28th May 2013 11:20
28 May, 2013
Jubilant Energy N.V.
("Jubilant" or "the Company")
Funding Agreement Signed
Jubilant is pleased to announce that on 28 May, 2013 it entered into a funding agreement with two Jubilant Bhartia Group companies*. The agreement allows for borrowing of upto USD 20 million in aggregate, for a period of three years and will be structured as unsecured loans (the "Loans"). The Loans will partly be denominated in Indian rupees and partly in USD and will bear interest at a rate of 15% p.a. and 6 months USD LIBOR plus 3% p.a., respectively. The Loans may be drawn down in one or more tranches at any time within the loan period, with both the amount and denomination of each tranche at the discretion of the Company. These funds will be applied to funding operating activities and general capital of the Company.
The issues of the Loans are deemed to be a related party transaction pursuant to AIM Rule 13. The Independent Directors of the Company, having consulted with its nominated adviser, consider that the terms of the Loans are fair and reasonable insofar as its shareholders are concerned.
\* The two Jubilant Bhartia Group Companies are directly or indirectly, owned and controlled by Mr S S Bhartia who is Non Executive Director and Chairman and Mr H S Bhartia who is Non Executive Director and Co-Chairman of Jubilant, both of whom are its substantial shareholders, holding approximately 85.0% of the voting rights of the Company in aggregate.
Enquiries:
Jubilant Energy |
Vipul Agarwal |
+91 120 4025700 |
Panmure Gordon |
Callum Stewart, Adam James |
+44 20 7886 2500 |
College Hill | David Simonson, Alexandra Roper | +44 20 7457 2020 |
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