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Lawrence says the sale and leaseback deal was "absolutely the right thing to do" and that price cuts also helped to bring customers back.

A U.S. official and a congressional aide told Reuters that the Department of Defense told members of Congress at a briefing on Wednesday that it intends to send its two Iron Dome missile defense systems back to Israel as part of a leaseback deal, having experimented with the systems for several years.

Leasing firm Avolon, the company added, signed a sale and leaseback agreement with Canada's Porter Airlines, already an Embraer customer, for 10 new E195-E2, which are set to support Porter's North American expansion.

The deal will be funded by 450 million pounds of equity from Asda's shareholders, who include its former owner, U.S. retail giant Walmart, 770 million pounds of term loan debt and around 1.1 billion pounds from property-related transactions, including sale and leaseback of some of its stores.

"Generally speaking, I believe a stable retailer with stable management, looking out for the long-term performance of the business, is far better off controlling its destiny than being subject to the vagaries of leaseback arrangements," said Mark Cohen, director of retail studies at the Columbia Business School.