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HOSPITALITY PROPERTY FUND LIMITED - Notice of Request for Written Consent of Noteholders

Release Date: 20/03/2019 15:25
Code(s): HPF11 HPF08 HPF09 HPF06     PDF:  
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Notice of Request for Written Consent of Noteholders

Hospitality Property Fund Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration No. 2005/014211/06)
Company code: HPAI
(Approved as a REIT by the JSE)
(“Hospitality”)


NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF NOTEHOLDERS



1.    This notice of request for consent (this Consent Request) is delivered by the Issuer to each
      holder of Senior Secured Notes (as defined below) (the Noteholders) issued under the Issuer’s
      ZAR10,000,000,000 Domestic Medium Term Note Programme (the Programme) pursuant to
      the section headed “Terms and Conditions of the Notes” (the Terms and Conditions) in the
      amended and restated programme memorandum dated 31 January 2019, as amended and
      restated from time to time (the Programme Memorandum), in accordance with
      Condition 18 (Notices) of the Terms and Conditions for the purposes of obtaining the
      Noteholders’ written consent to authorise TMF Corporate Services (South Africa) Proprietary
      Limited (TMF) (as Noteholder Trustee and Finance Provider) to provide the necessary consent
      to allow Hospitality Guarantee SPV (RF) Proprietary Limited (the Debt Guarantor), as the holder
      of the Existing Mortgage Bonds (defined below) forming part of the underlying security
      applicable to the ZAR60,000,000 Senior Secured Noted due 2020 (with Stock Code HPF06),
      ZAR150,000,000 Senior Secured Notes due 2019 (with Stock Code HPF09) and ZAR600,000,000
      Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (with Stock Code HPF11) (together the Senior Secured Notes)
      to agree to cancel the Existing Servitudes (as defined below) and register the New Servitudes
      (as defined below).

2.    Capitalised terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall bear the meaning ascribed
      thereto in the Terms and Conditions or the Security Sharing Agreement, dated on or about 28
      April 2017, entered into amongst Fezisource, HPF, the Issuer, the Debt Guarantor, Nedbank
      Limited (as Original Facility Lender and Hedge Provider), FirstRand Bank Limited, acting through
      its Rand Merchant Bank division (as Hedge Provider) and TMF, and to which The Standard Bank
      of South Africa Limited, Merway and Cullinan subsequently acceded (the Security Sharing
      Agreement), as applicable.
3.    The request for consent set out herein relates to (i) the cancellation of existing servitudes
      relating to a perpetual right of way and access over a certain portion of the immovable property
      owned by HPF (the Immovable Property), as set out in Part I of Annexure A hereto (the Existing
      Servitudes) and (ii) the subsequent registration of the new servitudes relating to a perpetual
      right of way and access over the Immovable Property, as set out in Part II of Annexure A hereto
      (the New Servitudes), (collectively the Transaction).

4.    The registration of the New Servitudes is pursuant to a certain existing servitude agreement
      concluded on or about 31 October 2014 between various sectional title schemes (which
      sectional tittle scheme forms part of the Immovable Property) and the Sandgate Precinct
      Association NPC (the Servitude Agreement). In order to give effect to and ensure compliance
      with the requirements of the Servitude Agreement, New Servitudes will have to be registered
      over the Immovable Property. The rights of the owner in respect of the Immovable Property
      following the implementation of the Transaction remain unchanged.

5.    The Debt Guarantor currently holds Mortgage Bonds over the Immovable Property and in order
      to implement the Transaction, the consent of the Debt Guarantor is required.

6.    It is worth noting that the Transaction contemplated in paragraph 3 above does not fall within
      the scope of clause 12 (Release and/or Replacement of Security) of the Security Sharing
      Agreement as it does not relate to the (i) the provision of further Mortgage Bonds over the
      Immovable Property not previously forming part of the Transaction Security, or (ii) the release
      of existing Mortgage Bonds over the Immovable Property forming part of the Transaction
      Security and/or (ii) the replacement of existing Mortgage Bonds with new Mortgage Bonds.

7.    The Finance Providers will not be prejudiced in any way by the proposed Transaction and the
      Finance Providers will be in the same position as they were immediately prior to the
      implementation of the Transaction.

8.    As the Mortgage Bonds constitute part of the security under the Issuer’s security sharing
      structure relating to the Senior Secured Notes, the Debt Guarantor is required to obtain the
      Finance Providers’ consent before exercising any decision in respect of the security pursuant to
      clause 3.1.1.2 of the Security Sharing Agreement.

9.    The Issuer seeks the Noteholders’ consent in accordance with Condition 20 (Meetings of
      Noteholders / Consent Process) of the Terms and Conditions to pass the following Extraordinary
      Resolutions:
9.1        Extraordinary Resolution No. 1:

           THAT the Noteholder Trustee (as Finance Provider) be authorised to provide the necessary
           consent to allow:

9.1.1         the Debt Guarantor, as holder of the Mortgage Bonds over the Immovable Property, to
              agree to the cancellation of the Existing Servitudes and the subsequent registration of
              the New Servitudes; and

9.1.2         the Debt Guarantor to enter into any documentation or take any necessary steps to give
              effect to the consent specified in paragraph 9.1.1;

9.2        Extraordinary Resolution No. 2:

           THAT the Noteholder Trustee (as Finance Provider) be authorised to enter into any
           documentation or to take any necessary steps to give effect to the consents specified in
           Extraordinary Resolution 1.

10.     The Noteholders are requested to provide their consent to the abovementioned proposals by
        voting in relation to the Extraordinary Resolutions specified in the Consent Notice, annexed as
        Annexure B to the Consent Request released by STRATE to the CSDPs, and delivering same to
        the registered office of the relevant Participant that provided said Noteholder with the Consent
        Notice, and providing a copy thereof to Rand Merchant Bank, a division of FirstRand Bank
        Limited, for the attention of Delia Patterson at fax number +27 11 384 3704 or e-mailed to
        delia.patterson@rmb.co.za, and the Issuer, for the attention of The Financial Director at fax
        number +27 11 994 6320 or e-mailed to marad@hpf.co.za / rosao@hpf.co.za /
        Riaan.Erasmus@tsogosun.com, by no later than 17h00 on 18 April 2019 in accordance with the
        terms and conditions of Annexure B. The relevant Participant will then notify Strate Proprietary
        Limited of the total number of Consent Notices received, containing votes both in favour and
        not in favour of the proposed Extraordinary Resolutions and any abstentions.

11.     This Notice is being delivered to Strate Proprietary Limited in accordance with Condition 20
        (Meetings of Noteholders / Consent Process) of the Terms and Conditions as read with Condition
        18 (Notices) of the Terms and Conditions. The record date to be recorded in the Register to
        receive this Consent Request is Wednesday, 20 March 2019.
                                     
ANNEXURE A
PART I
EXISTING SERVITUDES OVER THE IMMOVABLE PROPERTY TO BE CANCELLED


         Mortgage     Servitude Deed            Type of Servitude        Property Description
          Bond No.                No.

1.   SB19148/2017        K1389/1968S      Perpetual servitude for   Remaining Extent of Erf 13
                                          right of way and access             Sandown Township

2.   SB21039/2013        K1389/1968S      Perpetual servitude for   Remaining Extent of Erf 13
                                          right of way and access             Sandown Township

PART II
NEW SERVITUDES OVER THE IMMOVABLE PROPERTY TO BE REGISTERED



       Mortgage Bond No.                             Type of Servitude             Property Description

 1.         SB19148/2017          Perpetual servitude for right of way,         Remaining Extent of Erf
                                             access and egress purposes             13 Sandown Township

 2.         SB21039/2013          Perpetual servitude for right of way,         Remaining Extent of Erf
                                             access and egress purposes             13 Sandown Township




20 March 2019

Debt Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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