1st Jul 2011 13:08
Date: | 01 July 2011 |
On behalf of: | Travelzest plc ('Travelzest', 'the Company' or 'the Group') |
For immediate release |
Travelzest plc
§ Deferral of scheduled capital repayment
Further to the announcement made by the Company on 1 June 2011, Travelzest announces that it continues discussions with banks in both the UK and Canadian markets to identify the best commercial terms available to the Company.
Discussions with one bank continue to progress. The terms of the proposed new facility are expected to be more favourable to the Company than those of the existing facility.
Under the existing facility agreement provided by Barclays Bank plc ("Barclays") dated 19 June 2008 (as amended, varied and restated from time to time) (the "Existing Facility Agreement"), a capital repayment of £620,550.00 and CAD $2,668,557.57 (the "Capital Repayment") and associated interest became due on 31 May 2011.
The Company today confirms that Barclays has agreed to a further deferral of the Capital Repayment and to a further waiver from certain covenants agreed under the terms of the Existing Facility Agreement until 29 July 2011.
Potential Offer
On 19 April 2011, the Company announced that it was in the very early stages of discussions over a potential offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the Company (the "Potential Offer"). The Company confirms today that it is still in discussions in relation to the Potential Offer however there can be no certainty that the talks will result in an offer being made for the Company.
A further announcement on both the Company's debt facilities and on the Potential Offer will be made as and when appropriate.
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Enquiries:
Travelzest plc | 0844 335 6623 |
Mark Molyneux / Jack Fraser | |
Redleaf Communications | 020 7566 6720 |
Rebecca Sanders-Hewett / Jenny Bahr | |
Investec Investment Banking | 020 7597 5970 |
Martin Smith / Duncan Williamson | |
Merchant Securities Limited (Broker) | 020 7628 2200 |
Graeme Cull/Simon Clements |
Notes to Editors:
Travelzest plc (LSE:TVZ.L) is a dynamic travel group, with a collection of online travel retailers and specialized merchant operators, with operations in five countries. Included in the Travelzest agency family are Travelzest Holidays, itravel2000, The Cruise Professionals, holiday.co.uk, flight.co.uk, Fair's Fare, Wow House, and in the Travelzest merchant family are Best of Morocco, VFB Holidays, Peng Travel, Faraway Holidays, The Malaysia Experience, Tapestry Collection, Captivating Cuba, JMB Travel. Travelzest is traded on London's AIM Exchange under the symbol TVZ.
Investec Investment Banking, a division of Investec plc ("Investec"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, is acting exclusively for Travelzest and for no-one else in connection with the Offer and will not be responsible to any person other than Travelzest for providing the protections afforded to clients of Investec, nor for providing advice in relation to the Offer or any other matters referred to herein.
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