据路透社7月7日消息,主营非洲石油勘探的图洛石油公司发行了价值3亿美元的可调换债券,称此举旨在使公司投资者基础多元化。债券发行导致该公司股价跌至3个月以来最低水平。
图洛石油7月5日表示,债券将于2021年到期,发行兑换价较该公司7月6日的股价溢价30-35%,机构投资者的优惠折扣在5.875-6.625%之间。
图洛公司称,这笔金额将用于东、西非地区的投资,开发新油田与一般企业用途。
首席财务官伊恩?斯普林格特表示:“计划发行可调换债券能够使图洛石油的融资渠道多元化,公司投资者基础将进一步扩大。”
公司知情人士透露,此前已预计到初期的消极股价反应,因为债券投资者一般会进行对冲操作,对股价做空头交易。
4月份,图洛石油曾宣布,贷款方已同意延长一笔贷款一年期的循环贷款融通,并对另一笔贷款作灵活处理,在油价低迷时照顾图洛石油财务状况。
詹乐乾 摘译自路透社,2016.07.07
原文如下:
Tullow issues $300 million bond to fund projects
Africa-focused oil explorer Tullow Oil has issued convertible bonds worth $300 million, a move it said was designed to diversify its investor base, sending its shares to the lowest in nearly three months.
The bonds, due in 2021 and offered at a conversion price set at a 30-35 per cent premium to the average Tullow share price on July 6, will be offered to institutional investors at a coupon between 5.875-6.625 per cent, Tullow said yesterday.
Tullow said it would use the money raised to pay for investments in West and East Africa, where it is developing new oil fields, and general corporate purposes.
"The proposed convertible bond issue will further diversify Tullow Oil's sources of funding and give the company access to a new investor base," said Chief Financial Officer Ian Springett.
An initial negative share price reaction had been expected due to bond investors typically hedging their purchases by taking a short position on the share price, a source close to the company said.
In April, the oil producer announced its lenders had agreed to extend a revolving loan facility by a year and to increase flexibility on another, helping Tullow keep its finances in order amid weak crude prices.