BW LPG Agreed To Acquire 12 Modern Very Large Gas Carriers From Avance Gas For $ 1.05B
BW LPG Agreed To Acquire 12 Modern Very Large Gas Carriers From Avance Gas For $ 1.05B
The acquisition fleet comprises four 91K CBM dual fuel VLGCs, of which two are 2022-built and two are 2023-built, and eight 2015-built 83K CBM VLGCs of which six are scrubber-fitted.
收購船隊包括四艘9.1萬立方米雙燃料VLGC，其中兩艘爲2022年建造，兩艘爲2023年建造，以及八艘2015年建造的8.3萬立方米VLGC，其中六艘安裝了洗滌器。
The Transaction is funded through the issuance of 19.282 million new BW LPG shares to Avance Gas, a cash consideration of US$ 585.4 million, of which US$ 368 million is to fund the repayment of the existing bank debt of 10 vessels. Remaining debt in the amount of US$ 132 million pertaining to two sale-leaseback vessels is to be novated. US$ 235.4 million of the cash consideration will be paid from BW LPG's available cash resources and US$ 350 million will be financed by a shareholder loan from BW Group, BW LPG's largest shareholder.
此交易通過向Avance Gas發行1928.2萬股新的BW LPG股份、支付現金價值58540萬美元，其中36800萬美元用於償還10艘船舶現有的銀行債務，剩餘的13200萬美元債務與兩艘出售-租賃回租船舶有關應轉讓。58540萬美元中的23540萬美元將從BW LPG的可用現金資源中支付，35000萬美元將由BW Group、BW LPG的最大股東提供股東貸款。