Amryt announces that it has secured $125 million of senior credit facilities from funds managed by the Credit Group of Ares Management Corporation (“Ares”).
Amryt Completes$125 Million Non-Dilutive Debt Refinancing
New Facilities Will Significantly Reduce Amryt’s Interest Expense and Cost of Capital and
Extend Term Debt Maturity Through 2027
Further Strengthens Amryt’s Balance Sheet and Provides Incremental Strategic Flexibility
and Support for Continued Global Growth
DUBLIN, Ireland, and Boston MA, February22, 2022— Amryt Pharma (Nasdaq: AMYT), a global, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to acquiring, developing and commercializing novel treatments for rare diseases, announces that it has secured $125 million of senior credit facilities from funds managed by the Credit Group of Ares Management Corporation (“Ares”). Amryt will use a portion of the proceeds to refinance its previous secured term debt facility, which has an outstanding balance of $94 million, an interest rate of 13.00% and a maturity date of September 2024. The new facilities will generate significant annual interest cost savings as well as provide for important strategic flexibility as Amryt looks to continue to grow its global rare disease presence.
Key features of the new facilities include:
- Total new facilities of $125 million, consisting of:
- $85 million Term Loan Facility with interest rate of SOFR+6.75%, subject to a 0.90% SOFR floor
- $40 million Revolving Credit Facility with $20 million drawn at close and interest rate of SOFR+4.00%, subject to a 0.90% SOFR floor
- Quarterly blended cash interest rate of SOFR+5.87% (assuming fully drawn), subject to a 0.90% SOFR floor, substantially lower than Amryt’s current secured term debt facility at 13.00% interest
- Requires interest-only payments until facility matures in February 2027
- There are no warrants or any equity conversion features associated with the new facilities
- The proceeds will be used to refinance existing debt, for general corporate and product development purposes; and potentially for shareholder approved share repurchase programs
Dr. Joe Wiley, CEO of Amryt Pharma, commented:“We are pleased to announce the refinancing of our term debt facilities with Ares. The refinancing further strengthens our balance sheet, significantly reduces our interest costs and extends the maturity profile of our term debt facilities through 2027.”
Dr. Douglas Dieter, Partner in the Ares Management Credit Group, added: “Amryt Pharma focuses on important therapies for patients and their families who seek treatments to manage rare diseases. Ares is pleased to provide Amryt with a capital solution that supports the company in this next phase of its commercial growth as it continues to grow its global rare disease capabilities and market presence.”
The new loan was funded on February 18, 2022. Canaccord Genuity LLC and Moelis & Company LLC acted as joint financial advisors to Amryt on this transaction. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP acted as legal advisor to Amryt.
About Amryt
Amryt is a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing innovative treatments to help improve the lives of patients with rare and orphan diseases. Amryt comprises a strong and growing portfolio of commercial and development assets.
Amryt’s commercial business comprises three orphan disease products – metreleptin (Myalept®/ Myalepta®); oral octreotide (Mycapssa®); and lomitapide (Juxtapid®/ Lojuxta®).
Myalept®/Myalepta® (metreleptin) is approved in the US (under the trade name Myalept®) as an adjunct to diet as replacement therapy to treat the complications of leptin deficiency in patients with congenital or acquired generalized lipodystrophy (GL) and in the EU (under the trade name Myalepta®) as an adjunct to diet for the treatment of leptin deficiency in patients with congenital or acquired GL in adults and children two years of age and above and familial or acquired partial lipodystrophy (PL) in adults and children 12 years of age and above for whom standard treatments have failed to achieve adequate metabolic control. For additional information, please follow this link.
Mycapssa® (octreotide capsules) is approved in the US for long-term maintenance therapy in acromegaly patients who have responded to and tolerated treatment with octreotide or lanreotide. Mycapssa® is the first and only oral somatostatin analog approved by the FDA. Mycapssa® has also been submitted to the EMA and is not yet approved in Europe. For additional information, please follow this link.
Juxtapid®/Lojuxta® (lomitapide) is approved as an adjunct to a low-fat diet and other lipid-lowering medicinal products for adults with the rare cholesterol disorder, Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (“HoFH”) in the US, Canada, Colombia, Argentina and Japan (under the trade name Juxtapid®) and in the EU, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Brazil (under the trade name Lojuxta®). For additional information, please follow this link.
Amryt’s lead development candidate, Oleogel-S10 (Filsuvez®) is a potential treatment for the cutaneous manifestations of Junctional and Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa (“EB”), a rare and distressing genetic skin disorder affecting young children and adults for which there is currently no approved treatment. Filsuvez® has been selected as the brand name for Oleogel-S10. The product does not currently have regulatory approval to treat EB and is under review by the FDA and EMA.
Amryt’s pre-clinical gene therapy candidate, AP103, offers a potential treatment for patients with Dystrophic EB, and the polymer-based delivery platform has the potential to be developed for the treatment of other genetic disorders.
Amryt also intends to develop oral medications that are currently only available as injectable therapies through its Transient Permeability Enhancer (TPE®) technology platform. For more information on Amryt, including products, please visit www.amrytpharma.com.
About Ares
Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of December 31, 2021, Ares Management Corporation’s global platform had approximately $306 billion of assets under management, with approximately 2,100 employees operating across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.
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Contacts
Joe Wiley, CEO / Rory Nealon, CFO/COO, +353 (1) 518 0200, ir@amrytpharma.com
Tim McCarthy, LifeSci Advisors, LLC, +1 (212) 915 2564, tim@lifesciadvisors.com
