Pharming Group announces the early redemption of the remaining outstanding €125 million convertible bonds due 2025
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Leiden, the Netherlands, 15 May 2024: Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming" or the "Company") (Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM) announces today that it is exercising its clean-up call option with respect to its outstanding €125 million 3.00% convertible bonds due 2025 (ISIN: XS2105716554) (the "2025 Bonds") in line with Condition 4.1 of the terms and conditions (the "Conditions") of the 2025 Bonds.
Currently €1.9 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Bonds remain outstanding which represent less than 15% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Bonds originally issued, after €123.1 million in aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Bonds were repurchased by the Company on 26 April 2024.
The remainder of the 2025 Bonds will be redeemed on 18 June 2024 (the "Redemption Date") at 100% of the principal amount per 2025 Bond (equal to €100,000 per principal amount of €100,000 per 2025 Bond). The Company will also pay accrued but unpaid interest on the redeemed 2025 Bonds from and including 21st January 2024 (being the last interest payment date for the 2025 Bonds prior to the Redemption Date) to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.
The holders of the 2025 Bonds may exercise their conversion rights at the latest on 7 June 2024. The conversion price of the 2025 Bonds is €2.0028 per ordinary share. The closing price of the Company's ordinary shares on Euronext Amsterdam was € 0.868 at closing of the market at yesterday's trading session.
About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. (EURONEXT Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. Pharming is commercializing and developing an innovative portfolio of protein replacement therapies and precision medicines, including small molecules and biologics that are in clinical development. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands, and has employees around the globe who serve patients in over 30 markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
For more information, visit www.pharming.com and find us on LinkedIn.
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For further public information, contact:
Pharming Group, Leiden, the Netherlands
Michael Levitan, VP Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
T: +1 (908) 705 1696
E: investor@pharming.com
FTI Consulting, London, UK
Victoria Foster Mitchell/Alex Shaw/Amy Byrne
T: +44 203 727 1000
LifeSpring Life Sciences Communication, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Leon Melens
T: +31 6 53 81 64 27
E: pharming@lifespring.nl
