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Long-Term Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt

NOTE 3 – LONG-TERM DEBT

Long-term debt at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, consisted of the following:

 

(In thousands) June 30,  December 31,
   2012 2011
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Senior Notes:     
 9.25% Series A Senior Notes Due 2017$500,000 $500,000
 9.25% Series B Senior Notes Due 2017 2,000,000  2,000,000
Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Senior Subordinated Notes:     
 7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2020 275,000  0
 7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2020 1,925,000  0
Other debt 42,236  45,909
Total debt  4,742,236  2,545,909
Less: current portion 23,051  23,806
Total long-term debt$4,719,185 $2,522,103

The aggregate market value of the Company's debt based on market prices for which quotes were available was approximately $4.9 billion and $2.7 billion at June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Senior Subordinated Notes Issuance

During the first quarter of 2012, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (“CCWH”) issued $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (the “Series A Subordinated Notes”) and $1,925.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.625% Series B Senior Subordinated Notes due 2020 (the “Series B Subordinated Notes” and collectively with the Series A Subordinated Notes, the “Subordinated Notes”). Interest on the Subordinated Notes is payable to the trustee weekly in arrears and to the noteholders on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on September 15, 2012.


The Subordinated Notes are CCWH's senior subordinated obligations and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior subordinated basis by the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiary Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. (“CCOI”), and certain of the Company's other domestic subsidiaries (collectively, the “Guarantors”). The Subordinated Notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations that rank junior to all of CCWH's existing and future senior debt, including CCWH
's outstanding senior notes, equally with any of CCWH's existing and future senior subordinated debt and ahead of all of CCWH's existing and future debt that expressly provides that it is subordinated to the Subordinated Notes. The guarantees of the Subordinated Notes rank junior to each Guarantor's existing and future senior debt, including CCWH's outstanding senior notes, equally with each Guarantor's existing and future senior subordinated debt and ahead of each Guarantor's existing and future debt that expressly provides that it is subordinated to the guarantees of the Subordinated Notes.

 

The Series A Subordinated Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of March 15, 2012 (the “Series A Subordinated Note Indenture”), among CCWH, the Company, CCOI and the other guarantors named therein (collectively with the Company and CCOI, the “Series A Subordinated Note Guarantors”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and the Series B Subordinated Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture, dated as of March 15, 2012 (the “Series B Subordinated Note Indenture” and together with the Series A Subordinated Note Indenture, the “Subordinated Indentures”), among CCWH, the Company, CCOI and the other guarantors named therein (collectively with the Company and CCOI, the “Series B Subordinated Note Guarantors”) and the Trustee.

 

At any time prior to March 15, 2015, CCWH may redeem the Subordinated Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Subordinated Notes plus a “make-whole” premium, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. CCWH may redeem the Subordinated Notes, in whole or in part, on or after March 15, 2015, at the redemption prices set forth in the applicable Subordinated Indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. At any time on or before March 15, 2015, CCWH may elect to redeem up to 40% of the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Subordinated Notes at a redemption price equal to 107.625% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date, with the net proceeds of one or more equity offerings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is permitted to make any purchase of, or otherwise effectively cancel or retire any Series B Subordinated Notes if, after giving effect thereto and, if applicable, any concurrent purchase of or other addition with respect to any Series A Subordinated Notes, the ratio of (a) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Series A Subordinated Notes to (b) the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Series B Subordinated Notes shall be greater than 0.25, subject to certain exceptions.

 

The Series A Subordinated Note Indenture contains covenants that limit the Company's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) incur additional debt or issue certain preferred stock; (ii) engage in certain transactions with affiliates; (iii) create restrictions on dividends or other payments by the restricted subsidiaries; and (iv) merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of the Company's or CCWH's assets. The Series A Subordinated Note Indenture does not include limitations on dividends, stock redemptions or other distributions or investments or on asset sales. The Series B Subordinated Note Indenture contains covenants that limit the Company's ability and the ability of its restricted subsidiaries to, among other things: (i) pay dividends, redeem stock or make other distributions or investments; (ii) incur additional debt or issue certain preferred stock; (iii) transfer or sell assets; (iv) engage in certain transactions with affiliates; (v) create restrictions on dividends or other payments by the restricted subsidiaries; and (vi) merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of the Company's or CCWH's assets. The Subordinated Indentures also provide for customary events of default.

 

The Company capitalized $40.0 million in fees and expenses associated with the Subordinated Notes offering and is amortizing them through interest expense over the life of the Subordinated Notes.


With the proceeds of the Subordinated Notes (net of the initial purchasers' discount of $
33.0 million), CCWH loaned an aggregate amount equal to $2,167.0 million to CCOI. CCOI paid all other fees and expenses of the offering using cash on hand and, with the proceeds of the loans, made a special cash dividend to the Company, which in turn made the special cash dividend (the “CCOH Dividend”) on March 15, 2012 in an amount equal to $6.0832 per share to its Class A and Class B stockholders of record at the close of business on March 12, 2012, including Clear Channel Holdings, Inc. (“Clear Channel Holdings”) and CC Finco, LLC (“CC Finco”), both wholly-owned subsidiaries of Clear Channel Communications.

 

Clear Channel Communications' Debt Repayments

On March 15, 2012, using proceeds of the CCOH Dividend distributed to Clear Channel Holdings and CC Finco, together with cash on hand, Clear Channel Communications repaid indebtedness under its senior secured credit facilities in an aggregate amount equal to $1,925.7 million. As a result of the prepayment, the revolving credit commitments under Clear Channel Communications' revolving credit facility were permanently reduced from $1.9 billion to $10.0 million and the sub-limit under which certain of the Company's international subsidiaries may borrow (to the extent that Clear Channel Communications' has not already borrowed against this capacity) was reduced from $145.0 million to $750 thousand. Clear Channel Communications has borrowed the entire sub-limit capacity as of June 30, 2012.

 

In connection with the Subordinated Notes issuance, Clear Channel Communications used cash on hand to prepay $170.5 million of additional indebtedness under its senior secured credit facilities in order to remain in compliance with its debt covenants.