Associated British Foods plc – Annual report – 17 September 2022
Industry: retail, food and drink
26. Financial instruments (extract)
i) Borrowing facilities
The Group has substantial borrowing facilities available to it. The undrawn committed facilities available at 17 September 2022, in respect of which all conditions precedent have been met, amounted to £1,567m (2021 – £1,145m):
Uncommitted facilities available at 17 September 2022 were:
In addition to the above facilities there are also £114m (2021 – £114m) of undrawn and available credit lines for the purposes of issuing letters of credit and guarantees in the normal course of business.
The Group has issued a public bond of £400m due in 2034. Included are deferred financing costs totalling £10m which have been capitalised against the bond and are to be amortised over its term.
The Group has a £1.5bn Committed Revolving Credit Facility which matures in June 2027. The Group also has £87m of private placement notes remaining in issue to institutional investors in the US and Europe which are due in 2024. At 17 September 2022, these had an average remaining duration of 1.5 years and an average fixed coupon of 3.92%. The other significant core committed debt facilities are local committed facilities in Illovo.
Uncommitted bank borrowing facilities are normally reaffirmed by the banks annually, although they can theoretically be withdrawn at any time.
Refer to note 9 for details of the Group’s capital commitments and to note 27 for a summary of the Group’s guarantees. An assessment of the Group’s current liquidity position is given in the Financial Review on pages 60 to 63.
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