NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) ("Aegean" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a new $120 million credit facility for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aegean Oil Terminal Corporation arranged by local United Arab Emirates banks.
E. Nikolas Tavlarios, President of the Company, commented, "We are pleased with the confidence our UAE banking group has shown in our business and believe their support will help drive our growth plans in the region. With this new facility, we have established more favorable terms with lower margin and longer maturity dates than our 2013 Fujairah Credit Facility, further enhancing our financial flexibility. Our Fujairah storage facility has been received well in the marketplace and we quickly achieved a high utilization rate driven by our strong marketing strategy and the valuable support of our local banking group.
Proceeds from the loan, which was secured at lower rates and with a longer tenor than the Company's existing 2013 Fujairah Credit Facility, were used to repay the indebtedness currently outstanding on that facility of $45.2 million. The balance of proceeds are expected to be used to opportunistically purchase supply while pursuing Aegean's strategy of selling blended products to generate greater profitability.
The facility was arranged by the United Arab Bank, and funded by the United Arab Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Commercial Bank of Dubai, and the National Bank of Oman.
About Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc.
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. is an international marine fuel logistics company that markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to ships in port and at sea. The Company procures product from various sources (such as refineries, oil producers, and traders) and resells it to a diverse group of customers across all major commercial shipping sectors and leading cruise lines. Currently, Aegean has a global presence in 31 markets, including Vancouver, Montreal, Mexico, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Gibraltar, U.K., Northern Europe, Piraeus, Patras, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Morocco, the Amsterdam-Antwerp-Rotterdam (ARA) region, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Panama, Hong Kong, Barcelona, the U.S. East Coast, Los Angeles, the U.S. Gulf, Algeciras, Germany and Russia. The Company has also entered into a strategic alliance to extend its global reach to China. To learn more about Aegean, visit http://www.ampni.com.
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In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include our ability to manage growth, our ability to maintain our business in light of our proposed business and location expansion, our ability to obtain double hull secondhand bunkering tankers, the outcome of legal, tax or regulatory proceedings to which we may become a party, adverse conditions in the shipping or the marine fuel supply industries, our ability to retain our key suppliers and key customers, material disruptions in the availability or supply of crude oil or refined petroleum products, changes in the market price of petroleum, including the volatility of spot pricing, increased levels of competition, compliance or lack of compliance with various environmental and other applicable laws and regulations, our ability to collect accounts receivable, changes in the political, economic or regulatory conditions in the markets in which we operate, and the world in general, our failure to hedge certain financial risks associated with our business, our ability to maintain our current tax treatments and our failure to comply with restrictions in our credit agreements and other factors. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.
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