BioMarin Announces Proposed Private Offering of $500 Million of Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes

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[{"type":"text","content":" SAN RAFAEL, Calif., May 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (Nasdaq: BMRN) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated convertible notes due 2027 in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. BioMarin also intends to grant the initial purchasers of the notes a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of notes.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe notes will be general senior subordinated, unsecured obligations of BioMarin and will accrue interest payable semi-annually in arrears. The notes will be convertible into shares of BioMarin's common stock. The interest rate, initial conversion rate and other terms of the notes will be determined at the time of pricing of the offering. \nBioMarin intends to use up to $50.0 million of the net proceeds from the offering to repurchase shares of its common stock either concurrently with the offering in privately negotiated transactions with purchasers of the notes effected through one of the initial purchasers or its affiliate, as BioMarin's agent, or following the offering in privately negotiated or other repurchase transactions. BioMarin intends to use a majority of the net proceeds from the offering to repay, repurchase or settle in cash some or all of its 1.50% senior subordinated convertible notes due in 2020, although it does not intend to effect any such repayment, repurchase or settlement concurrently with the offering. BioMarin intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes.\nThe offer and sale of the notes and the shares of BioMarin common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and unless so registered, the notes and such shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws.\nThis press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall it constitute an offer, solicitation or sale of the securities...

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