---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-110113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NCLH"
cik: "0001513761"
company_name: "Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd."
filed_at: "2023-10-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T20:42:44.471663+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NCL Corp. issues $790M 8.125% senior notes due 2029; repays term loans, expands revolver to $1.2B

## Summary
- Issued $790M aggregate principal of 8.125% senior secured notes due Jan 15, 2029; net proceeds $781.1M.
- Net proceeds plus cash used to repay all outstanding term loans under senior secured credit facility.
- Sixth Amended Credit Agreement raises revolving commitments from $875M to $1.2B, maturing Oct 18, 2026.
- No term loans remain outstanding under the amended facility; revolver maturity subject to springing conditions.
- Notes secured by 14 vessels; collateral also secures existing 8.375% notes due 2028 on a pari passu basis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-110113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NCLH
- cik: 0001513761
- company_name: Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.
- filed_at: 2023-10-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513761/000110465923110113/0001104659-23-110113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513761/000110465923110113/tm2328676d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. entered into Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as security agent valued at $790.0 million aggregate principal amount (effective 2023-10-18).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as security agent
  - Value: $790.0 million aggregate principal amount
  - Effective: 2023-10-18
  source text: The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated October 18, 2023, by and among NCLC, as issuer, the guarantors named therein, U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee, principal paying agent, transfer agent and registrar, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as security agent (the “Security Agent”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513761/000110465923110113/0001104659-23-110113-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. amended Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto (effective 2023-10-18).
  - Action: amendment
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto
  - Effective: 2023-10-18
  source text: On October 18, 2023, NCLC entered into a Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Sixth ARCA”), among NCLC, as borrower, Voyager Vessel Company, LLC, as co-borrower, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders party thereto .
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1513761/000110465923110113/0001104659-23-110113-index.htm

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