Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9789C

Real Estate Investors PLC

23 October 2020

 

Real Estate Investors Plc

("REI" or the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares

Real Estate Investors Plc (AIM: RLE), the UK's only Midlands-focused Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) with a portfolio of 1.6 million sq ft of investment property across all sectors, announces that, on 22 October 2020, it purchased 30,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each (the "Buyback Shares") on the London Stock Exchange through Liberum Capital Limited ("Liberum"), in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme announced on 20 October 2020 (the "Programme"). The Buyback Shares acquired will be held in treasury for cancellation.

Date of purchase:	22 October 2020
Aggregate number of ordinary shares purchased:	30,000
Lowest price paid per share (pence per share):	29.15
Highest price paid per share (pence per share):	29.15
Volume weighted average price paid per share (pence per share):	29.15

Following the purchase of the Buyback Shares, the Company will have 186,420,598 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in issue, of which 6,310,000 ordinary shares are held in treasury, all of which will be cancelled. Therefore, the total number of ordinary shares carrying voting rights will be 180,110,598.

The above figure of 180,110,598 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), the table below contains detailed information of the individual trades made by Liberum as part of the Programme.

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Execution venue
30,000	29.15	16:11:03	AIMX

Enquiries:

Real Estate Investors Plc Paul Bassi/Marcus Daly	[phone]
Cenkos Securities Katy Birkin/Ben Jeynes	[phone]
Liberum Jamie Richards/William Hall	[phone]
Allenby Capital Nick Naylor/Asha Chotai	[phone]
Novella Communications Tim Robertson/Fergus Young	[phone]

About Real Estate Investors Plc

Real Estate Investors Plc is a publicly quoted, internally managed property investment company and REIT with a portfolio of 1.59 million sq ft of mixed-use commercial property, managed by a highly-experienced property team with over 100 years of combined experience of operating in the Midlands property market across all sectors.  The Company's strategy is to invest in well located, real estate assets in the established and proven markets across the Midlands, with income and capital growth potential, realisable through active portfolio management, refurbishment, change of use and lettings.  The portfolio has no material reliance on a single asset or occupier.  On 1st January 2015, the Company converted to a REIT.  Real Estate Investment Trusts are listed property investment companies or groups not liable to corporation tax on their rental income or capital gains from their qualifying activities.  The Company aims to deliver capital growth and income enhancement from its assets, supporting its dividend policy, which has enjoyed 7 years of consecutive growth.  Further information on the Company can be found at     www.reiplc.com .

 

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