Proposed Issue of Equity

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Custodian REIT PLC

23 September 2014

 



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23 September 2014

CUSTODIAN REIT PLC

("Custodian REIT" or "the Company")

Proposed issue of equity

Following the Company's initial placing and admission to the Official List on 26 March 2014, the Board of the Company today announces that the Company intends to raise £20 million (before costs and expenses) through the issue of new ordinary shares ("New Shares") under the Placing Programme established in the Company's February 2014 prospectus ("the Issue"). 

The Issue will be made to Qualified Investors (as defined in section 86(7) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended)) through Numis Securities Limited ("Numis"), and application made for the admission of the New Shares to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange plc's main market for listed securities.

The Issue is expected to close at 12.00 p.m. (London time) on 2 October 2014, but may close earlier or later at the absolute discretion of the Company and Numis.  The issue price per New Share will be 104.75p which the Board and the Company's external fund manager, Custodian Capital Limited ("the Fund Manager"), consider represents a premium of 5% to the current estimate of net asset value ("NAV") per share.

Qualified Investors are invited to apply for New Shares by contacting Numis on the contact details below.  The decision to allot New Shares to any Qualified Investor and the actual issue size shall be at the absolute discretion of the Company and Numis.  

The Board and the Fund Manager believe the Issue is in Shareholders' interests as it will increase the Company's NAV and offer the opportunity to further diversify its portfolio, with the proceeds expected to be invested on a timely basis consistent with the Company's published objectives.  

The Company will make a further announcement in due course. 

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For further information, please contact:

Custodian Capital Limited
Richard Shepherd-Cross / Nathan Imlach / Ian Mattioli	Tel: [phone]
	www.custodiancapital.com

Numis Securities Limited	Tel: [phone]
Sales: Katherine Miller / Chris Gook
Corporate: Hugh Jonathan / Nathan Brown	www.numiscorp.com

Notes to Editors

Custodian REIT plc is a UK real estate investment trust ("REIT") listed on the London Stock Exchange.  The Company launched on 26 March 2014, acquiring a portfolio of £95 million of UK commercial property.  This was sourced from an existing portfolio of 48 properties held by clients of Mattioli Woods plc in a syndicated structure.  The diverse portfolio consisted of properties let to institutional grade tenants on long leases throughout the UK. 

The Company raised gross proceeds of £55 million through an initial public offering ("IPO") and also arranged a £25 million revolving credit facility ("the Facility").  The Company's investment objective is to provide shareholders with an attractive level of income together with the potential for capital growth.  Since IPO the Company has invested total funds of £48.4 million in acquiring a further 21 UK commercial properties, deploying £12.5 million of cash from the Facility.  Borrowings have increased to 8.7% loan to value. 

Custodian Capital Limited is the discretionary investment manager of the Company.

For more information visit www.custodianreit.com and www.custodiancapital.com. 

Important Information

This announcement has been prepared by, and is the sole responsibility of, Custodian REIT plc.

Numis Securities Limited is acting only for Custodian REIT plc in connection with the matters described in this announcement and is not acting for or advising any other person, or treating any other person as its client, in relation thereto and will not be responsible for providing the regulatory protection afforded to clients of Numis Securities Limited or advice to any other person in relation to the matters contained herein.

The Company is not and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The  New Shares have not been, nor will they be, registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States or under the applicable securities laws of Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Ireland or the Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction that is a member state of the European Economic Area (other than the United Kingdom).  Subject to certain exceptions, the New Shares may not be offered or sold in the United States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Ireland or the Republic of South Africa or any other jurisdiction that is a member state of the European Economic Area (other than the United Kingdom) or to or for the account or benefit of any national, resident or citizen of any member state of the European Economic Area (other than the United Kingdom), Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Ireland or the Republic of South Africa or any person located in the United States.  Placings under the Issue and the distribution of this announcement in other jurisdictions may be restricted by law and the persons into whose possession this announcement comes should inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions. 

This announcement includes "forward-looking statements".  All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this announcement, including, without limitation, those regarding the Company's business strategy and plans are forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and accordingly the Company's actual future financial results and operational performance may differ materially from the results and performance expressed in, or implied by, the statements.

These forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this announcement.  The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect actual results or any change in the assumptions, conditions or circumstances on which any such statements are based unless required to do so by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, the Financial Services Act 2012, the Listing Rules or Prospectus Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority or other applicable laws, regulations or rules.

This announcement has been approved for the purposes of s.21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by Custodian Capital Limited.

 

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