OREANDA-NEWS. Kernel Holding S.A. is reporting that its subsidiary entered into a USD 140 million facility agreement with a Russian bank. The loan consists of two tranches - a USD 100 million 5-year tranche and a USD 40 million 12-month tranche. The loan is a USD facility that will be drawn to partially refinance the acquisition costs and corporate debt of the 108,000 hectare farming business acquired in June 2013.