Telenet successfully completed the 10% repurchase of its 3.50% €600.0 million Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes due March 2028
Brussels, April 9, 2020 – Telenet Group Holding NV (“Telenet” or the “Company”) (Euronext Brussels: TNET) announces that its financing subsidiary Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes S.à r.l. (“TFLN”) has successfully completed the 10% repurchase of its 3.50% €600.0 million Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes due March 2028 (the “Notes”) for an aggregate amount of €56.6 million. The Notes were repurchased at a weighted average price of 94.375% over the period March 12, 2020 up to April 7, 2020 through an independent financial intermediary, who repurchased such Notes on TFLN’s behalf. The transaction was settled on April 9, 2020 through excess cash on the Company’s balance sheet and will further solidify the Company’s Adjusted Free Cash Flow profile.
TFLN will now cancel the repurchased Notes in full, including the settlement of accrued interest. Through this transaction, the outstanding principal amount under the Notes decreased to €540.0 million, leading to annual cash interest savings of €2.1 million.