Liberty Latin America Announces Proposed Offering of $350 Million of Convertible Senior Notes Dues 2024

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Jun 25, 2019 04:21 pm
Denver, Colorado -- 

Liberty Latin America Ltd. ("Liberty Latin America") (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $350 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Liberty Latin America also intends to grant the initial purchasers of the Notes a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional $52.5 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes in connection with the offering.

The Notes will be general unsecured senior obligations of Liberty Latin America, pay interest semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2020, mature on July 15, 2024 (unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted), and be convertible into Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares, cash, or a combination of shares and cash, at Liberty Latin America’s election. The interest rate on, the initial conversion rate of, and other terms of the Notes will be determined by negotiations between Liberty Latin America and the initial purchasers of the Notes.

Other than a redemption for a change in certain tax laws, Liberty Latin America may not redeem the Notes prior to July 19, 2022. On or after July 19, 2022, Liberty Latin America may redeem for cash all or a portion of the Notes if the last reported sale price of Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares has been at least 130% of the conversion price then in effect on (i) each of at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date Liberty Latin America provides notice of redemption and (ii) the trading day immediately preceding the date Liberty Latin America provides such notice.

Liberty Latin America expects to use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to fund the cost of the capped call transactions described below and use the remaining funds for other general corporate purposes. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional Notes, Liberty Latin America expects to use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the additional Notes to enter into additional capped call transactions and use the remaining funds for other general corporate purposes.

In connection with the offering of the Notes, Liberty Latin America also intends to enter into privately negotiated capped call transactions with one or more of the initial purchasers of the Notes or their affiliates and other financial institutions (the “option counterparties”). The capped call transactions are expected to reduce the potential dilution to Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares upon any conversion of the Notes and/or offset the cash payments Liberty Latin America is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted Notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional Notes, Liberty Latin America intends to enter into additional capped call transactions with the option counterparties. In connection with establishing their initial hedge of the capped call transactions, Liberty Latin America expects that the option counterparties will purchase Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares and/or enter into various derivative transactions with respect to Liberty Latin America’s common shares concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the Notes. These activities could have the effect of increasing, or reducing the size of a decline in, the market price of Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares or the Notes concurrently with, or shortly following, the pricing of the Notes. In addition, the option counterparties (and/or their respective affiliates) may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding various derivatives with respect to the Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares and/or purchasing or selling Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares or other securities of Liberty Latin America in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the Notes and prior to the maturity of the Notes (and are likely to do so during any observation period related to a conversion of Notes). Any of these activities could cause or avoid an increase or a decrease in the market price of Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares or the Notes and, to the extent any of these activities occurs during any observation period related to a conversion of Notes, could affect the number of shares and value of the consideration that a noteholder will receive upon conversion of the Notes.

In addition, if any such capped call transaction fails to become effective, whether or not this offering of Notes is completed, the option counterparty party thereto may unwind its hedge positions with respect to Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares, which could adversely affect the value of Liberty Latin America’s Class C common shares and, if the Notes have been issued, the value of the Notes.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offer of the Notes will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.

The Notes and the Class C common shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements relating to the intended launch of a private offering of Notes, the anticipated use of proceeds therefrom and certain related capped call transactions. These forward-looking statements involve many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements, including, without limitation, general market conditions. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and Liberty Latin America Ltd. expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based. Please refer to the publicly filed documents of Liberty Latin America Ltd., including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for risks and uncertainties related to Liberty Latin America Ltd.’s business which may affect the statements made in this press release.

ABOUT LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA

Liberty Latin America is a leading telecommunications company operating in over 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean under the consumer brands VTR, Flow, Liberty, Más Móvil, BTC, UTS and Cabletica. The communications and entertainment services that we offer to our residential and business customers in the region include digital video, broadband internet, telephony and mobile services. Our business products and services include enterprise-grade connectivity, data center, hosting and managed solutions, as well as information technology solutions with customers ranging from small and medium enterprises to international companies and governmental agencies. In addition, Liberty Latin America operates a sub-sea and terrestrial fiber optic cable network that connects over 40 markets in the region.

Liberty Latin America has three separate classes of common shares, which are traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbols "LILA" (Class A) and "LILAK" (Class C), and on the OTC link under the symbol "LILAB" (Class B).

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