Extension of Principal Bank Debt Facility

RNS Number : 5688B
Wood Group (John) PLC
09 October 2020
 

 

9 October 2020

John Wood Group PLC ('Wood' or 'the Company')

LEI:  549300PLYY6I10B6S323

Wood extends principal bank debt facility to May 2023

 

Wood, the global engineering and consultancy company, today announces the extension of its revolving credit facility to May 2023. Recognising the Company's lower debt requirement against a backdrop of considerable financial headroom and liquidity, the current $1.75bn facility will step down to $1.5bn in May 2022 and remain at that level until maturity in May 2023.

The extension has been secured at competitive market rates, reflecting the strong support of our relationship banks. Covenants remain unchanged at 3.5x pre-IFRS 16 EBITDA.

Wood has considerable levels of financial headroom and liquidity.  At 30 June 2020, net debt was $1.22bn and the ratio of net debt excluding leases to adjusted EBITDA was 1.96x.  Undrawn facilities were $1.627bn compared to total financing facilities of over $3bn, including US private placement debt of c$880m with maturity dates weighted towards 2031.

Commenting on the extension, David Kemp, Chief Financial Officer said:

"This extension of our principal debt facility to May 2023 demonstrates the continued strength of support from our relationship banking partners and maintains Wood's strong liquidity and financial headroom in line with our conservative approach to debt financing arrangements."

Note to Editors:

 

Wood is a global leader in consulting, projects and operations solutions in energy and the built environment . www.woodplc.com  

 

Wood


Andrew Rose - Group Head of Investor Relations

01224 532 716

Ellie Dixon - Investor Relations Senior Manager

01224 851 369

 

Citigate Dewe Rogerson


Kevin Smith

Chris Barrie

020 7638 9571

 

 



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