Time Warner Inc. and Home Box Office, Inc. have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) for the offering of the HBO Guarantee (as defined in this Statement) to which this communication inter alia relates. Before you consent, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents filed with the Commission for more complete information about Time Warner Inc. and the offering. You may get these documents for free on the Commission’s Website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Time Warner, the Solicitation Agents or the Information and Tabulation Agent (each, as defined in this Statement) will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling toll-free 1-800-758-5880. |
Issuer/ Indenture/
Requisite Consent |
Debt Security Description
|
CUSIP No.
|
Aggregate
Principal Amount Outstanding |
Historic
TW Inc. #
(1992
HTW Indenture*)
(By
Series Consent*)
|
9.125%
Debentures due 2013
|
887315AK5
|
$1,000,000,000
|
Historic
TW Inc. #
(1993
HTW Indenture*)
(By
Series Consent*)
|
8.05%
Debentures due 2016
|
887315BA6
|
$150,000,000
|
7.25%
Debentures due 2017
|
887315BJ7
|
$500,000,000
|
|
9.15%
Debentures due 2023
|
887315AM1
|
$602,337,000
|
|
7.57%
Debentures due 2024
|
887315BH1
|
$450,000,000
|
|
6.85%
Debentures due 2026
|
887315BB4
|
$28,481,000
|
|
6.95%
Debentures due 2028
|
887315BM0
|
$500,000,000
|
|
8.30%
Discount Debentures due 2036
|
887315AZ2
|
$200,000,0001
|
|
Historic
TW Inc.
(1998
HTW Indenture*)
(By
Indenture Consent*)
|
6.875%
Debentures due 2018
|
887315AY5
|
$600,000,000
|
6.625%
Debentures due 2029
|
887315BN8
|
$1,000,000,000
|
|
|
|||
Turner
Broadcasting
System, Inc. (1993
TBS Indenture*)
(By
Indenture Consent*)
|
8.375%
Senior Notes due 2013
|
900262AR7
|
$300,000,000
|
Time
Warner Inc.
(2001
TWX Indenture*)
(By
Indenture Consent*)
|
6.75%
Notes due 2011
|
00184AAB1
|
$1,000,000,000
|
6.875%
Notes due 2012
|
00184AAF2
|
$2,000,000,000
|
|
7.625%
Debentures due 2031
|
00184AAC9
|
$2,000,000,000
|
|
7.70%
Debentures due 2032
|
00184AAG0
|
$2,000,000,000
|
THE CONSENT SOLICITATION WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON APRIL 15, 2009, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). ONLY A HOLDER OF SECURITIES AS OF 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON APRIL 2, 2009 (SUCH TIME AND DATE, THE “RECORD DATE”) IN RESPECT OF WHICH THERE HAS BEEN DELIVERED A VALID CONSENT PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE (WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY REVOKED) WILL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE CONSENT PAYMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN). CONSENTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SERIES OF SECURITIES MAY BE REVOKED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE EARLIER OF (i) 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON APRIL 15, 2009 AND (ii) THE TIME AT WHICH THE REQUISITE CONSENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN) FOR SUCH SERIES OF SECURITIES HAS BEEN RECEIVED (SUCH TIME, THE “WITHDRAWAL DEADLINE”). |
a.
|
Indenture
dated as of April 19, 2001, as amended and supplemented as of the date
hereof, among Time Warner as issuer, AOL LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, Historic TW Inc. (including in its capacity as successor to Time
Warner Companies, Inc. (“TWCI”)), a Delaware
corporation (“Historic
TW”), and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Georgia corporation
(“TBS”), as
guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “2001 TWX
Indenture”);
|
b.
|
Indenture
dated as of June 1, 1998, as amended and supplemented as of the date
hereof, among Historic TW as issuer, Time Warner, AOL LLC, Historic TW (in
its capacity as successor to TWCI) and TBS as guarantors, and
The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “1998 HTW
Indenture”);
|
c.
|
Indenture
dated as of January 15, 1993, as amended and supplemented as of the date
hereof, among Historic TW (in its capacity as successor to TWCI) as
issuer, Time Warner, AOL LLC, Historic TW (in its own capacity and not as
successor to TWCI) and TBS as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon,
as Trustee (the “1993 HTW
Indenture”);
|
d.
|
Indenture
dated as of October 15, 1992, as amended and supplemented as of the date
hereof, among Historic TW (in its capacity as successor to TWCI) as
issuer, Time Warner, AOL LLC, Historic TW (in its own capacity and not as
successor to TWCI) and TBS as guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon,
as Trustee (the “1992 HTW
Indenture”); and
|
e.
|
Indenture
dated as of May 15, 1993, as amended and supplemented as of the date
hereof, among TBS as issuer, Time Warner, AOL LLC and Historic TW
(including in its capacity as successor to TWCI) as guarantors, and The
Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (the “1993 TBS
Indenture”).
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●
|
Registration
Statement on Form S-3 filed by Time Warner and Home Box Office in relation
to the HBO Guarantee filed on April 6,
2009;
|
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●
|
Annual
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 (filed
February 20, 2009), and including portions of the proxy statement to
be filed in connection with the 2009 annual meeting of stockholders to the
extent specifically incorporated by reference therein (collectively, the
“2008 Form 10-K”);
and
|
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●
|
Current
reports on Form 8-K filed on February 27, 2009, March 13, 2009, March 18,
2009, March 23, 2009, March 26, 2009, March 30, 2009 and April 6,
2009.
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●
|
a
longer than anticipated continuation of the current economic slowdown or
further deterioration in the
economy;
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●
|
decreased
liquidity in the capital markets, including any reduction in the ability
to access the capital markets for debt securities or bank
financings;
|
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●
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the
impact of terrorist acts and
hostilities;
|
|
●
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changes
in our plans, strategies and
intentions;
|
|
●
|
the
impacts of significant acquisitions, dispositions and other similar
transactions; and
|
|
●
|
the
failure to meet earnings
expectations.
|
The
Soliciting Company
|
Time
Warner Inc.
|
||
Information
about the Securities
|
Indenture/
Issuer/
Guarantors(1)/Requisite Consent(2) |
Debt Security
Description |
CUSIP No.
|
1992
HTW Indenture
Issuer: Historic
TW(3)
Guarantors: Time
Warner,
AOL LLC, Historic TW(4) and TBS Requisite Consent:
By
Series Consent |
9.125%
Debentures due 2013 |
887315AK5
|
|
1993
HTW Indenture
Issuer: Historic
TW(3)
Guarantors: Time
Warner,
AOL LLC, Historic TW(4 and TBS Requisite Consent:
By
Series
Consent
|
8.05%
Debentures due 2016 |
887315BA6
|
|
7.25%
Debentures due 2017 |
887315BJ7
|
||
9.15%
Debentures due 2023 |
887315AM1
|
||
7.57%
Debentures due 2024 |
887315BH1
|
||
6.85%
Debentures
due 2026
|
887315BB4
|
||
6.95%
Debentures
due 2028
|
887315BM0
|
||
8.30%
Discount Debentures due 2036 |
887315AZ2
|
1993
TBS Indenture
Issuer:
TBS
Guarantors: Time
Warner, AOL LLC and Historic TW(5)
Requisite Consent: By
Indenture Consent
|
8.375%
Senior Notes due 2013
|
900262AR7
|
1998
HTW Indenture
Issuer: Historic
TW(4)
Guarantors: Time
Warner, AOL LLC, Historic TW(3)
and TBS
Requisite Consent: By
Indenture Consent
|
6.875%
Debentures due 2018
|
887315AY5
|
|
6.625%
Debentures due 2029
|
887315BN8
|
||
2001
TWX Indenture
Issuer: Time
Warner
Guarantors: AOL LLC,
Historic
TW(5) and TBS Requisite Consent: By
Indenture Consent
|
6.75%
Notes
due 2011 |
00184AAB1
|
|
6.875%
Notes
due 2012 |
00184AAF2
|
||
7.625%
Debentures due 2031
|
00184AAC9
|
||
7.70%
Debentures due 2032
|
00184AAG0
|
||
(1)
Includes current direct and indirect guarantors under the relevant
Indenture.
(2)
The outstanding aggregate principal amount of each series of Securities as
of the Record Date is set forth on the cover of this
Statement.
(3)
In its capacity as successor to TWCI.
(4)
In its own capacity and not as successor to TWCI.
(5)
In its own capacity and in its capacity as successor to
TWCI.
|
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|
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The
Consent Solicitation
|
We
are soliciting Consents to amend the Covenant in each Indenture that
provides that none of the issuer or the guarantors under such Indenture
shall convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any person, unless certain conditions are met. The Proposed
Amendments will provide that AOL LLC may convey or transfer its properties
and assets substantially as an entirety without complying with such
conditions (but subject to the concurrent or prior issuance of the HBO
Guarantee, as described herein), unless such conveyance or transfer
constitutes a conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the
issuer and the guarantors (under the relevant Indenture) and their
respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, substantially as an
entirety.
|
||
Consent
Payments
|
Upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Statement and in
the Consent Letter, only a Holder of Securities as of the Record Date, in
respect of which there has been properly delivered and not revoked a
Consent on or prior to the Expiration Date, will be entitled to receive a
Consent Payment. Consent Payments will be payable promptly following the
Expiration Date and the satisfaction or waiver of the other conditions set
forth herein.
|
Conditions
to Consent Payments
|
Time
Warner’s obligation to pay the Consent Payments pursuant to this Consent
Solicitation for any series of Securities is conditioned upon (i) the
receipt of the Requisite Consent for such series of Securities and (ii)
the execution and delivery of the relevant Supplemental Indenture with
respect to such Consenting Series. The Consent Payments do not
depend on the issuance of the HBO Guarantee, which would be issued
subsequent to the consummation of the Consent Solicitation under the
circumstances described herein. See “HBO Guarantee Issue Date”
below. Subject to our right to terminate this Consent
Solicitation with respect to any or all series of Securities in accordance
with the terms set forth in this Statement, we currently intend to execute
and deliver the Supplemental Indenture in respect of any Consenting Series
promptly following the receipt of the Requisite Consent for such
series.
|
||
HBO
Guarantee
|
With
respect to any Consenting Series in respect of which a Supplemental
Indenture is executed, and under the circumstances described below, Time
Warner will cause its wholly owned subsidiary, Home Box Office, to
guarantee the full and punctual payment of all the monetary obligations
and the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of
all other obligations (including obligations to the trustee) of Historic
TW under the relevant Indenture relating to such Consenting Series, as
described herein.
|
||
HBO
Guarantee Issue Date
|
Time
Warner’s obligation to cause the HBO Guarantee to be issued pursuant to
this Consent Solicitation for any series of Securities is subject to the
receipt of the Requisite Consent with respect to such series of Securities
and the adoption of the Proposed Amendments to the Indenture governing
such Consenting Series pursuant to the execution and delivery of the
relevant Supplemental Indenture. The Proposed Amendments provide that, in
order for AOL LLC to convey or transfer its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety in a transaction that does not comply with
the conditions contained in the Covenant as currently in effect, the HBO
Guarantee Supplements must be executed and delivered, and the HBO
Guarantee must be issued, prior to, or concurrently with, such conveyance
or transfer. The HBO Guarantee will be issued only in connection with such
a transaction.
|
||
Consent
Procedure
|
Only
Holders on the Record Date will be eligible to deliver Consents with
respect to the adoption of the Proposed Amendments and receive Consent
Payments, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this
Statement and in the Consent Letter. A beneficial owner of
Securities who is not the Holder of such Securities (for example, a holder
whose Securities are registered in the name of a nominee such as a
brokerage firm) must arrange with such Holder to execute and deliver a
Consent Letter on such beneficial owner’s behalf (a Letter of Instruction
is included in the Consent Solicitation materials provided with this
Statement for this purpose).
|
Requisite
Consent
|
Adoption
of the Proposed Amendments with respect to each series of Securities
requires either (i) a “By Series Consent”, which means the consent of
Holders who hold not less than a majority of the outstanding aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of such series, or (ii) a “By Indenture
Consent”, which means the consent of Holders who hold not less than a
majority of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of all series of
Securities issued under the applicable Indenture, voting together as a
single class. The Requisite Consent for each series of
Securities is set forth in the table above.
|
||
Consequences
to
Non-Consenting
Series
|
If
the Requisite Consent in respect of any series of Securities is not
obtained or a Supplemental Indenture in respect of such series of
Securities is not executed and delivered, the Holders of such series of
Securities will not be entitled to receive the applicable Consent Payment,
the Proposed Amendments to the relevant Indenture will not be adopted and
the HBO Guarantee will not become issuable with respect to such
non-Consenting Series. Accordingly, Holders of such
non-Consenting Series will not be eligible to exercise the rights and
privileges under the HBO Guarantee if and when it is issued in respect of
any other series of Securities.
|
||
Record
Date
|
5:00
p.m., New York City time, on April 2, 2009.
|
||
Expiration
Date
|
The
Consent Solicitation expires at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April
15, 2009, or at such later time and date to which the Consent Solicitation
is extended. The Expiration Date may be extended with respect
to any or all series of Securities by Time Warner in its sole
discretion.
|
||
Withdrawal
Deadline with respect to
any Series of Securities |
Consents
with respect to any series of Securities may only be revoked prior to the
earlier of (i) 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 15, 2009 and (ii)
the time at which the Requisite Consent for such series of Securities has
been received.
|
||
Revocation
of Consents
|
Consents
can be revoked only by delivering a written notice of revocation to the
Information and Tabulation Agent prior to the Withdrawal Deadline. Any
Holder who properly revokes a Consent will not receive a Consent Payment,
unless and until a subsequent Consent from such Holder has been properly
received and not thereafter revoked. The transfer of Securities
after the Record Date will NOT have the effect of revoking any Consent
theretofore properly received by the Information and Tabulation
Agent. Each Consent properly received by the Information and
Tabulation Agent will be counted notwithstanding any transfer of the
Securities to which such Consent relates, unless the procedure for
revoking Consents described in this Statement has been complied
with.
|
Certain
United States Federal Income
Tax Consequences |
We
believe the only U.S. Federal income tax consequence to Holders of
adoption of the Proposed Amendments should be that the full amount of the
Consent Payment will be subject to taxation as ordinary income to those
non-tax exempt Holders who receive it. See “Certain United
States Federal Income Tax Consequences.”
|
||
Information;
Assistance; Additional
Materials |
Questions
regarding the Consent Solicitation should be directed to the Solicitation
Agents at their respective addresses and telephone numbers set forth on
the back cover of this Statement.
Questions
regarding the procedure for consenting as well as requests for assistance
or additional copies of this Statement or the Consent Letter should be
directed to the Information and Tabulation Agent at its address and
telephone number set forth on the back cover of this
Statement.
|
||
Notices
|
Any
extension, waiver, termination or amendment of the Consent Solicitation,
notice of receipt of a Requisite Consent, or any delay in making Consent
Payments, will be followed as promptly as practicable by a public
announcement by issuing a release to Business Wire, or comparable news
service, to the extent required by law.
|
||
Delivery
of Consents
|
Each
Consent Letter should be delivered to the Information and Tabulation Agent
(and not to Time Warner or the Solicitation Agents) at or prior to 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date to its address set forth
on the Consent Letter.
|
||
Solicitation
Agents
|
Banc
of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc.
|
||
Information
and Tabulation Agent
|
D.F.
King & Co.,
Inc.
|
|
·
|
AOL,
consisting principally of interactive consumer and advertising
services;
|
|
·
|
Filmed
Entertainment, consisting principally of feature film, television and home
video production and distribution;
|
|
·
|
Networks,
consisting principally of cable television networks that provide
programming; and
|
|
·
|
Publishing,
consisting principally of magazine
publishing.
|
Year
Ended
December
31, 2008
(millions)
|
||||
Revenue
|
$ |
3,703
|
||
Depreciation
|
40
|
|||
Amortization
|
2
|
|||
Operating
Income
|
1,166
|
|||
Total
Assets (at period end)
|
11,0831
|
|||
Total
Liabilities (at period end)
|
660
|
|
●
|
an
individual who is a citizen or resident of the United
States;
|
|
●
|
a
corporation (including any entity treated as a corporation for U.S.
Federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of
the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia;
|
|
●
|
an
estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. Federal income taxation
regardless of its source; or
|
|
●
|
a
trust if (A) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary
jurisdiction over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have
authority to control all of its substantial decisions, or (B) the trust
has a valid election in effect under the applicable Treasury Regulations
to be treated as a U.S. person.
|
The
Information and Tabulation Agent for this Consent Solicitation
is:
|
D.F.
King & Co., Inc.
48
Wall Street, 22nd
Floor
New
York, New York 10005
or
Banks
and Brokers Call Collect: 212-269-5550
All
Others Call Toll Free: 800-758-5880
|
By
Mail, Hand or Overnight Courier:
D.F.
King & Co., Inc.
48
Wall Street, 22nd
Floor
New
York, New York 10005
Attn:
Elton Bagley
|
By
Facsimile (for Eligible Institutions only):
212-809-8838
(Please
provide callback telephone number
on
fax coversheet for confirmation)
Confirmation:
212-493-6996
Elton
Bagley
|
The
Solicitation Agents for this Consent Solicitation are:
|
Banc
of America Securities LLC
214
North Tryon Street, 17th
Floor
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28255
Attn:
Debt Advisory Services
or
Banks
and Brokers Call Collect: 704-683-3215
All
Others Call Toll Free: 888-292-0070
Citigroup
Global Markets Inc.
390
Greenwich Street, 4th
Floor
New
York, New York 10013
Attn:
Liability Management Group
or
Toll
Free: 800-558-3745
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.
60
Wall Street
New
York, New York 10005
Attn:
Liability Management Group
or
Banks
and Brokers Call Collect: 212-250-2955
All
Others Call Toll Free: 866-627-0391
|
1.
|
Material Provisions of
the First Supplemental Indenture to the 2001 TWX
Indenture
|
2.
|
Material Provisions of
the Second Supplemental Indenture to the 1998 HTW
Indenture
|
3.
|
Material Provisions of
the Sixth Supplemental Indenture to the 1993 TBS
Indenture
|
4.
|
Material Provisions of
the Ninth Supplemental Indenture to the 1993 HTW
Indenture
|
5.
|
Material Provisions of
the Sixth Supplemental Indenture to the 1992 HTW
Indenture
|
Issuer/ Indenture/
Requisite Consent
|
Debt Security Description
|
CUSIP No.
|
Aggregate
Principal
Amount Outstanding |
Historic
TW Inc. #
(1992
HTW Indenture)
(By
Series Consent)
|
9.125%
Debentures due 2013
|
887315AK5
|
$1,000,000,000
|
Historic
TW Inc. #
(1993
HTW Indenture)
(By
Series Consent)
|
8.05%
Debentures due 2016
|
887315BA6
|
$150,000,000
|
7.25%
Debentures due 2017
|
887315BJ7
|
$500,000,000
|
|
9.15%
Debentures due 2023
|
887315AM1
|
$602,337,000
|
|
7.57%
Debentures due 2024
|
887315BH1
|
$450,000,000
|
|
6.85%
Debentures due 2026
|
887315BB4
|
$28,481,000
|
|
6.95%
Debentures due 2028
|
887315BM0
|
$500,000,000
|
|
8.30% Discount Debentures due 2036 |
887315AZ2
|
$200,000,0001
|
|
Historic
TW Inc.
(1998 HTW Indenture)
(By
Indenture Consent)
|
6.875%
Debentures due 2018
|
887315AY5
|
$600,000,000
|
6.625%
Debentures due 2029
|
887315BN8
|
$1,000,000,000
|
|
Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc.
(1993
TBS Indenture)
(By
Indenture Consent)
|
8.375%
Senior Notes due 2013
|
900262AR7
|
$300,000,000
|
Time
Warner Inc.
(2001
TWX Indenture)
(By
Indenture Consent)
|
6.75%
Notes due 2011
|
00184AAB1
|
$1,000,000,000
|
6.875%
Notes due 2012
|
00184AAF2
|
$2,000,000,000
|
|
7.625%
Debentures due 2031
|
00184AAC9
|
$2,000,000,000
|
|
7.70%
Debentures due 2032
|
00184AAG0
|
$2,000,000,000
|
THE
CONSENT SOLICITATION WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON
APRIL 15, 2009, UNLESS EXTENDED (SUCH TIME AND DATE, AS IT MAY BE
EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”). ONLY A HOLDER OF SECURITIES AS OF 5:00
P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON APRIL 2, 2009 (SUCH TIME AND DATE, THE
“RECORD DATE”) IN RESPECT OF WHICH THERE HAS BEEN DELIVERED A VALID
CONSENT ON OR PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE (WHICH HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY
REVOKED) WILL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THE CONSENT PAYMENT. CONSENTS WITH
RESPECT TO ANY SERIES OF SECURITIES MAY BE REVOKED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO
THE EARLIER OF (i) 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON APRIL 15, 2009
AND (ii) THE TIME AT WHICH THE REQUISITE CONSENT FOR SUCH SERIES OF
SECURITIES HAS BEEN RECEIVED (SUCH TIME, THE “WITHDRAWAL
DEADLINE”).
|
The
Information and Tabulation Agent for the Consent Solicitation
is:
|
D.F.
King & Co., Inc.
48
Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New
York, New York 10005
or
Banks
and Brokers Call Collect: 212-269-5550
All
Others Call Toll Free: 800-758-5880
|
By
Mail, Hand or Overnight Courier:
D.F.
King & Co., Inc.
48
Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New
York, New York 10005
Attn:
Elton Bagley
|
By
Facsimile (for Eligible Institutions only):
212-809-8838
(Please
provide callback telephone number
or
fax coversheet for confirmation)
Confirmation:
212-493-6996
Elton
Bagley
|
DESCRIPTION
OF THE SECURITIES
|
||||
Issuer/ Indentures
|
Debt Security
Description
|
CUSIP No.
|
Aggregate
Principal
Amount
Represented
|
Principal
Amount
as
to which
Consents
are Given
|
Historic
TW Inc.
(1992
HTW Indenture)
|
9.125%
Debentures due 2013
|
887315AK5
|
$
______
|
$
______
|
Historic
TW Inc.
(1993
HTW Indenture)
|
8.05%
Debentures due 2016
|
887315BA6
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
7.25%
Debentures due 2017
|
887315BJ7
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
9.15%
Debentures due 2023
|
887315AM1
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
7.57%
Debentures due 2024
|
887315BH1
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
6.85%
Debentures due 2026
|
887315BB4
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
6.95%
Debentures due 2028
|
887315BM0
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
8.30%
Discount Debentures due 2036
|
887315AZ2
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
Historic
TW Inc.
(1998
HTW Indenture)
|
6.875%
Debentures due 2018
|
887315AY5
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
6.625%
Debentures due 2029
|
887315BN8
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
Turner
Broadcasting System, Inc.
(1993
TBS Indenture)
|
8.375%
Senior Notes due 2013
|
900262AR7
|
$
______
|
$
______
|
Time
Warner Inc.
(2001
TWX Indenture)
|
6.75%
Notes due 2011
|
00184AAB1
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
6.875%
Notes due 2012
|
00184AAF2
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
7.625%
Debentures due 2031
|
00184AAC9
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
|
7.70%
Debentures due 2032
|
00184AAG0
|
$ ______
|
$ ______
|
SIGNATURE(S)
OF HOLDER(S) OR AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY
(See
guarantee requirement below)
Dated______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name(s)____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Please
Print)
Title_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Address____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Including
Zip Code)
Area Code and Telephone Number________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tax Identification or Social Security Number_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ MEDALLION
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
(If
Required–See Instruction 3)
Authorized Signature__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Name of Firm________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
SPECIAL
PAYMENT AND DELIVERY
INSTRUCTIONS
(See
Instructions 4 and 6)
To
be completed ONLY if the check(s) for the applicable Consent Payment are
to be issued or delivered in the name of someone OTHER than the person(s)
whose signature(s)
appear(s)
within this Consent Letter or sent to an address OTHER than that shown in
the box entitled “Description of the Securities” within this Consent
Letter. Issue
check in
the
name of and/or deliver check to:
Name___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Please
Print)
Address_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Zip Code)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Tax
Identification or Social Security Number of payee)
(See
enclosed Form W-9)
|
CONSENT
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS FOR DTC PARTICIPANTS
|
|
To
be completed if this Consent Letter is signed by a participant in
DTC. DTC Participants may elect to receive the Consent Payment
by check or wire transfer. DTC Participants electing to receive
the Consent Payment by wire transfer should provide the information
requested below. If no indication of payment preference is
provided, DTC Participants will receive the Consent Payments by
check. Unless otherwise indicated below, the check will be
issued in the name of, and sent to, the DTC
Participants.
|
|
By
Check
|
By
Wire Transfer
|
MAKE CHECK PAYABLE AND MAIL CHECK TO: Name:___________________________________________________
(Please
print)
Address:_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(Please
include zip code)
Taxpayer
Identification
or Social Security
Number:____________________________________
(See
Substitute Form W-9)
|
WIRE
FUNDS TO:
Name
of Bank:__________________________________________________
(Please
print)
Bank ABA
#:___________________________________________________
Bank
Address:__________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
(Please
include zip code)
Account
#:_____________________________________________________
|
1.
|
the
discussion of Federal tax matters in this Consent Letter is not intended
or written to be used, and cannot be used, by any investor for the purpose
of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on the
investor;
|
2.
|
the
discussion was written to support the promotion or marketing of the
transactions or matters addressed by the discussion;
and
|
3.
|
investors
should seek advice based on their particular circumstances from an
independent tax advisor.
|
PAYOR’S
NAME: TIME WARNER INC.
|
||
SUBSTITUTE
FORM W-9
Department
of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service
Payor’s
Request for Taxpayer Identification Number
(“TIN”)
and
Certification
|
Name:_________________________________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________________________
(Number and
Street)
(City) (State) (Zip
Code)
|
|
Part 1(a)—PLEASE PROVIDE
YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING
BELOW
|
TIN
_______________________________
(Social
Security Number or
Employer
Identification Number)
|
|
Part 1(b)—CHECK THE BOX
AT RIGHT IF YOU HAVE APPLIED FOR, AND ARE AWAITING RECEIPT OF, YOUR
TIN
o
|
||
Part 2—FOR PAYEES EXEMPT
FROM BACKUP WITHHOLDING PLEASE WRITE “EXEMPT” HERE (SEE
INSTRUCTIONS)
|
||
Part 3—CERTIFICATION
UNDER PENALTIES OF PERJURY, I CERTIFY THAT (x) The number shown on
this form is my correct TIN (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to
me); (y) I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am
exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the
Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) that I am subject to
backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or
dividends or (c) the IRS has notified me that I
am
no longer subject to backup withholding; and (z) I am a U.S. person
(including a U.S. resident alien).
SIGNATURE__________________________________ DATE_______________________
|
CERTIFICATE
OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
I
certify under penalties of perjury that
a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and that I
mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification
number to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center or Social
Security Administration Office (or I intend to mail or deliver an
application in the near future). I understand that if I do not provide a
taxpayer identification number to the Payor before payments are made, such
payments will be subject to backup withholding.
SIGNATURE___________________________________________ DATE__________________________
|
For
this type of account:
|
Give
the
SOCIAL
SECURITY
number
of —
|
|
1. |
Individual
|
The
individual
|
2. |
Two
or more individuals (joint account)
|
The
actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual
on
the account (1) |
3. |
Custodian
account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors
Act)
|
The
minor (2)
|
4. |
a. The
usual revocable savings trust account (grantor is also
trustee)
|
The
grantor-trustee (1)
|
b. So-called trust account that is
not a legal or valid trust under State law
|
The
actual owner (1)
|
|
For
this type of account:
|
Give
the EIN of —
|
|
5. |
Sole
proprietorship account
|
The
owner (3)
|
6. |
A
valid trust, estate, or pension trust
|
The
legal entity (4)
|
7. |
Corporate
account
|
The
corporation
|
8. |
Religious,
charitable, or educational organization account
|
The
organization
|
9. |
Partnership
account held in the name of the business
|
The
partnership
|
10. |
Association,
club, or other tax-exempt organization
|
The
organization
|
11. |
A
broker or registered nominee
|
The
broker or nominee
|
12. |
Account
with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity
(such
as a State
or local government, school district, or prison) that receives
agricultural program payments
|
The
public entity
|
(1)
|
List
first and circle the name of the person whose number you
furnish. If only one person on a joint account has asocial
security number, that person’s social security number must
be
furnished.
|
|
(2) | Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s social security number. | |
(3)
|
You
must show your individual name, but you may also enter your business or
“doing business as” name. You mayuse either your social
security number or your employer
identification
number (if you have one).
|
|
(4) | List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or pension trust. | |
NOTE:
If no name is circled when there is more than one name, the number will be
considered to be that of thefirst name
listed.
|
●
|
A
corporation;
|
●
|
A
financial institution;
|
● |
An
organization exempt from tax under Section 501(a),* an individual
retirement plan or a custodial account under Section
403(b)(7);
|
●
|
The
United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof;
|
●
|
A
State, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or any
subdivision or instrumentality
thereof;
|
●
|
A
foreign government, a political subdivision of a foreign government, or
any agency or instrumentality
thereof;
|
●
|
An
international organization or any agency or instrumentality
thereof;
|
●
|
A
futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission;
|
●
|
A
middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or
custodian;
|
●
|
A
registered dealer in securities or commodities registered in the U.S., the
District of Columbia or a possession of the
U.S;
|
●
|
A
real estate investment
trust;
|
●
|
A
common trust fund operated by a bank under Section
584(a);
|
●
|
An
exempt charitable remainder trust, or a non-exempt trust described in
Section 4947(a)(1). An entity registered at all times under the Investment
Company Act of 1940; and
|
●
|
A
foreign central bank of
issue.
|
(1)
|
Penalty for Failure to Furnish
Taxpayer Identification Number.— If you
fail to furnish your taxpayeridentification number to a payor, you are
subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure
isdue to reasonable cause and not to willful
neglect.
|
(2)
|
Civil Penalty for False
Information With Respect To Withholding.— If you make a false
statement with no reasonable basis which results in no imposition of
backup withholding, you are subject to a penalty of
$500.
|
(3)
|
Criminal Penalty for Falsifying
Information.— Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations
may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or
imprisonment.
|
(4)
|
Misuse of Taxpayer
Identification Numbers.— If the requester
discloses or uses taxpayer identificationnumbers in violation of Federal
law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal
penalties.
|
The
Information and Tabulation Agent for this Consent Solicitation
is:
|
D.F.
King & Co., Inc.
48
Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New
York, New York 10005
or
Banks
and Brokers Call Collect: 212-269-5550
All
Others Call Toll Free: 800-758-5880
|
By
Mail, Hand or Overnight Courier:
D.F.
King & Co., Inc.
48
Wall Street, 22nd Floor
New
York, New York 10005
Attn:
Elton Bagley
|
By
Facsimile (for Eligible Institutions only):
212-809-8838
(Please
provide callback telephone number
or
fax coversheet for confirmation)
Confirmation:
212-493-6996
Elton
Bagley
|
The
Solicitation Agents for this Consent Solicitation are:
|
Banc
of America Securities LLC
214
North Tryon Street
Charlotte,
North Carolina 28255
Attn:
Debt Advisory Services
or
Banks
and Brokers Call Collect: 704-683-3215
All
Others Call Toll Free: 888-292-0070
Citigroup Global Markets
Inc.
390
Greenwich Street, 4th Floor
New
York, New York 10013
Attn:
Liability Management Group
or
Toll
Free: 800-558-3745
Deutsche
Bank Securities Inc.
60
Wall Street
New
York, New York 10005
Attn:
Liability Management Group
or
Banks
and Brokers Call Collect: 212-250-2955
All
Others Call Toll Free: 866-627-0391
|