Capital/Financing Update • Sep 30, 2016
Capital/Financing Update
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Funding update
Det norske oljeselskap ASA ("DETNOR") provides an update on its debt funding.
Subject to closing of the BP Norge transaction, the company has made certain
changes to its two bank facilities, including an increase in its reserve-based
lending ("RBL") facility from USD 3.0 to 4.0 billion and certain amendments to
the documentation. In addition, the RBL facility includes an uncommitted
accordion option of USD 1.0 billion.
The dividend restriction has been removed from the loan agreements, but an
incurrence test of 4.5x (Net interest-bearing debt / EBITDAX) has been
introduced.
Subject to perfection of the security package, the new borrowing base has been
set at USD 3.6 billion until the end of 2016.
Contacts:
Investor contact: Jonas Gamre, VP Investor Relations, tel.: +47 971 18 292
Media contact: Geir Bjørlo, Corporate Communications, tel.: +47 915 40 000
About Det norske:
Det norske is a fully-fledged E&P company with exploration, development and
production activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). We are building
one of Europe's largest independent E&P companies.
Det norske is the operator of the producing Alvheim field and for the Ivar Aasen
field development. In addition, the company is partner in the Johan Sverdrup
field. Det norske has an active exploration programme on the Norwegian shelf and
an ambitious strategy for growth.
Det norske's headquarters are located in Trondheim, with branch offices in
Stavanger, Oslo and Harstad. Det norske is listed on Oslo Børs with ticker
'DETNOR'. More about Det norske at www.detnor.no/en/.
This information is subject to disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12
of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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