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Berlin, 21 March 2017. Tele Columbus AG, the third largest German cable operator, has successfully received consents to amend, extend and reprice its EUR 1.38 billion Senior Credit Facilities. The new terms will become effective on or around 18 April 2017.

Tele Columbus AG has successfully amended its EUR 1.255 billion existing term loan, reducing the margin from E+400bps to E+325bps, and extending the maturity from January 2023 to October 2024, resulting in overall interest savings of approximately 20% per annum. The Company was also able to amend certain provisions of the whole credit facilities (including RCF and Capex Facilities) which will give the Company significant enhanced operational flexibility going forward.

“The new structure of our credit facilities will lead to a significant increase of our cash flow securing additional scope for further investments as driver of the Company’s future development”, commented Frank Posnanski, CFO of the Tele Columbus Group.

Tele Columbus's current S&P and Moody's ratings B2 (stable) and B (stable) have been reaffirmed by the rating agencies.

Goldman Sachs has acted as sole Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arranger.

About Tele Columbus

The SDAX listed Tele Columbus Group is one of Germany‘s largest cable network operators. Via its origins – individual regional cable network operators that were merged into Tele Columbus – the company dates back to 1972. Today, about 3.6 million connected households in Germany are served by Tele Columbus, primacom, pepcom, Deutsche Telekabel, Martens und KMS with TV signals and, increasingly, digital broadcast packages, Internet and voice connections provided via high-performance broadband cable. As a national provider with a regional focus and a partner of the housing industry, the Group is present throughout its core markets Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as well as in numerous key regions in western Germany. In tune with current demand trends, the company is upgrading its networks in a hybrid fibre-optic infrastructure for superfast Internet connections of up to several hundred megabits per second with the state-of-the-art Internet transmission standard DOCSIS 3.0. The broadband cable caters to the entire range of innovative media applications from analogous, digital and high-definition TV to highspeed Internet and voice connections to telemetry services, tenant portals and interactive services. Beyond merely transmitting signals, Tele Columbus uses its own product platform in order to actively increase the programme offering and to develop additional services. Via its company HL komm, Tele Columbus also delivers powerful connections and network services to business customers.

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