THIS NOTICE IS IMPORTANT AND
REQUIRES THE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION OF NOTEHOLDERS. IF
NOTEHOLDERS ARE IN ANY DOUBT AS TO THE ACTION THEY SHOULD TAKE,
THEY SHOULD SEEK THEIR OWN FINANCIAL, LEGAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL
ADVICE, INCLUDING AS TO ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES, IMMEDIATELY FROM
THEIR STOCKBROKER, SOLICITOR, ACCOUNTANT OR OTHER INDEPENDENT
FINANCIAL, LEGAL OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL ADVISER
If you have
recently sold or otherwise transferred your entire holding(s) of
the Notes referred to below, you should immediately forward this
document to the purchaser or transferee or to the broker, bank or
other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for
transmission to the purchaser or transferee.
NOTICE TO
NOTEHOLDERS
To the holders of
the £192,270,000 8.25 per cent. Secured Loan-Backed Notes due
June 2027 ISIN: XS0073407537
(the “Notes”)
issued by Housing
Association Funding PLC
(the “Issuer”)
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 16 April 2014 (Market
Abuse Regulation) requires disclosure by or on behalf of the Issuer
of any inside information concerning the Issuer.
Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in the master schedule of
definitions, interpretation and construction clauses dated
23 January 1997, as amended and
restated on 30 January 1998, as
amended and restated on 23 December
1999, as amended and restated on 29
June 2005, as amended and restated on 7 December 2009, as amended and restated on
11 February 2010 and as further
amended and restated on 31 January
2017.
We refer to the notice of the Issuer dated 4 November 2022 in which the Issuer informed
Noteholders that the Issuer received the following notices of
prepayment from the following borrowers (the
“Borrowers”):
1.a letter dated 2 November 2022
from Derwent Housing Association Limited (“Derwent”) in
which Derwent has irrevocably undertaken to prepay the whole of the
outstanding balance of its loan on the next Combined Payment Date
(as defined in its Loan Agreement) on 5
December 2022, in accordance with the terms of its Loan
Agreement, in each case as amended on 31
January 2017, being an amount of £3,866,216.52, together
with interest accrued up to the date of prepayment and any relevant
Prepayment Premium due;
a letter dated 2 November 2022
from Home Group Limited (“Home Group”) in which Home Group
has irrevocably undertaken to prepay the whole of the outstanding
balance of its loan on the next Combined Payment Date (as defined
in its Loan Agreement) on 5 December
2022, in accordance with the terms of its Loan Agreement, in
each case as amended on 31 January
2017, being an amount of £5,729,149.32, together with
interest accrued up to the date of prepayment and any relevant
Prepayment Premium due;
2.a letter dated 2 November 2022
from Stonewater (2) Limited (formerly Jephson Homes Housing
Association Limited) (“Stonewater”) in which Stonewater has
irrevocably undertaken to prepay the outstanding balance of its
loan on the next Combined Payment Date (as defined in its Loan
Agreement) on 5 December 2022, in
accordance with the terms of its Loan Agreement, in each case as
amended on 31 January 2017, being an
amount of £12,671,485.02, together with interest accrued up to the
date of prepayment and any relevant Prepayment Premium due; and
a letter dated 1 November 2022
from Metropolitan Housing Trust (formerly Thames Valley
Charitable Housing Association Limited) (“Metropolitan”) in
which Metropolitan has irrevocably undertaken to prepay the whole
of the outstanding balance of its loan on the next Combined Payment
Date (as defined in its Loan Agreement) on 5
December 2022 in accordance with the terms of its Loan
Agreement, in each case as amended on 31
January 2017, being an amount of £6,946,336.34, together
with interest accrued up to the date of prepayment and any relevant
Prepayment Premium due.
Pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement the Issuer notified
the Borrowers and the Trustee of the price determined by the
Issuer’s financial adviser under Condition 5(g) for the
corresponding redemption of the Notes over par (if any).
The Issuer has received the following amounts in relation to the
prepayment:
Dewent
- £3,531,535.25 being the total principal outstanding under its
loans.
- £456,761.97 comprising the relevant Combined Payment.
- £226,921.08 comprising the relevant Prepayment Premium.
- Outstanding fees, costs and expenses currently under discussion
and payable by Dewent.
Home Group
- £5,258,032.73 being the total principal outstanding under its
loans.
- £716,083.56 comprising the relevant Combined Payment.
- £634,245.89 comprising the relevant Prepayment Premium.
- Outstanding fees, costs and expenses currently under discussion
and payable by Home Group.
Stonewater
- £11,600,754.15 being the total principal outstanding under its
loans.
- £1,538,043.50 comprising the relevant Combined Payment.
- £1,055,044.68 comprising the relevant Prepayment Premium.
- Outstanding fees, costs and expenses currently under discussion
and payable by Stonewater.
Metropolitan
- £6,339,884.99 being the total principal outstanding under its
loans.
- £813,368.25 comprising the relevant Combined Payment.
- £352,898.67 comprising the relevant Prepayment Premium.
- Outstanding fees, costs and expenses currently under discussion
and payable by Metropolitan.
Pursuant to the Supplemental Trust Deed, the amount of the
prepayment is required to be applied to redeem the Notes on the
Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Trust Deed) falling on
7 December 2022 in accordance with
the terms of the Transaction Documents.
Queries may be addressed to the Issuer
as follows:
Housing Association Funding PLC:
Address: Bastion
House, 6th Floor, 140 London Wall, London, England, EC2Y 5DN
Attention: The
Directors
Telephone:
+44 203 994 7157
Email: spvservices@apexfs.com
HOUSING ASSOCIATION FUNDING PLC
2 December 2022