20 Jun 2025 07:00
20 June 2025
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Sancus Lending Group Limited
("Sancus" the "Company" or the "Group")
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Pollen Street Facility and Junior Funding
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Sancus Lending Group Limited (AIM: LEND) is is pleased toΒ announceΒ thatΒ it has signed legal agreements (the "Agreements") that will increase the size and extend the tenor of the credit facility (the "Facility") it has with Pollen Street Capital via its subsidiary, Sancus Loans Limited. The Agreements willΒ increase the capacity of the Facility from Β£125 million toΒ upΒ toΒ Β£200 millionΒ andΒ see the maturity of the Facility extended such that it will expire at least fiveΒ years from the date of the Agreed Terms, being not beforeΒ 19Β June 2030.Β The Facility will provide significantΒ additional funding capacity as the Company seeks to grow its property-backed lending book across the United Kingdom, Ireland & the Channel Islands.
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In order to support this growth, the Company also announces that it hasΒ issued Β£1.5 millionΒ of preference shares inΒ Sancus Loans Limited toΒ Somerston Fintech Limited, a subsidiary ofΒ Somerston Group, the majority shareholder of the Company.Β The issue of these preference shares, which have a non-cash, cumulative coupon of 15% and mature inΒ November 2026, has been made under the Somerston Junior Funding Commitment of up toΒ Β£10 million, details of which were announced by the Company onΒ 30 January 2025. Following the preference share issue,Β Β£5.6 millionΒ of the Somerston Junior Funding Commitment remains undrawn. This preference share issue will increase the capital deployed inΒ Sancus Loans LimitedΒ used for one of the Group's existing funding lines, enabling it to grow the Group's loan book.
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Capitalised terms not defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Company's announcement ofΒ 30 January 2025.
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For further information, please contact:
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Sancus Lending Group Limited Rory Mepham, Chief Executive Officer Keith Lawrence, Chief Financial Officer Β | +44 (0)1481 708280 |
Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser and Broker) Tom GriffithsΒ /Β George PayneΒ (Corporate Advisory) Guy WiehahnΒ (Corporate Broking) Β | +44 (0)20 7408 4050 |
Instinctif PartnersΒ (PR Adviser) Hannah Scott Augustine Chipungu Β | +44 (0)20 7457 2020 |
Apex Fund and Corporate Services (Guernsey) Limited Nikita Pingale Aoife Bennett | +44 (0)20 3530 3696 |
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