Guess? Inc. Announces Issuance of $275 Million of 3.75% Convertible Notes Due 2028 and Retirement of Approximately $185 Million of Existing 2.00% Convertible Notes Due 2024

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Apr 13, 2023

Guess?, Inc. (NYSE: GES) (the “Company”) announced today that it has entered into separate, privately negotiated exchange and subscription agreements (the “Exchange and Subscription Agreements”) with a limited number of holders of its 2.00% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the “Existing Convertible Notes”) and certain other investors, in each case pursuant to exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Pursuant to the Exchange and Subscription Agreements, the Company will exchange approximately $184.9 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing Convertible Notes for approximately $161.4 million in aggregate principal amount of new 3.75% convertible senior notes due 2028 (the “New Convertible Notes”) and an aggregate of approximately $33.3 million in cash, representing accrued and unpaid interest and other consideration on the Existing Convertible Notes (collectively, the “Exchange Transactions”). The Company will also issue New Convertible Notes in a private placement (collectively, the “Subscription Transactions” and, together with the Exchange Transactions, the “Transactions”) for the issuance in the Transactions of $275.0 million in aggregate principal amount of New Convertible Notes. The Transactions are expected to settle on or about April 17, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.