Korea's STX Offshore Debt to Equity Swap Hastened

STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. will issue new shares worth 38.4 billion won (US$36.5 million) as part of its debt-to-equity swap scheme. The shipbuilder will float 15.37 million shares, which will be listed on the main Seoul bourse on Jan. 9, 2014, reports Yonhap News Agency.

Yonhap cite Jeong Yu-mi, a spokesperson for STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, as informing that trhe new share issuance is part of the 700 billion won debt-to-equity swap program aimed at stabilizing the company, which since the end of July, 2013, has been under a voluntary debt-relief and rescheduling program.

Creditors, including the state-run Korea Development Bank (KDB), were to provide 2.7 trillion won, of which 650 billion won would be offered next year, to help the shipbuilder get back on its feet.

Source: Yonhap News Agency