20 Borrowings

  

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1998 £m 1997 £m
Debenture loans (unsecured) 
SF200m 4.75% Guaranteed Bonds 1998 84
US$300m 8.25% Guaranteed Bonds 2001 181 182
US$250m 7.125% Bonds 2005 150 152
£150m 9.375% Guaranteed Bonds 2007 150 150
£300m 6.875% Bonds 2023 300
US$250m 8.15% Surplus Notes 2027 150 152
£100m 8.5% undated subordinated Guaranteed Bonds 100 100
Total debenture loans 1,031 820
Currency translation liability on swap transaction 2
Bank loans and overdrafts repayable on demand 64 308
Commercial paper 1999 442 166
Secured senior and subordinated debt issued by investment subsidiaries managed by Prudential Portfolio Managers 42 58
Total borrowings 1,579 1,354
 
Comprising:
  Holding company and finance subsidiaries 1,223 1,002
  Other central companies 59 34
  Total central borrowings 1,282 1,036
  Long-term business operations 255 260
  Investment subsidiaries managed by Prudential Portfolio Managers 42 58
Total borrowings 1,579 1,354
 
Borrowings are repayable as follows: 
  Within one year or on demand 506 560
  Between one and two years
  Between two and five years 181 182
  After five years 892 612
Total borrowings 1,579 1,354
Notes:
(i)The SF200m loan was repaid on maturity in January 1998.
(ii)The Company’s debenture loans comprised the US$250m 7.125% Bonds 2005 and the £300m 6.875% Bonds 2023.
(iii)Under the terms of the Group’s arrangements with its main United Kingdom banker, the bank has a right of set off between credit balances (other than those of long-term funds), and all overdrawn balances of those Group undertakings with similar arrangements.
(iv)Borrowings of long-term business operations comprised:
 

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1998 £m 1997 £m
 US$250m 8.15% surplus notes 2027 issued by Jackson National Life 150 152
 £100m 8.5% undated subordinated Guaranteed Bonds issued by Scottish Amicable Finance plc 
 (a subsidiary of the Scottish Amicable Insurance Fund of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited) 100 100
 Bank overdrafts5 8
 
  255 260
 
 
The interests of the holders of the bonds issued by Scottish Amicable Finance plc are subordinate to the entitlements of the policyholders of the Scottish Amicable Insurance Fund.
(v)The senior debt issued by investment subsidiaries managed by Prudential Portfolio Managers is secured on the investments held by the relevant subsidiaries. The interests of the holders of the subordinated debt issued by these subsidiaries are subordinate to the entitlements of the holders of the senior debt. For both classes of debt the holders do not have recourse beyond the assets of these subsidiaries.
(vi)Amounts owed to credit institutions included £554m (£867m) of obligations of Jackson National Life under sale and repurchase agreements.

 

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