REG - Coventry&Rugby Hos. - Potential Event of Default

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15/12/2022 11:15

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RNS Number : 8526J  Coventry & Rugby Hospital Co PLC  15 December 2022

ANNOUNCEMENT

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THE COVENTRY AND RUGBY HOSPITAL COMPANY PLC - RNS ANNOUNCEMENT

 

THE COVENTRY AND RUGBY HOSPITAL COMPANY PLC (the "Issuer")

£407,239,000

3.246 per cent. Index Linked guaranteed secured bonds due 30 June 2040

(including £35,000,000 variation bonds)

(with authority to issue further bonds)

unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed as to scheduled payments of
principal and interest pursuant to a financial guarantee policy

issued by MBIA ASSURANCE S.A. (succeeded by Assured Guaranty UK Limited)

(the "Bonds")

(ISIN: XSO159152189 Common Code: 015915218)

 

Shortfall in the Lifecycle Reserve Account and breach of Annual Senior Debt
Service Cover Ratio

 

The most recent Financial Model (the "Model") of the Issuer forecasts that at
31 December 2022 there will be a shortfall in the Buildings Lifecycle Reserve
Account and that this will subsist for more than two consecutive Scheduled
Payment Dates. The Model also forecasts that the Annual Senior Debt Service
Cover Ratio for the Forward and Historic Test Periods at 31 December 2022 will
be less than 1:1.05. If these events materialise at 31 December 2022 they will
be Events of Default under the Collateral Deed. Currently they represent
Potential Events of Default unless remedied by 31 December 2022.

 

The Issuer has an obligation under the Collateral Deed to reserve 100% of the
lifecycle spend for the next 12 months, and 25% of each of the two 12-month
periods after that in the Buildings Lifecycle Reserve Account, in addition to
the Unforecast Reserve Amount. This is an amount that will ensure that there
is no low DCSR Periods in the Extra Look Forward Period. The Model is
forecasting that there will be insufficient cash to meet this obligation and
therefore the Buildings Lifecycle Reserve Account will be underfunded as at 31
December 2022. This is due to significantly higher forecast spend, including
lifecycle works and replacement pipework (disclosed on 14 November (RNS
3553G)), for the period 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024, leading to the higher
reserving requirement.

Reserving of this cash is treated as a cash outflow in calculating the Annual
Debt Service Cover Ratio ("ADSCR"), therefore model is forecasting that the
ADSCR will be below the Event of Default threshold at 31 December 2022 for the
Forward and Historic Test Periods. Further updates will be provided when
available.

 

Enquiries

 

The Issuer

The Coventry and Rugby Hospital Company Plc

8 White Oak Square

Swanley

Kent

BR8 7AG

 

Attention: Jacques Mostert, Project Co. Representative.

 

 

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