Gamesa signed a new € 1.2 billion syndicated loan with 24 banks, refinancing the existing loan due October 2012. The terms of the new loan provide for staggered principal repayments between 2014 and 2016, with a total of € 568 million falling due in 2014, € 131 million (the European Investment Bank tranche) maturing in 2015 and almost half, € 500 million, not due until 2016.
With this loan arrangement, Gamesa has injected stability in terms of credit availability and longer-term financing visibility and covered, eliminating prevailing credit market risk factors, the business capex programs (WTG manufacture, offshore technology and the development and construction of wind farms) laid down in its 2011-2013 Business Plan for all its operating markets (Europe, the US, China, India and Latin America). By closing this agreement, the bank syndicate has effectively ratified its commitment to the Gamesa endeavour, refinancing the full amount at a similar cost to the 2009 syndicated loan, while stretching out the repayment terms in time.
With this loan arrangement, Gamesa has injected stability in terms of credit availability and longer-term financing visibility and covered, eliminating prevailing credit market risk factors, the business capex programs (WTG manufacture, offshore technology and the development and construction of wind farms) laid down in its 2011-2013 Business Plan for all its operating markets (Europe, the US, China, India and Latin America). By closing this agreement, the bank syndicate has effectively ratified its commitment to the Gamesa endeavour, refinancing the full amount at a similar cost to the 2009 syndicated loan, while stretching out the repayment terms in time.
