In its 1Q earnings release last week, Navios Maritime Partners (“Navios Partners”) announced that it had amended the terms of its existing $235 million credit facility with Commerzbank in January. The company prepaid $40 million during the first quarter resulting in an approximate $1.5 million in interest expense savings for 2009 and a commensurate reduction in leverage. Throughout 2009, the partnership will additionally have to fund into a pledged account a further $37.5 million. The interest rate on the remaining facility of $195 million now bears a spread of 2.25%, giving an estimated interest rate of 3.98% for 2009 including
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Tags: · Cantor Fitzgerald, Citi, Commerzbank, DVB Capital Markets, JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch & Co., Natasha Boyden, Navios Holdings, Navios Maritime Partners, S. Goldman Advisors LLC
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