UNITED STATES

 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT

 Pursuant to Section 13 Or 15(d) of the

 Securities Exchange Act Of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported: November 9, 2015


SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC.

 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



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Delaware

 

000-26497

 

77-0121400

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

4880 Santa Rosa Road, Camarillo, California

 

93012

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)



Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (805) 987-0400


Not Applicable

 (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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TABLE OF CONTENTS


ITEM 1.01  ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

EXHIBITS

SIGNATURE

EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT 10.1



ITEM 1.01

ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT


On March 2, 2016, Salem Media of Colorado, Inc., a subsidiary of Salem Media Group, Inc. (“Company”) entered into a related party lease with trusts created for the benefit of Edward G. Atsinger III, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and Stuart W. Epperson, Chairman of the Board of the Company (“Lease”).  The Lease is for real property located at 14095 Brighton Road, Brighton, CO and will be used to operate Company’s KNUS(AM) radio station.  The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the “Committee”) of the Company reviewed the Lease and lease terms in comparable markets and determined that the terms of the transaction were no less favorable to the Company than those that would be available in a comparable transaction in arm’s length dealings with an unrelated third party.  The material terms of the Lease are as follows:


Lease Commencement

Location

Station Call Letters

Annual Rent (1)

Expiration Date (2)

March 15, 2016

Adams County, CO

KNUS(AM)

$42,000

2036

     


   

(1)

 

Annual rent is calculated as of March 15, 2016 for the first year of the Lease.  After the first year, the Lease is subject to annual increases of three percent (3%) or the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”), whichever is greater.


   

(2)

 

The initial term of the Lease commences on March 15, 2016 and expires on March 31, 2026.  The Company has two (2) successive options to extend the Lease for an additional five (5) years per option. The expiration date reported represents the expiration date assuming two (2) exercises of the Lease term occur at the Company’s option.




ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS


(d)

Exhibits.  The following exhibit is furnished with this report on Form 8-K:


Exhibit No.

 

Description


10.1

 


Lease Agreement dated March 2, 2016 between Salem Media of Colorado, Inc. and Edward G. Atsinger III, not individually but as sole trustee of the Atsinger Family Trust /u/a dated April 8, 2002, as amended, and Stuart W, Epperson, not individually but solely as trustee of the Stuart W. Epperson Revocable Living Trust /u/a dated January 14, 1993, as amended.

   



SIGNATURE


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


 

 

 

 

 

SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC.

 

 

Date: March 3, 2016

/s/Christopher J. Henderson

 

Christopher J. Henderson

 

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary






EXHIBIT INDEX


 

 

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


10.1

Lease Agreement dated March 2, 2016 between Salem Media of Colorado, Inc. and Edward G. Atsinger III, not individually but as sole trustee of the Atsinger Family Trust /u/a dated April 8, 2002, as amended, and Stuart W, Epperson, not individually but solely as trustee of the Stuart W. Epperson Revocable Living Trust /u/a dated January 14, 1993, as amended.