Financial highlights From the Chairman From the Chief Executive
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| 19 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade creditors and trade debtors include £45.5m (1998 - £44.1m) representing amounts not due to the Group but for which the Group is subject to a limited recourse.
Loans repayable between one and two years include unsecured dollar borrowings of US$65m bearing a fixed interest rate of 9.55%, repayable on maturity in June 2001. Loans repayable after five years principally comprise an unsecured £200m Eurobond stated net of the costs of issue which has a coupon of 7.625% and matures in June 2007 and an unsecured £250m Eurobond stated net of the costs of issue which has a coupon of 5.625% and matures in March 2009. The US$150m undated Exchangeable Capital Securities are divided into 6,000,000 Exchangeable Capital Securities of US$25 per security with a coupon of 8% per annum, and were redeemable at the option of the Company from 7 October 1998 at US$26 per security reducing each year until 7 October 2003 from which time the redemption price will be US$25 per security. The Exchangeable Capital Securities rank senior to the Preference shares of the Company in the event of a winding up. The Exchangeable Capital Securities are exchangeable at the option of the Company at any time into Cumulative US Dollar-denominated Redeemable Preference shares of US$0.01 each in the Company. The rights of such Preference shares are summarised in Note 25. |
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