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GE Capital is Agent for C$300 Million Credit Facility to Evraz Inc. NA Canada

September 07, 2010

NORWALK, Conn.--08 September 2010-- GE Capital, Corporate Finance today announced it is agent for a C$300 million asset-based credit facility to Evraz Inc. NA Canada, a steel plate and pipe manufacturer. The loan will be used for working capital needs and other corporate purposes. GE Capital Markets served as joint lead arranger.

Headquartered in Portland, OR, Evraz Inc. NA Canada operates a steel making and rolling mill, several pipe mills and 2 cut-to-length facilities in western Canada. The company produces specialty and commodity steel plate and pipe products primarily serving oil and gas producers and distributors, service centers and fabricators in North America.

"GE has a keen understanding of the steel business and made a significant financial commitment," said Mike Rehwinkel, Evraz Inc. NA president and CEO. "This credit facility provides us with the liquidity and flexibility to meet our ongoing working capital needs."

"The steel industry is both capital intensive and cyclical," said Tom Quindlen, president and CEO, GE Capital, Corporate Finance. "Meeting the industry's financing needs requires experience, market knowledge and working closely with clients."

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Ned Reynolds
GE Capital
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+1 203 2295717
+1 203 8370699

Jeff Wilson
GE Capital Corporate Finance
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1-203-749-6340


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