Public Notices
August 13, 2026
Public Notice: Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds (Qualified Broadband Project) $150,000,000
Notice of Public Hearing
Not Exceeding $150,000,000
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority
Revenue Notes
(Qualified Broadband Project)
Notice is Hereby Given that the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority (the “Authority”) will hold a public hearing on August 24, 2026 at ten o’clock (10:00) a.m. at the offices of the Authority, 2237 South Acadian Thruway, Suite 650, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with respect to the captioned revenue Notes (the “Notes”). The Authority proposes to issue the Notes in one or more series pursuant to a plan of finance in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $150,000,000, and the proceeds of the Notes will be loaned by the Authority to CSM Intermediate Holdco, LLC, a Delaware nonprofit corporation incorporated and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware and authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana (the “Company”), for the purpose of financing or refinancing the acquisition, equipping, maintenance and/or installation of approximately 6,800 miles of fiber optic network cables, equipment and customer premises installation in Avoyelles Parish, Beauregard Parish, Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Caldwell Parish, Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, De Soto Parish, East Feliciana Parish, Grant Parish, Jackson Parish, Lincoln Parish, Natchitoches Parish, Rapides Parish, Red River Parish, Sabine Parish, St. Helena Parish, St. Mary Parish, Tensas Parish, Vernon Parish, and Winn Parish, State of Louisiana (the “Project”), funding reserves and capitalized interest, if necessary, and paying costs of issuance of the Notes. The Project will be financed or refinanced as part of an ongoing plan of financing for a “qualified broadband project” (as defined in Section 142 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended). All components of the Project are to be owned, managed and/or operated by the Company.
The Authority shall conduct the public hearing for the purpose of receiving comments on and hearing any objections (verbal or written) to the proposed issuance of the Notes and the financing of the above described project. All interested parties are invited to attend such public hearing to express their views.
Persons who intend to appear at the hearing and express their view are invited to contact Patricia A. Dubroc, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, at the Authority’s offices, either in writing or by telephone (225) 923-0020, in advance of the hearing. Any interested persons unable to attend the hearing may submit their views in writing to Ms. Dubroc prior to the date scheduled for the hearing. The location and time of the hearing may be changed or an additional hearing will be scheduled if requested to do so in written requests submitted to Ms. Dubroc prior to the aforementioned date of the hearing by a significant number of interested persons.
The Notes are secured solely by payments made by the Company, are not payable from any other revenue of the Authority or the State of Louisiana, and do not constitute an indebtedness of the Authority or the State of Louisiana, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness.
This notice is published and the aforementioned public hearing is to be held in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, regarding the public approval prerequisite to the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of the interest on the Notes.
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority
August 13, 2026