Paramount Skydance Prices $41.4 Billion and €885 Million Notes, $8.5 Billion and €850 Million Term Loan B

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Paramount Skydance Corporation has agreed to sell $41.4 billion and €885 million in senior secured notes and priced an $8.5 billion and €850 million incremental Term Loan B facility, with the proceeds earmarked for its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The notes offering comprises $30 billion of first lien senior secured notes across eight tranches, from $3.5 billion of 6.30% notes due 2028 to $1.25 billion of 8.90% notes due 2066, alongside $11.4 billion and €885 million of second lien senior secured notes, including $6 billion aggregate principal amount of 8.250% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due 2031, €885 million of 7.000% second lien notes due 2031, $4 billion of 8.875% notes due 2034 and $1.4 billion of 9.125% notes due 2036. The Incremental Term B Facility consists of an $8.5 billion U.S. dollar tranche, increased from $7.5 billion as previously announced with a corresponding reduction in the first lien notes, and a €850 million euro tranche; the dollar tranche is issued at 99.75% of face value and bears interest at Term SOFR plus 2.75% per annum, while the euro tranche is issued at 100% of face value and bears interest at EURIBOR plus 2.75% per annum, with the facility maturing in 2033. The notes sale is expected to close on October 5, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Paramount Skydance intends to use the net proceeds, together with cash on hand, borrowings under previously announced term loan financings and the net proceeds of its previously announced equity financing, to finance the purchase price for its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery and repay certain existing debt, and it noted that consummation of the notes offerings is not a condition to the acquisition.

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Warner Bros. Discovery is the acquisition target being financed by Paramount Skydance's notes and term loan proceeds.

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