RE: First Weeks Verdict6 Jul 2018 14:22
This was the announcement on 13th June. wonder why we are not commenting on it ??
Petropavlovsk PLC ("Petropavlovsk" or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") is pleased to announce a number of strategic and operational developments:
Negotiations to refinance IRC Limited's facility with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ("ICBC") in relation to the US$340 million project finance facility between Kimkano-Sutarsky Mining and Beneficiation Plant LLC ("K&S", a wholly owned subsidiary of IRC) and ICBC (the "ICBC Facility") are at an advanced stage with a major Russian bank. The Group has entered into a bridge loan facility agreement (the "Bridge Loan") with IRC in order to help K&S meet the payment due under the ICBC Facility on 20 June 2018 (the "20 June Payment"). The Bridge Loan is for a Rouble amount equivalent to US$29.75 million at an interest rate of 12% per annum, and is expected to be repaid as soon as the refinancing of the ICBC Facility is completed.
IRC and Petropavlosk are in the final stages of agreeing a waiver with ICBC in respect of IRC's obligations to comply with certain financial covenants and maintain certain cash deposits with ICBC. If the waiver is obtained and the 20 June Payment is made, the good standing of the ICBC Facility will be maintained.