Dividend Declaration

Supermarket Income REIT PLC

03 October 2024

 

3 October 2024

SUPERMARKET INCOME REIT PLC  

(the "Company")  

DIVIDEND DECLARATION

Supermarket Income REIT plc (LSE: SUPR), the real estate investment trust with secure, inflation-linked, long-dated income from grocery property, has today declared an interim dividend in respect of the period from 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2024 of 1.53 pence per ordinary share (the "First Quarterly Dividend").

The First Quarterly Dividend will be paid on or around 15 November 2024 as a Property Income Distribution ("PID") in respect of the Company's tax-exempt property rental business to shareholders on the register as of 11 October 2024. The ex-dividend date will be 10 October 2024.

As the Company's ordinary shares are currently trading at a discount to the published EPRA Net Tangible Assets per share, the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") believes that it is not in the best interests of shareholders to offer the scrip dividend alternative, under which shareholders would have been able to elect to receive new ordinary shares in lieu of the cash dividend (the "Scrip Dividend Alternative"). The Board has therefore exercised its discretion to suspend the Scrip Dividend Alternative in respect of the First Quarterly Dividend.

All shareholders who are entitled to receive the First Quarterly Dividend will therefore receive it in cash.

The Board will keep under consideration the offer of a scrip dividend alternative in respect of future quarterly dividends. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Atrato Capital Limited	[phone]
Rob Abraham / Mike Perkins / Chris McMahon	[e-mail]
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited	[phone]
Mark Young / Rajpal Padam / Madison Kominski
Goldman Sachs International Tom Hartley / Hannah Mackey	[phone]
FTI Consulting	[phone]
Dido Laurimore / Eve Kirmatzis / Andrew Davis	[e-mail]

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 feed the nation infrastructure. The Company focuses on grocery stores which are omnichannel, fulfilling online and in-person sales. The Company's supermarkets are let to leading supermarket operators in the UK and Europe, diversified by both tenant and geography.  

The Company's assets earn long-dated, secure, inflation-linked, growing income. The Company targets a progressive dividend and the potential for capital appreciation over the longer term.

The Company is listed on the Closed-ended investment funds category of the FCA's Official List and its Ordinary Shares are traded on the LSE's Main Market. 

Atrato Capital Limited is the Company's Investment Adviser.  

Further information is available on the Company's website www.supermarketincomereit.com  

LEI: 2138007FOINJKAM7L537  

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.

 

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