Artefact : €21m raised in debt redeemable at maturity with leading investors
03 Décembre 2020 - 6:24PM
Artefact : €21m raised in debt redeemable at maturity with leading
investors
Press releaseParis, 3 December 20205.45 pm
CEST
€21m raised in
debt redeemable at maturity with leading investors
Artefact (FR0000079683 – ALATF –
eligible for PEA-PME) announces it has raised 21 million euros in
debt redeemable at maturity with Tikehau Capital and Bpifrance,
existing lenders, and Eiffel Investment Group.
This financing, which has been obtained on
competitive terms, takes the form of a unique line of debt,
redeemable at a 6-year maturity, under which terms only interests
are payable on a quarterly basis until maturity. Principal is to be
repaid in full at maturity, at the end of 2026.
With this operation, the Group’s long-term debt
amounts to 27 million euros, exclusively comprising the present
financing, as well as the State-guaranteed loan (PGE) obtained
during the first half for 6 million euros.
This financing allows Artefact to refinance the
entirety of its long-term debt and benefit from 10 million euros in
additional cash to support its offensive development strategy. It
forms part of the performance path to which the Group is now
committed.
Guillaume de Roquemaurel and Vincent Luciani,
co-CEOs, comment: “We’re starting to reap the benefits of the
strength of our model, in terms of both growth and the improvement
of operating results. It thus makes sense to reinforce our
financial structure now to support this strong development dynamic.
Emerging strengthened from an unparalleled crisis, this financing
will enable us to go on the offensive on our existing markets but
also to explore new high-potential territories. In that respect, we
stand ready to accelerate with a reasserted ambition to establish
ourselves among the international leaders of data marketing.”
“We have supported the Artefact Group for
several years. The transformation carried out during these years
has been impressive, whether in terms of offering, innovation,
human and commercial organisation. So we are thrilled to answer the
call today as the Group takes a new step forward to reap the
rewards of the work done.”, confirm Nathalie Bleunven, Head of
Corporate Lending at Tikehau Capital and Valérie de la Ménardière,
Investment Director at Bpifrance.
Financial calendar (after
close):
Thursday 28
January 2021
FY2020 Gross Margin
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About Artefact
artefact.com
Artefact is a next-generation data-driven
consulting and services firm, transforming data into value and
business impact for its clients. With a broad presence in the
world's main markets (France, Germany, the UK, Asia, Dubai),
Artefact serves a large portfolio of more than 300 clients,
including a host of world leaders, such as Samsung, Danone, L’Oréal
and Sanofi. The Group has three main service offerings, leveraging
its data mining and data analysis capacities: Data Consulting, Data
Marketing and Digital Activation. Artefact is listed on the
Euronext growth stock exchange in Paris (ISIN code:
FR0000079683).
For more information: |
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Financial
Communication |
Press
Contact |
ARTEFACTTel. 00 33
(0)1 40 40 27 00investor-relations@artefact.com |
ACTIFINStéphane
Ruiz / Simon DerbanneTel. 00 33 (0)1 56 88 11
14sderbanne@actifin.fr |
About
Bpifrance
Bpifrance is the French national investment
bank: it finances businesses – at every stage of their development
– through loans, guarantees, equity investments and export
insurances. Bpifrance also provides extra financial services
(training, consultancy) to help entrepreneurs meet their challenges
(innovation, export…).For more information, please visit:
https://www.bpifrance.com/Follow us on Twitter: @Bpifrance -
@BpifrancePresse
Bpifrance:
Sophie Santandrea –
sophie.santandrea@bpifrance.fr – +33 1 45 65 51 62
About Tikehau Capital
Tikehau Capital is an asset management and
investment group with €27.2 billion of assets under management (at
30 September 2020) and shareholder equity of €2.8 billion (at 30
June 2020). The Group invests in various asset classes (private
debt, real assets, private equity and capital markets strategies)
including through its asset management subsidiaries that act on
behalf of institutional and private investors. Controlled by its
managers alongside leading institutional partners, Tikehau Capital
employs more than 570 people (at 30 June 2020) in its offices based
in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Luxembourg, Madrid, Milan,
New York, Seoul, Singapore and Tokyo.Tikehau Capital is listed in
compartment A of the regulated Euronext Paris market (ISIN code:
FR0013230612; Ticker: TKO.FP).
Press contacts:
Tikehau Capital: Valérie Sueur – +33 1 40 06 39 30UK – Prosek
Partners: Clare Glynn +44 (0)7912 107
653press@tikehaucapital.com
About Eiffel Investment
Group
Eiffel Investment Group is an asset manager
specialized in the financing of SMEs and midcaps. The group now
manages nearly 3 billion euros and offers companies a wide range of
financing solutions, in debt and equity, private and listed. The
group, which has significant equity capital, has set up an
institutional infrastructure and ensures a very strong alignment of
interests with institutional investors who are clients of the
funds. Eiffel Investment Group is an independent company, owned by
its team alongside Impala.For more
information: http://www.eiffel-ig.com/
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