ArcelorMittal Extends conversion date on $1.0B of convertible bonds; amends credit agreement
- Extends the $1bn privately placed mandatory convertible bond (MCB) issued on 28 December 2009 by one of its wholly-owned Luxembourg subsidiaries. This amendment to the MCB, which is mandatorily convertible into preferred shares of such subsidiary, was executed on 16 January 2014. The mandatory conversion date of the bond has been extended to 29 January 2016. The other main features of the MCB remain unchanged. The bond was placed privately with a Luxembourg affiliate of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and is not listed.
- The subsidiary has simultaneously executed amendments providing for the extension of the outstanding notes into which it invested the proceeds of the bond issuance, which are linked to shares of the listed companies Eregli Demir Va Celik Fab. T. AS of Turkey and China Oriental, both of which are held by ArcelorMittal subsidiaries.
Amendment to credit agreement
- It reduced its syndicated revolving credit facility originally entered into in March 2011, which may be utilized for general corporate purposes and which matures in 2016, from $6bn to $3.6bn. It also reduced its syndicated revolving credit facility originally entered into in May 2010, which may be utilized for general corporate purposes, from $4bn to $2.4bn, and it extended the maturity date of that facility to 6 November 2018.
- The subsidiary has simultaneously executed amendments providing for the extension of the outstanding notes into which it invested the proceeds of the bond issuance, which are linked to shares of the listed companies Eregli Demir Va Celik Fab. T. AS of Turkey and China Oriental, both of which are held by ArcelorMittal subsidiaries.
Amendment to credit agreement
- It reduced its syndicated revolving credit facility originally entered into in March 2011, which may be utilized for general corporate purposes and which matures in 2016, from $6bn to $3.6bn. It also reduced its syndicated revolving credit facility originally entered into in May 2010, which may be utilized for general corporate purposes, from $4bn to $2.4bn, and it extended the maturity date of that facility to 6 November 2018.