Emmis Announces Dividend on Convertible Preferred Stock & Date of Annual Shareholders Meeting

Emmis Announces Dividend on Convertible Preferred Stock & Date of Annual Shareholders Meeting

INDIANAPOLIS, March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Emmis Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:EMMS) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a dividend for its 6.25% convertible preferred stock (NASDAQ:EMMSP), with a record date of April 1, 2005, and a payable date of April 15, 2005.

The per share dividend for the quarter is $.78125. One share of Emmis preferred stock is convertible to 1.28 shares of Emmis Class A Common Stock.

The company also announced its Annual Shareholders Meeting would be held on Wednesday, July 13, at 10 a.m. at Emmis Worldwide Headquarters in Indianapolis.

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Emmis Communications is an Indianapolis-based diversified media firm with radio broadcasting, television broadcasting and magazine publishing operations. Emmis owns 23 FM and 2 AM domestic radio stations serving the nation's largest markets of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago as well as Phoenix, St. Louis, Austin, Indianapolis and Terre Haute, IN. In addition, Emmis owns a radio network, international radio stations, 16 television stations, regional and specialty magazines, and ancillary businesses in broadcast sales and book publishing.

Certain statements included above which are not statements of historical fact, including financial data for quarters or other periods that are not yet completed and statements identified with the words "continues," "expect," "will," or "would" are intended to be, and are, identified as "forward-looking statements," as defined in the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Emmis to be materially different from any future result, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statement. Such factors include, among others, general economic and business conditions; fluctuations in the demand for advertising; increased competition in the broadcasting industry including the implementation of competing formats in large markets; changes in the costs of programming; changes in interest rates; inability to close pending acquisitions or to grow through suitable acquisitions, including the desired radio; future terrorist attacks or other large-scale disasters; and other factors mentioned in documents filed by Emmis with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the current report on Form 8-K/A, July 15, 2002. Emmis does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.

Source: Emmis Communications Corporation

CONTACT: Kate Snedeker, Media & Investor Relations of Emmis Communications Corporation, +1-317-266-0100

Web site: http://www.emmis.com/

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