In addition, on or after September 15, 2022 (12 months prior to the maturity date of the 2023 Notes, the “2023 Par Call Date”) in the case of the 2023 Notes, September 15, 2022 (24 months prior to the maturity date of the 2024 Notes, the “2024 Par Call Date”) in the case of the 2024 Notes, the 2028 Par Call Date in the case of the 2028 Notes and the 2031 Par Call Date in the case of the 2031 Notes, the Company may redeem each series of Notes, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes due to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.
In the event that the Company does not consummate its acquisition of BioLegend, Inc. (the “BioLegend Acquisition”) on or prior to January 31, 2022 or the Agreement and Plan of Merger for such acquisition entered into on July 25, 2021 is terminated at any time prior to such date, the Company will be required to redeem all of the 2023 Notes, 2024 Notes, 2028 Notes and 2031 Notes on a special mandatory redemption date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the special mandatory redemption date.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the Indenture) of the Company, the Company will, in certain circumstances, make an offer to repurchase the Notes at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.
The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company that are effectively subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future secured indebtedness of the Company to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness, and effectively subordinated to all existing and any future liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries, including trade payables; rank equal in right of payment with all existing and any future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company; and rank senior in right of payment to any future subordinated indebtedness of the Company that is from time to time outstanding.
The Indenture contains limited affirmative and negative covenants of the Company. The negative covenants restrict the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to create, incur or assume debt secured by liens on any Principal Property (as defined in the Indenture) or to engage in sale and lease back transactions to the extent that the property subject to the sale and leaseback transaction is a Principal Property.
Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Indenture, which includes payment defaults, defaults in the performance of affirmative and negative covenants, bankruptcy and insolvency related defaults and failure to pay certain indebtedness, the obligations of the Company under the Notes may be accelerated, in which case the entire principal amount of the Notes may become immediately due and payable.
The Company expects that the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes will be approximately $2.28 billion after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to pay a portion of the cash consideration payable for the BioLegend Acquisition. The Company expects to use cash on hand and up to $500 million of borrowings under its $500 million delayed draw term loan credit facility to fund the remainder of the cash consideration.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Company, has issued an opinion to the Company, dated September 10, 2021, regarding the legality of the Notes. A copy of the opinion as to legality is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
The foregoing description of certain of the terms of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Base Indenture, which was filed with the SEC on October 27, 2011 as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, the Supplemental Indenture, which is filed with this report as Exhibit 4.2, and the Form of Note (included in Exhibit 4.2), all of which are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of certain terms of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed with this report as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.01. Other Events
The information reported under Item 1.01 “Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” above is incorporated herein by reference.
On September 10, 2021, the total commitments with respect to the 364-day senior unsecured bridge term loan facility pursuant to that certain commitment letter dated July 25, 2021 between the Company and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and joined by certain additional lender parties on August 11, 2021, were reduced by the net proceeds received by the Company from the issuance and sale of the Notes, resulting in $514.0 million of total commitments remaining available thereunder.