Interest rate swap and loan f

RNS Number : 1048L

Standard Life Invs Property Inc Tst

05 January 2009

 



To:             Company Announcements

Date:          05 January 2009

Company:  Standard Life Investment Property Income Trust Limited

Interest rate swap and loan facilities 

SLIPIT has taken the opportunity presented by current market conditions to alter its loan and interest rate hedging arrangements with effect from 1 January 2009.   

SLIPIT has a term loan facility with the Royal Bank of Scotland for £84.4m, maturing in December 2013. To date the interest payable on this facility has been calculated as 3 month LIBOR plus a margin of 0.6%. The majority of the floating interest rate risk associated with this loan facility has been hedged through an interest rate swap under which the Trust receives 3 month LIBOR and pays a fixed rate of 5.115% (£72m notional value, also maturing in December 2013).   

Under the new arrangement applicable from 1 January 2009 the interest payable under the loan facility will be calculated with reference to 1 month LIBOR rather than 3 month LIBOR (the margin remains at 0.6%). In addition, the Trust entered into a new interest rate swap with the result that from 1 January 2009 onwards the Trust will effectively receive 1 month LIBOR and pay a fixed rate of 5.015% (this is a net position resulting from two separate interest rate swaps, notional value on both contracts being £72m). Both the loan facility and interest rate swap arrangements continue to have maturity dates ending in December 2013. 

As a result of implementing the new interest rate swap the Trust will reduce its loan interest costs by £72,000 per annum through to 2013 (0.1% of the value of the loan facility that is hedged). 

On the unhedged part of the loan facility (£12.4m), switching from paying 3 month LIBOR to paying 1 month LIBOR will further reduce the Trust's loan interest cost by £6,100 in respect of the month ending 31 January 2009. The difference between 1 month and 3 month LIBOR rates in the future will however fluctuate in accordance with conditions in the money markets. 

No arrangement fees were incurred in relation to these changes. 

The Company Secretary 

Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited
Trafalgar Court

Les Banques

St Peter Port
Guernsey

GY1 3QL

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