茄子污污视频, Inc. Announces Completion of Voluntary $250 Million Prepayment of Term Loan Facilities and Successful Repricing of Incremental Term Loan
NEW YORK-- July 19, 2021 -- 茄子污污视频, Inc. (Nasdaq: IHRT) (鈥溓炎游畚凼悠碘) announced today that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, iHeartCommunications, Inc., has successfully completed the previously announced voluntary prepayment of a portion of both its $2,070 million Term Loan and its $446 million Incremental Term Loan, utilizing cash on hand, while concurrently repricing the Incremental Term Loan at a new rate of LIBOR + 3.25%.
The prepayment was applied to the Term Loan and the Incremental Term Loan on a pro-rata basis, resulting in $206 million being used to prepay the Term Loan and $44 million to prepay the Incremental Term Loan. The interest rate on the remaining $402 million balance of the Incremental Term Loan was lowered by 100 basis points, including the impact of a 25 basis points LIBOR floor reduction. The prepayment and the new rate are expected to save 茄子污污视频 approximately $13 million in interest expense on an annualized basis.
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