General Information

The Company had three tranches of debentures outstanding as at 31/03/2023:

  • £310 million 5.357% First Mortgage Debenture Bonds due 2028 (£218 million outstanding)

  • £330 million 5.264% First Mortgage Debenture Bonds due 2035 (£330 million outstanding)

  • £110 million 5.0055% First Mortgage Amortising Debenture Bonds due 2035 (£88 million outstanding)

The Company is required to deliver to the trustee, each year, a valuation of, and a report by the auditors on the net annual income from, the charged properties. If such valuation shows the aggregate value of the charged properties is more than one and two-thirds times the nominal value of Bonds outstanding and that the net annual income is not less than the gross annual interest on the Bonds, then the Company may withdraw mortgaged properties provided that these tests continue to be met. If such valuation shows that the aggregate value of the charged properties is less than one and one-half times the nominal value of Bonds outstanding or that the net annual income is less than the gross annual interest on the Bonds, the Company is obliged to provide additional security so that these tests are met. The company has the right to substitute properties of equal value and income in the security pool. (See information collateral pool below)

Trustee

Royal Exchange Trust Company Limited
6th Floor
140 London Wall
London
EC2Y 5DN

Registrar

Link Market Services Limited
34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 4TU
Telephone: 0871 664 0300

Principal Paying Agent

The Bank of New York Mellon
One Canada Square
Canary Wharf
London E14 5AL

Information on collateral pool

The debentures benefit from a combined collateral pool valued at £1,876,740,000, comprised of £1,876,740,000 of properties valued by the Company's Valuers Knight Frank, at Thursday, March 31, 2016 with a net annual income, certified by the auditors, of £84,227,741. The assets cover ratio at Thursday, March 31, 2016 is 2.377 times and income cover ratio 1.983 times. The pool has 20 properties and 146 tenants. The geographic and sector diversity of the collateral pool by market value and net annual income is shown below:

Geographic Diversity

Area

Market Value

Rent Diversity

East Midlands7.0%6.8%
Greater London1.7%2.1%
North17.4%16.1%
North West5.6%6.0%
Scotland1.1%1.7%
South East16.1%15.5%
South West6.6%7.1%
West End39.5%38.9%
Yorks & Humberside5.0%5.8%
Sector Diversity

Area

Market Value

Rent Diversity

Department Stores2.0%1.9%
Retail Warehouses58.4%59.2%
West End Offices39.5%38.9%
Gross annual income by tenant

The top 10 tenants contribute 47.2% to the pool’s income (by gross annual income) as follows:

 

 

%

1Sec of State for Communities14.1%
2Homebase Limited5.0%
3Next Group PLC4.9%
4Facebook UK Limited4.6%
5JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA4.2%
6Marks & Spencer Plc3.8%
7DSG Retail Limited3.4%
8ATOS IT Services UK Limited2.9%
9Debenhams Retail Plc2.2%
10Boots UK Limited2.1%

The following properties were charged to the debenture pool as at March 31 2016.

  • Mayflower Retail Park, Basildon

  • Weston Lock Retail Park, Bath

  • Tollgate Centre, Colchester

  • Cuckoo Bridge Retail Park, Dumfries

  • Euston Tower, Euston Road, London

  • 1, 4 and 7 Triton Square, Euston Road, London

  • Westside Retail Park, Leeds

  • Teesside Retail Park, Stockton

  • Westgate Retail Park, Wakefield

  • Teesside Park Phase 2, Stockton

  • Orbital Shopping Park, Swindon

  • Homebase, Harrow Weald

  • Homebase, Walton on Thames

  • Homebase, Richmond

  • 338 Euston Road, London

  • 350 Euston Road, London

  • Denton Crown Point Retail Park, Denton

  • Orpington Nugent Retail Park, Orpington

  • Giltbrook Retail Park, Giltbrook

  • The Arding & Hobbs Department Store, Clapham