On June 3, 2020 Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) reported that it issued a notice of redemption for all $400 million of its 2.50% exchangeable senior notes due 2022 (Press release, Horizon Therapeutics, JUN 3, 2020, View Source [SID1234560800]). The redemption date is August 3, 2020. The exchangeable senior notes may be exchanged by holders at any time before 5 p.m. (Eastern time) on July 30, 2020. Each $1,000 principal amount of the notes is exchangeable into 34.8979 ordinary shares of the Company, plus cash in lieu of fractional shares.
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"The redemption of our $400 million in exchangeable senior notes is an additional step in successfully executing our strategy to improve our capital structure to be in line with that of our biopharma peers," said Paul Hoelscher, executive vice president, chief financial officer, Horizon. "We began to execute on this strategy about a year ago, and inclusive of this redemption, we will have reduced our gross debt by about $1 billion, while maintaining a strong cash balance. In addition, through our refinancing and debt reduction initiatives, we have lowered our annualized cash interest expense by more than 40 percent versus a year ago and extended the maturity of our senior secured term loans and senior notes out to 2026 and 2027, respectively."
As of March 31, 2020, the Company had cash and cash equivalents of $754.6 million. In addition, the total principal amount of debt outstanding was $1.418 billion, consisting of $418 million in senior secured term loans due 2026, $600 million of senior notes due 2027 and $400 million of exchangeable senior notes due 2022. Following the exchange or redemption of the exchangeable senior notes, the total principal amount of debt outstanding will be $1.018 billion. The Company has no maintenance covenants on its debt.