Clear Channel Announces Extensions to Its Price Determination Date, Offer Expiration Date and Consent Payment Deadline in Tender Offers and Consent Solicitations for Senior Notes.SAN ANTONIO San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. -- In connection with Clear Channel Communications Not to be confused with clear channel radio stations, which are AM radio stations with certain technical parameters. Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media conglomerate company based in the United States. , Inc.'s ("Clear Channel") previously announced tender offer for its outstanding 7.65% Senior Notes due 2010 (CUSIP CUSIP See: Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures CUSIP See Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures. No. 184502AK8) (the "CCU CCU abbr. 1. coronary care unit 2. critical care unit CCU critical care unit. CCU Critical care unit, see there Notes") and Clear Channel's subsidiary AMFM AMFM Association of Marriage and Family Ministries AMFM Automated Mapping Facilities Management AMFM Association des Modélistes Ferroviaires de Montréal (French: Montreal Railroad Modelers Association) Operating Inc.'s ("AMFM") previously announced tender offer for its outstanding 8% Senior Notes due 2008 (CUSIP No. 158916AL0) (the "AMFM Notes" and, collectively with the CCU Notes, the "Notes"), Clear Channel announced today that it has extended the date on which the pricing for the Notes will be established (the "Price Determination Date") from 2:00 p.m. New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. time on March 6, 2008 to 2:00 p.m. New York City time on March 14, 2008, the date on which the tender offers are scheduled to expire (the "Offer Expiration Date Expiration Date The day on which an options or futures contract is no longer valid and, therefore, ceases to exist.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. ") from 8:00 a.m. New York City time on March 10, 2008 to 8:00 a.m. New York City time on March 18, 2008 and the consent payment deadline for the Notes (the "Consent Payment Deadline") from 8:00 a.m. New York City time on March 10, 2008 to 8:00 a.m. New York City time on March 18, 2008. Each of the Price Determination Date, the Offer Expiration Date and the Consent Payment Deadline is subject to extension by Clear Channel, with respect to the CCU Notes, and AMFM, with respect to the AMFM Notes, in their sole discretion. Clear Channel previously announced on January 2, 2008, that it had received, pursuant to its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation Consent Solicitation A solicitation by one party to the stakeholders of a particular security for the consent of a material change. Notes: Should the majority of stakeholders provide valid consent prior to the consent expiry date, the issuer may then follow through with for the CCU Notes, the requisite consents to adopt the proposed amendments to the CCU Notes and the indenture governing the CCU Notes applicable to the CCU Notes, and that AMFM had received, pursuant to its previously announced tender offer and consent solicitation for the AMFM Notes, the requisite consents to adopt the proposed amendments to the AMFM Notes and the indenture governing the AMFM Notes. The Clear Channel tender offer and consent solicitation is being made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Clear Channel Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement for the CCU Notes dated December 17, 2007, and the related Letter of Transmittal Letter of Transmittal A document used by security holder to accompany certificates surrendered in an exchange or other corporate action. and Consent. The AMFM tender offer and consent solicitation is being made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the AMFM Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement for the AMFM Notes dated December 17, 2007, and the related Letter of Transmittal and Consent. Further details about the terms and conditions of the tender offers and consent solicitations are set forth therein. Clear Channel has retained Citi to act as the lead dealer manager for the tender offers and lead solicitation agent for the consent solicitations and Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (IPA: /'dɔɪ.tʃə/[1]) (ISIN: DE0005140008, NYSE: DB) (English: German Bank Securities Inc. and Morgan Stanley This announcement is for informational purposes only. This announcement is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation of consent with respect to any Notes. The tender offers and consent solicitation are being made solely pursuant to the Offers to Purchase and related documents. The tender offers and consent solicitations are not being made to holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction in which the securities laws or blue sky laws blue sky laws n. laws intended to protect the public from purchasing stock in fraudulent companies that lack substance, such as those selling swamp land, non-existent gold strikes and dry oil wells, or who have no assets besides a post office box. require the tender offers and consent solicitations to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the tender offers and consent solicitations will be deemed to be made on behalf of Clear Channel by one or more of the dealer managers, or one or more registered brokers or dealers that are licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction. Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CCU), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , is a global leader in the out-of-home advertising Out-of-home advertising (also referred to as OOH) is essentially all type of advertising that reaches the consumer while he or she is outside the home. This is in contrast to broadcast, print, or internet advertising, which may be delivered to viewers out-of-home (e.g. industry with radio and television stations and outdoor displays in various countries around the world. The tender offers and consent solicitations for the Notes are being made in connection with the previously announced merger (the "Merger") with BT Triple Crown Merger Co., Inc. The completion of the Merger and the related debt financings are not subject to, or conditioned upon, the completion of the tender offers or the related consent solicitations or the adoption of the proposed amendments with respect to the Notes. As previously announced by Clear Channel, the closing of the Merger is expected to occur during the first quarter 2008. The closing of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions. This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current Clear Channel management expectations. Those forward-looking statements include all statements other than those made solely with respect to historical fact. Numerous risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, (1) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement; (2) the outcome of any legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. that have been or may be instituted against Clear Channel and others relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the merger agreement; (3) the inability to complete the Merger due to the failure to satisfy conditions to consummation of the Merger; (4) the failure to obtain the necessary debt financing arrangements contemplated in debt financing commitment letters received in connection with the Merger; (5) the failure of the Merger to close for any other reason; (6) risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations and the potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the Merger; (7) the effect of the Merger on our customer relationships, operating results and business generally; (8) the ability to recognize the benefits of the Merger; (9) the amount of the costs, fees, expenses and charges related to the Merger and the actual terms of the financings that will be obtained for the Merger; and (10) the impact of the substantial indebtedness incurred to finance the consummation of the Merger. Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of the subject matter of this press release are beyond Clear Channel's ability to control or predict. Clear Channel undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. |
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