Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On September 18, 2023, Marvell Technology, Inc. (the “Company”) completed a public offering of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.950% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and, together with the 2029 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes were offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-259141) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), on August 27, 2021. The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes were approximately $989.0 million after deducting the underwriters’ discount but before other expenses and will be used for repayment of debt, including amounts outstanding under the Company’s term loans due in 2024 and its revolving credit agreement. Remaining funds will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include, but are not limited to, funding for working capital, payment of dividends, capital expenditures, repurchases of the Company’s common stock and acquisitions.
The Notes are governed by the Indenture, dated as of April 12, 2021 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 18, 2023, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).
The Notes will accrue interest from September 18, 2023. Interest on the 2029 Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2024. Interest on the 2033 Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2024. The 2029 Notes will accrue interest at a rate of 5.750% per year, and the 2033 Notes will accrue interest at a rate of 5.950% per year. The 2029 Notes will mature on February 15, 2029, and the 2033 Notes will mature on September 15, 2033.
Prior to (i) January 15, 2029 for the 2029 Notes (one month prior to the maturity date for the 2029 Notes) and (ii) June 15, 2033 for the 2033 Notes (three months prior to the maturity date for the 2033 Notes) (each, a “par call date”), the Company may redeem the applicable series of Notes at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of: (1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed discounted to the redemption date (assuming that such Notes matured on their applicable par call date), on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate (as defined in the Third Supplemental Indenture), plus 25 basis points in the case of the 2029 Notes and 30 basis points in the case of the 2033 Notes less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption; and (2) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed; plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the applicable Notes to the redemption date. On or after the applicable par call date for the 2029 Notes and the 2033 Notes, the Company may redeem the Notes of the applicable series in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.
The foregoing description of the Base Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Base Indenture, which was filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Marvell Technology Group Ltd.’s Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 12, 2021; and the Third Supplemental Indenture, the form of global note representing the 2029 Notes and the form of global note representing the 2033 Notes, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, to this Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein.