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San Miguel signs biggest Asian dollar loan in 2024 to repay debt
San Miguel Corp has signed the biggest syndicated dollar loan in Asia so far this year to refinance a similar borrowing facility due in December, according to people familiar with the matter.
The conglomerate inked the US$2 billion deal last week with 35 banks, under which it will pay an interest rate of 180 basis points over the benchmark Secured Overnight Financing Rate to borrow for five years, said the people who requested anonymity discussing private matters. The loan is the biggest in US-currency terms this year in Asia outside Japan, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
San Miguel, a power-to-ports conglomerate which is the Philippines’ largest firm by revenue, didn’t immediately respond to a text message from Bloomberg seeking comment.
The deal will help San Miguel ease repayment pressures stemming from the more than US$3 billion of debt it had coming due in 2024. The company said last month that it was optimistic that the Philippines’ healthy macroeconomic fundamentals and its own strategy will support its growth momentum this year.
San Miguel’s net income jumped 67% last year, even as sales fell 4%, according to a stock exchange filing published last month. The conglomerate’s interest-bearing debt was little changed at 1.4 trillion pesos (US$24.7 billion) as of December 2023, from a year earlier, while its total assets were about 2.5 trillion pesos, based on the filing.
The mandated lead arrangers and bookrunners for the latest loan deal were Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd, Bank of China Ltd’s Hong Kong branch, CTBC Bank Co, ING Groep NV, Maybank Kim Eng Securities Pte Ltd, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc, Mizuho Bank Ltd, Rabobank Group, Standard Chartered Plc and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp, according to the people. Each of the above banks underwrote about US$112 million each, the people said.
- Bloomberg
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