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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-092590"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RCL"
cik: "0000884887"
company_name: "ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD"
filed_at: "2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:56:00.022630+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Royal Caribbean issues $1.5B of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2036

## Summary
- Issued $1.5B aggregate principal of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2036; expected close Oct 1, 2025.
- Underwriters include BofA Securities, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley.
- Proceeds to fund Celebrity Xcel delivery and repay existing debt, including revolving credit facilities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-092590
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RCL
- cik: 0000884887
- company_name: ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD
- filed_at: 2025-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465925092590/0001104659-25-092590-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/884887/000110465925092590/tm2526557d2_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-092590.txt

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