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UKRAINIAN KSG AGRO RESTRUCTURES EUR8.3 MLN DEBT TO GERMANY’S LANDESBANK

KSG Agro Holding has signed an agreement on the restructuring of a loan debt to Germany’s Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW).
The amount of the loan provided in October 2012 was EUR11.5 million, the balance of the debt was EUR8.3 million, the holding’s press service said. Some 33% of the debt, which is EUR3.2 million, is to be repaid. The agricultural holding borrowed the funds to buy equipment from the German company Big Dutchman for its pig farm in the village of Nyva Trudova in Dnipropetrovsk region (LLC Rantier).
“Successful restructuring means available working capital, which will be spent on developing existing projects and launching new ones in the field of crop production and pig breeding,” Chairman of the KSG Agro Holding’s Board of Directors Serhiy Kasyanov said.
As reported, KSG Agro in April 2019signed an agreement on loan restructuring to Big Dutchman with a decrease in debt from EUR4.8 million to EUR1.03 million.
KSG Agro in the first quarter of 2019 increased net profit by 1.6 times, to $3.46 million, while revenue fell by 12.5%, to $3.4 million. Financial income for the three months of 2019 included $4.3 million in profit from restructuring.

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AGRICULTURAL HOLDING KSG AGRO RESTRUCTURES EUR4.8 MLN DEBT TO GERMANY’S BIG DUTCHMAN

KSG Agro agricultural holding has signed an agreement on restructuring credit debts to the German company Big Dutchman.
According to the press service of the agroholding, the debt on the loan received in August 2012 is EUR4.8 million (of which EUR3.96 million is the principal of the loan and EUR804,500 is interest for use). Restructuring implies the reduction of the debt to the German lender to EUR1.03 million, the date of commencement of debt repayment is July 31, 2019.
According to the press service, the agricultural holding attracted Big Dutchman loan funds for the development of a pig farm in the Nyva Trudova village (Dnipropetrovsk region).
As reported, KSG Agro for the nine months of 2018 saw its net profit fall by three times compared to the same period in 2017, to $2.23 million, while revenue rise by 16.2%, to $20.02 million.

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