Saudi Arabia's Takween signs $347 mln loan for Savola Packaging buy

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Saudi Arabia's Takween Industries signed a 1.3 billion riyal ($346.6 million) Islamic loan with a group of local banks to fund the acquisition of Savola Packaging Co, it said on Wednesday. Takween in December agreed to buy the packaging unit of the region's largest food firm Savola Group for 910 million riyals ($242.5 million). As well as a seven-year facility to cover the full cost of the acquisition including the assumption of Savola Packaging's debt, which has a one-year grace period before repayments start, there is a further 390 million riyal three-year loan which will be used by Takween for working capital. The loan, provided by Arab National Bank, Samba Financial Group and Bank Albilad, is guaranteed against shares and revenue of Savola Packaging and its subsidiaries, promissory **tes and director guarantees.

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