Long-term Borrowing of US$750 million
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On October 11th, 2010 Yapı Kredi signed a Loan Agreement with UniCredit Luxembourg S.A. for a long-term borrowing of US$750 million, lead managed by UniCredit Bank AG, Citibank Global Markets Limited and Deutsche Bank AG London Branch.
The transaction was 2.0x oversubscribed with the participation of 100 investors from 18 countries. The transaction was priced at the tighter end of the pricing guidance and at a yield of 5.1875%. The loan will have a maturity for 5 years with semi-annual interest payments and a bullet principal payment at maturity.
The transaction is expected to be rated by Fitch and S&P as BBB- and BB respectively.
Yapı Kredi’s strong ownership structure and profitable operations have commanded robust demand from the global investor base. Yapı Kredi achieved a favourable funding level as U.S. Treasuries remain at record lows helped by rising investor appetite for Turkish risk as well as anticipation of Turkey’s credit rating upgrade. The transaction diversifies Yapı Kredi’s investor base with significant demand from insurance companies, fund managers as well as international banks.
Yapı Kredi intends to use this long term funding for general corporate financing, especially for supporting the increasing project finance demand in Turkey.
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Istanbul, 12 October 2010
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Yapı Kredi / 12 Oct 2010