FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of a Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month(s) of: October 28, 1999
NEWCOURT CREDIT GROUP INC.
Newcourt Centre, 207 Queens Quay West
Suite 700
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5J 1A7
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: October 28, 1999
NEWCOURT CREDIT GROUP INC.
/__________________________/
By: Scott J. Moore
Executive Vice President, Legal
and General Counsel and Secretary
News Release
For immediate release
Trading Symbol: NCT Contact: Carolyn Conner
Exchange Listing: Toronto (416) 507-5239
Montreal
New York
Newcourt and Bank Hapoalim Announce Financial Close of US$1.2
billion Cross-Israel Highway Project
Project is one of the largest privately financed infrastructure
projects in the world.
Toronto, Canada and Tel Aviv, Israel, October 28, 1999 - Newcourt
Capital, the corporate finance business of Newcourt Credit Group, and
Bank Hapoalim today announced that they have reached financial close
on the US$1.2 billion Cross-Israel Highway project. This closing
includes the execution of all agreements on the commercial and
financial terms and conditions among the borrower, the commercial
lenders, the State of Israel and the state toll highway authority.
"The financial closing follows a period of lengthy negotiations, which
began when the Derech Eretz Consortium was selected as the preferred
bidder in January of 1998," said Warren Thomson, Managing Director of
Newcourt Capital's Public Sector Finance Group. "In the end, we
believe that we have created the ideal financing structure. It
includes an optimal mixture of domestic and international debt and
equity and ensures the lowest possible toll rate."
"This project is one of the largest privately financed infrastructure
projects in the world," commented Dr. Ehud Kaufman, Senior Assistant
Managing Director of Israel's Bank Hapoalim. "We are proud to be part
of the team making it happen and are pleased to be working with such
strong international and domestic partners to bring about this state-
of-the-art infrastructure project, which is so critical to the Israeli
economy."
Bank Hapoalim is lead arranger of US$850 million domestic debt
financing and Newcourt Capital is lead arranger of US$250 million
international debt. The remaining funding is equity from the project
sponsors.
The Derech Eretz Consortium will begin construction on the US$1.2
billion highway project immediately. Derech Eretz Ltd. is an
international consortium of partnerships of AGRA Inc. (TSE:AGR),
Armbro Enterprises Inc. (TSE:ARE) and BFC Construction Corporation
(TSE:BFC) of Canada, as well as Africa Israel Investments Ltd. (IT:
AFIL) and Housing & Construction Holding Co. Ltd. (IT: HUCN) of
Israel.
Bank Hapoalim is the largest Israeli bank with assets in excess of
US$48 billion. The Company's shares are listed on the London and Tel
Aviv stock exchanges as POLI.
Newcourt Credit Group is one of the world's leading sources of asset-
based financing serving the corporate and commercial markets with a
global capability in 26 countries. Newcourt and The CIT Group (NYSE:
CIT) recently announced that they had signed an agreement to combine
the two companies to create the largest publicly owned commercial
finance company with over US$50 billion in managed financial assets.
The transaction recently received regulatory and shareholder approval
and is expected to close sometime in the fourth quarter.
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