Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) said certain of its indirect subsidiaries intend to offer, in a private transaction, up to $1.9 billion of Senior Secured Tower Revenue Notes, as additional debt securities under the existing Indenture dated as of June 1, 2005, pursuant to which the Senior Secured Tower Revenue Notes, Series 2005-1, and the Senior Secured Tower Revenue Notes, Series 2006-1, were issued. Crown Castle expects the offering of the Offered Notes to close on or about January 15, 2010.
The subsidiaries expected to issue the Offered Notes are special purpose entities that are the current issuers under the Indenture and that hold over half of the U.S. and Puerto Rico towers of Crown Castle. Crown Castle expects that all of the Offered Notes will be rated investment grade. The servicing and repayment of the Offered Notes are expected to be made solely from the cash flow from the operation of the U.S. towers that are part of the transaction.
Crown Castle expects to use the net proceeds received from this offering, together with other cash, to repay in full the Series 2005-1 Notes, together with related prepayment premiums, fees and expenses.
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