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Loans Payable and Interest Payable - Schedule of Loans Payable and Interest Payable (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Dec. 31, 2024
Mar. 31, 2024
Schedule of Loans Payable and Interest Payable [Abstract]    
Loans payable – BESS project finance [1] $ 7,790
Short-term loans [2],[3] 10,116
Other short-term borrowings [4] 19
Total 17,925
Interest payable $ 2,634
[1]

On August 15, 2024, Pacific Green Technologies (Australia) Limited (“PGTA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a AUD 11,000,000 loan agreement with an independent third party lender to fund further development of our Australian BESS portfolio. The loans do not bear interest but incur a fixed premium of 20% of the loan principal, payable in full upon repayment of the principal. The loan principal is to be repaid in full at the earlier of six months or the sale of one of the Company’s Australian BESS projects.

 

The loan is secured against PGTA’s direct or indirect shareholdings in the Company’s Australian BESS projects. The Company has also provided the lender a guarantee in the event of default.

 

On December 19, 2024, PGTA entered into a new loan arrangement with the same lender which effectively refinanced the previous AUD 11,000,000 loan agreement. This new loan became effective on February 26, 2025 and due to mature ten months from this date. This resulted in the payment of AUD $2,200,000 repayment premium from the last loan on March 21, 2025 following the completion of the sale of the Limestone Coast North BESS project. As the repayment premium of the previous loan was repaid after the new loan became effective, PGTA was charged an additional 1.67% per month interest charge on the AUD $2,200,000 repayment premium.

 

The new loan does not bear interest but, similar to the previous loan, incurs a fixed premium of 20% of the loan principal which is payable in full upon repayment of the principal. However, the loan’s ten-month maturity date is conditional on the PGTA receiving either receiving two non-binding offers (“NBO”) on the Limestone Coast West BESS project or receiving a NBO from the purchaser of the Limestone Coast North BESS project within a six-week period from March 19, 2025. If the NBOs are not received, then the loan becomes repayable following the sale of the Limestone Coast North project. Whilst awaiting NBOs to be received, PGTA will be charged an additional 1.67% interest per month on the AUD 11,000,000 principal amount

[2]

Pacific Green Energy Parks (UK) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into four separate loan agreements with a group of independent third party lenders for a total £900,000 between May 15 and May 28, 2024. The Company also entered into a loan agreement with an independent third-party lender in the same group for $1,270,000 on May 28, 2024. The five loans are identical in terms. The loans incur a fixed premium of 20% of principal, payable in full on repayment of principal. The loans were repayable on December 31, 2024, or earlier if certain liquidity events occur (whose conditions were not met).

 

On November 15, 2024, the Company entered into a new loan agreement to borrow a further £5,210,000 from this group of lenders and one new lender, and also refinanced certain existing loans received in May 2024 into this new loan agreement, novating all refinanced loans for the Company to be the borrower, instead of Pacific Green Energy Parks (UK) Limited in some cases.

 

The refinancing redenominated the previous US Dollar $1,270,000 loan to Sterling £1,000,000. Two lenders did not participate in the refinancing and £200,000 of principal plus 20% fixed premium were repaid between December 31, 2024 and January 2, 2025, giving a total of £1,700,000 from original lenders contributing to the refinancing. The fixed 20% repayment premium on these original loans was capitalized into the principal upon refinancing, giving a net increase to principal of £340,000 on these loans. The new funds lent £5,210,000 and refinanced original loans £2,040,000 give a total new principal under this loan agreement of £7,250,000.

 

Both the refinanced loans and the new loans are due 20 business days after Pacific Green Energy Parks (UK) Limited receives its first payment milestone from Sosteneo relating to its sale of the Sheaf project. This payment milestone is for £7,260,000 and is expected to be received in late 2025. The loan incurs a fixed premium of 20% of the new loan principal, payable when the loan principal is repaid. The lenders hold security over the first Sheaf payment milestone and over a new bank account set up by Pacific Green Energy Parks (UK) Limited to receive this milestone payment.

 

Should the Company default on the loan(s), the lender(s) can elect to convert up to 100% of the amounts outstanding to the equivalent value of ordinary shares in the Company at the Default Conversion Strike Price (defined as 0.7 x the Company’s average share price on the 10 business days before and after the Event of Default).

[3] The Company entered into five separate loan agreements between August 12, 2024 and September 24, 2024 with four third-party lenders and one related party as follows: ● The related party loan was agreed on August 13, 2024 with Shead Group Pty Ltd, an entity controlled by Alex Shead, for the Company to borrow AUD 200,000. ● The other loans with independent third parties were for a total AUD 750,000 and GBP 75,000. The loans all incur a fixed 20% premium payable upon repayment of principal. The loans were all repaid between January 8, 2025 and March 31, 2025.
[4] On April 17, 2024, Pacific Green Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a financing arrangement with a third-party lending provider in Australia to borrow $180,000 (AUD 276,000) for an insurance policy with monthly repayments of $18,000 per month over 10 months. This was repaid on January 3, 2025.