Supermarket Income REIT PLC

Regulatory Filings • Aug 3, 2022

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RNS Number : 7926U

Supermarket Income REIT PLC

03 August 2022

SUPERMARKET INCOME REIT PLC  

(the "Company")  

LEI: 2138007FOINJKAM7L537    

STATEMENT RE PRESS SPECULATION

3 August 2022: Further to recent press commentary, Supermarket Income REIT plc (LSE: SUPR), the real estate investment trust providing secure, inflation-protected, long income from grocery property in the UK, confirms that it is currently in discussions to acquire an asset.

The Company will make further announcements in due course, as appropriate. There can be no certainty that the acquisition will be agreed or as to the terms on which any transaction might be concluded.  

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Atrato Capital Limited	+44 (0)20 3790 8087
Steven Noble / Rob Abraham / Carcie Rogers	ir@atratocapital.com
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited	+44 (0)20 7710 7600
Mark Young / Matt Blawat / Rajpal Padam
FTI Consulting	+44 (0)20 3727 1000
Dido Laurimore / Eve Kirmatzis / Andrew Davis	SupermarketIncomeREIT@fticonsulting.com

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 UK's feed the nation infrastructure. The Company focuses on grocery stores which are omnichannel, fulfilling online and in-person sales. All of the Company's 69 supermarkets(1) are let to leading UK supermarket operators, diversified by both tenant and geography.  

The Company provides investors with attractive, long-dated, secure, inflation-linked, growing income with the potential for capital appreciation over the longer term and targets a 7% to 10% p.a. total shareholder return over the medium term(2). The Company has increased its dividend every year since IPO. 

The Company is listed on the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and its Ordinary Shares are traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, having listed initially on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market on 21 July 2017. Atrato Capital Limited is the Company's Investment Adviser.  

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

1. 43 directly owned supermarkets, plus 26 via joint venture.  Please note that it was announced in January 2022 that Sainsbury's exercised its options to acquire a total of 21 of the 26 stores within the joint venture portfolio. The Sainsbury's acquisition of the stores will be completed in two tranches: 13 in March 2023 and 8 in July 2023. Further information is available on the company's website.

2. There is no certainty that these illustrative projections will be achieved  

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