R.H. Donnelley Announces it is Seeking Support of its Bank Lenders as Part of a Potential Comprehensive Debt Restructuring Plan
May 20, 2009 11:32:00 AM
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CARY, N.C., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- R.H. Donnelley, one of the nation's leading consumer and business-to-business local commercial search companies, today said it is holding separate conference calls with its bank lenders and the ad hoc steering committee of certain of its bondholders to discuss details relating to a potential debt restructuring plan. Public lenders can restrict themselves for the remainder of the forbearance period and obtain detailed information about the company's business plan and the potential debt restructuring.
The company hopes to obtain support for a debt restructuring from its bank lenders and bondholders before the expiration on May 28, 2009 of the forbearance agreements currently in place. There can be no assurances that the company will be successful in obtaining support from its bank lenders and bondholders on a debt restructuring plan.
The company will have no further comment at this time about this matter beyond what is contained in this press release.
About R.H. Donnelley
R.H. Donnelley Corporation (OTC: RHDC) is one of the nation's leading consumer and business-to-business local commercial search companies. The company delivers relevant search results for consumers and leads to small- and medium-sized businesses through its Dex-branded print yellow and white pages directories, Internet yellow pages site, mobile and voice search platforms as well as one of the largest pay-per-click ad networks in the U.S. It also operates the nation's leading business search engine and online directory through its Business.com subsidiary. For more information, visit www.rhd.com and www.dexknows.com.
Safe Harbor Provision
Certain statements contained in this press release regarding R.H. Donnelley's future operating results or performance or business plans or prospects and any other statements not constituting historical fact are "forward-looking statements" subject to the safe harbor created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Where possible, the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "will," "would," "planned," "estimated," "potential," "goal," "outlook," "may," "predicts," "could," or the negative of such terms, or other comparable expressions, as they relate to R.H. Donnelley or its management, have been used to identify such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements reflect only R.H. Donnelley's current beliefs and assumptions with respect to future business plans, prospects, decisions and results, and are based on information currently available to R.H. Donnelley. Accordingly, the statements are subject to significant risks, uncertainties and contingencies, which could cause R.H. Donnelley's actual operating results, performance or business plans or prospects to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these statements.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include risks and other factors described in R.H. Donnelley's publicly available reports filed with the SEC, which contain a discussion of various factors that may affect R.H. Donnelley's business or financial results. Such risks and other factors, which in some instances are beyond R.H. Donnelley's control, include: our ability to generate sufficient cash to service our significant debt levels; our ability to comply with or obtain modifications or waivers of the financial covenants contained in our debt agreements, and the potential impact to operations and liquidity as a result of restrictive covenants in such debt agreements; our ability to refinance or restructure our debt on reasonable terms and conditions as might be necessary from time to time, particularly in light of the continuing instability in the global credit markets; increasing LIBOR rates; changes in directory advertising spend and consumer usage; regulatory and judicial rulings; competition and other economic conditions; changes in the Company's and the Company's subsidiaries credit ratings; changes in accounting standards; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax related proceedings or audits; the effect of labor strikes, lock-outs and negotiations; successful integration and realization of the expected benefits of acquisitions; the continued enforceability of the commercial agreements with Qwest, Embarq and AT&T; our reliance on third-party vendors for various services; and other events beyond our control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results. R.H. Donnelley is not responsible for updating the information contained in this press release beyond the published date, or for changes made to this document by wire services or Internet service providers.
SOURCE R.H. Donnelley
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Tyler Gronbach of R.H. Donnelley
+1-919-297-1541
tyler.gronbach@rhd.com
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