Terra Firma Capital Corporation Provides Update on its "Strategic Alternatives Review"
21 July 2023 - 9:30PM
Terra Firma Capital Corporation (TSX-V: TII) ("Terra Firma" or the
"Company"), a leading real estate finance company, is pleased to
offer an update on its ongoing strategic alternative review.
In April 2023, the Company retained Cormark
Securities Inc. (“Cormark”) to act as financial advisor to a
special committee of independent directors of the Company (the
“Special Committee”) in connection with the strategic alternative
review. Over the past several months, the Special Committee has
worked with Cormark and its legal advisors to explore strategic
alternatives that would maximize shareholder value and also attract
potential buyers to enhance outcomes for all stakeholders. These
efforts included both monetizing non-core assets and engaging with
prospective purchasers in connection with a potential sale of the
Company.
As a result of these endeavors, the Company has
monetized several of its major loans. Additionally, the
Company has considered several conditional non-binding offers and
entered into discussions with potential purchasers for the entire
Company. However, while the Company continues to explore a
potential sale of the entire Company, no concrete transaction on
terms acceptable to the Company has materialized thus far.
In light of the above, the Company's board of
directors has made the strategic decision to pursue the liquidation
alternative presented during the strategic review process, while
remaining open to a potential sale transaction should one
emerge.
In pursuing the liquidation alternative, Terra
Firma's primary objective will be to return capital to its
shareholders efficiently and promptly in order to achieve a value
commensurate with the underlying value of the portfolio. However,
in pursuing this objective, the Company also recognizes the
importance of executing the liquidation process in a manner that
considers the interests of all stakeholders.
The remaining assets of the Company’s as at July
13, 2023 were comprised of a net cash balance of approximately
$24.1mm plus other substantial assets of which the realizable value
has yet to be determined. There can be no assurance that the
Company will be able to recover the book value of its remaining
non-cash assets. In addition, the costs of the liquidation of the
Company’s remaining assets, the wind down of the Company’s
operations and the cost of structuring a transaction to return
capital to shareholders will reduce the amount of cash that will be
available to shareholders.
Terra Firma Capital Corporation will provide
further updates as appropriate. Shareholders and other interested
parties are encouraged to monitor the Company's announcements for
further information.
About Terra Firma Capital
Corporation
Terra Firma is a publicly traded real estate
finance company that provides real estate financings secured by
investment properties and real estate developments in the United
States and Canada. The Company focuses on arranging and providing
financing with flexible terms to real estate developers and owners
who require shorter-term loans to bridge a transitional period of
one to five years where they require capital at various stages of
development or redevelopment of a property. These loans are
typically repaid with lower cost, longer-term debt obtained from
other Canadian financial institutions once the applicable
transitional period is over or the redevelopment is complete, or
from proceeds generated from the sale of the real estate
assets.
For further information please visit Terra Firma’s
website at www.tfcc.ca.For further information, please contact:
Terra Firma Capital CorporationGlenn
WatchornChief Executive OfficerPhone:
416.792.4702gwatchorn@tfcc.ca
or
Terra Firma Capital CorporationY. Dov
MeyerExecutive ChairmanPhone: 416.792.4709ydmeyer@tfcc.ca
or
Ali MahdaviManaging DirectorSpinnaker Capital
Markets Inc.Phone: 416.962.3300am@spinnakercmi.com
The TSX-V has neither approved nor disapproved
the contents of this press release. The TSX-V does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press
release.
Forward-Looking Information
This Press Release contains forward‐looking
statements with respect matters concerning the business,
operations, strategy and financial performance of Terra Firma,
including any potential outcomes from the process to evaluate
potential strategic alternatives and the monetization of the
company’s assets, and the amount of cash expected to be available
to shareholders following the wind down of the company’s operations
and the costs of distributing the company’s cash to shareholders.
These statements generally can be identified by use of
forward-looking words such as “may”, “will”, “expects”,
“estimates”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “believe” or “could” or the
negative thereof or similar variations. The future business,
operations and performance of Terra Firma and the results of the
strategic review could differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such statements. Such forward‐looking statements are
qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties
surrounding future expectations, including risks relating to the
ability to identify and complete strategic alternatives, market
factors, competition, and dependence on tenants’ financial
conditions, environmental and tax related matters, and reliance on
key personnel and the risks disclosed in Terra Firma’s most
recently filed annual information form, annual management’s
discussion and analysis or interim management’s discussion and
analysis filed under Terra Firma’s profile on SEDAR at
www.sedar.com. Forward‐looking statements are based on a number of
assumptions which may prove to be incorrect, including that the
general economy, local real estate conditions and interest rates
are stable, and the absence of significant changes in government
regulation. There can be no assurances that forward‐looking
statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future
events could differ materially from those anticipated in such
statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on
forward‐looking statements. The cautionary statements qualify all
forward‐looking statements attributable to Terra Firma and persons
acting on its behalf. Unless otherwise stated, all forward looking
statements speak only as of the date of this Press Release and
Terra Firma does not assume any obligation to update such
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as required by applicable Canadian securities
laws.
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