Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. ("CCOH”) announced today that it is
actively pursuing alternatives to address the maturity of the
intercompany note payable by it to its parent company Clear Channel
Communications, Inc. The alternatives may include an offering of new
senior or senior subordinated notes for cash or an exchange of new
senior or subordinated notes for outstanding indebtedness, with the
intention of any such transaction being to refinance the intercompany
note. The timing and structure of any transaction will depend on market
conditions. The amounts involved may be material. There can be no
assurance that any transaction will take place, the timing of any
transaction or that it will be successful.
About Clear Channel Outdoor
Clear Channel Outdoor (NYSE:CCO) is the world’s largest outdoor
advertising company with close to one million displays in over 50
countries across 5 continents. In the United States, the company
operates just under 200,000 advertising displays and has a presence in
49 of the top 50 Designated Market Areas. It also operates airport,
rail, taxi and mall advertising businesses worldwide. Its Spectacolor
(U.S.) and DEFI (international) divisions are the global market leaders
in spectacular sign displays, including in New York’s Times Square.
Clear Channel Adshel is the company's international street furniture
division, which operates over 3,500 municipal advertising contracts
worldwide. Clear Channel Outdoor also operates digital displays and
networks in most of its divisions. More information may be found by
visiting www.clearchanneloutdoor.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on
current CCOH management expectations.
Those forward-looking
statements include all statements other than those made solely with
respect to historical fact.
Numerous risks, uncertainties and
other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in any forward-looking statements.
Many of the factors
that will determine the outcome of the subject matter of this press
release are beyond CCOH’s ability to control or predict.
CCOH
undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking
statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as
a result of new information, future events or otherwise.