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Statement by Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc

Permanent TSB plc (trading as Permanent TSB) is the wholly owned retail banking subsidiary of Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc.

Headline: Permanent TSB agrees sale of GBP£2.29 billion of non-core loans held by Lansdowne 199 Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Thursday 27th October 2016. Permanent TSB has agreed the sale of GBP£2.29 billion of loans held by its UK subsidiary, Lansdowne 199 Ltd (L199). The loan assets comprise the total balance of the residual book of the Group's former UK subsidiary, Capital Home Loans Limited (CHL). The residual book was transferred to L199 in July 2015 following the sale of circa 50% of the CHL loan portfolio and the associated legal entity, CHL, to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. This transaction, once completed, means that the Group will have successfully de-leveraged 100% of the CHL loan portfolio, as required under the Group's Restructuring Plan. 

The acquirer of the loans is an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. The Group was advised by Morgan Stanley & Co International plc. The gross proceeds for the sale of GBP£2.29 billion of loan assets (RWAs of GBP£855 million) is circa GBP£1.95 billion. Consideration is in the form of a cash settlement and sales proceeds will be used to reduce the Group's borrowings.

At 31 December 2015, losses attributable to the assets to be disposed were circa GBP£8.9 million (circa €12.3 million)[1]. On completion, the transaction is estimated to have a net adverse impact on the capital of the Group of circa GBP£300 million (circa €333 million at current exchange rates), which takes into account all estimated fees and costs with the completion of the transaction. The sale is expected to close before the 31 December 2016.

Speaking today, Jeremy Masding, Group Chief Executive, said that the sale of these assets was a significant event for the Group; "This transaction is a milestone event for the Group. Its completion in the coming weeks will conclude the very ambitious deleveraging programme of some €8.4 billion which was set out for the Group under the Restructuring Plan agreed with the European authorities.

Perhaps most importantly, it will complete our pivot to the Irish retail and SME marketplace and allow us to focus exclusively on growing our commercial position in key segments of the market here. That is now our overriding priority, as Ireland's only pure domestic retail and SME bank."

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