EPF takes RM1.5b loan for London property buy
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9 J* D& I: e0 v- P s$ x5 NKUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) has closed a five-year £300 million (RM1.48 billion) loan, its first offshore loan, to fund the acquisition of three London-based properties, Thomson Reuters publication Basis Point reported today.
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Citing sources, Basis point said the state pension fund's loan was increased from an initial £240 million. Citigroup was the lead arranger, bookrunner and sole underwriter on the deal.公仔箱論壇+ B' r) d6 W9 G
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Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, OCBC Bank, Scotiabank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp also joined the deal as equal status arrangers, Basis Point said.; _/ d6 t+ u$ C
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EPF unit, KWASA UK solo Ltd, was the borrower on the deal, which will fund the acquisition of three properties in London for £490 million. Basis Point said EPF financed the remainder of the purchase price with cash.
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) }8 h8 E( ]% {# K6 stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe loan was tightly priced at a margin of 123 basis points over sterling Libor with an upfront fee of 110 bps, translating to an all-in of 145b over, Basis Point said, citing one source.
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" Z- W0 {7 S z9 sTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Basis Point said EPF has not provided any guarantee for the loan, although there is a put option where EPF has to buy the properties from KWASA at a price that is at least equal to the outstanding amount on the loan should there be defaults. — Reuters |
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