SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Dec. 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: MMSI) (“Merit”), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of healthcare technology, announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2029 (the “notes”) in a private placement (the “offering”) only to persons reasonably believed to be “qualified institutional buyers” pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

2023年12月4日，犹他州南约旦（GLOBE NEWSWIRE）-Merit Medical Systems，Inc。（纳斯达克股票代码：MMSI）（“Merit”）是全球领先的医疗技术制造商和营销人员，今天宣布打算根据市场条件和其他因素提供，根据1933年“证券法”第144A条第144A条的规定，仅向合理认为是“合格机构购买者”的人在私人安置（“发行”）中到期2029年可转换高级债券总额（“债券”）为5.5亿美元，经修订（“证券法”）。

Merit also intends to grant the initial purchasers of the notes an option to purchase, during a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the date on which the notes are first issued, up to an additional $82.5 million aggregate principal amount of the notes. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations of Merit and will accrue interest payable semiannually in arrears.

Merit还打算授予该笔记的初始购买者一项选择，即在从笔记首次发行之日起的13天内购买，最多可增加8250万美元的笔记总额。该债券将是高级无担保义务，并将每半年到期支付利息。

Upon conversion, Merit will pay cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be converted and pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of Merit's common stock or a combination of cash and shares of Merit's common stock, at Merit’s election, in respect of the remainder, if any, of Merit’s conversion obligation in excess of the aggregate principal amount of the notes being converted.

转换后，Merit将支付现金，直至转换和支付或交付的债券总额（视情况而定），现金，品质普通股股份或现金与品质普通股股份的组合，在优异选择下，就其余部分（如有）而言，价值观转换义务超过转换笔记的总额。

The interest rate, initial conversion rate and other terms of the notes will be determined at the time of pricing of the offering. Merit intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to pay the cost of the capped call transactions described below. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional notes, Merit expects to use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the additional notes to enter into additi.

利率，初始汇率和笔记的其他条款将在定价时确定。Merit打算使用提供的一部分净收益来支付下述上限通话交易的成本。如果最初的购买者行使购买额外债券的选择权，Merit希望使用从销售额外债券获得的一部分净收益进入additi。