REG - Vector Capital PLC - Renewal of Inter-Company Debt

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29/12/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 1204L  Vector Capital PLC  29 December 2022

Vector Capital plc

("Vector Capital", the "Company" or the "Group")

Renewal of Inter-Company Debt and Related Party Transaction

Vector Capital plc (AIM:VCAP), the commercial lending group that offers
secured loans primarily to businesses located in the United Kingdom, announces
that it has renewed its inter-company debt terms with Vector Holdings Limited
('Vector Holdings').

On 12 November 2020, prior to Vector Capital's admission to AIM, Vector
Holdings entered into an inter-company debt agreement with Vector Capital for
a £3 million loan (the 'Vector Holdings Liability').  The terms of the debt
agreement were such that:

 ·         Interest will be payable on the outstanding balance of the Vector Holdings
           Liability at a rate of 5 per cent. per annum accruing daily and payable
           quarterly on the last business day of March, June, September and December;

 ·         The Vector Holdings Liability is repayable on 31 December 2022;

 ·         Vector Holdings may, by giving notice in writing to the Company, request early
           repayment of the whole or any part of the Vector Holdings Liability prior to
           31 December 2022 and the Company shall give reasonable consideration to any
           such request;

 ·         The Vector Holdings Liability is unsecured; and

 ·         The Company may voluntarily pre-pay the whole or any part of the Vector
           Holdings Liability at any time without a pre-payment fee being payable.

 

 

Under the terms of a Relationship Agreement dated 18(th) December 2020, Vector
Holdings undertook not to demand repayment of the whole or any part of the
Vector Holdings Liability without the prior written consent of at least two
independent directors, except in the event of an insolvency.

 

At a Company board meeting on 28(th) December 2022, the revised terms of the
loan were approved whereby the Vector Holdings Liability will now be repayable
on 31 December 2024, and the interest will be payable on the outstanding
balance at a rate of 6.25% per cent. per annum accruing daily and payable
quarterly on the last business day of March, June, September and December. The
interest rate will be renegotiated by 31 December 2023 in the light of then
current rates. All other terms relating to the intercompany debt and the
Relationship Agreement remain unchanged.

 

The revised terms of the loan provide that Company with medium term
competitively priced finance, well below the rate currently offered by third
party funders, that can continue to be employed to grow the loan book.

 

Related Party Transaction

 

Vector Holdings is the parent company of the Group and holds a 75% interest in
the Company. Mr. Agam Jain, a director of Vector Capital, is a controlling
shareholder of Vector Holdings along with his immediate family. Accordingly,
the renewal of the inter-company debt is deemed to be a related party
transaction pursuant to AIM Rule 13 of the AIM Rule for Companies.

 

The Company's Directors (excluding Mr. Agam Jain, who is directly related to
this transaction), having consulted with Vector Capital's Nominated Adviser,
WH Ireland Limited, consider the revised terms of the loan to be fair and
reasonable in so far as the Company's shareholders are concerned.

 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
the UK version of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 which is part of UK law by
virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, as amended ("MAR"). Upon
the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service,
this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

 

Enquiries

 

 Vector Capital plc                             020 8191 7615
 Robin Stevens (Chairman)
 Agam Jain (CEO)

 WH Ireland Limited                             020 7220 1666
 Chris Hardie, Megan Liddell

 IFC Advisory Limited                           020 3934 6630
 Graham Herring, Florence Chandler, Zach Cohen

 

Notes to Editors

Vector Capital Plc provides secured, business-to-business loans to SMEs based
principally in England and Wales. Loans are typically secured by a first
legal charge against real estate. The Group's customers typically borrow for
general working capital purposes, bridging ahead of refinancing, land
development and property acquisition. The loans provided by the Group are
typically for renewable 12-month terms with fixed interest rates.

 

 

 

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