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Increase of Bridging Loan

31 May 2018 07:00

RNS Number : 7499P
Infrastructure India plc
31 May 2018
 

31 May 2018

 

Infrastructure India plc

("IIP", the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries the "Group")

 

Increase of Bridging Loan

 

Infrastructure India plc, an AIM quoted infrastructure fund investing directly into assets in India, announces that it has agreed a US$4.0 million increase of the existing US$30.0 million unsecured bridging loan facility (the "Bridging Loan"). The Bridging Loan was originally provided to the Company in June 2017 by Cedar Valley Financial ("Cedar Valley") in an amount of US$8.0 million and was subsequently increased to US$18.0 million in November 2017, to US$21.0 million in January 2018, to US$23.0 million in February 2018, to US$26.0 million in March 2018, to US$28.0 million in April 2018 and to US$30 million earlier in May 2018.

 

The enlargement of the Bridging Loan will provide the Group with additional capital whilst it continues to progress its ongoing financing discussions.

 

The Company continues to be in advanced negotiations with a third party in relation to a potential financing. Whilst negotiations have taken longer than had been anticipated, these discussions continue to progress. The new funding would enable the Company to repay the Bridging Loan as well as provide additional working capital and construction capital to Distribution Logistics Infrastructure Limited, a key subsidiary of the Company, and provide for the Group's general working capital needs.

 

Enlargement of Bridging Loan

 

The Company announces that it has agreed a further increase to the Bridging Loan which was previously provided to the Company by Cedar Valley such that a further US$4.0 million (the "Additional Funds") has been made available to the Company under the Bridging Loan (the "Bridging Loan Enlargement").

 

The Company intends to draw down the Additional Funds immediately. On draw down of the Additional Funds the Bridging Loan, now totalling US$34.0 million, will be fully drawn down.

 

The Company has paid Cedar Valley a fee of 1.0% of the Additional Funds in connection with the Bridging Loan Enlargement.

 

The other terms of the Bridging Loan, which carries an interest rate of 12.0% per annum and is due for repayment on the earlier of: (i) 15 days following the completion of a specific significant financing of IIP currently under negotiation; and (ii) 29 June 2018.

 

Related Party Transactions

 

GGIC is, directly and indirectly, interested in 75.4% of the Company's issued share capital and Cedar Valley is an affiliate of GGIC. Under the AIM Rules for Companies ("AIM Rules") Cedar Valley is, therefore, deemed to be a related party of the Company and the Bridging Loan Enlargement is a related party transaction pursuant to Rule 13 of the AIM Rules. The independent directors of IIP, M.S. Ramachandran and Timothy Walker, consider, having consulted with Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited in its capacity as the Company's nominated adviser, that the terms of the Bridging Loan Enlargement are fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of IIP are concerned.

 

This announcement is inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation 596/2014.

 

Enquiries:

 

 

Infrastructure India plc

Sonny Lulla 

 

 

www.iiplc.com

 

Smith & Williamson Corporate Finance Limited

Nominated Adviser & Joint Broker

Azhic Basirov / Ben Jeynes

 

+44 (0) 20 7131 4000

Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP

Joint Broker

James Maxwell - Corporate Finance

James Waterlow - Investment Fund Sales

 

+44 (0) 20 7496 3000

 

 

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