Commonly Used Terms and Abbreviations

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COMMONLY USED TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Bureau ..................................................... FTC Bureau of Competition

DOJ.............................................. United States Department of Justice

Exchange Act ............................................... The Securities Exchange

Act of 1934

FDIC ....................................... Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

FOIA........................................................ Freedom of Information Act

FTC ........................................................... Federal Trade Commission

Form ...................................................... Notification and Report Form

GAAP ................................. Generally-accepted accounting principles

HSR Act or Act ....................................... Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust

Improvements Act of 1976

IPO ..................................................................... Initial public offering

LMAs ...................................................... Local marketing agreements

LLC ............................................................ Limited liability company

MLP ............................................................ Master limited partnership

NAICS Codes ............................................... North American Industry

Classification System Codes

PNO ............................ The Premerger Notification Office of the FTC

REIT ....................................................... Real Estate Investment Trust

Rules ................................................. 16 C.F.R. Parts 801 through 803

SBP ..................................................... Statement of Basis and Purpose

Second Request .......................... A request for additional information

or documentary material issued by the

DOJ or FTC pursuant to §7A(e)(1)(A)

Staff ........................... Staff of the FTC Premerger Notification Office

UPE .................................................................. Ultimate Parent Entity