Intu Debenture PLC Upcoming Anticipated Event of Default (2968T)
23 November 2021 - 1:05PM
UK Regulatory
TIDM69ZM
RNS Number : 2968T
Intu Debenture PLC
23 November 2021
Intu Debenture PLC
Upcoming Anticipated Event of Default
INTU DEBENTURE PLC
LEI: 213800UX3TM5RGB1UF29
GBP354,876,000 5.562 per cent. First Mortgage Debenture Stock
2027
INTU DEBENTURE PLC (THE "COMPANY") ANNOUNCES ANTICIPATED EVENT
OF DEFAULT ARISING FROM ANTICIPATED Non-payment of upcoming
Scheduled Interest Amount and Scheduled Redemption Amount
23 November 2021
Upcoming Anticipated Event of Default and Non-Payment
The Company gives notice that whilst it is due, pursuant to
Clause 5 of the Trust Deed and Condition 2 and Condition 3 of the
Stock, to make payment of the Scheduled Interest Amount and the
Scheduled Redemption Amount on 31 December 2021, the Company does
not anticipate that it will be able to pay, wholly or partly,
either the Scheduled Interest Amount or the Scheduled Redemption
Amount on 31 December 2021 (collectively, the "December Payments"),
or within the 14-day grace period for non-payment (as set out in
Condition 16(i) of the Stock). Accordingly, the Company anticipates
that a further Event of Default will arise on 14 January 2022.
As set out in the Company announcement made on 14 July 2021
providing an update on the proposed amendment and restructuring
transaction (as more fully set out therein) (the "14 July RNS"),
which is available on the Company website at
https://debentureplc.com/rns/, and as further set out in the Q3
2021 Stockholder Update dated 9 November 2021 and available on the
Company website at https://debentureplc.com/quarterlyreports/ (the
"Q3 2021 Update"), the anticipated date of release of a Notice of
Meeting at which Stockholders will be asked to approve an
Extraordinary Resolution regarding the proposed amendment and
restructuring transaction has been delayed due to the parties
requiring further time to negotiate and finalise the documentation
setting out the precise terms of the settlement agreement in
respect of the Potential Liabilities (as defined in the 14 July
RNS) and the other documentation necessary to effectuate the
proposed amendment and restructuring transaction.
As a result of this delay, the Company has been unable to
implement the proposed changes to its current debt service
obligations. As noted above, and as detailed further in the Q3 2021
Update, the Debenture Group had GBP18.95 million in available cash
as at the end of September 2021 as a result of a combination of
improved rent, service charge and arrears collection, cost saving
initiatives (including delays to capital expenditure and
operational expenditures), the delay to the proposed amendment and
restructuring transaction, and other cash preservation initiatives.
The Company notes that a number of the significant capital and
operational expenditures which have been delayed must nevertheless
be incurred in the near- to medium-term in order to continue to
operate the Debenture Group's business. The Debenture Group
continues to tightly manage liquidity and believes it would be
prudent to apply the limited funds currently held by it to maintain
the business of the Debenture Group, rather than using those funds
to pay either of the December Payments.
Further to the Q3 2021 Update and the Stockholder call in
relation thereto, which was held on 16 November 2021, a recording
of which is available on the Company website at
https://debentureplc.com/q3-stockholder-call-recording/, cash
preservation initiatives, including the potential further deferral
of previously delayed capital and operational expenditures are
being considered by APAM Limited (the Company's asset manager) and
the Company as part of the development of a revised business plan,
which will provide Stockholders with a revised long-term view on
the financial outlook of the key assets of the Debenture Group.
Given the importance of these issues, and the involvement and
engagement with third parties, the Company expects to further
develop the revised business plan during the coming months and to
issue the revised business plan addressing these areas for approval
by the Stockholders by the end of Q1 2022.
The Company will continue to keep Stockholders notified of any
relevant developments in accordance with applicable law and
regulation.
Capitalised terms used in this Notice and not otherwise defined
shall have the meanings given to them in the Trust Deed dated 5
October 2006 (as amended and supplemented from time to time) and
the Supplemental Trust Deed dated 30 July 2020 (together, the
"Trust Deed") constituting the Stock and made between the Company,
the Charging Subsidiaries (as defined in the Trust Deed), and The
Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c. (the "Trustee"), unless the
context otherwise requires.
Please note that the Trustee has not been involved in the
preparation or formulation of this announcement and expresses no
views or opinions on this announcement. Stockholders are advised to
take their own legal, financial and/or tax advice in relation to
this announcement.
Stockholders should contact the following for further
information:
Company
Simmons & Simmons LLP
Citypoint
1 Ropemaker Street
London
EC2Y 9SS
United Kingdom
Email: intu@simmons-simmons.com
Attention: Peter Manning and James Taylor
Registrar
Link Group
10th Floor
Central Square
29 Wellington Street
Leeds
LS1 4DL
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 371 664 0300
(Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary
by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at
the applicable international rate. Open between 09:00 -17:30,
Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and
Wales)
Email: shareholderenquiries@linkgroup.co.uk
Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP and Milbank LLP have been
retained as financial and legal advisers to an ad hoc group of
Stockholders. Their contact details are as follows:
ProjectIrisAMTeam@alvarezandmarsal.com and Iris@milbank.com.
This announcement is made by Intu Debenture PLC
Dated: 23 November 2021
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