Radio Unica Communications Corp. Files for Relief Under Chapter 11 With 100% of Bondholders Approving the Plan
October 31 2003 - 10:04AM
PR Newswire (US)
Radio Unica Communications Corp. Files for Relief Under Chapter 11
With 100% of Bondholders Approving the Plan MIAMI, Oct. 31
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radio Unica Communications Corp.
(BULLETIN BOARD: UNCA) and certain of its subsidiaries (excluding
Mass Promotions, Inc.), today announced that it has filed voluntary
petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.
The filing was made in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern
District of New York in order to implement the previously announced
sale of its station group and related assets to Multicultural
Broadcasting, Inc. and its plan to separately sell its radio
network and promotions company. Under the Multicultural agreement
the Company will receive approximately $150 million in cash for its
radio stations. Completion of the transaction is subject to
bankruptcy court approval, regulatory approvals and other
conditions. It is expected that the transaction will be completed
by the second quarter of 2004. Under the prepackaged bankruptcy
plan holders of the Company's 11 3/4% Senior Discount Notes will
receive approximately $700 in cash per $1,000 principal amount, all
other creditors would receive 100% of their claims, and
stockholders would receive the remainder currently estimated to be
between $0.47 and $1.03 per share. Holders of 100% of the Company's
outstanding Senior Discount Notes, the only class of creditors
impaired by the plan, have voted to support the transaction and the
prepackaged bankruptcy. Mass Promotions, Inc. has not filed for
bankruptcy. Radio Unica will continue to broadcast its Spanish
language programming and otherwise operate its business in the
normal course through the closing of these transactions. About
Radio Unica Communications Corp. Radio Unica Communications Corp.
is based in Miami, Florida and its operations include the Radio
Unica Network and an owned and/or operated station group covering
U.S. Hispanic markets including Los Angeles, New York, Miami, San
Francisco, Chicago, Houston, San Antonio, McAllen, Dallas, Fresno,
Phoenix, Sacramento, and Tucson. DATASOURCE: Radio Unica
Communications Corp. CONTACT: Steven E. Dawson, Radio Unica Corp.,
+1-305-463-5000; or Chris Plunkett, Brainerd Communicators, Inc.,
+1-212-986-6667, for Radio Unica Corp.
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