Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) has signed a USD $247 million syndicated loan facility led by ING Bank. The facility provides the necessary liquidity to satisfy the outstanding payment obligations to Guangzhou Shipbuilding International (GSI) due under the construction contracts for the 50,000 DWT semi-submersible vessels FORTE and FINESSE. In addition, the facility provides Fairstar with a USD $20 million tranche for the performance bonds required under the Gorgon, Ichthys and Golden Eagle contracts.
Ingmar den Blanken, Treasurer of Fairstar negotiated the deal with the banks and provided the following additional details, “The facility has a one year term and is priced for the first nine months at LIBOR plus 400 basis points, rising to LIBOR plus 600 basis points after nine months. In addition to providing the funds we need to pay our obligations for the FORTE and FINESSE, it re-finances the current loans we have with HSH Nordbank and ABN AMRO. The banks will hold first mortgages over the Fairstar fleet once funding has been made. While the terms are not nearly as attractive as the DNB Bank facility we signed last year, in light of the recent disruption to our business caused by Dockwise, we are pleased to be able to satisfy our obligations to GSI as well as our obligations to our “red box” clients.”
Philip Adkins, Chief Executive Officer of Fairstar provided further elaboration:
“We were very clear to the market last week that the payments we are obliged to make will be made and the performance bonds we are obliged to issue will be issued. At Fairstar, we keep our promises. Fairstar is a very valuable company.
More importantly, the accretive value of our business to Dockwise has been completely overlooked in their Offer Document. We have invited representatives of Dockwise to meet with Fairstar and discuss in a constructive way how best to end the current hostile stalemate. Now that our financial obligations have been met, Dockwise must be prepared to address the facts that 46% of our shareholders have not accepted the NOK 9.3 “offer” and Fairstar’s shares have been consistently trading above that level since the attack on Fairstar began. Our clients have been very uncomfortable with the tactics that have been used by our competitor. It seems inappropriate to suggest to our partners that Fairstar needs to be saved by Dockwise. I am certain our clients knew what they were doing when they chose to award almost USD 300 million in contracts to Fairstar. The Fairstar Boards are preparing a formal rebuttal to the Offer Document that is now in circulation. In the meantime our invitation for a constructive dialog goes unanswered.”
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