Bausch + Lomb Corporation, a subsidiary of Bausch Health Companies Inc., is initiating a $1.4 billion senior secured notes offering and pursuing an incremental term loan facility to finance its pending acquisition of XIIDRA® and other ophthalmology assets. The funds raised will also cover related expenses and general corporate needs, including debt repayment. The term loan’s closure depends on the acquisition’s completion, while the notes offering is not conditioned on it, but if the acquisition isn’t finalized by September 30, 2024, the notes will be redeemed. These transactions are subject to market conditions and regulatory requirements.
Bausch + Lomb Corporation (“Bausch + Lomb”) (NYSE/TSX:BLCO), a subsidiary of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE/TSX:BHC), announced today that, in connection with the financing of its pending acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of XIIDRA® and certain other ophthalmology assets, Bausch + Lomb Escrow Corp. (the “Escrow Issuer”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Bausch + Lomb, launched an offering of $1.4 billion aggregate principal amount of new senior secured notes due 2028 (the “Notes”) and that Bausch + Lomb is seeking to enter into an incremental term loan facility (“Term Loan Facility”), which will be secured on a pari passu basis with Bausch + Lomb’s existing term loan facility and will either be in the form of an incremental amendment to Bausch + Lomb’s existing term loan facility or a separate credit agreement. Bausch + Lomb is expected to borrow $500 million of new term B loans (the “New Term B Loans”) under the Term Loan Facility upon the closing of the Acquisition.
The net proceeds of the New Term B Loans and the offering of the Notes are expected to fund the Acquisition, to pay fees and expenses related to the Acquisition, the borrowings of the New Term B Loans and the offering of the Notes and for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of existing debt.
Closing of the Term Loan Facility will be conditioned upon completion of the Acquisition and will occur concurrently with the closing of the Acquisition. Closing of the Notes offering will not be conditioned upon completion of the Acquisition, but if the Acquisition does not occur on or prior to September 30, 2024, the Escrow Issuer will be required to redeem the Notes at such time at a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest.
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The foregoing transactions are subject to market and other conditions. There can be no assurance that Bausch + Lomb will be able to successfully complete the transactions, on the terms described above, or at all.
The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), or any state securities law and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. The Company has filed a Current Report on Form 8-K in connection with the above, a copy of which is also available on its SEDAR+ (www.sedarplus.ca) profile. This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Source: BioSpace