, Singapore
245 views
Logo from ofi

Olam Food Ingredients secures $665m SACE-backed financing

The facility includes a five-year US$250 million tranche and a seven-year JPY37.38 billion tranche (US$250m).

The Olam Food Ingredients (ofi) has secured a US$500m (approximately S$665m) financing deal backed by Italian export credit agency SACE. 

The facility includes a five-year US$250m (S$332.63m) tranche, whilst the remaining financing will come in the form of a seven-year Japanese yen tranche. 

“This is a landmark facility – being ofi’s first ECA [export credit agency]-backed loan and SACE’s first “Samurai” JPY loan. This transaction forms a part of our financing strategy to diversify sources of capital and extend our debt maturity,” said Rishi Kalra, executive director and group CFO of ofi.

The funds will be used for general corporate purposes within the ofi Group.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) served as the mandated lead arranger and bookrunner whilst Citibank acted as the mandated lead arranger for the facility. Additionally, SMBC was appointed as the coordinator and facility agent.

Join Singapore Business Review community

Follow the link for more news on

Join Singapore Business Review community
A NOTE FROM SINGAPORE BUSINESS REVIEW

Reaching the people who run Asia's businesses is harder than it used to be.

Inboxes are crowded. Attention is short. The executives you most want to reach — the founders, CFOs, and operators who actually move budgets — are the hardest to find through the usual channels. If you're building a company, a category, or a reputation, you already know this.

We've spent twenty years building the room they read. Singapore Business Review is where senior decision makers in Singapore and across Southeast Asia come for business coverage they can't get elsewhere — in print, online, and in person at the summits and roundtables we host across seven markets.

If you have something these readers should know about — a point of view worth publishing, a product worth their attention, an event worth their time — we'd like to hear what you're trying to do.

Top News

September surge masks looming export slowdown to 6% in 2027
Maybank raised its 2026 forecast to 27% from 18% in the same report.Non-oil domestic exports (NODX) growth could slow to 6% in 2027 as supply chain pressures and higher financing costs weigh on shipment momentum, Maybank Research Pte Ltd said.
Economy