FIBRA Prologis Refinances US$290 Million of its Unsecured Senior Term Loan Facilities

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Mar 07, 2019, 17:14 ET

MEXICO CITY, March 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- FIBRA Prologis (BMV: FIBRAPL 14), is a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico, today announced it has refinanced US$290.0 million of its unsecured senior term loan facilities.

The new unsecured senior term loan facility is scheduled to mature in February 2023 and can be extended to 2024 with a 12-month extension at the borrower's option. Interest is at LIBOR plus 235, a 10 bps reduction if compared to the previous financing.

The new unsecured term loan was used to repay the senior term loan of US$255.0 million maturing in December 2020 and US$35 million toward the line of credit.

"We are pleased to close this syndicated senior term loan facility," said Jorge Girault, senior vice president, Finance, Prologis Property Mexico. "This financing improves our balance sheet risk profile further laddering out our debt maturities, increasing the weighted average term to 5 years."

ABOUT FIBRA PROLOGIS

FIBRA Prologis is a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico. As of December 31, 2018, FIBRA Prologis was comprised of 200 logistics and manufacturing facilities in six industrial markets in Mexico totaling 36.0 million square feet (3.3 million square meters) of gross leasable area.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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