IHS Holding 2022 RCF– Amendment 1
Exhibit 99.4
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To: | Citibank Europe PLC, UK Branch (the “Facility Agent”) |
Attention : | ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ |
21 March 2024
IHS Holding 2022 RCF– Amendment 1
Dear Sirs
1. | Introduction |
| 1.1 | We refer to the an up to US$300,000,000 revolving credit facility agreement originally dated 30 March 2020, as amended from time to time (including pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 6 November 2023), between, amongst others, the Facility Agent and IHS Holding Limited (the “Company”), Citibank, N.A., London Branch, ABSA Bank Limited (acting through its Corporate and Investment Banking division), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Lending Partners LLC, ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Securities plc and Standard Chartered Bank, Dubai International Financial Centre as arrangers (the “Facility Agreement”). |
| 1.2 | Capitalised terms defined in the Facility Agreement shall have the same meaning when used herein unless expressly defined in this letter (the “Letter”). |
| 1.3 | The provisions of clause 1.2 (Construction) of the Facility Agreement apply to this Letter as though they were set out in full in this Letter with all necessary consequential changes; and with references in that clause to “this Agreement” being construed as references to this Letter. |
| 2. | Request for Amendment |
| 2.1 | In accordance with Clause 38.1 (Required Consents) of the Facility Agreement, the Company hereby requests the consent of the Majority Lenders to the following amendment to the Facility Agreement: |
| 2.2 | Clause 20.2(a) (Interest Cover Ratio) of the Facility Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“On each Quarter Date, the Interest Cover Ratio shall not be less than:
| (i) | in respect of any Relevant Period, beginning with the Relevant Period ending 31 March 2024 and up to and including the Relevant Period ending 31 December 2024, 2.25:1; |
| (ii) | in respect of any Relevant Period, beginning with the Relevant Period ending 31 March 2025 and up to and including the Relevant Period ending 31 December 2025, 2.50:1; and |
| (iii) | in respect of any Relevant Period thereafter, 2.75:1.” |
| 2.3 | Clause 20.2(b) (Leverage Ratio) of the Facility Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: |
“On each Quarter Date, the Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than:
| (i) | in respect of any Relevant Period, beginning with the Relevant Period ending 31 March 2024 and up to and including the Relevant Period ending 31 December 2025, 4.75:1; and |
| (ii) | in respect of any subsequent Relevant Period, 4.50:1.” |
| 3. | Amendment |
With effect from the date of this Letter, each of the Lenders agrees to waive any breach of representation, warranty, undertaking, covenant, Default, or Event of Default under or in respect of any Finance Document resulting from this Letter.
| 4. | Miscellaneous |
| 4.1 | This Letter is a Finance Document. |
| 4.2 | From the date of this Letter, the Facility Agreement and this Letter shall be read and construed as one document. |
| 4.3 | Except as otherwise provided in this Letter, the Finance Documents remain in full force and effect. |
| 4.4 | No amendment or waiver of any provision of any Finance Document is given by the terms of this Letter and the Finance Parties expressly reserve all their rights and remedies in respect of any breach of, or other default under, the Finance Documents. |
| 4.5 | A person who is not a party to this Letter has no right under the Contracts (Right of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Letter. |
| 4.6 | This Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Letter. |
| 5. | Governing law |
| 5.1 | This Letter and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are governed by English law. |
| 5.2 | Clause 34 (Notices), Clause 39 (Confidential Information) and 43 (Enforcement) of the Facility Agreement shall apply to this Letter, mutatis mutandis, as if references in those provisions of the Facility Agreement to the Facility Agreement and Finance Document shall be construed as references to this Letter. |
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Please sign and return a copy of this Letter to confirm your agreement to the above.
Yours faithfully
/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
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Title: Authorised Signatory | |
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For and on behalf of | |
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IHS Holding Limited | |
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/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ | |
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Title: Vice President | |
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For and on behalf of | |
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Citibank Europe PLC, UK Branch as Facility Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) | |
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