RE: And we keep taking out new notes to pay off the old notes7 Jul 2025 22:13
Well.....
Note the Investment Grade Statement...........!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Proceeds from the upsized offering of senior unsecured notes to be used to fully repay borrowings under the senior secured term loan facility with remaining net proceeds, together with cash on hand, to be used to redeem $2.4 billion of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2027
MIAMI, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnival Corporation & plc ((NYSE/LSE: CCL, NYSE:CUK) today announced that Carnival Corporation (the "Company") priced its private offering (the "Notes Offering") of $3.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2032 (the "Notes"). The aggregate principal amount of Notes to be issued was increased to $3.0 billion.
The Company expects to use the proceeds from the Notes Offering to fully repay the borrowings under Carnival Corporation's first-priority senior secured term loan facility maturing in 2028, with remaining net proceeds, together with cash on hand, to be used to redeem $2.4 billion of the Company's 5.750% senior unsecured notes due 2027 (the "2027 Unsecured Notes").
In connection with the pricing of the Notes Offering, the Company issued a conditional notice of redemption for $2.4 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2027 Unsecured Notes to be redeemed on July 17, 2025 at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the 2027 Unsecured Notes to be redeemed, plus an applicable "make-whole" premium and accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. The redemption is conditioned on the closing of the Notes Offering.
The transaction is a continuation of the Company's strategy to deleverage, manage its future debt maturities and reduce secured debt. Upon completion of this transaction the Company's remaining senior secured debt will be $3.1 billion, all of which has security fall away provisions upon two of the three rating agencies providing the company with an investment grade rating. In addition, the indenture that will govern the Notes will have investment grade-style covenants.
The Notes Offering is expected to close on July 16, 2025, subject to customary closing conditions.
The Notes will pay interest semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on February 1, 2026, at a rate of 5.75% per year. The Notes will be unsecured and will mature on August 1, 2032. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured basis, jointly and severally, by Carnival plc and certain of the Company's and Carnival plc's subsidiaries that also guarantee our first-priority secured indebtedness, certain of our other unsecured notes and our convertible notes.
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