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  "id": 11073543,
  "title": "Paramount Skydance prices $42 billion debt for Warner Bros deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/paramount-skydance-prices-42-billion-debt-for-warner-bros-deal",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-01T01:04:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
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    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/paramount-skydance-prices-42-billion-debt-for-warner-bros-deal-93CH-4926156"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Paramount Skydance Corporation has announced plans to sell $42 billion in debt to finance its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. The company will issue $30 billion in senior secured first lien notes and $11.4 billion in senior secured second lien notes. The first lien notes will consist of eight tranches maturing between 2028 and 2066, with interest rates ranging from 6.30% to 8.90%. The second lien notes include four tranches maturing between 2031 and 2036, with interest rates between 7.00% and 9.125%. Additionally, the company has priced an incremental term B loan facility consisting of an $8.5 billion U.S. dollar-denominated tranche and a €850 million euro-denominated tranche, both maturing in 2033. The net proceeds from the note offerings will be used to finance the purchase price for the acquisition and repay existing debt.",
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        "published": "2026-09-30T19:42:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Financial Times",
        "title": "Paramount stumps up high borrowing costs to fund Warner Bros deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/paramount-stumps-up-high-borrowing-costs-to-fund-warner-bros-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-30T21:37:36.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "US judge allows Paramount to close Warner Bros acquisition",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/us-judge-allows-paramount-to-close-warner-bros-acquisition-11053249",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:02:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Paramount gets court green light on Warner Bros deal, names Mattel’s Kreiz co-CEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/paramount-gets-court-green-light-on-warner-bros-deal-names-mattels",
        "published": "2026-09-30T23:55:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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