15. Interest-Bearing Loans and Borrowings
Group | RTÉ | |||||
Interest rate | Maturity | 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019 | |
% | €’000 | €’000 | €’000 | €’000 | ||
Revolving credit facility | Lender cost of funds plus margin | 5 December 2024 | - | - | - | - |
Amortising term loan facility | Lender cost of funds plus margin | 5 December 2024 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
Project loan and term loan facility | EURIBOR plus margin | 31 January 2026 | 55,000 | 55,000 | - | - |
65,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | |||
Analysed as follows: | ||||||
Non-Current | 65,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | ||
Current | - | - | - | - | ||
65,000 | 60,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 |
On 6 December 2019, RTÉ entered into a new facility agreement with Bank of Ireland (BOI) amounting to €20 million for working capital purposes. The agreement includes a €10 million revolving credit facility which was undrawn as at 31 December 2020 and a term loan facility of €10 million, which was fully drawn as at 31 December 2020.
On 1 February 2019, the Group entered into a project loan facility agreement, through its subsidiary 2rn, with Barclays Bank Ireland PLC and Bank of Ireland amounting to €60 million in aggregate, of which €55 million was drawn at 31 December 2020.
Lender security – project loan facility
It was one of the conditions to the availability of the project loan facility that 2rn execute a security deed agreement and provide the lender security as follows:
a) Lands of 13 main DTT transmission sites;
b) All 2rn present and future fixtures and fittings on the DTT transmission sites;
c) All 2rn rental income and occupational leases;
d) Rights and benefits of 2rn insurance policies;
e) The insurance proceeds account; and
f) Deeds of Assignment creating security assignments in respect of certain commercial contracts and DTT Construction Contracts.