NOTES TO THE GROUP ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – NOTE 21

    2016
R’000
  2015 
R’000 
 
21. LONG-TERM BORROWINGS        
  Unsecured        
  C&F Agency – India (1) –   4 989   
  Secured        
  Nedbank (2) 500 000   500 000   
  Stannic – Critical Care Owner Driver Companies (3) –   11 398   
  Stanbic – Ghana (4) –   10 639   
    500 000   527 026   
  Less: Current portion included in short-term borrowings –   (13 273)  
    500 000   513 753   
 
(1) These unsecured loans bear interest at rates varying between 7.5% and 9.0% per annum and are repayable upon termination of C&F Agency contracts in India.
(2) secured loan, bearing interest at JIBAR* plus 176 basis points. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears and the capital is due for repayment in December 2018. During the prior year a voluntary repayment of R500 million was made out of surplus cash resources. The shares in wholly-owned South African companies in the Group are pledged as security for this loan. Financial covenants, including a Net debt: EBITDA ratio and interest cover ratio are applicable over this loan and have been complied with during the year.
(3) These secured loans incurred interest at 60 basis points below the Prime lending rate** and were repayable over a period of 60 months, but were settled in April 2016. The Group preferred to provide direct assistance to the Critical Care owner drivers in order to qualify for additional Enterprise and Supply Development spend for BBBEE.
(4) This secured loan bears interest at the Stanbic Bank Base Rate (***) + 400 basis points and is repayable within 12 months.

Property, plant and equipment were pledged as security for this loan. Refer to note 10.

Loans (1) and (4) have been transferred to assets held-for sale during the current year. Refer to note 2.2.

* JIBAR – Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate. On 30 June 2016: 7.30% (2015: 6.133%)
** Prime lending rate on 30 June 2016: 10.50% (2015: 9.25%)
*** Stanbic Bank Base Rate (Ghana) on 30 June 2016: 23.07% (2015: 25.10%)

  Unsecured
loans at fixed
interest rates
R'000
Secured loans
at variable
interest rates
R'000
Total
R'000
 
2016        
Capital repayment on loans        
– payable within 12 months – – –  
– payable within 12 to 24 months – – –  
– payable thereafter – 500 000 500 000  
  – 500 000 500 000  
Interest payment on loans*        
– payable within 12 months – 45 300 45 300  
– payable within 12 to 24 months – 45 300 45 300  
– payable thereafter – 22 650 22 650  
  – 113 250 113 250  
2015        
Capital repayment on loans        
– payable within 12 months – 13 273 13 273  
– payable within 12 to 24 months – 2 473 2 473  
– payable thereafter 4 989 506 291 511 280  
  4 989 522 037 527 026  
Interest payment on loans*        
– payable within 12 months 449 41 103 41 552  
– payable within 12 to 24 months 449 39 571 40 020  
– payable thereafter 898 59 892 60 790  
  1 796 140 566 142 362  

* Interest repayments have been calculated using the interest rates at the reporting dates.


NOTES TO THE GROUP ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – NOTE 21