Qurate Retail Announces Semi-Annual Interest Payment and Regular Additional Distribution on 3.75% Senior Exchangeable Debentures Due 2030
August 15 2024 - 4:15PM
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Qurate Retail, Inc. (“Qurate Retail”) (Nasdaq: QRTEA, QRTEB,
QRTEP) today announced the payment of a semi-annual interest
payment and Regular Additional Distribution to the holders as of
August 1, 2024 of the 3.75% Senior Exchangeable Debentures due 2030
(the “Debentures”) issued by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Liberty
Interactive LLC (“LI LLC”). The semi-annual interest payment amount
is $18.75 per $1,000 original principal amount of Debentures, and
the amount of the Regular Additional Distribution is $0.3145 per
$1,000 original principal amount of Debentures.
Under the Indenture for the Debentures, the original principal
amount of the Debentures is adjusted in an amount equal to each
Extraordinary Additional Distribution made to holders of the
Debentures. Thereafter, the adjusted principal amount is further
reduced on each successive semi-annual interest payment date to the
extent necessary to cause the semi-annual interest payment to
represent the payment of an annualized yield of 3.75% of the
adjusted principal amount. This latter adjustment, to the extent it
is made by reason of a particular Extraordinary Additional
Distribution that results in an adjustment to the principal amount
of the Debentures, takes effect on the second succeeding interest
payment date after the payment of that Extraordinary Additional
Distribution.
To date, there has been one Extraordinary Additional
Distribution to holders of the Debentures. On August 7, 2013, LI
LLC made an Extraordinary Additional Distribution of $46.1258 per
$1,000 original principal amount of the Debentures arising from the
merger transaction between Sprint Nextel Corporation and SoftBank
Corp.
Adjustments to the principal amount of the Debentures do not
affect the amount of the semi-annual interest payments received by
holders of the Debentures, which will continue to be a rate equal
to 3.75% per annum of the original principal amount of the
Debentures. Below is a detail of the amount of the semi-annual
interest payment being made on the Debentures, its allocation
between payment of interest and repayment of principal and the
revised adjusted principal amount of the Debentures resulting from
such payment, per $1,000 original principal amount of the
Debentures:
August 15, 2024 Beginning
Adjusted Principal
Total Payment
Interest
Additional Payment of
Principal
August 15, 2024 Ending Adjusted
Principal
$931.8661
$18.7500
$17.4725
$1.2775
$930.5886
LI LLC is also making a Regular Additional Distribution to
holders of the Debentures as of August 1, 2024 of $0.3145 per
Debenture, which is attributable to the regular quarterly cash
dividend paid by T-Mobile US, Inc. of $0.65 per share on March 14,
2024 and June 13, 2024. The payment of the Regular Additional
Distribution will not result in a reduction to the adjusted
principal amount of the Debentures.
The semi-annual interest payment and Regular Additional
Distribution are expected to be made on August 15, 2024, to holders
of record of the Debentures on August 1, 2024.
On April 1, 2020, T-Mobile US, Inc. completed its acquisition of
Sprint Corporation (“TMUS/S Acquisition”) for 0.10256 shares of
T-Mobile US, Inc. for every share of Sprint Corporation. Following
the TMUS/S Acquisition, the reference shares attributable to each
$1,000 original principal amount of Debentures consist of 0.2419
shares of common stock of T-Mobile US, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMUS) and
0.5746 shares of common stock of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:
LUMN).
About Qurate Retail, Inc.
Qurate Retail, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company comprised of six
leading retail brands – QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®,
Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road® (collectively, “Qurate Retail
GroupSM”). Qurate Retail Group is the largest player in video
commerce (“vCommerce”), which includes video-driven shopping across
linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms.
The retailer reaches more than 200 million homes worldwide via 14
television channels, which are widely available on cable/satellite
TV, free over-the-air TV, and digital livestreaming TV. The
retailer also reaches millions of customers via its QVC+ and HSN+
streaming experience, websites, mobile apps, social pages, print
catalogs, and in-store destinations. Qurate Retail, Inc. also holds
various minority interests.
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