Enablence Technologies Announces Successful Renegotiation of Loan Agreement with Senior Lender
Ottawa, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – May 11, 2020) – Enablence Technologies Inc. (TSXV: ENA) (“Enablence” or the “Company”), a leading supplier of optical components and subsystems, today announced changes to its secured term loan facility with Export Development Canada (“EDC”). The term loan facility was first announced on March 3, 2016.
The Company and EDC agreed to the following amendments and waivers to the term loan facility (1) the total amount of outstanding advances (including capitalized interest) of approximately C$6.0 million will be capitalized, (2) EDC will waive each event of default resulting from the Company’s prior failure to make payments of interest (including default interest) and principal when due, and (3) the Company will commence making principal payments in 2020 according to a mutually agreed schedule.
The Company will pay EDC an amendment fee in consideration of this amendment and waiver agreement to the term loan facility. EDC will maintain all other past and future rights and privileges with respect to the secured term loan facility.
About Enablence Technologies Inc.
Enablence is a publicly traded company that designs, manufactures and sells optical components and subsystems to a global customer base. It utilizes its patented technologies, including planar lightwave circuit intellectual property, in the production of an array of photonic components and broadband subsystems that deliver a key portion of the infrastructure for current and next-generation telecommunication systems. The Company’s components are key elements in large optical network infrastructure builds which enable global networking and large-scale computing for businesses and individuals, including data centers and 5G telecommunications networks. For more information, visit www.enablence.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company based on current expectations and assumptions of management, which involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties associated with our business and the economic environment in which the business operates. All such statements are forward-looking statements under applicable Canadian securities legislation. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements require us to make assumptions and are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. We caution our readers of this press release not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements as a number of factors could cause actual results or conditions to differ materially from current expectations. Please refer to the risks set forth in the Company’s continuous disclosure documents that can be found on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) under Enablence’s issuer profile Enablence does not intend, and disclaims any obligation, except as required by law, to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
For further information contact:
Scott Larin, Chief Financial Officer
Enablence Technologies Inc.
+1 613 656-2850
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