Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (the “Issuer”) and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Virgin Media Inc. (“Virgin Media”) announced today that it has successfully negotiated the private placements of £235.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Additional 2019 Sterling Notes”), $265.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Additional Dollar Notes”) and £30.0 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (the “Additional 2020 Sterling Notes”, together with the Additional Dollar Notes, the “Additional 2020 Notes” and, together with the Additional 2019 Sterling Notes, the “Additional Notes”). The Additional 2019 Sterling Notes will be issued and sold as an additional issuance of the Issuer’s outstanding 4.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (Reg S ISIN: XS2062666602 / 144A ISIN: XS2062667246), that were originally issued on 15 October 2019 (the “Existing 2019 Sterling Notes”) and that are listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Additional 2020 Notes will be issued and sold as additional issuances of the Issuer’s outstanding 4.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (Reg S ISIN: USG9371KAF78, 144A ISIN: US92769XAR61) (the “Existing Dollar Notes”) and of the Issuer’s 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2030 (Reg S ISIN: XS2010031214, 144A ISIN: XS2010031131) (the “Existing 2020 Sterling Notes”, together with the Existing 2019 Sterling Notes and the Existing Dollar Notes, the “Existing Notes”), that were originally issued on 29 June 2020 and that are listed on the Official List of the International Stock Exchange.
The Additional Notes are expected to be issued on 6 November 2020 (the “Issue Date”). Upon issuance, the Additional 2019 Sterling Notes, the Additional Dollar Notes and the Additional 2020 Sterling Notes will have different international securities identification numbers (“ISINs”), CUSIPs and/or Common Codes, as applicable, from, and will not trade fungibly with, the Existing 2019 Sterling Notes, the Existing Dollar Notes and the Existing 2020 Sterling Notes, respectively, during the 40-day period prescribed by Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, commencing on the Issue Date (the “Distribution Compliance Period”). Following the Distribution Compliance Period, the Additional 2019 Sterling Notes, the Additional Dollar Notes and the Additional 2020 Sterling Notes will become fully fungible with, and have the same ISINs, CUSIPs and/or Common Codes, as applicable, as the Existing 2019 Sterling Notes, the Existing Dollar Notes and the Existing 2020 Sterling Notes sold pursuant to Regulation S, respectively.
The Issuer will use the proceeds of the Additional Notes (i) to fund the redemption in full of the Issuer’s sterling denominated Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes due 2025 issued pursuant to an indenture originally dated 21 March 2017 between, among others, the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as trustee (as amended, amended and restated, novated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “2017 Indenture”), together with the payment of accrued and unpaid interest and related premium, in accordance with the terms of the 2017 Indenture, and (ii) for general corporate purposes, which may include loans, distributions or other payments to Virgin Media and its direct or indirect parent companies.
Goldman Sachs International acted as Exclusive Placement Agent and Sole Bookrunner for the transaction.
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Virgin Media is one of the U.K.’s and Ireland’s largest providers of broadband internet, residential video and fixed-line telephony services in terms of the number of customers. At 30 June 2020, Virgin Media’s network passed over 16 million homes and served approximately 6 million fixed-line customers and over 3 million mobile subscribers.
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The Existing Notes and the Additional Notes have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or jurisdiction of the United States, and may not be offered, sold, resold or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities law of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The target market for the Additional Notes is eligible counterparties and professional clients only, each as defined in Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, “MiFID II”), and all channels for distribution of the Additional Notes to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate.
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