西麥斯公司的審計部門近日宣布，一筆原定于2009年還款的債務，公司已在延長其還款期方面取得重要進展。
西麥斯公司曾通報說，它已選定5家銀行在全球范圍內作出協調：一）談判達成新的長期雙邊聯合協議，以取代現有的短期雙邊協議；二）對于收購Rinker集團的30億美元貸款的一部分還款期再延長一年；三）除其他條件外，修改某些現有銀行貸款協議的杠桿比率契約。
對于上面提出的每一舉措，近日已有如下進展：
一）收到債權人的再融資確認，對還款期為2009年全年和2010年初的接近22億美元的銀行貸款進行再融資。 這筆再融資貸款最后還款期將是2011年2月。
二）收到債權人的消息，對其2009年12月到期的30億美元企業收購銀行貸款，其延長還款期的部分打算擴大到接近15億美元。
三）除其他條件外，相關銀行領導人對于修改現有企業貸款協議的杠桿比率的必要許可，在2008年12月19日正式執行。 這一許可目前是無條件的。
由于尚未承諾予以延長還款期，再融資進程持正在進行。
我們2009年上半年的凈利息開支預計將與2008年同期持平，約為5億美元，較低的平均基準利率和我們的浮動利率策略大大抵消了美元和歐元的高利差為我們帶來的計價債務，以及部分資產以墨西哥比索計價造成較高的利息開支債務。
履行再融資和擴展行動是獲得金融機構支持的必要承諾，是在2009年1月31日前獲得最終合同的先決條件。
附英文：
CEMEX Makes Substantial Progress in Its Refinancing Plan
(MONTERREY, Mexico) -- CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX - News) announced today that it has made significant progress towards extending debt maturities originally scheduled for 2009.
CEMEX had previously communicated that it had selected five banks to coordinate a global effort to i) negotiate new long-term syndicated bilateral facilities to replace existing short-term bilateral facilities, ii) extend the maturity by one year of a portion of the US$3.0 billion Rinker acquisition syndicated loan facility due in December 2009 and iii) amend the leverage ratio covenant, among other conditions, of certain existing syndicated loan facilities.
For each of the initiatives described above, we have as of today made the following progress:
i) Received confirmation from the creditors to refinance close to US$2.2 billion in bank loans maturing throughout 2009 and early 2010. The final maturity for the amounts refinanced will be February 2011.
ii) Received confirmation from the creditors that intend to extend close to US$1.5 billion of the US$3.0 billion syndicated loan facility due in December of 2009.
iii) The necessary consent of the relevant bank lenders to amend, among other conditions, the leverage ratio covenant in our existing syndicated loan facilities, as communicated on December 15, 2008, was duly executed on December 19, 2008. This consent is now unconditional.
The refinancing process remains ongoing for maturities not yet committed to be extended.
Our net interest expense for the first half of 2009 is expected to remain flat versus the same period in 2008, at about US$500 million, as higher spreads for our U.S. dollar and Euro denominated debt, plus a higher interest expense resulting from our partial shift to Mexican peso-denominated debt, are being substantially offset by lower average base rates and our floating interest rate strategy.
The implementation of the refinancing and extensions is subject to obtaining the necessary commitments from the financial institutions and to the satisfactory completion of final documentation and satisfaction of customary conditions precedent by January 31, 2009.
CEMEX had previously communicated that it had selected five banks to coordinate a global effort to i) negotiate new long-term syndicated bilateral facilities to replace existing short-term bilateral facilities, ii) extend the maturity by one year of a portion of the US$3.0 billion Rinker acquisition syndicated loan facility due in December 2009 and iii) amend the leverage ratio covenant, among other conditions, of certain existing syndicated loan facilities.
For each of the initiatives described above, we have as of today made the following progress:
i) Received confirmation from the creditors to refinance close to US$2.2 billion in bank loans maturing throughout 2009 and early 2010. The final maturity for the amounts refinanced will be February 2011.
ii) Received confirmation from the creditors that intend to extend close to US$1.5 billion of the US$3.0 billion syndicated loan facility due in December of 2009.
iii) The necessary consent of the relevant bank lenders to amend, among other conditions, the leverage ratio covenant in our existing syndicated loan facilities, as communicated on December 15, 2008, was duly executed on December 19, 2008. This consent is now unconditional.
The refinancing process remains ongoing for maturities not yet committed to be extended.
Our net interest expense for the first half of 2009 is expected to remain flat versus the same period in 2008, at about US$500 million, as higher spreads for our U.S. dollar and Euro denominated debt, plus a higher interest expense resulting from our partial shift to Mexican peso-denominated debt, are being substantially offset by lower average base rates and our floating interest rate strategy.
The implementation of the refinancing and extensions is subject to obtaining the necessary commitments from the financial institutions and to the satisfactory completion of final documentation and satisfaction of customary conditions precedent by January 31, 2009.
