MONACO — (Marketwired) — 08/28/13 — Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) (the “Company”) established these days it has received i that is( a Commitment document from the leading financial institution (the “Financial Institution”) of $129 million (the “Commercial Tranche”) and (ii) a document of plan (“LOI”) within the Export-Import financial of Korea (“KEXIM”) as high as $300.6 million (the KEXIM Tranche) for a financial loan establishment of up to $429.6 million (the “KEXIM loans Facility”) that will be being organized by the lender.
The KEXIM account Facility is utilized to finance up to 60 percent associated with purchase price of newbuildings upon shipping. The Office Tranche grows in 2020 and also the KEXIM Tranche grows in 2026 presuming the professional Tranche is definitely refinanced through that time. The covenants can be like those in the Company’s present account amenities, and the different finer points of the financing are located in accordance with OECD recommendations.
The LOI from KEXIM is definitely impacted by KEXIM credit score rating approval and accomplished paperwork.
Workout of Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option
The business also established that the underwriters with its earlier revealed offering that is public of usual carries exercised their unique over-allotment option to buy 3,000,000 extra common carries from the offering price of $9.50 per express. The business received web profits of around $209.6 million, after subtracting underwriters’ discounts and supplying expenses within the follow-on offering and the workout for the over-allotment option. The Company includes a utter of 187,656,424 shares of common inventory granted and great.
Moment Charter-in Agreements
The organization possesses agreed to time charter-in two Handymax item tankers composed of:
A Handymax solution tanker (37,455 dwt, 2007 built) for eighteen weeks at more or less $12,500 everyday. The firm is served by the choice to boost the charter for the added 12 months at $13,500 each day. This watercraft is predicted becoming shipped ahead of the heart of July 2013.
About Scorpio Tankers Inc.
Scorpio Tankers Inc. is actually a really carrier of sea transport of petroleum products globally. Scorpio Tankers Inc. now possesses 18 tankers (one LR2 tanker, four LR1 tankers, one Handymax tanker, 11 MR tankers, and the other tanker that is post-Panamax by having an normal age of 4.0 decades, time charters-in 29 product tankers (eight LR2, four LR1, eight MR and nine Handymax tankers), and contains caught for 60 newbuilding boats (25 MR, 12 LR2, and 14 Handymax ice class-1A item tankers, and 9 VLGC), almost certainly that is supposed to be transported to the corporate by September 2013, 40 within 2014 as well as the remaining 19 by the terminate of 2015. Extra information regarding the Corporation is present have a glimpse at this link at a Company’s web site www.scorpiotankers.com, Which is not a right part of this press launch.
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