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Kingspan Group Plc — Capital/Financing Update 2020
Sep 15, 2020
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Kingspan Group plc
Green Private Placement
15 September 2020
Kingspan Group plc, the global leader in high performance insulation and building envelope solutions, is pleased to announce the agreement of terms on a €750m Green Private Placement, the largest corporate Green Private Placement globally to date.
The new loan notes were priced on 10 September and, subject to contract, will close on 25 September 2020. €580m of the notes are Euro denominated with a further €170m equivalent in USD. The weighted average fixed Interest coupon is 1.78% per annum, with weighted average maturities of 9.7 years.
Geoff Doherty, Kingspan Group Chief Financial Officer, commented:
"We are delighted to have agreed terms on our first Green Private Placement at a compelling fixed interest rate. The pricing is a testament to Kingspan’s planet passionate strategy and provides long term capital to further develop the Group in the years ahead. As well as extending our maturity profile this transaction will leave us with in excess of €2 billion of cash and committed undrawn facilities."
Lorcan Dowd
Group Company Secretary