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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH)

Norwegian Cruise Line closes $1.4 billion exchangeable notes to retire 2027 debt

Neutral Impact 4 of 5 financing Written later

NCL Corporation, a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, closed $1,407.0 million of 0.750% exchangeable senior notes due 2030 on September 11, 2025. Together with a 3,313,868-share equity offering at $24.53 per share and cash on hand, it repurchased about $958.0 million of 1.125% notes and $449.0 million of 2.50% notes due 2027, paying about $1,490.0 million in total. The company says the transactions are essentially neutral to leverage and should reduce fully diluted shares by about 38.1 million.

Key points

  • NCLC closed $1,407.0 million of 0.750% exchangeable senior notes due September 15, 2030, guaranteed by NCLH on a senior unsecured basis
  • Repurchased about $958.0 million of 1.125% 2027 notes for about $1,009.5 million and about $449.0 million of 2.50% 2027 notes for about $480.5 million
  • Initial exchange price is about $34.34 per share, a 40.0% premium to the $24.53 equity offering price
  • Company expects about 38.1 million fewer fully diluted shares and says leverage will remain essentially neutral

The filing

CompanyNorwegian Cruise Line (NCLH)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECSep 11, 2025, 4:05 PM ET
Accession number0001410578-25-002024

Items reported: 1.01 Material Definitive Agreement2.03 New Direct Financial Obligation3.02 Unregistered Equity Sale7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:17 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on September 11, 2025.

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