Elemental Altus Royalties Secures up to US$50 Million Credit Facility, Announces Fundraise and Debt Conversion & Repayment
Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – December 1, 2022) – Elemental Altus Royalties Corp. (TSXV: ELE) (OTCQX: ELEMF) (“Elemental Altus” or “the Company“) is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement with National Bank of Canada (“NBC“) and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (“CIBC“) for a revolving credit facility which allows the Company to borrow up to US$40 million (the “Revolving Facility” or “Facility“), with an option to increase to US$50 million subject to satisfaction of certain conditions. Alongside the Facility, the Company announces the conversion into equity of approximately US$27,559,844 of debt (the “Debt Conversion“) owed to La Mancha Investments S.à r.l. (“La Mancha“), a subsidiary of La Mancha Resource Fund SCSp (the “Fund“), and a non-brokered private placement (the “Financing“) for up to US$5 million. The Company has drawn US$30 million under the Revolving Facility and repaid the outstanding loan owed to Sprott Private Resource Lending II (Collector), LP (“Sprott“) in its entirety.
Highlights
- Up to US$50 million Revolving Facility with NBC and CIBC and repayment of Sprott loan
- Outstanding debt reduced to US$30 million at significantly lower interest rates, saving over US$3.5 million in interest annually
- Materially decreases the Company’s cost of capital and improves access to credit going forward
- Company in a strong position to transact on further accretive royalties and stream opportunities
- La Mancha has increased its shareholding in the Company to approximately 34.3% prior to proposed Financing
- The right for LMHE to nominate a number of directors proportionate to its and its affiliates’ ownership interest in the Shares or other voting shares or equity shares of Elemental Altus (“Voting Shares“), rounded down to the nearest whole number, which as of the date hereof is the right to nominate two directors to Elemental Altus’s Board;
- Anti-dilution and top-up rights allowing LMHE and its affiliates to maintain their ownership interest in the Voting Shares for so long as LMHE and its affiliates’ ownership interest in the Voting Shares is at least 15%;
- A two-year standstill period and one-year restrictions on disposition period, subject to customary exceptions, and certain provisions to ensure the orderly disposition of any Voting Shares or securities convertible into Voting Shares held by LMHE and its affiliates representing more than 10% of Elemental Altus’ then outstanding Voting Shares; and
- Customary demand registration and piggy-back registration rights in favour of LMHE and its affiliates, provided that LMHE and its affiliates’ ownership interest in the Voting Shares is at least 15%.

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