Gunvor Closes Oversubscribed USD $1.16 Billion Revolving Credit Facility

Gunvor Group (“Gunvor Group” or the “Company”) has signed its USD $1,160,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility (the “Facility”) in favour of Gunvor International B.V. (“Gunvor International”) and Gunvor SA, (together the “Borrowers”). The Facility, oversubscribed by 45 percent, draws on an expanded pool of banks, as Gunvor continues to see new support for its operations.

The Facility was arranged by ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (“Crédit Agricole CIB”), Credit Suisse AG, ING Bank N.V. (“ING Bank”), Natixis, Rabobank International (“Rabobank”), and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (together the “Bookrunning Mandated Lead Arrangers”). ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Crédit Agricole CIB, ING Bank, Rabobank and Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking were Active Bookrunners.

The Facility, which is guaranteed by the Company, will be used for general corporate purposes and to refinance the Borrowers’ 3-year revolving credit facility dated 21 June 2011 and the USD $852,000,000 revolving credit facility extended by 6 months on 19 June 2012 (the “Existing Facilities”).
The Facility available to the Borrowers, which was launched at USD $800,000,000, was significantly oversubscribed after syndication and subsequently increased to USD $1,160,000,000, consists of 2 tranches split as follows:

Tranche A: USD $1,050,000,000 364-day revolving credit facility

Tranche B: USD $110,000,000 3-year revolving credit facility

Together with the oversubscribed and increased USD $635,000,000 364-day Asian Facility for Gunvor Singapore signed in June 2012 this Facility evidences Gunvor’s successful strategy to grow and diversify its financing to support new investments and existing operations.