Toyobo Co., Ltd. TSE:3101

Toyobo : Notice Regarding the Conclusion of a Subordinated Term Loan Agreement

Published

Source: MarketScreener

September 25, 2024

To whom it may concern,

Name of company:

Toyobo Co., Ltd.

Name of representative: Ikuo Takeuchi,

President and Representative Director

(Stock code: 3101, Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Contact:

Hidekazu Takahashi,

General Manager, Financial Department

(TEL +81-6-6348-3137)

Notice Regarding the Conclusion of a Subordinated Term Loan Agreement

Toyobo Co., Ltd. ("Toyobo," hereafter) hereby announces that it concluded today (September 25, 2024) a subordinated term loan (the "Subordinated Loan," hereafter) agreement, which Toyobo announced in "Notice regarding financing through a subordinated loan and publicly offered subordinated bonds" dated August 8, 2024. The details are as follows.

For details of the terms and conditions of the publicly offered subordinated bonds, please refer to the announcement of "Notice Regarding Determination of Terms and Conditions of Publicly Offered Subordinated Bonds" on September 6, 2024.

1. Outline of the Subordinated Loan

(1) Loan amount

23.0 billion yen

(2) Signing date

September 25, 2024

(3) Loan execution date

September 30, 2024

(4) Final repayment date

September 30, 2059

However, Toyobo may make early repayment of all or part of the

principal of the Subordinated Loan on September 30, 2029 and any

interest payment date on or after September 30, 2029.

(5) Optional deferral of interest

Toyobo may defer part or all of the payment of the interest on the

payments

Subordinated Loan at its discretion on certain interest payment dates.

(6) Replacement

Toyobo does not intend to repayment the Subordinated Loan early

unless it will raise funds that have been approved by ratings agencies

as having equity content attributed equal to common shares or the

Subordinated Loan within the 12-month period before the early

redemption date. However, if the interest payment date is September

30, 2029 or thereafter and certain financial standards have been met,

Toyobo may forgo all or a portion of the above financing.

(7) Subordination

In the event liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization and rehabilitation

proceedings under Japanese laws, and similar proceedings under

laws other than Japanese laws is made against to Toyobo, the

creditors of the Subordinated loan may claim repayment under the

agreement after the repayment of all debts excluding the first

preferred stock and the subordinated debts ranking pari passu with

the Subordinated Loan.

No term and conditions of the Subordinated Loan may be changed to

the disadvantage of any creditors other than the creditors of the

subordinated debts in any respect whatsoever. Such amendment or

variation shall not be effective.

(8) Acquired rating

BBB (Rating and Investment Information, Inc.)

BBB+ (Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.)

(9) Equity

Class 3, equity 50% (Rating and Investment Information, Inc.)

Medium, 50% (Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd.)