NEW YORK, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. today announced that it has agreed to sell $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.250% senior notes due 2015 (the "2015 Senior Notes") at a price equal to 99.814% of the principal amount thereof and $300 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2019 (the "2019 Senior Notes" and, together with the 2015 Senior Notes, the "Senior Notes") at a price equal to 101.938% of the principal amount thereof. The 2019 Senior Notes are a further issuance of Viacom's 5.625% senior notes due 2019 and are in addition to $250 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2019 issued on August 26, 2009. The sale of the Senior Notes is expected to close on September 29, 2009.
Viacom intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay all or a portion of the amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility and/or its commercial paper program.
The joint book running managers for the Senior Notes are Banc of America Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
Viacom's senior unsecured debt is currently rated BBB by Standard & Poor's, Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service and BBB by Fitch.
A prospectus can be obtained by contacting Viacom Investor Relations at 800-516-4399 or by written request to Viacom Inc., 1515 Broadway, 52nd Floor, New York, New York 10036, Attn: Investor Relations.
About Viacom
Viacom, consisting of BET Networks, MTV Networks and Paramount Pictures, is the world's leading entertainment content company. It engages audiences on television, motion picture and digital platforms through many of the world's best-known entertainment brands, including MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Noggin, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, BET, Rock Band, AddictingGames, Atom, Neopets, Shockwave and Paramount Pictures. Viacom's global reach includes approximately 170 channels and 400 online properties in 163 countries and territories.
For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit http://www.viacom.com/.
Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-looking Statements
This news release contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements that are not statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current expectations concerning future results, objectives, plans and goals, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others: the worsening of current economic conditions generally, and in advertising and retail markets in particular; the public acceptance of the Company's programs, motion pictures and games on the various platforms on which they are distributed; competition for audiences and distribution; technological developments and their effect in the Company's markets and on consumer behavior; fluctuations in the Company's results due to the timing, mix and availability of the Company's motion pictures and games; changes in the Federal communications laws and regulations; the impact of piracy; other domestic and global economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting the Company's businesses generally; and other factors described in the Company's news releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K and reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made only as of the date of this document, and the Company does not have any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Viacom Inc.
CONTACT: Media: Kelly McAndrew, +1-212-846-7455,
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