Paramount Skydance Plans $44.4 Billion Notes Offering for Warner Bros. Discovery Deal

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Paramount Skydance is preparing to raise about $44.4 billion through senior secured notes to help finance its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The planned financing includes U.S. dollar-denominated first-lien notes as well as second-lien notes denominated in U.S. dollars and euros. Paramount said proceeds will be used to help fund the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition and repay certain existing debt, alongside cash on hand and previously announced debt and equity financing. The final structure has not yet been set, with principal amounts, interest rates, currencies and maturities still subject to market and other conditions, and Paramount said completion of the notes offering is not a condition for closing the acquisition. At about $44.4 billion, the proposed notes offering is roughly four times Paramount's current market capitalization of about $11.2 billion, and Paramount shares fell about 2.2% Monday to $9.96.

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Paramount Skydance Corporation
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Paramount plans a $44.4B senior secured notes offering — roughly four times its market cap — to finance the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, raising leverage concerns.

Warner Bros Discovery Inc
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Warner Bros. Discovery is the acquisition target being funded by Paramount's $44.4B notes offering; no direct standalone impact on WBD stated.

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