Home Inns Group Announces Term Loan Refinancing
SHANGHAI, June 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc. (NASDAQ: HMIN) ("Home Inns Group" or "the Company"), a leading economy hotel chain in China, today announced that it completed the refinancing of its US dollar denominated term loan on June 28, 2013. The outstanding balance of the term loan, which was due in September 2015, was $117 million.
The new US dollar denominated term loan facility of $117 million, due in June 2016, was sourced from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with an annual rate of 3-month LIBOR plus 295 basis points, inclusive of all financing fees and on-going interest charges.
Ms. Huiping Yan, Home Inns Group's chief financial officer, commented, "In a tightening credit environment in China, the Company achieved improved terms and gained greater financial flexibility by successfully executing this refinancing initiative. This clearly demonstrates the soundness of our underlying business as well as our commitment to optimizing our overall capital structure to support the long term development of Home Inns Group."
About Home Inns Group
Home Inns Group is a leading economy hotel chain in China based on number of hotels and hotel rooms as well as geographic coverage of the hotel chain. Since the Company commenced operations in 2002, it has built Home Inns as one of the best-known economy hotel brands in China. In October of 2011, the Company acquired Motel 168, another well-known hotel chain in China, as its second economy hotel brand. Home Inns Group aims to offer a consistent product and high-quality services to primarily serve the fast growing population of value-conscious individual business and leisure travelers who demand clean, comfortable and convenient lodging. Home Inns Group's ADSs, each of which represents two ordinary shares, are currently trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "HMIN." For more information about Home Inns Group, please visit http://english.homeinns.com.
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This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar statements. Any statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Such factors and risks include our anticipated growth strategies; our future results of operations and financial condition; the economic conditions of China; the regulatory environment in China; our ability to attract customers and leverage our brand; trends and competition in the lodging industry; the expected growth of the lodging market in China; our expected successful consolidation and integration of Motel 168 with our existing operations; and other factors and risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release also contains statements or projections that are based upon information available to the public, as well as other information from sources which management believes to be reliable, but it is not guaranteed by us to be accurate, nor does it purport to be complete. We undertake no obligation to update or revise to the public any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless required by applicable law.
Contacts
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
Johnny Wang
Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc.
Tel: +86-21-3337-3333*3870
Email: [email protected]
Cara O'Brien
FTI Consulting
Tel: +852-3768-4537
Email: [email protected]
SOURCE Home Inns & Hotels Management Inc.
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