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November 17 2020

GLI Finance asks investors to vote on restructuring plans

Marc Shoffman Industry News, News, Top 3 Fintech Ventures, GLI Finance, Honeycomb, Sancus BMS

GLI Finance is asking shareholders to vote in favour of its restructuring and refinancing proposals, as it warns that it could face administration or insolvency without the support.

The Aim-listed alternative finance group has proposed rebranding and restructuring its business to focus on its property-backed lending through Sancus BMS, which it said was the only part of its group with “tangible value.”

GLI Finance said in a stock market update this morning that it also wants to raise up to £4m of new equity and refinance existing bonds by issuing up to £15m of new debt.

Both these would be supported financially by GLI’s largest shareholder, Somerston Group.

Read more: GLI Finance narrows losses

GLI also wants to extended its credit facility with the Honeycomb Investment Trust to a maximum of £75m, from the current £45m.

The facility was due to expire on 28 January 2021 but GLI said it has secured an 18 month extension and is also seeking to push this further to January 2024.

A spokesperson confirmed that the restructuring would involve selling off stakes within its Fintech Ventures portfolio.

GLI Finance said in its update that the Fintech Ventures portfolio had “diminishing returns.”

Read more: GLI Finance mulls fundraising to cover impending liabilities

Shareholders will be able to vote at an extraordinary general meeting on 4 December.

The update warned that if the resolutions are not passed, there is a “material risk” that the company may not have sufficient cash resources to pay the 2020 final capital entitlement in full to satisfy the solvency test set out under Guernsey company law.

“The board believes that in the event that the proposals are not approved, then alternative sources of debt or equity financing are very unlikely to be available, or be available on preferential terms.

“The group could then face administration or other insolvency proceedings which would, in the board’s opinion, result in shareholders receiving no value for their current shareholdings.”

Read more: GLI Finance to revise bonus policy amid shareholder concerns

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