Long-Term Debt

Amendment of Credit Facility and Term Loan Refinancing

On June 13, 2013, Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc, as guarantor, and certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, as borrowers, entered into an amendment of our original credit agreement, dated as of June 12, 2012, with Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, and certain other lenders.

The amended credit agreement provides for $557.2 million principal amount of new term loans and a new revolving credit facility of $200.0 million that replaced the revolving credit facility of $100.0 million provided for under the original credit agreement. We used a portion of the proceeds from the new term loans to refinance in full the outstanding term loans under the original credit agreement in an aggregate principal amount of $457.2 million, or the original term loans. The new term loans have the same June 12, 2018 maturity date that was applicable to the original term loans. Future loans under the new revolving credit facility, if any, will have the same June 12, 2017 maturity date that was applicable under the original credit agreement.

The new term loans bear interest, at our option, at a rate equal to either the LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin of 2.75% per annum (subject to a 0.75% LIBOR floor), or the prime lending rate, plus an applicable margin equal to 1.75% per annum (subject to a 1.75% prime rate floor). Borrowings under the new revolving credit facility bear interest, at our option, at a rate equal to either the LIBOR rate, plus an applicable margin of 2.50% per annum, or the prime lending rate, plus an applicable margin equal to 1.50% per annum, subject to reduction by 0.25% or 0.50% based upon our secured leverage ratio. The new revolving credit facility has a commitment fee payable on the undrawn amount ranging from 0.25% to 0.50% per annum based upon our secured leverage ratio.

The borrowers’ obligations under the amended credit agreement and any hedging or cash management obligations entered into with a lender or an affiliate of a lender are guaranteed by Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc and certain of its subsidiaries, referred to below as restricted subsidiaries, and are secured by substantially all of their assets.

We may make voluntary prepayments of principal at any time without payment of a premium, except that a 1% premium would apply to any repricing of the new term loans effected on or prior to December 13, 2013. We are required to make mandatory prepayments of the new term loans (without payment of a premium) with (1) net cash proceeds from certain non-ordinary course asset sales (subject to reinvestment rights and other exceptions), (2) net cash proceeds from issuances of debt (other than certain permitted debt), (3) beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, 50% of our excess cash flow as defined in the amended credit agreement (subject to decrease to 25% if our secured leverage ratio is equal to or less than 2.25 to 1.00 and greater than 1.25 to 1.00 or 0% if our secured leverage ratio is equal to or less than 1.25 to 1.00), and (4) casualty proceeds and condemnation awards (subject to reinvestment rights and other exceptions).

Principal repayments of the new term loans, which are due quarterly, began in September 2013 and are equal to 1.0% of the original principal amount with any remaining balance payable on the final maturity date. Scheduled maturities with respect to the new term loans are as follows (in thousands):



Year Ending December 31,	Scheduled New Term Loan Maturities
2013 (remainder)	$	1,393
2014	5,572
2015	5,572
2016	5,572
2017	5,572
Thereafter	532,114
Total	$	555,795

The amended credit agreement contains customary representations and warranties and customary affirmative and negative covenants applicable to Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc and its restricted subsidiaries, including, among other things, restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, mergers, dispositions, prepayment of other indebtedness and dividends and other distributions. The amended credit agreement contains a financial covenant that requires Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc and its restricted subsidiaries to maintain a maximum secured leverage ratio. We are currently in compliance with our financial covenants.

The refinancing of the original term loans involved multiple lenders who were considered members of a loan syndicate. In determining whether the refinancing was to be accounted for as a debt extinguishment or modification, we considered whether the creditors remained the same or changed and whether the change in debt terms was substantial. The debt terms were considered substantially different if the present value of the cash flows of the new term loans was at least 10% different from the present value of the remaining cash flows of the original term loans, or the 10% Test. We performed a separate 10% Test for each individual creditor participating in the loan syndication. The loans of creditors who did not participate in the amended credit agreement were accounted for as a debt extinguishment. When there was a change in principal balance for individual creditors, in applying the 10% Test, we used the cash flows related to the lowest common principal balance, or the Net Method. Under the Net Method, any principal in excess of a creditor’s reinvested principal balance was treated as a new, separate debt issuance, and any decrease in principal was treated as a partial extinguishment of debt.

For debt considered to be extinguished, the unamortized deferred financing costs and unamortized original issue discount associated with the extinguished debt were expensed. For debt considered to be modified, the unamortized deferred financing costs and unamortized original issue discount associated with the modified debt continue to be amortized, new creditor fees were capitalized and new third party fees were expensed. For new creditors, new creditor fees and new third party fees were capitalized. Deferred financing costs of $11.7 million and an original issue discount of $4.9 million were associated with modified and new debt and will be amortized to interest expense using the interest method over the life of the new term loans.

As the borrowing capacity relating to each creditor under the new revolving credit facility was greater than that under the original revolving credit facility, unamortized deferred financing costs, new creditor fees and new third party fees, totaling $4.7 million, were associated with the new arrangement and were deferred and are being amortized to interest expense on a straight-line basis over the life of the facility. We did not borrow under the original revolving credit facility and, as of September 30, 2013, we had not borrowed under the new revolving credit facility.

The refinancing resulted in a $3.7 million charge in the nine months ended September 30, 2013, which was comprised of $2.7 million related to the expensing of unamortized deferred financing costs and unamortized original issue discount associated with extinguished debt and $1.0 million related to new third party fees associated with modified debt.

As of September 30, 2013, the interest rate on the new term loans was 3.5%. Interest expense associated with the new term loans is recorded using the interest method and includes non-cash interest related to the amortization of the debt discount and debt issuance costs. As of September 30, 2013, the effective interest rate on the new term loans was 4.3%. As of September 30, 2013, the current portion of the carrying amount of the new term loans was $5.6 million and the non-current portion was $545.6 million.