Interim Management Statement

RNS Number : 2677K
TR Property Investment Trust PLC
17 August 2012
 



TR Property Investment Trust plc

 

Interim Management Statement - 3 months to 30 June 2012

 

This interim management statement has been produced solely to provide additional information to shareholders as a body to meet the relevant requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It should not be relied upon by any other party for any other purpose.

 

This interim management statement relates to the period from 1 April 2012 to 30 June 2012, and contains information that covers this period, and up to the date of the publication of this interim management statement, unless otherwise specified.

 

Investment Objective and benchmark

 

Ordinary share class

 

The objective of the Ordinary share class is to maximise shareholders' total return by investing in property shares and property on an international basis.

 

The benchmark is the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe Net Total Return Index in Sterling. This index, calculated by FTSE, is freefloat based and currently has 84 constituent companies. The Benchmark website www.epra.com contains further details about the index and performance.

 

Sigma share class

 

The objective of the Sigma share class is to maximise shareholders' total return by investing predominantly in shares of property companies with a market capitalisation of less than £1 billion on an international basis.

 

The benchmark is the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Small Cap Developed Europe Net Total Return Index in Sterling. This index is provided by FTSE, and is the EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index in Sterling adjusted to exclude those stocks with a market capitalisation exceeding a defined level or "Cap". The Cap is redefined each year by reference to the overall capital movement of the Small Cap Index over the preceding Financial Year. For the year to March 2013, the Cap is £0.97 billion. The constituents are adjusted annually.  

 

Material events

 

David Watson joined the Board with effect from 1 April 2012. David has had a distinguished career as a Finance Director, including M&G Group plc; Prudential plc and most recently at Aviva as Chief Financial Officer of Aviva (formerly Norwich Union) General Insurance. He is presently a director with Charles Taylor Consulting plc, Kames Capital plc and Hermes Fund Managers Limited where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee. David is a Chartered Accountant and has wide experience including the operation and oversight of Unit and Investment Trusts.

 

 

The final results were announced on 25 May 2012.

 

Final dividends of 4.20p per Ordinary share and 1.65p per Sigma share were paid on 1 August  2012 to shareholders on the register on 6 July 2012. The shares were quoted ex-dividend on 4 July 2012.

 

The full text of the announcement is contained in the Annual Report which is available on the Company's website www.trproperty.com

 

The Annual General Meeting of the company was held on 24 July 2012 and all of the resolutions put to the meeting were approved unanimously.

 

Material Transactions

 

The Sigma share class bought back 250,000 shares during the period at an average price of 66.5 pence per share.

 

Subsequent to this reporting period, the Sigma share class has bought back a further 250,000 shares at an average price of 68.99p.

 

Following these buy-backs the Sigma shares in issue now stand at 123,972,000.

 

There were no buy-backs in the Ordinary share class.

 

 

 

Ordinary Portfolio

 

Twenty largest equity holdings at 30 June 2012

 

 

% of Portfolio

Unibail-Rodamco

13.7

Land Securities

9.1

Hammerson

5.4

British Land

4.7

Derwent London

3.2

PSP Swiss Property

3.2

Klépierre

3.2

GSW Immobilien

2.8

Corio  

2.7

Great Portland Estates

2.6

Castellum

2.1

Swiss Prime Site

1.8

Gecina 

1.6

Icade

1.6

Hufvudstaden  

1.5

Foncière des Régions   

1.3

Silic

1.3

Shaftesbury     

1.3

Wihlborgs Fastigheter  

1.3

Deutsche Wohnen

1.3

 

 

Four Largest property holdings (Values in excess of £4m) at 30 June 2012

 

Colonnades W2 - Mixed Use

Ferrier St, Wandsworth, London - Industrial

Field House, Harlow - Offices

Park Place, Vauxhall - Offices

 

Portfolio Allocation at 30 June 2012

                       

UK Equities

37.0%

European Equities

52.5%

UK Direct Property

10.5%

 

Sigma Portfolio

 

Twenty largest equity holdings at 30 June 2012

 

 

% of Portfolio

GSW Immobilien

6.9

Great Portland Estates  

6.1

Deutsche Wohnen

5.3

Deutsche Euroshop

4.6

Shaftesbury

3.6

Eurocommercial

3.4

Wihlborgs Fastigheter  

3.2

Workspace

3.0

London & Stamford Property

2.8

Alstria

2.7

Befimmo

2.3

Fabege

2.3

Norwegian Property

2.3

Tour Eiffel

2.2

Foncière de Murs

2.1

St Modwen Properties

2.1

CA Immobilien                                                

2.0

Argan  

1.8

Capital & Counties

1.8

Conwert

1.7

 

 

                                                             

Portfolio Allocation at 30 June 2012

 

UK Equities                              34.7%

European Equities                     65.3%

 

 

 

 

Company's Financial Position and Performance:

 

Ordinary Shares

 


As at 30 Jun

2012

As at 31 Mar 2012

As at 30 Jun

2011

3 Month

% Change

12 Month

% Change

Share Price

148.00p

154.50p

200.20p

-4.2

-26.1

Capital NAV per share1   

174.96p

180.28p

215.64p

-3.0

-18.9

Income NAV per share2

184.04p

184.81p

224.34p

-0.4

-15.2

Benchmark (EPRA)






Capital Only

1,716.83

1,773.43

2,128.09

-3.2

-19.3

Total Return3

1,370.67

1,381.66

3,363.76

-0.8

-15.9

Gearing  (%) 4

8.90

8.95

5.26



Shares in issue

256,225,000

256,225,000

256,225,000

0.0

0.0

 

 

               

Sigma Shares

 


As at 30 Jun

2012

As at 31 Mar

2012

As at 30 Jun

2011

3 Month

% Change

12 Month

% Change

Share Price

64.35p

70.70p

92.10p

-9.0

-30.1

Capital NAV per share 1     

88.31p

92.97p

115.62p

-5.0

-23.6

Income NAV per share2

92.17p

94.62p

118.59p

-2.6

-20.4

Benchmark (EPRA SC)






Capital Only

1,479.83

1,561.06

1,907.57

-5.2

-22.4

Total Return3 Total

1,680.07

1,735.26

2,129.31

-3.2

-19.2

Gearing  (%) 4

5.60

5.25

6.70



Shares in issue

124,222,000

124,472,000

124,722,000

-0.2

-0.4

 

                               

1   NAV per share is a capital only NAV calculated on the AIC basis

2   NAV including Income year to date calculated on the AIC basis. % Change information includes adjustment for dividends paid

3  Total Return Benchmarks changed to Net basis from 31 March 2012

4  Net gearing calculated in accordance with the AIC definition.

 

 

Other Information

 

Further information and commentary, including up to date NAV and share price information, can be found on the Company's website www.trproperty.com

 

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