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First Solar subsidiary enters ¥21.5B credit facility for Japan solar plant; project to be sold to PAG Real Assets
FIRST SOLAR, INC.
- Project company FS Japan Project 25 GK entered ¥21.5B ($168.1M) credit facility for a 53 MW AC plant in Tochigi, Japan.
- Facility includes ¥18.8B term loan, ¥1.9B consumption tax facility, ¥0.8B debt service reserve; interest at TIBOR+0.85%.
- Term loan matures April 2040 with bi-annual installments from Oct 2023; consumption tax facility matures Oct 2025.
- Credit Facility and project expected to be transferred to PAG Real Assets subsidiary as part of sale of First Solar's Japan development platform.
- Facility secured by project assets and equity interests; contains customary covenants and events of default.