西麦斯公司的审计部门近日宣布，一笔原定于2009年还款的债务，公司已在延长其还款期方面取得重要进展。
西麦斯公司曾通报说，它已选定5家银行在全球范围内作出协调：一）谈判达成新的长期双边联合协议，以取代现有的短期双边协议；二）对于收购Rinker集团的30亿美元贷款的一部分还款期再延长一年；三）除其他条件外，修改某些现有银行贷款协议的杠杆比率契约。
对于上面提出的每一举措，近日已有如下进展：
一）收到债权人的再融资确认，对还款期为2009年全年和2010年初的接近22亿美元的银行贷款进行再融资。 这笔再融资贷款最后还款期将是2011年2月。
二）收到债权人的消息，对其2009年12月到期的30亿美元企业收购银行贷款，其延长还款期的部分打算扩大到接近15亿美元。
三）除其他条件外，相关银行领导人对于修改现有企业贷款协议的杠杆比率的必要许可，在2008年12月19日正式执行。 这一许可目前是无条件的。
由于尚未承诺予以延长还款期，再融资进程持正在进行。
我们2009年上半年的净利息开支预计将与2008年同期持平，约为5亿美元，较低的平均基准利率和我们的浮动利率策略大大抵消了美元和欧元的高利差为我们带来的计价债务，以及部分资产以墨西哥比索计价造成较高的利息开支债务。
履行再融资和扩展行动是获得金融机构支持的必要承诺，是在2009年1月31日前获得最终合同的先决条件。
附英文：
CEMEX Makes Substantial Progress in Its Refinancing Plan
(MONTERREY, Mexico) -- CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX - News) announced today that it has made significant progress towards extending debt maturities originally scheduled for 2009.
CEMEX had previously communicated that it had selected five banks to coordinate a global effort to i) negotiate new long-term syndicated bilateral facilities to replace existing short-term bilateral facilities, ii) extend the maturity by one year of a portion of the US$3.0 billion Rinker acquisition syndicated loan facility due in December 2009 and iii) amend the leverage ratio covenant, among other conditions, of certain existing syndicated loan facilities.
For each of the initiatives described above, we have as of today made the following progress:
i) Received confirmation from the creditors to refinance close to US$2.2 billion in bank loans maturing throughout 2009 and early 2010. The final maturity for the amounts refinanced will be February 2011.
ii) Received confirmation from the creditors that intend to extend close to US$1.5 billion of the US$3.0 billion syndicated loan facility due in December of 2009.
iii) The necessary consent of the relevant bank lenders to amend, among other conditions, the leverage ratio covenant in our existing syndicated loan facilities, as communicated on December 15, 2008, was duly executed on December 19, 2008. This consent is now unconditional.
The refinancing process remains ongoing for maturities not yet committed to be extended.
Our net interest expense for the first half of 2009 is expected to remain flat versus the same period in 2008, at about US$500 million, as higher spreads for our U.S. dollar and Euro denominated debt, plus a higher interest expense resulting from our partial shift to Mexican peso-denominated debt, are being substantially offset by lower average base rates and our floating interest rate strategy.
The implementation of the refinancing and extensions is subject to obtaining the necessary commitments from the financial institutions and to the satisfactory completion of final documentation and satisfaction of customary conditions precedent by January 31, 2009.
CEMEX had previously communicated that it had selected five banks to coordinate a global effort to i) negotiate new long-term syndicated bilateral facilities to replace existing short-term bilateral facilities, ii) extend the maturity by one year of a portion of the US$3.0 billion Rinker acquisition syndicated loan facility due in December 2009 and iii) amend the leverage ratio covenant, among other conditions, of certain existing syndicated loan facilities.
For each of the initiatives described above, we have as of today made the following progress:
i) Received confirmation from the creditors to refinance close to US$2.2 billion in bank loans maturing throughout 2009 and early 2010. The final maturity for the amounts refinanced will be February 2011.
ii) Received confirmation from the creditors that intend to extend close to US$1.5 billion of the US$3.0 billion syndicated loan facility due in December of 2009.
iii) The necessary consent of the relevant bank lenders to amend, among other conditions, the leverage ratio covenant in our existing syndicated loan facilities, as communicated on December 15, 2008, was duly executed on December 19, 2008. This consent is now unconditional.
The refinancing process remains ongoing for maturities not yet committed to be extended.
Our net interest expense for the first half of 2009 is expected to remain flat versus the same period in 2008, at about US$500 million, as higher spreads for our U.S. dollar and Euro denominated debt, plus a higher interest expense resulting from our partial shift to Mexican peso-denominated debt, are being substantially offset by lower average base rates and our floating interest rate strategy.
The implementation of the refinancing and extensions is subject to obtaining the necessary commitments from the financial institutions and to the satisfactory completion of final documentation and satisfaction of customary conditions precedent by January 31, 2009.
