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REDACTED – FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBIT I. Introduction and Summary .............................................................................................. 3 II. Description of the Transaction ......................................................................................... 4 III. Public Interest Benefits of the Transaction ..................................................................... 6 IV. Pending Applications and Cut-Off Rules ........................................................................ 9 V. Parties to the Application ................................................................................................ 11 A. ForgeLight ..................................................................................................................... 11 B. Searchlight .................................................................................................................... 14 C. Televisa .......................................................................................................................... 18 VI. Transaction Documents ................................................................................................... 26 VII. National Television Ownership Compliance ................................................................. 28 VIII. Local Television Ownership Compliance ...................................................................... 29 A. Rule Compliant Markets ............................................................................................. 30 B. Divestiture Market ....................................................................................................... 33 IX. Local Radio Ownership Compliance ............................................................................. 34 X. Radio-Television Cross-Ownership Compliance .......................................................... 38 XI. Existing Waivers .............................................................................................................. 43 A. Existing Satellite Waivers ............................................................................................ 43 B. Network Representation Rule ..................................................................................... 44 XII. Licenses and Authorizations ........................................................................................... 45 REDACTED – FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION TABLE OF EXHIBITS Exhibit 1 Pre-Closing Ownership of Univision Holdings, Inc. Exhibit 2 Post-Closing Ownership of Univision Holdings, Inc. Exhibit 3 National Television Audience Reach Analysis Exhibit 4 February 2020 Nielsen Viewership Data for Duopoly Markets Exhibit 5 Voices in Boston, MA Market Exhibit 6 Voices in Chicago, IL Market Exhibit 7 Voices in Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX Market Exhibit 8 Voices in Fresno-Visalia, CA Market Exhibit 9 Voices in Houston, TX Market Exhibit 10 Voices in Los Angeles, CA Market Exhibit 11 Voices in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL Market Exhibit 12 Voices in New York, NY Market Exhibit 13 Voices in Philadelphia, PA Market Exhibit 14 Voices in Phoenix, AZ Market Exhibit 15 Voices in Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, CA Market Exhibit 16 Voices in San Antonio, TX Market Exhibit 17 Voices in San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Market Exhibit 18 Voices in Tucson, AZ Market Exhibit 19 Voices in Puerto Rico Market Exhibit 20 Voices in Austin, TX Market Exhibit 21 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Austin, TX Exhibit 22 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Chicago, IL Exhibit 23 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX Exhibit 24 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Fresno, CA Exhibit 25 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Houston-Galveston, TX Exhibit 26 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Las Vegas, NV Exhibit 27 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Los Angeles, CA Exhibit 28 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for McAllen-Brownsville- Harlingen, TX Exhibit 29 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Miami-Ft. Lauderdale- Hollywood, FL Exhibit 30 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for New York, NY Exhibit 31 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Phoenix, AZ Exhibit 32 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for Puerto Rico Exhibit 33 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for San Antonio, TX Exhibit 34 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for San Diego, CA Exhibit 35 BIA FCC Geographic Market Definition Report for San Francisco, CA Exhibit 36 WFTY and WSUR Satellite Exceptions Exhibit 37 WOLE Satellite Exception - 2 - REDACTED – FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION COMPREHENSIVE EXHIBIT I. Introduction and Summary This application seeks the Commission’s consent to the acquisition (the “Transaction”) by Searchlight III UTD, L.P. (“Searchlight”) and ForgeLight (United) Investors, LLC (“ForgeLight” and, together with Searchlight, “Purchasers”) of all of the outstanding equity interests in Univision Holdings, Inc. (together with its wholly owned subsidiaries, “Univision”) held by Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, TPG, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Saban Capital Group (collectively, the “Current Shareholders of Univision” and, together with Searchlight, ForgeLight, and Grupo Televisa, S.A.B. (“Televisa”), the “Applicants”).1 Televisa will retain its existing minority ownership interest in Univision.2 The Transaction has been structured to address in advance any potential concerns about competition, localism, or diversity. Post-Transaction, Univision will have the same approximately 25.9 percent national audience reach3 as it did pre-Transaction. Moreover, prior to the consummation of the Transaction, a top-four station will be divested in the only market – Puerto Rico – in which the Transaction would otherwise implicate the Commission’s local media ownership rules. Purchasers have initiated a formal process to market the divestiture station and 1 The Applicants have filed concurrently separate applications with the appropriate bureaus requesting Commission consent to the transfer of control of the Univision subsidiaries’ broadcast, earth station, microwave, and land mobile facilities (together, the “Applications”) from the Current Shareholders of Univision Holdings, Inc. to the New Shareholders of Univision Holdings, Inc. Additionally, the Purchasers and Liberty Global Incorporated Limited have filed a Petition for Declaratory Ruling, attached as Exhibit 26 to the Form 315s, requesting that the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC” or the “Commission”) issue a declaratory ruling to allow Univision to have foreign investment in excess of the 25 percent benchmark contained in Section 310(b)(4) of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. Specifically, the Petition for Declaratory Ruling seeks a ruling permitting up to 100 percent aggregate foreign investment (voting and equity) in Univision, which is the indirect parent company of 46 licensee subsidiaries that hold broadcast television and radio and other FCC licenses. In addition, the Petition for Declaratory Ruling requests specific approval for (1) certain identified foreign entities and individuals to hold, directly or indirectly, equity and/or voting interests of more than five percent in Univision and (2) certain identified foreign entities insulated in accordance with the FCC’s rules, to hold, directly or indirectly, equity and/or voting interests of more than 10 percent in Univision. 2 As discussed in greater detail below, Televisa intends to exercise the warrants it currently holds in Univision. Subsequent to such exercise, its minority interest in Univision will consist entirely of common voting shares. 3 Per 47 C.F.R. § 73.3555(e)(2)(i), this figure reflects Univision’s national audience reach accounting for the UHF discount. On a non-discounted basis, Univision’s national audience reach is approximately 49.3 percent. Both numbers assume attribution of certain Entravision stations affiliated with the Univision and UniMás networks, discussed in Exhibit 3. - 3 - REDACTED – FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION its associated satellite stations to qualified third parties. The Transaction strongly serves the public interest, and the Applicants urge the Commission to promptly process and grant the Applications. Parties to the Transaction. As a leading Hispanic media company, Univision Communications Inc. entertains, informs, and empowers U.S. Hispanic audiences with news, sports and entertainment content across broadcast and cable television, radio, and digital platforms. Univision Communications Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Univision Holdings, Inc. Searchlight is a Delaware limited partnership and special purpose vehicle that is acting as an aggregator of a group of investment funds affiliated with Searchlight Capital Partners, LP (“SCP”), a registered investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. SCP, a Delaware limited partnership, is a global private equity investment company, whose funds invest in companies across various sectors, including communications, media, consumer and business services. ForgeLight is an operating and investment company founded by Wade Davis that is focused on the media and consumer technology sectors. ForgeLight and its affiliates directly operate or provide dedicated operating support to their companies and are backed by some of the largest financing institutions in the world. Mr. Davis is a veteran in the media and technology