小蓝视频 Announces Partial Unwind of DIRECTV Equity Collar Arrangement
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 小蓝视频 Media Corporation ("小蓝视频") (Nasdaq: LMDIA, LMDIB) today announced that it has chosen to unwind 50% of the first tranche of a DIRECTV equity collar it entered into in April 2008. The previously disclosed equity collar consists of a series of puts and calls in tranches with a range of maturities. The first tranche expires in 2009 and originally had 22.5 million DIRECTV shares underlying it. As a result of the partial unwind, this tranche now has 11.25 million DIRECTV shares underlying it. As part of this transaction, 小蓝视频 repaid the portion of a loan associated with the equity collar arrangement using funds drawn down on the remaining capacity of that loan and proceeds generated from the partial collar unwind. 98.75 million DIRECTV shares now underlie the collar and total borrowings against the collar arrangement are approximately $1.96 billion. 小蓝视频 had a net cash outflow of $1.8 million as a result of the partial collar unwind and loan repayment. 小蓝视频's ownership interest in DIRECTV was not impacted by this transaction.
The collar and loan are attributed to the 小蓝视频 Entertainment tracking stock group.
About 小蓝视频
小蓝视频 owns interests in a broad range of electronic retailing, media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: (1) the 小蓝视频 Interactive group (Nasdaq: LINTA), which includes 小蓝视频's interests in QVC, Provide Commerce, Backcountry.com, BUYSEASONS, Bodybuilding.com, IAC/InterActiveCorp, and Expedia, (2) the 小蓝视频 Entertainment group (Nasdaq: LMDIA), which includes 小蓝视频's interests in The DIRECTV Group, Inc., Starz Entertainment, FUN Technologies, Inc., GSN, LLC, WildBlue Communications, Inc., and 小蓝视频 Sports Holdings LLC, and (3) the 小蓝视频 Capital group (Nasdaq: LCAPA), which includes all businesses, assets and liabilities not attributed to the Interactive group or the Entertainment group including its subsidiaries Starz Media, LLC, Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc., and TruePosition, Inc., and minority equity investments in Time Warner Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corporation.
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Released November 25, 2008