Freehold Royalties Announces Amendment to Credit Facilities Agreement
November 14 2024 - 11:01AM
Freehold Royalties Ltd. (Freehold or the Company) (TSX:FRU)
announces an amendment to its credit facilities agreement with its
syndicate of four Canadian banks. The amended credit facilities
have been increased from $300 million to $400 million, including an
increase to the committed revolving facility from $285 million to
$380 million and an increase to the operating facility from $15
million to $20 million. The agreement also carries an option to
increase the revolving facility by an additional $100 million,
subject to the consent of the lenders. The credit facilities mature
November 12, 2027.
“The amendment to our credit facilities provides
more financial flexibility and improved liquidity for the Company
going forward,” said David Spyker, Freehold’s President and Chief
Executive Officer. “At the end of Q3-2024, $206 million was drawn
on the facilities and despite the increased credit capacity, our
strategy of managing our debt prudently with a target below 1.5
times net debt to trailing funds from operations remains
intact.”
Freehold is uniquely positioned as a leading
North American energy royalty company with approximately 6.2
million gross acres in Canada and approximately 1.1 million gross
drilling acres in the United States. Freehold’s common shares trade
on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada under the symbol FRU.
For further information contact
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Todd McBride, CPA, CMA |
Nick Thomson, CFA |
Investor Relations |
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t. 403.221.0833 |
t. 403.221.0874 |
e. tmcbride@freeholdroyalties.com |
e. nthomson@freeholdroyalties.com |
w. www.freeholdroyalties.com |
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Forward-Looking Statements
This news release offers our assessment of
Freehold’s future plans and operations as of November 14, 2024, and
contains forward-looking statements that we believe allow readers
to better understand our business and prospects. These
forward-looking statements include our expectations for the
following: the expectation that the amendment to our credit
facilities will provide more financial flexibility and improved
liquidity for the Company going forward and our intention to
prudently manage our debt with a target below 1.5 times net debt to
trailing funds from operations.
By their nature, forward-looking statements are
subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, some of which are
beyond our control. Risks are described in detail in our Annual
Information Form for the year-ended December 31, 2023, available at
www.sedarplus.ca.
You are cautioned that the assumptions used in
the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable
at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such,
undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
Our actual results, performance, or achievement could differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these
forward-looking statements. We can give no assurance that any of
the events anticipated will transpire or occur, or if any of them
do, what benefits we will derive from them. The forward-looking
information contained in this document is expressly qualified by
this cautionary statement. Our policy for updating forward-looking
statements is to update our key operating assumptions quarterly
and, except as required by law, we do not undertake to update any
other forward-looking statements.
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