Management Shares

RNS Number : 9406W

Tritax Big Box REIT plc

24 April 2019

 

24 April 2019

TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC

(the "Company")

PURCHASE of Ordinary Shares under the Investment Management Agreement AND PDMR Shareholdings

The Board of the Company announces that in accordance with the terms of the Company's management fee arrangements with Tritax Management LLP (the "Manager"), the Manager has acquired in the market a total of 698,144 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") on behalf of the senior executives of the investment team of the Manager as listed in the table below (the "Investment Team") and certain members of staff of the Manager (the "Management Shares"). The Management Shares were acquired on 17 April 2019 at 148.92 pence per share.

Under the terms of the management fee arrangements, 25 per cent. of the management fee (net of any applicable tax) for the relevant six-month period is applied by the Manager in subscribing for, or acquiring, Ordinary Shares.

The Management Shares purchased are subject to a minimum lock-in period of 12 months.

PDMR Shareholdings

In accordance with article 19.3 of the Market Abuse Regulation on Admission, the beneficial interests of the 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) who have acquired Management Shares are listed in the table below.

PDMR	Position	Number of Management Shares issued	Number of Ordinary Shares held	% of issued share capital
Mark Shaw	Investment Team	160,592	1,358,489	0.080%
Colin Godfrey	Investment Team	160,592	1,324,352	0.078%
James Dunlop	Investment Team	160,592	1,261,991	0.074%
Henry Franklin	Investment Team	115,811	941,011	0.055%
Bjorn Hobart	Investment Team	25,982	146,592	0.009%
Petrina Austin	Investment Team	25,982	126,505	0.007%
Tritax Management LLP	Manager	-	94,008	0.006%
Staff of Tritax Management LLP*	Staff of the Manager	48,593	248,730	0.015%
Total*		698,144	5,501,678	0.322%

* In respect of the staff of Tritax Management LLP, this figure only includes Ordinary Shares issued or purchased pursuant to the management fee arrangements with the Manager.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Tritax Group Colin Godfrey (Partner, Fund Manager) via Maitland (below) Maitland (Communications Adviser) James Benjamin Tel: [phone] [e-mail] Jefferies International Limited Gary Gould Stuart Klein Tel: [phone] Akur Limited Anthony Richardson Tom Frost Siobhan Sergeant Tel: [phone]

The Company's LEI is: 213800L6X88MIYPVR714

NOTES:

Tritax Big Box REIT plc is the only listed vehicle dedicated to investing in very large logistics warehouse assets ("Big Boxes") in the UK and is committed to delivering attractive and sustainable returns for Shareholders. Investing in and actively managing existing built investments, land suitable for Big Box development and pre-let forward funded developments, the Company focuses on well-located, modern Big Box logistics assets, typically greater than 500,000 sq ft (measured by floor area, c. 69% of the Company's existing logistics facilities including forward funded developments are in excess of 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 supply of Big Boxes.

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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