---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-009911"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCLH"
cik: "0001513761"
company_name: "Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd."
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T02:15:40.131141+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Norwegian Cruise Line subsidiary closes $600M 8.375% senior secured notes due 2028

## Summary
- Upsized offering from $500M to $600M aggregate principal amount.
- Net proceeds of $592.5M used to repay term loans due January 2024.
- Notes carry 8.375% interest, payable semi-annually, maturing February 1, 2028.
- Secured by first-priority interests in 13 vessels; guaranteed by vessel-owning subsidiaries.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-009911
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCLH
- cik: 0001513761
- company_name: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513761/000110465923009911/0001104659-23-009911-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513761/000110465923009911/tm235255d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. incurred senior notes of $600.0 million at 8.375% per year maturing February 1, 2028.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $600.0 million
  - Rate: 8.375% per year
  - Maturity: February 1, 2028
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On February 2, 2023, NCL Corporation Ltd. (“NCLC”), a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., closed its previously announced private offering (the “Notes Offering”) of $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.375% senior secured notes due 2028 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513761/000110465923009911/0001104659-23-009911-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. entered into Indenture with NCLC, as issuer, the guarantors named therein, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as security agent valued at $600.0 million (effective 2023-02-02).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: NCLC, as issuer, the guarantors named therein, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as security agent
  - Value: $600.0 million
  - Effective: 2023-02-02
  source text: On February 2, 2023, NCL Corporation Ltd. (“NCLC”), a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd., closed its previously announced private offering (the “Notes Offering”) of $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.375% senior secured notes due 2028 (the “Notes”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513761/000110465923009911/0001104659-23-009911-index.htm

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