The bank loans are secured by fixed and floating charges over the assets of certain subsidiary undertakings.
Secured loans without recourse
Secured bank loans without recourse are those where the obligation to repay lies solely with the subsidiary undertaking and are secured solely on the assets of the subsidiary undertaking concerned.
At 31 December 2003, we were in discussions with bank groups in relation to claimed technical defaults on the non-recourse debt for the US merchant portfolio. As these issues were not formally resolved at 31 December 2003, the debt at ANP has been reported as current non-recourse debt in our accounts. |