Credit facilities and rating

Fortum's business is capital intensive and the Group has a regular need to raise financing. Fortum has a diversified loan portfolio mainly consisting of long-term financing in EUR and SEK currencies. Long-term financing is primarily raised by issuing bonds under Fortum’s Euro Medium Term Note programme as well as through bilateral and syndicated loan facilities from a variety of different financial institutions. Financing is primarily raised on parent company level and distributed internally through various internal financing arrangements.

References
Bonds issued

EMTN programme of EUR 6 billion

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Documents
Green Finance Framework

Fortum estab­lished a Green Finance Framework in January 2024 to further integrate the company’s sustain­ability ambitions into its financing

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Credit rating

Fortum's current credit rating and rating history

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Debt structure

Breakdown of loans

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Debt maturity

Loan portfolio and average interest rate

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Liquidity

Liquid funds and committed credit lines

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Key ratios 2019-2023

EUR million or as indicated

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

Capital employed

14,408

15,522

30,885

26,239

19,929

Interest bearing net-debt

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

5,260

Financial net debt

942

1,084

789

7,023

4,833

Net cash from operating activities, total Fortum

1,819

-8,767

4,970

2,555

1,575

Interest coverage

-16.8

-75.5

-12.7

27.3

8.0

Interest coverage including capitalised borrowing costs

-19.7

-72.2

-9.4

18.6

7.5

Financial net debt/comparable EBITDA, continuing operations

0.5

0.6

N/A

N/A

N/A

Gearing, %

11

14

6

45

40


Bonds issued

EMTN programme of EUR 6 billion as at 30 September 2024

Notes

Amount

Carrying amount

Interest rate

Maturity

Rating/Listing

Fixed rate

MEUR

MEUR

 

 

 

XS1956037664

750

738

1.625%

2/2026

Yes/Yes

XS2606264005

500

505

4.000%

5/2028

Yes/Yes

XS1956027947

750

743

2.125%

2/2029

Yes/Yes

XS2606261597

650

668

4.500%

5/2033

Yes/Yes

XS0939100524

100

97

3.500%

6/2043

No/Yes

Total

 

2,751 million

 

 

 

Terms and conditions

Terms and conditions for these bonds issued under the EMTN programme can be found on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Fortum Oyj's bonds or credit facilities do not include any financial covenants such as restrictions on the amount of debt or limits on ratios relating to interest cover or capitalisation. The notes listed above have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to or for the account or benefit of U.S. persons except pursuant to an exception from such registration.

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Green Finance Framework

Fortum established a Green Finance Framework in January 2024 to further integrate the company’s sustainability ambitions into its financing. The framework supports execution of Fortum’s strategy to deliver clean energy reliably, drive decarbonisation in industries in the Nordics and transform and develop.

The Green Finance Framework allows Fortum to raise capital via green bonds and loans (Green Debt) to refinance and finance renewable energy and energy efficiency projects, and/or nuclear power projects. Fortum will always inform at issuance if it intends to finance any nuclear power generation projects with the proceeds of a given Green Debt instrument. Projects financed by Green Debt may include fixed assets, capital expenditures and/or operational expenditures (including R&D expenditures).

In its new strategy launched in March 2023, Fortum brought forward its target to reach carbon neutrality (Scopes 1, 2, 3) already by 2030 and the goal to exit all coal already by the end of 2027. Fortum also set ambitious biodiversity targets and has committed to set emission reduction targets based on the climate science (SBTi 1.5°C)

Second party opinion

Danske Bank has acted as an adviser on the establishment of Fortum’s Green Finance Framework and Sustainalytics has provided a second-party opinion confirming the framework’s alignment with the International Capital Market Association’s (ICMA) Green Bond Principles 2021 and the Green Loan Principles 2023 administered by the Loan Market Association (LMA), the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) and the Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA).

Disclaimer

Morningstar Sustainalytics, a globally-recognized provider of ESG research,  ratings and data, evaluated Fortum’s Framework and the alignment thereof with relevant industry standards and provided views on the robustness and credibility of the Framework. In no event the Second-Party Opinion nor any portion thereof shall be construed as part of the offering, nor shall be considered as an offer or advertisement to buy a security, solicitation of votes or proxies, investment advice, expert opinion or negative assurance letter as defined by the applicable legislation.


Fortum's credit rating

Fortum's current credit rating

Rating agencyCredit ratingRating valid  fromLatest report
S&P Global RatingsBBB+/Outlook Stable25 March 202424 March 2024
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Fitch RatingsBBB/Outlook Stable21 March 20239 April 2024
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Fortum's credit rating history

YearS&P Global Ratings Fitch Ratings
2012-2014A- (from 27 Nov 2012)A- (from 15 Jan 2013)
2015-2017BBB+ (from 5 Jun 2015)BBB+ (from 17 Nov 2015)
2018-2023BBB (from 18 Jan 2018)BBB (from 28 Jun 2018)
2024-BBB+ (from 25 Mar 2024)BBB (from 28 Jun 2018)

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Breakdown of loans on 30 September 2024


Loan portfolio and average interest rate 
on 30 September 2024

Maturity of loans on 30 September 2024

Year

 30 September 2024

2024

383 

2025

615 

2026

754 

2027

16 

2028

522 

2029  and later

2,969 

TOTAL 

5,257 

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Liquid funds and committed credit lines on 30 September 2024

Committed Credit Lines, EUR million

Total amount

Outstanding

Available

Maturity

Short-term

 

 

 

 

Bilateral Overdraft Facilities, EUR 100 million

100

0

100

Valid until further notice

Long-term

 

 

 

 

Bilateral Credit Facility, EUR 800 million

800

0

800

June 2026

Syndicated Credit Facility, EUR 2,400 million

2,400

0

2,400

June 2027*

Total

3,300

0

3,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquid funds, EUR million

Total amount

 

 

 

Fortum

4,255

 

 

 

Total Liquid Funds and Committed Financing

7,555

 

 

 

*) After the original due date in June 2025, the facility size will be EUR 2,206 million.