Gunvor Secures US $1.39 Billion Revolving Credit Facility
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Strong bank support for Group strategy results in substantial over-subscription
GENEVA, Nov. 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gunvor Group Ltd ("Gunvor" or the
"Group") has signed a US $1.39 billion Revolving Credit Facility ("RCF") in
favour of Gunvor International B.V. and Gunvor SA (the "Borrowers"). The RCF,
launched at US $1 billion, was substantially over-subscribed, drawing in US
$1.81 billion, a record high for the facility. The RCF was scaled back to
accommodate the needs of the Group, which will use the funds to finance general
corporate purposes and working capital requirements.
"Gunvor continues to receive considerable support from both its existing banking
partners as well as from new ones," said Jacques Erni, CFO, Gunvor Group.
"Thanks to our continuous efforts to tighten cash management and improve
financial structuring, we have become more efficient financially, with reduced
working capital needs. At the same time, Gunvor continues to implement our
strategy of geographic expansion and product diversification, generating
positive returns in a challenging and evolving environment."
The RCF will replace the maturing Tranche A (US $1.415 billion) of the
Borrowers' US $1.67 billion RCF dated 17 November 2016 and Tranche B (US $210
million) of the US $1.36 billion RCF dated 23 November 2015. The first RCF for
Gunvor in Europe was launched in 2008 and is complemented by the Group's Asian
Revolving Credit Facilities, Borrowing Base facilities, and OBSI Facility.
ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Credit Suisse
(Switzerland) Ltd, DBS Bank Ltd., ING Bank N.V., Natixis, Rabobank, Société
Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, UBS Switzerland AG and UniCredit Bank
AG (together the "Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arrangers") were mandated to arrange
the Facility. ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank,
ING Bank N.V., Natixis and Rabobank acted as Active Bookrunners while Credit
Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd is Facility and Swingline Agent.
Deutsche Bank AG, Amsterdam Branch, Mizuho Bank, Ltd, and Emirates NBD PJSC,
London branch joined as Senior Mandated Lead Arrangers, with APICORP, Citigroup
Global markets Limited, DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frank
am Main, KfW-IPEX, Nedbank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as Mandated Lead
Arrangers.
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Limited, Commerzbank, Raiffeisen Bank
International AG, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation joined as Lead
Arrangers, with Mashreqbank, Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd, Banco do Brasil, Bank
ABC, Banque de Commerce et de Placements, Goldman Sachs, Gulf International
Bank, Habib Bank AG Zurich, HSH Nordbank and UBAF as Arrangers, with
Participants China Construction Bank, Beijing, Swiss Branch Zurich, Commercial
Bank of Dubai, Garanti Bank International, Banque Cantonale de Genève,
Attijariwafa Bank and Erste Bank AG.
The Facility consists of two tranches, available to Gunvor International B.V.
and Gunvor SA:
* Tranche A: US $1.14 billion 364-day revolving credit facility with two 364-
day extension options, and;
* Tranche B: US $250 million 3-year revolving credit facility with one 364-day
extension option
About Gunvor Group
Gunvor Group is one of the world's largest independent commodities trading
houses by turnover, creating logistics solutions that safely and efficiently
move physical energy and bulk materials from where they are sourced and stored
to where they are demanded most. With strategic investments in industrial
infrastructure-refineries, pipelines, storage, terminals, mining and upstream-
Gunvor further generates sustainable value across the global supply chain for
its customers.
More information can be found at GunvorGroup.com or (at)Gunvor.
Contact
Mr. Seth Thomas Pietras
stp(at)gunvorgroup.com
+41 79 870 62
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