter of Transmittal”), and (ii) instructions for use in effecting the surrender of Company Stock Certificates. After the surrender of a Company Stock Certificate to the Payment Agent for exchange at or after the Effective Time, together with a duly executed Letter of Transmittal and such other documents as may be reasonably required by Parent or the Payment Agent, the holder of such Company Stock Certificate shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the cash consideration that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.5(a) (excluding any amounts to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)) and the Company Stock Certificate so surrendered shall be canceled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.8, each Company Stock Certificate shall be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to represent only the right to receive, after the surrender thereof, the consideration contemplated by this Article II. If any Company Stock Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent may, in its discretion and as a condition to the delivery of any consideration payable in the Merger in respect of shares represented by such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate to provide an appropriate affidavit of such loss, theft or destruction, and if the amount of such consideration is more than $100,000, to deliver a bond (in such sum as Parent may reasonably direct) as indemnity against any claim that may be made against Parent, the Surviving Corporation or the Payment Agent with respect to such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Stock Certificate.

(c) Any portion of the Payment Fund that remains undistributed to holders of Company Stock Certificates as of the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date shall be delivered by Payment Agent to Parent upon demand, and any holders of Company Stock Certificates who have not theretofore surrendered their Company Stock Certificates in accordance with this Section 2.8 shall thereafter look only to Parent for payment of any consideration payable to such holder in the Merger.

(d) Neither Parent nor the Surviving Corporation shall be liable to any holder or former holder of Company Capital Stock for any consideration payable in the Merger that has been delivered to any public official in good faith pursuant to any applicable abandoned property law, escheat law or similar Legal Requirement.

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Section 2.9 Dissenting Shares.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, shares of Company Capital Stock that are or become “dissenting shares” within the meaning of Section 1300(b) of the CGCL (“Dissenting Shares”) at or after the Effective Time shall not be converted into or represent the right to receive the consideration specified in Section 2.5(a), but shall be entitled only to such rights as are granted by the CGCL to Dissenting Shares.

(b) If any Dissenting Shares shall lose their status as such (through failure to perfect or otherwise), then, as of the later of the Effective Time or the date of loss of such status, such shares shall automatically be converted into and shall represent only the right to receive consideration in accordance with Section 2.5(a) (including giving effect to the amounts to be withheld pursuant to Section 2.5(c)), without interest thereon, after the surrender of the Company Stock Certificate representing such shares.

(c) The Company shall give Parent: (i) prompt notice of any written demand received by the Company prior to the Effective Time to require the Company to purchase shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to the CGCL, any withdrawal of any such demand and any other demand, notice or instrument delivered to the Company prior to the Effective Time pursuant to the CGCL; and (ii) the opportunity to participate in all negotiations and Proceedings with respect to any such demand, notice or instrument. The Company shall not make any payment or settlement offer prior to the Effective Time with respect to any such demand, notice or instrument unless Parent shall have consented in writing to such payment or settlement offer.

Section 2.10 Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession of and to all rights and property of Merger Sub and the Company, the officers and directors of the Surviving Corporation and Parent shall be fully authorized to take such lawful and necessary action.

Section 2.11 Working Capital Adjustments; Escrow.

(a) The Company shall prepare and deliver to Parent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date the Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet and a statement of the Company’s good faith estimate of the Working Capital of the Company (the “Estimated Working Capital”).

(b) Parent shall prepare and deliver to Shareholders’ Representative within ninety (90) calendar days after the Effective Time a Closing Date Balance Sheet and a statement of the Working Capital of the Company (the “Closing Date Working Capital”), which shall (i) be accompanied by all information reasonably necessary to determine the information contained in such Closing Date Balance Sheet and statements and such other information as may be reasonably requested by the Shareholders’ Representative and (ii) be duly certified by the Chief Financial Officer of Parent to be true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date. The Shareholders’ Representative will be afforded a reasonable opportunity to observe, and to consult with Parent’s accountants regarding, the procedures undertaken by Parent’s accountants in connection with the preparation of such Closing Date Balance Sheet and statements.

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(c) If Shareholders’ Representative does not notify Parent in writing within twenty (20) Business Days after receipt of Parent’s statement of the Closing Date Working Capital that it disputes any of the information or calculations provided in Parent’s statement of the Closing Date Working Capital, Parent’s statement of the Closing Date Working Capital shall be final and conclusive. If Shareholders’ Representative disagrees with any of the information or calculations provided by Parent in its statement of the Closing Date Working Capital, Shareholders’ Representative may, within twenty (20) Business Days after delivery of such statement to it, deliver a written notice to Parent stating in reasonable detail the existence and nature of such disagreement. Any such notice of disagreement shall specify those items or amounts as to which Shareholders’ Representative disagrees. If such notice of disagreement shall be delivered, the parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items or amounts within twenty (20) Business Days after Parent’s receipt of such notice. If the parties are unable to reach agreement on the disputed items within such period, then the issues in dispute will be submitted to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent public accountants (the “Accountants”), for review and resolution, with instructions to complete the review as promptly as practicable. Parent and Shareholders’ Representative each will furnish to the Accountants such workpapers and other documents and information relating to the disputed issues as the Accountants may request and are available to that party or its Subsidiaries (or its independent public accountants), and will be afforded the opportunity to present to the Accountants any material relating to the determination and to discuss the determination with the Accountants. The resolution of the Accountants shall be conclusive and binding on the parties and may be entered and enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. One-half of the fees and expenses charged by the Accountants shall be paid by Parent and the remaining one-half shall be paid from the Escrow Fund; and Parent and Shareholders’ Representative hereby agree to give joint written instruments to the Escrow Agent for such disbursement.

(d) The Estimated Closing Date Balance Sheet and the related statement of the Estimated Working Capital, and the Closing Date Balance Sheet and the related statement of the Closing Date Working Capital, shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, and using the same accounting principles, practices and methodologies, consistently applied, that were used to prepare the December 31, 2004 Balance Sheet. Solely for purposes of determining the Estimated Working Capital and the Closing Date Working Capital, the parties hereby agree to the Working Capital Guidelines set forth on Annex I.

(e) During its review period, the Shareholders’ Representative and his Representatives shall have access during regular business hours and upon reasonable notice to all relevant books and records and employees of the Surviving Corporation to the extent he reasonably deems necessary to review matters and information related to the preparation of the Closing Date Balance Sheet (and including without limitation any financial and other information relating to periods after the Closing Date that may be relevant to or helpful in the review of the Closing Date Balance Sheet and the calculation of the Closing Date Working Capital) in a manner not unreasonably interfering with the business of the Surviving Corporation.

Within three (3) Business Days after the final determination of the Closing Date Working Capital pursuant to Section 2.11(c), if the Estimated Working Capital exceeds the Closing Date Working Capital (as determined under Section 2.11(c), the amount of such excess shall be payable to Parent, and Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse such amounts from the Escrow Fund to Parent as soon

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as practicable, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Parent. Conversely, if the Estimated Working Capital is less than the Closing Date Working Capital (as determined under Section 2.11(c)), Parent shall promptly deliver the amount of such deficiency to the Escrow Agent for placement into the Escrow Fund as soon as practicable, by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

Section 2.12 Closing Payment Schedule.

(a) Two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Parent a definitive closing payment schedule (the “Closing Payment Schedule”), duly certified by the Chief Financial Officer and the Secretary of the Company as accurately setting forth (to the extent practicable as of such date):

(1) the Estimated Working Capital;

(2) the Transaction Expenses and their status as paid or accrued;

(3) the Aggregate Exercise Amount;

(4) the Aggregate Liquidation Preference;

(5) the Fully Diluted Company Share Number;

(6) the Preliminary Residual Per Share Amount;

(7) the name of each holder of record of outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time (after giving effect to any exercises of Company Options prior to the Effective Time) (each, a “Closing Date Shareholder”);

(8) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock of each class and series held by each Closing Date Shareholder immediately prior to the Effective Time;

(9) the number of Dissenting Shares held by each Closing Date Shareholder;

(10) the cash amount, if any, to be withheld and contributed to the Escrow Fund on behalf of each Closing Date Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.5(c);

(11) the consideration that each Closing Date Shareholder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.5(a) (both before and after deduction of the cash amounts to be withheld and contributed to the Escrow Fund on behalf of such Closing Date Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.5(c));

(12) the name of each holder of outstanding and unexercised Company Options immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, a “Closing Date Option Holder”);

(13) the number of shares of Company Common Stock issuable to each Closing Date Option Holder;

(14) the aggregate Exercise Price payable by each Closing Date Option Holder;

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(15) the cash amount, if any, to be withheld and contributed to the Escrow Fund on behalf of each Closing Date Option Holder pursuant to Section 2.5(c); and

(16) the consideration that each Closing Date Option Holder is entitled to receive pursuant to Section 2.6 (both before and after deduction of the cash amounts to be withheld and contributed to the Escrow Fund on behalf of such Closing Date Option Holder pursuant to Section 2.5(c)).

(b) Concurrent with delivery of the Closing Payment Schedule, the Company shall also deliver to Parent, in such detail as shall be reasonably acceptable to Parent, all information on which the calculations reflected in the Closing Payment Schedule are based.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Except as set forth in the Schedules included in the Disclosure Schedule, the Company represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:

Section 3.1 Organization and Good Standing.

(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of California, with full corporate power and authority to own the assets that it purports to own and to perform all its obligations under this Agreement. The Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which either the ownership or use of the properties owned or used by it, or the nature of the activities conducted by it, requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(b) The Company has delivered to Parent copies of its Organizational Documents, as currently in effect.

(c) The Company has no Subsidiaries other than Shopzilla (Europe) Limited, a corporation organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of England and Wales, with full corporate power and authority to own the assets that it purports to own. The Company’s Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing under the laws of each state, country, or other jurisdiction in which either the ownership or use of the properties owned or used by it, or the nature of the activities conducted by it, requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company has delivered to Parent copies of its Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents, as currently in effect.

(d) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is a general partner of, or otherwise liable for any of the debts or other obligations of, any general partnership, limited partnership or any other Person.

(e) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has conducted any business under any fictitious name, assumed name, trade name or other name in any jurisdiction, other than its current corporate name.

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(f) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has at any time effected the acquisition of all or a substantial portion of the securities, assets or business of any other Person (each a “Past Acquisition”). Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has at any time directly or indirectly sold or otherwise disposed of (i) all or a substantial portion of its business or assets, or (ii) all or a substantial portion of the capital stock or other securities of the Company’s Subsidiary.

Section 3.2 Authority; Binding Nature of Agreement; No Conflict.

(a) The Company has the corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and, subject to obtaining the Required Merger Shareholder Vote, the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions by the Company have been duly and validly authorized by the Company. The Company Board (at a meeting duly called and held) has (i) unanimously determined that the Merger is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, (ii) unanimously authorized and approved the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and unanimously approved the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions, and (iii) unanimously recommended the approval of the principal terms of the Merger by the holders of Company Capital Stock and directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted for consideration by the Company’s shareholders. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (A) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (B) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, regardless of whether asserted in a Proceeding in equity or at law.

(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation or performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions by the Company will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time):

(i) subject to obtaining the Required Merger Shareholder Vote, contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of (A) any provision of the Organizational Documents of the Company, (B) any resolution adopted by the Company Board or the shareholders of the Company, or (C) any agreement or instrument pursuant to which any shares of Company Capital Stock or any securities (including Company Options) exercisable for or convertible into shares of Company Capital Stock have been issued;

(ii) subject to obtaining the Required Merger Shareholder Vote and compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 3.2(c), contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company or its Subsidiary;

(iii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of any of the terms of, or give any Governmental Body the right to revoke, withdraw, suspend, cancel, terminate or modify, any Governmental Authorization that is held by the Company or its Subsidiary or that otherwise relates to the business of, or any of the material assets owned or used by, the Company or its Subsidiary;

(iv) cause the Company or its Subsidiary to become subject to, or to become liable for the payment of, any Tax;

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(v) cause any of the assets owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiary to be reassessed or revalued by any taxing authority or other Governmental Body;

(vi) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of, in any material respect, any Contract to which the Company or its Subsidiary is bound;

(vii) result in the imposition or creation of any Encumbrance upon or with respect to any of the material assets owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiary or any shares of Company Capital Stock or Company Options; or

(viii) contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation, breach, or acceleration of any provision of any employment agreement between the Company or its Subsidiary and any employee, except for acceleration of vesting of Company Options pursuant to their terms.

(c) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is required to obtain any Consent from or give any notice to any Person in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation or performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions except for (i) the filing of the Articles of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of California, (ii) applicable requirements, if any, of U.S. federal securities laws and blue sky laws, (iii) such filings, authorizations, orders or approvals as may be required by the HSR Act, if any, (iv) approval of this Agreement, the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions, by the shareholders of the Company, and (vi) such instances in which the failure to obtain such Consent or give such notice would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

Section 3.3 Capitalization.

(a) The authorized shares of Company Capital Stock consist of the following: (i) 16,737,940 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, all of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement; (ii) 11,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, 9,973,512 shares of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement; (iii) 6,500,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock, 4,771,851 shares of which are issued and outstanding; and (iv) 115,762,060 shares of Company Common Stock, 46,616,955 shares of which are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. The Company has separately provided to Parent a schedule which accurately and completely sets forth (i) the name of each holder of record of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) the number of shares of Company Capital Stock of each class and series held by each such shareholder as of the date of this Agreement.

(b) As of the date of this Agreement, (i) 6,922,770 shares of Company Common Stock are subject to issuance pursuant to outstanding Company Options, and (ii) 2,055,992 shares of Company Common Stock are reserved for future option grants under the Company’s 1998 Stock Plan (the “Company Option Plan”). The Company has separately provided to Parent a schedule which accurately and completely sets forth the following information as of the date of this Agreement: (i) the name of the holder of each outstanding Company Option; (ii) the Company Option Plan pursuant to which such Company Option was granted; (iii) the number of shares of Company Common Stock subject to such Company Option, and the applicable Exercise Price per share of Company Common Stock; (iv) the vesting schedule applicable to such Company Option; (v) the expiration date of such Company Option; and (vi) whether such option has been designated as an Incentive Stock Option (ISO). All outstanding

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options to acquire shares of Company Common Stock were granted pursuant to the terms of the Company Option Plan. The Company has delivered to Parent accurate and complete copies of the Company Option Plan, and the forms of all stock option agreements evidencing any Company Options.

(c) To the Company’s Knowledge (without any inquiry), all issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are free and clear of all Encumbrances. All issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and were issued in conformity with all applicable state and federal securities laws. Except for all of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock, the Company has no other equity securities of any class issued, reserved for issuance, or outstanding. Except for the Company Options, there are no outstanding options, offers, warrants, conversion rights, agreements, or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase securities from the Company. No shares of Company Capital Stock carry, and no shareholder of the Company has been granted, any preemptive rights. The Company is not obligated under any agreement, arrangement or understanding to redeem or otherwise purchase any shares of Company Capital Stock or Company Options. Other than as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no Contracts to which the Company or any of its Affiliates is bound relating to the issuance, sale or transfer of any Company Capital Stock. The Company neither owns, nor has a Contract to acquire, any equity or other securities of any Person or any direct or indirect equity or ownership interest in any other business.

(d) The authorized shares of capital stock of the Company’s Subsidiary consist of 1,000 shares of common stock, £1 par value, 1,000 shares of which are issued and outstanding (“Subsidiary Shares”). All of the Subsidiary Shares are owned and held of record by the Company free and clear of all Encumbrances. All Subsidiary Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and were issued in conformity with all applicable Legal Requirements. Except for the Subsidiary Shares, the Company’s Subsidiary has no other securities of any class or kind, issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding. There are no options, offers, warrants, conversion rights, Contracts or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase shares of capital stock of any class or kind of the Company’s Subsidiary or any other equity, debt or other securities of any class or kind of the Company’s Subsidiary, issued, reserved for issuance or outstanding, nor are there any Contracts to which the Company’s Subsidiary or any of its Affiliates is bound which otherwise relate to the issuance, sale or transfer of any capital stock of any class or kind of the Company’s Subsidiary or any other equity, debt or other securities of any class or kind of the Company’s Subsidiary. The Company’s Subsidiary neither owns, nor has a Contract to acquire, any capital stock or other equity, debt or other securities of any Person or any direct or indirect equity or ownership interest in any other business.

Section 3.4 Financial Statements.

(a) The Company has delivered to Parent the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiary as at December 31, 2002, December 31, 2003, and December 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiary, including all notes thereto, for the fiscal years then ended, and the unaudited balance sheet as of March 31, 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiary for the three (3) months then ended, including all notes thereto (all such financial statements and notes are hereafter collectively referred to as the “Financial Statements”). The Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial position and the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the respective dates of and for the periods then ended, all in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout

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the periods covered, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal recurring year-end adjustments (the effect of which will not, individually or in the aggregate, be material), and the absence of notes.

(b) The Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls for itself and its Subsidiary that provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed with management’s authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiary in accordance with GAAP and to maintain accountability for their respective assets; and (iii) access to the assets of the Company and its Subsidiary is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization.

(c) There is no “off-balance sheet” transaction, arrangement or relationship between the Company or its Subsidiary and any unconsolidated Person, including any structured finance, special purpose, or limited purpose Person.

(d) To the Company’s Knowledge (without any inquiry), there are no significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in either the design or operation of internal controls of the Company that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the ability of the Company to record, process, summarize and report financial information in a materially accurate manner. With respect to periods after January 1, 2002, the Company has no Knowledge of any fraud or suspected fraud involving any employee of the Company who has or had a role in the internal controls related to financial reporting.

Section 3.5 Books and Records. The books of account, minute books, and stock record books of the Company and its Subsidiary, all of which have been made available to Parent, are complete and correct in all material respects and have been maintained in all material respects in accordance with applicable Legal Requirements. The minute books of the Company and its Subsidiary contain records, accurate and complete in all material respects, of all meetings held of, and actions taken by, the respective boards of directors and shareholders of the Company or its Subsidiary.

Section 3.6 Title to Assets. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has ever owned and neither currently owns any real property. The Company or its Subsidiary owns and has good title to all material personal property and other material assets (whether tangible or intangible) reflected as owned in the most recent Financial Statements, in their books and records and in the Disclosure Schedule. All such personal property and assets of the Company and its Subsidiary are free and clear of all Encumbrances, except (i) liens for Taxes not yet delinquent, (ii) liens for licenses granted to use Intellectual Property, and (iii) as would not materially impair the use of such personal property or assets by the Company or its Subsidiary in the Ordinary Course of Business.

Section 3.7 Condition and Sufficiency of Facilities. The Facilities currently occupied, used or operated by the Company and its Subsidiary are, in all material respects, in reasonably serviceable operating condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear excepted).

Section 3.8 Accounts Receivable. All accounts receivable of the Company and its Subsidiary (collectively, the “Accounts Receivable”) represent valid obligations arising from bona fide sales actually made or services actually performed in the Ordinary Course of Business. Schedule 3.8 contains a list, complete and accurate in all material respects, of all Accounts Receivable as of March 31, 2005, which list sets forth the aging of such Accounts Receivable. The Company’s allowance for doubtful

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accounts on its most recent Financial Statements is adequate and was calculated consistent with past custom and practice.

Section 3.9 Bank Accounts. Schedule 3.9 sets forth the account number and names of authorized signatories with respect to each account maintained by or for the benefit of the Company and its Subsidiary at any bank or other financial institution.

Section 3.10 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has any liabilities of any nature (whether known or unknown and whether absolute, accrued, contingent, or otherwise) except for (i) liabilities reflected or reserved against in the consolidated balance sheet dated March 31, 2005, (ii) current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business since March 31, 2005, or (iii) liabilities not required to be disclosed on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

Section 3.11 Taxes.

(a) The Company and its Subsidiary have timely filed all Tax Returns that they were required to file (taking into account all extensions). All such Tax Returns were correct and complete in all material respects. All Taxes due and owing (taking into account all extensions) by the Company or its Subsidiary (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) have been timely paid. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary currently is the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Return. No claim has ever been made in writing or reasonably could be made by any Governmental Body in a jurisdiction where the Company or its Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns asserting that the Company or its Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction. There are no Liens for Taxes (other than Taxes not yet due and payable) upon any of the assets of Company or its Subsidiary.

(b) The Company and its Subsidiary have withheld and paid all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with any amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor, stockholder, or other Person.

(c) No foreign, federal, state, or local Tax Proceeding is pending or being conducted with respect to the Company or its Subsidiary. To the Company’s Knowledge, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received from any Governmental Body having taxing authority (including jurisdictions where Company or its Subsidiary have not filed Tax Returns) any (i) notice indicating an intent to open an audit or other review or Proceeding, (ii) request for information related to Tax matters, or (iii) written notice of deficiency or proposed adjustment for any amount of Tax proposed, asserted, or assessed by any Governmental Body against the Company or its Subsidiary. The Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of all federal, state, local and foreign income Tax Returns, examination reports, and statements of deficiencies assessed against or agreed to by the Company or its Subsidiary filed or received since December 31, 1997.

(d) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has waived any statute of limitations in respect of Taxes or agreed to any extension of time with respect to a Tax assessment or deficiency the effect of which is to extend the statute of limitations or time with respect to which a Tax assessment or deficiency may be imposed or asserted to a date after the date hereof. The Company has provided to Parent a list of all Tax Returns required to be filed by the Company or its Subsidiary on or before October 31, 2005.

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(e) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has been a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of IRC §897(c)(2) during the applicable period specified in IRC §897(c)(1)(A)(ii). The Company and its Subsidiary have disclosed on their federal income Tax Returns all positions taken therein that could give rise to a substantial understatement of federal income Tax within the meaning of IRC §6662 and IRC §6662A. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Tax allocation or sharing agreement. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary (A) has been a member of an “affiliated group” (as defined under the IRC §1504) filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return (other than a group the common parent of which was the Company) or (B) has any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or its Subsidiary) under Reg. §1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by Contract, or otherwise. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has participated in or cooperated with an international boycott within the meaning of Section 999 of the Code or has been requested to do so in connection with any transaction or proposed transaction.

(f) Since December 31, 2004, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has incurred any liability for Taxes arising from extraordinary gains or losses, as that term is used in GAAP, outside the Ordinary Course of Business.

(g) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary will be required to include any item of income in, or exclude any item of deduction from, taxable income for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any:

(i) change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date;

(ii) “closing agreement” as described in IRC §7121 (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax law) executed on or prior to the Closing Date;

(iii) intercompany transaction to which the Company and its Subsidiary are parties;

(iv) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date;

(v) prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date; or

(vi) lease made pursuant to IRC §168(f)(8).

(h) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has distributed stock of another Person, or has had its stock distributed by another Person, in a transaction that was purported or intended to be governed in whole or in part by IRC §355 or IRC §361 within the past two years.

(i) The Company’s Subsidiary has not filed any elections to be treated other than as a taxable corporation.

Section 3.12 Employee Benefits.

(a) As used in this Section, the following terms have the following meanings:

“Company Other Benefit Obligation” means an Other Benefit Obligation owed, adopted, or followed by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate, with respect to an employee.

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“Company Plan” means all Plans of which the Company or its Subsidiary is or was a Plan Sponsor, or to which the Company or its Subsidiary otherwise contributes or has contributed, with respect to an employee.

“ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiary, any other Person that, together with the Company or its Subsidiary, would be treated as a single employer under IRC §414.

“Other Benefit Obligations” means all material obligations, arrangements, or customary practices, whether or not legally enforceable, written or oral to provide benefits, other than salary or wages, as compensation for services rendered, to present or former directors, employees, or agents, other than obligations, arrangements, policies, procedures, programs, or practices that are Plans. Other Benefit Obligations include, by way of example, consulting agreements under which the compensation paid does not depend upon the amount of service rendered, sabbatical policies, severance payment policies, practices or procedures and fringe benefits within the meaning of IRC §132.

“PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

“Pension Plan” has the meaning set forth in ERISA §3(2)(A).

“Plan” has the meaning set forth in ERISA §3(3).

“Plan Sponsor” has the meaning set forth in ERISA §3(16)(B).

“Qualified Plan” means any Company Plan that meets or purports to meet the requirements of IRC §401(a).

“Welfare Plan” has the meaning set forth in ERISA §3(1).

(b) (i) Schedule 3.12(b)(i) contains a complete and accurate list of all Plans of which the Company or its Subsidiary is or has been a Plan Sponsor, in which the Company or its Subsidiary participates or has participated, or to which the Company or its Subsidiary contributes or has contributed. None of the Company, its Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate has ever established, maintained, or contributed to or otherwise participated in, or had an obligation to maintain, contribute to, or otherwise participate in, any voluntary employees’ benefit association under IRC §501(c)(9), Pension Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA or multi-employer plan as defined in ERISA §3(37)(A).

(ii) Schedule 3.12(b)(ii) contains a complete and accurate list of all Company Other Benefit Obligations.

(iii) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has any liability for post-retirement benefits other than Pension Plans.

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(iv) The financial cost of all obligations owed under any Company Plan or Company Other Benefit Obligation as of March 31, 2005, is included in the balance sheet as of that date.

(i) all documents that set forth the terms of each Company Plan, Company Other Benefit Obligation and of any related trust (or other funding vehicle), including (A) all plan descriptions and summary plan descriptions of Company Plans for which the Company or its Subsidiary is required to prepare, file, and distribute plan descriptions and summary plan descriptions, and (B) all summaries and descriptions furnished to participants and beneficiaries regarding Company Plans and Company Other Benefit Obligations for which a plan description or summary plan description is not required;

(ii) all personnel, payroll, and employment manuals and policies of the Company and its Subsidiary;

(iii) any collective bargaining agreements pursuant to which contributions have been made or obligations incurred (including both pension and welfare benefits) by the Company or its Subsidiary, and any and all collective bargaining agreements pursuant to which contributions are being made or obligations are owed by the Company or its Subsidiary;

(iv) a written description of any Company Plan or Company Other Benefit Obligation that is not otherwise in writing;

(v) any insurance policies purchased by or to provide benefits under any Company Plan;

(vi) all Contracts with third party administrators, actuaries, investment managers, consultants, and other independent contractors that relate to any Company Plan and Company Other Benefit Obligation;

(vii) any Form 5500 filed with respect to each Company Plan, including all schedules thereto and the opinions of independent accountants;

(viii) any notices with respect to the Company, its Subsidiary or their employees (whether current or former employees) that were given by the Company, its Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate or any Company Plan to the IRS, PBGC, or any participant or beneficiary, pursuant to statute, including notices that are expressly mentioned elsewhere in this Section 3.12;

(ix) any notices with respect to the Company, its Subsidiary or their employees (whether current or former employees) that were given by the IRS, PBGC, or the Department of Labor to the Company, any ERISA Affiliate, or any Company Plan; and

(x) the most recent determination letter for each Qualified Plan.

(d) (i) The Company and its Subsidiary each has performed its obligations under all Company Plans and Company Other Benefit Obligations in all material respects.

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(ii) No statement, either written or oral, has been made by the Company or its Subsidiary to any Person with regard to any Plan or Other Benefit Obligation that was not in accordance with the Plan or Other Benefit Obligation and that would reasonably be expected to result in any material liability for the Company.

(iii) The Company and its Subsidiary, with respect to all Company Plans and the Company Other Benefits Obligations is, and each Company Plan and Company Other Benefit Obligation is, in material compliance with ERISA, the IRC, and other applicable Legal Requirements, including the provisions of such Legal Requirements expressly mentioned in this Section 3.12, and with any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

(iv) No transaction prohibited by ERISA §406 and no “prohibited transaction” under IRC §4975(c) have occurred with respect to any Company Plan with respect to which there is no statutory or regulatory exemption.

(v) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has any liability to the IRS with respect to any Company Plan, including any liability imposed by Chapter 43 of the IRC.

(vi) All filings required of the Company by ERISA and the IRC as to each Company Plan have been timely filed, and all notices and disclosures to participants required by either ERISA or the IRC have been timely provided.

(vii) All contributions and payments made or accrued with respect to the Company or its Subsidiary for all Company Plans and Company Other Benefit Obligations are deductible under IRC §162 or §404. No income of any Plan for which the Company is Plan Sponsor is subject to Tax as unrelated business taxable income.

(viii) Since December 31, 2004, there has been no establishment or amendment of any Plan for which the Company or its Subsidiary is Plan Sponsor or of any Company Other Benefit Obligation.

(ix) Other than claims for benefits submitted by participants or beneficiaries, no claim against, or Proceeding involving, any Plan for which the Company or its Subsidiary is Plan Sponsor or any Company Other Benefit Obligation is pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, Threatened.

(x) No Company Plan is a stock bonus plan within the meaning of IRC §401(a).

(xi) Each Qualified Plan for which the Company or its Subsidiary is Plan Sponsor or with respect to which employees participate is qualified in form and operation under IRC §401(a); and each trust for each such Qualified Plan is exempt from federal income tax under IRC §501(a). To the Company’s Knowledge, no event has occurred or circumstance exists that would reasonably be expected to give rise to disqualification or loss of tax-exempt status of any such Qualified Plan or trust.

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(xii) Except to the extent required under ERISA §601 et seq. and IRC §4980B, the Company or its Subsidiary provides no health or welfare benefits for any retired or former employee and is not obligated to provide health or welfare benefits to any active employee following such employee’s retirement or other termination of service.

(xiii) Each of the Company and its Subsidiary has complied in all material respects with the provisions of ERISA §601 et seq. and IRC §4980B.

(xiv) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is a party to any Contract, plan, arrangement, or program that has resulted or could result, separately or in the aggregate, in the treatment of any payment, benefit or acceleration of any payment or benefit as an “excess parachute payment” within the meaning of IRC §280G (or any corresponding provision of state, local or foreign Tax law). No payment that is owed or may become due to any director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company or its Subsidiary will be non-deductible to the Company or its Subsidiary; nor will the Company or its Subsidiary be required to “gross up” or otherwise compensate any such Person because of the imposition of any excise tax on a payment to such Person.

(xv) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not result in the payment, vesting, or acceleration of any benefit under any Company Plan or Company Other Benefit Obligation, nor will it trigger the payment of severance or termination pay to any employee or director under any Contract or policy, plan, procedure, or practice.

(xvi) Each of the Company and its Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with its obligations to its employees under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

(xvii) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has any liability to any participant or beneficiary of any Plan under Section 701 et seq. of ERISA.

Section 3.13 Compliance; Governmental Authorizations.

(a) Except for such matters that do not and would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company:

(i) each of the Company and its Subsidiary is and at all times has complied with each Legal Requirement that is or was applicable to it or to the conduct or operation of its business or the ownership or use of any of its assets;

(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that does or would (with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) constitute or result in a violation by the Company or its Subsidiary of, or a failure on the part of the Company or its Subsidiary to comply with, any Legal Requirement, or (B) give rise to any obligation on the part of the Company or its Subsidiary to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any remedial action of any nature; and

(iii) there is no Order of any Governmental Body outstanding or binding upon the Company or its Subsidiary or any of its properties or any of its directors, officers or employees (in

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their capacities as such for the Company) or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their other Representatives (in their capacities as such for the Company or its Subsidiary).

(b) Each of the Company and its Subsidiary owns, holds or possesses all Governmental Authorizations necessary to entitle it to own or lease, operate and use its assets and to carry on and conduct its business substantially as conducted as of the date of this Agreement, and except for such matters that do not and would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company:

(i) Each of the Company and its Subsidiary is in compliance with all of the terms and requirements of each such Governmental Authorization;

(ii) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that does or would (with or without notice or lapse of time) (A) constitute or result directly or indirectly in a violation of or a failure to comply with any term or requirement of any such Governmental Authorization, or (B) result directly or indirectly in the revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, or termination of, or any modification to, any such Governmental Authorization;

(iii) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received since January 1, 2003, any notice or other communication (whether oral or written) from any Governmental Body or any other Person regarding (A) any actual, alleged, possible, or potential violation of or failure to comply with any term or requirement of any such Governmental Authorization, or (B) any actual, proposed, possible, or potential revocation, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation, termination of, or modification to any such Governmental Authorization; and

(iv) all applications required to have been filed for the renewal or transfer of such Governmental Authorizations, and all other filings required to have been made with respect to such Governmental Authorizations, have been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Bodies.

(c) Neither the Company’s nor its Subsidiary’s business involves the use of two-way business radios or other radio communications equipment, any communications facilities, such as microwave or satellite links, that utilize radio frequencies, or any FCC-licensed or FCC-authorized communications facilities.

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3.14 Legal Proceedings; Orders.

(a) No Proceeding has been commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, Threatened that relates to or may affect the business of, or any of the assets owned or used by, the Company or its Subsidiary and that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(b) (i) There is no Order to which the Company or its Subsidiary, or any of the assets owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiary, is subject.

(ii) To the Company’s Knowledge (without any inquiry), no holder of Company Capital Stock or Company Options is subject to any Order that relates to the business of or

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any of the assets owned or used by the Company or to Company Capital Stock or any Company Options.

(iii) To the Company’s Knowledge (without any inquiry), no employee, director, or agent of the Company or its Subsidiary is subject to any Order that prohibits such Person from engaging in or continuing any conduct, activity, or practice relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiary.

(iv) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received since January 31, 2003, any written notice from any Governmental Body or any other Person regarding any actual, alleged, possible, or potential violation of, or failure to comply with, any material term or requirement of any Order to which it, or any of the assets owned or used by it, is or has been subject.

Section 3.15 Absence of Certain Changes and Events. Since December 31, 2004, no Material Adverse Change has occurred with respect to the Company. Except as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, since December 31, 2004, (i) each of the Company and its Subsidiary has conducted its business only in the Ordinary Course of Business and (ii) there has not been any:

(a) payment or increase by the Company or its Subsidiary of any bonuses, salaries, or other compensation to any director or officer (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business and except for those officers with respect to whom Company has provided to Parent the amount of any salary increases) or entry into any employment, severance, or similar Contract with any employee, director or officer (other than in the Ordinary Course of Business);

(b) adoption of, or increase in the payments or benefits under, any profit sharing, bonus, deferred compensation, savings, insurance, pension, retirement, or other employee benefit plan for or with any employees, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(c) damage to or destruction or loss of any material asset or property owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiary, whether or not covered by insurance;

(d) (i) termination of, or receipt of notice of termination of (other than by its terms), any material Contract, or (ii) entry into any Contract or transaction involving a total remaining commitment by or to the Company or its Subsidiary of at least $50,000, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(e) sale, lease, or other disposition of any material asset or property owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiary, or mortgage, pledge, or imposition of any Encumbrance on any material asset or property owned or used by the Company or its Subsidiary (including but not limited to any Company IP), other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(f) cancellation or waiver of any claims or rights with a value to the Company or its Subsidiary in excess of $50,000; or

(g) change in accounting methods or practices, except for any such change required by GAAP or applicable law.

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Section 3.16 Contracts; No Defaults.

(a) Schedule 3.16(a) contains a list, and the Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies, of each of the following (excluding Contracts listed on Schedule 3.21(d)):

(i) each Contract involving the Company or its Subsidiary that involves performance of services or delivery of goods or materials by or to the Company or its Subsidiary or expenditures or receipts of the Company or its Subsidiary, of an amount or value in excess of either $100,000 for the entire stated term of such Contract or $50,000 for the unexpired portion of the stated term of such Contract;

(ii) each lease, rental or occupancy agreement, installment and conditional sale agreement, and other Contract affecting the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s ownership of, leasing of, title to, use of, or any leasehold or other interest in, any real or personal property (except personal property leases and installment and conditional sales agreements requiring aggregate payments of less than $100,000 for the entire stated term of such Contract or $50,000 for the unexpired portion of the stated term of such Contract);

(iii) each joint venture, partnership, and other Contract involving a sharing of profits, losses, costs, or liabilities by the Company or its Subsidiary with any other Person;

(iv) each Contract containing covenants that purport to restrict or limit the freedom of the Company or its Subsidiary to compete with any Person;

(v) each power of attorney granted by the Company or its Subsidiary that is currently effective and outstanding;

(vi) each Contract not otherwise described in this Section 3.16 under which the consequences of default or termination would be materially adverse to the Company;

(vii) each written warranty or guaranty with respect to contractual performance extended by the Company or its Subsidiary other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(viii) each written Contract with any employee or independent contractor for personal services;

(ix) each collective bargaining agreement or other Contract to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party with any labor union;

(x) each Contract with each Person listed on Schedule 3.29;

(xi) each Contract containing agreements, rights, covenants, or obligations relating in any material respect to the cross-promotion of the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s businesses with the business of any other Person; and

(xii) each material amendment, supplement, and modification in respect of any of the foregoing.

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(b) To the Company’s Knowledge (without any inquiry), no employee of the Company or its Subsidiary is bound by any Contract that purports to materially and adversely limit the ability of such Person to (A) engage in or continue any conduct, activity, or practice relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiary, or (B) assign to the Company or its Subsidiary any rights to any invention, improvement, or discovery created by such Person in the scope of their employment with the Company or its Subsidiary.

(c) To the Company’s Knowledge (without any inquiry), each Contract listed in Schedule 3.16(a) and Schedule 3.21(d) is in full force and effect and is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms against the party(ies) thereto other than the Company or its Subsidiary, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, regardless of whether asserted in a Proceeding in equity or at law.

(d) Each of the Company and its Subsidiary is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable terms and requirements of each Contract listed or required to be listed in Schedule 3.16(a) or Schedule 3.21(d) to which it is a party, except as would not result in any material liability for the Company or its Subsidiary. Each other Person to each Contract listed or required to be listed in Schedule 3.16(a) or Schedule 3.21(d) is and has been, to the Company’s Knowledge (without any inquiry), in compliance in all material respects with all applicable terms and requirements of such Contract, except as would not result in any material liability for the Company or its Subsidiary.

(e) Except for such matters which have not had or which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company:

(i) no event has occurred or circumstance exists that (with or without notice or lapse of time) does or would contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of, or gives or would give the Company or its Subsidiary or any other Person the right to declare a default or exercise any remedy under, or to accelerate the maturity or performance of, or to cancel, terminate, or modify, any Contract listed or required to be listed in Schedule 3.16(a) or Schedule 3.21(d); and

(ii) neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has given to or received in writing from any Person any notice or other communication regarding any actual, alleged, possible, or potential violation or breach of, or default under, any Contract listed in Schedule 3.16(a) or Schedule 3.21(d).

(f) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has entered into any Contract with respect to which the performance thereunder by the Company or its Subsidiary, acting alone or in connection with any other Person, or the payment or promise of any consideration thereunder, would violate any Legal Requirement.

(g) With respect to any Contract referenced in Section 3.16(a)(xi), neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has performed or received, or agreed to perform or receive, any material cross-promotion obligations or benefits not expressly included within the scope of such Contract.

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Section 3.17 Insurance.

(a) The Company has made available to Parent copies, accurate in all material respects, of all policies of insurance to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party or under which the Company or its Subsidiary, or any director or officer of the Company or its Subsidiary, is covered as of the date of this Agreement. The Company has made available to Parent a summary of any pending applications for insurance, accurate in all material respects.

(b) Schedule 3.17(b) sets forth, by year, for the current policy year and each of the five preceding policy years a summary of the loss experience under each policy that provides coverage to the Company or its Subsidiary and a statement describing each claim under an insurance policy for an amount in excess of $50,000.

(i) All policies of insurance to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party or that provide coverage to the Company or its Subsidiary, or any director or officer of the Company or its Subsidiary (A) are, to the Company’s Knowledge (without any inquiry), valid, outstanding and enforceable; (B) are, to the Company’s Knowledge, sufficient for compliance with all Legal Requirements and Contracts to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound; and (C) do not provide for any retrospective premium adjustment or other experienced-based liability on the part of the Company or its Subsidiary.

(ii) The Company has no Knowledge of any refusal of coverage or any notice that a defense will be afforded with reservation of rights, or any notice of cancellation or any other indication that any insurance policy is no longer in full force or effect or will not be renewed or that the issuer of any policy is not willing or able to perform its obligations thereunder.

(iii) All premiums due, and all obligations to be performed by the Company or its Subsidiary, under each policy to which it is a party or that provides coverage to the Company or its Subsidiary or its business or any director or officer thereof, have been paid or performed.

(iv) The Company has given notice to the insurer of all material claims of which it has Knowledge (without any inquiry) that may be insured thereby.

Section 3.18 Environmental Matters.

(a) Each of the Company and its Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with, and is not in violation in any material respect of, any Environmental Law. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received, nor to the Knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiary does it have any basis to expect, any Order, written notice, or other written communication from (i) any Governmental Body or private citizen acting in the public interest, (ii) the current or prior owner or operator of any Facilities, or (iii) any third party, of any actual or potential violation of or failure to comply with any Environmental Law, or of any obligation to undertake or bear any material cost of any Environmental, Health, and Safety Liabilities with respect to any of the Facilities or any other properties in which the Company or its Subsidiary has or had an interest, or with respect to any property or Facility at which Hazardous

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Materials were or are used or stored by the Company or its Subsidiary, or from which Hazardous Materials have been transported, treated, stored, handled, transferred, disposed, recycled, or received.

(b) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has conducted any Hazardous Activity with respect to the Facilities or any other properties in which the Company or its Subsidiary has or had an interest that could reasonably be expected to result in any material liability for the Company or its Subsidiary.

(c) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has released or disposed of any Hazardous Material on the Facilities or other properties in violation in any material respect of any Environmental Law, and each of the Company and its Subsidiary has disposed of all wastes, including those containing Hazardous Materials, in compliance in all material respects with all Environmental Laws.

(d) The Company has made available to Parent copies of any reports, studies, analyses, tests, or monitoring possessed or initiated by it pertaining to Hazardous Materials or Hazardous Activities in, on, or under the Facilities, or concerning compliance by the Company and its Subsidiary with Environmental Laws.

(e) Each of the Company and its Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all its obligations under all Contracts relating to the Facilities which require it to comply with Environmental Laws.

Section 3.19 Employees.

(a) The Company has separately provided to Parent a complete and accurate list, as of May 31, 2005, of the following information for each employee of the Company and its Subsidiary, including each such employee on leave of absence or layoff status: name; job title; current compensation paid or payable and any change in compensation since December 31, 2004; accrued vacation and other accrued leave; and hire date for purposes of computing vesting and eligibility to participate under any Company Plan or Other Benefit Obligation.

(b) At the date hereof, to the Company’s Knowledge, no officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiary listed on Schedule 3.19(b) has given notice that he or she intends to terminate his or her position or employment with the Company or its Subsidiary.

Section 3.20 Labor Relations. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has ever been a party to any collective bargaining agreement or similar labor Contract with a labor union. There has not been, and there is not presently pending or existing, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, Threatened, with respect to the Company or its Subsidiary, (a) any strike, slowdown, picketing, work stoppage, or employee grievance process, or (b) any petition or application for certification or request for recognition of a labor union. There is no lockout of any employees by the Company or its Subsidiary, and no such action is contemplated by the Company. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has ever engaged or been asked to engage in collective bargaining with any labor union. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is currently engaged in or obligated to engage in collective bargaining with any labor union.

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Section 3.21 Intellectual Property.

(a) The Company IP constitutes (i) all the Intellectual Property used in or necessary to the conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiary as currently conducted and (ii) all Intellectual Property developed or under license for use with respect to any business planned to be conducted by the Company or its Subsidiary in the six months following the date hereof. The Company or its Subsidiary is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to the Owned IP, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than licenses granted to third Persons in the Ordinary Course of Business, none of which could reasonably be expected to impair the business of the Company or its Subsidiary. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company has the rights to use or otherwise commercially exploit its rights in the Licensed IP, to the extent such rights are used in or necessary to the conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiary as currently conducted and as under license with respect to any business planned to be conducted in the six months following the date hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company or its Subsidiary is the exclusive owner of all Company Registered IP in the jurisdictions where such Company Registered IP is registered.

(b) Schedule 3.21(b) lists all Company Registered IP and the jurisdiction(s) in which each item of Company Registered IP is filed or registered, including the respective application or registration numbers and dates. Each item of Company Registered IP is in material compliance with all formal Legal Requirements (including payment of filing, examination and maintenance fees and proofs of use) and, to the Company’s Knowledge, is valid. The Company has previously provided to Parent a list of any actions that are required to be taken by the Company or its Subsidiary within one hundred eighty (180) days of the date hereof with respect to the Company Registered IP or the prosecution of applications or registrations relating thereto, including the payment of any registration, maintenance or renewal fees or the filing of any response to United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office actions, documents, applications or certificates for the purposes of obtaining, maintaining, perfecting or preserving or renewing any Company Registered IP.

(c) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has, to the Knowledge of the Company, permitted the rights of the Company or its Subsidiary in any Owned IP to lapse or enter the public domain.

(d) Schedule 3.21(d) lists (i) all material licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party and pursuant to which any other Person is authorized to use or exercise any rights to the Owned IP, except for ad representation agreements, advertising agreements, insertion orders and similar agreements, end user or customer license agreements, or other agreements where the only license is the right to use or display brand features or brand logos in some form of co-branded website application and (ii) all licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts with respect to Owned IP or Third Party Intellectual Property Rights used by the Company or its Subsidiary, whether or not any royalty, residual or licensing fee is paid in connection therewith ((1) other than software or subscriptions commercially available to any Person for a fee of no more than either $100,000 for the entire stated term of such Contract or $50,000 for the unexpired portion of the stated term of such Contract and (2) other than such Contracts which are entered into the Ordinary Course of Business and do not have a material impact on the businesses or operations of the Company or its Subsidiary), including without limitation such licenses, sublicenses and other Contracts with any current or former employee of the Company or its Subsidiary (other than standard form employee agreements, copies of which have been made available to Parent) and such Contracts relating to licenses involving search

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services, algorithmic search technology or technology infrastructure. The Company has made available to Parent accurate and complete copies of all licenses, sublicenses, and other Contracts identified on Schedule 3.21(d).

(e) Schedule 3.21(e) lists all Persons to whom the Company or its Subsidiary has delivered copies of or disclosed, or promised to deliver or disclose source code of any Company IP, whether pursuant to an escrow arrangement or otherwise.

(f) No Person has asserted in writing to the Company, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, Threatened to assert in a writing to the Company, any claims (i) contesting the right of the Company or of its Subsidiary to use, exercise, sell, license, transfer or dispose of any Owned IP or to use or sublicense any Licensed IP in any manner or (ii) challenging the ownership, validity or enforceability of any Owned IP which, if adversely detained, individually or collectively would be reasonably expected to have a materially adverse impact on the business or operations of the Company or its Subsidiary to which such Owned IP or Licensed IP relates. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received any written non-infringement or invalidity opinion of counsel regarding any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights.

(g) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is a party to any pending Proceeding alleging (i) infringement of any of the Owned IP by any Person or (ii) breach by any Person of any license, sublicense or other Contract authorizing such other Person to use the Company IP. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has entered into any Contract granting another Person the right to bring infringement actions with respect to, or otherwise to enforce rights with respect to, any of the Owned IP.

(h) To the extent that any Owned IP or Company IP identified as Owned IP has been developed or created independently or jointly by any Person other than the Company or its Subsidiary, such other Person has delivered to the Company or its Subsidiary a duly executed and, to the Knowledge of the Company, valid written assignment granting exclusive ownership of all Third Party Intellectual Property Rights of such Person in the developed work to the Company or its Subsidiary.

(i) No Public Software forms part of the Owned IP or was or is used in connection with the development of any Owned IP. No products or services of the Company or its Subsidiary are or have been distributed in such a way as to trigger any obligations to distribute the Owned IP under any Public Software licenses, whether in object or source code form.

(j) The conduct and operation of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiary as currently conducted and operated, to the Knowledge of the Company, do not infringe or misappropriate any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received written notice from any other Person alleging the foregoing.

(k) Upon the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, the Surviving Corporation with respect to the Company and the Company’s Subsidiary with respect to itself will have the right to exercise all of the rights of the Company or its Subsidiary under all Contracts referred to in this Section 3.21 to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party to the same extent the Company or its Subsidiary would have been entitled to exercise such rights had the Contemplated Transactions not occurred and without the payment of any additional amounts or consideration other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which the Company or its Subsidiary would otherwise be required to pay. The

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consummation of the Contemplated Transactions will not violate nor result in the breach, modification, cancellation, termination, suspension of, or acceleration or increase of any payments or royalties with respect to any Contracts relating to any Company IP. None of the execution, delivery, performance or consummation of this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions, by operation of law or otherwise, will result in the grant to any third party of any right to or with respect to any material Company IP.

(l) The Company and its Subsidiary have taken such commercially reasonable steps as would be consistent with reasonable and customary industry standards to protect and preserve the confidentiality of all Confidential Information. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiary have and enforce a policy requiring each employee and consultant (including but not limited to joint developers, beta testers, and independent designers) of the Company or its Subsidiary to execute a proprietary rights and confidentiality agreement substantially in the form provided to Parent, and all current and former employees and consultants of the Company and its Subsidiary have executed such an agreement, or a form of agreement substantially similar to the form provided to Parent, except for instances in which there would not reasonably be expected to be a material harm or injury to the Company or its Subsidiary.

Section 3.22 Certain Payments. Neither the Company or its Subsidiary, nor any director or officer of the Company or its Subsidiary, nor any Affiliate of the Company or its Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, any shareholder, agent, employee or other Person associated with or acting for or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiary, has directly or indirectly (a) made any contribution, gift, bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback, or other payment to any Person, private or public, regardless of form, whether in money, property, or services (i) to obtain favorable treatment in securing business for the Company or its Subsidiary, (ii) to pay for favorable treatment for business secured for the Company or its Subsidiary, (iii) to obtain special concessions or for special concessions already obtained, for or in respect of the Company or its Subsidiary, or (iv) in violation of any Legal Requirement applicable to the Company or its Subsidiary, or (b) established or maintained any fund or asset of the Company or its Subsidiary that has not been recorded in the books and records of the Company or its Subsidiary.

Section 3.23 FCC Licenses. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary holds any authorizations, licenses or permits issued by the FCC.

Section 3.24 Vote Required.

(a) The affirmative vote of the holders of (i) a majority of the shares of Company Common Stock outstanding on the Record Date voting together as a single class, (ii) a majority of the shares of Company Preferred Stock outstanding on the Record Date voting together as a single class (on an as-if-converted to Common Stock basis), and (iii) a majority of the shares of Company Capital Stock outstanding on the Record Date voting together as a single class (on an as-if-converted to Common Stock basis) (the votes referred to in clauses (i) – (iii) of this sentence being referred to collectively as the “Required Merger Shareholder Vote”), is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of the Company’s capital stock necessary to approve the principal terms of the Merger and the other Contemplated Transactions.

(b) When delivered to the Company’s shareholders, the Consent Solicitation Statement (i) will comply with all applicable Legal Requirements, (ii) will not contain any untrue statement of a

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material fact, and (ii) will not omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the information contained in the Consent Solicitation Statement (in the light of the circumstances under which such information was provided) not misleading.

Section 3.25 Websites.

(a) Schedule 3.25 sets forth a true, accurate and complete list of all domain names for websites that are owned by the Company and its Subsidiary (the “Websites”). With respect to each Website, the Company or its Subsidiary: (i) possesses all legal rights to the exclusive use of the domain names with respect thereto; (ii) to the Knowledge of the Company and based on the Company’s current traffic forecasts for its Websites, presently has adequate computer and personnel resources to help ensure that no service outages will occur due to insufficient data-storage, memory, server or other related reasons and to accommodate anticipated increases in traffic levels; and (iii) take commercially reasonable steps to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of their software, databases, systems, networks and Websites and all information stored or contained therein or transmitted thereby from unauthorized or improper access, modification, transmittal or use.

(b) Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary distributes Spyware or Adware in connection with the businesses they conduct. “Spyware” means any software that covertly gathers information regarding user online activity through the user’s Internet connection (i.e., without notice that such information may be gathered), whether or not such software is bundled as a hidden component of a toolbar or like application, other than information: (i) reasonably gathered in connection with services or information provided by the Company or its Subsidiary to such users, or (ii) that is not associated with Personally Identifiable Information. “Personally Identifiable Information” means data that identifies or locates a particular person, including but not limited to name, address, telephone number, electronic mail address, social security number, bank account number or credit card number; provided, however that data shall not be Personally Identifiable Information for purposes of this Agreement if the Company and its Subsidiary (x) do not intentionally collect or intentionally receive any such data and (y) do not become aware of the identity or location of, or identify or locate, a particular person as a result of any receipt of such data. “Adware” means any software that causes advertising to pop-up as a new window (over or under) on the user’s computer based on the user’s online activity (other than advertisements that the Company or its Subsidiary serves to visitors to their respective Websites while those visitors are visiting or exiting such Websites) or which is used to distribute Spyware.

(c) Without limiting the generality of this Section 3.25(c), the Company and its Subsidiary (i) have taken commercially reasonable steps to prevent the violation by the Company or its Subsidiary of the rights of any Person or Entity with respect to Personally Identifiable Information provided under any applicable Legal Requirements including, without limitation, rights respecting (x) privacy generally, (y) the obtaining, storing, using, sharing or transmitting of Personally Identifiable Information of any type, whether via electronic means or otherwise, and (z) Spyware and Adware; and (ii) comply with the Company’s and its Subsidiary’s published privacy policies.

Section 3.26 Related Party Transactions. (a) No Related Party has any direct or indirect interest in any material asset used in or otherwise relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiary; (b) no Related Party is indebted to the Company or its Subsidiary; (c) no Related Party has any direct or indirect financial interest in any material Contract, transaction or business dealing involving the Company or its Subsidiary; and (d) no Related Party has any claim or right against the Company

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(other than rights as a shareholder or under Company Options, and rights to receive compensation for services performed as an employee or director of the Company) or its Subsidiary. (For purposes hereof, each of the following shall be deemed to be a “Related Party”: (i) each holder of more than 2.5% of the outstanding Company Capital Stock as of the date hereof, and each Person who is a general partner or officer or director or controlling shareholder of any such 2.5% or greater shareholder of the Company; (ii) each individual who is an officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiary; (iii) each member of the immediate family of each of the individuals referred to in clauses “(i)” and “(ii)” above; and (iv) any trust or other Entity (other than the Company) in which any one of the Persons referred to in clauses “(i)”, “(ii)” and “(iii)” above holds (or in which more than one of such Persons collectively hold), beneficially or otherwise, a material voting, proprietary or equity interest.)

Section 3.27 Vendor and Customer Relationships. To the Company’s Knowledge, the relationships of the Company and its Subsidiary with their vendors and customers are good commercial working relationships, and neither the Company nor its Subsidiary is engaged in any dispute with any vendor or customer, which dispute has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

Section 3.28 Brokers or Finders. Other than J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., neither the Company or its Subsidiary nor any of their officers or directors has employed any investment banker, broker or finder or incurred any liability for any banker’s, broker’s, or finder’s fees or commissions payable by or on behalf of the Company or its Subsidiary in connection with the Contemplated Transactions.

Section 3.29 Loans to Employees and Directors. Schedule 3.29 sets forth a true, accurate and complete list of all loans and extensions of credit by the Company or its Subsidiary to or for any shareholder, director or employee of the Company or its Subsidiary or any member of the immediate family of any such Person or any trust or other entity in which (other than the Company) any one of the Persons referred to above holds (or in which more than one of such Persons collectively hold), beneficially or otherwise, a material voting, proprietary or equity interest.

Section 3.30 State Takeover Laws. No “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition” or other anti-takeover statute is applicable to the Contemplated Transactions.

Section 3.31 Relationships with Certain Parties. From December 31, 2004 to the date of this Agreement, there has not been any material adverse change in the business relationships of the Company or its Subsidiary with any Person that accounted for more than 5% of the Company’s revenues during such period. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiary has received, prior to the date hereof, written notice (which remains unresolved) of any such other Person’s: (i) intention to breach, terminate, or materially alter any Contract between it and the Company or its Subsidiary, or (ii) early termination of, or a request for a concession by, the Company or its Subsidiary with respect to any such Contract, or (iii) belief that the Company or its Subsidiary is not in material compliance with any such Contract.

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SHAREHOLDERS’ REPRESENTATIVE

The Shareholders’ Representative represents and warrants to Parent, Merger Sub and the Company as follows:

Section 4.1 Capacity. The Shareholders’ Representative has the right and capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform his obligations hereunder.

Section 4.2 No Conflict. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation or performance of any of the obligations hereunder or under the Escrow Agreement by the Shareholders’ Representative will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time), contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation of or breach of any provision of, any Contract to which the Shareholders’ Representative is bound.

Section 4.3 Enforceability. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Shareholders’ Representative enforceable against the Shareholders’ Representative in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, regardless of whether asserted in a Proceeding in equity or at law.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

Parent and Merger Sub represent and warrant to the Company as follows:

Section 5.1 Organization and Good Standing. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has full corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

Section 5.2 Authority; No Conflict.

(a) Execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions by Parent and Merger Sub have been duly and validly authorized by any necessary action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered on behalf of each of Parent and Merger Sub by an authorized officer thereof. This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid, and binding obligation of each of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by (i) laws of general application relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, or moratorium or other similar laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally, and (ii) rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies, regardless of whether asserted in a Proceeding in equity or at law.

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(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent or Merger Sub nor the consummation or performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions by Parent or Merger Sub will contravene, conflict with, or result in a violation or breach of:

(i) any provision of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s Organizational Documents;

(ii) any resolution adopted by the directors or shareholders of Parent or Merger Sub;

(iii) any Legal Requirement or Order to which Parent or Merger Sub may be subject; or

(iv) any material Contract to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger Sub may be bound.

(c) Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is or will be required to obtain any Consent from any Person in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation or performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions.

Section 5.3 Financial Capability. Parent has adequate financial resources to pay all amounts required to be paid and to perform all obligations required to be performed by it under this Agreement.

Section 5.4 Certain Proceedings. There is no pending Proceeding that has been commenced against either Parent or Merger Sub and that challenges, or would have the effect of preventing, delaying, making illegal, or otherwise interfering with, any of the Contemplated Transactions. To Parent’s Knowledge, no such Proceeding has been Threatened.

Section 5.5 Brokers or Finders. Other than Allen & Co., LLC, neither Parent nor Merger Sub nor any of their officers or directors has employed any investment banker, broker or finder or incurred any liability for any banker’s, broker’s, or finder’s fees or commissions payable by or on behalf of Parent in connection with the Contemplated Transactions.

Section 5.6 Merger Sub. Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Contemplated Transactions. Except for obligations or liabilities incurred in connection with its incorporation or organization and the Contemplated Transactions and except for this Agreement and any other agreements or arrangements contemplated by this Agreement, Merger Sub does not have, directly or indirectly, any obligations or liabilities and has not, directly or indirectly, engaged in any business activities of any type or kind whatsoever or entered into any Contracts with any Person. Parent owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Merger Sub.

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY PRIOR TO CLOSING DATE

Section 6.1 Access and Investigation. During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, provide Parent and Parent’s Representatives, during reasonable business hours, with reasonable access to the Representatives, personnel and assets of the Company and

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its Subsidiary and to all existing books, records, Tax Returns, work papers, Contracts and other documents and information of or pertaining to the Company and its Subsidiary and such additional financial, operating and other data and information of or pertaining to the Company as Parent and its Representatives may reasonably request; provided, however, that in exercising Parent’s access rights under this Section 6.1, Parent and its Representatives shall not be permitted to interfere unreasonably with the conduct of the business of the Company. The Company shall provide Parent and its Representatives with copies of such data, documents and other information as may be reasonable in the circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the previous two sentences, (i) promptly following the preparation thereof, the Company shall deliver to Parent (A) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiary as of the last day of each calendar month during the Pre-Closing Period, and (B) a consolidated statement of operations of the Company and its Subsidiary for such calendar month and for the period from January 1, 2005 through the end of such calendar month, and (ii) during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, permit Parent’s senior officers to meet with the controller and other officers of the Company responsible for the Company’s financial statements and internal controls to discuss such matters as Parent may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate for Parent to satisfy its obligations under applicable Legal Requirements.

Section 6.2 Operation of the Business. Between the date of this Agreement and the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement, the Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiary to:

(a) conduct its business only in the Ordinary Course of Business; and

(b) use its reasonable best efforts to preserve intact its current business organization, keep available the services of its current officers, employees, and agents, and maintain satisfactory relations and goodwill with vendors, customers, landlords, creditors, employees, agents, advertisers, licensors, vendors and others having business relationships with it.

Section 6.3 Forbearance. Commencing upon execution of this Agreement and continuing through to the earlier of the Closing and the termination of this Agreement, except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit its Subsidiary to, without the prior written consent of Parent:

(a) incur any indebtedness for borrowed money; assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligations of any other Person; or make any loan or advance to any Person, in each case except in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(b) adjust, split, combine or reclassify any capital stock;

(c) make, declare or pay any dividend, or make any other distribution on, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or encumber, any shares of its capital stock or any securities or obligations convertible (whether currently convertible or convertible only after the passage of time or the occurrence of certain events) into or exchangeable for any shares of its capital stock;

(d) issue any shares of capital stock, except pursuant to exercise of any Company Option or conversion of any Company Preferred Stock, or issue any options, rights or other securities convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company except for options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock offered to employees or prospective employees in the Ordinary Course of

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Business and representing in the aggregate less than 1% of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock of the Company;

(e) sell, transfer, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of any of its lines of business or any of its properties or assets to any Person other than in the Ordinary Course of Business and in aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000; or cancel or release any indebtedness owed to it by any Person or any claims held by it with respect to any Person, except pursuant to Contracts in force at the date thereof or, in the case of cancellation or release of indebtedness, as a result of debt collections;

(f) purchase any stock, securities, property or assets of any Person other than in the Ordinary Course of Business and in aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000;

(g) establish, adopt, amend or terminate any Company Plan or Company Other Benefit Obligation, or amend in any material respect the terms of any outstanding Company Option;

(h) (i) establish, or increase compensation or benefits provided under, or make any payment not required by, any retention, bonus, incentive, insurance, severance, termination, change of control, deferred compensation, pension, retirement, profit sharing, stock option (including, without limitation, the granting of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance awards, restricted stock awards or similar instruments), stock purchase or other employee benefit plan, program, policy or agreement or arrangement; (ii) otherwise increase or accelerate the vesting or payment of the compensation payable or the benefits provided or to become payable or provided to any of its current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants, or otherwise pay any amounts not due such individual; (iii) enter into any new or amend any existing employment or consulting agreement with any director, officer, employee, consultant or service provider or retain the services of such person; or (iv) establish, adopt or enter into any collective bargaining agreement, except in each of clauses (i) and (iii), in the Ordinary Course of Business, or as may be required to comply with any applicable Legal Requirement or existing Contract;

(i) settle any material claim or Proceeding other than for the ordinary course collections for accounts receivable due and payable;

(j) amend or permit the adoption of any amendment to its Organizational Documents, or effect or become a party to any Acquisition Transaction (subject to Section 6.6, Section 11.1(h) and Section 11.2), recapitalization, reclassification of shares, stock split, reverse stock split or similar transaction;

(k) enter into any Contract with any of its shareholders in their capacity as such;

(l) take any action that is intended or would reasonably be expected to result in any of its representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement being or becoming untrue such that the condition set forth in Section 9.1 shall be incapable of satisfaction;

(m) other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, sell, assign, transfer, license, sublicense or enter into any license agreement with respect to any Company IP, or buy or enter into any license agreement with respect to any Third Party Intellectual Property Rights;

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(n) enter into any “non-compete” Contract or any similar Contract that would materially restrict any of its businesses;

(o) (subject to Section 6.6, Section 11.1(h) and Section 11.2) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization;

(p) implement or adopt any change in its accounting principles, practices or methods or its internal controls, other than as consistent with or as may be required by law, GAAP, regulatory guidelines or applicable Legal Requirements, implement or adopt any change in the cash management, accounts receivable collection or accounts payable practices of the Company, or make any change in its working capital practices generally or take or omit to take any action with the intent or effect of artificially inflating the Closing Working Capital including, but not limited to, accelerating the collection of, or permitting the prepayment of, any receivable, converting any non-cash assets to cash or cash equivalents, or deferring or delaying payments of any kind;

(q) settle or compromise any liability for Taxes, file any amended Tax Return, file any Tax Return in a materially inconsistent manner with past practice (except as otherwise required by law), or make any Tax election other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

(r) enter into any new, or amend or otherwise alter any current, transaction or Contract with any of its Affiliates;

(s) subject to Section 6.6(b) and Article XI, enter into any Contract or transaction, amend or alter any existing Contract or transaction or take or fail to take any action which, individually or collectively, would reasonably be expected to result in any material diminution in the value of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiary to Parent and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Merger and the consummation of the other Contemplated Transactions; or

(t) agree to take, make any commitment to take, or permit to be adopted any resolutions of its board of directors or shareholders in support of, any of the actions prohibited by this Section 6.3.

Section 6.4 Notification. During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall promptly notify Parent in writing if it becomes aware of any fact or condition that causes or constitutes a breach of any of its representations and warranties as of the date of this Agreement, or if it becomes aware of the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of any fact or condition that would (except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement) cause or constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty had such representation or warranty been made as of the time of occurrence or discovery of such fact or condition. During the same period, the Company shall promptly notify Parent of the occurrence of any breach of any of its covenants in this Article VI or in Article VIII or of the occurrence of any event that would reasonably be expected to make the satisfaction of the conditions in Article IX unlikely.

Section 6.5 Reasonable Best Efforts. During the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the conditions in Article IX to be satisfied.

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Section 6.6 No Solicitation.

(a) Subject to Section 6.6(b), during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company shall not directly or indirectly: (a) solicit, knowingly facilitate or knowingly encourage the initiation of any inquiry, proposal or offer from any Person (other than Parent) relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction; (b) participate in any discussions or negotiations or enter into any agreement with, or provide any non-public information to, any Person (other than Parent) relating to or in connection with a possible Acquisition Transaction; or (c) accept any proposal or offer from any Person (other than Parent) relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction. Upon execution of this Agreement the Company shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any existing direct or indirect discussions with any Person (other than Parent) that relate to any possible Acquisition Transaction. The Company shall promptly (and in no event later than 24 hours after receipt thereof) notify Parent orally and in writing of any proposal or offer relating to a possible Acquisition Transaction (including the identity of the Person making or submitting such proposal or offer, and the terms thereof (including a copy of any written proposal or offer)) that is received by the Company or any Representative of the Company during the Pre-Closing Period.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, in the event that the Company shall receive a bona fide written proposal for an Acquisition Transaction after the date of this Agreement and prior to receipt of the Required Merger Shareholder Vote that did not result from a breach of Section 6.6(a) (each an “Acquisition Proposal”), the Company shall be permitted (i) to engage in discussions and negotiations with, and provide nonpublic information or data to, the Person making the Acquisition Proposal or (ii) recommend approval of the Acquisition Proposal to the shareholders of the Company or withdraw or modify in any adverse manner the Company Board Recommendation, if and only to the extent that, (A) in any case as is referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), the Company has entered into a nondisclosure agreement with the Person making the Acquisition Proposal having provisions that are no less favorable to the Company and no less restrictive on such Person than those contained in the Nondisclosure Agreement, (B) the Company Board has determined in good faith (after consultation with its outside legal counsel) that the Acquisition Proposal, if accepted, (x) in the case of clause (i) above, would more likely than not constitute a Superior Proposal (as hereinafter defined), (y) in the case of clause (ii) above, if consummated, would constitute a Superior Proposal, (z) in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, that the failure to engage in discussions and negotiations with respect to such Acquisition Proposal would reasonably be expected to constitute a breach of its fiduciary duties to the Company’s shareholders under applicable Legal Requirements, and (C) the Company has provided to Parent three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice that the Company Board intends to take such action, specifying the material terms and conditions of such Superior Proposal and identifying the Person or Persons making such Superior Proposal. For purposes of this Agreement, “Superior Proposal” means any Acquisition Proposal that the Company Board determines in good faith (after (i) consultation with its financial advisor and (ii) taking into account all of the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal and this Agreement, including (A) any counterproposal by Parent pursuant to Section 11.1(h), (B) the likelihood that the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Proposal will close in a timely manner, and (C) the extent to which the financing for the transactions contemplated by the Acquisition Proposal, to the extent required, is committed or is capable of being obtained on the terms proposed) is more favorable to the Company’s shareholders than the Merger or any counterproposal pursuant to Section 11.1(h).

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Section 6.7 Consent Solicitation Statement. The Company shall deliver a consent solicitation statement accurately describing this Agreement, the Merger, the other Contemplated Transactions and the provisions of Chapter 13 of the CGCL, and setting forth the fair market value of each class and series of Company Capital Stock as of the day prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any appreciation or depreciation in connection with this Agreement, the Merger or the other Contemplated Transactions) as determined by the Company Board (the “Consent Solicitation Statement”) to its shareholders, for the purpose of (a) informing them of approval of the Merger by the Company Board and their right to dissent pursuant to Chapter 13 of the CGCL, and (b) soliciting their written consent to the principal terms of the Merger and the Contemplated Transactions. The Consent Solicitation Statement shall be delivered to shareholders of the Company within five (5) calendar days of the date hereof and shall be delivered on or within two (2) calendar days following the Record Date to any shareholder of the Company of record on the Record Date that has not received the Consent Solicitation Statement prior to the Record Date. Subject to the fiduciary duties of the Company Board and Section 6.6(b), the Consent Solicitation Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the Company Board unanimously recommends that the Company’s shareholders execute written consents approving the principal terms of the Merger (the “Company Board Recommendation”). Subject in each case to the provisions of Section 6.6 and the fiduciary duties of the Company Board, the unanimous recommendation of the Company Board that the shareholders of the Company approve the principal terms of the Merger shall not be withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Parent, and no resolution by the Company Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify such recommendation in a manner adverse to Parent shall be adopted or proposed. The Company shall provide Parent and its Representatives with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Consent Solicitation Statement prior to any dissemination thereof to the Company’s shareholders. The Company shall provide Parent with a copy of the Consent Solicitation Statement on the date of delivery thereof to its shareholders and shall also provide Parent with copies of all written consents of the Company’s shareholders. The Company shall solicit written consents as provided in this Section 6.7 for the 30-day period commencing on the beginning date of the period provided under Chapter 13 of the CGCL for the exercise and perfection of dissenters’ rights by holders of shares of Company Capital Stock.

Section 6.8 Demands by Holders of Dissenting Shares. The Company shall promptly notify Parent of any demands it receives within the period provided for the exercise and perfection of dissenters’ rights under Chapter 13 of the CGCL from any holders of shares of Company Capital Stock and the Company shall provide Parent with a copy of each such demand.

Section 6.9 FIRPTA Matters. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Parent a statement (in such form as may be reasonably requested by counsel to Parent) conforming to the requirements of Section 1.897 — 2(h)(1)(i) of the Treasury Regulations under the IRC, duly executed by an authorized officer of the Company as of the Closing Date.

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ARTICLE VII

CERTAIN COVENANTS OF PARENT

Section 7.1 Indemnification.

(a) Parent agrees that all rights to indemnification existing as of the date of this Agreement in favor of those persons who are or were directors and officers of the Company (the “Indemnified Company Personnel”) for acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time, as provided in the Company’s Organizational Documents, shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to fulfill and honor such obligations to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Legal Requirements. Parent agrees that, from and after the Effective Time, Parent shall guaranty the obligations of the Company as in effect as of the date of this Agreement in respect of indemnification and advancement of expenses for the benefit of the Indemnified Company Personnel, including as set forth in the Company’s Organizational Documents.

(b) From the Effective Time until the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent shall maintain in effect, for the benefit of the Indemnified Company Personnel with respect to acts or omissions occurring on or prior to the Effective Time, the existing policy of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained by the Company as of the date of this Agreement (the “Existing Policy”); provided, however, that (i) Parent may substitute for the Existing Policy a policy or policies of not less favorable coverage; (ii) Parent may self-insure the risk of loss; provided, however, that Parent must provide the Indemnified Company Personnel with indemnification terms and procedures (including advancement of expenses) at least as favorable as provided pursuant to Article SEVENTH of Parent’s Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation as of the date of this Agreement, and provided further, that Parent’s right to self-insure the risk of loss shall be subject to Parent’s maintaining an Investment Grade credit rating according to both Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s Rating Services; and (iii) Parent shall not be required to pay annual premiums for the Existing Policy (or for any substitute policies) in excess of 200% of the annual premium payable under the Existing Policy as of the date of this Agreement (the “Maximum Premium”) and, in the event any future annual premiums for the Existing Policy (or any substitute policies) exceed the Maximum Premium, Parent shall be entitled to reduce the amount of coverage of the Existing Policy (or any substitute policies) to the amount of coverage that can be obtained for a premium equal to the Maximum Premium.

Section 7.2 Notification. During the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall promptly notify the Company in writing if it becomes aware of any fact or condition that causes or constitutes a breach of any of its representations and warranties as of the date of this Agreement, or if it becomes aware of the occurrence after the date of this Agreement of any fact or condition that would (except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement) cause or constitute a breach of any such representation or warranty had such representation or warranty been made as of the time of occurrence or discovery of such fact or condition. During the same period, Parent shall promptly notify the Company of the occurrence of any breach of any of its covenants in this Article VII or in Article VIII or of the occurrence of any event that would reasonably be expected to make the satisfaction of the conditions in Article X unlikely.

Section 7.3 Reasonable Best Efforts. During the Pre-Closing Period, Parent shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the conditions in Article X to be satisfied.

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ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS COVENANTS

Section 8.1 Required Approvals of Governmental Bodies.

(a) Parent and the Company shall promptly make all registrations, filings and submissions with all Governmental Bodies required to be made or effected by them pursuant to all applicable Legal Requirements with respect to this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions. During the Pre-Closing Period, Parent and the Company shall cooperate with each other with respect to all filings that the other elects to make or is required by Legal Requirements to make in connection with the Contemplated Transactions.

(b) Without limiting the generality of Section 8.1(a), the Company and Parent shall promptly (but not later than ten (10) calendar days after the date hereof) make and effect all registrations, filings and submissions required to be made or effected pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”) and all other applicable Legal Requirements with respect to this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions in order to obtain the expiration of any applicable waiting period under any such Legal Requirements or any antitrust clearance or similar clearance required to be obtained from the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, any state attorney general, any foreign competition authority or any other Governmental Body in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. Each of the Company and Parent shall bear one-half of the cost of such HSR Act or other filing.

(c) The Company and Parent shall (i) promptly provide all information requested by any state or federal Governmental Body in connection with this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, and (ii) promptly take all actions and steps necessary to obtain the expiration of any applicable waiting period or any antitrust clearance or similar clearance required to be obtained from the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, any state attorney general, any foreign competition authority or any other governmental entity in connection with the Contemplated Transactions. The actions required to be taken pursuant to this Section 8.1 in order to obtain required expirations or antitrust clearances will include using reasonable efforts to avoid or set aside any preliminary or permanent injunction or other Order but do not include making arrangements for the disposition of particular assets and making arrangements to hold such assets separate pending their disposition.

(d) Without limiting any other provision of this Section 8.1, each party hereto shall (i) give the other parties prompt notice of the commencement of any Proceeding by or before any Governmental Body with respect to this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions, (ii) keep the other parties informed as to the status of any such Proceeding, and (c) promptly inform the other parties of any communication to or from the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, or any other Governmental Body regarding this Agreement or the Contemplated Transactions.

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Section 8.2 Tax Matters.

(a) Parent shall prepare or cause to be prepared and file or cause to be filed all Tax Returns for the Company and its Subsidiary that are filed after the Closing Date.

(b) Parent shall provide draft copies of Tax Returns for any period beginning before the Closing Date to the Shareholders’ Representative at least fifteen (15) days prior to the due date (taking into account extensions thereof) for the timely filing of any such Tax Return. Such Tax Return will be prepared reasonably taking into account the Company’s or its Subsidiary’s past practices and shall be provided to Shareholders’ Representative for review. If the Shareholders’ Representative objects to any Tax Return, the Shareholders’ Representative must notify Parent within five (5) days after receiving copies of such Tax Returns. Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative shall then in good faith endeavor to resolve any dispute prior to filing such Tax Return. If the dispute cannot be resolved, the Accountants shall be retained to resolve such dispute. The determination of the Accountants shall be binding, final and non-appealable and if the Tax Return that was the subject of such dispute was filed inconsistent with such determination, such Tax Return shall be promptly amended to conform with such determination. The principles of Section 2.11(c) with respect to cooperation and the payment of the fees and expenses of the Accountants shall apply. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Parent shall pay or cause to be paid any Taxes taken into account as a liability in the determination of the Estimated Working Capital or Closing Date Working Capital and shall remit such amount to the relevant tax authority and together with the Indemnitees shall have no recourse to the Escrow Fund in respect of such Taxes. The parties hereto shall, to the extent permitted under applicable law, treat for all Tax purposes the Closing Date as the last day of the taxable year or period of the Company and its Subsidiary.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Indemnitees shall have no recourse to the Escrow Fund with respect to Taxes resulting from actions (other than actions in connection with the Tax Returns for the Company or the Subsidiary that are filed after the Closing Date with respect to periods beginning prior to the Closing Date, but excluding Tax Returns filed prior to the Closing Date which are amended after the Closing Date) of Parent, the Company, its Subsidiary, or any Indemnitee on or after the Closing Date that has the effect of increasing Taxes in respect of periods for which an Indemnitee may otherwise have recourse to the Escrow Fund. Without the prior written consent of the Shareholders’ Representative, no Tax Return relating to a period for which an Indemnitee may have recourse to the Escrow Fund may be amended. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, neither parent, the Company, its Subsidiaries, nor any Indemnitee shall take, or allow to be taken, any action to contact a taxing authority regarding any Tax reporting position of the Company or its Subsidiary in respect of a period for which an Indemnitee may have recourse to the Escrow Fund the effect of which is to accelerate the making of any claim, the commencement of any audit or other inquiry by a taxing authority or the payment of (or increase in the amount of) any Taxes for any such period. If Parent, the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any Indemnitee takes, or causes to be taken, any such action, the indemnity provided in Article XII shall be void with respect to any associated payment of (or increase in) any Taxes. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the Indemnitees shall have no recourse to the Escrow Fund with respect to Taxes relating to the absence or loss, in each case in whole or in part, of any Tax attribute, except if, and only to the extent that, the net operating loss (NOL) carry-forward of the Company or its Subsidiary as shown on the audited 2004 Financial Statements is materially inaccurate. For this purpose, the

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amount of the NOL carry-forward shall not be deemed materially inaccurate as the result of (i) reductions in the amount of the NOL carry-forward due to the use thereof by the Company or its Subsidiary after December 31, 2004, or (ii) any limitations on its use relating to the Contemplated Transactions.

(d) All Tax allocation, indemnity or sharing agreements to which the Company or its Subsidiary is a party shall not be of further effect with respect to the Company or its Subsidiary following the Closing.

(e) Parent (for itself and the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiary) and the Shareholders’ Representative shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with any Proceeding with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the Shareholders’ Representative’s request) the provision of records and information that are reasonably relevant to any such Proceeding. Parent agrees to cause the Surviving Corporation (i) to retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Company and its Subsidiary relating to any taxable period beginning before the Closing Date until the expiration of the statute of limitations (and any extensions thereof) of the respective taxable periods, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any taxing authority, and (ii) to give the Shareholders’ Representative reasonable written notice prior to transferring, destroying or discarding any such books and records and, if the Shareholders’ Representative so requests, Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiary to allow the Shareholders’ Representative to take possession of such books and records.

(f) Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative agree, upon request, to use or cause the Surviving Corporation to use its reasonable efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any Governmental Body or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Tax that could be imposed (including, but not limited to, with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby).

(g) Without the prior written consent of Parent, neither the Company nor its Subsidiary (prior to the Effective Time) shall make or change any election, change an annual accounting period, adopt or change any accounting method, file any amended Tax Return, enter into any closing agreement, settle any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company or its Subsidiary, surrender any right to claim a refund of Taxes, consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment relating to the Company or its Subsidiary, or take any other similar action relating to the filing of any Tax Return or the payment of any Tax, if such election, adoption, change, amendment, agreement, settlement, surrender, consent or other action would have the effect of increasing the Tax liability of the Company or its Subsidiary for any period ending after the Effective Time or decreasing any Tax attribute of the Company or its Subsidiary existing at the Effective Time.

ARTICLE IX

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to effect the Merger and to take the other actions required to be taken by them at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of

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each of the following conditions (any of which may be waived by Parent and Merger Sub, in whole or in part):

Section 9.1 Accuracy of Representations. Each of the representations and warranties of the Company in this Agreement (i) if specifically qualified by materiality, shall be true and complete as so qualified and (ii) if not qualified by materiality, shall be true and complete in all material respects, in each such case on and as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date, with the same effect as if then made (except where any such representation or warranty is as of a specific earlier date, in which event it shall remain true and complete (as qualified) as of such earlier date), except with respect to both clauses (i) and (ii) for any failure to be so true (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” set forth therein) that has not had, does not have, and is not reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

Section 9.2 Performance of Covenants. Each of the covenants and obligations that the Company is required to perform or to comply with pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing must have been performed in all material respects and complied with in all material respects.

Section 9.3 Shareholder Approval. The principal terms of the Merger shall have been duly approved by the Required Merger Shareholder Vote.

Section 9.4 Additional Documents. Each of the following documents must have been delivered to Parent at or prior to the Closing and must be accurate and in full force and effect as of the Closing Date:

(a) the Escrow Agreement, executed by the Shareholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent;

(b) a certificate executed by the Company certifying to Parent the due satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 9.1 (except that the accuracy of all such representations and warranties shall be certified giving full effect to any updates to the Disclosure Schedule that were delivered to Parent by the Company pursuant to Section 6.4) and Section 9.2;

(c) copies of the resolutions of the Company Board authorizing the Company’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and its consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, certified as of the Closing Date by a duly authorized officer of the Company as true and correct;

(d) duly executed written resignations of all directors of the Company and its Subsidiary, effective as of the Effective Time; and

(e) each document required to be delivered by the Company pursuant to Sections 2.5(e), 2.12 and 6.9.

Section 9.5 No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of this Agreement, no Material Adverse Change shall have occurred or be reasonably likely to occur with respect to the Company.

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Section 9.6 No Prohibition. Neither the consummation nor the performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time), contravene, or conflict with, or result in a violation of, any material Legal Requirement or Order.

Section 9.7 No Injunction. There shall not be in effect any Legal Requirement or any injunction or other Order that prevents or prohibits the Merger or the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.

Section 9.8 HSR Act. The waiting period (and any extensions thereof) applicable to the Contemplated Transactions under the HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall have expired.

Section 9.9 Opinion. The Company shall have furnished Parent with (a) the opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-1, subject to customary form, exceptions and assumptions and (b) the opinion, dated the Closing Date, of the Company’s General Counsel, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B-2, subject to customary form, exceptions and assumptions.

ARTICLE X

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY

The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger and to take the other actions required to be taken by the Company at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of each of the following conditions (any of which may be waived, in whole or in part, by the Company):

Section 10.1 Accuracy of Representations. All of the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in Article V (considered collectively) must have been accurate in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and must be accurate in all material respects as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, this Section 10.1(a) shall not apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.3, which representation and warranty must be accurate in all respects as of the Closing Date as if made on the Closing Date.

Section 10.2 Performance of Covenants. Each of the covenants and obligations that the Parent is required to perform or to comply with pursuant to this Agreement at or prior to the Closing (other than Sections 2.5(c) and 2.8(a)) must have been performed in all material respects and complied with in all material respects. All of the covenants and obligations that the Parent is required to perform or to comply with pursuant to Sections 2.5(c) and 2.8(a) must have been performed and complied with in all respects.

Section 10.3 Additional Documents. Each of the following documents must have been delivered to the Company at or prior to the Closing and must be accurate and in full force and effect as of the Closing Date:

(a) the Escrow Agreement, executed by Parent and the Escrow Agent;

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(b) a certificate executed by each of Parent and Merger Sub certifying to the Company the due satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 10.1 and Section 10.2;

(c) copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Parent authorizing Parent’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and its consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, certified as of the Closing Date by a duly authorized officer of Parent as true and correct; and

(d) copies of the resolutions of the Board of Directors of Merger Sub authorizing Merger Sub’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and its consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, certified as of the Closing Date by a duly authorized officer of Merger Sub as true and correct.

Section 10.4 HSR Act. The waiting period (and any extensions thereof) applicable to the Contemplated Transactions under the HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall have expired.

Section 10.5 Opinion. Parent shall have furnished the Company with the opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Baker & Hostetler LLP, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, subject to customary form, exceptions and assumptions.

Section 10.6 Shareholder Approval. The principal terms of the Merger and the adoption of this Agreement shall have been duly approved by the Required Merger Shareholder Vote.

Section 10.7 No Prohibition. Neither the consummation nor the performance of any of the Contemplated Transactions will, directly or indirectly (with or without notice or lapse of time), contravene, or conflict with, or result in a violation of, any material Legal Requirement or Order.

Section 10.8 No Injunction. There shall not be in effect any Legal Requirement or any injunction or other Order that prevents or prohibits the Merger or the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions.

ARTICLE XI

TERMINATION

Section 11.1 Termination of Agreement. This Agreement may be terminated and the Contemplated Transactions abandoned at any time prior to the Closing Date notwithstanding receipt of the Required Merger Shareholder Vote:

(a) by mutual written consent of Parent and the Company duly authorized by their respective Boards of Directors;

(b) by either Parent or the Company if there is any Legal Requirement that makes consummation of the Contemplated Transactions illegal or otherwise prohibited or if consummation of the Contemplated Transactions would violate any Final Order of any Governmental Body having competent jurisdiction (provided that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this

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Section 11.1(b) shall have complied with its obligations under Section 6.5 or Section 7.3, as applicable, by using its reasonable best efforts to have any such Final Order vacated or lifted);

(c) by either Parent or the Company on or after September 1, 2005, if the Closing shall not have been consummated on or before August 30, 2005 (the “Termination Date”); provided, however, that such right to terminate this Agreement will not be available to any such party whose failure to perform in any material respect any obligation of such party under this Agreement when performance thereof was due is the cause of the delay;

(d) by either Parent or the Company if there shall have occurred any Material Adverse Change with respect to the other or if there shall have occurred any change, circumstance or event that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the other;

(e) by the Company if the Required Merger Shareholder Vote shall not have been obtained;

(f) by Parent if (i) any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be inaccurate or shall have been breached as of the date of this Agreement, or shall have become inaccurate or shall be breached as of a date subsequent to the date of this Agreement (as if made on such subsequent date), such that the condition set forth in Section 9.1 would not be satisfied as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become inaccurate (assuming the Closing Date were as of such time), or (ii) any of the covenants or obligations of the Company contained in this Agreement shall have been breached such that the condition set forth in Section 9.2 would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach (assuming the Closing Date were as of such time); provided, however, that if an inaccuracy in or breach of any of the Company’s representations and warranties or a breach of a covenant or obligation by the Company is curable by the Company and the Company is continuing to exercise all reasonable efforts to cure such inaccuracy or breach, then Parent may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(f) on account of such inaccuracy or breach until thirty (30) Business Days subsequent to the date Parent notified the Company in writing of the existence of such inaccuracy or breach;

(g) by the Company if (i) any representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be inaccurate or shall have been breached as of the date of this Agreement, or shall have become inaccurate or shall be breached as of a date subsequent to the date of this Agreement (as if made on such subsequent date) such that the condition set forth in Section 10.1 would not be satisfied as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become inaccurate (assuming the Closing Date were as of such time), or (ii) any of the covenants or obligations of Parent or Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall have been breached such that the condition set forth in Section 10.2 would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach (assuming the Closing Date were as of such time); provided, however, that if an inaccuracy in any of the representations and warranties of Parent or Merger Sub or a breach of a covenant or obligation by Parent or Merger Sub is curable by Parent or Merger Sub and Parent or Merger Sub is continuing to exercise all reasonable efforts to cure such inaccuracy or breach, then the Company may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(g) on account of such inaccuracy or breach until thirty (30) Business Days subsequent to the date the Company notified Parent in writing of the existence of such inaccuracy or breach; or

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(h) by the Company prior to its receipt of the Required Merger Shareholder Vote, if prior to such time the Company Board shall approve a Superior Proposal; provided, however, that:

(i) the Company Board shall have authorized the Company, subject to complying with the terms of Section 6.6, to enter into a binding written agreement, with respect to a Superior Proposal;

(ii) Parent shall not have made, within three (3) Business Days after its receipt of the Company’s written notification of its intention to enter into a binding agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal, an offer that the Company Board determines, in good faith (after consultation with its financial advisor and independent outside legal counsel), is at least as favorable to the shareholders of the Company as the Superior Proposal with respect to financial and other material terms; provided that, during the three (3) Business Days following the Company’s receipt of Parent’s aforesaid offer (the “Renegotiation Period”), the Company shall consider and discuss in good faith with Parent all proposals submitted by Parent and, without limiting the foregoing, shall meet with, and cause its financial advisors and legal counsel from time to time as reasonably required by Parent to consider and discuss Parent’s proposals with Parent and its advisors, attorneys and other Representatives; and provided, further, that the Company shall not enter into a binding agreement referred to in Section 11.1(h)(i) until at least the first calendar day following the third Business Day after the beginning of the Renegotiation Period; and provided further that the Company shall notify Parent promptly if its intention to enter into the written agreement referred to in its notification pursuant to Section 11.1(h)(i) shall change at any time after giving such notification; and

(iii) in connection with such termination the Company has paid to Parent, in cash by wire transfer of immediately available funds, a non-refundable fee in the amount of $17,500,000 (the “Break-up Fee”).

Section 11.2 Effect of Termination. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to either Section 11.1(e) at or after the time an Acquisition Transaction with a Person other than Parent has been announced to the shareholders of the Company or (ii) or Section 11.1(h), then the Company shall pay Parent the Break-Up Fee as set forth in Section 11.1(h) and, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Break-up Fee will serve as the exclusive remedy to Parent under this Agreement and the Company’s obligation to pay the Break-Up Fee shall survive termination of this Agreement. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to any provision of Section 11.1 (other than Section 11.1(e) or Section 11.1(h)), all further obligations of the parties under this Agreement will terminate, except that the obligations set forth in this Section 11.2 and in Section 13.1 and Section 13.3 will survive; provided, however, that if this Agreement is terminated by a party because of any breach of the Agreement by any other party or because one or more of the conditions to the terminating party’s obligations under this Agreement is not satisfied as a result of any other party’s failure to comply with obligations under this Agreement, the terminating party’s right to pursue all legal remedies will survive such termination unimpaired.

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ARTICLE XII

INDEMNIFICATION; ESCROW

Section 12.1 Survival.

(a) The representations and warranties of the Company (including the representations and warranties set forth in Article III, the Disclosure Schedule and any updates to Article III or the Disclosure Schedule pursuant to Section 6.4 or Section 9.1 and the representations and warranties set forth or incorporated directly or indirectly in the Closing Payment Schedule, in the certificate referred to in Section 9.4(b) or in any other certificate or document delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement) shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect until the 540^th calendar day after the Closing Date (the “Escrow Termination Date”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if, at any time prior to the Escrow Termination Date any Indemnitee delivers to the Shareholders’ Representative a Notice of Indemnification Claim alleging the existence of an inaccuracy in or a breach of any of the representations and warranties of the Company and asserting a claim for recovery under Section 12.2 based on such alleged inaccuracy or breach, then the claim asserted in such Notice of Indemnification Claim shall survive until such time as such claim is fully and finally resolved. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub shall terminate and expire as of the Effective Time.

(b) The covenants and obligations of the Company shall survive the Closing Date and continue in full force and effect until the Escrow Termination Date; provided, however, that if, at any time prior to the Escrow Termination Date, any Indemnitee delivers to the Shareholders’ Representative a Notice of Indemnification Claim alleging the existence of a breach of any of the covenants or obligations of the Company and asserting a claim for recovery under Section 12.2 based on such alleged breach, then the claim asserted in such Notice of Indemnification Claim shall continue to survive until such time as such claim is fully and finally resolved. The covenants and obligations of Parent and Merger Sub shall expire and be of no further force or effect at the Effective Time; provided, however, that the covenants and obligations of Parent set forth in Sections 2.6, 2.11(b) – (f), 7.1(b), 12.5, 12.6 and 12.8 shall survive the Effective Time and shall expire upon the satisfaction of such covenants and obligations and the covenants and obligations of Parent set forth in Sections 7.1(a) and 8.2 shall survive the Effective Time and continue in full force and effect until the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations.

Section 12.2 Indemnification.

(a) From and after the Effective Time (but subject to Section 12.1), the Indemnitees shall be entitled to be held harmless and indemnified from the Escrow Fund (and solely out of the Escrow Fund) from and against, and shall be entitled to compensation and reimbursement from the Escrow Fund for, any Damages that are directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by any of the Indemnitees or to which any of the Indemnitees may otherwise become subject (regardless of whether or not such Damages relate to any Third Party Claim) and that arise from or as a result of, or are directly or indirectly connected with:

(i) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Article III or the Disclosure Schedule as of the date of this Agreement (without giving effect to any update pursuant to Section 6.4);

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(ii) any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Article III or the Disclosure Schedule as if such representation and warranty had been made on and as of the Closing Date (giving effect to any update pursuant to Section 6.4);

(iii) any inaccuracy in or breach of any certification, representation or warranty set forth in the certificate referred to in Section 9.4(b) or in any other certificate or document delivered by the Company under this Agreement; or

(iv) any breach of any covenant or obligation of the Company;

(b) The parties acknowledge and agree that, if the Surviving Corporation suffers, incurs or otherwise becomes subject to any Damages as a result of or in connection with any inaccuracy in or breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation, then (without limiting any of the rights of the Surviving Corporation as an Indemnitee) Parent shall also be deemed, by virtue of its ownership of the stock of the Surviving Corporation, to have incurred Damages as a result of and in connection with such inaccuracy or breach.

(c) If any Third Party Claim or other claim with respect to which Parent or any other Indemnitee is entitled to be held harmless, indemnified, compensated or reimbursed pursuant to this Article XII is covered by insurance, Damages arising from or attributable to such claim shall be reduced by an amount equal to the net insurance proceeds reasonably likely to be recovered by Parent or such other Indemnitee.

(d) If any Third Party Claim or other claim with respect to which Parent or any other Indemnitee is entitled to be held harmless, indemnified, compensated or reimbursed pursuant to this Article XII shall result in a tax benefit to Parent or such other Indemnitee, the Damages arising from or attributable to such claim shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount by which Taxes payable (as determined on a present value basis using a discount rate of five percent (5%)) by such party or its Affiliate is reduced below the amount of Taxes that such party or its Affiliate would be required to pay but for the incurrence of such Damages.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither Parent nor any other Indemnitee shall have any recourse to the Escrow Fund in respect of any liability to the extent such liability was included in the calculation of Working Capital.

(f) From and after the Effective Time (but subject to Section 12.1), Parent shall hold harmless and indemnify the Shareholders’ Representative and the Non-Dissenting Shareholders and Closing Date Option Holders from and against any Damages that are directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by any such holders or to which such holders may become subject and that arise from or as a result of or are directly or indirectly connected with any breach of the covenants and obligations of Parent in Sections 2.6, 2.11(b)-(f), 7.1, 12.5, 12.6 or 12.8.

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Section 12.3 Threshold; Ceiling.

(a) Except in the case of fraud, the Indemnitees shall not be entitled to recover any Damages pursuant to Section 12.2 for any matter until such time as the total amount of all Damages (including the Damages arising in connection with such matter and all other Damages arising from any other matters of the type referred to in Section 12.2) that have been directly or indirectly suffered or incurred by any one or more of the Indemnitees, or to which any one or more of the Indemnitees has or have otherwise become subject, exceeds $5.25 million in the aggregate. At such time as the cumulative amount of such Damages exceeds $5.25 million in the aggregate, the Indemnitees shall be entitled to recover only the portion of such Damages exceeding $5.25 million.

(b) The parties to this Agreement hereby agree that the exclusive remedy for any breach of a representation or warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement shall be the indemnification provisions set out in this Article XII; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 12.3 shall prohibit any party from seeking specific performance or injunctive relief against any other party in respect of a breach by such other party of any covenant hereunder. The parties further agree that the sole recourse for indemnification claims by the Indemnitees shall be recovery of funds from the Escrow Fund in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement.

Section 12.4 No Contribution. No Non-Dissenting Shareholder shall have any right of contribution, right of indemnity or other right or remedy against Parent or against the Surviving Corporation in connection with any indemnification obligation or any other liability to which such Non-Dissenting Shareholder may become subject under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the Contemplated Transactions.

Section 12.5 Defense of Third Party Claims. In the event of the assertion or commencement by any Person of any claim or Proceeding (whether against the Surviving Corporation, against Parent or against any other Person) with respect to which any Indemnitee may be entitled to be held harmless, indemnified, compensated or reimbursed pursuant to this Article XII (a “Third Party Claim”), (a) Parent shall notify the Shareholders’ Representative, promptly after Parent receives notice of such Third Party Claim, of the nature of such Third Party Claim and the amount of damages claimed by the Person who asserted or commenced such Third Party Claim (it being understood that any failure by Parent to so promptly notify the Shareholders’ Representative shall have no effect on an Indemnitee’s ability to recover Damages pursuant to this Article XII, except to the extent that the defense of such Third Party Claim is materially prejudiced by such failure), and (b) the Indemnitee shall deliver to the Shareholders’ Representative, promptly after the Indemnitee’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court papers) received by the Indemnitee relating to a Third Party Claim. The Shareholders’ Representative shall be entitled to assume and control the defense of such Third Party Claim, using funds from the Escrow Fund, and through counsel of its choice (unless such claim is covered by insurance which mandates insurance company selection of such counsel) if it gives written notice of its intention to do so to the Indemnitee within thirty (30) days of the receipt of such notice from the Indemnitee in which case the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to recover from the Escrow Fund any fees of counsel or any other expenses with respect to the defense of such Third Party Claim; provided, however, that if the Indemnitee reasonably determines based upon written advice of counsel that a conflict of interest exists that would make it inappropriate for the same counsel to represent both the Indemnitee and the Shareholders’ Representative, then the Indemnitee shall be entitled to retain its own counsel at the expense of the Escrow Fund; provided, further, that the Indemnitee shall not in such event be entitled to obtain from the Escrow Fund fees and expenses of more than one firm of separate counsel

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in connection with any Third Party Claim in the same jurisdiction, in addition to any local counsel. In the event that the Shareholders’ Representative exercises the right to undertake any such defense against such Third Party Claim as provided above, the Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in such defense and make available to the Shareholders’ Representative, out of funds from the Escrow Fund, the Shareholders’ Representative’s expense, all witnesses, pertinent records, materials and information in the Indemnitee’s possession or under the Indemnitee’s control relating thereto as is reasonably required by the Shareholders’ Representative. Similarly, in the event the Indemnitee is, directly or indirectly, conducting the defense against any such Third Party Claim, the Shareholders’ Representative shall cooperate with the Indemnitee in such defense and make available to the Indemnitee, out of funds from the Escrow Fund all expenses, all such witnesses, records, materials and information in the Shareholders’ Representative’s possession or under the Shareholders’ Representative’s control relating thereto as is reasonably required by the Indemnitee. No compromise or settlement of such Third Party Claim may be effected by either the Indemnitee or the Shareholders’ Representative without the other party’s consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless (i) there is no finding or admission of any violation of law and no effect on any other claims that may be made against such other party and (ii) each Indemnitee that is party to such claim is released from liability with respect to such claim. A claim for indemnification for any matter not including a Third Party Claim shall be asserted by written notice to the party from whom indemnification is sought.

Section 12.6 Duty to Mitigate. Parent and any other Indemnitee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate or otherwise reduce the amount of any Damages that it incurs in connection with any matter with respect to which it is entitled to be held harmless, indemnified, compensated or reimbursed pursuant to this Article XII, including taking commercially reasonable measures to attempt to recover any insurance proceeds available to offset such Damages under insurance policies maintained by Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any other Indemnitee.

Section 12.7 Exercise of Remedies by Indemnitees Other Than Parent. No Indemnitee (other than Parent or any successor thereto or assign thereof) shall be permitted to assert any indemnification claim or exercise any other remedy under this Agreement unless Parent (or any successor thereto or assign thereof) shall have consented to the assertion of such indemnification claim or the exercise of such other remedy.

Section 12.8 Indemnification Claims; Escrow Fund Arrangements.

(a) Any Indemnitee seeking to be held harmless, indemnified, compensated or reimbursed pursuant to this Article XII shall deliver a notice to the Shareholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent (any such notice being referred to as a “Notice of Indemnification Claim,” and the claim for indemnification, compensation and reimbursement described in such Notice of Indemnification Claim being referred to as an “indemnification claim”). Each Notice of Indemnification Claim shall (i) state that the Indemnitee giving such Notice of Indemnification Claim believes that there is or has been an inaccuracy in or breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or obligation contained in this Agreement or that such Indemnitee is otherwise entitled to be held harmless, indemnified, compensated or reimbursed under this Article XII, (ii) contain a brief description of the circumstances supporting such Indemnitee’s belief that there is or has been such an inaccuracy or breach or that such Indemnitee is otherwise entitled to be held harmless, indemnified, compensated or reimbursed, and (iii) contain a good faith, non-binding, preliminary estimate of the aggregate dollar amount of actual and potential Damages that have arisen and may arise as a result of the inaccuracy or breach or other matter referred to in such

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Notice of Indemnification Claim (the amount of such estimate, as it may be modified by such Indemnitee in good faith from time to time, being referred to as the “Claimed Amount”).

(b) During the 60-day period commencing upon the delivery by an Indemnitee to the Shareholders’ Representative and the Escrow Agent of a Notice of Indemnification Claim (the “Dispute Period”), the Shareholders’ Representative may deliver to the Indemnitee and the Escrow Agent a written response (the “Response Notice”) in which the Shareholders’ Representative: (i) agrees that the full Claimed Amount is owed to the Indemnitee; (ii) agrees that part (but not all) of the Claimed Amount (the “Agreed Amount”) is owed to the Indemnitee; or (iii) asserts that no part of the Claimed Amount is owed to the Indemnitee. Any part of the Claimed Amount that is not agreed by the Shareholders’ Representative to be owed to the Indemnitee pursuant to the Response Notice (or the entire Claimed Amount, if the Shareholders’ Representative asserts in the Response Notice that no part of the Claimed Amount is owed to the Indemnitee) shall be referred to as the “Contested Amount” (it being understood that the Contested Amount shall be modified from time to time to reflect any good faith modifications by the Indemnitee to the Claimed Amount). If a Response Notice is not received by the Indemnitee prior to the expiration of the Dispute Period, then the Shareholders’ Representative shall be conclusively and irrevocably deemed to have agreed that the full Claimed Amount set forth in the Notice of Indemnification Claim is owed to the Indemnitee.

(c) If (i) the Shareholders’ Representative delivers a Response Notice to the Indemnitee during the Dispute Period agreeing that the full Claimed Amount is owed to the Indemnitee, or (ii) the Shareholders’ Representative does not deliver a Response Notice to the Indemnitee during the Dispute Period, then Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent, within three (3) Business Days following the earlier of the delivery of such Response Notice or the expiration of the Dispute Period, a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse the full Claimed Amount set forth in the Notice of Indemnification Claim to the Indemnitee from the Escrow Fund.

(d) If the Shareholders’ Representative delivers a Response Notice to the Indemnitee during the Dispute Period agreeing that less than the full Claimed Amount is owed to the Indemnitee, then Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent, within three (3) Business Days following the delivery of such Response Notice, a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse the Agreed Amount to the Indemnitee from the Escrow Fund.

(e) If the Shareholders’ Representative delivers a Response Notice to the Indemnitee during the Dispute Period indicating that there is a Contested Amount, then the Shareholders’ Representative and the Indemnitee shall attempt to resolve the dispute relating to the Contested Amount. If the Indemnitee and the Shareholders’ Representative resolve such dispute, then a settlement agreement shall be signed by the Indemnitee and the Shareholders’ Representative. Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent, within three (3) Business Days following the execution of such settlement agreement, a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse the amount specified in such settlement agreement to the Indemnitee from the Escrow Fund.

(f) If there is a dispute between the Shareholders’ Representative and the Indemnitee relating to a Contested Amount and no settlement agreement is reached despite negotiations between the parties pursuant to Section 12.8(e) during the 30-day period commencing upon the delivery of the Response Notice to the Indemnitee, then either Parent or the Shareholders’ Representative may, by

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written notice to the other, submit such dispute to binding arbitration in the County of Los Angeles, California in accordance with the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Procedures in effect on the date of the execution of this Agreement (the “Rules”); provided, however, that if the amount of the Damages relating to the disputed indemnification claim is at issue in pending litigation with a third party, arbitration shall not be commenced until such amount is determined by a judgment or settlement agreement or if both parties agree to arbitration. Arbitration will be conducted by one arbitrator mutually selected by Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative; provided, however, that if Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative fail to mutually select an arbitrator within fifteen (15) Business Days after such dispute is submitted to arbitration, then either Parent or the Shareholders’ Representative can request that JAMS select the arbitrator in accordance with the Rules. The parties agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the arbitration hearing to be conducted within 75 days after the appointment of the arbitrator, and to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the decision of the arbitrator to be furnished within fifteen (15) Business Days after the conclusion of the arbitration hearing. The arbitrator’s authority shall be confined to determining: (i) whether the Indemnitee is entitled to recover the Contested Amount (or a portion thereof), and the portion of the Contested Amount the Indemnitee is entitled to recover; and (ii) whether the Indemnitee is the prevailing party as hereinafter provided. The final decision of the arbitrator shall include the dollar amount of the award to the Indemnitee, if any (the “Award Amount”) and the findings of fact and conclusions of law on which it is based, shall be furnished to the Shareholders’ Representative, the Indemnitee and the Escrow Agent in writing and shall constitute a conclusive determination of the issues in question, binding upon the Shareholders’ Representative and the Indemnitee. If the Indemnitee is determined by the arbitrator to be the prevailing party, then the Award Amount shall be increased by the amount of the reasonable expenses in connection with the arbitration (including attorneys’ fees, administrative fees and any portion of the arbitrator’s fees and expenses) paid and payable by the Indemnitee in connection with the arbitration. If the Indemnitee is determined by the arbitrator not to be the prevailing party and the arbitrator determines that the Shareholders’ Representative is the prevailing party, then any Award Amount shall be reduced by the amount of the reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees, administrative fees and any portion of the arbitrator’s fees and expenses) paid and payable by the Shareholders’ Representative in connection with the arbitration; and if no amount is awarded to the Indemnitee, or the Shareholders’ Representative’s reasonable expenses exceed the Award Amount, the Indemnitee shall reimburse the Shareholders’ Representative for his reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees, administrative fees and any portion of the arbitrator’s fees and expenses) paid and payable by the Shareholders’ Representative in connection with the arbitration. Judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent, within three (3) Business Days following the receipt of the final decision of the arbitrator setting forth the Award Amount, a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse the Award Amount to the Indemnitee from the Escrow Fund.

(g) The Escrow Fund shall be disbursed to the Escrow Participants as follows:

(i) If the amount held in the Escrow Fund (the “Escrow Balance”) as of the Escrow Termination Date exceeds the aggregate amount of the Contested Amounts (including the entire Claimed Amount with respect to each indemnification claim as to which the Dispute Period has not yet expired and no Response Notice has been delivered) associated with all Unresolved Escrow Claims as of the Escrow Termination Date, then within three (3) Business Days thereafter Parent and

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the Shareholders’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse to the Escrow Participants from the Escrow Fund, in accordance with Section 12.8(h), an amount equal to the amount by which the Escrow Balance as of the Escrow Termination Date exceeds the sum of such Contested Amounts (including any such Claimed Amounts).

(ii) Following the Escrow Termination Date, if an indemnification claim that had not, prior to that date, been finally resolved and paid in accordance with this Section 12.8 (an “Unresolved Escrow Claim”) is finally resolved, Parent and the Shareholders’ Representative shall jointly execute and deliver to the Escrow Agent, within three (3) Business Days after the final resolution of such Unresolved Escrow Claim and the payment from the Escrow Fund of all amounts, if any, owing to the Indemnitee that asserted such Unresolved Escrow Claim, a written notice instructing the Escrow Agent to disburse to the Escrow Participants from the Escrow Fund an amount equal to the amount by which the Escrow Balance as of the date of the disbursement exceeds the aggregate amount of the Contested Amounts (including the entire Claimed Amount with respect to each indemnification claim as to which the Dispute Period has not yet expired and no Response Notice has been delivered), if any, determined to be owing pursuant to this Section 12.8(g)(ii), in connection with the Unresolved Escrow Claims.

(iii) For purposes of this Section 12.8, the “Escrow Participants” shall be the Non-Dissenting Shareholders pursuant to Section 2.5(a)(iii)(y) and Section 2.5(a)(v) and the Closing Date Option Holders.

(iv) Each disbursement from the Escrow Fund to be made to the Escrow Participants shall be made on a pro rata basis based on the Escrow Participants’ respective Escrow Participation. An Escrow Participant’s “Escrow Participation” shall be the percentage corresponding to the fraction having a numerator equal to the amount contributed to the Escrow Fund pursuant to Section 2.5(c) on behalf of such Escrow Participant and having a denominator equal to the Aggregate Escrow Cash Amount.

Section 12.9 Knowledge. No Person shall be liable for, and no Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification under this Agreement for, any Damages resulting from any event relating to the breach of a representation or warranty if any Indemnitee had Knowledge on or before the Closing Date of such event. Each Indemnitee shall be deemed to have waived in full any breach of any of the Company’s representations and warranties of which such Indemnitee has such Knowledge on or before the Closing Date.

Section 12.10 No Consequential Damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Person shall be liable to or otherwise responsible for consequential, incidental or punitive damages or for diminution in value or lost profits.

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ARTICLE XIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 13.1 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, including Section 2.5(b), each party will bear such party’s respective expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, execution, and performance of this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions, including all fees and expenses of such party’s Representatives. In the event of termination of this Agreement, the obligation of each party to pay such party’s own expenses will be subject to any rights of such party arising from a breach of this Agreement by any other party.

Section 13.2 Public Announcements. The parties shall issue a joint press release (and individual press releases that have been approved by the other party) upon execution of this Agreement and upon the Closing. Except as otherwise required by law, neither party shall make any other disclosure regarding the Contemplated Transactions without giving the other party the reasonable opportunity to comment on such disclosure. The Company and Parent will consult with each other concerning the means by which the Company’s employees, customers, and suppliers and others having dealings with the Company will be informed of the Contemplated Transactions. Except as may be required by applicable Legal Requirement (provided that the Company shall give Parent reasonable advance notice of such disclosure), in no event will the Company provide a copy of this Agreement to any other Person (other than Representatives who have a need to know) without the prior written consent of Parent.

Section 13.3 Confidentiality. The parties shall continue to be bound by the Nondisclosure Agreement; provided that the parties hereby amend the Nondisclosure Agreement by deleting paragraph 7 thereof in its entirety, which paragraph 7 shall be of no further force or effect, and substituting in its place the provisions of Sections 13.4, 13.5, 13.10, 13.11, 13.13 and 13.18 as paragraphs 7 through 12 as if they were fully set forth therein with all references to “this Agreement” being deemed to be references to the Nondisclosure Agreement.

Section 13.4 Notices. All notices, consents, waivers, and other communications under this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been duly given when (a) delivered by hand (with written confirmation of receipt), (b) sent by telecopier, (c) mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, or (d) when received by the addressee, if sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case to the appropriate addresses and telecopier numbers hereinafter set forth (or to such other addresses and telecopier numbers as a party may designate by notice to the other parties):

The Company:

SHOPZILLA, INC.

12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Attn: Stacey Olliff, Esq., General Counsel

Facsimile No.: (310) 903-4290

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with a copy to:

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

300 South Grand Avenue

Suite 3400

Los Angeles, California 90071

Attn: Brian J. McCarthy, Esq.

Damon R. Fisher, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (213) 687-5600

Parent and Merger Sub:

THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

312 Walnut Street

28^th Floor

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Attn: Tim Peterman, Vice President Corporate Development

Facsimile No.: (513) 977-3024

and

THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

312 Walnut Street

28^th Floor

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Attn: A.B. Cruz, Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Facsimile No.: (513) 977-3729

with a copy to:

BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP

312 Walnut Street

Suite 3200

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Attn: William Appleton, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (513) 929-0303

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Shareholders’ Representative:

FARHAD MOHIT, as Agent

c/o Shopzilla, Inc.

12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Facsimile No.: (310) 903-4101

with a copy to:

SHOPZILLA, INC.

12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 300

Los Angeles, CA 90064

Attn: Stacey Olliff, Esq., General Counsel

Facsimile No.: (310) 903-4290

Section 13.5 Jurisdiction; Venue; Service Of Process. Any Proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any right arising out of, this Agreement (except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11 or in Article XII) may be brought or otherwise commenced against any of the parties in any state or federal court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction. Process in any Proceeding referred to in the preceding sentence may be served on any party anywhere in the world.

Section 13.6 Further Assurances. Each party agrees (a) to furnish to each other party such further information, (b) to execute and deliver to each other party such other documents, and (c) to do such other acts and things, all as each other party reasonably requests for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this Agreement and the documents referred to in this Agreement.

Section 13.7 Waiver. The parties’ rights and remedies are cumulative and not alternative. A party’s failure or delay in exercising any right, power, or privilege under this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of such right, power, or privilege, and no single or partial exercise of any such right, power, or privilege will preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power, or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power, or privilege. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law: (a) no claim or right arising out of this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement can be discharged by one party, in whole or in part, by a waiver or renunciation of the claim or right unless in writing signed by the other party or parties, as applicable; (b) no waiver given by a party will be applicable except in the specific instance for which it is given; and (c) no notice to or demand on one party will be deemed to be a waiver of any obligation of such party or of the right of the party giving such notice or demand to take further action without notice or demand as provided in this Agreement or the documents referred to in this Agreement.

Section 13.8 Entire Agreement and Modification. This Agreement, together with the Annexes, Exhibits, Schedules and the Nondisclosure Agreement, supersedes all prior agreements between the parties with respect to its subject matter and constitutes a complete and exclusive statement of the terms of the agreement between the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement may not be amended except by a written agreement executed by the parties.

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Section 13.9 Schedules.

(a) The information set forth in each of the Schedules shall be deemed to provide the information contemplated by, or otherwise qualify, the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the corresponding Section of this Agreement and any other Section of Article III so long as the applicability of the disclosure to such other Schedules is apparent from the disclosure set forth in the Schedule in question or the Contract, document or instrument listed or described, and any information disclosed.

(b) The Schedules include descriptions of some Contracts which may not meet the threshold requirements for disclosure that are set forth in this Agreement. The inclusion of such Contracts does not mean that all Contracts to which Company is a party are included in the Schedules or that such Contracts are deemed to be material. Similarly, the Schedules may include certain information that does not meet the minimum standards of materiality requiring disclosure thereunder. The inclusion of such information does not mean that all information contained therein is deemed to be material.

Section 13.10 Assignments and Successors. This Agreement shall not be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

Section 13.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable only in part or degree will remain in full force and effect to the extent not held invalid or unenforceable.

Section 13.12 Section Headings; Construction. The headings of Articles and Sections in this Agreement are provided for convenience only and will not affect its construction or interpretation. All references to “Article”, “Articles”, “Section” or “Sections” refer to the corresponding Article, Articles, Section or Sections (or sub-Section or sub-Sections) of this Agreement. All words used in this Agreement will be construed to be of such gender or number as the circumstances require. Unless otherwise expressly provided, the word “including” does not limit the preceding words or terms.

Section 13.13 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law.

Section 13.14 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement and all of which, when taken together, will be deemed to constitute one and the same agreement.

Section 13.15 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is not intended to confer upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns any rights or remedies hereunder. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, after the Effective Time, (a) the Non-Dissenting Shareholders and Closing Date Option Holders shall be third party beneficiaries of Parent’s

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and the Surviving Corporation’s covenants and obligations pursuant to Sections 2.6, 2.11(b) – (f), 12.5, 12.6 and 12.8, provided that such third party beneficiary rights and remedies may be exercised only by the Shareholders’ Representative on their behalf pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (b) the Indemnified Company Personnel shall be third party beneficiaries of the covenants and obligations Parent and the Surviving Corporation set forth in Section 7.1, and (c) the Indemnitees (other than Parent or the Surviving Corporation) shall be third party beneficiaries under Article XII.

Section 13.16 Shareholders’ Representative; Escrow Fund Arrangements.

(a) The Non-Dissenting Shareholders, by virtue of the approval of the principal terms of the Merger, hereby irrevocably nominate, constitute and appoint Farhad Mohit as the agent, agent for service of process and true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the Non-Dissenting Shareholders (the “Shareholders’ Representative”), with full power of substitution, to act in the name, place and stead of the Non-Dissenting Shareholders with respect to this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and the taking by the Shareholders’ Representative of any and all actions and the making of any decisions required or permitted to be taken or made by the Shareholders’ Representative under this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement including the exercise of the power: (i) to execute, deliver, acknowledge, certify and file (in the name of any or all of the Non-Dissenting Shareholders or otherwise) any and all documents and to take any and all actions that the Shareholders’ Representative may, in his sole discretion, determine to be necessary, desirable or appropriate in connection with any matter covered in Section 2.11 or any indemnification claim under Article XII or under the Escrow Agreement (including negotiating, entering into compromises or settlements of and demanding arbitration with respect to any such matters covered in Section 2.11 or any indemnification claim); and (ii) to give and receive notices and communications under this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. Farhad Mohit hereby accepts his appointment as the Shareholders’ Representative.

(b) The power of attorney granted in this Section 13.16: (i) is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable; (ii) may be delegated by the Shareholders’ Representative; and (iii) shall survive the death or incapacity of each of the Non-Dissenting Shareholders.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, each Indemnitee shall be entitled to deal exclusively with the Shareholders’ Representative on all matters relating to Section 2.11, Article XII and the Escrow Agreement, and shall be entitled to rely conclusively (without further evidence of any kind whatsoever) on any document executed or purported to be executed on behalf of any Non-Dissenting Shareholder by the Shareholders’ Representative, and on any other action taken or purported to be taken on behalf of any Non-Dissenting Shareholder by the Shareholders’ Representative, as fully binding upon such Non-Dissenting Shareholder.

(d) The Shareholders’ Representative may at any time designate a replacement Shareholders’ Representative and the Non-Dissenting Shareholders, by virtue of the approval of the principal terms of the Merger, hereby consent to such replacement Shareholders’ Representative. The Shareholders’ Representative may be changed by Escrow Participants whose Escrow Participations total more than 50% from time to time upon not less than 10 days’ prior written notice to Parent and the Escrow Agent. If the Shareholders’ Representative shall die, become disabled or otherwise be unable to fulfill his responsibilities as representative of the Non-Dissenting Shareholders, then the Non-Dissenting Shareholders shall, by “majority vote” within 30 days after such death or disability, appoint a successor

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representative and, promptly thereafter, shall notify Parent of the identity of such successor. Any such successor shall become the “Shareholders’ Representative” for purposes of this Agreement. If for any reason there is no Shareholders’ Representative at any time, all references herein to the Shareholders’ Representative shall be deemed to refer to the Non-Dissenting Shareholders.

(e) No bond shall be required of the Shareholders’ Representative and the Shareholders’ Representative shall receive no compensation for his services. The Shareholders’ Representative shall not be liable to any Non-Dissenting Shareholder for any act done or omitted hereunder as Shareholders’ Representative while acting in good faith and in the exercise of his reasonable business judgment with respect to any matter arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of his duties hereunder (it being understood that any act done or omitted pursuant to the advice of counsel shall be conclusive evidence of such good faith). The Shareholders’ Representative shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the Escrow Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or bad faith on the part of the Shareholders’ Representative with respect to any matter arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of his duties hereunder. The Shareholders’ Representative shall be entitled to recover any out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by the Shareholders’ Representative in good faith and in connection with actions taken by the Shareholders’ Representative pursuant to this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement (including the hiring of legal counsel and the incurring of legal fees and costs) from the Escrow Fund. The Shareholders’ Representative shall keep reasonably detailed records of the costs and expenses for which he seeks reimbursement from the Escrow Fund.

(f) The Escrow Agreement will provide that, if at any time while funds remain in the Escrow Fund, the Shareholders’ Representative delivers written instructions signed solely by him to the Escrow Agent to disburse funds therefrom as contemplated by Section 13.16(e), the Escrow Agent shall make the requested disbursement in the manner so instructed.

Section 13.17 Other Remedies; Specific Performance. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any and all remedies expressly conferred upon any party by the terms of this Agreement will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred by this Agreement, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by any party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity.

Section 13.18 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties irrevocably waives any and all rights to trial by jury in any Proceeding between the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement and the Contemplated Transactions.

Section 13.19 Incorporation by Reference. All references made in this Agreement to any Section, Article, Annex, Exhibit or Schedule which is not otherwise expressly indicated to be a reference to another document shall be deemed to be a reference to a Section, Article, an Annex, Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement. All such Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules are incorporated in and made part of this Agreement by reference.

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Section 13.20 Computation of Time. If the day on which any delivery or performance is due under this Agreement is not a Business Day, the time for satisfaction of such delivery or performance shall be extended without any action on the part of any party to the next succeeding Business Day.

[Signatures of the parties intentionally appear on the next page.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first written above.


THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY

By:
		Richard A. Boehne, Executive Vice President

By:
		Joseph G. NeCastro, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

GREEN MONSTER ACQUISITION CORP.

By:
		Joseph G. NeCastro, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

By:
		Anatolio B. Cruz III, Vice President and General Counsel

SHOPZILLA, INC.

By:
		Charles M. Davis, Chief Executive Officer

By:
		Bradley Kates, Chief Financial Officer


Farhad Mohit, as the Shareholders’ Representative

[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization]

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

EXHIBIT 12

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES


*(in thousands)*	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2005		2004		2005		2004
EARNINGS AS DEFINED:
Earnings from operations before income taxes after eliminating undistributed earnings of 20%- to 50%-owned affiliates	$	181,392	$	151,185	$	307,048	$	282,112
Fixed charges excluding capitalized interest and preferred stock dividends of majority-owned subsidiary companies		9,725		10,409		19,308		19,920

Earnings as defined	$	191,117	$	161,594	$	326,356	$	302,032

FIXED CHARGES AS DEFINED:
Interest expense, including amortization of debt issue costs	$	7,559	$	8,272	$	14,931	$	15,667
Interest capitalized				251				516
Portion of rental expense representative of the interest factor		2,166		2,137		4,377		4,253
Preferred stock dividends of majority-owned subsidiary companies		20		20		40		40

Fixed charges as defined	$	9,745	$	10,680	$	19,348	$	20,476

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES		19.61		15.13		16.87		14.75

Section 302 CEO Certification

EXHIBIT 31(a)

Section 302 Certifications

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Kenneth W. Lowe, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of The E.W. Scripps Company;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-1f(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report on such evaluation; and

disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.


Date: August 9, 2005	BY:	/s/ Kenneth W. Lowe
		Kenneth W. Lowe
		President and Chief Executive Officer

Section 302 CFO Certification

EXHIBIT 31(b)

Section 302 Certifications

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Joseph G. NeCastro, certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q of The E.W. Scripps Company;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

5.	The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.


Date: August 9, 2005	BY:	/s/ Joseph G. NeCastro
		Joseph G. NeCastro
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Section 906 CEO Certification

EXHIBIT 32(a)

Section 906 Certifications

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Kenneth W. Lowe, President and Chief Executive Officer of The E. W. Scripps Company (the “Company”), hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended June 30, 2005 (the “Report”), which this certification accompanies, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Kenneth W. Lowe

Kenneth W. Lowe

President and Chief Executive Officer

August 9, 2005

Section 906 CFO Certification

EXHIBIT 32(b)

Section 906 Certifications

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Joseph G. NeCastro, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The E. W. Scripps Company (the “Company”), hereby certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)

(2)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Joseph G. NeCastro

Joseph G. NeCastro

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

August 9, 2005