Summary of recent bond experience

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Housing Trust Bond Tombstones
Peabody Capital PLC
Issue of £200,000,000 5.25% Secured Bonds due 2043
Housing Trust
March 2011
Grant Thornton acted as reporting accountant
Notting Hill Housing Trust
Issue of £180,000,000 5.25% Secured Bonds due 2042
Housing Trust
July 2010
Grant Thornton acted as reporting accountant
"Due to the timing of the significant acquisitions made in 2009, the audited accounts did not
reflect the current position. Grant Thornton advised on the presentation of the financial
information in the bond prospectus such that these material changes to the Group were
sufficiently highlighted to investors."
Paul Phillips, Group Finance Director, Notting Hill Housing

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Housing Trust Bond Tombstones
Notting Hill Housing Trust
Issue of £120,562,000 5.25% Secured Bonds due 2042
Housing Trust
July 2011
Grant Thornton acted as reporting accountant
East Finance plc
Issue of £250,000,000 5.486% Secured Bonds due 2042
Housing Trust
June 2012
Grant Thornton acted as reporting accountant
“The bond market has provided us with secure, long-term funding which we will primarily use to fund homes we already plan to build as well as other
future housing developments. Grant Thornton, as our auditors and with their experience in bond transactions, helped the financial side of the
process run smoothly despite some complex changes in accounting rules."
Suzanne Forster, Director of Finance, East Thames
Great Places Housing Group Limited
Issue of £200,000,000 4.75% Secured Bonds due 2042
Housing Trust
October 2012
Grant Thornton acted as reporting accountant
"I look forward to working with
you when we issue our
retained bond"
Phil Elvey, Finance Director,
Great Places Housing Group

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Housing Related Bond Tombstones
“‘Grant Thornton are Together Housing Group’s external auditors, and provide a range of services to the Group. Most recently, Grant Thornton
worked with the Group on its debut bond issue, providing an ‘ICMA comfort letter’ in support of its £250 million secured, own-name, public issue.
Their support and guidance on the bond issue proved to be invaluable, and was very much appreciated."
Victor Flynn, Group Director of Corporate Funding, Together Housing Group
UPP Bond 1 Issuer PLC
Issue of £307,100,000 4.9023% Secured Bonds due 2040
and £75,000,000 Amortising RPI Indexed Linked Secured
Bonds due 2047
University accommodation
March 2013
Grant Thornton acted as reporting accountant
Together Housing Finance Plc
Issue of £250,000,000 4.5% Secured Bonds due 2042
Housing Trust
December 2012
Grant Thornton acted as reporting accountant
"Thanks for your work on this,
your work stream has gone
extremely smoothly"
Gabriel Behr, Finance Director,
UPP