- AMJ advises Bank Muscat on US$525 million term facility
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AMJ has advised Bank Muscat, Oman’s largest bank by assets, on a three-year term loan facility of US$525 million with a consortium of 12 relationship banks which closed on March 8. Part of the proceeds of the loan, which was coordinated by Bank ABC and National Bank of Abu Dhabi, will be used to refinance the bank’s existing term loan of US$600 million which the Bank raised in 2014. The remainder will be used for project financing and general corporate financing.
Bank ABC and `Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC acted as Joint Coordinators and Mizuho Bank as Facility Agent. The Bookrunners and Mandated Lead Arrangers of the term loan facility were Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank ABC, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Emirates NBD Bank PJSC, ICBC, Mizuho Bank Ltd, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, and Wells Fargo Bank. Landesbank Baden-Württemberg joined as a Mandated Lead Arranger
The transaction was subscribed 1.5 times. According to AbdulRazak Ali Issa, Chief Executive, “The strong response by the participating banks reflects the positive outlook on the Sultanate’s economic development [..and] underscores the confidence in the bank’s financials in the prevailing economic situation.”
Marcus Pery, banking and finance partner, led AMJ’s team. Linklaters LLP, UK acted for the Arranger and the Agent