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Saturday, December 17 2022 - 04:29
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ASK Chemicals refinances senior credit facilities
HILDEN, Germany, Dec. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

The new financing provides for a EURO225 million senior secured term loan 
alongside a EURO40 million multi-currency senior revolving credit facility.

ASK Chemicals, a leading global supplier of high-performance industrial resins 
and materials, today announced that it has signed definitive agreements to 
refinance the company's existing senior secured credit facilities; consisting 
of a EURO190m senior secured term loan facility and a EURO25m senior secured 
multi-currency revolving credit facility. The new financing provides for 
EURO225m senior secured term loan facility and a EURO40m senior secured 
multi-currency revolving credit facility. Closing of the refinancing is 
expected to occur mid-January 2023.

Hubi Windegger, Chief Financial Officer of ASK Chemicals: "We are delighted to 
achieve this stage of the refinancing and associated extension of maturities. 
We believe this is a strong message of support from our lenders which reflects 
our resilient business performance and reduced leverage."

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE acted as sole mandated lead arranger and 
bookrunner on the financing.

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ABOUT ASK CHEMICALS:

ASK Chemicals Group, headquartered in Hilden near Düsseldorf (Germany), is a 
global supplier of high-performance industrial resins and materials. The 
company's products are mainly used in foundries and in the production of 
abrasives, refractories, impregnation, coatings, insulation and composite 
materials.

The Foundry division offers an exceptionally wide and innovative range of 
foundry consumables including binders, coatings, risers, filters, release 
agents as well as metallurgical products such as inoculants, inoculation wires 
and master alloys for iron casting.

The Industrial Resins division is a leader in the field of specialty phenolic 
resins. Our phenolic resins are the preferred choice when it comes to meeting 
the highest requirements in the areas of fire protection, energy consumption, 
service lifetime, health and safety at work.

The company has a production and sales network in 22 countries and employs 
approximately 2000 people worldwide. ASK Chemicals Group sees itself as a 
driving force of industry-specific innovations with research centers and 
laboratories in Europe, Asia, America and Africa.

Contact:
Verena Sander
Head of Global Communications
+49 211 71103-948
Verena.Sander@ask-chemicals.com

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Source: ASK Chemicals Group