Owners of Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) are offering company stock worth $962m.

Apollo Global Management and Star NCLC Holdings will offload 18.87m shares at $51 each, it said.

The deal is expected to close on or about 3 December.

NCL will not receive any of the proceeds.

But it has agreed to repurchase from underwriter Morgan Stanley shares worth $85m.

This is part of its existing $1bn buyback programme.