SOFIA (Bulgaria), December 14 (SeeNews) – Energo-Pro Varna, a Bulgarian unit of Czech power utility Energo-Pro, said on Thursday it has repaid early its 130 million euro ($154.6 million) bond issue, which was originally due in 2023.
Energo-Pro Varna has paid 448,000 levs in accrued interest and 131.95 million levs, representing 101.5% of the principal, as a result of exercising a call option on the bond, the company said in a bourse filing.
The bond issue carried an annual coupon of 3.5%.
Earlier this month, the Czech parent company Energo-Pro said it placed its first Eurobond issue in the volume of 370 million euro in London. The net proceeds from the five-year issue will be used for payments on existing loans and for general corporate purposes, the company said at the time.
The Eurobonds are payable on December 7, 2022, with 4.0 % fixed coupon per year. They will be quoted on the Irish Stock Exchange.
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