Publication of Prospectus and Posting of Circular

RNS Number : 6364A

Triple Point Social Housing REIT

30 September 2020

 

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN, INTO OF FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO MIGHT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OR BREACH OF ANY APPLICABLE LAW OR TO US PERSONS. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

THIS INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE OR FORM PART OF, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS, AN OFFER FOR SALE OR SUBSCRIPTION OF, OR SOLICITATION OF ANY OFFER TO BUY OR SUBSCRIBE FOR, ANY ORDINARY SHARES IN THE COMPANY, IN ANY JURISDICTION OR THE UNITED STATES, NOR SHALL IT, OR ANY PART OF IT, OR THE FACT OF ITS DISTRIBUTION, FORM THE BASIS OF, OR BE RELIED ON IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY CONTRACT OR INVESTMENT DECISION WHATSOEVER, IN ANY JURISDICTION. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A RECOMMENDATION REGARDING ANY SECURITIES. ANY INVESTMENT DECISION MUST BE MADE EXCLUSIVELY ON THE BASIS OF THE PROSPECTUS PUBLISHED BY THE COMPANY IN CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUE AND THE PLACING PROGRAMME.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO CONTAIN INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) NO. 596/2014. UPON PUBLICATION OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, THIS INSIDE INFORMATION IS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

30 September 2020

Triple Point Social Housing REIT plc

(the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

PUBLICATION OF PROSPECTUS AND POSTING OF CIRCULAR

Further to the announcement this morning ,   the Board of Triple Point Social Housing REIT plc (ticker: SOHO) announces the publication of a prospectus (the " Prospectus ") in relation to  the Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription (the " Issue "),  targeting an equity raise of approximately £70 million by way of a Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription (the "Issue") at an issue price of 106 pence per new Ordinary Share (the "Issue Price") , and the proposed future issue of up to 150 million new Ordinary Shares through aplacing programme (the "Placing Programme") .

The Company has also posted a circular to Shareholders, today (the " Circular "), convening the General Meeting at which the Directors are seeking authority to : (i) issue and allot Ordinary Shares in respect of the Issue; and (ii) issue and allot Ordinary Shares in respect of the Placing Programme.

Further d etails of the Issue and Placing Programme are set out in the Prospectus which, together with the Circular,  will be available on the Company's website at www.triplepointreit.com and will be available for inspection at the offices of Taylor Wessing LLP, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW.

Copies of the Prospectus and the Circular will be submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at   https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism .

Any defined terms used in this announcement are as set out in the Prospectus and/or the Circular.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:

Triple Point Investment Management LLP (Investment Manager)	Tel: [phone]
Ben Beaton
Max Shenkman
Isobel Gunn-Brown
Justin Hubble
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Sponsor, Sole Global Co-ordinator and Bookrunner, Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker)	Tel: [phone]
Mark Young
Mark Bloomfield
Rajpal Padam
Akur Limited (Joint Financial Adviser) Tom Frost	Tel:  [phone]
Anthony Richardson
Siobhan Sergeant

The Company's LEI is 213800BERVBS2HFTBC58 .

Further information on the Company can be found on its website at www.triplepointreit.com .

NOTES:

The Company invests in primarily newly developed social housing assets in the UK, with a particular focus on supported housing. The assets within the portfolio are subject to inflation-linked, long-term (typically from 20 years to 30 years), Fully Repairing and Insuring ("FRI") leases with Approved Providers (being Housing Associations, Local Authorities or other regulated organisations in receipt of direct payment from local government). The portfolio comprises investments into properties which are already subject to an FRI lease with an Approved Provider, as well as forward funding of pre-let developments but does not include any direct development or speculative development.  

There is increasing political pressure and social need to increase housing supply across the UK which is creating opportunities for private sector investors to help deliver this housing. The Group's ability to provide forward funding for new developments not only enables the Company to secure fit for purpose, modern assets for its portfolio but also addresses the chronic undersupply of suitable supported housing properties in the UK at sustainable rents as well as delivering returns to investors.  

The Company was admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 8 August 2017 and was admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and migrated to trading on the premium segment of the Main Market on 27 March 2018.  The Company operates as a UK Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") and is a constituent of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT index.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

The information in this Announcement is for background purposes only and does not purport to be full or complete. No reliance may be placed for any purpose on the information contained in this Announcement or its accuracy or completeness. The material contained in this Announcement is for information purposes only, is given as at the date of its publication (unless otherwise marked) and is subject to updating, revision and amendment. In particular, any proposals referred to herein are tentative and are subject to revision and amendment.

This Announcement is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in, into or from Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand or Japan or the United States (including its territories and possessions, any state of the United States and the District of Columbia), nor to US persons. The distribution of this Announcement may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions and persons into whose possession any document or other information referred to herein comes should inform themselves about and observe any such restriction. Any failure to comply with these restrictions may constitute a violation of the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

This Announcement is an advertisement and does not constitute a prospectus relating to the Company and does not constitute, or form part of, any offer or invitation to sell or issue, or an invitation to purchase investments of any description, or any solicitation of any offer to subscribe for, any securities in the Company in any jurisdiction nor shall it, or any part of it, or the fact of its distribution, form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with or act as any inducement to enter into, any contract therefore. Investors should not subscribe for or purchase any transferable securities referred to in this Announcement except on the basis of information in the Prospectus published by the Company today in connection with the proposed Issue and Placing Programme. Copies of the Prospectus will be available on the Company's website (www.triplepointreit.com).

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area (each, a "Member State"), no Ordinary Shares have been offered or will be offered pursuant to the Issue or the Placing Programme to the public in that Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Ordinary Shares having been approved by the competent authority in that Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Member State (all in accordance with the Prospectus Regulation), except that offers of Ordinary Shares may be made to the public in that Member State at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Regulation:

a)  to any legal entity which is a "qualified investor" as defined under the Prospectus Regulation;

b)  fewer than 150 natural or legal persons (other than "qualified investors" as defined under the Prospectus Regulation), subject to obtaining the prior consent of Stifel for any such offer; or

c)  in any other circumstances falling within Article 1(4) of the Prospectus Regulation,

provided that no such offer of Ordinary Shares shall require the Company to publish a prospectus pursuant to Article 1 of the Prospectus Regulation or any measure implementing the Prospectus Regulation in a Member State and each person who initially acquires any Ordinary Shares or to whom any offer is made under the Issue will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that it is a "qualified investor" within the meaning of Article 2(e) of the Prospectus Regulation.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression "offer to the public" in relation to any offer of Ordinary Shares in any Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the Issue or Placing Programme, and any Ordinary Shares to be offered, so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for any Ordinary Shares.

The Company and its affiliates, representatives and others will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representation, warranty, acknowledgement and agreement. Notwithstanding the above, a person who is not a qualified investor and who has notified Stifel of such fact in writing may, with the consent of Stifel, be permitted to subscribe for and/or purchase Ordinary Shares in the Issue and/or the Placing Programme.

The Investment Manager is authorised and supervised by the FCA as a full-scope AIFM of the Company and has applied for permission to market the Ordinary Shares in the United Kingdom. In accordance with Article 32 of AIFMD, the Investment Manager has notified the FCA that it intends to market the Ordinary Shares to professional investors in Ireland, the Netherlands and Belgium in accordance with AIFMD and the UK AIFMD Rules. Marketing into the United Kingdom and those overseas jurisdictions shall only commence once the Investment Manager has been granted approval to market by the FCA, and has been duly notified by the FCA that the relevant marketing notifications have been made by the FCA to the relevant competent authorities in those overseas jurisdictions.

This Announcement is for information purposes only and does not contain or constitute an offer for sale of, or the solicitation of an offer or an invitation to buy or subscribe for, Ordinary Shares to any person in Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand, Japan, the United States or in any jurisdiction to whom or in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.

The Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as The Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"). In addition, the Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and under circumstances that would not require the company to register under the Investment Company Act.    There will be no public offer of Ordinary Shares in the United States.

The offer and sale of Ordinary Shares has not been and will not be registered under the applicable securities laws of any state, province or territory of Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand or Japan. Subject to certain exceptions, the Ordinary Shares may not be offered or sold in Australia, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand or Japan or to, or for the account or benefit of, any national, resident or citizen of Australia, Canada, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand or Japan.

This Announcement has not been approved or authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission for circulation in Guernsey, and may not be distributed or circulated directly or indirectly to any persons in the Bailiwick of Guernsey other than (i) by a person licensed to do so under the terms of the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended, or (ii) to those persons regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission as licensees under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended, the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994, the Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 or the Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Business and company Directors etc. (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000. Neither the Guernsey Financial Services Commission nor the States of Guernsey take any responsibility for the financial soundness of the Company, or for the correctness of any of the statements made or opinions expressed with regard to it.

In Jersey, this Announcement (and the financial services to which it relates) has not been approved by and will not be submitted for approval to the Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) for the purposes of public offering or sale in the Island of Jersey. The Ordinary Shares being offered may be offered or sold in Jersey only in compliance with the provisions of the Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Order 1958.

This Announcement has not been approved by the Isle of Man Financial Services Authority or any other governmental or regulatory authority in the Isle of Man.

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited ("Stifel") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Akur Limited ("Akur") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Each of Stifel and Akur is acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the Issue and the Placing Programme. They will not regard any other person as their respective clients in relation to the subject matter of this Announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the contents of this Announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

None of the Company, Triple Point, Stifel, Akur and any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, advisers or agents accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for/or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to this Announcement, including the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this Announcement (or whether any information has been omitted from the Announcement) or any other information relating to the Company, its subsidiaries or associated companies, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of the Announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith. The Company, Triple Point, Stifel, Akur and their respective affiliates accordingly disclaim all and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might otherwise have in respect of this Announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.

This Announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning the Issue or the Placing Programme. The price and value of securities and any income from them can go down as well as up and investors may not get back the full amount invested on disposal of the securities. Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Before purchasing any Ordinary Shares, persons viewing this announcement should ensure that they fully understand and accept the risks that will be set out in the Prospectus, when published. Information in this announcement or any of the documents relating to the proposed Issue cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. The Issue timetable may be influenced by a range of circumstances such as market conditions. There is no guarantee that the Issue will occur and you should not base your financial decisions on the Company's intentions in relation to the Issue or the information contained in this Announcement. The contents of this Announcement are not to be construed as legal, business or tax advice. Each prospective investor should consult his, her or its own legal adviser, financial adviser or tax adviser for legal, financial or tax advice.

 INFORMATION TO DISTRIBUTORS

Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) MiFID II; (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the Ordinary Shares have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that such securities are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "Target Market Assessment").

Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the Ordinary Shares may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the Ordinary Shares offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the Ordinary Shares is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Issue and the Placing Programme. Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, Stifel will only place Ordinary Shares to investors meeting the definitions of "professional investors" or "eligible counterparties", each as defined in the FCA Rules.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the Ordinary Shares.

Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the Ordinary Shares and determining appropriate distribution channels.

PRIIPS

In accordance with the Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products ("PRIIPs") and its implementing and delegated acts (the "PRIIPs Regulation"), the Investment Manager has prepared a key information document (the "KID") in respect of the Ordinary Shares. The KID is made available by the Investment Manager to "retail investors" prior to them making an investment decision in respect of the Ordinary Shares at (www.triplepointreit.com).

If you are distributing Ordinary Shares, it is your responsibility to ensure that the KID is provided to any clients that are "retail clients".

The Company is the only manufacturer of the Ordinary Shares for the purposes of the PRIIPs Regulation and none of Stifel, Akur or the Investment Manager are manufacturers for these purposes. None of Stifel, Akur or the Investment Manager makes any representations, express or implied, or accepts any responsibility whatsoever for the contents of the KID prepared by the Company nor accepts any responsibility to update the contents of the KID in accordance with the PRIIPs Regulation, to undertake any review processes in relation thereto or to provide the KID to future distributors of Ordinary Shares.  Each of Stifel, Akur, the Investment Manager and their respective affiliates accordingly disclaim all and any liability whether arising in tort or contract or otherwise which it or they might have in respect of the KIDs prepared by the Company. Investors should note that the procedure for calculating the risks, costs and potential returns in the KID are prescribed by laws. The figures in the KID may not reflect actual returns for the Company and anticipated performance returns cannot be guaranteed.

 

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