Media General Announces Pricing of Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes
09 February 2010 - 8:25AM
PR Newswire (US)
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Media General, Inc.
(NYSE: MEG) has priced its previously announced private offering of
senior secured notes due 2017. The face value of the Notes is $300
million with an interest rate of 11 3/4 %. The Notes were priced at
97.690% of face value, resulting in a yield to maturity of 12 1/4
%. The Notes are being made available in a private offering that is
exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with closing expected to
occur on February 12, 2010, subject to satisfaction of closing
conditions contained in the purchase agreement with the initial
purchasers. Media General intends to use the net proceeds from the
offering to repay borrowings outstanding under its existing
revolving credit facility. The Notes are being offered only to
"qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act and to certain non-U.S. persons in transactions
outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the
Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act or any state securities laws. Prospective purchasers
that are qualified institutional buyers are hereby notified that
the seller of the Notes may be relying on the exemption from the
provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule
144A. There can be no assurance that the Notes offering will close
on the terms described herein or at all. This press release does
not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy the Notes or any other securities, nor shall there by any sale
of the Notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation, or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state. Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release are forward looking in
nature or "forward looking statements" as defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used herein, the
words "anticipate," "expect," "believe," "intend," "plan" and
"estimate" and similar expressions as they relate to us or our
management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Such statements are based on expectations, forecasts and
assumptions by our management and involve a number of risks,
uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those stated. A number of those risks,
trends and uncertainties are discussed in the company's SEC
reports, including the company's annual report on Form 10-K and
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Any forward looking statements in
this press release should be evaluated in light of these important
risk factors. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the
date of this press release and, except to the extent required by
applicable securities laws, Media General expressly disclaims any
obligation to update or revise any of them to reflect actual
results, any changes in expectations or any changes in events. If
Media General does update one or more forward-looking statements,
no inference should be drawn that it will make additional updates
with respect to those or any other forward-looking statements.
About Media General Media General is a leading provider of news,
information and entertainment across multiple media platforms,
serving consumers and advertisers in strong local markets,
primarily in the Southeastern United States. Media General's
operations are organized in five geographic market segments and a
sixth segment that includes interactive advertising services and
certain other operations. The company's operations include 18
network-affiliated television stations and their associated Web
sites, three metropolitan and 20 community newspapers and their
associated Web sites, and more than 200 specialty publications that
include weekly newspapers and niche publications targeted to
various demographic, geographic and topical communities of
interest. Many of the company's specialty publications have
associated Web sites. Media General additionally operates three
interactive advertising services companies: Blockdot, which
specializes in interactive entertainment and advergaming
technologies; DealTaker.com, a coupon and shopping Web site; and
NetInformer, a leading provider of wireless media and mobile
marketing services. DATASOURCE: Media General, Inc. CONTACT:
Investor, Lou Anne Nabhan, +1-804-649-6103, or Media, Ray
Kozakewicz, +1-804-649-6748, both of Media General, Inc. Web Site:
http://www.mediageneral.com/
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