Fish Master Premier Business Plan — Appendix C: Funding, Debt and Grant Schedules

Drawdown, interest and amortisation schedules across equity, the R7.0m term loan at 13.5% and the R4.0m ADEP cost-sharing grant.

Appendix C: Funding, Debt and Grant Schedules

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  • C.1 Debt service schedule
  • C.2 The cost-sharing grant
  • C.3 Opening balance sheet at day zero
  • C.4 Working capital

C.1 Debt service schedule

R

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Opening balance

7 000 000

7 000 000

7 000 000

7 000 000

5 930 462

Interest at 13.5%

945 000

945 000

945 000

945 000

800 612

Capital repaid

— (grace period)

— (grace period)

— (grace period)

1 069 538

1 213 926

Total debt service

945 000

945 000

945 000

2 014 538

2 014 538

Closing balance

7 000 000

7 000 000

7 000 000

5 930 462

4 716 536

of which current portion

0

0

1 069 538

1 213 926

1 377 806

of which non-current portion

7 000 000

7 000 000

5 930 462

4 716 536

3 338 730

EBITDA

(3 118 000)

(1 305 000)

1 104 000

3 221 000

4 391 000

Cover with the three-year grace

n/a

n/a

1.17x

1.60x

2.18x

Cover with the two-year grace

n/a

n/a

0.62x

1.81x

2.47x

Gearing

35.6%

42.9%

45.5%

38.4%

28.4%

C.2 The cost-sharing grant

R

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Grant cash received

4 000 000

Released to income

333 333

333 333

333 333

333 333

Deferred income balance at year end

3 666 667

3 333 334

3 000 001

2 666 668

The grant is released over the twelve-year life of the assets it funds. Qualifying capital expenditure of R17.4 million sits well inside the ADEP ceiling of R20 million of qualifying costs, and the claim is submitted in Year 2 once the spend has been incurred and documented.

C.3 Opening balance sheet at day zero

R

Note

Capitalised pre-operating costs

600 000

Amortised over ten years

Cash

24 200 000

Available for capital expenditure and the pre-revenue period

Total assets

24 800 000

Share capital

18 600 000

Promoter and investor equity

Pre-operating costs charged to reserves

(800 000)

Permitting, professional fees and commissioning expensed at inception

Total equity

17 800 000

Term debt

7 000 000

Total equity and liabilities

24 800 000

C.4 Working capital

R

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Biological assets — standing biomass

1 142 295

1 937 166

2 566 410

2 990 156

3 173 940

Feed and consumables at 45 days

259 274

626 425

959 425

1 202 425

1 323 123

Trade receivables at 30 days

193 151

681 452

1 174 603

1 560 247

1 764 904

Trade payables at 30 days

(449 425)

(788 712)

(1 083 863)

(1 295 507)

(1 404 000)

Net working capital

1 145 295

2 456 331

3 616 575

4 457 321

4 857 967

Movement in the year

(1 145 295)

(1 311 036)

(1 160 244)

(840 746)

(400 646)