Scorpio Tankers Inc. has closed its previously announced private exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”), pursuant to which certain holders of the Company’s 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Existing Notes”) exchanged $19.4 million in aggregate principal amount of such Existing Notes for $19.4 million in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Exchange Notes”). In addition, the Company has closed separate, privately negotiated, agreements with certain investors for the sale (the “Sale”) of $42.4 million in aggregate principal amount of the new 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Purchased Notes” at 102.25% of par, plus accrued interest from May 15, 2020, and together with the Exchange Notes, the “New Notes”) in a private offering.
Following closing of the Exchange Offer and the Sale, there are $69.7 million in the aggregate principal amount of the Existing Notes outstanding and $200.0 million in the aggregate principal amount of the 3.00% Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 outstanding.
The New Notes are senior, unsecured obligations of the Company and bear interest at a rate of 3.00% per year. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, and commenced on May 15, 2021. The New Notes will mature on May 15, 2025, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased in accordance with their terms.