International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) has successfully completed a private placement of USD 450 million of senior unsecured bonds. The bonds will have a tenor of five years and a fixed coupon rate of 7.50 percent per annum, with interest payable in semi-annual instalments. The bond issue is expected to be rated B+ by S&P Global Ratings and B1 by Moody’s.
Settlement of the bonds is expected to occur on or around October 10, 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent. IPC intends to make an application to list the bonds on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Net proceeds of the bonds will be used to fully repay IPC’s existing USD 450 million outstanding bond issue (ISIN: NO 0012423476) by utilizing the call option.
Arctic Securities and Pareto Securities acted as Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners, Clarksons Securities acted as Joint Bookrunner and SB1 Markets acted as Co-Manager, in connection with the bond placement.
William Lundin, IPC's President and Chief Executive Officer, comments: 'We are pleased to have taken advantage of favourable conditions in the debt capital markets to refinance our existing bonds. As part of IPC’s prudent approach to business stewardship, we believe that this was an opportune time for IPC to refinance and extend the maturity of our bonds to October 2030, supported by the long-life nature of IPC’s production profile and reserves. IPC has been performing very well operationally and financially in 2025 across all of our areas of operations, including the transformational Blackrod Phase 1 development project which remains on schedule and on budget.'
Source: IPC
