UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 7, 2019

 

 

WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP N.V.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

The Netherlands   1-35065   98-0509600

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

Prins Bernhardplein 200

1097 JB Amsterdam

The Netherlands

  None
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

(+31) 20 521-4777

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

 

 

 


Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On February 7, 2019, Wright Medical Group, Inc. (“ WMG ”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wright Medical Group N.V. (the “ Company ”), issued $139,556,000 additional aggregate principal amount of WMG’s 1.625% cash convertible senior notes due 2023 (the “ 2023 Notes ” and, such additional aggregated principal amount, the “ Additional 2023 Notes ”) pursuant to an indenture, dated as of June 28, 2018 (the “ Indenture ”), among WMG, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”). The Additional 2023 Notes were delivered upon settlement of previously announced privately negotiated exchange agreements among the Company, WMG and a limited number of investors who are accredited investors (within the meaning of Rule 501 promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”)) and/or qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act), pursuant to which such accredited investors and/or qualified institutional buyers exchanged $130,134,000 aggregate principal amount of WMG’s existing 2.00% cash convertible senior notes due 2020 (the “ 2020 Notes ”) for the Additional 2023 Notes. Following the exchange, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2023 Notes is $814.6 million and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 2020 Notes is $56.5 million.

The Additional 2023 Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company on a senior unsecured basis. The Additional 2023 Notes will pay interest at a rate of 1.625% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, and will mature on June 15, 2023, unless earlier converted or repurchased. The Additional 2023 Notes have the same terms, and were issued under the same Indenture, as the 2023 Notes issued on June 28, 2018, as described in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 2018 (the “ Prior Form  8-K ”). The information set forth in the Prior Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing description of the Indenture and the Additional 2023 Notes does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the form of note representing the Additional 2023 Notes, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the Indenture, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Prior Form 8-K, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

4.1    Form of Note Representing $139,556,000 Million Aggregate Principal Amount of WMG’s 1.625% Cash Convertible Senior Notes Due 2023.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP N.V.
Dated: February 8, 2019     By:  

/s/ Lance A. Berry

      Lance A. Berry
      Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operations Officer

Exhibit 4.1

[FACE OF NOTE]

NO AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC. OR WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP N.V. OR PERSON THAT HAS BEEN AN AFFILIATE (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OF WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC. OR WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP N.V. DURING THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THREE MONTHS MAY PURCHASE, OTHERWISE ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREUNDER IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:

(1) REPRESENTS THAT IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

(2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC. (THE “COMPANY”) AND WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP N.V. THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS THE LATER OF (X) ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF OR SUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME AS PERMITTED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION THERETO AND (Y) SUCH LATER DATE, IF ANY, AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EXCEPT:

(A) TO THE COMPANY, WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP N.V. OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, OR


(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE A-1 WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR

(D) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(D) ABOVE, THE COMPANY, WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP N.V. AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.


WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.

1.625% CASH EXCHANGEABLE SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023

 

No. 3    $139,556,000.00
CUSIP No. 98235T AF4   

Wright Medical Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum, as set forth in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Notes” attached hereto, of $139,556,000.00, on June 15, 2023, and interest thereon as set forth below.

This Note shall bear interest at the rate of 1.625% per year from June 28, 2018, or from the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date until June 15, 2023. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 15 and December 15, commencing on December 15, 2018, to Holders of record at the close of business on the preceding June 1 and December 1 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), respectively. Additional Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03 of the within-mentioned Indenture, and any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note therein shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of such Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) or Section 6.03, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Interest in any provision therein shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

Any Defaulted Amounts shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, the relevant payment date to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election, in accordance with Section 2.03(c) of the Indenture.

The Company shall pay the principal of and interest on this Note, so long as such Note is a Global Note, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Note. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall pay the principal of any Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes) at the office or agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Note Registrar in respect of the Notes and its agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Note the right to convert this Note solely into cash on the terms and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.


This Note, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Note, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York (including Title 14 of Article 5 of the General Obligations Law of New York).

In the case of any conflict between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and govern.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually or by facsimile by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
By:  

/s/ Lance A. Berry

  Name:   Lance A. Berry
  Title:   Executive Vice President, Chief Financial and Operations Officer


Date: February 7, 2019

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.
By:  

/s/ Lawrence Kusch

  Authorized Signatory


[REVERSE OF NOTE]

WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.

1.625% CASH EXCHANGEABLE SENIOR NOTE DUE 2023

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company, designated as its 1.625% Cash Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2023 (the “ Notes ”), in an initial aggregate principal

amount of $139,556,000, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 28, 2018 (the “ Indenture ”), between the Company, Wright Medical Group N.V. and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “ Trustee ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, Wright Medical Group N.V., the Company and the Holders of the Notes. Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture.

The payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and all other obligations under the Indenture are guaranteed by Wright Medical Group N.V. as provided in the Indenture.

In case certain Events of Default, as defined in the Indenture, shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and interest on, all Notes may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments in respect of the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture and the Notes as described therein. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal (including the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price, if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest on, and the cash due upon conversion of, this Note (and, for the avoidance of doubt, any related Additional Amounts, if applicable) at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money herein prescribed as provided in the last paragraph of Section 6.06 of the Indenture.


In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Fundamental Change Repurchase Date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest shall accrue in respect of the delay.

The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge required by law or otherwise permitted under the Indenture.

The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund or otherwise.

Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Price.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, prior to the close of business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to convert any Notes or portion thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, solely into cash at the Conversion Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.

Terms used in this Note and defined in the Indenture are used herein as therein defined.


ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM = as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act CUST = Custodian

TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN = joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.

1.625% CASH EXCHANGEABLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2023

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is $139.556 million ($139,556,000.00). The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of exchange

  

Amount of decrease in

principal amount of

this Global Note

  

Amount of increase

in principal amount

of this Global Note

  

Principal amount of

this Global Note

following such

decrease or
increase

  

Signature of
authorized signatory
of Trustee or
Custodian

           
           


ATTACHMENT 1

[FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION]

To: Wright Medical Group, Inc.

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby exercises the option to convert this Note, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, solely into cash in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that all cash payable upon such conversion, and any Notes representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note.

 

Dated:  

 

    

 

      

 

       Signature(s)

 

    
Signature Guarantee     

Signature(s) must be guaranteed

by an eligible Guarantor Institution

(banks, stock brokers, savings and

loan associations and credit unions)

with membership in an approved

signature guarantee medallion program

pursuant to Securities and Exchange

Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if Notes are to

be delivered, other than

to and in the name of the

registered holder.

Fill in if Notes to

be delivered, other than to and in the

name of the registered holder:

 

 

(Name)

 

(Street Address)

 

(City, State and Zip Code)
Please print name and address


Principal amount to be converted (if less than all): $_______,000
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s) hereof must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number


ATTACHMENT 2

[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE REPURCHASE NOTICE]

To: Wright Medical Group, Inc.

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Wright Medical Group, Inc. (the “ Company ”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Repurchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date does not fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Repurchase Date.

In the case of Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth below:

Dated:                     

 

 

Signature(s)

 

Social Security or Other Taxpayer
Identification Number
Principal amount to be repaid (if less than all):
$_______,000
NOTICE: The above signature(s) of the Holder(s)
hereof must correspond with the name as written
upon the face of the Note in every particular
without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever.


ATTACHMENT 3

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]

For value received                      hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto              (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints              attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

In connection with any transfer of the within Note occurring prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, as defined in the Indenture governing such Note, the undersigned confirms that such Note is being transferred:

☐ To Wright Medical Group, Inc., Wright Medical Group N.V. or any of their respective subsidiaries; or

☐ Pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

☐ Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or

☐ Pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities

Act of 1933, as amended.


Dated:  

 

 

Signature(s)

 

Signature Guarantee
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17Ad-15 if Notes are to be delivered, other than to and in the name of the registered holder.

NOTICE: The signature on the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever