Capital/Financing Update • Nov 3, 2016
Capital/Financing Update
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The enclosed information constitutes regulated information as defined in the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007 regarding the duties of issuers of financial instruments which have been admitted for trading on a regulated market.
Brussels, November 3, 2016 – Today, Telenet Group Holding NV ("Telenet" or the "Company") announced the successful issuance and pricing of a €1.6 billion Term Loan ("Facility AE") and a USD 1.5 billion Term Loan ("Facility AF"), both due January 31, 2025. Facility AE carries a margin of 3.25% over EURIBOR with a 0% floor and was issued at par. Facility AF carries a margin of 3.00% over LIBOR with a 0% floor and was issued at 99.50%. Amidst buoyant investor demand, the issuance of both the EUR and USD Term Loans was upsized from an initial €500.0 million and USD 750 million, resulting in tightened pricing compared to initial indicative pricing levels of EURIBOR +3.25-3.50% at 99.75% and LIBOR +3.00-3.25% at 99.50%.
The Telenet Group intends to use the net proceeds from these issuances to entirely prepay the following credit facilities under Telenet's 2015 Amended Senior Credit Facility: (i) Facility W (€474.1 million due June 2022, EURIBOR +3.25%, 0% floor), (ii) Facility Y (€882.9 million due June 2023, EURIBOR + 3.50%, 0% floor), (iii) Facility AA (€800.0 million due June 2023, EURIBOR + 3.50%, 0% floor), and (iv) Facility AD (USD 850.0 million due June 2024, LIBOR + 3.50%, 0.75% floor). Through this transaction, the Company has succeeded in extending the average tenor of its debt maturities from 7.3 years at the end of September 2016 to 8.3 years post-refinancing at attractive market conditions, while ensuring increased covenant flexibility going forward. Hence, the Company faces no debt amortizations prior to August 2022, taking into account the fact that the outstanding amounts under the revolving credit facilities have been repaid in October 2016.
In addition to the aforementioned refinancing, the Company is in the process of extending the outstanding commitments under its undrawn €381.0 million revolving credit facility ("Facility X") to June 2023 from September 2020 previously. The new revolving facility ("Facility AG") holds the same characteristics as the former Facility X, being EURIBOR + 2.75% and a 0% floor.
The settlement of the aforementioned refinancing will occur in due course.
Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas acted as Mandated Lead Arrangers with The Bank of Nova Scotia, Deutsche Bank, ING, J.P. Morgan, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland and Société Générale acting as Joint Bookrunners.
Investor Relations: Rob Goyens – [email protected] – Phone: +32 15 333 054 Press & Media Relations: Stefan Coenjaerts – [email protected] – Phone: +32 15 335 006 Legal: Bart van Sprundel – [email protected] – Phone: +32 15 333 495
About Telenet – Telenet is a leading provider of media and telecommunication services. Its business comprises the provision of cable television, high speed internet and fixed and mobile telephony services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders and Brussels. In addition, Telenet offers services to business customers across Belgium under the brand Telenet Business. Telenet is listed on the Euronext Brussels Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol TNET and is part of the BEL20 stock market index.
Additional Information – Additional information on Telenet and its products can be obtained from the Company's website http://www.telenet.be. Further information regarding the operating and financial data presented herein can be downloaded from the investor relations pages of this website. The Company's Consolidated Annual Report 2015 as well as unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and presentations related to the financial results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 have been made available on the investor relations pages of the Company's website (http://investors.telenet.be).
This document has been released on November 3, 2016 at 6:30pm CET
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