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SMALL BUSINESS
Clearwire Announces Pricing of Additional $920 Million of 12 Percent Senior Secured Notes Due 2015, Expanding Note Facility to $2.78 Billion
Combination of Bond Offerings and Latest Equity Investments Provides Clearwire with over $2.8 Billion of Incremental Capital and Retires Prior $1.4 Billion Loan Facility
Business Wire
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) today announced that Clearwire
Escrow Corporation, an unrestricted subsidiary of Clearwire
Communications LLC, has priced a supplemental offering of an additional
$920,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 12% senior secured notes due
2015 at an issue price of 97.9% (the “Notes”). This offering is in
addition to the completion of today’s offering of $1,852,494,000
aggregate principal amount of 12% senior secured notes due 2015.
“Today, we are proud to have secured an additional $920 million in debt
financing, which, when coupled with the $1.56 billion of recently
announced equity financing and the $1.85 billion of debt financing that
we closed on today, demonstrates our ability to access the capital
markets on attractive terms and in sufficient size to meet our needs,
while at the same time prudently balancing equity dilution with the cost
of capital,” said Bill Morrow, CEO of Clearwire. “With this latest
tranche of additional funding, we have not only exceeded the amount of
capital that we have previously stated we needed to fully fund our
business plan, but we have also secured additional capital that will
allow us to expand more aggressively by covering more people, and with
more capacity than we had previously planned.”
The gross proceeds of this new debt offering will be placed in an escrow
account until the consummation of the closing of the second phase of the
$1.564 billion in new investment capital from Sprint Nextel Corporation,
Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Cable Inc., Intel Corporation, Eagle
River Holdings, LLC and Bright House Networks, LLC. As previously
announced, Clearwire received approximately $1.057 billion in cash from
the equity financing on November 13, 2009 and expects to receive an
additional $440 million in cash at a second closing, which is targeted
to be completed by year end 2009, and the remaining $66 million will be
funded at a closing, which is targeted to be completed during first
quarter 2010.
The notes will be issued in a private offering that is exempt from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with
Rule 144A and to persons outside the U.S. pursuant to Regulation S under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The notes will be senior secured
obligations and will be guaranteed by certain of Clearwire
Communications’ wholly owned domestic subsidiaries. The Notes and the
guarantees will be secured by first-priority liens on substantially all
of the Clearwire Communications’ and the guarantors’ assets.
The sale of the new notes is expected to be consummated on or about
December 9, 2009, subject to customary closing conditions.
Upon release of the escrow, Clearwire plans to use the proceeds for
general corporate purposes.
About Clearwire
Clearwire Communications, LLC, an operating subsidiary of Clearwire
Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR), offers a robust suite of advanced high-speed
Internet services to consumers and businesses. As part of a multi-year
network build-out plan, Clearwire’s 4G service, called CLEAR™, will be
available in major metropolitan areas across the U.S., and bring
together an unprecedented combination of speed and mobility. Clearwire’s
open all-IP network, combined with significant spectrum holdings,
provides unmatched network capacity to deliver next-generation broadband
access. Strategic investors in Clearwire include Intel, Comcast, Sprint
Nextel, Google, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. Clearwire
currently provides 4G service, utilizing WiMAX technology, in 24 markets
and provides pre-WiMAX communications services in 37 markets across the
U.S. and Europe. The company also serves as the wholesale 4G network
supplier for the next-generation wireless data products offered by
several strategic investors, including Sprint, Comcast, Time Warner
Cable and Bright House Networks. Headquartered in Kirkland, Wash.,
additional information about Clearwire is available at
www.clearwire.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the securities laws. The statements in this release regarding
the planned financing transactions, plans for the development and
deployment of the first nationwide next-generation wireless broadband
network based on mobile WiMAX technology; the timing, availability,
capabilities and coverage of our network, including market launch plans;
products and services to be offered on our network; planned marketing
and branding efforts and other statements that are not historical facts
are forward-looking statements. The words “will,” “would,” “may,”
“should,” “estimate,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend,” “expect,”
“believe,” “target,” “designed,” “plan” and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are projections reflecting management’s judgment and
assumptions based on currently available information and involve a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties which can cause actual results to differ materially from
those currently anticipated, due to a number of factors which include,
but are not limited to, downturns in economic and market conditions,
risks related to the completion of pending transactions, including the
new equity financing by our strategic investors and planned Senior
Secured Notes offering, increases in interest rates and operating costs,
general volatility of the capital markets, our ability to access the
capital markets, changes in the competitive environment in our industry
and the markets where we invest, and other risk factors discussed in the
sections entitled “Risk Factors” in Clearwire’s Annual Report on Form
10-K filed on March 26, 2009 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed
November 10, 2009. Clearwire believes the forward-looking statements in
this release are reasonable; however, you should not place undue
reliance on forward-looking statements, which are based on current
expectations and speak only as of the date of this release. Clearwire is
not obligated to publicly release any revisions to forward-looking
statements to reflect events after the date of this release.
Copyright Business Wire 2009
2009-11-24 20:22:00
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