Notes Offering
On March 23, 2022, Owens & Minor, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), in connection with its offer and sale of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.625% senior notes due 2030 (the “Notes”) in a private offering (the “Offering”) to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” in the United States, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to certain non-U.S. persons outside the United States in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company, together with customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to indemnify the Initial Purchasers against certain liabilities, and the Initial Purchasers have also agreed to indemnify the Company against certain liabilities. The Offering is expected to close on March 29, 2022, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
Unless the Acquisition (as defined below) is consummated concurrently with or promptly following the closing of the Offering, the Company will deposit the gross proceeds from the Offering into a segregated escrow account until the date that certain escrow release conditions, including the consummation of the Acquisition, have been satisfied. The consummation of the Acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions, including the adoption of the Acquisition agreement by the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Apria common stock.
Upon the closing of the Offering or, if applicable, upon satisfaction of the escrow conditions, the Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering, together with cash on hand and proceeds from $500,000,000 of expected borrowings under a new “term A” loan and $600,000,000 of expected borrowings under a new “term B” loan, to finance the consummation of the previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of Apria, Inc. (“Apria”) and the other transactions contemplated by the Acquisition agreement, to repay Apria debt, and to pay related fees and expenses. Any remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
This Current Report on Form 8-K (“Current Report”) shall not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy or an offer to purchase or sell any securities. No offer, solicitation, purchase or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Any offer, or solicitation to buy, if at all, will be made only by means of a confidential offering memorandum. The Offering is not conditioned on the consummation of the Acquisition, which, if consummated, may occur subsequent to the closing of the Offering. This Current Report does not constitute a notice of repayment of outstanding indebtedness of Apria. The terms and conditions of the new term loans have not been finalized and are therefore subject to change. The completion of the Offering is not conditioned upon our entering into the new term loans, and our entering into the new term loans is not conditioned upon completion of the Offering.
On March 23, 2022, the Company issued a press release to announce the upsize and pricing of the Notes Offering. A copy of the press release is filed hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although we believe our expectations with respect to the forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions within the bounds of our knowledge of our business and operations, all forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and, as a result, actual results could differ materially from those projected, anticipated or implied by these statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report include, but are not limited to, statements related to the Offering and the use of proceeds therefrom, the entry into, and borrowings under the Company’s new term loans, the completion of the Acquisition, which may not be completed on a timely basis or at all, expected synergies and benefits relating to
