Extension to Existing Loan & Pipeline Update

RNS Number : 1030D

ICG-Longbow Snr Sec UK Prop DebtInv

26 January 2018

 

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26 January 2018

ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments Limited

(the "Company" or "Group")

Increase and extension to existing loan
and
pipeline update

The Company is pleased to announce that it has agreed to fund an increase and extension to an existing loan secured by a North London retail park (the "Meadow Loan"). The increase, which takes the aggregate loan to £20 million, is on substantially the same terms and conditions as the existing facility, with an increased LTV of 69.4% and the final maturity date extended to January 2020. 

Following completion of the increase and extension, the Company's weighted average investment coupon increases to 6.29% (31 October 2017: 6.26%), and LTV increases to 61.3% (31 October 2017: 60.1%).

As noted in the factsheet for the quarter ending 31 October 2017, Intermediate Capital Managers Limited (the "Investment Adviser") is currently executing two new loans representing approximately £33 million of new investment. The first loan relates to a multi-let office property in Bristol, with an expected initial LTV of approximately 67%, rising to a maximum 77% following drawdown of a committed capital expenditure facility. The second relates to a London industrial estate with an expected LTV of approximately 65%. Each loan will enhance the weighted average investment coupon of the portfolio, extend the weighted average portfolio maturity, and will be accretive to shareholders.

The Investment Adviser continues to develop an encouraging pipeline with over £100 million of potential new opportunities currently under review, across all the main property sectors and in a mix of UK regions. It is also continuing to engage with the Company's existing borrowers to support loan increases, extensions and recapitalisations as required.  The risk and return profile of these deals is comfortably in line with that envisaged at the time of the continuation vote, with loan-to-value ratios, on average, below 75% and investment coupons above the Company's current weighted average.  

The proposed investments all remain subject to contract and due diligence, and there can be no assurance that they will complete. However, if progressed, the Board will need to consider a further fundraising under the Company's current approved placing programme. The size of any share issuance will be determined in due course in light of the existing cash resources, any potential loan redemptions in the near term and the development of the broader pipeline, in order to ensure that the Company does not experience avoidable cash drag.

For further information please contact:

Estera International Fund Managers (Guernsey) Limited:
James Christie	[phone]
Cenkos Securities:
Will Rogers Alex Collins Tom Scrivens Oliver Packard Andrew Worne	[phone] [phone] [phone] [phone] [phone]
Maitland Consultancy Limited:
Seda Ambartsumian	[phone]
ICG-Longbow Martin Wheeler David Mortimer	[phone] [phone]

ICG Longbow LEI: 2138008BKBH3OP2CA764

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