Sinclair Prices Private Offering of First-Out First Lien Secured Notes of Sinclair Television Group, Inc.
29 Gennaio 2025 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Sinclair, Inc. (“Sinclair” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SBGI)
announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sinclair
Television Group, Inc. (the “Issuer”), has priced its previously
announced private offering for an aggregate principal amount of
$1,430 million of First-Out First Lien Secured Notes due 2033 (the
“2033 Notes”).
The 2033 Notes were priced at 100% of their face amount and will
bear interest at a rate of 8.125% per annum payable semi-annually
on February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2025. The 2033
Notes will mature on February 15, 2033. The private placement of
the 2033 Notes is conditioned on customary closing conditions and
the consummation of the other financing transactions (the
“Transactions”) contemplated by the previously disclosed
transaction support agreement (the “Transaction Support
Agreement”), and is expected to close on February 12, 2025.
The Issuer expects to use the net proceeds from the private
placement of the 2033 Notes to repay the Issuer’s outstanding
$1,175 million of aggregate principal amount of term loans B-2
under the Issuer’s existing credit agreement, to purchase notes
held by certain parties to the Transaction Support Agreement and to
pay related fees and expenses related to the Transactions.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy the 2033 Notes, nor shall there be
any offer or sale of the 2033 Notes in any state or jurisdiction in
which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This
press release is neither an offer to purchase or exchange nor a
solicitation of an offer to sell or exchange any other securities,
and this press release does not constitute a notice of redemption
with respect to any securities.
The 2033 Notes have not been and will not be registered under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or
any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the
United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements. Accordingly, the 2033 Notes are expected
to be offered and sold only (a) to persons reasonably believed to
be “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under
the Securities Act) and (b) outside the United States, to non-U.S.
persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities
Act.
Forward-Looking Statements:
The matters discussed in this news release include
forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, the
Transactions. When used in this news release, the words “outlook,”
“intends to,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “achieves,”
“estimates,” and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to a number
of risks and uncertainties. Actual results in the future could
differ materially and adversely from those described in the
forward-looking statements as a result of various important
factors, including and in addition to the assumptions set forth
therein, but not limited to, the occurrence of any event, change or
other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the
Transaction Support Agreement, the ability to negotiate and reach
agreement on definitive documentation relating to the Transactions
and the offering of the 2033 Notes, the ability to satisfy closing
conditions to the completion of the Transactions and the offering
of the 2033 Notes; the Company’s ability to achieve the anticipated
benefits from the Transactions and the offering of the 2033 Notes;
other risks related to the completion of the Transactions, the
offering of the 2033 Notes and actions related thereto, the
Company’s ability the rate of decline in the number of subscribers
to services provided by traditional and virtual multi-channel video
programming distributors (“Distributors”); the Company’s ability to
generate cash to service its substantial indebtedness; the
successful execution of outsourcing agreements; the successful
execution of retransmission consent agreements; the successful
execution of network and Distributor affiliation agreements; the
Company’s ability to identify and consummate acquisitions and
investments, to manage increased financial leverage resulting from
acquisitions and investments, and to achieve anticipated returns on
those investments once consummated; the Company’s ability to
compete for viewers and advertisers; pricing and demand
fluctuations in local and national advertising; the appeal of the
Company’s programming and volatility in programming costs; material
legal, financial and reputational risks and operational disruptions
resulting from a breach of the Company’s information systems; the
impact of FCC and other regulatory proceedings against the Company;
compliance with laws and uncertainties associated with potential
changes in the regulatory environment affecting the Company’s
business and growth strategy; the impact of pending and future
litigation claims against the Company; the Company’s limited
experience in operating or investing in non-broadcast related
businesses; and any risk factors set forth in the Company’s recent
reports on Form 10-Q and/or Form 10-K, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. There can be no assurances that the
assumptions and other factors referred to in this release will
occur. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release the
result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements except
as required by law.
Category: Financial
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