NEW YORK, April 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Regency
Affiliates, Inc. (OTC Pink: RAFI) ("Regency") today announced that following extensive discussions with MESC Capital LLC ("MESC
Capital") and Mobile Energy Services Company LLC ("MESC") over several months, Kimberly-Clark has announced that it will invest $75
million to construct a new on-site cogeneration energy plant at its mill in Mobile,
Alabama. The construction of the new plant is expected to take place over a two-year period. Kimberly-Clark's current contract with MESC expires on April 30, 2019. MESC Capital owns 100% of the membership interests in MESC. Regency Affiliates, through
its wholly-owned subsidiary, Regency Power Corp., owns a 50% membership interest in MESC Capital.
"We have appreciated our partnership and strong working relationship with Kimberly-Clark since 2004 and we will continue to provide a high level of
service for the duration of our contract," commented Laurence Levy, Chief Executive Officer of
Regency Affiliates. "We are engaged in identifying other potential customers for MESC's output or alternative uses for our
facility and we are actively working with our MESC Capital partners at Detroit Edison to maximize cash flow for the remainder of
our contract. As it presently stands, at the expected conclusion of the Kimberly-Clark contract in April 2019, MESC is expected to have fully discharged its
debt out of operating cash flow and is projected to hold substantial operating cash balances supplemented by operating and
financial cash reserves which are expected to be released at the expiration of the contract.
Between the expected level of cash flow generated for the remainder of the Kimberly-Clark contract and the projected cash flow to be generated by
Regency's investment in self-storage facilities, we are able to reaffirm Regency's current dividend policy."
About Regency Affiliates
Regency Affiliates, Inc. invests in assets that generate attractive, predictable and sustainable returns on capital. We
currently own three assets:
- A 50% limited partnership interest in the 717,000 square foot facility Security West complex located on 34.3 acres in
Woodlawn, Maryland. The facility is occupied under a lease expiring in 2018 by the United
States Social Security Administration;
- An indirect 50% interest in Mobile Energy which owns and operates an energy facility located on approximately 11 acres of
land in Mobile, Alabama. The facility supplies up to 61 megawatts of co-generated steam and
electricity for use in Kimberly-Clark's mill operations under
a 15 year agreement signed in 2004; and
- A majority joint-venture interest in a portfolio of five stand-alone self-storage facilities in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania vicinity comprising approximately 337,000 square feet of net rentable space
consisting of in excess of 2,500 climate and non-climate controlled storage units.
Forward-Looking Statements
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nature or depend on or refer to future events and can be identified by the words "may," "might," "will," "should," "anticipate,"
"believe," "expect," "intend," "estimate," "hope," or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to
risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy or are otherwise beyond our control and some of which
might not even be anticipated. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak
only as of the date they are made. Future events and actual results affecting our strategic plan as well as our financial
position, results of operations and cash flows, could differ materially from those described in or contemplated by the
forward-looking statements. Important factors that contribute to such risks include, but are not limited to, a default or
catastrophe involving the properties in which we invest, the extent to which we are able to raise additional capital, and
competition for additional investment opportunities. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. For a more detailed description of these
uncertainties and other factors, please see our website at www.regencyaffiliates.com.
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