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Issuer:     ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD (RCL)
CIK:        0000884887
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-08-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-24-086075
Event type: debt
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 3.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Royal Caribbean agrees to exchange $731M of 2025 convertible notes for cash and stock
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- Entered exchange agreements to convert ~$731M of 6.000% convertible notes due 2025 into cash and common stock.
- Cash portion equals par value of notes, funded via revolver; share count based on 5-day VWAP starting Aug 6.
- Exchange expected to close Aug 16, 2024; reduces fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding.
- After exchange, ~$419M principal of 2025 Notes remains outstanding (36.4% of original).
- Transaction is a private placement under Section 4(a)(2) to accredited investors / QIBs.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465924086075/0001104659-24-086075-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465924086075/tm2420953d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-086075

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