BJT babcock & brown japan property trust

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    Sydney - Friday - August 1: (RWE Aust Business News) - Babcock &
    Brown Japan Property Trust (ASX:BJT) has monetised and partially reset
    its capital hedge portfolio realising a net $18.8 million in cash and has
    extended the tenor of its capital hedges.
    The capital hedge portfolio has been reset by unwinding the
    pre-existing capital hedges and establishing new capital hedges for
    approximately 20.4 per cent of net investment in Japanese assets
    (previously 39pc).
    The reset capital hedge portfolio is at the minimum of BJT's
    20-40pc capital hedge policy range and it is anticipated that this level
    may be increased in the medium term.
    The tenor of the hedges has been extended to 5.6 years
    (previously 3.6 years).
    No changes have been made to the distribution hedging.
    Following the monetisation of the capital hedges, BJT will have
    approximately $66 million of available cash, which will be available to
    repay a $56.5m debt facility maturing in December 2008 in the event this
    facility is not refinanced. BJT has no other refinancing requirements
    until March 2010.
    Cash distributions to unitholders will not be impacted by the
    reset through the use of a range of capital management initiatives
    available, such as the further buy back of BJT units, use of cash from
    the monetisation and/or increasing the level of capital hedging over
    time.
    BJT will provide December 2008 distribution guidance at the time
    of the June 2008 results release.
 
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