Argentina formalizes new debt offer to creditors

Agence France-Presse

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Creditors have until an August 4 deadline set by Argentina to agree to the restructure plan – an exchange offer to bondholders under foreign law

ARGENTINA. View of 9 de Julio Avenue backgrounded by the Obelisk during the lockdown imposed by the government against the spread of the new coronavirus, in Buenos Aires, on May 22, 2020. Photo by Juan Mabromata/AFP

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina on Tuesday, July 7, formalized a new offer to creditors by presenting its proposal to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as President Alberto Fernandez’s government looks to restructure a $66-billion debt.

Creditors have until an August 4 deadline set by the government to agree to the restructure plan – an exchange offer to bondholders under foreign law.

The new offer is worth 53.5 cents on the dollar, a significant improvement on Argentina’s original starting position of 39 cents, which was rejected.

It also reduces the grace period from 3 years to 1 year, with payments beginning in September 2021.

Fernandez said that Argentina “has maintained a position open to dialogue and considering various proposals” put forward by creditors.

The center-left leader stressed that the South American country had “evaluated and considered” creditors’ points of view and “deeply analyzed their suggestions, within the confines of restoring debt sustainability.”

Crisis-wracked Argentina – one of the world leaders in food exports – has been in recession since 2018 and two months ago defaulted for the 9th time after failing to pay $500 million of interest on its bond debt.

It has been further rocked by the coronavirus pandemic and the International Monetary Fund predicts its economy will shrink by almost 10% this year.

Latin America’s 3rd largest economy actually owes $324 billion in total, a sum that represents around 90% of its gross domestic product. – Rappler.com

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