23 December 2014
GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited
("the Company")
Investment commitment of £12.3 million
The Board of Directors of the Company, the UK's only listed infrastructure fund focused primarily on investments in UK infrastructure debt, is pleased to announce the completion on 23 December 2014 of a transaction subscribing for a loan note with an expected term of c.35 years and an initial value of up to £12.3 million when fully drawn (the "Loan Note"). The Company has advanced c. £1.4 million at completion and the majority of the balance is expected to be advanced over the next five months.
The Loan Note will be issued by GCP Social Housing 1 Limited and the proceeds used to provide a loan facility secured on a senior basis to finance the acquisition of a number of social housing units for occupation by adults with learning or physical difficulties which will be subject to one or more fully repairing and insuring leases (the "Leases") with terms of not less than c. 35 years with one or more housing associations in England and Wales regulated by the Homes and Communities Agency.
All payments of both principal and interest in relation to the Loan Note are expected to be serviced from the cashflows arising under the Leases.
The acquisition of the Loan Note has been financed fully from available cash reserves within the Company.
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Gravis Capital Partners LLP |
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Stephen Ellis |
+44 (0)20 7518 1495 |
Rollo Wright |
+44 (0)20 7518 1493 |
Oriel Securities |
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Neil Winward |
+44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
Mark Bloomfield |
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Tunga Chigovanyika |
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Cenkos Securities |
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Dion Di Miceli |
+44 (0)20 7397 1921 |
Tom Scrivens |
+44 (0)20 7397 1915 |
Buchanan |
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Charles Ryland |
+44 (0)20 7466 5000 |
Sophie McNulty |
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Notes to Editors
The Company
The Company is a closed-ended London Stock Exchange-listed investment company that seeks to generate returns from senior and subordinated infrastructure debt and related and/or similar assets. The Company is advised by Gravis Capital Partners LLP.
The Homes and Communities Agency
The Homes and Communities Agency is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Communities and Local Government. It is responsible for the regulation of social housing providers in England.