Assured Guaranty guarantees €200 million of debt for France’s A28 toll road refinancing

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Assured Guaranty Europe has guaranteed principal and interest payments on €200 million of debt instruments as part of the refinancing of France’s A28 toll road. The guaranteed debt, issued by Autoroute de Liaison Seine-Sarthe Corporate, consists of a 30-year amortising floating-rate loan from four Spanish banks and a 35-year amortising fixed-rate note from a single UK institutional investor. These tranches are part of a larger financing package raised by a consortium of sponsors including Aberdeen, CVC, PGGM and Vauban to refinance the toll road, which began operations in 2006. AGE also provided a €55.5 million debt service reserve guarantee covering six months of debt service on ALiS’s entire debt. The transaction highlights growing demand for AGE’s AA-rated financial guarantee, which enabled lenders to offer very long-term financing at competitive pricing.

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Financials · 3 stocks
Assured Guaranty Ltd
AGO
▲ PositiveDemandrelevance

Assured Guaranty's guarantee on €200 million debt and €55.5 million reserve highlights growing demand for its financial guarantee product.

Off-coverage companies 3

Autoroute de Liaison Seine-Sarthe CorporatePrivate▲ Positive
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Refinancing of the toll road's debt with guaranteed instruments improves its financial structure.

PGGMPrivate± Mixed
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Vauban Infrastructure PartnersPrivate± Mixed
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