Telenet Finance III Luxembourg S.C.A. announces launch of senior secured notes offering
Launch of 300 million Senior Secured Notes due 2021
Luxembourg, February 9, 2011 Telenet Finance III Luxembourg S.C.A. (the "Issuer"), an independent financing company, announces the offer of 300 million senior secured notes due 2021 (the "Notes") in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act") and outside the United States to certain non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Issuer, who is independent from the Telenet group of companies, will lend the gross proceeds of the Notes to Telenet International Finance S.à r.l., a subsidiary of Telenet NV, under an additional tranche under the Telenet group's existing credit facility (the "Senior Credit Facility"). The Notes will be secured by a first-ranking security interest over all of the capital stock and bank account of the Issuer and a first-ranking security interest over the Issuer's rights as a lender under the Senior Credit Facility. The Notes are obligations of the Issuer alone and not of - or guaranteed in any way by Telenet Group Holding NV, Telenet NV or any of their subsidiaries or affiliates.
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