Inclusion in EPRA Index

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Sirius Real Estate Limited

07 March 2018

 

07 March 2018

Sirius Real Estate Limited

("Sirius Real Estate" or the "Company")

Inclusion in FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Index

Sirius Real Estate, the leading operator of branded business parks providing conventional space and flexible workspace in Germany, is pleased to announce that the Company's shares have qualified for inclusion in the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index, Developed EMEA region.

This latest inclusion is effective as of Monday, 19 March 2018 and follows the Company's entry into the FTSE/JSE SA Listed Property Index (known as "SAPY"), on Monday 18 December 2017.

The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index is a stock market index series jointly managed by EPRA (Europe), FTSE (UK) and NAREIT (US), and is composed of all major real estate company constituents that trade on the world's leading exchanges.  The SAPY comprises the top twenty (by market capitalisation) property companies in the South African Real Estate Sector, with a primary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Andrew Coombs, Chief Executive, said: "The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index is the benchmark index for institutional property investors and we are therefore delighted to be included in the index from 19 March 2018. This, together with our inclusion in the SAPY last December will all add to Sirius's investment appeal."

For further information:

Sirius Real Estate Andrew Coombs, CEO Alistair Marks, CFO	[phone]
Novella Tim Robertson Toby Andrews	[phone]

About Sirius Real Estate

Sirius is a property company listed on the main market and premium segment of the London Stock Exchange and the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.  It is a leading operator of branded business parks providing conventional space and flexible workspace in Germany. The Company's core strategy is the acquisition of business parks at attractive yields, the integration of these business parks into its network of sites under the Company's own name as well as offering a range of branded products within those sites, and the reconfiguration and upgrade of existing and vacant space to appeal to the local market, through intensive asset management and investment. The Company's strategy aims to deliver attractive returns for shareholders by increasing rental income and improving cost recoveries and capital values, as well as by enhancing those returns through financing its assets on favourable terms. Once sites are mature and net income and values have been optimised, the Company may take the opportunity to refinance the sites to release capital for investment in new sites or consider the disposal of sites in order to recycle equity into assets which present greater opportunity for the asset management skills of the Company's team.

For more information, please visit: www.sirius-real-estate.com 

Images of the Sirius property portfolio are available from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sirius_re/

Follow us on Twitter at @SiriusRE

LEI: 213800NURUF5W8QSK566

 

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