Exhibit 99.1

 

GRAPHIC

 

Pandora Media, Inc. Announces $300 Million Convertible Notes Offering

 

OAKLAND, Calif., December 2, 2015 — Pandora Media, Inc. (“Pandora”) (NYSE: P) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $300 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due in 2020 (the “notes”) in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). Pandora also expects to grant Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“Morgan Stanley”), the initial purchaser of the notes, a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $45 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. Morgan Stanley is acting as sole bookrunner for the offering.

 

The notes will be unsecured, senior obligations of Pandora, and interest will be payable semi-annually in arrears. The notes will be convertible into cash, shares of Pandora’s common stock, or a combination thereof, at Pandora’s election. The interest rate, conversion rate and other terms of the notes are to be determined upon pricing of the offering.

 

In connection with the pricing of the notes, Pandora expects to enter into one or more privately negotiated capped call transactions with one or more financial institutions (the “option counterparties”). The capped call transactions are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution to Pandora’s common stock upon any conversion of notes and/or offset the cash payments Pandora is required to make in excess of the principal amount of the converted notes in the event that the market price of Pandora’s common stock is greater than the strike price of the capped call transactions (which will initially correspond to the initial conversion price of the notes and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the capped call transactions), with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap based on the cap price of the capped call transactions. If the initial purchaser exercises its option to purchase additional notes, Pandora intends to enter into one or more additional capped call transactions with the option counterparties.

 

Pandora expects that in connection with establishing their initial hedge of the capped call transactions, the option counterparties or their respective affiliates expect to purchase shares of Pandora’s common stock and/or enter into various derivative transactions with respect to Pandora’s common stock concurrently with, or shortly after, the pricing of the notes. These activities could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of Pandora’s common stock or the notes at that time. In addition, Pandora expects that the option counterparties or their respective affiliates may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding derivative transactions with respect to Pandora’s common stock and/or by purchasing or selling shares of Pandora’s common stock or other securities of Pandora in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the notes and prior to the maturity of the notes (and are likely to do so during any observation period relating to a conversion of the notes or in connection with any repurchase of notes by Pandora). This activity could also cause or avoid an increase or a decrease in the market price of Pandora’s common stock or the notes, which could affect the ability of noteholders to convert the notes and, to the extent the activity occurs during any observation period related to a conversion of the notes, could affect the amount and value of the consideration that noteholders will receive upon conversion of the notes.

 



 

Pandora expects to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering of the notes to pay the cost of the capped call transactions described above, and to use the remaining proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes.

 

The notes will be offered to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Act. Neither the notes nor the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, if any, nor the capped call transactions have been, nor will be, registered under the Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements.

 

This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful.

 

“Safe harbor” Statement:

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding Pandora’s completion of the offering, the anticipated principal amount of securities sold, the actions of the option counterparties with respect to the capped call transactions, the final terms of the offering and Pandora’s anticipated use of proceeds. These forward-looking statements are based on Pandora’s current assumptions, expectations and beliefs and involve substantial risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and the timing of events to materially differ from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: risks related to market and other general economic conditions, Pandora’s ability to meet the closing conditions required for the consummation of the offering and other risks detailed in filings Pandora makes with the SEC from time to time, including under the heading “Risk Factors” in Pandora’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, Quarterly Report for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2015 and Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 2, 2015. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information currently available to Pandora, and Pandora assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events.

 

Press:

 

Pandora

 

Dominic Paschel, 510-842-6960
Corporate Finance & Investor Relations
investor@pandora.com

 

or

 

Stephanie Barnes, 415-722-0883
Pandora PR & Corporate Communications
sbarnes@pandora.com

 

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