Under the Loan Facility Agreement of SSUT dated April 1, 2014, SSUT is obliged to enter in to Interest Rate Swap (“IRS”) with Lenders (USD for Mizuho and THB for BBL) within September 10, 2014. The requirements for IRS are:
1. At least 80% of USD term loan with duration at least 15 years
2. At least 80% of total term loan (USD + THB with duration at least 10 years)
However, under current low interest sentiments in global economics (which is historically low from passed decades), there are also a view to have flexibility not to enter in to such Hedging Arrangement to enjoy the savings (at least 2-3% p.a. difference between IRS and Floating at present) and to retain option to refinance the loan once achieved the stable operation records after COD.