Capital/Financing Update • Mar 8, 2017
Capital/Financing Update
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BLACK SEA PROPERTY AS - UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
Reference is made to earlier stock exchange announcements
from Black Sea Property AS ("BSP" or the "Company")
regarding update on the construction work on Aheloy Beach
Resort in Bulgaria (the "Resort") and the launch of a NOK
22.5 million rights issue (the "Rights Issue") and call for
an extraordinary general meeting as announced on 27 February
Update on construction process
As previously announced the construction work on the Resort
resumed on 1 September 2016. The construction works on
building "N" is now fully complete with installation of
lifts and final work on schedule. Further, the landscaping
works on the grounds surrounding buildings P, N and M
together with furnishing of building in "N" are expected to
be finished by the end of April 2017. The Company has
prepared an adjusted project plan for the Resort, which
entail a reduction of number of apartments in building "K"
from 300 to 100 apartments, which reduces the Resort's total
number of apartments upon completion from 1,200 to 1,000,
whereby 841 apartments will be owned by the Company's
subsidiary Epo Aheloy OOD ("EPO Aheloy"). The reduction of
apartments in building "K" will improve the quality of the
remaining apartments and the Resort and reduce the financial
risks for completion. The adjusted project plan also involve
that building "M" will be finished before building "P" in
contradiction to earlier announcements.
As of today 232 apartments in the Resort is still owned by
the bankruptcy estate of the initial developer Aheloy
Residence OOD ("Aheloy Residence"). Due to simplified
legislative procedures now enforced, the Company is very
satisfied to announce that EPO Aheloy's acquisition of the
remaining apartments from the bankruptcy estate of Aheloy
Residence is now set to take place within Q1 or early Q2
this year. The Company has previously announced that these
acquisitions would not take place before Q3 this year. As a
consequence of this take over, EPO Aheloy's receivable
against Aheloy Residence will be reduced and thereby VAT
receivable from Aheloy Residence will be reduced
correspondingly.
The Resort will according to the adjusted project plan be
fully completed and operational before the summer season of
2018. The Company has previously announced that the Resort
would be partially opened for the summer season of 2017.
Having evaluated the current progress of the construction
works and the adjusted project plan, the Company still see
this as doable, however the Company has yet to decide
whether this is desirable from an overall prospective.
Hence, the Company will conduct a cost/benefit analysis,
including evaluation of start-up costs, rental income and
reputation associated with partial opening this year in
order to make a final decision on whether the Resort should
be partially opened before the summer season this year. The
Company has in relation to opening of the Resort started
initial works relating to setting up a management company
which shall run the Resort when operational and started to
establish connections with relevant tour operators.
In order to oversee the construction and development process
of the Resort and to maintain the interests of the Company
in Bulgaria, the Company has hired George Angelov with
effect from 1 April 2017. Mr. Angelov is well-known with the
project and has worked for the Company as a consultant
through Fenix Securities AS.
As announced earlier, sewage connection and electrical
supply for the Resort is outstanding. However, the Company
and EPO Aheloy are working against solving these outstanding
matters within May 2017. Progress on this matter have been
made since last update and water & sewage plans have now
been prepared and is currently pending with the regional and
local public administration.
Financing
As announced earlier, the Company needs additional financing
for construction and development of the Resort. The Board
has therefore proposed to launch the Rights Issue in order
to raise up to NOK 22.5 million for partial financing of the
construction works, apartment furnishing and works on the
commercial areas in buildings N, M and P. As previously
communicated, the Company has already received pre-
commitments to subscribe for new shares in the Rights Issue
for an amounts of NOK 12.3 million. A general meeting in the
Company will be held later today in order to resolve the
Rights Issue.
Information to be presented at the impending extraordinary
general meeting
The information presented above will be presented to the
shareholders of the Company at the general meeting on 8
March 2017 at 14.00 hours CET. Please also see the enclosed
presentation.
For further information please contact:
Egil Melkevik, Chairman
Tel: +47 90 77 09 76
E-mail: [email protected]
About Black Sea Property AS:
Black Sea Property AS is a real estate company with holdings
in a real estate project on the Black Sea
coast called Aheloy Beach Resort. Aheloy Beach Resort is a
partially-completed project and will upon
completion comprise over 1,000 apartments as well as
significant commercial space. Black Sea Property AS owns
indirectly 75% of the project. Black Sea Property AS will
work to finalize Aheloy Beach Resort, to realize the
project's added value through the sale of residential units
and hotel operations.
Forward-looking Statements
This stock exchange announcement may be deemed to include
forward-looking statements, such as statements that relate
to expected future income and costs and the expected closing
of transactions and its timing. Forward-looking statements
are typically identified by words or phrases, such
as "expect" and similar expressions or future or conditional
verbs such as "may", "will", "should", "would", and "could".
Forward-looking statements are the Company's current
estimates or expectations of future events or future
results. Actual results could differ materially from those
indicated by these statements because the realization of
those results is subject to many risks and uncertainties,
including operational factors that may affect the income
capabilities of the the Resort and failure to satisfy
conditions precedent for completion of the Resort. All
forward-looking statements included in this release are
based on information available at the time of the release,
and the Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-
looking statement.
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