Telenet Finance Luxembourg S.C.A. announces launch of senior secured notes offering
► Launch of 350 million Senior Secured Notes due 2020
Luxembourg, October 28, 2010 Telenet Finance Luxembourg S.C.A. (the "Issuer"), an independent financing company, announces the offer of 350 million senior secured notes due 2020 (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.A., 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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