Bruchou & Funes de Rioja and Beccar Varela advise on Vista Energy Argentina’s Class XX Notes Issuance.
Buenos Aires, June 9th, 2023. On June 5th, Vista Energy Argentina S.A.U. successfully issued Series XX Notes — simple, non-convertible into shares, denominated and payable in U.S. Dollars— for a total nominal amount of US$13,500,000. The issuance was carried out under the company’s Global Program of up to US$800,000,000.
Series XX Notes, maturing on July 20th, 2025, will accrue interest at a nominal annual fixed rate, equivalent to 4.50%, and will amortize its principal in one payment on the maturing date.
Additionally, Series XX Notes were admitted for listing on Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos S.A., and authorized for trading at Mercado Abierto Electrónico S.A. On May 24th, Moody’s Local AR Agente de Calificación de Riesgo S.A. and FIX SCR S.A. Agente de Calificación de Riesgo (Fitch Ratings affiliate) locally rated Series XX Notes “AAA.ar”, with a stable outlook.
In this Notes issuance, Banco BBVA Argentina S.A., Banco Macro S.A., and Macro Securities S.A.U. acted as placement agents (all together, the “Placement Agents”).
Counsel to Vista
Bruchou & Funes de Rioja: team led by José María Bazán, assisted by Ramón Augusto Poliche, Josefina Mortola Saiach and Branko Serventich.
In-house counsel: Florencia Hardoy y Rosario Maffrand.
Counsel to Placement Agents
Beccar Varela: team led by Luciana Denegri, assisted by María Inés Cappelletti and María Belén Tschudy.