| 2004 £m |
2003 £m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Unsecured | ||
| Bank loans | 73 | 115 |
| 4½% Notes 2005 | — | 177 |
| 6⅜% Notes 20071 | 310 | 310 |
| 7⅜% Notes 2016 | 200 | 200 |
| 5.84% Notes 20102 | 97 | 104 |
| 6.38% Notes 20132 | 120 | 128 |
| 6.55% Notes 20152 | 43 | 47 |
| 4½% Notes 20111 | 500 | — |
| Other loan 2009 (interest rate nil) | 1 | 2 |
| Secured | ||
| Bank loans | — | 3 |
| Obligations under finance leases payable:3 | ||
| Between one and two years | 6 | 39 |
| Between two and five years | 14 | 27 |
| After five years | — | 3 |
| Zero-coupon bonds 2005/2007 (including 9.0% interest accretion)4 | — | 42 |
| 1,3645 | 1,197 | |
| Repayable | ||
| Between one and two years – by instalments | 9 | 27 |
| – otherwise | 65 | 239 |
| Between two and five years – by instalments | 19 | 50 |
| – otherwise | 310 | 389 |
| After five years – by instalments | 1 | 13 |
| – otherwise | 960 | 479 |
| 1,364 | 1,197 | |
| 1 The Group has borrowed through a subsidiary s1,250m in order to provide a loan for general purposes. These notes are the subject of currency swap agreements under which counterparties have undertaken to pay amounts at fixed rates of interest and exchange in consideration for amounts payable by the subsidiary at variable rates of interest and at fixed exchange rates. | ||
| 2 The Group has borrowed through a subsidiary US$500m in the US Private Placement market. This borrowing is the subject of interest rate swap agreements under which the Group has undertaken to pay floating rates of interest. The borrowing forms part of a net asset hedging arrangement. | ||
| 3 Obligations under finance leases are secured by related leased assets. | ||
| 4 Secured on aircraft financed by joint arrangements. Repayment of the zero-coupon bonds is also guaranteed by a subsidiary. | ||
| 5 The Company has provided guarantees in respect of borrowings of subsidiary undertakings of £1,336m. | ||