Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN) announced that it entered into a $500 million non-dilutive term loan financing facility with Sixth Street, a leading global investment firm.
The Sixth Street term loan facility will be available to Biohaven under the following terms:
- Up to $500M in a structured term loan facility. Biohaven will use the proceeds for the development, promotion, and commercial launch of NURTEC ODT, as well as for general corporate purposes of the Company and its subsidiaries.
- $375M is immediately available to Biohaven upon closing.
- An additional $125M is committed and available when net sales of NURTEC ODT (rimegepant) reach $45M during either 1Q2021 or 2Q2021.
Vlad Coric M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Biohaven, commented, "Sixth Street is one of the top capital provider partners of choice with deep expertise and understanding of the pharmaceutical sector. The fully committed debt facility from Sixth Street flexibly increases our cash position at an attractive cost and reflects the confidence that our partners have drawn from the strong launch and commercial progress of Nurtec ODT. With Sixth Street's broad platform and track record of providing differentiated, creative financing solutions, we look forward to the potential of expanding our relationship with future growth of Nurtec ODT sales and upcoming clinical development milestones across our pipeline."
Vijay Mohan, Partner, Adam Kaye, Managing Director, and Jeff Pootoolal, Managing Director at Sixth Street added, "The impressive launch of Nurtec ODT underscores the paradigm shift that is occurring with CGRP-targeting therapies in the treatment of migraine and Sixth Street is pleased to provide Biohaven with the financing to help the company deliver this important new medication to patients around the globe. The impressive launch metrics achieved with Nurtec ODT to date and Biohaven's broad pipeline of late-stage assets gave us the confidence to engage the company in offering long-term capital to enable their growth."
Cooley acted as legal advisor to Biohaven on the transaction. Latham & Watkins LLP and Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. acted as legal advisors to Sixth Street.
About Biohaven
Biohaven is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative best-in-class therapies to improve the lives of patients with debilitating neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases. Biohaven's neuroinnovation portfolio includes FDA-approved NURTEC™ ODT (rimegepant) for the acute treatment of migraine and a broad pipeline of late-stage product candidates across three distinct mechanistic platforms: CGRP receptor antagonism for the acute and preventive treatment of migraine; glutamate modulation for obsessive-compulsive disorder, Alzheimer's disease, and spinocerebellar ataxia; and myeloperoxidase inhibition for multiple system atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. For more information, visit www.biohavenpharma.com.
About Sixth Street
Sixth Street is a global investment firm with over $34 billion in assets under management and committed capital. Sixth Street operates eight diversified, collaborative investment platforms across our growth investing, adjacencies, direct lending, fundamental public strategies, infrastructure, special situations, agriculture and par liquid credit businesses. Our long-term oriented, highly flexible capital base and "One Team" cultural philosophy allows us to invest thematically across sectors, geographies and asset classes. Founded in 2009, Sixth Street has more than 275 team members including over 140 investment professionals operating from nine locations around the world. For more information, visit www.sixthstreet.com.
