UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 27, 2018

NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE HOLDINGS LTD.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Bermuda

(State of Incorporation)

001-35784

(Commission File Number)

98-0691007

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

(305) 436-4000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On February 27, 2018, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company and certain funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC and Star NCLC Holdings Ltd. (the “Selling Shareholders”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as sole underwriter (the “Underwriter”), pursuant to which the Selling Shareholders agreed to sell 19,500,000 of the Company’s ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share (the “Offering Shares”), to the Underwriter at a price of $55.80 per ordinary share (the “Offering”). The Offering is expected to close on March 2, 2018, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The Company is not selling any shares in the Offering and will not receive any proceeds from the Offering.

Concurrently with and subject to the completion of the Offering, the Company has agreed to repurchase from the Underwriter 4,722,312 ordinary shares (the “Repurchased Shares”) that are being sold by the Selling Shareholders to the Underwriter at a price per share equal to the price per share to be paid by the Underwriter to the Selling Shareholders.

The Offering is being made pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated February 27, 2018, to the prospectus, dated March 3, 2017, which was included in the Company’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-216441), which became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2017.

The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants and includes the terms and conditions for the sale of the Offering Shares by the Selling Shareholders to the Underwriter, the terms and conditions for the sale of the Repurchased Shares by the Underwriter to the Company, indemnification and contribution obligations and other terms and conditions customary in agreements of this type.

The foregoing summary of the material terms of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.