 BOSTON, May 11, 2021 PRNewswire -- Learning technology leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt HMH or the Company Nasdaq: HMHC announced today that its wholly owned subsidiaries, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishers Inc., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and HMH Publishers LLC, are commencing a cash tender offer the Asset Sale Offer to purchase up to 158 million aggregate principal amount the Offer Amount of their 9.000 Senior Secured Notes due 2025 the Notes, at a purchase price of 100 of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the purchase date. The Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to the indenture governing the Notes the Indenture as a result of the Companys sale of all of the assets, including intellectual property, used primarily in its HMH Books Media segment the Books Media Asset Sale as set forth in that certain Asset Purchase Agreement dated March 26, 2021 the Purchase Agreement among Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. 