Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings (CCO) Announces Proposed Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCO) (the "Company") announced today that it will offer, subject to market and customary conditions,
The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis by certain of the Company's wholly owned domestic subsidiaries (the "Guarantors"). The Notes and the related guarantees will be secured, subject to permitted liens and certain other exceptions, on a first-priority basis by security interests in all of the Company's and the Guarantors' assets securing the Company's existing senior secured credit facilities and existing senior secured notes (other than accounts receivable and related assets securing the Company's existing receivables-based credit facility (the "Receivables Facility")) and, on a second-priority basis, by accounts receivable and related assets securing the Receivables Facility.
The offering of the Notes is part of a refinancing transaction whereby the Company intends to enter into an amendment to its existing senior secured credit facilities, which is expected to extend the maturity of the Company's term loan B facility from 2026 to 2028, among other amendments. The Company expects to close this transaction concurrently with the closing of the offering of the Notes. The closing of the offering of the Notes is not conditioned on the closing of any amendment to the Company's existing senior secured credit facilities.
The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Notes to (i) prepay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under the Company's existing senior secured term loan facility (including accrued but unpaid interest related thereto) and (ii) pay related transaction fees and expenses.
The Notes and related guarantees will be offered only to persons reasonably believed to be "qualified institutional buyers" in reliance on the exemption from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act and, to persons outside of
This press release is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities. The offering is not being made to any person in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful.
While the Company plans to present at J.P. Morgan's 2024 Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference on
