Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana S.A. ("Grupo SURA") hereby announces that today its subsidiary SURA Asset Management S.A. ("SURA AM") entered into a secured credit agreement (the "Agreement") with Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. New York Branch for the amount of USD$ 175,000,000, maturing in a period of three years as of the date this Agreement (the "Credit") is signed.
This Credit shall be paid off in U.S. dollars on the last business day of each quarter, which shall include a variable interest rate based on the SOFR rate plus a spread and will be guaranteed by Sura Asset Management Chile, S.A., Sura Asset Management México, S.A. de C.V., Sura Asset Management Perú, S.A., and Sura Asset Management Uruguay Sociedad de Inversión, S.A.
The terms of this Agreement entered into by SURA AM are the usual ones for this type of credit. Here, SURA AM accepts that its shareholder dividend payments shall be restricted, solely and exclusively, in the event of a continuing event of default under this Credit Agreement.
This Agreement has been entered into as part of SURA AM's strategy to refinance the corporate bonds issued by SURA AM for USD 500,000,000,000 maturing on April 17, 2024, which will allow SURA AM to continue with an adequate servicing of its debt.