EP\u00a0Energy signed EUR 1.0 billion banking financing, the largest deal ever for a\u00a0Czech corporate borrower \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
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The Transaction<\/b><\/p>\n
EP\u00a0Energy, a.s. (\u201cEPE<\/b>\u201d or the \u201cCompany<\/b>\u201d) successfully signed a\u00a0EUR 1.0 billion, 6-year senior facility agreement with the consortium of banks (the \u201cFacility Agreement<\/b>\u201d). The facilities comprise of three tranches: two long term loans \u2013 a\u00a0EUR 502 million amortising term loan facility and approximately CZK 10.5 billion term loan facility, and, a\u00a0EUR 75 million revolving credit facility or its equivalent in CZK (the \u201cFacilities<\/b>\u201d). The purpose of the Facilities is to provide for consolidated financing of a\u00a0group of companies controlled by EPE.<\/p>\n
With this transaction EPE has signed the largest committed banking deal ever for a\u00a0Czech corporate borrower. \u00a0This landmark transaction exclusively tapped the domestic loan market and changed the perception of the liquidity available thereon.<\/p>\n
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The Banks<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b>The financing was solely coordinated by UniCredit and arranged by five Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, being \u010cesk\u00e1 spo\u0159itelna, \u010cSOB, ING, Komer\u010dn\u00ed banka and UniCredit.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The Transaction was supported by Citibank, Commerzbank, HSBC, Raiffeisenbank, RBS and Volksbank.<\/p>\n
\u00a0UniCredit acted as both Facility and Security Agent.<\/p>\n
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The Legal Advisors<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b>White & Case acted as legal advisor to the Lenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
EP\u00a0Energy signed EUR 1.0 billion banking financing, the largest deal ever for a\u00a0Czech corporate borrower \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 The Transaction EP\u00a0Energy, a.s. (\u201cEPE\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) successfully signed a\u00a0EUR 1.0 billion, 6-year senior facility agreement with the consortium of banks (the \u201cFacility Agreement\u201d). The facilities comprise of three tranches: two long term loans \u2013 a\u00a0EUR 502 million amortising term loan facility and approximately CZK 10.5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"tax-year":[40],"acf":[],"wpml_current_locale":"en_US","wpml_translations":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases\/7716"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tax-year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eph23.atelierzidlicky.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tax-year?post=7716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}