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Selfridges’ Thai owners take on 70 billion baht debt

Central Group, SelfridgesThai owners along with Austrian enterprise Signa Holdings, have taken on another £1.7 billion (US$ 2 billion, 70 billion baht) of debt in a strategy to increase investment returns.

A massive loan by Swiss lender EFG is secured against Selfridges’ Exchange Square premises in Manchester.

Selfridges said the loan would “release capital” for the acquisition, but that this did not amount to the payment of a dividend to its new owners. Another mammoth loan, the size of which has been redacted in corporate filings, has been provided by Swiss lender EFG and secured against Selfridges’ Exchange Square location in Manchester.

Selfridges comprises 18 stores under four names – Selfridges (England), Brown Thomas, Arnotts (Ireland) and De Bijenkorf (the Netherlands). Last year the Selfridges group was integrated with Central and Signa’s combined portfolio…

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