The British Volt deal is dead. There still is a chance that Enersys is the guarantor to the bankruptcy and now will have to deal with this situation ... Let us see what happens next!
Due to circumstances outside the control of Monbat AD, the transaction with Britishvolt was not finalized within the planned timeframe. The management of Monbat AD has promptly undertaken a plan to alternatively secure funds for the payment. The expectation was that by the maturity date the necessary funds would be available. Unfortunately, the short time for reaction reflects on the ability of Monbat AD to make the principal payment due on 20 January 2023 in a timely manner.
The quarterly reports pursuant to Article 100b (8) of the Public Offering of Securities Act (POSA) on compliance with the terms of the bond loan indicate that a substantial part of the proceeds from the bond issue were used to acquire shares in the capital of the entity Monbat Holding Germany GmbH, in the balance sheet of which the lithium-ion division of the Monbat Group is consolidated. On 28.05.2022 Monbat AD announces its intention to sell the shares in the capital of Monbat Holding GmbH to Britishvolt, a pioneer in the battery industry whose activities focus on the development of next-generation lithium-ion battery technologies and related research and solutions. The value of the transaction for the shares of Monbat Holding GmbH is EUR 36 million and includes two components - a cash payment and the acquisition of ordinary shares from a subsequent capital increase of Britishvolt. The expected cash portion to be received by Monbat AD from the transaction significantly exceeds the amount of the obligation for the first principal payment of the convertible bond issue. For this reason, the intention of the management of Monbat AD was to use the cash from the Britishvolt transaction to service this payment.
