Altice seeks EU1.8b in 10% capital raising of new A and B shares via accelerated bookbuilding.
- Co. will issue as much as 69,997,600 A shares, as much as 24,832,500 Altice B shares
- Placing will be launched immediately, settlement seen in Oct. 5
- Says debt financing on Cablevision acquisition has avg. cost of 7.6%, avg. tenor of 7.9 years, priced on Sept. 25, split as follows:
- $3.8b of 7 year senior secured term loan B
- $1.0b of 10 year senior guaranteed Notes
- $3.8b of 7 year and 10 year senior unsecured notes
- Total Cablevision debt financing is $14.5b, including $5.9b retained debt
- Cablevision has also secured 5 year $2b revolving facility
- Confirms guidance on medium-term Ebitda margin targets of 45% at Numericable-SFR, 50% at Altice Intl
- Co. remains confident in cost savings, synergies targets of EU200m at Portugal Telecom, $215m at Suddenlink, $900m at Cablevision.
- Sept. 17: Altice agreed to buy Cablevision for $17.7b