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Debt
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

Note 7: Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following ($ in millions):

 

June 30, 2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

Nexstar

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Revolving loans, due June 2030

 

$

144

 

 

$

-

 

     Term Loan A, due June 2030

 

 

1,905

 

 

 

-

 

     Term Loan A, due June 2027

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,121

 

     Term Loan B, due June 2032

 

 

1,300

 

 

 

-

 

     Term Loan B, due September 2026

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,358

 

5.625% Notes, due July 2027

 

 

1,714

 

 

 

1,714

 

4.75% Notes, due November 2028

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

1,000

 

Mission

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Revolving loans, due June 2030

 

 

62

 

 

 

-

 

     Revolving loans, due June 2027

 

 

-

 

 

 

62

 

     Term Loan B, due June 2028

 

 

288

 

 

 

290

 

     Total outstanding principal

 

 

6,413

 

 

 

6,545

 

Less: unamortized financing costs and discount – Nexstar Term Loan A, due June 2030

 

 

(6

)

 

 

-

 

Less: unamortized financing costs and discount – Nexstar Term Loan A, due June 2027

 

 

-

 

 

 

(4

)

Less: unamortized financing costs and discount – Nexstar Term Loan B, due June 2032

 

 

(21

)

 

 

-

 

Less: unamortized financing costs and discount – Nexstar Term Loan B, due September 2026

 

 

-

 

 

 

(14

)

Add: unamortized premium, net of financing costs – Nexstar 5.625% Notes, due July 2027

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Less: unamortized financing costs and discount – Nexstar 4.75% Notes, due November 2028

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(5

)

Less: unamortized financing costs and discount – Mission Term Loan B, due June 2028

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

     Total outstanding debt

 

 

6,383

 

 

 

6,523

 

Less: current portion

 

 

(108

)

 

 

(124

)

     Long-term debt, net of current portion

 

$

6,275

 

 

$

6,399

 

 

Nexstar’s outstanding term loans and revolving loans are governed by Nexstar’s credit agreement and Mission’s outstanding term loans and revolving loans are governed by Mission’s credit agreement. Each credit agreement is also herein referred to as a senior secured credit facility. Nexstar’s senior unsecured notes are governed by the indentures.

2025 Activities

During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company repaid scheduled principal maturities of $32 million of its term loans.

On June 27, 2025, Nexstar and Mission, an independently owned VIE consolidated by Nexstar, amended their respective senior secured credit facilities. The amendments provided for the following:

•
$750 million Nexstar revolving credit facility, due June 27, 2030 (of which $144 million was borrowed)
•
$75 million Mission revolving credit facility, due June 27, 2030 (of which $62 million was borrowed)
•
$1,905 million Nexstar Term Loan A, due June 27, 2030
•
$1,300 million Nexstar Term Loan B, due June 27, 2032

The proceeds from the above new senior secured credit facilities, together with cash on hand, were used to repay the following outstanding loans on June 27, 2025:

•
$62 million Mission revolving loan, due June 2027
•
$2,091 million Nexstar Term Loan A, due June 2027
•
$1,358 million Nexstar Term Loan B, due September 2026

Each of the Nexstar revolving credit facility, due June 2030, the Mission revolving credit facility, due June 2030, and the Nexstar Term Loan A, due June 2030 bear interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) for the applicable interest period plus 1.50% per annum (subject to a pricing grid). The Nexstar Term Loan B, due June 2032 bears interest at SOFR for the applicable interest period plus 2.50% per annum.

In connection with the debt refinancing, the Company deferred $18 million in new lender fees and third-party costs associated with the issuance of new term loans (Term Loan A, due June 2030 and Term Loan B, due June 2032). Deferred financing costs under the previous term loans of $9 million were also carried over to the new term loans. These deferred costs are presented as a deduction of debt balance and are amortized over the related terms of debt using the effective interest method.

In connection with the debt refinancing, third-party debt issuance costs of $9 million that did not qualify for deferral were expensed and included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.

Unused Commitments and Borrowing Availability

Nexstar and Mission had $586 million (net of outstanding standby letters of credit of $20 million) and $14 million, respectively, of unused revolving loan commitments under their senior secured credit facilities, all of which were available for borrowing, based on the covenant calculations as of June 30, 2025. The Company’s ability to access funds under the senior secured credit facilities depends, in part, on its compliance with certain financial covenants. As of June 30, 2025, the Company was in compliance with its financial covenants.

Collateralization and Guarantees of Debt

The Company’s credit facilities described above are collateralized by a security interest in substantially all the combined assets, excluding FCC licenses, the other assets of consolidated VIEs unavailable to creditors of Nexstar (see Note 2) and the assets of The CW. Nexstar (excluding The CW) guarantees full payment of all obligations incurred under the Mission senior secured credit facility in the event of Mission’s default. Mission is a guarantor of Nexstar’s senior secured credit facility, Nexstar’s 5.625% Notes, due July 2027 and Nexstar’s 4.75% Notes, due November 2028.

In consideration of Nexstar’s guarantee of the Mission senior secured credit facility, Mission has granted Nexstar purchase options to acquire the assets and assume the liabilities of each Mission station, subject to FCC consent. These option agreements, which expire on various dates between 2026 and 2034, are freely exercisable or assignable by Nexstar without consent or approval by Mission. The Company expects these option agreements to be renewed upon expiration.

Debt Covenants

The Nexstar credit agreement (senior secured credit facility) contains a covenant which requires Nexstar to comply with a maximum consolidated first lien net leverage ratio of 4.25:1.00. Pursuant to the amended Nexstar credit agreement, this covenant ratio at Nexstar’s election will increase to 4.75:1.00 with respect to the last day of the fiscal quarter during which a Material Transaction (as defined therein) shall have been consummated and the last day of each of the immediately following three consecutive fiscal quarters; provided that no more than two such elections will be made over the life of the facility. The financial covenant, which is formally calculated on a quarterly basis, is based on the combined results of the Company, excluding the operating results of The CW, which Nexstar designated as an unrestricted subsidiary under its credit agreements and indentures. The Mission amended credit agreement does not contain financial covenant ratio requirements but does provide for default in the event Nexstar does not comply with all covenants contained in its credit agreement. As of June 30, 2025, the Company was in compliance with its financial covenants.