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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the financial sustainability of Sofia Airport by investing in the first bond issue of SOF Connect AD, the airport operator. The bank has subscribed a total of EUR 50 million through two senior bonds issued by SOF Connect, as part of a EUR 450 million financing package that includes refinancing bonds, CAPEX bonds and a CAPEX loan. The bonds are listed on Euronext Dublin, which is the first issuance of this type of debt instrument by a Bulgarian entity. SOF Connect has been operating Sofia Airport since 2021 under a long-term concession agreement. This is the largest concession in the country’s transport sector and the first major public-private partnership undertaken in more than two decades. SOF Connect is owned by French infrastructure investor Meridiam, an asset manager specializing in the development, financing and management of infrastructure public-private partnerships, and an existing client of the EBRD. The Bank has a long history of helping to structure public-private partnerships in its economies. It supported the Bulgarian government in the concession process for Sofia Airport in 2020, contributed to the debt package in 2021 and later acquired an indirect equity stake. As a major institutional investor in Bulgaria, the EBRD has invested over ˆ5 billion in 320 projects to date.

 

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