NuVasive to Offer $200 Million Convertible Senior Note...( SAN DIEGO March 3 /- NuVasive Inc...),Health

SAN DIEGO, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA), a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, approximately $200 million principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2013 through an offering to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The notes will be convertible into shares of NuVasive common stock. NuVasive also expects to grant the initial purchasers an option to purchase up to $30 million of additional notes solely to cover over-allotments. The interest rate, conversion price and other terms of the notes will be determined by negotiations between NuVasive and the initial purchasers of the notes.

NuVasive intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including potential strategic acquisitions. NuVasive also intends to enter into convertible note hedge transactions with the initial purchasers or their affiliates (the "counterparties") and intends to use a portion of the net proceeds from this offering to pay for the cost of the convertible note hedge transactions. The convertible note hedge transactions are intended to increase the effective conversion price of the notes, thereby reducing the dilution experienced by the company's stockholders upon potential future conversion of the notes. The company also intends to enter into separate warrant transactions with the counterparties, which would result in additional proceeds to the company, and would partially offset the cost of the convertible note hedge transactions. If the initial purchasers exercise their over-allotment option, the company will enter into additional convertible note hedge and warrant transactions.

In connection with establishing their initial hedge of these transactions, the counterparties and/or their respect
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