Business
ATOME signs definitive debt agreements
ATOME PLC has signed definitive debt agreements for a US$420 million debt package, a significant portion of the US$650 million total financing for its 260,000-tonne-per-year low-carbon fertiliser plant in Villeta, Paraguay. The company anticipates signing definitive equity agreements within 30 days, which are a condition for the debt commitments. This development positions ATOME as a stable, low-carbon fertiliser producer independent of fossil fuels, with the project expected to be managed by ATOME on behalf of funders. Disclaimer*
About this update from Atome Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n \n13 March 2026\n \nATOME PLC\n(\"ATOME\" or the \"Company\")\n \nATOME signs definitive debt agreements for the US$650 million Villeta Project, Paraguay\n \nSigned at the IDB Group Annual Meetings in Asuncion, Paraguay\n \nATOME (AIM: ATOM), the world-leading low-carbon fertiliser developer and the UK's only dedicated international industrial scale low-carbon fertiliser company, is pleased to announce the signing of the debt financing documents (\"the Definitives\") with the Lenders for the US$420 million total debt package in respect of the US$650 million landmark, 260,000 tonnes-per-year, low-carbon fertiliser plant at Villeta, Paraguay (\"Villeta\" or \"the Project\").\n \nHighlights:\n \n\n\n\n\n•\n\n\nDefinitive debt financing documents signed for the entire debt package of US$420 million\n\n\n\n\n•\n\n\nSigning of the definitive equity agreements projected to follow within 30 days\n\n\n\n\n•\n\n\nRecent world events highlight ATOME's beneficial position as a stable producer of low-carbon fertiliser, independent of fossil fuels\n\n\n\n\n \nIntroduction\n \nDuring the Inter-American Development Bank Group's (\"IDB Group\") Annual Meetings held in Asuncion, Paraguay on 12 March 2026, the first to be held in the country since 2017, the Definitives relating to the structuring of and debt financing for the US$650 million Project funding were signed. The availability of debt commitments under the Definitives are subject to and conditional upon the equity documentation in mutually agreed form being signed between ATOME and the Equity Consortium within 30 days.\n \nThe Definitives\n \nThe Definitives were signed by James Spalding, President of ATOME Paraguay S.A.E., in the presence of ATOME Chair, Peter Levine, between ATOME's subsidiary, ATOME Paraguay S.A.E. (\"ProjectCo.\"), and the following lenders comprising the entire lender consortium (\"Lenders\"):\n \n\n\n\n\n(i)\n\n\nInter-American Investment Corporation (\"IDB Invest\"), the private sector arm of IDB Group\n\n\n\n\n(ii)\n\n\nInternational Finance Corporation, (\"IFC\"), part of the World Bank Group\n\n\n\n\n(iii)\n\n\nEuropean Investment Bank, (\"EIB\"), the lending arm of the European Union\n\n\n\n\n(iv)\n\n\nNederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V, (\"FMO\"), the Dutc...