Kabel Deutschland begibt ein auf 750 Mio. US-Dollar erhöhtes, besichertes Bankdarlehen und ersucht gleichzeitig bestehende Gläubiger, 2014 fällige Darlehen bis 2017 zu verlängern

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Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (‘Kabel Deutschland’ or the ‘Company’) announced today that its subsidiary Kabel Deutschland Vertrieb und Service GmbH (‘KDVS’) has raised US$750 million of a new senior secured floating rate loan tranche (the ‘New Loan‘) with a maturity of February 1, 2019 and an issuance price of 98.5. The New Loan, which ranks pari passu with existing credit facilities and senior secured notes and was announced to the market last week on January 17, 2012, was upsized from an initial launch of US$500 million following significant demand from investors. The margin was fixed at 325bps over Libor with a Libor floor of 100bps.

Kabel Deutschland also announced today that it is requesting its existing KDVS TLA1, TLA2 and TLC1 lenders to extend the maturities from March 2014 currently to March 2017. Lenders are being asked to submit their extension approvals by Wednesday, February 1, 2012.

Goldman Sachs International (coordinator), BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley and The Royal Bank of Scotland are Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arrangers on the extension request.