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NCL CORP Ltd.: debt financing — NCL Corp closes $1.407B exchangeable notes offering; uses proceeds to repurchase 2027 notes
NCL CORP Ltd.
- Issued $1.407B of 0.750% exchangeable senior notes due 2030; net proceeds ~$1.3814B after initial purchasers' discount.
- Repurchased ~$958M of 1.125% 2027 notes for ~$1.0095B and ~$449M of 2.50% 2027 notes for ~$480.5M, plus interest.
- Remaining outstanding 2027 notes: ~$192M of 1.125% notes and ~$24.2M of 2.50% notes.
- Funding from exchangeable notes, equity offering of 3.3M shares at $24.53/sh, and cash; expected to reduce fully diluted shares by ~38.1M.
- Exchangeable notes guaranteed by NCLH; initial exchange price ~$34.34/share, ~40% premium to equity offering price.