Housing Association Funding Plc - Notice to Noteholders

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If you have recently sold or otherwise transferred your entire holding(s) of the Notes referred to below, you should immediately forward this document to the purchaser or transferee or to the broker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee.

NOTICE TO NOTEHOLDERS

To the holders of the £192,270,000 8.25 per cent. Secured Loan-Backed Notes due June 2027 ISIN: XS0073407537

(the “Notes”)

issued by Housing Association Funding PLC

(the “Issuer”)

Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 (Market Abuse Regulation) requires disclosure by or on behalf of the Issuer of any inside information concerning the Issuer.

Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the master schedule of definitions, interpretation and construction clauses dated 23 January 1997, as amended and restated on 30 January 1998, as amended and restated on 23 December 1999, as amended and restated on 29 June 2005, as amended and restated on 7 December 2009, as amended and restated on 11 February 2010 and as further amended and restated on 31 January 2017.

We refer to the notice of the Issuer dated 4 November 2022 in which the Issuer informed Noteholders that the Issuer received the following notices of prepayment from the following borrowers (the “Borrowers”):

1.a letter dated 2 November 2022 from Derwent Housing Association Limited (“Derwent”) in which Derwent has irrevocably undertaken to prepay the whole of the outstanding balance of its loan on the next Combined Payment Date (as defined in its Loan Agreement) on 5 December 2022, in accordance with the terms of its Loan Agreement, in each case as amended on 31 January 2017, being an amount of £3,866,216.52, together with interest accrued up to the date of prepayment and any relevant Prepayment Premium due;

a letter dated 2 November 2022 from Home Group Limited (“Home Group”) in which Home Group has irrevocably undertaken to prepay the whole of the outstanding balance of its loan on the next Combined Payment Date (as defined in its Loan Agreement) on 5 December 2022, in accordance with the terms of its Loan Agreement, in each case as amended on 31 January 2017, being an amount of £5,729,149.32, together with interest accrued up to the date of prepayment and any relevant Prepayment Premium due;

2.a letter dated 2 November 2022 from Stonewater (2) Limited (formerly Jephson Homes Housing Association Limited) (“Stonewater”) in which Stonewater has irrevocably undertaken to prepay the outstanding balance of its loan on the next Combined Payment Date (as defined in its Loan Agreement) on 5 December 2022, in accordance with the terms of its Loan Agreement, in each case as amended on 31 January 2017, being an amount of £12,671,485.02, together with interest accrued up to the date of prepayment and any relevant Prepayment Premium due; and

a letter dated 1 November 2022 from Metropolitan Housing Trust (formerly  Thames Valley Charitable Housing Association Limited) (“Metropolitan”) in which Metropolitan has irrevocably undertaken to prepay the whole of the outstanding balance of its loan on the next Combined Payment Date (as defined in its Loan Agreement) on 5 December 2022 in accordance with the terms of its Loan Agreement, in each case as amended on 31 January 2017, being an amount of £6,946,336.34, together with interest accrued up to the date of prepayment and any relevant Prepayment Premium due.

Pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement the Issuer notified the Borrowers and the Trustee of the price determined by the Issuer’s financial adviser under Condition 5(g) for the corresponding redemption of the Notes over par (if any).

The Issuer has received the following amounts in relation to the prepayment:

Dewent

• £3,531,535.25 being the total principal outstanding under its loans.
• £456,761.97 comprising the relevant Combined Payment.
• £226,921.08 comprising the relevant Prepayment Premium.
• Outstanding fees, costs and expenses currently under discussion and payable by Dewent.

Home Group

• £5,258,032.73 being the total principal outstanding under its loans.
• £716,083.56 comprising the relevant Combined Payment.
• £634,245.89 comprising the relevant Prepayment Premium.
• Outstanding fees, costs and expenses currently under discussion and payable by Home Group.

Stonewater

• £11,600,754.15 being the total principal outstanding under its loans.
• £1,538,043.50 comprising the relevant Combined Payment.
• £1,055,044.68 comprising the relevant Prepayment Premium.
• Outstanding fees, costs and expenses currently under discussion and payable by Stonewater.

Metropolitan

• £6,339,884.99 being the total principal outstanding under its loans.
• £813,368.25 comprising the relevant Combined Payment.
• £352,898.67 comprising the relevant Prepayment Premium.
• Outstanding fees, costs and expenses currently under discussion and payable by Metropolitan.

Pursuant to the Supplemental Trust Deed, the amount of the prepayment is required to be applied to redeem the Notes on the Interest Payment Date (as defined in the Trust Deed) falling on 7 December 2022 in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents.

Queries may be addressed to the Issuer as follows:

Housing Association Funding PLC:

Address:               Bastion House, 6th Floor, 140 London Wall, London, England, EC2Y 5DN

Attention:              The Directors

Telephone:            [phone]

Email:                   [e-mail]

HOUSING ASSOCIATION FUNDING PLC

2 December 2022

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