RE: Share Holder Value25 Jan 2024 16:14
Just for info, we do not know much of the detail of the delayed replacement £20m global financing - for example, we don't know what pricing will be imposed by Trafigura for ANGS-produced gas under the 5 year fixed offtake agreement, nor do we know what quantity of monthly produced gas will be subject to a below-market price revenue ceiling.
However we have been told that this is a 5 year amortising loan at SONIA (5.2%) plus 8%, with no payment required in the first 12 months. That's going to cost ANGS in total £9.26 million in interest, with 48 monthly payments of c. £610,000 being required from month 13 onwards (or £7.32m per year for years 2 to 5),
If as stated in the Dec 20th RNS, the replacement £20m loan is used to pay off Mercuria, it would seem to be entitled to its 8% royalty on all Sfby gross (NB gross) revenues until the field ceases production as stated in the contractual terms of the original £12 million senior loan. At current production rates and market gas prices, that would add another c. £2 million per year that ANGS would need to pay over.
By my reckoning, that's getting towards £9.5 million per annum in repayments that ANGS is going to need to find from 2025 for at least four years... just to secure a £20m loan.