Anaergia Inc. ("Anaergia" or the "Company") (TSX: ANRG) today (Sept 28) announced that its subsidiary Rhode Island Bioenergy Facility, LLC ("RIBF") has closed a US$20 million term loan ("Loan") with East West Bank, a California Corporation, to finance remaining construction and commissioning of the RIBF project in the Town of Johnston, Rhode Island, USA and working capital. This financing has a seven-year term, and bears interest on US dollar denominated drawn funds at an annual rate equal to the prime rate as published in the Wall Street Journal (or another similar publication selected by the lender) plus 1.25%, subject to adjustment based on a swap agreement to be entered into within ten days after closing, and a floor of 7.5%. The loan is subject to certain positive and negative covenants that are customary for transactions of this nature, including liens and security interests in assets of RIBF.
About Anaergia
Anaergia was created to eliminate a major source of greenhouse gases by cost effectively turning organic waste into renewable natural gas (RNG), fertilizer and water, using proprietary technologies. With a proven track record from delivering world-leading projects on four continents, Anaergia is uniquely positioned to provide end-to-end solutions for extracting organics from waste, implementing high efficiency anaerobic digestion, upgrading biogas, producing fertilizer and cleaning water. Our customers are in the municipal solid waste, municipal wastewater, agriculture, and food processing industries. In each of these markets Anaergia has built many successful plants including some of the largest in the world. Anaergia owns and operates some of the plants it builds, and it also operates plants that are owned by its customers.
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