Altech Chemicals Ltd (ASX:ATC) Listed Green Bond Preparations Progressing Well
Highlights
- Preparation progressing well and on track
- HPA project 49% less carbon footprint than conventional HPA
Altech is working closely with London based structuring agent, Bedford Row Capital PLC (Bedford Row) and Bluemount Capital (WA) Pty Ltd (Bluemount) to prepare for a Bond offering. Preparations for the offering commenced in December 2020, and have now progressed to a point where due diligence is complete - including an environmental social governance (ESG) audit; a draft facility agreement is distributed; and a preliminary offering document is being reviewed. Altech is aiming to raise US$144m from the proposed bond issue, of which US$100m will be used as secondary debt for its Johor HPA plant (with US$44m to service bond interest during the HPA plant construction phase - see Figure 1 ). Senior project finance of US$190m is already committed from German government owned KfW IPEX