Rainbow needs more credit; Voom's momentum is also growing, Cablevision says in SEC filing.(Finance)(Securities & Exchange Commission)

Multichannel News, May, 2004 by Farrell, Mike

Cablevision Systems Corp. has filed a Form 10 registration statement for its planned separation into two distinct companies, and the 180-page document pretty much said what analysts expected--except for one wrinkle. To do the spinoff, Cablevision must increase the borrowing capacity of its Rainbow Media Holdings national programming networks by $200 million to $400 million.

Rainbow Media Holdings currently has an $821.4 million line of credit, of which $98.8 million was unused. According to the securities filing, that debt--less the un-drawn amounts--would have to be repaid on the date of the spinoff, along with a 5250 million credit facility for Rainbow Media Holdings. A new $1.2 billion to $1.4 billion credit facility would pay off that...

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