Coherus Announces Repurchase Of ~$170M Of Convertible Notes

– Remaining $60 Million of outstanding convertible notes to be repurchased post-close of pending UDENYCA divestiture –

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (("Coherus" or the "Company, NASDAQ:CHRS) announced today that it has entered into privately negotiated transactions (the "Repurchases") with certain holders (the "Holders") of its 1.500% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2026 (the "Convertible Notes"), pursuant to which the Company agreed to repurchase approximately $170 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes from such holders at a cash repurchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with the accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.

The Repurchases are conditioned upon, among other things, the closing of the previously announced divestiture of the UDENYCA (pegfilgrastim-cbqv) franchise pursuant to that certain asset purchase agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of December 2, 2024 between the Company and Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. ("Intas"), a limited company incorporated in India (the "Transaction").

Following the closing of the Repurchases, approximately $60 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes will remain outstanding. Following the closing of the Transaction, Coherus intends to conduct a repurchase offer for such remaining Convertible Notes pursuant to the Fundamental Change Repurchase Right (as defined in the indenture, dated as of April 17, 2020 (the "Indenture"), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee")) at a cash repurchase price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with the accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the date of repurchase.