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Abengoa Bonds Jump Most on Record After Report on Capital Raise
2015-09-23 12:31:56.935 GMT
By Rodrigo Orihuela
(Bloomberg) -- Bonds of Abengoa SA, the Spanish renewable energy company that has lost almost half its market value this year, rose the most on record after a report that it is near an agreement on a capital increase. The shares also jumped.
Abengoa’s 500 million euros ($557 million) of 6 percent bonds due March 2021 surged 49 percent to 40 cents on the euro, the biggest increase on record, at
2:27 p.m. Madrid time. The Seville-based company’s 550 million euros of 8.875 percent notes maturing in February 2018 rose 48 percent to 41.7 cents on the euro, which was also a record.
The producer of renewable energy has been negotiating for weeks with creditors to get backing to raise 650 million euros in a capital increase that was announced on Aug. 3. The intention is to raise funds to cut debt and to cover cash flow needs.
Expansion, a Spanish newspaper, reported on Wednesday that Abengoa has held talks with creditors this week and that an agreement to go ahead with the capital increase is practically sealed.
Investors have been concerned about the willingness of banks to support Abengoa, with JPMorgan Chase & Co. having said in a note that the company has “almost exhausted of all its options.”
Abengoa’s Class B shares, the most widely traded, rose 23 percent to 94.9 cents in Madrid at 2:23 p.m. local time. That’s the most since Aug. 25.
A press officer for the company, who cannot be named under corporate policy, declined to comment.