19 May 2023
SUPERMARKET INCOME REIT PLC
(the "Company")
LEI: 2138007FOINJKAM7L537
ADDITIONAL ADMISSION
Supermarket Income REIT plc (LSE: SUPR), the real estate investment trust providing secure, inflation-linked, long income from grocery property in the UK, announces that it has made an application for 2,876,932 New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the Premium Segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") and to trading on the Premium Segment of London Stock Exchange plc's Main Market for listed securities. It is expected that these New Ordinary Shares will be admitted to trading on or around 26 May 2023.
The application is being made pursuant to the scrip dividend alternative in lieu of cash for the interim dividend for the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023. Elections for a scrip dividend were received in respect of 14.13% of the Ordinary Shares in issue as at the record date of 21 April 2023. When issued, these New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary Shares.
Following admission of the New Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 1,246,239,185 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each. With effect from 26 May 2023, the total number of issued shares with voting rights will be 1,246,239,185.
The above figure of 1,246,239,185 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 of a change to their interest in, Supermarket Income REIT plc under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Further information regarding the Scrip Dividend Alternative offered in respect of the Interim Dividend and the Scrip Dividend Scheme can be found in the Scrip Dividend Circular (the "Scrip Circular") which is available to view and download on the Company's website at:
https://supermarketincomereit.com/investor-centre/dividends/
The Scrip Dividend Circular is also available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION |
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Atrato Capital Limited |
+44 (0)20 3790 8087 |
Steve Noble / Rob Abraham / Chris McMahon |
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Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited |
+44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
Mark Young / Matt Blawat / Rajpal Padam |
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Goldman Sachs International Jimmy Bastock / Tom Hartley |
+44 (0)20 7774 1000
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FTI Consulting |
+44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
Dido Laurimore / Eve Kirmatzis / Andrew Davis |
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
Supermarket Income REIT plc (LSE: SUPR) is a real estate investment trust dedicated to investing in grocery properties which are an essential part of the UK's feed the nation infrastructure. The Company focuses on grocery stores which are omnichannel, fulfilling online and in-person sales. All of the Company's supermarkets are let to leading UK supermarket operators, diversified by both tenant and geography.
The Company provides investors with attractive, long-dated, secure, inflation-linked, growing income with the potential for capital appreciation over the longer term and targets a 7% to 10% p.a. total shareholder return over the medium term(1). The Company has increased its dividend every year since IPO.
The Company is listed on the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and its Ordinary Shares are traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, having listed initially on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market on 21 July 2017.
Atrato Capital Limited is the Company's Investment Adviser.
Further information is available on the Company's website www.supermarketincomereit.com
1. There is no certainty that these illustrative projections will be achieved
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for Supermarket Income REIT plc and no one else in connection with this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited nor for providing advice in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement.
Goldman Sachs International, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Supermarket Income REIT plc and no one else in connection with this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Goldman Sachs International nor for providing advice in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement.