I would say that is the perfect line in a cash flows statement to disclose the partial repayment of the loan from AXIS. It could be both, say $60k interest and $461k loan repayment.
Either way it is a positive indicator. If it is all loan interest as you say (which I highly doubt in one lump sum) then even better news that interest is actually being paid in cash to Merlin from this (impaired) loan by AXIS.
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