To: RNS
Date: 13 September 2018
Company: Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust Plc (the "Company")
LEI: 213800CWSC5B8BG3RS21
Borrowing Facilities
The Company announces that it has entered into a Euro 10 million term loan facility agreement for a five-year term at a fixed rate of 1.33% per annum with ING Bank N.V., London Branch ("ING").
The facility has been fully drawn down today and together with cash resources, has been used to repay the Company's existing loan facilities totalling Euro 25 million with ING which mature today.
The new facility is repayable on 13 September 2023.
The Company has also entered into a five-year revolving credit facility with ING, for Euro 15 million.
The Board believes that the combination of these facilities gives the Company greater flexibility in pursuit of its investment objective.
I Ridge
For and on behalf of
F&C Investment Business Limited,
Company Secretary
Telephone: 020 7628 8000
