Completion of the refinancing of London and Dutch hotels

Published on : Saturday, December 7, 2013

pphe-hotel-group-logoFurther to the announcement , the Company is pleased to announce that the refinancing with Aareal Bank AG (Aareal) of three of the group’s four owned London hotels – Park Plaza Riverbank, Park Plaza Victoria and Park Plaza Sherlock Holmes – and five Dutch hotels which it operates and owns – Park Plaza Amsterdam Airport, Park Plaza Victoria Amsterdam, Park Plaza Vondelpark, Amsterdam, Park Plaza Eindhoven, and Park Plaza Utrecht – (together the Hotels) was successfully completed today. The Hotels were previously financed by three separate facilities provided by Aareal with various maturity dates between December 2013 and September 2017 (the Previous Facilities).

The facility, which is for 5 years, comprises a sterling tranche of up to £167.6 million and a
Euro tranche of up to €153.2 million. The sterling tranche includes up to £7.0 million for
capital expenditure at the London Hotels and the Euro tranche includes up to €7.5 million for capital expenditure at the Dutch Hotels and, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions,
€24.0 million to refinance the existing development facility for the recently opened art’otel
amsterdam, which matures in Q1 2014.

Interest on the new facility has been partially hedged for the term of the facility by means of interest rate swaps with Aareal which take account of the breakage costs of terminating the Previous Facilities. A total of £136.5 million, which was drawn down from the £167.6 million of the sterling tranche, has been hedged at a fixed rate of 5.665% per annum (which includes the margin and the breakage costs); the remainder (including any amounts to be drawn for capital expenditure) is unhedged and will bear a floating interest rate of 3-month LIBOR plus a margin.

A total of €121.7 million, which was drawn down from the €153.2 million of the Euro tranche, has been hedged at a fixed rate of 4.599% per annum (which includes the margin and breakage costs). If the option to refinance the art’otel amsterdam is exercised, an estimated further €17 million of the Euro tranche is required, under the terms of the facility, to be hedged with Aareal. The remainder of the Euro tranche (including amounts to be drawn down for capital expenditure and any amount in excess of an estimated €17 million used to refinance the art’otel amsterdam) is unhedged and will bear a floating interest rate of 3-month EURIBOR plus a margin.

The facility is secured by, inter alia, first legal charges over each Hotel and pledges over the
shares in each hotel owner and their related operating subsidiaries.

Source:- PPHE

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