debt
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.75
Fossil Group, Inc. (FOSL): debt financing — Fossil Group completes debt restructuring; $150M old notes cancelled, new notes and warrants issued
Fossil Group, Inc.
- All $150M outstanding 7.00% Senior Notes due 2026 cancelled; replaced with 9.500% First-Out Notes due 2029 and 7.500% Second-Out Notes due 2029.
- New money participants invested $32.5M cash, receiving $32.5M First-Out Notes and 954,070 common shares.
- Supporting holders received $1.625M First-Out Notes as backstop premium; ~3M warrants issued exercisable at $0.50/share until Dec 15, 2025.
- Non-new money participants exchanged $29.8M old notes for Second-Out Notes; consent premium of $53,858 Second-Out Notes paid.
- ABL credit agreement amended; intercreditor agreements executed governing lien priorities among ABL, First-Out, and Second-Out lenders.