Iceland's Landsvirkjun bags USD-150m sustainability-linked revolver

Icelandic state-owned power company Landsvirkjun has secured a USD-150-million (EUR 133.3m) revolving credit line to support its general corporate needs and refinance existing debt, it said on Thursday.

With a three-year term, two one-year extension options and without a guarantee, the credit facility was provided by a group of lenders led by Barclays Bank PLC and SEB. Its margin is linked to a sustainability incentive structure that fits Landsvirkjun’s focus on clean energy and climate action, the company said.

The new credit line refinances the company’s USD-200-million facility maturing in 2020. Landsvirkjun noted the new debt is smaller in size in view of its reduced need for liquidity and improvements in underlying financials.

Other participants in the financing agreement include ING Belgium SA/NV, Arion Bank hf and BNP Paribas.

Also as part of its sustainability-linked financing initiatives, Landsvirkjun last year raised USD 200 million by selling green bonds on the US private placement market and used them for the construction of the 90-MW Theistareykir geothermal power station and the Burfell II hydropower plant (HPP) in Iceland.

(USD 1.0 = EUR 0.888)

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