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REGION GROUP Earnings Release 2024

Aug 12, 2024

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Earnings Release

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12 August 2024

ASX Announcement

Region Group (RGN) Announces FY24 Results

Financial highlights

  • Statutory net profit after tax of $17.3 million

  • FFO of 15.4 cents per security

  • AFFO of 13.6 cents per security

  • Distribution of 13.7 cents per security representing a payout ratio of 89% of FFO and 101% of AFFO

  • Net tangible assets of $2.42 per security

  • Gearing of 32.9% is at the lower end of our target range of 30-40%

  • Issued $300m 7 year Medium Term Note and completed a $300m interest rate hedge restructure at zero cost

  • No debt expiries until FY27 with $262.4 million of available liquidity

Operational highlights

  • Portfolio occupancy has improved from 97.8% to 98.1% with specialty tenant vacancy reducing from 5.0% to 4.7%

  • 552 total leasing deals completed with 4.0% average specialty leasing spreads and 83% of expiring tenants retained

  • Comparable Net Operating Income growth of 3.0%

  • Comparable portfolio MAT growth of 2.5% driven by supermarket sales growth of 3.0% and nondiscretionary specialty sales growth of 4.1%

  • Tenant arrears at 1.0% of billings

Level 6, 50 Pitt Street Sydney NSW 2000

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Region RE Limited ABN 47 158 809 851 AFS Licence 426603 as responsible entity of Region Retail Trust ARSN 160612788 and as responsible entity of the Region Management Trust ARSN 160612626

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RGN ASX Announcement

Value creation achievements

  • Significantly increasing the scale of our funds management platform through the establishment of the $393.9 million Metro Fund 2 with a global institutional investor in August 2024

  • $74.0 million acquisition of Cooleman Court in Canberra, ACT at an implied initial yield of 6.73%

  • Divested $176.7 million of properties since May 2023 at an average passing yield of 5.3% which largely concludes our $200 million capital recycling program.

  • Continued construction on the 11,000 sqm expansion of Delacombe Town Centre, with an estimated completion date of December 2024

Outlook and Earnings Guidance

We remain focused on executing our core strategy of delivering defensive, resilient cashflows to support secure and growing long-term distributions to our security holders.

We are targeting comparable NOI growth of 3%, whilst undertaking selective capital transactions and centre repositioning strategies. We will continue to maintain an appropriate and flexible capital management structure to enable the execution of these priorities.

Assuming no significant change in market conditions, our FY25 earnings guidance is FFO of 15.5 cents per security and AFFO of 13.7 cents per security. The distribution payout ratio is expected to be approximately 90% of FFO and 100% of AFFO.

This document has been authorised to be given to the ASX by the Board of RGN.

ENDS

Media, Institutional investor and analysts, contact:

Evan Walsh Nicolette Brice Chief Financial Officer General Manager – Investor Relations Region Group Region Group (02) 8243 4900 (02) 8243 4900

Security holders should contact the RGN Information Line on 1300 318 976 with any queries.

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