Unaudited Net Asset Value at 31 March 2018

RNS Number : 3999P

Ground Rents Income Fund PLC

29 May 2018

 

Ground Rents Income Fund plc

(the 'Company')

29 May 2018

Unaudited Net Asset Value at 31 March 2018

Ground Rents Income Fund plc (LSE: GRIO), a listed real estate investment trust ('REIT') investing in UK ground rents, announces its unaudited Net Asset Value ('NAV') for the six months ended 31 March 2018 ('H1 2018').

Highlights:

·     NAV per ordinary share of 124.58 pence as at 31 March 2018 (30 Sept 2017: 131.72 pence)

·     Diluted NAV per ordinary share of 123.44 pence as at 31 March 2018 (30 Sept 2017: 130.20 pence)

·     Three properties acquired for £2.3m excluding costs in H1 2018

The unaudited NAV per share of the Company as at 31 March 2018 was 124.58 pence. This represents a decrease of 5.4% from the audited net asset value of 131.72 pence per share at 30 September 2017.

The decrease in the net asset value has been driven by the reduction in the independent portfolio valuation by Savills Advisory Services Limited ('Savills') as at 31 March 2018.

Breakdown of NAV movement

A breakdown of the change to the unaudited NAV per share calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRS') over the period from 1 October 2017 to 31 March 2018 is set out below:

Net assets per audited accounts as at 30 September 2017	£127.4m
Profit for the period 1 October 2017 to 31 March 2018	£1.6m
Revaluation plus costs of acquisition	(£6.6m)
Dividends paid during H1 2018	(£1.9m)
Net assets as at 31 March 2018	£120.5m

The net asset values and diluted net asset values are calculated under IFRS and are unaudited. The NAV per share is calculated using 96,712,100 ordinary shares of 50 pence each, being the number in issue on 31 March 2018. The diluted NAV per share is calculated using 4,718,273 warrants, being the number in issue on 31 March 2018.

Contacts:

Ground Rents Income Fund plc
Simon Wombwell (Director)	020 7499 6424
Brooks Macdonald Funds Limited
James Agar (Director)	020 7659 3454
N+1 Singer (Broker)
James Maxwell / Liz Yong	020 7496 3000
Tavistock (Media)
Jeremy Carey / James Whitmore	020 7920 3150
Appleby Securities (Channel Islands) Limited
Kate Storey / Danielle Machon	01481 755600

This announcement is released by Ground Rents Income Fund plc and contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) 596/2014 ('MAR'), encompassing information relating to the NAV described herein, and is disclosed in accordance with the Company's obligations under Article 17 of MAR.

For the purposes of MAR and Article 2 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1055, this announcement is being made on behalf of the Company by Simon Wombwell, Director.

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