Ferrexpo prepares to get new PXF for USD 0.5 bln

The shareholders of Poltava Iron Ore (PGOK UK), a
subsidiary of Ferrexpo (FXPOLN, FXPO LN), agreed at an Aug. 8 meeting to act as
guarantors for a new pre-export facility for Ferrexpo, the Interfax-Ukraine
news agency reported the same day. They agreed to guarantee a four-year credit
line for up to USD 500 mln with an interest rate no higher than 3M LIBOR + 4pp.

Andriy
Perederey: There has been no official
announcement from Ferrexpo on a possible facility. But we expect that these
legal actions will have consequences and the company will receive the
pre-export credit line this autumn. The company has healthy debt metrics with
net debt of USD 481 mln and a net debt-to-LTM EBITDA ratio of just 0.96x as of
end-1H17. The new facility can reduce Ferrexpo’s average cost of debt, which
was 7.7% in 1H17. All in all, we retain our neutral view on Ferrexpo bonds,
viewing both the upside and downside risks of its price being balanced.