ATLANTA, May 28, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Gray Television, Inc. ("Gray," "we," "us" or "our") (NYSE: GTN and GTN.A) today announced that it has commenced a senior secured debt refinancing, expected to consist of a $500 million term loan and a $50 million revolving credit facility. The proceeds from this new senior secured credit facility will be used primarily to complete pending acquisitions and refinance amounts outstanding under our existing senior secured credit facility.
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and RBC Capital Markets[1] are the lead arrangers for Gray's new senior credit facility.
Gray currently expects to close the new senior secured credit facility and close all of its material pending acquisitions on or before June 30, 2014.
About Gray Television, Inc.
We are a television broadcast company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that owns and/or operates television stations and leading digital assets in markets throughout the United States. Upon completion of all pending transactions, we will own and/or operate television stations in 42 television markets broadcasting 139 program streams including 75 affiliates of the Big Four networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX). At that time, our owned and/or operated stations will include twenty-seven channels affiliated with the CBS Network, twenty-four channels affiliated with the NBC Network, fourteen channels affiliated with the ABC Network and ten channels affiliated with the FOX Network. We will then own and/or operate the number-one ranked television station in 28 of those 42 markets and the number-one or number-two ranked television station operations in 38 of those 42 markets. We will reach approximately 7.4 percent of total United States television households.
Cautionary Statements for Purposes of the "Safe Harbor" Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and the federal securities laws. These "forward-looking statements" are not statements of historical facts, and may include, among other things, our ability to enter into a new senior secured credit facility and complete our pending acquisitions. Actual results are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from the current expectations and beliefs discussed in this press release. All information set forth in this release is as of May 28, 2014. We do not intend, and undertake no duty, to update this information to reflect future events or circumstances. Information about certain potential factors that could affect our business and financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements are included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, each of which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, as well as future reports we file with the SEC.
[1] RBC Capital Markets is a brand name for the capital markets businesses of Royal Bank of Canada and its affiliates.
SOURCE Gray Television, Inc.