Weather Channel firms pricing on $1.3 billion term loan B at Libor plus 350 bps

By Sara Rosenberg

New York, March 11 - Weather Channel (TWCC Holding Corp.) finalized pricing on its $1.3 billion term loan B (Ba2) at Libor plus 350 basis points, the low end of initial talk of Libor plus 350 bps to 375 bps, according to a market source.

In addition, the original issue discount on the loan tightened to 99½ from talk of 99, the source said.

The 1.5% Libor floor and 101 soft call protection for one year were left unchanged.

As a result of strong demand, the commitment deadline for the loan was accelerated to 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.

Deutsche Bank is the lead arranger and is a joint bookrunner with Credit Suisse on the deal.

Proceeds will be used to refinance the company's existing term loan B - priced at Libor plus 400 bps with a 3.25% Libor floor - and retire a portion of its subordinated notes.

The new term loan B will mature on Sept. 14, 2015, which is the same maturity as the existing term loan B, and will have the same covenants as the existing credit agreement.

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