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This excerpt taken from the CCO 10-K filed Mar 2, 2009.

Risks Related to Our Relationship with Clear Channel Communications

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publicly traded company and may not be a reliable indicator of our future results.

The historical combined financial information
prior to the IPO included in this Annual Report does not reflect the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows we would have achieved as an independent publicly traded company during the periods presented or those results we will
achieve in the future. This is primarily a result of the following factors:

 







  

Our historical combined financial results reflect allocations of corporate expenses from Clear Channel Communications.

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Our working capital requirements and capital for our general corporate purposes, including acquisitions and capital expenditures, historically have been satisfied
as part of the corporate-wide cash management policies of Clear Channel Communications. Subsequent to the IPO, Clear Channel Communications is not required to provide us with funds to finance our working capital or other cash requirements. Without
the opportunity to obtain financing from Clear Channel Communications, we may in the future need to obtain additional financing from banks, or through public offerings or private placements of debt or equity securities, strategic relationships or
other arrangements. We may have a lower credit rating than Clear Channel Communications and may incur debt on terms and at interest rates that will not be as favorable as those generally enjoyed by Clear Channel Communications.

 







  

We are obligated to continue to use the services of Clear Channel Communications under the Corporate Services Agreement until such time as Clear Channel
Communications owns less than 50% of the total voting power of our common stock, or longer for certain information technology services, and, in the event our Corporate Services Agreement with Clear Channel Communications terminates, we may not be
able to replace the services Clear Channel Communications provides us until such time or in a timely manner or on comparable terms.

 







  

Pursuant to a cash management arrangement, substantially all of the cash generated from our domestic Americas operations is transferred daily into accounts of our
parent company, Clear Channel Communications, where funds of ours and of Clear Channel Communications may be commingled. These amounts are evidenced by a cash management note issued by Clear Channel Communications to us. We do not have a commitment
from Clear Channel Communications to advance funds to us, and we have no access to the cash transferred from us to Clear Channel Communications. If Clear Channel Communications were to become insolvent, we would be an unsecured creditor of Clear
Channel Communications. In such event, we would be treated the same as other unsecured creditors of Clear Channel Communications and, if we were not entitled to the cash previously transferred to Clear Channel Communications, or could not obtain
such cash on a timely basis, we could experience a liquidity shortfall.

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