B. Riley Financial, Inc. announced a privately negotiated exchange agreement with an institutional investor to reduce its total outstanding debt by about $18 million.
The agreement involves exchanging approximately $43 million in outstanding Senior Notes for $25 million in newly issued 8.00% Senior Secured Second Lien Notes due January 1, 2028.
The investor will also receive warrants to purchase around 98,000 common shares at an exercise price of $10.00 per share, exercisable for seven years from the issuance date.
B. Riley Financial's CEO, Bryant Riley, mentioned that this is the fifth bond exchange the company has negotiated in four months, reducing total outstanding debt by approximately $126 million.