Filed Pursuant to Rule No. 424(b)(5)
Registration No.: 333-264453, 333-264453-01,
333-264453-02, 333-264453-04
Prospectus Supplement
(To Prospectus dated April 22, 2022)
€1,500,000,000
WarnerMedia Holdings, Inc.
4.302% Senior Notes due 2030
4.693% Senior Notes due 2033
Unconditionally Guaranteed by
Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
We are offering €650,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.302% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 notes”) and €850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.693% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 notes” and together with the 2030 notes, the “senior notes”). The 2030 notes will bear interest at the rate of 4.302% per year. The 2030 notes will mature on January 17, 2030. The 2033 notes will bear interest at the rate of 4.693% per year. The 2033 notes will mature on May 17, 2033. Interest on the 2030 notes will be payable annually on January 17 of each year, beginning on January 17, 2025. Interest on the 2033 notes will be payable annually on May 17 of each year, beginning on May 17, 2025.
We may redeem either series of senior notes in whole or in part at any time prior to their maturity at the redemption prices described in this prospectus supplement. In addition, either series of senior notes may be redeemed in whole but not in part, at any time at our option, in the event of certain developments affecting U.S. taxation. If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined herein) occurs, we must offer to repurchase the senior notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the senior notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.
The senior notes will be unsecured and will rank equally with all our other unsecured senior indebtedness. The senior notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured and unsubordinated basis by Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. (“WBD”), our parent company, and each wholly owned domestic subsidiary of WBD that is a borrower or that guarantees the payment of any debt under the Senior Credit Facility (as defined herein) or any Material Debt (as defined herein). The senior notes will rank senior in right of payment to all of the Issuer’s future subordinated debt and rank equally in right of payment with the Issuer’s existing and future senior debt, including debt under the Issuer’s existing senior notes and the Senior Credit Facility. The senior notes will be effectively subordinated to any of the Issuer’s existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt, and the senior notes will be structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities (including trade payables) of each of WBD’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the senior notes.
The note guarantees will rank senior in right of payment to all of the guarantors’ future subordinated debt and rank equally in right of payment with all of the guarantors’ existing and future senior debt, including debt under existing senior notes and the Senior Credit Facility. The note guarantees will be effectively subordinated to any of the guarantors’ existing and future secured debt, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt, and the note guarantees will be structurally subordinated to all of the existing and future liabilities (including trade payables) of each of WBD’s subsidiaries that do not guarantee the senior notes. The senior notes will be issued only in denominations of €100,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof.
Concurrently with this offering, the Issuer, Warner Media, LLC (“WML”) and Discovery Communications, LLC (“DCL” and, collectively with the Issuer and WML, the “Offerors”), each a wholly-owned subsidiary of WBD, are conducting a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) for an aggregate purchase price of up to $2,500,000,000 (excluding accrued and unpaid interest), for the Tender Offer Notes (as defined below under “Summary—Recent Developments—Concurrent Tender Offer”). As described under “Use of Proceeds,” the Issuer intends to use the net proceeds of this offering, together with cash on hand and other available sources of liquidity, as necessary, to pay the purchase price for, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Tender Offer Notes in the Tender Offer. This offering is not conditioned on the completion of the Tender Offer.
Investing in the senior notes involves risks. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page S-9 of this prospectus supplement and the risks discussed in the documents we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and that are incorporated by reference herein.
Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
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| | Price to public(1) | | | Underwriting discounts | | | Proceeds, before expenses | |
Per 2030 note | | | 100.000 | % | | | 0.350 | % | | | 99.650 | % |
2030 notes total | | € | 650,000,000 | | | € | 2,275,000 | | | € | 647,725,000 | |
Per 2033 note | | | 100.000 | % | | | 0.500 | % | | | 99.500 | % |
2033 notes total | | € | 850,000,000 | | | € | 4,250,000 | | | € | 845,750,000 | |
Total | | € | 1,500,000,000 | | | € | 6,525,000 | | | € | 1,493,475,000 | |
(1) | Plus accrued interest, if any, from the date of original issuance. |
Each series of senior notes is a new issue of securities with no established trading market. We intend to apply to list the senior notes of each series on the Nasdaq Bond Exchange (“Nasdaq”). We expect trading in the senior notes on Nasdaq to begin less than 30 days after the original issue date. The listing applications will be subject to approval by Nasdaq and no assurance can be given that these applications will be granted. If such listings are obtained, we will have no obligation to maintain such listings, and we may delist each series of senior notes at any time. Settlement of the senior notes of each series is not conditional on obtaining the applicable listing.
The underwriters expect to deliver the senior notes in book-entry form through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking S.A. (“Clearstream”) (together, Euroclear and Clearstream are referred to herein as the “ICSDs”), on or about May 17, 2024. Upon issuance, each series of the senior notes will be represented by a global note in registered form (each a “Global Note”), which is expected to be deposited with a common depository (“Common Depository”) for Euroclear and Clearstream and registered in the name of a nominee of the Common Depository.
Joint Bookrunners
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Barclays | | Deutsche Bank | | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Commerzbank | | | | Santander |
Co-Managers
May 14, 2024