Exhibit 99.1
For Immediate Release
Beasley Broadcast Group Announces Settlement of Previously Announced Exchange Offer and Tender Offer
NAPLES, Florida, October 8, 2024 Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBGI) (the Company), a multi-platform media company,
today announced the settlement of its previously announced exchange (the Exchange Offer) of the Companys existing 8.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the Existing Notes), cash offer to purchase up to
$68.0 million of Existing Notes at a purchase price of 62.5% (the Tender Offer) and new notes offer of $30.9 million aggregate principal amount of 11.000% Superpriority Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the New
Notes and such offer, the New Notes Offer and together with the Exchange Offer and the Tender Offer, collectively, the Offers).
Holders of approximately $194.7 million of Existing Notes participated in the Exchange Offer, exchanging their Existing Notes into (i) 9.200% Senior
Secured Notes due August 1, 2028 (the Exchange Notes) at an exchange ratio of 95.0%; (ii) a pro rata share of 179,384 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company (the Exchange Shares) and
(iii) a consent fee of $5.00 per $1,000 principal amount of Existing Notes tendered. Additionally, as part of the Tender Offer, the Company purchased $68.0 million of aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes at a purchase price of
62.5% plus accrued and unpaid interest. The Company also issued $30.9 million of New Notes in the New Notes Offer.
Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer Memorandum and Solicitation Statement, dated September 5, 2024, as amended September 19, 2024 and as supplemented September 30, 2024, the Company had the option to increase the Exchange
Shares issued and/or the cash amount paid to each exchanging holder in the Exchange Offer by an amount not to exceed, in the aggregate, a pro rata portion of $3.0 million. The Company exercised this option and increased the cash to be paid to
each exchanging holder by an amount equal to a pro rata portion of $700,000.
A holder (the Supporting Holder) of approximately 73% of
the Existing Notes agreed to fully backstop the New Notes Offer and previously entered into a transaction support agreement to support the Exchange Offer, subject to certain customary conditions, including a minimum participation condition (the
TSA Minimum Participation Condition) requiring 100% of holders of Existing Notes to participate in the Exchange Offer or Tender Offer. The Supporting Holder waived the TSA Minimum Participation Condition on October 7, 2024.
Latham & Watkins LLP served as legal counsel to the Company. Moelis & Company LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to the Company
and as dealer manager and solicitation agent. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP served as legal counsel to the Supporting Holder.
About Beasley
Broadcast Group
The Company is a multi-platform media company whose primary business is operating radio stations throughout the United States. The
Company offers local and national advertisers integrated marketing solutions across audio, digital and event platforms. The Company owns and operate stations in the following markets: Atlanta, GA, Augusta, GA, Boston, MA, Charlotte, NC, Detroit, MI,
Fayetteville, NC, Fort Myers-Naples, FL, Las Vegas, NV, Middlesex, NJ, Monmouth, NJ, Morristown, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, and Tampa-Saint Petersburg, FL. Approximately 20 million consumers listen to the Companys radio stations weekly over-the-air, online and on smartphones and tablets, and millions regularly engage with the Companys brands and personalities through digital platforms such as Facebook,
X, text, apps and email.
Contact
Joseph Jaffoni,
Jennifer Neuman JCIR
(212) 835-8500
bbgi@jcir.com
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This
release contains forward-looking statements about the Company, which relate to future, not past, events. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release are forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of the Companys management and are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements, which address the Companys expected
business and financial performance and financial condition, among other matters, contain words such as: expects, anticipates, intends, plans, believes, estimates,
may, will, plans, projects, could, should, would, seek, forecast, or other similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements, by their nature, address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. Although the Company believes the expectations
reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that the expectations will be attained or that any deviation will not be material. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results or events may differ materially from those projected or implied in
those statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
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the Companys ability to comply with the continued listing standards of the Nasdaq Capital Market;
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