Telenet successfully extends the maturity and increases the commitments of its revolving credit facility, further strengthening its liquidity profile
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Mechelen, July 3rd, 2023 – Telenet Group Holding NV (“Telenet” or the “Company”) (Euronext Brussels: TNET) announces that its financing subsidiary Telenet International Finance S.à r.l. has extended the tenor of €480.0 million of its current revolving credit facility by three years from May 31, 2026 to May 31, 2029 and increased the total amount of this extended tranche by €90.0 million (the “Amended RCF Tranche”) with a pool of 18 leading domestic and international banks. As such, Telenet succeeded in extending and upsizing its revolving credit facilities, further strengthening its liquidity profile and the total amount of its revolving credit facility commitments are €600.0 million. In addition, Telenet continues to have access to €45.0 million of additional liquidity under separate agreements with certain lenders, bringing the total liquidity buffer to over €1.6 billion, including €1.0 billion of cash and cash equivalents the Company held on March 31, 2023. As such, Telenet has ample liquidity headroom to invest in, amongst others, the data network of the future with Fluvius through Telenet’s 66.8%-owned subsidiary Wyre (formerly referred to as NetCo) which will help support the Group’s growth and development.
Other than the extended tenor, the Amended RCF Tranche has the same characteristics as its current RCF : (i) a margin of 2.25% over EURIBOR (floored at 0%) and (ii) a commitment fee of 40% of the margin. The Amended RCF Tranche can be used for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions, distributions to shareholders and general working capital requirements of the Company.
Telenet’s Amended RCF Tranche is provided by Bank of America, Belfius, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Crédit Industriel et Commercial, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, ING, JP Morgan, KBC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Morgan Stanley, NatWest, Rabobank, Royal Bank of Canada, the Bank of Nova Scotia, SMBC and Société Générale.