{"id":1783,"date":"2024-09-23T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1783"},"modified":"2024-09-23T06:00:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T06:00:27","slug":"romanias-utility-group-electrica-plans-to-raise-eur-1-1-bln-in-bonds-and-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=1783","title":{"rendered":"Romania&#8217;s utility group Electrica plans to raise EUR 1.1 bln in bonds and loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian electricity utility group Electrica (BVB: EL), with the state as the main (but not majority) shareholder, is planning to issue in 2025-2026 one or more &#8220;green&#8221; or &#8220;sustainable&#8221; bonds with a total envisaged value of EUR 500 million and to open a EUR 620 million credit facility.<\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s shareholders are invited to endorse management&#8217;s plans on November 8, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bursa.ro\/electrica-vrea-sa-emita-obligatiuni-in-valoare-de-pana-la-500-milioane-euro-02325350?mc_cid=76a4f83eb9&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bursa.ro<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The distribution networks in Romania (out of which Electrica&#8217;s is the largest) need total investments of EUR 1.2 billion per year until 2050, according to the &#8220;Grid for Speed&#8221; study commissioned by Eurelectric, the association of the electrical industry in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The four Romanian electricity distribution operators in Romania filed investment projects worth RON 16.7 billion (over EUR 3 billion) for partial financing under the Modernisation Fund. The need for co-financing from own sources is proportionally large. Electrica&#8217;s investment budget for this year is RON 1.1 billion (EUR 220 million).<\/p>\n<p>The bonds planned by Electrica can be denominated both in local currency (lei) and other currencies and can be issued in the capital market of Romania or on a foreign market based on a flexible structure with a fixed or variable interest rate. The maximum maturity of the bonds will be up to ten years, to be sold through an offer addressed to institutional investors.<\/p>\n<p>Electrica shareholders will also be asked to endorse management&#8217;s plan for contracting a syndicated credit facility worth up to RON 3.1 billion (EUR 620 million) and the creation of related guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>Electrica is a key player in the electricity distribution, supply, and production market in Romania, as well as one of the most important players in the energy services sector.<\/p>\n<p>The volume of electricity distributed was 17.05 TWh last year, down 3.8% y\/y. Its electricity distribution arm, DEER, serves approximately 3.93 million users in an area covering approximately 40.8% of Romania&#8217;s territory.<\/p>\n<p>Electrica&#8217;s consolidated revenues edged down slightly to RON 13.3 billion (EUR 2.66 billion) in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Its market capitalisation reached RON 4.8 billion (EUR 0.96 billion) after its shares rose by 47.5% over the past year. The company distributed dividends from last year&#8217;s profit resulting in a 0.83% yield.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florin Brezeanu\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian electricity utility group Electrica (BVB: EL), with the state as the main (but not majority) shareholder, is planning to issue in 2025-2026 one or more &#8220;green&#8221; or &#8220;sustainable&#8221; bonds with a total envisaged value of EUR 500 million and to open a EUR 620 million credit facility. The company&#8217;s shareholders are invited to endorse [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1783\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}