Depa Infrastructure (Italgas Group): signed a new Bond Loan with Eurobank for a total amount of up to 580 million euros

Milan, Athens, 3 October 2022 – Depa Infrastructure, the leading Greek gas distribution operator that recently became part of the Italgas’ Group, has signed a new Bond Loan Programme with Eurobank S.A., for a maximum nominal amount of up to 580 million euros, divided into 3 tranches with a maturity of up to 5,7 and 12 years respectively.

The Bond Loan will mainly be used to finance the investments envisaged in the infrastructure development plan of Depa Infrastructure and its subsidiaries in Greece.

“The loan, signed in less than one month after our entry into Depa Infrastructure,” – said Paolo Gallo, Italgas’ CEO – “confirms the appreciation of the financial system for the development vision that we intend to realise in Greece. Our smart, digital and flexible networks will be a driver for growth and produce a multiplier effect on wealth for the whole country, in addition to contributing to the rapid decarbonization of energy consumption, both moving to natural gas and by stimulating the production of renewable gases such as biomethane”.

The transaction, hold in the current international financial market volatility, aiming at providing the Depa Infrastructure with an adequate financial structure, among other factors, in terms of duration and type of financial instruments available.