• Debt funding

  • Debt Capital Markets

    Our financing requirements are principally met by debt raised from the capital markets. The Debt Issuance Programme has within it two active debt issuing programmes:

    • A £35,000,000,000 Multicurrency Note Programme – launched in October 2004 and its main financing vehicle
    • A £4,000,000,000 Commercial Paper Programme.

    In addition to public bond issues, we have issued private placement bonds in response to reverse enquiries from investors.

    All the money raised from the bonds issued by Network Rail Infrastructure Finance plc, after re-financing and service of debt, is on-lent to Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd

    Overview of the debt-funding programme

    Issue  Network Rail Infrastructure Finance PLC (“NRIF”) 
    UK Government support  This Programme benefits from direct and explicit support from the UK Government in the form of a Financial Indemnity from the Secretary of State for Transport, acting for and on behalf of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
    Administrator  Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
    Programme size  £35 billion
    Ratings  S&P AAA / Moody’s Aaa / Fitch AAA (stable outlook)
    Use of proceeds  Funds will be used to finance the activities of NRIL and to refinance existing debt of the Network Rail group
    Governing law  English
    Risk weighting  0% risk weighted with FSA
    Maturity date  Maximum maturity date is October 2052
    Dealers on the Multicurrency Note Programme
    • UBS Limited
    • Barclays Bank Plc
    • Citigroup Global Markets Limited
    • HSBC Bank Plc
    • Goldman Sachs
    • Morgan Stanley
    • Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    • Deutsche Bank
    • The Royal Bank of Scotland
    Dealers on the Commercial Paper Programme
    • UBS Limited
    • Barclays Bank Plc
    • Citigroup Global Markets Limited
    • HSBC Bank Plc
    • Goldman Sachs
    • Morgan Stanley
    • Bank of America Merrill Lynch
    • Deutsche Bank
    • The Royal Bank of Scotland
    Contacting the funding team

    If you want more information on debt funding please send an email to the Funding Team at debtfunding@networkrail.co.uk.

    Network Rail Infrastructure Finance Information Memorandum

    You can read our Infrastructure Finance Multicurrency Note Programme Information Memorandum online.

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