Traditional debt consisting of a single €4.19bn Long-Term Loan:
- £1.5bn in sterling and €1.965bn in euros
- 6 tranches (3 in €, 3 in £) with a repayment term of between 34 and 43 years
- Interest payments (annual, net pro forma): around €229m
- 1st repayment of the principal in 2013
- Possibility of a €330m additional drawing facility
- Lenders: consortium consisting of Goldman Sachs International / Deutsche Bank AG
- Investment Grade (Moody's)
Borrowings after restructuring (nominal value at 30 June 2007¹)
1 Based on exchange rate of £1 = €1.484.
² Floating-rate tranches are covered by interest-rate hedging contracts.