Issue of Ordinary Shares

RNS Number : 7533K

Tritax Big Box REIT plc

26 September 2016

 

26 September 2016

TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC

(the "Company")

Issue of Ordinary Shares under the Investment Management Agreement, PDMR Shareholdings and Total Voting Rights

The Board of Directors of Tritax Big Box REIT plc (ticker: BBOX) announces that, in accordance with the terms of the management fee arrangements with Tritax Management LLP (the "Manager") pursuant to which 25 per cent. of the management fee is payable in new ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), it has today issued 466,874 Ordinary Shares (the "Management Ordinary Shares"), subject only to Admission (defined below).

The issue price per Management Ordinary Share is 124.48p (being the most recently published unaudited basic net asset value of 127.58p per Ordinary Share as at 30 June 2016, less the interim dividend of 3.10p per Ordinary Share paid to shareholders on or around 25 August 2016 in respect of the period from 1 January 2016 to 30 June 2016).

Application has been made for the Management Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. It is expected that dealings in the Management Ordinary Shares will commence at 8.00 a.m. on 27 September 2016 ("Admission").

The Ordinary Shares allotted and issued to the Manager and staff of the Manager are subject to a minimum lock-in period of 12 months from Admission.

Director and PDMR Shareholdings

In accordance with article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulations, on Admission the beneficial interests of the directors of the Company and senior executives of the Investment Team with day-to-day management responsibility in connection with services provided to the Company (and/or persons closely associated thereof) will be as follows:

PDMR / Connected Person to a PDMR	Position	Number of Ordinary Shares held	% of issued share capital
Mark Shaw	Non-executive director and a member of Investment Team	523,924	0.062
Colin Godfrey	Investment Team	431,862	0.051
James Dunlop	Investment Team	431,862	0.051
Henry Franklin	Investment Team	333,572	0.040
Tritax Management LLP	Manager	83,161	0.010
Staff of Tritax Management LLP	Staff of the Manager	86,822	0.010

Total Voting Rights

Immediately following Admission, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 840,008,014 Ordinary Shares with voting rights. This figure 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 a change to their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Tritax Group Colin Godfrey (Partner, Fund Manager)	via Newgate below
Newgate (PR Adviser) James Benjamin Zoe Pocock Alexandra Shilov Lydia Thompson	Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]
Jefferies International Limited Gary Gould Stuart Klein	Tel: [phone]
Akur Limited Anthony Richardson Tom Frost Siobhan Sergeant	Tel: [phone]

NOTES:

Tritax Big Box REIT plc is the only listed vehicle to give pure exposure to the "Big Box" logistics asset class in the UK and is committed to delivering attractive and sustainable returns for shareholders. Investing in and managing both standing and pre-let forward funded development assets, the Company focuses on well-located, modern "Big Box" logistics assets, typically greater than 500,000 sq. ft., let to institutional-grade tenants on long-term leases (typically at least 12 years in length) with upward-only rent reviews and geographic and tenant diversification throughout the UK. The Company seeks to exploit the significant opportunity in this sub-sector of the UK logistics market owing to strong tenant demand and limited stock supply.

The Company is a real estate investment trust to which Part 12 of the UK Corporation Tax Act 2010 applies ("REIT"), is listed on the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and is a constituent of the FTSE 250, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT and MSCI indices.

Further information on Tritax Big Box REIT is available at www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk 

 

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