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UPDATE 1-Abengoa turns to hedge fund for new margin loan
30/10/2015 09:45 RSF
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By Robert Smith
LONDON, Oct 29 (IFR) - Abengoa has raised a new US$130m margin loan from a UK hedge fund, after repaying a larger US$200m bank facility.
The Spanish energy company has theoption to borrow up to US$130m from a new two-year margin loan provided by Talos Capital Limited, a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission showed on Thursday.
Talos provided the loan on October 22, according to the filing. Abengoahas pledged 14.2m shares of Abengoa Yield as collateral, which is around 14% of the US-listed yieldco's share capital.
The loan demonstrates that Abengoa still has access to financing in the run up to its 50m capital raise, although it has hadto turn to non-bank lenders.
Talos Capital Limited is an investment vehicle of UK hedge fund TCI Fund Management, a high-profile fund run by Chris Hohn who is best known for activist investment.
Abengoa also confirmed in the filing that it has repaid a US$200m two-year margin loan it took out just four months ago.
IFR reported last Friday that a UK regulatory filing dated October 15 indicated the loan had been paid in full.(news)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch provided theprevious margin loan, which was initially backed by 14m of Abengoa Yield shares.
This was subsequently increased to 16.5m after the growing crisis at Abengoa and souring sentiment in the yieldco sector battered the US firm's share price.(news)
(Reporting by Robert Smith; Editing by Alex Chambers)
Keywords: ABENGOA LOAN/
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