Edgar Filing: CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS INC

ccu8k-051812.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 18, 2012

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CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Texas	001-09645	74-1787539
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)		Identification No.)

200 East Basse Road

San Antonio, Texas 78209

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (210) 822-2828

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On May 18, 2012, at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (“CCOH”), an indirect subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., CCOH’s stockholders approved CCOH’s 2012 Stock Incentive Plan and CCOH’s Amended and Restated 2006 Annual Incentive Plan. The summaries of the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan and the Amended and Restated 2006 Annual Incentive Plan below are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the plans filed herewith as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

2012 Stock Incentive Plan

CCOH’s 2012 Stock Incentive Plan is a broad-based incentive plan that provides for granting stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, deferred stock awards, and performance-based cash and stock awards to any of CCOH’s or its subsidiaries’ present or future directors, officers, employees, consultants, or advisers.

Subject to adjustments as required or permitted by the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan’s terms, under the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, CCOH may issue a total of (1) 29,142,027 shares of CCOH’s Class A common stock, $.01 par value per share, plus (2) the number of shares of common stock granted under CCOH’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, that would be considered “Lapsed Awards” under Section 3.2 of the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (as more fully described below) had they been granted under the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan.

The following shares are not taken into account in applying these limitations: (1) shares covered by awards that expire or are canceled, forfeited, settled in cash, or otherwise terminated; (2) shares delivered to CCOH or withheld by CCOH for the payment or satisfaction of purchase price or tax withholding obligations associated with the exercise or settlement of an award; and (3) shares covered by stock-based awards assumed by CCOH in connection with the acquisition of another company or business (collectively, “Lapsed Awards”).

Unless sooner terminated, the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan will terminate on the tenth anniversary of the date of its adoption by CCOH’s Board of Directors, or February 16, 2022. CCOH’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, automatically terminated (other than with respect to outstanding awards) upon stockholder approval of the 2012 Stock Incentive Plan at CCOH’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 18, 2012 and, as a result of such termination, there are no shares available for new grants under CCOH’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan.

Amended and Restated 2006 Annual Incentive Plan

CCOH’s Amended and Restated 2006 Annual Incentive Plan provides for the award of performance-based compensation to executive officers and other selected key employees of CCOH and its subsidiaries that will not be subject to the executive compensation deduction limitations of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. All awards under CCOH’s Amended and Restated 2006 Annual Incentive Plan will be settled in cash.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)	Exhibits

	10.1	Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-181514) filed May 18, 2012).
	10.2	Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Annual Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed April 9, 2012).

SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

	CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


Date: May 21, 2012	By:	/s/ Hamlet T. Newsom, Jr.
		Hamlet T. Newsom, Jr.
		Vice President, Associate General Counsel and
		Assistant Secretary

Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description
10.1		Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-181514) filed May 18, 2012).
10.2		Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. Amended and Restated 2006 Annual Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed April 9, 2012).