Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
As previously reported, in May 2008 in connection with the entry into the
Separation Agreement among Time Warner Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company" or "Time Warner"), Time Warner Cable Inc. ("TWC"), Time Warner
Entertainment Company, L.P. ("TWE"), TW NY Cable Holding Inc. ("TW NY"), Warner
Communications Inc., Historic TW Inc. and American Television and Communications
Corporation, Time Warner (as lender) committed to lend TWC (as borrower) under
certain circumstances up to an aggregate principal amount of $3.5 billion under
a two-year senior unsecured supplemental term loan facility. As a result of
TWC's issuance of a total of $7.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of
senior unsecured notes and debentures in two underwritten public offerings
completed on June 19, 2008 and November 18, 2008, Time Warner's original
commitment was reduced to $1.535 billion. On December 10, 2008, the Company and
TWC entered into a $1.535 billion credit agreement (the "Supplemental Credit
Agreement"). As of December 10, 2008, Time Warner owned approximately 84% of
TWC's common stock representing a 90.6% voting interest. TWC may borrow under
the Supplemental Credit Agreement only to repay amounts outstanding at the final
maturity of its $2.070 billion senior unsecured term loan facility entered into
on June 30, 2008 (the "TWC Bridge Facility") (the date of such borrowing, the
"Supplemental Borrowing Date"). TWC's obligations under the Supplemental Credit
Agreement are guaranteed by TWE and TW NY and any other affiliate of TWC that in
the future guarantees any of TWC's material indebtedness. TWC has no outstanding
borrowings under the TWC Bridge Facility as of December 10, 2008.
Time Warner may assign its obligations under the Supplemental Credit Agreement
to certain other lenders with TWC's consent, but any such assignment prior to
the Supplemental Borrowing Date will not relieve Time Warner of its obligation
to fund the full amount of the Supplemental Credit Agreement on the Supplemental
Borrowing Date.
Amounts outstanding under the Supplemental Credit Agreement will bear interest
at a rate equal to LIBOR or, if Time Warner has assigned its loans under the
Supplemental Credit Agreement in full, at a rate equal to LIBOR or an alternate
base rate, at TWC's option, plus, in each case, an applicable margin based on
TWC's credit rating. The applicable margin may be increased on the Supplemental
Borrowing Date based on the average price for a five-year credit default swap of
TWC for the thirty days preceding the Supplemental Borrowing Date, but will not
exceed 500 basis points. In addition, the per annum interest rate under the
Supplemental Credit Agreement will increase by 25 basis points every six months
following the Supplemental Borrowing Date until all amounts outstanding under
the Supplemental Credit Agreement are repaid.
The Supplemental Credit Agreement contains a maximum leverage ratio covenant of
five times the consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Supplemental Credit
Agreement) of TWC. The Supplemental Credit Agreement also contains conditions,
covenants, representations and warranties and events of default (with customary
grace periods, as applicable) substantially identical to the conditions,
covenants, representations and warranties and events of default in the TWC
Bridge Facility. If any events of default occur and are not cured within
applicable grace periods or waived, the maturity of the outstanding loans may be
accelerated. TWC is not subject to the leverage ratio covenant or other
covenants or events of default unless and until the Supplemental Borrowing Date,
at which point, the leverage ratio covenant and other covenants and events of
default become effective. As a condition to borrowing under the Supplemental
Credit Agreement, at the Supplemental Borrowing Date, no defaults or events of
default under the Supplemental Credit Agreement and no events of default under
TWC's $6.0 billion revolving credit facility (the "Cable Revolving Facility")
may be in existence.
Time Warner's commitment under the Supplemental Credit Agreement will be further
reduced (i) by 50% of any additional amounts by which the commitments under the
TWC Bridge Facility are further reduced by the net cash proceeds of subsequent
issuances of debt or certain equity or certain asset sales by TWC prior to TWC's
borrowing under the TWC Bridge Facility and (ii) by the amount the sum of the
borrowing availability under the Cable Revolving Facility plus the amount above
$100 million of the total cash and cash equivalents of TWC and certain of its
subsidiaries exceeds $2.0 billion (x) on any date prior to the Supplemental
Borrowing Date on which the commitments under the Cable Revolving Facility are
increased in excess of the current $6.0 billion amount or (y) on the
Supplemental Borrowing Date. After the Supplemental Borrowing Date, subject to
certain limited exceptions, TWC will be required to use the net cash proceeds
from any incurrence of debt (other than an incurrence of debt under the Cable
Revolving Facility and its existing commercial paper program), issuance of
equity securities and asset sale to prepay amounts outstanding under the
Supplemental Credit Agreement. In addition, TWC must prepay amounts outstanding
under the Supplemental Credit Agreement by the amount the sum of the borrowing
availability under the Cable Revolving Facility plus
the amount above $100 million of the total cash and cash equivalents of TWC and
certain of its subsidiaries exceeds $2.0 billion (i) on any date on which the
commitments under the Cable Revolving Facility are increased in excess of the
current $6.0 billion amount and (ii) on the last day of each fiscal quarter. TWC
may prepay amounts outstanding under the Supplemental Credit Agreement at any
time without penalty or premium, subject to minimum amounts.
Time Warner's commitment to fund a borrowing under the Supplemental Credit
Agreement is subject to satisfaction of certain customary conditions. Time
Warner's commitment will expire on the earliest of (i) the final maturity date
of the TWC Bridge Facility if no amounts have been borrowed under the
Supplemental Credit Agreement, (ii) the date on which TWC terminates the
Supplemental Credit Agreement, which it may do at any time prior to its
borrowing under the Supplemental Credit Agreement, or (iii) a reduction in Time
Warner's commitment to zero as a result of a reduction in the commitments under
the TWC Bridge Facility as described above.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
Reference is made to Item 1.01 and the description of the Supplemental Credit
Agreement, which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit Description
99.1 Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2008, among Time Warner Inc.
and Time Warner Cable Inc.
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