To: Company Announcements
Date: 28 April 2015
Company: F&C UK Real Estate Investments Limited
Subject: Net Asset Value
Net asset value
The unaudited net asset value per share of F&C UK Real Estate Investments
Limited ("FCRE") as at 31 March 2015 was 93.3 pence. This represents an increase
of 2.7 per cent from the net asset value per share as at 31 December 2014 of
90.8 pence.
The net asset value is based on the external valuation of the Group's property
portfolio prepared by DTZ Debenham Tie Leung Limited.
The net asset value is calculated under International Financial Reporting
Standards ("IFRS").
The net asset value includes all income to 31 March 2015and is calculated after
deduction of all dividends paid prior to that date. It does not include a
provision for the dividend for the quarter to 31 March 2015 which is expected
to be paid in June 2015.
Share Price
The share price was 102.5 pence per share at 31 March 2015, which represented a
premium of 9.9 per cent to the NAV per share announced above. The share price
total return for the quarter was 10.4 per cent.
Breakdown of NAV movement
Set out below is a breakdown of the change to the unaudited net asset value per
share calculated under IFRS over the period from 31 December 2014 to 31 March
2015.
Pence % of
per opening
share NAV
Net asset value per share as at 31 December 2014 90.8
Unrealised movement in valuation of property portfolio 2.4 2.6*
(including the effect of gearing)
Movement in interest rate swap valuation 0.4 0.4
Movement in revenue reserves (0.3) (0.3)
Net asset value per share as at 31 March 2015 93.3 2.7
* The un-geared increase in the valuation of the property portfolio over the
quarter to 31 March 2015 was 1.8%.
The net gearing as at 31 March 2015 was 30.2%#
# Bank debt (less net current assets, excluding swap liability) divided by fair
value of investment properties
Portfolio Analysis £m % of % capital
portfolio value
as movement
at 31 in quarter
March 2015
Offices 95.2 28.9 1.4
West End 24.0 7.3 1.1
South East 35.9 10.9 2.6
Rest of UK 35.3 10.7 0.6
Retail 70.7 21.5 1.7
West End 5.8 1.8 3.1
Rest of London 6.7 2.0 2.3
South East 19.8 6.0 2.0
Rest of UK 38.4 11.7 1.3
Industrial 86.5 26.2 3.1
South East 85.4 25.9 3.1
Rest of UK 1.1 0.3 -
Retail Warehouse 76.9 23.4 1.0
Rest of London 7.9 2.4 1.3
Rest of UK 69.0 21.0 1.0
Total Property 329.3 100.0 1.8
Property Purchases and Sales
On 27 March 2015, IPT Property Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of FCRE,
purchased an office in Nottingham for £3.25 million, at a net initial yield of
7.14 per cent. The property is let to three separate tenants for 10 years at
£246,858 per annum. There were no other purchases or sales in the quarter.
Summary Balance Sheet
£m Pence % of
per Net
share Assets
Property Portfolio per Valuation Report 329.3 140.8 151.0
Adjustment for lease incentives (5.5) (2.4) (2.5)
Fair Value of Property Portfolio 323.8 138.4 148.5
Cash 5.1 2.2 2.3
Trade and other receivables 6.4 2.7 2.9
Trade and other payables (6.4) (2.7) (2.9)
Interest-bearing loan (103.0) (44.0) (47.2)
Interest rate swap (7.8) (3.3) (3.6)
Net Assets at 31 March 2015 218.1 93.3 100.0
The property portfolio will next be valued by an external valuer during
June 2015 and the net asset value per share as at 30 June 2015 will be announced
in July 2015.
Enquiries:
The Company Secretary
Northern Trust International Fund Administration Services (Guernsey) Limited
Trafalgar Court
Les Banques
St PeterPort
Guernsey
GY1 3QL
Tel: 01481 745001
Fax: 01481 745051
Ian McBryde
Scott Macrae
F&C Investment Business Ltd
Tel: 0207 628 8000
Fax: 0131 225 2375
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