Coherus Oncology, Inc. (CHRS): M&A transaction — Coherus completes CIMERLI ophthalmology sale to Sandoz for $170M cash; repays $175M debt

on February 5, 2024, the Company, as borrower and on behalf of itself and certain of its subsidiaries, entered into a Consent, Partial Release and Third Amendment to Loan Agreement (the “Consent and Amendment”) with Biopharma Credit PLC, a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), BPCR Limited Partnership, a limited partnership established under the laws of England and Wales, as a lender (“BPCR”), and Biopharma Credit Investments V (MASTER) LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership acting by its general partner, BioPharma Credit Investments V GP LLC (as a lender, and together with as BPCR, each, a “Lender” and collectively, the “Lenders”), pursuant to which the Lenders and the Collateral Agent provided certain consents, and released certain assets and subsidiaries of the Company from their obligations under the Existing Loan Agreement and the other loan documents in connection therewith, and the partie

On March 1, 2024, the Company completed the previously announced divestiture of its CIMERLI® (ranibizumab-eqrn) ophthalmology franchise through the sale of its subsidiary, Coherus Ophthalmology LLC, to Purchaser (the “Disposition”) for upfront, all-cash consideration of $170.0 million plus an additional $17.8 million for CIMERLI product inventory and prepaid manufacturing assets.