RE: Undisclosed Trades11 Mar 2021 14:33
Funding
The Group’s debt facilities currently include a £285m term loan facility (the ‘Term Loan’), provided by a group of institutional investors, led by Alcentra Limited. The Term Loan, which is not repayable until August 2023, bears an interest rate of LIBOR plus 7.25% per year with interest payable every six months. In addition, the Group has a £45m revolving credit facility provided by Royal Bank of Scotland at an interest rate of LIBOR plus 3.5% per year. Both facilities are fully drawn and while the Group has continued to operate within the financial covenants on both facilities, in the light of the material uncertainties outlined above, it is in active discussions with its lenders regarding possible future covenant waivers.
The Group also has a £200m securitisation facility that was put in place with an initial drawdown of £15m during April 2020. Whilst the onset of the pandemic resulted in the Group breaching certain performance triggers on the facility during the first half of 2020, the drawn amount was repaid on 26 August 2020, removing the outstanding breach. While the facility remains for potential future use, current cash balances mean that there is no requirement for further borrowing at the present time and the prevailing covenants and the requirement for lender consent mean that the facility would likely remain unavailable in the absence of a further capital raise.