Nicholas Shaw~~Meredith Jones
January 24, 2026
United Group Completes Consent Solicitation

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- Simpson Thacher represented United Group B.V., a KKR portfolio company, in soliciting consents from holders of its 4.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 to waive and amend certain note provisions, as detailed in a May 3, 2018 consent solicitation statement
- The amendments aim to provide additional time to complete United Group’s proposed acquisition of NOVA TV d.d
- and related entities from CME Media Enterprises B.V
- A supplemental indenture with the amendments was executed on May 15, 2018.
Simpson Thacher represented United Group B.V. (“United Group”), a KKR portfolio company, in connection with the solicitation of consents from the holders of United Group’s 4.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) to waive and approve an amendment to certain provisions contained in the Notes, as set forth in the consent solicitation statement dated May 3, 2018. The purpose of the waiver and proposed amendment is to provide additional time, in case it is needed, to facilitate the consummation of the proposed acquisition by Slovenia Broadband S.à r.l., a wholly owned direct subsidiary of United Group, of all of the issued and outstanding share capital and capital stock of NOVA TV d.d. and Produkcija Plus storitveno podjetje d.o.o., which includes its subsidiaries POP TV d.o.o. and Kanal A d.o.o., from CME Media Enterprises B.V. United Group entered into a supplemental indenture containing the proposed amendments on May 15, 2018.~~United Group is a leading provider of cable and satellite pay-TV, broadband internet, mobile and other telecommunications services in the former Yugoslav region.~~The Simpson Thacher team included Nick Shaw, Uma Sud, J. Hillyer Jennings and J. John Lim (Capital Markets); and Meredith Jones and Bill Smolinski (Tax).
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Nicholas Shaw~~Meredith Jones
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