Real People Investment Holdings Limited – Audited Annual Financial Statements for 2021, Amended Financial Covenants and Guidance Regarding Expected Bond Repayments

RPIH publishes its audited annual financial statements for the financial year 2021

The audited annual financial statements for 2021 is available to download at www.realpeoplegroup.co.za.

Amended financial covenants

Pursuant to the terms and conditions (as amended by a written procedure completed on 21 September 2020) (the “Terms and Conditions“) for the up to SEK 260,000,000 and up to NOK 135,000,000 senior unsecured callable bonds 2013/2028 with ISIN: SE0005392560 and NO0010689342 (the “Bonds“) issued by Real People Investment Holdings Limited (the “Issuer” or “RPIH“), the Issuer shall comply with the undertakings to uphold specified levels of financial ratios for relevant measurement periods from time to time, as prescribed in the senior unsecured loan agreement entered into between the Issuer and certain senior lenders. Any adjustments made to the financial covenants under the senior unsecured loan agreement shall also apply to the Terms and Conditions.

The Issuer and the senior lenders have agreed to amend the financial covenants under the senior unsecured loan agreement and, as mentioned above, these amended financial covenants also apply to the Bonds. As a part of the amendments, the Debt Service Cover Ratio covenant has been replaced with a Minimum Available Cash Balance covenant. Below is a high-level summary of the new financial covenants.

Minimum Available Cash Balance

Permanent Capital to Total Assets Ratio

Cost to Income Ratio

Attached hereto is a more detailed summary of the financial covenants and the relevant definitions.

Guidance regarding expected partial repayments under the Bonds

Clause 10 (Minimum repayment undertaking) of the Terms and Conditions prescribes that the Issuer must meet certain minimum amortization levels. In addition, pursuant to clause 9.3 (Mandatory redemption pro rata in case of repayment of the Senior Unsecured Loan) of the Terms and Conditions, the Issuer shall redeem the Bonds in an amount equal to the Bonds Pro-rata Share (as defined in the Terms and Conditions) if any repayment is made to the senior lenders under the senior unsecured loan agreement. The Issuer has agreed a new amortization profile with the senior lenders under the senior unsecured loan agreement as set out int the table below. Corresponding Bonds Pro-rata Share payments will be made under the Bonds. It is expected that the amortizations that will be made with respect to the Bonds as a result of the above-mentioned provisions will meet the minimum repayment undertaking applicable for the Bonds.

Due to slightly different bases used for the purpose of the calculations and currency conversion effects, the amortizations under the Bonds will not correspond exactly with the amortizations under the senior unsecured loan, but the figures can be used as a broad indication of the amortizations that can be expected under the Bonds. The Issuer will publish information on amounts to be repaid under the Bonds and repayment dates when they have been determined in connection with the repayments.

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For further information, please contact:

Jacques Hefer, Group Treasury Manager

Email: jhefer@realpeople.co.za

Phone number: +27 84 514 3018

This information is information that RPIH is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, on June 29, 2021 at 13:00 CET

Attachments

• Acacia – Press release re bonds repayments and amended financial covenants 20210629
• Acacia – Press release re bonds repayments and amended financial covenants 20210629
• Acacia – Summary of Amended Financial Covenants 20210629
• Acacia – Summary of Amended Financial Covenants 20210629