United Announces Proposed Senior Secured Notes Offering by MileagePlus Subsidiaries
CHICAGO, June 23, 2020 – Today, United Airlines, Inc. (“United”) announced that Mileage Plus Holdings, LLC, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of United that operates the MileagePlus program (“MPH”), and Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets, Ltd., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of MPH (“MIPA” and, together with MPH, the “MileagePlus Subsidiaries”) intend to commence a private offering to eligible purchasers of $3.0 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), subject to market and other conditions. The Notes will be guaranteed by each subsidiary of MPH (collectively, the “MPH Subsidiary Guarantors”), United, United’s parent company, United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (“UAL”, and, together with United, the “Company”), and certain subsidiaries of UAL.
The MileagePlus Subsidiaries intend to lend the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to United, after depositing a portion of such proceeds in a reserve account. The final terms and amounts of the Notes are subject to market and other conditions and may be materially different than expectations.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. The Notes are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers in an offering exempt from registration in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws.