Inseego announces debt reduction, restructuring transaction of convertible notes

Inseego Corp.has entered into a series of agreements, as part of its overall capital structure management to reduce its total debt and restructure its outstanding 3.25% convertible notes due 2025. As part of this initiative, the Company’s three largest noteholders, whose holdings represent more than $125 million face value or nearly 80% of the outstanding 2025 Notes, have agreed to sell to the Company for cash, or exchange for long-term debt and equity of the Company, all of their 2025 Notes. This meaningful reduction and long-term extension of debt was executed at a 30% discount to the face value of the notes, further contributing to the improvement of the Company’s capital structure. In implementing this strategic capital structure initiative, the Company executed three overall transactions on June 28, 2024, as follows: Convertible Debt Repurchase: the Company agreed to purchase all of the $45.9 million in face value of the 2025 Notes held by certain entities managed by Highbridge Capital Management, the second largest noteholder, for $32.1 million in cash, or $700 per $1,000 face value, plus accrued interest, the repurchase and debt reduction of which is expected to close on or about July 1, 2024; Repurchase Loan: to finance a portion of the Convertible Debt Repurchase, the Company entered into a loan facility and borrowed $19.5 million from South Ocean Funding, which is an affiliate of Golden Harbor and Tavistock Financial, LLC, and certain participant lenders; and Convertible Debt Exchange: the Company entered into binding term sheets to exchange $80.0 million of face value that represents all of the 2025 Notes held by North Sound Partners and Golden Harbor, the largest and third-largest noteholders, respectively, at the same 30% discount as the Highbridge Notes purchase, for a combination of new long-term debt and equity. The Company also announced that there was no change to its financial guidance provided for the second quarter of 2024.