Office Properties Income Trust Announces Private Exchange Offers Relating to Existing 2026, 2027 and 2031 Senior Unsecured Notes

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Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) has announced private exchange offers for its outstanding senior unsecured notes due 2026, 2027, and 2031. Holders can exchange these for new 8.000% Senior Priority Guaranteed Unsecured Notes due 2030, with a maximum aggregate principal amount of $175 million.

The exchange offers include specific rates for each note series: $890 per $1,000 for 2026 notes, $563 for 2031 notes, and $761 for 2027 notes if tendered before the Early Delivery Time (February 21, 2025). Lower rates apply for notes tendered after this date but before the Expiration Time (March 10, 2025).

The exchange requires a minimum tender of $105 million in 2026 notes. Eligible holders must tender all their 2026 notes to participate. The new notes will be guaranteed by certain OPI subsidiaries and will not be registered under the Securities Act.

Positive

• New notes offer a higher interest rate of 8.000% compared to existing notes (2.650%, 2.400%, and 3.450%)
• New notes will have subsidiary guarantees, providing additional security

Negative

• Exchange offers significant discount to face value (up to 43.7% for 2031 notes)
• Mandatory requirement to tender all 2026 notes to participate
• Unregistered notes will have transfer restrictions

Insights

Financial Restructuring Specialist

This debt restructuring initiative reveals significant financial pressure on OPI, with several concerning elements that warrant careful analysis:

• The substantial 8% interest rate on the new notes - significantly higher than the existing notes' rates of 2.4-3.45% - indicates OPI is willing to accept materially higher borrowing costs to extend maturities, suggesting serious refinancing concerns.
• The exchange ratios (ranging from 56.3% to 89% of face value) represent a significant discount, effectively asking bondholders to accept substantial principal haircuts. This points to market perception of elevated default risk.
• The requirement for 2026 noteholders to exchange all their holdings to participate, combined with the minimum $105 million tender condition for 2026 notes, suggests a defensive strategy to address near-term maturity walls.
• The priority guarantee structure of the new notes, backed by subsidiary guarantees, offers enhanced security features - a typical characteristic of distressed exchanges aimed at incentivizing participation.

This restructuring appears to be a pre-emptive move to address potential liquidity challenges in the face of a challenging office real estate market. The substantial discounts and elevated yields suggest significant market concerns about OPI's long-term viability, particularly given the ongoing structural shifts in office space demand and rising interest rate environment.

The transaction's success will largely depend on noteholder participation, especially from 2026 holders. If successful, it would provide breathing room but at the cost of significantly higher interest expenses, which could strain future cash flows. This exchange offer effectively serves as a barometer of market confidence in OPI's long-term prospects.

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Office Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: OPI) (“OPI”) today announced that it is offering noteholders the option to exchange their outstanding senior unsecured notes due 2026, 2027 and 2031 for new 8.000% Senior Priority Guaranteed Unsecured Notes due 2030 and related guarantees pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in an Offering Memorandum dated as of February 7, 2025 (the “Offering Memorandum”).

Exchange Offers

OPI is offering to exchange (the “Exchange Offers”) its outstanding 2.650% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026 (the “Existing 2026 Notes”), 2.400% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2027 (the “Existing 2027 Notes”) and 3.450% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2031 (the “Existing 2031 Notes” and, together with the Existing 2026 Notes and the Existing 2027 Notes, the “Existing Notes”) for up to $175 million in aggregate principal amount of Senior Priority Guaranteed Unsecured Notes due 2030 (the “New Notes”) and related guarantees. The New Notes will be guaranteed by certain of OPI’s subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”), which also guarantee its 3.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2027.

Each $1,000 of Existing Notes that is validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 21, 2025 (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Early Delivery Time”) or that is validly tendered after the Early Delivery Time but at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 10, 2025, unless it is extended or earlier terminated by OPI (such date and time, as it may be extended, the “Expiration Time”) and that is accepted by OPI, will be entitled to receive the consideration shown in the table below under the columns beginning with “Early Exchange Consideration” and “Late Exchange Consideration,” respectively. The Exchange Notes will be exchanged in accordance with the assigned Acceptance Priority Levels described in the table below, with 1 being the highest and 3 being the lowest, subject to proration and rounding.

				Principal Amount of New Notes
Existing Notes to Be Exchanged	CUSIP/ISIN	Aggregate Outstanding Principal Amount	Acceptance Priority Level	Early Exchange Consideration, if Tendered and Not Validly Withdrawn at or prior to the Early Delivery Time	Late Exchange Consideration, if Tendered after the Early Delivery Time and at or prior to the Expiration Time
Existing 2026 Notes	67623CAD1/US 67623CAD11	$140,488,000	1	$890	$870
Existing 2031 Notes	67623CAF6/US6 7623CAF68	$114,355,000	2	$563	$543
Existing 2027 Notes	67623CAE9/US 67623CAE93	$80,784,000	3	$761	$741

In addition, holders of Exchange Notes will be entitled to accrued but unpaid interest with respect to such series to but excluding the date on which they are exchanged for New Notes (such date, the “Settlement Date”). The Settlement Date for the Exchange Offers is expected to be on or about the second business day following the Expiration Date.

An Eligible Holder (as defined below) that beneficially owns any Existing 2026 Notes must tender all of its Existing 2026 Notes in the Exchange Offers in order to participate in the Exchange Offers. An Eligible Holder may withdraw Existing 2026 Notes from an Exchange Offer only if it validly withdraws all its Existing 2026 Notes from such Exchange Offer and also validly withdraws its tender of all other Existing Notes from the applicable Exchange Offers.

Conditions to Exchange Offers

The consummation of each Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions. Among other conditions, the Exchange Offers are conditional upon the satisfaction or, if applicable, waiver of, the valid tender of at least $105 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing 2026 Notes.

Expiration Time and Withdrawal Deadline

Each Exchange Offer will expire at the Expiration Time. Existing Notes that are tendered may not be withdrawn after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the date of the Early Delivery Time (such date and time with respect to an Exchange Offer, as the same may be extended, the “Withdrawal Deadline”), except in limited circumstances as set forth in the Offering Memorandum. Holders of Existing Notes that validly tender Existing Notes at or prior to the Early Delivery Time may validly withdraw their tender of such Existing Notes at any time at or prior to the Withdrawal Deadline, but they will not be entitled to receive the Early Exchange Consideration set forth in the table above unless they validly re-tender at or prior to the Early Delivery Time.

No Registration

The offer and sale of the New Notes and related guarantees will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or any state securities laws, and the New Notes and related guarantees will therefore be subject to restrictions on transferability and resale. OPI does not intend to register the sale of any of the New Notes and related guarantees under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and is not providing registration rights. The New Notes and related guarantees may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons (other than distributors) absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements and may not be transferred by any holder except in accordance with the restrictions described under “Transfer Restrictions” in the Offering Memorandum.

Eligible Holders

The Exchange Offers are being made, and the New Notes and related guarantees are being offered and issued, only to holders who have certified to OPI that either they are (a) in the U.S. and are “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) and are holders of the Existing Notes, (b) outside the U.S. and are holders of the Existing Notes who are non-U.S. persons in reliance upon and in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act or (c) institutions and holders of the Existing Notes that can certify they are institutional “accredited investors” as defined in subparagraph (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501 under the Securities Act (such holders, collectively, “Eligible Holders”). Only Eligible Holders are authorized to receive or review the Offering Memorandum or to participate in the Exchange Offers.

The Offering Memorandum is only available to holders who complete an eligibility letter confirming their status as Eligible Holders. Holders of Existing Notes who wish to receive a copy of the eligibility letters for the Exchange Offers may contact the information and exchange agent, D.F. King & Co (the “Information and Exchange Agent”), at D.F. King & Co., Inc., 48 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attn: Michael Horthman, (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or (800) 628-8528 (for all others). Holders may also obtain and complete an electronic copy of the applicable eligibility letter on the following website links maintained by the Information and Exchange Agent: www.dfking.com/opi.

Requests for the Exchange Offer materials from Eligible Holders may be directed to the Information and Exchange Agent at D.F. King & Co., Inc., 48 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attn: Michael Horthman, (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or (800) 628-8528 (for all others).

General

OPI is making the Exchange Offers only by, and pursuant to, the terms of the Offering Memorandum. OPI reserves the right to terminate, withdraw, amend or extend one or more of the Exchange Offers in its discretion, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum.

None of OPI, Moelis & Company LLC, as dealer manager, the Information and Exchange Agent, their respective affiliates nor any other person makes any recommendation as to whether Eligible Holders should tender or refrain from tendering their Existing Notes in the Exchange Offers, as applicable. Eligible Holders must make their own decision as to whether or not to tender their Existing Notes, as applicable, as well as with respect to the principal amount of the Existing Notes to tender.

The Exchange Offers are not being made to any holders of Existing Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. The Existing Notes that are not exchanged will continue to be outstanding in accordance with all other terms of the Existing Notes and the indentures governing such Existing Notes.

This press release is being made for informational purposes only in accordance with Rule 135c of the Securities Act and does not constitute an offer to purchase securities or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any new securities, nor does it constitute an offer or solicitation in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. The Exchange Offers are being made solely on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum and the information in this press release is qualified by reference to such Offering Memorandum.

About Office Properties Income Trust

OPI is a national REIT focused on owning and leasing office properties to high credit quality tenants in markets throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2024, approximately 59% of OPI's revenues were from investment grade rated tenants. OPI owned 145 properties as of September 30, 2024, with approximately 19.5 million square feet located in 30 states and Washington, D.C. In 2024, OPI was named as an Energy Star® Partner of the Year for the seventh consecutive year. OPI is managed by The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR), a leading U.S. alternative asset management company with nearly $41 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2024, and more than 35 years of institutional experience in buying, selling, financing and operating commercial real estate. OPI is headquartered in Newton, MA.

WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements in this news release, including statements regarding the Exchange Offers constitute “forward-looking statements” that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. When used in this release, the words “may,” “will,” “might,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “project,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “intend,” “potential,” “outlook,” and “continue,” and the negative of these terms, and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information.

The forward-looking statements reflect OPI’s intentions, plans, expectations, anticipations, projections, estimations, predictions, assumptions and beliefs about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of OPI’s control. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include known and unknown risks. Known risks include, among others, market conditions and the risks described in OPI’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports and risks and uncertainties related to our ability to consummate the Exchange Offers.

You should not place undue reliance upon forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, OPI does not intend to update or change any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.

No shareholder, Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the Trust.

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Questions regarding the Exchange Offers may be directed to:

Kevin Barry, Senior Director, Investor Relations

(617) 219-1410

Source: Office Properties Income Trust

FAQ

What are the exchange rates for OPI's 2026, 2027, and 2031 notes in the new exchange offer?

For early tenders, OPI offers $890 per $1,000 for 2026 notes, $761 for 2027 notes, and $563 for 2031 notes. Late tenders receive $20 less per $1,000.

When is the early tender deadline for OPI's note exchange offer?

The early tender deadline (Early Delivery Time) is February 21, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

What is the minimum tender requirement for OPI's exchange offer?

The exchange offer requires a minimum tender of $105 million in aggregate principal amount of the Existing 2026 Notes.

What is the interest rate on OPI's new 2030 notes being offered in the exchange?

The new notes being offered are 8.000% Senior Priority Guaranteed Unsecured Notes due 2030.

When does OPI's exchange offer expire?

The exchange offer expires on March 10, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, unless extended or terminated earlier.