SBM Offshore is pleased to announce the successful completion of US$450 million of non-recourse senior secured debt by way of a US Private Placement (USPP) for the Deep Panuke Production Field Centre (PFC). The 3.5% fixed coupon bond is rated BBB- / BBB (low) by Fitch and DBRS respectively and carries a 7 year maturity. The offering was oversubscribed with fourteen institutional investors participating.
This is the Company’s second time to tap the Private Placement market following the October 2012 FPSO Cidade de Anchieta USPP. Proceeds from this placement will be used to reimburse both a bridge loan put in place in April 2014 and inter-company shareholder loans. Today’s announcement is in line with SBM Offshore’s continued strategy to diversify funding sources.
Corporate Profile
SBM Offshore N.V. is a listed holding company that is headquartered in Schiedam. It holds direct and indirect interests in other companies that collectively with SBM Offshore N.V. form the SBM Offshore group (âthe Companyâ).
SBM Offshore provides floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, over the full product life-cycle. The Company is market leading in leased floating production systems with multiple units currently in operation, and has unrivalled operational experience in this field. The Company’s main activities are the design, supply, installation, operation and the life extension of Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. These are either owned and operated by SBM Offshore and leased to its clients or supplied on a turnkey sale basis.
Group companies employ over 10,983 people worldwide, who are spread over five execution centres, eleven operational shore bases, the joint ventures with several construction yards and the offshore fleet of vessels. Please visit our website at www.sbmoffshore.com.
The companies in which SBM Offshore N.V. directly and indirectly owns investments are separate entities. In this communication “SBM Offshore” is sometimes used for convenience where references are made to SBM Offshore N.V. and its subsidiaries in general, or where no useful purpose is served by identifying the particular company or companies.
The Management Board
Schiedam, November 4, 2014
Financial Calendar | Date | Year |
Trading Update Q3 2014 – Press Release | November 13 | 2014 |
Full-Year 2014 Results – Press Release | February 5 | 2015 |
Publication of AGM Agenda | March 3 | 2015 |
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders | April 15 | 2015 |
Trading Update Q1 2015 – Press Release | May 8 | 2015 |
Half-Year 2015 Results – Press Release | August 6 | 2015 |
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations
Nicolas D. Robert
Head of Investor Relations
Telephone: | +377 92 05 18 98 |
Mobile: | +33 (0) 6 40 62 44 79 |
E-mail: | [email protected] |
Website: | www.sbmoffshore.com |
Media Relations
Anne Guerin-Moens
Group Communications Director
Telephone: | +377 92 05 30 83 |
Mobile: | +33 (0) 6 80 86 36 91 |
E-mail: | [email protected] |
Website: | www.sbmoffshore.com |
Disclaimer
Some of the statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are statements of future expectations and other forward-looking statements based on management’s current views and assumptions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results, performance, or events to differ materially from those in such statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results and performance of the Company’s business to differ materially and adversely from the forward-looking statements. Certain such forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “would be”, “expects” or “anticipates” or similar expressions, or the negative thereof, or other variations thereof, or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, or intentions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in this release as anticipated, believed, or expected. SBM Offshore NV does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update any industry information or forward-looking statements set forth in this release to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.