Vista Oil & Gas Argentina issues Class IV and V Notes.
PRESS RELEASE
On August 7th, 2020, Vista Oil & Gas Argentina S.A.U. (“Vista Argentina”) issued Notes for a nominal value equivalent to US$30 million: Class IV Notes, denominated, subscribed and payable in Argentine Pesos, and Class V Notes, denominated in US Dollars, subscribed and payable in Argentine Pesos at the exchange rate established in the offering documents (dollar-linked) (the “Notes”). The issuance was carried out under the company’s Global Program of up to US$800 million (or its equivalent in other currencies and/or units of value).
Class IV Notes’ will be due on February 7th, 2022, accruing interest at an annual floating rate equivalent to the sum of a Badlar rate + 1.37% margin, amortizing the capital in one single payment on the due date.
Class V Notes’ will be due on August 7th, 2023. They will accrue no interest since the bidding process resulted in a fixed nominal annual rate of 0%; they will amortize the capital in one single payment on the due date.
The Notes are listed in Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos S.A. and Mercado Abierto Electrónico S.A. FIX SCR S.A. rated the Notes A+ (arg).
Allaria Ledesma & Cia. S.A., BACS Banco de Crédito y Securitización S.A., Balanz Capital Valores S.A.U., Banco BBVA Argentina S.A., Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires S.A.U., Banco Itaú Argentina S.A., Banco Macro S.A., Banco Santander Río S.A., Itaú Valores S.A., Macro Securities S.A., Puente Hnos. S.A., SBS Trading S.A. and TPCG Valores S.A.U. acted as placement agents.
Counsel to Vista Argentina
Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi: team led by José María Bazán, assisted by Emilio Díaz Reynolds and Facundo Sainato.
In-house counsel: Florencia Hardoy and Rosario Maffrand.
Counsel to Placement Agents
Beccar Varela: team led by Luciana Denegri, assisted by María Victoria Pavani, María Inés Cappelletti and Carolina Daher.