MIAMI , Sept. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL ) (the "Company") today announced that it has commenced a private offering of $1.
0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2031 (the "Notes"). The Company intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Notes to redeem and/or repay certain of its indebtedness, including, but not limited to, (i) to redeem all of its outstanding 7.250% Senior Notes due 2030, after which the Company will have no remaining guaranteed indebtedness; and (ii) to repay in full all outstanding obligations under its Silver Dawn finance lease (including to pay fees and expenses in connection with each of the foregoing).
Pending such uses, the Company may apply some of the proceeds to temporarily repay borrowings under its revolving credit facilities. The Notes are being offered only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and outside the United States only to certain non-U.S.
persons in reliance on to Regulation S. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Note.