Charter Communications Announces Results of Private Debt Exchange Offers.ST. LOUIS -- Charter Communications Charter Communications NASDAQ: CHTR is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 5.7 million customers in 29 states. It is the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the U.S. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CHTR CHTR Charter CHTR Canadian High Temperature Research ) ("Charter") announced the results of the offers by its indirect subsidiaries, CCH CCH Colegio de Ciencias y Humanidades (Spanish) CCH Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist CCH Cook County Hospital CCH Certified in Classical Homeopathy CCH Country Club Hills (Fairfax City, VA, USA) II, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control ("CCH II") and CCH I, LLC ("CCH I"), to issue new notes in exchange for up to any and all of each series of the outstanding notes listed below of Charter Communications Holdings, LLC ("Charter Holdings"). Based upon the tenders and subject to consummation CONSUMMATION. The completion of a thing; as the consummation of marriage; (q.v.) the consummation of a contract, and the like. 2. A contract is said to be consummated, when everything to be done in relation to it, has been accomplished. of the offers, CCH II will issue $250.0 million principal amount of new 10.25% Senior Notes due 2013 (the "CCH II Notes") and CCH I will issue $456.6 million principal amount of 11.00% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the "CCH I Notes", and collectively with the CCH II Notes, the "New Notes") in exchange for $791.3 million principal amount of Charter Holdings notes. CCH II had offered to issue up to $250.0 million aggregate principal amount of CCH II Notes and CCH I had offered to issue up to $625.0 million aggregate principal amount of CCH I Notes in exchange for Charter Holdings notes with maturities in 2009 and 2010 (the "2009-2010 Notes") and in 2011 and 2012 (the "2011-2012 Notes" and, collectively with the 2009-2010 Notes, the "Old Notes"). As of 11:59 PM Eastern Time, on September 12, 2006 (the "Expiration Date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist. Notes: The expiration date for all listed stock options in the U.S. "), approximately $791.3 million in aggregate principal amount of Old Notes had been validly tendered, consisting of approximately $307.9 million aggregate principal amount of 2009-2010 Notes and approximately $483.4 million aggregate principal amount of 2011-2012 Notes. Approximately $468.4 million aggregate principal amount of 2009-2010 Notes and approximately $400.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2011-2012 Notes will remain outstanding. The table below shows the aggregate principal amount of each series of Old Notes tendered by the Expiration Date, the principal amount of CCH II Notes and CCH I Notes that will be issued in the offer by series, and the principal amount of 2009-2010 Notes and 2011-2012 Notes that will remain outstanding by series subsequent to settlement, subject to consummation of the offers.
Principal Principal Principal
Amount of Amount of Amount of
Title of Old Principal New CCH II New CCH I Old Notes to
Notes to be Amount Notes to be Notes to be Remain
Exchanged Tendered Issued Issued Outstanding
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8.625% Senior
Notes due
2009 $104,664,000 $ 77,017,000 $ 21,277,000 $187,295,500
10.00% Senior
Notes due
2009 49,328,000 42,428,000 3,489,000 104,840,000
10.75% Senior
Notes due
2009 60,135,000 52,494,000 3,915,000 70,713,000
9.625% Senior
Notes due
2009 55,220,000 48,591,000 2,638,000 52,120,145
10.25% Senior
Notes due
2010 16,580,000 9,897,000 4,928,000 32,255,000
11.75% Senior
Discount
Notes due
2010 21,971,000 19,573,000 1,022,000 21,208,000
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$307,898,000 $250,000,000 $ 37,269,000 $468,431,645
11.125% Senior
Notes due
2011 $164,747,000 $ 0 $148,265,000 $ 52,550,000
9.920% Senior
Discount
Notes due
2011 134,566,000 0 115,714,000 62,995,713
10.00% Senior
Notes due
2011 65,288,000 0 53,690,000 71,430,000
11.75% Senior
Discount
Notes due
2011 64,424,000 0 56,522,000 60,217,000
13.50% Senior
Discount
Notes due
2011 32,514,000 0 28,895,000 61,815,000
12.125% Senior
Discount
Notes due
2012 21,850,000 0 16,277,000 91,012,000
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$483,389,000 $ 0 $419,363,000 $400,019,713
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Totals $791,287,000 $250,000,000 $456,632,000 $868,451,358
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Based upon the tenders to the Expiration Date and subject to consummation of the offers, Old Notes tendered for CCH II Notes will be pro rated (in accordance with the terms of the offers) as follows: --Approximately 95.4% of the 2009-2010 Notes tendered for CCH II Notes will be exchanged for CCH II Notes and the balance will be exchanged for CCH I Notes; and --None of the 2011-2012 Notes tendered for CCH II Notes will be exchanged for CCH II Notes and all such 2011-2012 Notes will be exchanged for CCH I Notes. The numbers contained in this release are subject to final settlement calculations and the other terms of the offers. Holders who exchanged Old Notes for New Notes will receive a cash payment on the settlement date of all accrued ac·crue v. ac·crued, ac·cru·ing, ac·crues v.intr. 1. To come to one as a gain, addition, or increment: interest accruing in my savings account. 2. and unpaid cash interest to, but not including, the settlement date. The settlement date of the offers is expected to be on September 14, 2006. The offers were made only to qualified institutional buyers In law, a Qualified Institutional Buyer is a purchaser of securities that is financially sophisticated and is legally recognized by security market regulators to need less protection from sellers than most members of the public. and to certain non-U.S. investors located outside the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation solicitation In criminal law, the act of asking, inducing, or directing someone to commit a crime. The person soliciting another becomes an accomplice to the crime. The term also refers to the act of obtaining bribes, as well as to the crime of a prostitute who offers sexual of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. About Charter Communications(R) Charter Communications, Inc. is a leading broadband communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. and the third-largest publicly traded cable operator in the United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. , including advanced Charter Digital(R) video entertainment programming, Charter High-Speed(TM) Internet access See how to access the Internet. service, and Charter Telephone(TM) services. Charter Business(TM) similarly provides scalable, tailored and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data networking, video and music entertainment services and business telephone. Charter's advertising sales and production services are sold under the Charter Media(R) brand. More information about Charter can be found at www.charter.com. Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. : This release includes forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, our plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many of the forward-looking statements contained in this release may be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "should," "planned," "will," "may," "intend," "estimated," "aim," "on track," and "potential," among others. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this release are set forth in reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC, and include, but are not limited to: --the availability, in general, of funds to meet interest payment obligations under our debt and to fund our operations and necessary capital expenditures, either through cash flows from operating activities, further borrowings or other sources and, in particular, our ability to be able to provide under applicable debt instruments and under applicable law, such funds (by dividend, investment or otherwise) to the applicable obligor The individual who owes another person a certain debt or duty. The term obligor is often used interchangeably with debtor. obligor (ah-bluh-gore) n. of such debt; --our ability to comply with all covenants in our indentures and credit facilities credit facilities npl → facilidades fpl de crédito credit facilities npl → facilités fpl de paiement credit facilities , any violation of which would result in a violation of the applicable facility or indenture An agreement declaring the benefits and obligations of two or more parties, often applicable in the context of Bankruptcy and bond trading. The term indenture primarily describes secured contracts and has several applications in U.S. law. and could trigger a default of other obligations under cross-default provisions; --our ability to pay or refinance Refinance 1. When a business or person revises their payment schedule for repaying debt. 2. Replacing an older loan with a new loan offering better terms. Notes: When a business refinances they typically extend the maturity date. debt prior to or when it becomes due and/or to take advantage of market opportunities and market windows to refinance that debt through new issuances, exchange offers or otherwise, including restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). our balance sheet and leverage position; --our ability to sustain and grow revenues and cash flows from operating activities by offering video, high-speed Internet See broadband. , telephone and other services and to maintain and grow a stable customer base, particularly in the face of increasingly aggressive competition from other service providers; --our ability to obtain programming at reasonable prices or to pass programming cost increases on to our customers; --general business conditions, economic uncertainty or slowdown; and --the effects of governmental regulation, including but not limited to local franchise authorities, on our business. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. |
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