8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 2, 2019

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Bermuda	001-35784	98-0691007
(State of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

7665 Corporate Center Drive Miami, Florida 33126

(Address of principal executive offices, and Zip Code)

(305) 436-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former Name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (See General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share	NCLH	The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 2, 2019, NCL Corporation Ltd. (“NCLC”), a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (“NCLH”), announced that it had priced its previously announced offering of $565,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) at par. A copy of the press release announcing the pricing of the Notes is furnished with this report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

NCLC intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discount and estimated fees and expenses, together with cash on hand, to redeem all $565,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 4.750% senior notes due 2021 (the “4.750% Senior Notes”) (including accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the indenture for the 4.750% Senior Notes and to pay related transaction fees and expenses.

NCLH is furnishing the information under this Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K to comply with Regulation FD. Such information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any of NCLH’s filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof and regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings, except to the extent expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release, dated December 2, 2019.
104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: December 2, 2019	NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD.
	By:	/s/ Mark A. Kempa
		Mark A. Kempa
		Executive Vice President
		and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

NCL CORPORATION LTD. ANNOUNCES THE PRICING OF $565,000,000 SENIOR NOTES OFFERING

MIAMI, Florida – December 2, 2019 – NCL Corporation Ltd. (“NCLC”), a subsidiary of Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:NCLH) (“NCLH”), announced today that it entered into an agreement to sell $565.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.625% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) in a private offering (the “Offering”) that is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes are to be issued at par.

NCLC intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discount and estimated fees and expenses, together with cash on hand, to redeem all $565,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 4.750% senior notes due 2021 (the “4.750% Senior Notes”) (including accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the indenture for the 4.750% Senior Notes and to pay related transaction fees and expenses.

The Notes are being offered only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States, only to non-U.S. investors pursuant to Regulation S. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from registration requirements or a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act or any state securities laws.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this release, including, without limitation, those regarding the proposed debt offer and concurrent conditional redemption, are forward-looking statements. Many, but not all, of these statements can be found by looking for words like "expect," "anticipate," "goal," "plan," "believe," "will," "may," "intend," and similar words. Forward-looking statements do not guarantee future performance and may involve risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause NCLC’s or NCLH’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in those forward-looking statements. For a discussion of these risks and uncertainties, please refer to the factors set forth under "Risk Factors" in NCLC’s and NCLH’s most recently filed Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The above examples are not exhaustive and new risks emerge from time to time. Such forward-looking statements are based on NCLC’s and NCLH’s current beliefs, assumptions, expectations, estimates and projections regarding their present and future business strategies and the environment in which they expect to operate in the future. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. NCLC and NCLH expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in their expectations with regard thereto or any change of events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement was based, except as required by law.

Investor Relations & Media Contact

Andrea DeMarco

(305) 468-2339

InvestorRelations@nclcorp.com

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