Inclusion in FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Series

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Capital & Regional plc

16 September 2016

 

Capital & Regional plc

("Capital & Regional" or the "Company")

Inclusion in FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series

16 September 2016.  Capital & Regional, the UK focused specialist property REIT, confirms that as of this morning the Company has been added to the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series, having successfully satisfied the required eligibility criteria during the Index's September 2016 Review performed by EPRA, the European Public Real Estate Association.

Hugh Scott-Barratt, CEO of Capital & Regional, commented:  "We are pleased that Capital & Regional will be added to the EPRA Index which we believe is a direct result of the hard work we have successfully put into restructuring and growing the business over the last few years. The indices are widely followed and well regarded by global real estate investors and should assist in continuing to broaden the Company's investor base and increase the liquidity of our shares."

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For further information:

Capital & Regional:	Tel:  [phone]
Hugh Scott-Barrett, Chief Executive
Charles Staveley, Group Finance Director
FTI Consulting:	Tel: [phone]
Richard Sunderland Claire Turvey [e-mail]

Notes to editors:

About Capital & Regional plc

Capital & Regional is a UK focused specialist property REIT with a strong track record of delivering value enhancing retail and leisure asset management opportunities across a c. £1 billion portfolio of in-town dominant community shopping centres.  Capital & Regional is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and has a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.   

Capital & Regional owns seven shopping centres in Blackburn, Camberley, Hemel Hempstead, Luton, Maidstone, Walthamstow and Wood Green. It also has a 20% joint venture interest in the Kingfisher Centre in Redditch and a 50% joint venture in the Buttermarket Centre, Ipswich.  Capital & Regional manages these assets, which comprise over 950 retail units and attract over 1.7 million shopping visits each week, through its in-house expert property and asset management platform.

For further information see www.capreg.com.

 

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