Pacific Basin has announced the successful closing of its US$150 million Sustainability-Linked 3-year Senior Unsecured Committed Revolving Credit Facility for general corporate purposes.
This represents Pacific Basin’s inaugural sustainability-linked loan facility. BNP Paribas and/or its affiliates (BNPP) and Citigroup Global Markets Asia Limited and/or its affiliates (Citi) acted as the Joint Coordinating Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners and Joint Sustainability Coordinators of the Facility.
BNPP and Citi have been joined in the Facility by Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, Iyo Bank Limited, SBI Shinsei Bank Limited and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ).
The Facility aligns funding with Pacific Basin’s corporate sustainability agenda, which features a tiered pricing mechanism, with interest margin adjustments linked to predetermined key performance indices (KPIs) based on annual sustainability performance targets (SPTs). The chosen KPIs address carbon intensity and crew safety, which are material environmental and social topics in the industry and ESG issues that Pacific Basin prioritises as most important.
Pacific Basin has engaged Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s), a leading global provider of credit ratings, research and risk analysis, to provide a Second Party Opinion that opines on the relevance of the KPIs and robustness of the SPTs, and on their alignment with Pacific Basin’s ESG ambitions, including targeting net zero by 2050 and safeguarding the safety, health and wellbeing of the Company’s staff at sea.
This Facility strengthens our financial capacity and diversifies our funding profile while reinforcing our commitment to sustainable shipping. The Facility’s unsecured profile, competitive pricing and oversubscription reflect the market’s support for Pacific Basin and its ESG initiatives.
… said Martin Fruergaard, CEO of Pacific Basin
