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NextDecade Corp (NEXT): debt financing — NextDecade reaches FID, closes $11.8B in project financing for Rio Grande LNG Train 1-3
NextDecade Corp
- Secured $10.3B CD construction/term loan, $800M TCF credit (TotalEnergies backstop), and $700M 6.67% notes due 2033.
- JV with TotalEnergies and GIP-led group commits up to $5.9B equity; NextDecade subsidiary commits $283M.
- ND Member (NextDecade) entitled to ~20.8% of JVCo distributions; board control with Class A managers.
- RGLNG debt requires 1.10x DSCR; SOFR+2.25% margin on CD loans; mandatory prepayment provisions.
- Project includes first three LNG trains at Port of Brownsville, Texas; construction to commence.