(CercleFinance.com) – Bouygues announces the successful placement of its bond issue for a total amount of 2.25 billion euros, thus taking a step forward in the refinancing of the syndicated loan of 4.7 billion for a period of two years, used for the acquisition of Equans.
The group specifies that this placement comprises two tranches of 1.25 billion euros at 10 years, bearing a coupon of 4.625%, on the one hand, and one billion euros at 20 years, bearing a coupon of 5.375 %, on the other hand.
The economic costs of these two tranches for the conglomerate, after taking pre-hedging operations into account, stand at levels slightly below 2.05% and 3.15% respectively.