Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) announced the final results
of the cash tender offer (the "Tender Offer”)
by its indirect subsidiary, Charter Communications Holding Company, LLC ("Charter
HoldCo”), for certain of the outstanding
senior notes of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC listed in the
following table (the "Notes”).
As of expiration, approximately $160 million of Notes were validly
tendered for exchange, of which a 100% of the $70 million of Notes with
Acceptance Priority Level 1 and 36% of the $90 million of Notes with
Acceptance Priority Level 2 will be accepted for purchase. Total
consideration, including accrued and unpaid interest, was $100 million
(the "Maximum Payment Amount”).
The Tender Offer expired at 5:00 PM ET, on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
(the "Expiration Time”)
and the final settlement will be completed on October 31, 2008.
The consideration payable for the Notes was a fixed price. Because the
amount Charter HoldCo would be required to pay for the purchase of the
tendered Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, exceeded the
Maximum Payment Amount, Charter HoldCo (subject to the terms and
conditions of the Tender Offer) will accept Notes for purchase in
accordance with the Acceptance Priority Level set forth in the following
table. The following table includes the series of Notes subject to the
Tender Offer, and for each series of Notes the amount validly tendered,
the acceptance priority, the amount that will be accepted for tender,
the tender offer consideration, and the total consideration:
|
Title of Security
|
|
Amount of Notes Tendered
|
|
Acceptance
Priority Level
|
|
Total Accepted
|
|
10.750% Senior Notes due 2009
|
|
$49,681,000
|
|
1
|
|
$49,681,000
|
|
10.250% Senior Notes due 2010
|
|
$7,439,000
|
|
1
|
|
$7,439,000
|
|
11.750% Senior Discount Notes due 2010
|
|
$12,829,000
|
|
1
|
|
$12,829,000
|
|
10.000% Senior Notes due 2009
|
|
$63,370,000
|
|
2
|
|
$22,744,000
|
|
9.625% Senior Notes due 2009
|
|
$26,300,000
|
|
2
|
|
$9,443,000
|
|
Title of Security
|
|
Tender Offer
Consideration(1)
|
|
Total Consideration(1)
|
|
10.750% Senior Notes due 2009
|
|
$960.00
|
|
$975.00
|
|
10.250% Senior Notes due 2010
|
|
$955.00
|
|
$970.00
|
|
11.750% Senior Discount Notes due 2010
|
|
$955.00
|
|
$970.00
|
|
10.000% Senior Notes due 2009
|
|
$935.00
|
|
$950.00
|
|
9.625% Senior Notes due 2009
|
|
$925.00
|
|
$940.00
|
|
|
|
(1) Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes that are accepted for
purchase; the total consideration column includes the early tender
premium of $15 per $1,000 principal amount of Notes that was
conditioned on tendering the priority level 1 notes by 5 p.m. ET,
on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 and priority level 2 notes by 5 p.m.
ET, on Wednesday, October 29, 2008.
|
Citi acted as the Dealer Manager for the Tender Offer. Global Bondholder
Services Corporation is the Information Agent and Depositary. This press
release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer
to sell the Notes. The offer is made only by an Offer to Purchase dated
September 30, 2008, as supplemented by the Supplement to the Offer to
Purchase dated October 15, 2008, and the information in this news
release is qualified by reference to the Offer to Purchase. Persons with
questions regarding the offer should contact the Dealer Manager at (212)
723-6106 or toll-free at (800) 558-3745, or the Information Agent at
(212) 430-3774 or toll-free at (866) 294-2200.
About Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications
company and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the
United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband
services, including advanced Charter Digital Cable®
video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed®
Internet access, and Charter Telephone®.
Charter Business™ similarly provides scalable,
tailored, and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to
business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access,
data networking, video and music entertainment services, and business
telephone. Charter’s advertising sales
and production services are sold under the Charter Media®
brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com.