ELKO bond issue

About Company

Founded in 1993, ELKO Group is one of the largest IT product and solutions distributors in Northern Europe and the CIS region, as well as the largest company in Latvia by turnover. The Group employs almost 1 500 employees across 11 countries.

ELKO Group offers a diverse IT and consumer electronics product range from more than 400 leading IT manufacturers such as Apple, Huawei, Samsung, Intel, Acer and others.

ELKO Group has more than 10 000 clients in 31 countries with retailers and internet shops being among the largest contributors. Other clients include household IT retailers in Latvia.

Diverse financing structure with multiple local working capital loans and factoring from Deutsche Bank and IGF. ELKO Group has previously issued and successfully redeemed 2 listed bonds.

Proven track record with international private equity investors. East Capital and Amber Trust jointly acquired 25.5% stake in ELKO Group in 2005 and both firms successfully exited their investments by selling to current shareholders in 2013 and 2020.

Additional information:

https://nasdaqbaltic.com/statistics/en/instrument/LV0000870079/reports?date=2021-10-13

Term Sheet

Issuer

AS ELKO Grupa

Sector

IT products distribution

Type

Private placement

Security type

Unsecured bonds

Issue size

EUR 20 000 000

Coupon rate

6%

Coupon frequency

Semi-annual

Price

100%

Term

12.02.2026 (bullet)

Call option

@104% after 1Y; @103% after 2Y; @102% after 3Y; @101% after 4Y

Put Option

Nominal value

EUR 1 000

Minimum subscription

EUR 100 000

Covenants

Interest Coverage ratio at least 1.50x
Adjusted Equity ratio at least 16%

Use of proceeds

Working capital financing

Arranger

Signet Bank AS

Additional information

ELKO bond issue