UGI Announces Debt Refinancing.VALLEY FORGE, Pa. -- UGI Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UGI UGI abbr. upper gastrointestinal (as in series) ) today announced that AGZ AGZ Anarchistische Gummizelle (Düsseldorf Film Performance) AGZ Actual Ground Zero Holding, parent company of Antargaz, its French liquefied petroleum gas liquefied petroleum gas or LPG, mixture of gases, chiefly propane and butane, produced commercially from petroleum and stored under pressure to keep it in a liquid state. distributor, has executed a new five-year, floating rate Senior Facilities Agreement with a major French bank providing for a EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 380 million term loan and a EUR 50 million revolving credit facility. AGZ Finance then notified the holders of its EUR 165 million 10% Senior Notes due 2011 of its decision to redeem the Notes, including a premium, pursuant to the Trust Deed governing the Notes. The proceeds of the term loan were used, in part, to repay the existing EUR 175 million Senior Facility; the balance will be used to fund the redemption of the Notes in early January 2006, and for general corporate purposes. Lon R. Greenberg, chairman and chief executive officer of UGI, said, "The refinancing of Antargaz debt will significantly reduce annual interest expense while maintaining a strong and flexible financial position." In addition, AGZ Holding has executed an interest rate swap Interest Rate Swap A deal between banks or companies where borrowers switch floating-rate loans for fixed rate loans in another country. These can be either the same or different currencies. agreement with the same bank to fix the rate of interest on the term loan for the duration of the loan. Annual interest expense after tax is expected to decline by approximately EUR 5 million. The refinancing is expected to result in a negligible loss on early extinguishment of debt in the second fiscal quarter. UGI is a holding company with propane marketing, utility and energy marketing subsidiaries. Through subsidiaries, UGI owns 44% of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. (NYSE:APU APU Azusa Pacific University APU Auxiliary Power Unit APU Alaska Pacific University APU Asia Pacific University (Japan) APU American Public University APU Anglia Polytechnic University (Chelmsford) ), the nation's largest retail propane marketer, and owns Antargaz, one of the largest LPG LPG: see liquefied petroleum gas. 1. LPG - Linguaggio Procedure Grafiche (Italian for "Graphical Procedures Language"). dott. Gabriele Selmi. Roughly a cross between Fortran and APL, with graphical-oriented extensions and several peculiarities. distributors in France. Comprehensive information about UGI Corporation is available on the Internet at http://www.ugicorp.com. This press release contains certain forward-looking statements which management believes to be reasonable as of today's date only. Actual results may differ significantly because of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management's control. Among them are adverse weather conditions, price volatility and availability of all energy products, including propane, natural gas, electricity and fuel oil, increased customer conservation measures, domestic and international economic and political conditions and currency exchange rates. You should read UGI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more extensive list of factors that could affect results. UGI undertakes no obligation to release revisions to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after today. |
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