Completion of Group Refinancing

F&C UK REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

13 NOVEMBER 2015

COMPLETION OF GROUP REFINANCING

Further to the announcements made by the Company on 29 September and 10 November 2015, the Board is pleased to announce that earlier today IRP Holdings Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company) drew down in full the £90 million available under the 11 year term loan facility agreement with Canada Life Investments.  In addition, IPT Property Holdings Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company) drew down in full the £20 million available under the 5 year revolving credit facility with Barclays Bank plc.

As previously announced, the New Facilities were provided to the Group for the purpose of refinancing the £102 million term loan facility provided by Lloyds Bank plc, which was due for repayment in January 2017 (the "Existing Facility"). The balance of the New Facilities will be used for general working capital purposes.

The Board believes that it is in the interests of the Group to repay the Existing Facility early to ensure that the Group has certainty of available funds in advance of the fixed repayment date in January 2017 and so that the Group can take advantage of the current availability of long term borrowings at attractive rates of interest.  There is no early repayment penalty in respect of the Existing Facility but the Group has terminated its existing interest rate hedging arrangements entered into in connection with the Existing Facility. The cost of breaking the relevant interest rate swap (which had previously been accounted for as a liability, net of accrued interest of £5.7 million as at 30 September 2015) was £5.5 million.  No further swap is required given the fixed nature of the principal loan with Canada Life Investments.

Following the refinancing, the Group have available borrowings of £110 million which have been drawn down in full. The Group's total current borrowings of £110 million represents 31.6 per cent. of the total assets of the Group as at 30 September 2015. The weighted average interest rate (including amortisation of refinancing costs) on the Group's total current borrowings is 3.3 per cent. The weighted average interest rate on the Group's total borrowings has therefore fallen by 2.6 per cent. following the refinancing.

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Ian McBryde
Scott Macrae
F&C Investment Business Limited
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Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited
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