Paramount Skydance Details $67B Debt Management & Financing for WBD Acquisition

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Paramount Skydance announced comprehensive debt management and financing plans totaling approximately $67 billion for its Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition, including tender offers, debt exchanges, and new secured debt, alongside deleveraging and synergy targets.

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• Debt Tender Offers Commenced

  Paramount Skydance Corporation has commenced offers to purchase for cash up to $2.4 billion in principal amount of identified debt securities issued by Discovery Global Holdings, Inc. and Discovery Communications, LLC (WBD Issuers).

• Debt Exchange Offers Launched

  Paramount Skydance Corporation has launched offers to exchange up to $12.8 billion in principal amount of identified WBD debt securities for newly issued debt securities of Paramount.

• New Acquisition Financing Planned

  Paramount intends to procure permanent financing, including $39.5 billion of first-lien secured indebtedness and $12.4 billion of second-lien secured indebtedness, to reduce or replace existing bridge commitments for the WBD acquisition.

• Commitment to Deleveraging

  Paramount has committed to delever below a net debt to adjusted EBITDA multiple of 3.75x by fiscal year 2028 and 3.0x by fiscal year 2029.

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This filing provides critical details on how Paramount Skydance is financing and integrating the Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition. It outlines tender offers for $2.4 billion in WBD debt, exchange offers for $12.8 billion in new Paramount debt, and plans for $51.9 billion in new secured debt to replace bridge commitments. The company also commits to significant deleveraging targets by fiscal years 2028 and 2029 and reiterates over $6 billion in synergy targets. These actions are crucial for the financial stability and long-term value creation of the combined entity following the massive acquisition.