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Debt Financing

The Schibsted group’s most important sources of debt financing are flexible multi-currency loan facilities and bonds. The group also has long-term loans from Nordic Investment Bank and Eksportfinans and makes use of short-term financing in the commercial paper market when conditions are favorable.

The group follows a strategy whereby undrawn long-term credit facilities will always be sufficient to cover any short-term commercial paper loans.

One of the Multi-currency loan facilities has been renewed with a 5 year facility of EUR 125 million in March 2013 and the group’s financing structure is after this as follows*:

Loan

Total facility

Due

Multi-currency loan facility

EUR  325 million

Aug 2015

Multi-currency loan facility

EUR  125 million 

Mar 2018

FRN NOK 300 million Dec 2013
FRN NOK 400 million Dec 2015
FRN NOK 500 million March 2017
Bond NOK 300 million March 2019
Bond NOK 250 million Dec 2022
FRN NOK 150 million Dec 2022

Nordic Investment Bank

EUR 4 million

Jun 2014

Nordic Investment Bank

NOK 175 million

Apr 2019

Eksportfinans EUR 25 million Jan 2014
Eksportfinans EUR 25 million Jan 2016

*) Multi-currency loan facilities, bonds and loans from Eksportfinans fall due in their entirety at the stated due date. The loans in NIB have a regulated repayment profile. Final due dates are stated in the above table.

Schibsted’s long-term loans carry a floating interest rate and are linked to the money market interest rates plus a margin. For each percentage point change in the floating interest rate, Schibsted’s interest expenses will be adjusted by approximately NOK 25 million.

Schibsted’s loan agreements contain requirements for net interest-bearing debt (NIBD) in relation to the operating profit before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA).

Based on the most recently published quarterly report at 31 March 2013, Schibsted has undrawn credit facilities amounting to NOK 3.4 billion.

Published: 11/8/2010 7:56 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2013 10:49 AM