AVI Global Trust PLC Planned Issue of Japanese Yen Fixed Rate Debt (8520P)
23 June 2022 - 12:56AM
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RNS Number : 8520P
AVI Global Trust PLC
22 June 2022
AVI GLOBAL TRUST PLC
Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800QUODCLWWRVI968
22 June 2022
PLANNED ISSUE OF JAPANESE YEN FIXED RATE DEBT
AVI Global Trust plc (the Company) has today entered into a
preliminary agreement to issue Japanese Yen (JPY) 8bn fixed rate
unsecured debt, for a term of ten years. Subject to final
documentation, the annual interest rate on the debt will be 1.38%.
The debt will be denominated in JPY and is equivalent to
approximately GBGBP48million at current exchange rates.
The Company currently has in issue the following fixed rate
debt:
GBGBP30m 4.184% Series A Sterling Unsecured Loan Notes, due 15
January 2036
EUR30m 3.249% Series B Euro Unsecured Loan Notes, due 15 January
2036
EUR20m 2.93% Series B Euro Unsecured Loan Notes, due 1 November
2037
In addition, the Company has a JPY12bn multi-currency revolving
credit facility. There are no drawings under this facility at
present. The Company is currently ungeared on a net basis (96%
invested) and, following the issue of this new JPY fixed rate debt,
will have available liquidity of GBP234m
Assuming that the debt issue proceeds as planned, the Company's
weighted average interest on its fixed rate borrowings will be
reduced to 2.70%, compared with 3.56% currently.
The Board expects to announce the completion of the necessary
documentation within three weeks of the date of this
announcement.
Commenting on the new financing, AVI Global Trust Chairman,
Susan Noble, said:
"The Company's Board has taken the decision to put in place
fixed rate borrowings in Japanese Yen at what it believes may prove
to be an attractive rate of interest. Further, in light of the
Company's substantial investments in Japanese companies, borrowing
in Japanese Yen provides a natural hedge against exchange rate
fluctuations."
Enquiries: Asset Value Investors Ltd
020 7659 4800
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