LYNDHURST – January 30, 2017
INEOS Group Holdings S.A. (“INEOS”) today announced that its indirect wholly owned finance subsidiaries, INEOS Finance plc and INEOS US Finance LLC, intend to take the following actions under the existing Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement (the “Refinancing”):
- prepay all the Term Loans due 2018 in an amount of approximately $1,315,000,000 with cash on hand;
- convert all the Term Loans due 2020 and all the Term Loans due 2022 in an aggregate amount of approximately €1,935,000,000 and $1,490,000,000 to new tranches of Term Loans due 2022 in approximately the same amount but having lower interest rate margins than the existing tranches; and
- borrow additional term loans in an amount of approximately €1,150,000,000 (in a combination of euro and U.S. dollars) and use the net proceeds from the borrowing to refinance all of INEOS’s outstanding 5.875% Senior Notes due 2019 and 5.750% Senior Notes due 2019.
After giving effect to the Refinancing, the aggregate amount of debt under INEOS’s secured credit facilities will remain approximately the same as prior to the Refinancing, but with lower pricing and longer average life, while the total amount of INEOS’s unsecured debt will be significantly reduced. There can be no assurance that the Refinancing will be completed.
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Contact
For further information, please contact:
Richard Longden
Direct tel.: +41 (0) 21 627 7063
Mobile: +41 (0) 799 626 123
Peter Clarkson
Direct tel.: +41 (0)21627 7020
Mobile: +41 (0) 795 570 169
Cautionary Statement
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