Infrastructure India plc Debt Facilities Update

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Infrastructure India plc

07 May 2024

 

7 May 2024

 

Infrastructure India plc

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

 

 Debt Facilities Update

 

Infrastructure India plc, an AIM quoted infrastructure fund investing directly into assets in India, announces that it has agreed an extension to the maturity dates of all its debt facilities, being the term loan provided by IIP Bridge Facility LLC (the "Term Loan"), the working capital loan provided by GGIC, Ltd. (the "Working Capital Loan") and the bridging loan provided by Cedar Valley Financial (the "Bridging Loan"). The Term Loan has also been increased by a further US$2.5 million for general working capital purposes and funding of its underlying assets.

 

Each of IIP's lenders has agreed to extend the maturity date of the respective loans to 15 July 2024 to accommodate the revised expected timeline to closing a transaction for the sale of DLI. In addition, IIP has reached agreement with IIP Bridge Facility LLC to increase its term loan by a further US$2.5 million, taking the principal to US$121.5 million, for general working capital purposes and funding of its underlying assets.

 

The Term Loan is currently a US$119 million principal secured facility provided to IIP's wholly owned Mauritian subsidiary, Infrastructure India Holdco, originally announced in April 2019. The loan carries an interest rate of 15% per annum, calculated in a manner that yields a 15% IRR for the lender and is secured on all assets of Infrastructure India Holdco, including 100% of the issued share capital of Distribution Logistics Infrastructure India, DLI's parent company. The current amount of interest accrued is approximately US$100 million. The maturity date of 15 May 2024 has been extended to 15 July 2024 (the "Maturity Extensions" applying collectively to all loan maturity extensions set out in this announcement).

 

The unsecured Working Capital Loan was originally provided to the Group in April 2013 by GGIC, Ltd. in an amount of US$17 million and increased to US$21.5 million in September 2017. The Working Capital Loan carried an interest rate of 7.5% per annum on its principal amount. The Group and GGIC, Ltd. agreed to increase its interest rate to 15% per annum from 1 April 2019. The current amount of interest accrued is approximately US$32 million. The maturity date of 15 May 2024 has been extended to 15 July 2024 (a "Maturity Extension").

 

The unsecured Bridging Loan was originally provided to the Group in June 2017 by Cedar Valley Financial and was subsequently increased in multiple tranches to US$64.1 million in March 2019.  The Bridging Loan carried an interest rate of 12.0% per annum on its principal amount. The Group and Cedar Valley Financial previously agreed to increase its interest rate to 15% per annum from 1 April 2019. The current amount of interest accrued is approximately US$66 million. The maturity date of 15 May 2024 has been extended to 15 July 2024 (a "Maturity Extension").

 

The Company will make a further announcement in due course.

 

Related Party Transaction

 

IIP Bridge Facility LLC and Cedar Valley Financial are affiliates of GGIC, Ltd., which is, directly and indirectly, interested in 75.4% of the Company's issued share capital. Under the AIM Rules for Companies (the "AIM Rules"), IIP Bridge Facility LLC, Cedar Valley Financial and GGIC, Ltd. are each, therefore, deemed to be related parties of the Company, and the Term Loan increase and the Maturity Extensions are related party transactions pursuant to Rule 13 of the AIM Rules.

 

The independent directors of IIP, being M.S. Ramachandran and Graham Smith, consider, having consulted with Strand Hanson Limited in its capacity as the Company's nominated adviser, that the  increase in the Term Loan and the Maturity Extensions are fair and reasonable insofar as the shareholders of IIP are concerned.

 

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 as it forms part of United Kingdom domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended.

 

 

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Enquiries:

Infrastructure India plc Sonny Lulla	www.iiplc.com Via Novella
Strand Hanson Limited Nominated Adviser James Dance / Richard Johnson	[phone]
Singer Capital Markets Broker James Maxwell - Corporate Finance James Waterlow - Investment Fund Sales	[phone]
Novella Financial PR Tim Robertson / Safia Colebrook	[phone]

 

 

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