Win Win6 Feb 2015 07:00
MFX could have paid the loans back in full, but that would mean they needed to find funds to cover the payback.
The Loan Note Holders could have opted for conversion into equity which wouldn’t cost the bank a penny in cash, but it would mean dilution for shareholders, they didn’t convert instead they were happy to extend the payback period at a reduced interest rate which gives the bank another 5 years to build on the recent growth which will hopefully leave them in a position in 5 years to pay back the loans.
So instead of either having to find £1.71m in cash to pay back the loans or indeed issue shares to settle the loan MFX now only have to find £111k per annum in interest payments
This is a win for MFX, MFX shareholders and the Loan Note Holders