Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Agreement.

On May 14, 2020, BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (the "Company" or "BioMarin") completed its previously announced private offering of $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of 1.25% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2027 (the "Notes"). BioMarin also granted the initial purchasers of the Notes a 13-day option to purchase up to an additional $50.0 million principal amount of Notes. The Notes are the senior subordinated, unsecured obligations of the Company. The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated May 14, 2020 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.

The Notes will mature on May 15, 2027, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. The Notes will bear interest from May 14, 2020 at a rate of 1.25% per year payable semiannually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on November 15, 2020. The Notes will be convertible at the option of the holders at any time before the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. The conversion rate for the Notes will initially be 7.2743 shares of the Company's common stock (the "Common Stock") per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $137.47 per share of Common Stock. The initial conversion price of the Notes represents a premium of approximately 42.50% to the $96.47 per share closing price of the Common Stock on May 11, 2020. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. In addition, following certain corporate transactions, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its Notes in connection with such corporate transactions by a number of additional shares of Common Stock.

The Notes are redeemable in whole or in part, at the Company's option at any time, and from time to time, on or after May 20, 2024, at a cash redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, but only if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price on (i) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends the relevant redemption notice; and (2) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such redemption notice. In addition, calling any Note for redemption will constitute a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture) with respect to that Note, in which case the conversion rate applicable to the conversion of that Note will be increased, in certain circumstances, if it is converted after it is called for redemption.

If the Company undergoes a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture), holders may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their Notes at a fundamental change repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

The Indenture includes customary covenants and sets forth certain events of default after which the Notes may be declared immediately due and payable and sets forth certain types of bankruptcy or insolvency events of default involving the Company after which the Notes become automatically due and payable. The following events are considered "events of default" under the Indenture:



     •  failure by the Company to pay when due the principal of or premium, if
        any, on the Notes, as applicable, at maturity, upon redemption or exercise
        of a repurchase right or otherwise, whether or not such payment is
        prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture;


     •  failure by the Company to pay an installment of interest on any of the
        Notes for 30 days after the date when due, whether or not such payment is
        prohibited by the subordination provisions of the Indenture;


     •  failure by the Company to deliver, when due, the consideration due upon
        conversion of any Note, and that failure continues for 10 days;


     •  failure by the Company to perform or observe any other term, covenant or
        agreement contained in the Notes or the Indenture for a period of 60 days
        after written notice of such failure, requiring the Company to remedy the
        same, shall have been given (i) to the Company by the trustee or (ii) to
        the Company and the trustee by the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
        principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;


     •  failure by the Company to make any payment by the end of the applicable
        grace period, if any, after the maturity of any indebtedness for borrowed
        money in an amount in excess of $100.0 million, or there is an
        acceleration of indebtedness for borrowed money in an amount in excess of
        $100.0 million because of a default with respect to such indebtedness
        without such indebtedness having been discharged or such acceleration
        having been cured, waived, rescinded or annulled, in either case, for a
        period of 60 days after written notice (i) to the Company by the trustee
        or (ii) to the Company and the trustee by holders of at least 25% in
        aggregate principal amount of the notes then outstanding;

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• failure by the Company to give notice of a fundamental change or a notice . . .

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

The information set forth under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company offered and sold the Notes to the initial purchasers in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and for resale by the initial purchasers to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Company relied on these exemptions from registration based in part on representations made by the initial purchasers in the purchase agreement dated May 11, 2020 by and among the Company and the initial purchasers. The shares of the Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, if any, have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

To the extent that any shares of the Common Stock are issued upon conversion of the Notes, they will be issued in transactions anticipated to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act by virtue of Section 3(a)(9) thereof, because no commission or other remuneration is expected to be paid in connection with conversion of the Notes, and any resulting issuance of shares of the Common Stock.

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On May 11, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing the Company's proposed private offering of $500 million principal amount of the Notes pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

On May 11, 2020, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had priced an upsized offering of $550 million principal amount of the Notes. A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits

 Exhibit
   No.                                       Description

    4.1            Indenture, dated as of May 14, 2020, by and between BioMarin
                 Pharmaceutical Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee,
                 including the Form of Global Note, representing BioMarin
                 Pharmaceutical Inc.'s 1.25% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes
                 due 2027, as Exhibit A thereto.

   99.1            Press release, dated May 11, 2020, issued by BioMarin
                 Pharmaceutical Inc.

   99.2            Press release, dated May 11, 2020, issued by BioMarin
                 Pharmaceutical Inc.

   104           Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are
                 embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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