Paramount Skydance Syndicates $7.5 Billion Loan for Warner Bros. Discovery Deal

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Paramount Skydance began syndicating a new US$7.5 billion loan on 23 September 2026 to help fund its planned Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition. The media group also outlined plans to raise more than US$44 billion in secured debt tied to the proposed transaction, with the incremental Term B loan and the roughly US$44.4 billion in additional secured borrowings forming part of a broader capital pool. Together with existing financing and equity proceeds, that pool is earmarked to pay the Warner Bros. Discovery purchase price and refinance parts of the current debt stack. Management framed the fresh financing as a material step forward in deal execution, including new debt commitments and updated transaction milestones. The next reference point is how the US$7.5 billion Term B syndication clears the market, including final pricing, covenant terms and lender appetite, while investors can also track participation levels and settlement timing in the extended tender and exchange offers that Paramount Skydance wants to align with the eventual deal closing date.

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Paramount Skydance is syndicating a $7.5B loan and raising over $44B in secured debt to fund its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, a major financing event.

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Warner Bros. Discovery is the acquisition target whose purchase price the new Paramount Skydance debt pool is earmarked to pay.

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