Mercuria Energy Trading Pte Ltd (the "Company") USD281 Million Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility (the "Facility")

SINGAPORE, January 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Fourteen international banks lent overwhelming support to the maiden Asian syndicated facility for Mercuria Energy Trading Pte Ltd. The facility, which was launched at USD150 Million, closed oversubscribed with the final facility amount being upsized to USD281 Million.

The Company mandated BNP Paribas, ING Bank N.V., Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking and Standard Chartered Bank (each a "Mandated Lead Arranger and Bookrunner" or "MLAB" and together the "MLABs") for this transaction. Proceeds of the Facility will be utilised to finance the working capital requirements of the Company for its core activities. The revolving credit facility has a tenor of one year, and carries an interest rate of 1.50% per annum over LIBOR.

"We are very pleased to have such a positive response from our banking partners in Asia. We are building our presence in the region and this Revolving Credit Facility confirms the significance of our Asian business as well as the strength and importance of the Mercuria Singapore presence," says Mr Jin Han, Director Mercuria Asia.

The ten other participating banks in the transaction include: China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd, ICBC (London) Limited, Bank of Ayudhya, Europe Arab Bank plc, Chinatrust Commercial Bank Co., Ltd, Singapore Branch, Indian Bank, Singapore Branch, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG, Singapore Branch, Mega International Commercial Bank Co., Ltd., Offshore Banking Branch, PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk, Singapore Branch and Union de Banques Arabes et Francaises (UBAF).

Mercuria Energy Trading Pte Ltd, a wholly owned Singapore subsidiary (incorporated in 2004) of Mercuria Energy Group Ltd focuses on global trading of crude oil and refined oil products. Currently Mercuria has offices in Singapore, Beijing (China), Dubai (Emirates) and New Delhi (India). The Company is in the progress of setting up a representation office in Jakarta (Indonesia) and has entered into a joint venture arrangement with a local marketing company in Bangkok (Thailand).

Mercuria Group is an international group of companies active over a wide spectrum of global energy markets including crude oil and refined products, biodiesel and vegetable oil, natural gas, power, coal derivatives and carbon emissions. Diversified and rapidly growing, the Group currently trades oil and petroleum products in all main markets worldwide. In total nearly 82 million tonnes of physical oil and products were sold by the Group in 2008 versus nearly 61 million tonnes in 2007.

For more information about the Facility, kindly contact the following persons:

    From Mercuria Energy Trading Pte Ltd
    Ms Jennifer Chan
    Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific
    Tel: +65-6416-2700

    From ING Bank N.V.
    Mr Tibor Papp
    Head of Syndicated Finance, Asia Pacific
    Tel: +65-6232-6265

    From BNP Paribas
    Mr Flavian Sim
    Loan Syndication, South East Asia & India
    Tel: +65-6210-1384

    From Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
    Mr Jose Antonio Olano
    Head of Loan Syndication and Distribution, Asia Pacific
    Tel: +852-2166-5614

    From Standard Chartered Bank
    Ms Velarie Lee
    Syndications - South East Asia
    Tel: +65-6228-3446

SOURCE Mercuria Energy Group