AAK’s refinancing

AAK has signed new committed credit facilities. The facilities will replace our existing committed facilities, which mature early 2016, and will be used to finance current operations and potential acquisitions.

The new credit facilities are partly a five year club deal of EUR 400 million (approx SEK 3,600 million), partly two committed three year bilateral facilities, totaling SEK 1,500 million. All facilities include an extension option of one plus one year.

The new committed credit facilities have been obtained at more favourable conditions than the previous facilities. Altogether the company has committed credit facilities of approximately SEK 5,600 million. The transaction will imply some one-off costs in the second quarter, which will be reported under financial items.

  
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The information is that which AAK AB (publ) is obliged to publish under the provisions of the Stock Exchange and Clearing Operations Act and/or the Trading in Financial Instruments Act. The information was released to the media for publication on June 26, 2014 at 2 pm CET.

AAK is one of the world’s leading producers of high value-added speciality vegetable oils and fats solutions. These oils and fats solutions are characterized by a high level of technological content and innovation. AAK`s solutions are used as substitute for butter-fat and cocoa butter, trans-free and low saturated solutions but also addressing other customer. AAK has production facilities in Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, Uruguay and the US. Further AAK has also toll manufacturing operations in Russia and Malaysia. The company is organized in three Business Areas; Food Ingredients, Chocolate and Confectionery Fats and Technical Products & Feed. AAK’s shares are traded on the NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm, within the Large Cap segment. Further information on AAK can be found on the company’s website www.aak.com.

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