CUSTODIAN PROPERTY INCOME REIT PLC

Regulatory Filings • Aug 19, 2021

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Custodian REIT plc (CREI)

Custodian REIT plc : Purchase of Property

19-Aug-2021 / 07:00 GMT/BST

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19 August 2021

Custodian REIT plc

("Custodian REIT" or "the Company") 

Purchase of Property

Custodian REIT (LSE: CREI), the UK property investment company, is pleased to announce a property purchase.

The Company has acquired a 29,676 sq ft industrial unit on Wester Gourdie Industrial Estate, Dundee, adjacent to the A90.  The unit is occupied by Menzies Distribution Limited with an unexpired term to first break or expiry of 5.2 years.

The unit has a passing rent of £117,500 per annum, reflecting a net initial yield1 of 5.89%.

The agreed purchase price of £1.9 million was funded from the Company's existing debt facilities, resulting in net gearing2 increasing to 23.7% loan to value.

Commenting on the acquisition, Richard Shepherd-Cross, Managing Director of Custodian Capital Limited (the Company's discretionary investment manager), said:

"We are delighted to have secured this well located industrial distribution asset, let to a strong and expanding tenant that we know well. The area displays strong evidence of increasing industrial rents, offering short-medium term asset management opportunities."

1 Passing rent divided by purchase price plus assumed purchasers' costs.

2 Gross borrowings less unrestricted cash divided by last published property portfolio valuation.

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For further information, please contact:

Custodian Capital Limited
Richard Shepherd-Cross / Ed Moore / Ian Mattioli MBE	Tel: +44 (0)116 240 8740
	www.custodiancapital.com

Numis Securities Limited
Hugh Jonathan/Nathan Brown	Tel: +44 (0)20 7260 1000
	www.numiscorp.com

Camarco
Ed Gascoigne-Pees	Tel: +44 (0)20 3757 4984
	www.camarco.co.uk

Notes to Editors

Custodian REIT plc is a UK real estate investment trust, which listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 26 March 2014.  Its portfolio comprises properties predominantly let to institutional grade tenants on long leases throughout the UK and is principally characterised by small lot sizes, with individual property values of less than £10 million at acquisition. 

The Company offers investors the opportunity to access a diversified portfolio of UK commercial real estate through a closed-ended fund.  By targeting smaller lot size properties, the Company intends to provide investors with an attractive level of income with the potential for capital growth. 

Custodian Capital Limited is the discretionary investment manager of the Company. 

For more information visit www.custodianreit.com and www.custodiancapital.com.

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ISIN:	GB00BJFLFT45
Category Code:	ACQ
TIDM:	CREI
LEI Code:	2138001BOD1J5XK1CX76
OAM Categories:	2.2. Inside information
Sequence No.:	120314
EQS News ID:	1227490

End of Announcement	EQS News Service

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