International Cons Airlines Group British Airways financing update (8664P)
22 Febrero 2021 - 1:30AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMIAG
RNS Number : 8664P
International Cons Airlines Group
22 February 2021
British Airways financing update
International Airlines Group (IAG) confirms two financing
agreements that British Airways has reached that will increase
total liquidity by GBP2.45 billion. In addition to these
arrangements, IAG continues to explore other debt initiatives to
improve further its liquidity.
Update on GBP2.0 billion UKEF guaranteed 5-year loan
facility
First, on 31 December 2020, IAG announced that British Airways
had received commitments for a 5-year Export Development Guarantee
term-loan of GBP2.0 billion underwritten by a syndicate of banks,
partially guaranteed by UK Export Finance (UKEF). British Airways
has now reached final agreement with UKEF and the lenders and
expects to drawdown the facility before the end of February
2021.
British Airways' agreement with NAPS on deferral of GBP450
million pension deficit contributions
Second, British Airways has reached agreement with the Trustee
of New Airways Pension Scheme (NAPS) to defer GBP450 million of
pension deficit contributions due between October 2020 and
September 2021.
The agreement includes the following:
- The deferral of monthly contributions of GBP37.5 million from
October 2020 to September 2021 for a total value of GBP450
million.
- During negotiations, the NAPS Trustee agreed to temporary
deferrals of the contributions due in October, November, December
and January.
- Repayment of GBP450 million accumulated contributions plus
interest will be added to the end of the existing Recovery Plan as
monthly payments under a revised Recovery Plan, which is currently
March 2023
- British Airways has agreed to provide property assets as
security, which will remain in place until the airline has repaid
the deferred contributions.
- No dividends will be paid by British Airways to IAG before the
end of 2023. From 2024, any dividends paid will be matched by
contributions to NAPS of 50 per cent of the value of dividends
paid. Any such payments to NAPS will reduce the outstanding
repayment balance and are capped at that level. The requirement to
make such payments to NAPS ceases after deferred contributions have
been repaid.
A new Recovery Plan will be based on the triennial valuation as
at 31 March 2021. If a new Recovery Plan has not been agreed by 30
September 2021, the default position is that British Airways will
return to making payments of GBP37.5 million per month from October
2021
Notes to editors
NAPS opened on 1 April 1984 and was closed to new joiners on 31
March 2003 and to future accrual on 31 March 2018. The current
Recovery Plan is based on the triennial valuation as of 31 March
2018, which resulted in a technical deficit of GBP2.4 billion. The
current Recovery Plan is for British Airways to make fixed deficit
contributions of GBP450m million per year until March 2023. British
Airways has paid GBP1.34 billion in contributions to NAPS since 31
March 2018, including GBP263 million in 2020.
Stephen Gunning
Chief Financial Officer
22 February 2021
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