Capital/Financing Update • Mar 11, 2014
Capital/Financing Update
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Petroleum Geo-Services ASA : Refinancing of Term Loan B Completed
March 11, 2014: Oslo, Norway, Petroleum Geo-Services ASA ('PGS' or the
'Company') announced today that on March 11, 2014, the Company completed a
process to amend and extend its existing $470.5 million Term Loan B maturing in
2015. The extended Term Loan B has a tenor of 7 years and matures in 2021. The
floating interest rate has been revised to LIBOR (but minimum 0.75%) + 250 basis
points and the amount reduced to $400 million by using existing cash to repay
$70.5 million of principal. An extension fee or offer initial discount of 0.5%
of extended amount was paid to lenders.
The Company expects to record a one-off charge of approximately $8.8 million in
Q1 2014 as the fair value of interest rate hedges and remaining deferred loan
costs relating to the original Term Loan B.
Bård Stenberg, Investor Relations Manager
Phone: +47 67 51 43 16
Mobile: +47 99 24 52 35
Tore Langballe, SVP Corporate Communications
Phone: +47 67 51 43 75
Mobile: +47 90 77 78 41
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Petroleum Geo-Services is a focused marine geophysical company providing a broad
range of seismic and reservoir services, including acquisition, processing,
interpretation, and field evaluation. The company also possesses the world's
most extensive MultiClient data library. PGS operates on a worldwide basis with
headquarters at Lilleaker Oslo, Norway.
For more information on Petroleum Geo-Services visit www.pgs.com.
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The information included herein contains certain forward-looking statements that
address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, projects,
believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future. These statements are
based on various assumptions made by the Company, which are beyond its control
and are subject to certain additional risks and uncertainties. The Company is
subject to a large number of risk factors including but not limited to the
demand for seismic services, the demand for data from our multi-client data
library, the attractiveness of our technology, unpredictable changes in
governmental regulations affecting our markets and extreme weather conditions.
For a further description of other relevant risk factors we refer to our Annual
Report for 2012. As a result of these and other risk factors, actual events and
our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in or implied by
such forward-looking statements. The reservation is also made that inaccuracies
or mistakes may occur in the information given above about current status of the
Company or its business. Any reliance on the information above is at the risk of
the reader, and PGS disclaims any and all liability in this respect.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements pursuant to section
5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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