OREANDA-NEWS. March 19, 2014. Norilsk Nickel was recognized as Best CEEMEA Corporate Borrower 2013 in annual EMEA Finance Achievement Awards.

All the candidates are nominated by market participants and the winners are selected by EMEA Finance team based on the innovative approach in the EMEA capital markets space.

In 2013 Norilsk Nickel was an active player on capital markets with several large transactions: in February the Company placed 3-year 35 billion ruble bonds, in April and October the Company issued 5 and 7-year Eurobonds respectively for the total amount of 1.750 billion USD, in June a 5-year 2.325 billion USD unsecured syndicated loan was closed.

“Last year’s successful borrowing exercises and refinancing activities recognized by the EMEA Finance award reaffirms a highly professional and efficient work of our finance team: the average maturity of our debt was extended twofold and all of our financial obligations became unsecured. We intend to continue working on further capital structure optimization and long term market capitalization enhancement”, - commented the Company’s Chief Financial Officer Sergey Malyshev.