To: Company Announcements
Date: 26 January 2015
Company: F&C Commercial Property Trust Limited
Subject: Net Asset Value
Net Asset Value
The unaudited net asset value (`NAV') per share of the Group as at 31 December
2014 was 122.1 pence. This represents an increase of 2.6 per cent from the
unaudited NAV per share as at 30 September 2014 of 119.0 pence.
The NAV has been calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards
(`IFRS'). It is based on the external valuation of the Group's direct property
portfolio prepared by CBRE Limited.
The NAV includes all income to 31 December 2014 and is calculated after
deduction of all dividends paid prior to that date. As at 31 December 2014 no
adjustments were required to the NAV in respect of dividends for which the
share price had gone ex-dividend.
Analysis of Movement in NAV
The following table provides an analysis of the movement in the unaudited NAV
per share for the period from 30 September 2014 to 31 December 2014 (including
the effect of gearing):
Pence % of
per opening
share NAV
NAV per share as at 30 September 2014 119.0
Unrealised increase in valuation of property portfolio * 4.4 3.7
Movement in fair value of interest rate swap - -
Movement due to costs of refinancing (0.9) (0.8)
Movement in revenue reserve (0.4) (0.3)
NAV per share as at 31 December 2014 122.1 2.6
* the ungeared increase in the valuation of the property portfolio over the
quarter to 31 December 2014 was 3.0%, after allowing for capital expenditure
and property sales.
The net gearing at 31 December 2014 was 17.9%.#
# Net gearing: (Borrowings - cash) ÷ total assets (less current liabilities,
excluding borrowings, and cash).
Portfolio Analysis
Market % of
Value portfolio %
as at 31 unrealised
£m December movement
2014 in quarter
Offices 463.8 38.2 1.5
West End 178.2 14.7 1.2
South East 92.5 7.6 1.6
Rest of UK 179.5 14.8 1.3
City 13.6 1.1 9.0
Retail 323.9 26.7 5.9
South East 308.8 25.5 5.9
Rest of UK 15.1 1.2 5.6
Industrial 171.9 14.2 4.5
South East 17.1 1.4 1.7
Rest of UK 154.8 12.8 4.8
Retail Warehouse 222.7 18.4 1.3
Other 30.3 2.5 0.6
Total Property Portfolio 1,212.6 100.0 3.0
The next quarterly valuation of the property portfolio will be conducted by
CBRE Limited during March 2015 and it is expected that the unaudited NAV per
share as at 31 March 2015 will be announced in April 2015.
Enquiries:
Richard Kirby
F&C REIT Property Asset Management plc
Tel: 0207 499 2244
Graeme Caton
Winterflood Securities Limited
Tel: 0203 100 0268
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