High Tide Executes a Term Sheet for $40MM of Credit Facilities with a Big 5 Canadian Chartered Bank As its New Senior Lender
"Having a Big 5 Canadian bank step in as our senior lender marks a clear inflection point for High Tide. This is not just access to capital -- it is institutional validation of the scale, consistency, and quality of the business we've built. Our model is delivering where others have struggled, and that discipline is now translating into materially lower-cost capital," said
"In a capital-constrained industry, access to low-cost, scalable financing is a structural advantage -- and one we intend to fully leverage. This facility strengthens our ability to pursue accretive growth across our retail network, scale our German platform through Remexian, and expand into other federally legal markets, all while maintaining the disciplined financial approach that continues to set High Tide apart," added
Transaction Details
The Term Sheet is for two committed facilities:
- A
$25 million committed revolver facility to be used to refinance the Company's loan with connectFirst at closing, general working capital / corporate requirements, permitted acquisitions and permitted investments. The facility is to have a three-year maturity. The balance at connectFirst is expected to be a little over$6 million at closing, resulting in almost$19 million of available room on the revolver facility. - A
$15 million committed delayed draw term loan to be used to refinance the Company's existing$15 million second-lien debentures. The Company can elect to draw on this facility at its option, and it will be repaid over a seven-year amortization period. - The applicable interest rate will depend on the Company's leverage in the future, but range between Prime + 2% and Prime + 3%.
- Financial covenants associated with The Facilities include maintaining: Senior Funded Debt / EBITDA <2.0x; Total Funded Debt / EBITDA < 3.0x; and a Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio > 1.25x. The Company has tested its internal model with these covenants and expects to be comfortably in compliance with all financial covenants.
Signing the Term Sheet represented the conclusion of a multi-month process which included obtaining terms from multiple Tier 1 lenders.
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