Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. Announces Registered Direct Offering of Ordinary Shares
MIAMI, Sept. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: NCLH) (the “Company”) announced today that it has commenced a registered direct offering of ordinary shares of the Company (the “Equity Offering”) to certain holders of NCL Corporation Ltd.’s (“NCLC”), a subsidiary of the Company, 1.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2027 and 2.50% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2027 (collectively, the “2027 Exchangeable Notes”).
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the Equity Offering, together with the net proceeds of NCLC’s separately-announced private offering of exchangeable senior notes due 2030 (the “Exchangeable Notes Offering”), to repurchase (the “Repurchases”) (through its agent) a portion of the 2027 Exchangeable Notes. The Repurchases are conditioned upon the consummation of the Equity Offering and the consummation of the Exchangeable Notes Offering, and the consummation of the Equity Offering and the Exchangeable Notes Offering are conditioned upon the consummation of the Repurchases.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is acting as the exclusive placement agent for the Equity Offering. The Equity Offering is being made under an automatic shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on November 8, 2023. The Equity Offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the Equity Offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC’s website at
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration and qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. This press release also shall not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell the 2027 Exchangeable Notes.
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