Aquila European Renewables Income Fund plc (AERIF), the London-listed investment company advised by Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft mbh, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Tesseract Holdings Limited, has reached contractual close in relation to a two year, EUR40 million (US$48 million) secured revolving credit facility (RCF). Lenders under the RCF include ING Bank N.V. and The Royal Bank of Scotland International Limited.
As outlined in the Fund's Initial Public Offering (IPO) prospectus, the Company may make use of short-term debt, such as a revolving credit facility, to assist with the acquisition of suitable opportunities as and when they become available. Under the prospectus, such short-term debt will be subject to a separate gearing limit so as not to exceed 25 percent of the Gross Asset Value at the time of entering into (or acquiring) any such short-term debt.
The RCF has a margin of 1.85% over EURIBOR. The facility also benefits from additional flexibility, subject to bank consent and certain conditions, including
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