TriLinc Global Impact Fund Makes Impact Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia
TriLinc Global Impact Fund announced today that it has approved an
additional $27.5 million in term loans and trade finance facilities to
companies operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Southeast
Asia, bringing total financing commitments as of June 30, 2018 to $440.7
million for business expansion and socioeconomic development through its
holdings in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Southeast Asia, and
Emerging Europe.
TriLinc Global Impact Fund (“TriLinc” or the “Company”) announced today
that it recently approved $27.5 million in term loan and trade finance
transactions with companies operating in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin
America, and Southeast Asia. The transaction details are summarized
below.
TriLinc is an impact investing fund that provides growth-stage loans and
trade finance to established small and medium enterprises (“SMEs”) in
developing economies where access to affordable capital is significantly
limited. Impact Investing is defined as investing with the specific
objective of achieving a competitive financial return as well as
creating positive, measurable impact in communities across the globe.
TriLinc recently approved $25.7 million in term loan and trade finance
transactions that meet the Company’s requirements for underwriting,
economic development, and societal advancement, as described below:
On June 1, 2018, TriLinc funded $5,394,129 as part of an existing
$10,000,000 senior secured trade finance facility to a soft commodity
exporter in Cameroon. The transaction is set to mature on December 31,
2018, and is secured with a pledge of goods, pledge over benefits of
sale, and credit insurance on off-takers. The company sources from
approximately 1,500 local smallholder farmers, providing them with a
consistent market to sell their product while also offering subsidies
for agricultural inputs in order to cost-effectively enhance crop yield
and quality.
On June 5, 2018, TriLinc funded $2,500,000 as part of an existing
$11,000,000 revolving senior secured trade finance facility with a
mobile phone distributor based in Hong Kong, which specializes in the
trading and distribution of mobile phones, cameras, music players and
home appliances. The borrower was appointed to be the exclusive
distributor in India of high quality, affordable mobile phones for a
multinational networking and telecommunications equipment company.
Priced at 10.00%, the transaction is set to mature July 5, 2018 and is
secured by receivables, personal and corporate guarantees, a collection
account, and properties in Hong Kong, with a collateral coverage ratio
of ≥1.33x. India has the fastest-growing smartphone market in the world,
and the borrower believes that TriLinc’s financing will support the
distribution of mobile phones throughout the country that are both high
quality and affordable. In addition to expanding access to technology
within India, the borrower maintains an active corporate social
responsibility program in India that is focused on bringing
technological education to the youth in West Bengal.
On June 13, 2018, TriLinc funded $18,000,000 as part of a new
$18,000,000 senior secured three-year term loan to an energy distributor
in Ghana. Priced at six month Libor + 13.00%, the transaction is set to
mature on June 30, 2021 and is secured by a letter of credit, a payment
guarantee, and debenture over power generation plants and a pipeline
being constructed. The borrower anticipates that TriLinc’s financing
will ultimately support the creation of a more reliable, cleaner fuel
supply for industries in Ghana, the decline of energy costs as a result
of Ghana’s transition to using natural gas for power generation, and the
reduction of infrastructure strain as the pipeline will lessen road
congestion, improve the longevity of roads, and minimize community
safety risks.
On June 25, 2018, TriLinc funded $536,673 as part of an existing
$15,000,000 senior secured 4.2-year term loan to a consumer lender in
Colombia that services public sector employees and retirees within small
and medium size government agencies throughout the country. Priced at
11.25%, the transaction is set to mature on August 1, 2021, and is
secured by the portfolio of payroll deduction loans and all cash flow
stemming from such assigned deduction loans, with a cash flow coverage
ratio of 1.1x. The borrower anticipates that TriLinc’s loan will assist
the borrower in originating new payroll deduction loans, which would
provide middle income consumers with timely and flexible financing for
voluntary private consumption.
On June 27, 2018, TriLinc participated in three separate transactions,
totaling $1,086,577 as part of an existing $10,000,000 senior secured
trade finance facility with four different Nigerian soft commodity
exporters that source crops at farm gate from local, smallholder farmers
and then process them for export. The transactions are set to mature
between December 27, 2018 and December 28, 2018 and are secured by a
pledge of goods, assignment of proceeds, and insurance coverage.
“TriLinc’s recent investment activity demonstrates our commitment to
supporting SMEs that are enhancing national infrastructure development,”
said Gloria Nelund, CEO of TriLinc. “By financing companies, like the
energy distributor in Ghana that is supplying a cleaner, more affordable
energy source, TriLinc is strengthening its economic development thesis
of supporting local growth industries that seek to generate both
positive economic and social benefits.”
About TriLinc Global Impact Fund
TriLinc is a non-traded, externally managed, limited liability company
that makes impact investments in SMEs in developing economies that
provide the opportunity to achieve both competitive financial returns
and positive measurable impact. TriLinc invests in SMEs through
experienced local market sub-advisors, and expects to create a
diversified portfolio of financial assets consisting primarily of
collateralized private debt instruments. In addition, the Company
aggregates and analyzes social, economic, and environmental impact data
to track progress and measure success against stated objectives.
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are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that the
expectations will be attained or that any deviation will not be material.
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