29 February
2024
Infrastructure India
plc
("IIP" or
the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the
"Group")
DLI Disposal and Debt
Facilities Update
Infrastructure India plc, an AIM
quoted infrastructure fund investing directly into assets in India,
provides updates in respect of the potential disposal of the
Group's interest in 99.99% of Distribution Logistics Infrastructure
Private Limited ("DLI") and its Debt Facilities (as defined below)
.
Potential DLI
Disposal Update
Further to the announcement on 15
February 2024, the Company is in early discussions with a third
party with regard to the proposed sale of DLI and is evaluating the
potential transaction and related timelines, although there can be
no guarantee that discussions will lead to definitive agreements
for the sale of DLI. Further announcements will be made in due
course.
Debt
Facilities Update
On 15 January 2024, IIP notified the
extension of the maturity date for the Debt Facilities to 29
February 2024. Recent maturity date extensions agreed with the Debt
Facilities lenders ("Lenders") had been related to the expected
timetable for the completion of the disposal of DLI, which was
terminated on 15 February 2024.
IIP is in discussions with the
Lenders with regard to a further extension to the maturity date of
the Debt Facilities and the principal lender has agreed to an
extension until 15 May 2024, with documentation expected to be
finalised shortly. The Company's expectation of timelines in
respect of the potential DLI transaction is relevant to these
discussions.
A further announcement will be made
in due course.
Information on the Debt Facilities
The Debt Facilities include 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" and, together with the Term Loan and the
Working Capital Loan, the "Debt Facilities").
The Term Loan is 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$95million.
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$31 million.
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$63
million.
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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