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Omeros Corporation Announces Agreements to Acquire $80.5 Million of its Convertible Senior Notes Due 2026
SEATTLE, May 12, 2025--Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) ("Omeros" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into exchange agreements (the "Exchange Agreements") with a limited number of investors who are holders of the Company’s 5.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the "2026 Convertible Notes") to exchange, on a one-for-one basis, $70.5 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Convertible Notes for newly issued 9.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2029, with a conversion rat
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