First draw-down of the HIT funding-facility

GLI Finance Limited

("GLI" or the "Company")

First draw-down of the HIT funding-facility

The Board of GLI and Sancus BMS Group are pleased to announce the first significant draw-down, of £17.5 million, from the Honeycomb Investment Trust ("HIT") funding facility. The provision of the facility was announced on 29 January 2018 and is available to further expand the activities of Sancus, the Company's property backed lending business.

As previously announced the funding-line has a term of 3 years and comprises a £50 million accordion and revolving credit facility.

Andy Whelan, CEO of GLI and Sancus BMS Group said:

"When we announced that HIT had provided a substantial funding line to Sancus I said that this would facilitate further expansion of our successful property-backed lending facilities; with this first, substantial, draw-down that process has successfully commenced."

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About GLI Finance

GLI is an AIM listed innovative alternative finance business, which owns a niche SME lender, Sancus BMS that operates in 6 jurisdictions - UK, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man, and a portfolio of emerging FinTech SME-focussed lending platforms that are located on 3 continents.