Revolving Credit Facility
Hammerson PLC
23 April 2007
Hammerson plc- £340 million Revolving Credit Facility
Hammerson plc announces the successful syndication and signing of a £340 million
five-year revolving credit facility. The facility is extendable for two further
years at the option of the lenders. The facility carries a margin of 37.5 basis
points over Libor. It will be used for general corporate purposes. The facility
was increased to £340 million following an over subscription and was arranged by
thirteen mandated lead arrangers.
Mandated lead arrangers Sterling (£)
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Bank of China, London Branch 25,000,000
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd 25,000,000
Barclays Capital 25,000,000
BNP Paribas 25,000,000
Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch 25,000,000
Dresdner Kleinwort Limited 25,000,000
Fortis Bank S.A./N.V. 25,000,000
HSBC Bank plc 25,000,000
JP Morgan Plc 25,000,000
Lloyds TSB Bank plc 25,000,000
The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 25,000,000
Wachovia Bank, National Association 25,000,000
Westdeutsche Immobilienbank AG, London Branch. 25,000,000
Arranger
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HSH Nordbank AG, London Branch 15,000,000
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Total Commitments 340,000,000
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This new facility will replace an existing £230 million facility which was due
to expire in June 2009 and for which a cancellation notice has now been issued.
Following this, the total medium term committed financing available to Hammerson
is approximately £3.3 billion, providing headroom of around £1.0 billion.
Simon Melliss, Group Finance Director, commented:
'I am delighted with the excellent response we have received from our bankers
for this medium term facility. It provides flexibility for Hammerson during a
period when we are undertaking a number of major capital projects.'
Simon Melliss
Group Finance Director, Hammerson plc
Tel: 0207 8987 1000
Chris Smith
Director of Corporate Affairs, Hammerson plc
Tel 0207 887 1019
E-mail: christopher.smith@hammerson.com
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