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Tritax Big Box REIT PLC

Prospectus Apr 24, 2017

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Open Offer, Placing and Offer for Subscription

THIS PROSPECTUS IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt about the action you should take, you should immediately contact your stockbroker, accountant or other independent financial adviser, who is authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) ("FSMA") if you are in the United Kingdom, or another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser if you are in a territory outside the United Kingdom.

This document constitutes a prospectus relating to Tritax Big Box REIT plc (the "Company") (the "Prospectus") prepared in accordance with the Prospectus Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") made under section 73A of FSMA, which has been approved by the FCA in accordance with section 85 of FSMA. The Prospectus will be made available to the public in accordance with Rule 3.2 of the Prospectus Rules at www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk.

The Prospectus has been issued in connection with the issue of up to 257,352,941 New Ordinary Shares as part of the Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription equivalent to Gross Proceeds of up to £350 million. The Prospectus also relates to the prior issues of 76,286,104 Ordinary Shares pursuant to the 2016 Tap Issue and the Fee Share Issue. Application will be made to the FCA for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that Admission will become effective, and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 15 May 2017.

The Company and each of the Directors, whose names appear on page 39 of this Prospectus, accept responsibility for the information contained in this Prospectus. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Company and the Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

Potential investors should read the whole of this Prospectus and, in particular, their attention is drawn to the risk factors set out on pages 24 to 36 of this Prospectus.

TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC

(Incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 2006 with registered number 8215888 and registered as an investment company under section 833 of the Companies Act 2006)

PROSPECTUS

Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription of up to 257,352,941 New Ordinary Shares at an Issue Price of 136 pence per New Ordinary Share

and

Information relating to prior issues of 76,286,104 Ordinary Shares

Sponsor, Sole Global Coordinator and Bookrunner

JEFFERIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Joint Financial Advisers

JEFFERIES INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

and

AKUR LIMITED

Jefferies International Limited ("Jefferies"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else in connection with the Issue, will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this Prospectus) as a client in relation to the Issue and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Jefferies, nor for providing advice in connection with the Issue, the contents of the Prospectus or any matters referred to therein.

Akur Limited ("Akur"), which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively for the Company and for no-one else in connection with the Issue, will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this Prospectus) as a client in relation to the Issue and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Akur, nor for providing advice in connection with the Issue, the contents of the Prospectus or any matters referred to therein.

Apart from the responsibilities and liabilities, if any, which may be imposed on Jefferies and Akur by FSMA, or the regulatory regime established thereunder, or under the regulatory regime of any other jurisdiction where exclusion of liability under the relevant regulatory regime would be illegal, void or unenforceable, each of Jefferies and Akur and any person affiliated with them do not accept any responsibility whatsoever and make no representation or warranty, express or implied, for the contents of this Prospectus, including its accuracy or completeness, or for any other statement made or purported to be made by any of them, or on behalf of them, by or on behalf of the Company or any other person in connection with the Company, the New Ordinary Shares or the Issue and nothing contained in this Prospectus is or shall be relied upon as a promise or representation in this respect, whether as to the past or future. Each of Jefferies and Akur and any of their respective affiliates accordingly disclaim to the fullest extent permitted by law all and any responsibility or liability whatsoever whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise (save as referred to above) which it might otherwise have in respect of this Prospectus or any such statement.

Investors should rely only on the information contained in this Prospectus. No person has been authorised to give any information or make any representations other than those contained in this Prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been so authorised by the REIT Group, the Manager or the Joint Financial Advisers. Without prejudice to the Company's obligations under the Prospectus Rules, neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any subscription for or purchase of New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Issue, under any circumstances, creates any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the REIT Group since, or that the information contained herein is correct at any time subsequent to, the date of this Prospectus.

Each of Jefferies and Akur and any of their respective affiliates may have engaged in transactions with, and provided various investment banking financial advisory and other services for the Company and the Manager, for which they would have received customary fees. Each of Jefferies and Akur and any of their respective affiliates may provide such services to the Company and the Manager and any of their respective affiliates in the future.

In connection with the Issue, each of Jefferies and Akur and any of their respective affiliates, acting as investors for its or their own accounts, may subscribe for or purchase New Ordinary Shares and in that capacity may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell or otherwise deal for its or their own account(s) in the New Ordinary Shares and other securities of the Company or related investments in connection with the Issue or otherwise. Accordingly, references in this Prospectus to New Ordinary Shares being issued, offered, acquired subscribed or otherwise dealt with, should be read as including any issue or offer to, acquisition of, or subscription or dealing by Jefferies and Akur and any of their respective affiliates acting as an investor for its or their own account(s). Neither Jefferies nor Akur nor any of their respective affiliates intends to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do so. In addition, Jefferies and Akur may enter into financing arrangements with investors, such as share swap arrangements or lending arrangements in connection with which Jefferies and Akur may from time to time acquire, hold or dispose of shareholdings in the Company.

The contents of this Prospectus are not to be construed as legal, financial, business, investment or tax advice. Investors should consult their own legal adviser, financial adviser or tax adviser for legal, financial, business, investment or tax advice. Investors must inform themselves as to: (a) the legal requirements within their own countries for the purchase, holding, transfer, redemption or other disposal of New Ordinary Shares; (b) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to the purchase, holding, transfer, redemption or other disposal of New Ordinary Shares which they might encounter; and (c) the income and other tax consequences which may apply in their own countries as a result of the purchase, holding, transfer, redemption or other disposal of New Ordinary Shares. Investors must rely on their own representatives, including their own legal advisers and accountants, as to legal, financial, business, investment, tax, or other any related matters concerning the Company and an investment therein. None of the REIT Group, the Manager or the Joint Financial Advisers or any of their respective representatives is making any representation to any offeree or purchaser of New Ordinary Shares regarding the legality of an investment in the New Ordinary Shares by such offeree or purchaser under the laws applicable to such offeree or purchaser.

No action has been taken to permit the distribution of this Prospectus in any jurisdiction other than the United Kingdom. Accordingly, this Prospectus may not be used for the purpose of, and does not constitute, an offer or solicitation by anyone in any jurisdiction or in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful or not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation.

This Prospectus is not being sent to investors with registered addresses in Canada, Australia, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand, Japan or, except in the limited circumstances described below, the United States, and does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, New Ordinary Shares in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful. In particular, this Prospectus is not for release, publication or distribution in or into Canada, Australia, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand, Japan or, except in the limited circumstances described below, the United States.

The Company has not been and will not be registered under the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "Investment Company Act"), and investors will not be entitled to the benefits of the Investment Company Act. The New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or with any other securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States, or under the applicable securities laws of Canada, Australia, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand or Japan and, except as set forth below, may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, any US Person, or to any national, resident or citizen of Canada, Australia, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand or Japan. In connection with the Open Offer and Offer for Subscription, New Ordinary Shares will be offered and sold only outside the United States to, and for the account or benefit of, non-US Persons in "offshore transactions" within the meaning of, and in reliance on, Regulation S under the Securities Act. In connection with the Placing, New Ordinary Shares will be offered and sold only: (i) outside the United States to, and for the account or benefit of, non-US Persons in "offshore transactions" within the meaning of, and in reliance on, Regulation S under the Securities Act, and (ii) in a concurrent private placement in the United States to a limited number of "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that are also "qualified purchasers" within the meaning of section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder.

This Prospectus has not been approved or authorised by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission for circulation in Guernsey and may not be distributed or circulated directly or indirectly to any persons in the Bailiwick of Guernsey other than: (i) by a person licensed to do so under the terms of the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended; or (ii) to those persons regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission as licensees under the Protection of Investors (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1987, as amended, the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994, the Insurance Business (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2002 or the Regulation of Fiduciaries, Administration Business and Company Directors etc. (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2000. The Guernsey Financial Services Commission does not vouch for the financial soundness of any subscription for New Ordinary Shares or for the correctness of any statements made or opinions expressed with regard to it.

The Manager is authorised for the management of the Company and marketing of the New Ordinary Shares in the United Kingdom and is supervised by the FCA. In accordance with Article 32 of the AIFMD, the Manager has been given clearance by the FCA to market the New Ordinary Shares to professional investors in Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway and Sweden in accordance with AIFMD and the UK AIFMD Rules and has been duly notified by the FCA that the relevant marketing notifications have been made by the FCA to the relevant competent authorities in those jurisdictions.

By receiving this Prospectus, the person or entity to whom it has been issued understands, acknowledges and agrees that this Prospectus has not been approved by or filed with the UAE Central Bank, the UAE Securities or Commodities Authority ("SCA") or any other authorities in the UAE. No marketing of any financial products or services has been or will be made from within the UAE other than in compliance with the laws of the UAE and no subscription to any securities or other investments may or will be consummated within the UAE. The New Ordinary Shares may not be offered or sold directly or indirectly to the public in the UAE. This does not constitute a public offer of securities in the UAE in accordance with the Commercial Companies Law, Federal Law No. 2 of 2015 (as amended) or otherwise.

Copies of this Prospectus will be available on the Company's website (www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk) and the National Storage Mechanism of the FCA at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/nsm and hard copies of the Prospectus can be obtained free of charge from the Receiving Agent, Capita Asset Services, at The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU and the offices of Taylor Wessing LLP at 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW.

CONTENTS

Page
SUMMARY 4
RISK FACTORS 24
EXPECTED TIMETABLE 37
ISSUE STATISTICS 38
DEALING CODES 38
DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS 39
IMPORTANT INFORMATION 41
PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND OTHER DATA 47
PART 1 INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY 48
PART 2 CURRENT PORTFOLIO 65
PART 3 THE BIG BOX MARKET 84
PART 4 DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 92
PART 5 THE ISSUE 103
PART 6 THE UK-REIT REGIME AND TAXATION INFORMATION 112
PART 7 FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE REIT GROUP 124
PART 8 VALUATION REPORT 126
PART 9 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 140
PART 10 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLACING 208
PART 11 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION 216
PART 12 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OPEN OFFER 228
PART 13 DEFINED TERMS 258
NOTES ON HOW TO COMPLETE THE OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION
APPLICATION FORM
273
OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION APPLICATION FORM
277

SUMMARY

Summaries are made up of disclosure requirements known as 'Elements'. These Elements are numbered in sections A – E (A.1 – E.7).

This summary contains all of the Elements required to be included in a summary for this type of security and the issuer. Because some Elements are not required to be addressed, there may be gaps in the numbering sequence of the Elements.

Even though an Element may be required to be inserted in the summary because of the type of security and issuer, it is possible that no relevant information can be given regarding the Element. In this case a short description of the Element is included in the summary with the mention of 'not applicable'.

SECTION A – Introduction and warnings
A.1 Warnings THIS
SUMMARY
SHOULD
BE
READ
AS
AN
INTRODUCTION
TO
THIS
PROSPECTUS.
ANY
DECISION TO INVEST IN THE SECURITIES SHOULD BE
BASED ON CONSIDERATION OF THE PROSPECTUS AS
A WHOLE BY THE INVESTOR.
Where a claim relating to the information contained in this
Prospectus is brought before a court, the plaintiff investor
might, under the national legislation of the member states of
the European Union, have to bear the costs of translating
the Prospectus before the legal proceedings are initiated.
Civil liability attaches only to those persons who have tabled
the summary including any translation thereof, but only if the
summary is misleading, inaccurate or inconsistent when
read together with the other parts of the Prospectus or it
does not provide, when read together with other parts of the
A.2 Resale by Financial
Intermediaries
Prospectus, key information in order to aid investors when
considering whether to invest in such securities.
The Company consents to the use of this Prospectus by
financial intermediaries in connection with the subsequent
resale or final placement of securities by financial
intermediaries.
The offer period within which any subsequent resale or final
placement of securities by financial intermediaries can be
made and for which consent to use the Prospectus is given
commences on 24 April 2017 and closes at 11.00 a.m. on
10 May 2017.
Information on the terms and conditions of any
subsequent resale or final placement of securities by
any financial intermediary is to be provided at the time
of the offer by the relevant financial intermediary.
SECTION B – Issuer and any guarantor
B.1 Legal and Commercial
Name
The Company's legal and commercial name is Tritax Big
Box REIT plc.
B.2 Domicile; Legal form;
Legislation; Country of
Incorporation
The Company was incorporated as a public company limited
by shares in England and Wales under the Companies Act
with registered number 8215888. It is registered as an
investment company under section 833 of the Companies
Act and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.
B.3 Issuer's Current
Operations & Principal
Activities
The Company was incorporated in England and Wales as a
closed-ended investment company for the purpose of
delivering income and capital returns to Shareholders
through investment in Big Box assets in the UK.
The principal activity of the Company is to acquire and hold
investments in UK commercial real estate (specifically in the
logistics sector) with a view to maximising shareholder
returns.
B.4a Significant trends The Directors and the Manager believe that a significant
opportunity exists in the UK logistics market owing to strong
tenant demand in high growth areas of the economy as well
as limited stock supply, especially for new, large scale Big
Box facilities.
Big Box assets facilitate the competitive operation of many
of the largest and most effective operators in online retail,
conventional retail, and logistics provision as well as for
some industrial operators in the UK. Such facilities offer the
tenant previously unavailable benefits in terms of efficiency,
economies of scale, flexibility, and low cost of use.
A Big Box asset can typically be defined as having the
following characteristics: (i) over 500,000 sq. ft. of floor area;
(ii) a modern constructed building with eaves height
exceeding 12 metres; (iii) a primary function of holding and
distributing finished goods, either downstream in the supply
chain or direct to consumers; (iv) long leases with
Institutional-Grade Tenants; (v) regular, upward only rental
reviews, either at a pre-agreed level, linked to an inflation
indicator, or to a market peer group; (vi) a prime
geographical position to allow both efficient stocking
(generally with close links to sea ports or rail freight hubs)
and efficient downstream distribution; and (vii) sophisticated
automation systems or a highly bespoke fit out.
The UK has been one of the fastest global adopters of online
retail and continues to exhibit significant growth in the
sector, driving new demand for logistics real estate and for
Big Box assets.
Successful large-scale retailers (online and conventional)
and logistics providers are increasingly relying on the Big
Box asset, and demand is evident from companies
up-scaling to such facilities. Challenges related to potential
planning constraints and financing have, however, impacted
the supply of new and speculatively developed Big Box
assets.
B.5 Group Structure The Company, which is the ultimate holding company of the
REIT Group, has the following subsidiaries:
Proportion of
Company Place of ownership
Name number incorporation interests (%)
TBBR Holdings 1 Limited 119069 Jersey 100.0
TBBR Holdings 2 Limited
Baljean Properties Limited
119070
005393V
Jersey
Isle of Man
100.01
100.02
Tritax Acquisition 2 Limited 114528 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 2 (SPV) Limited 114529 Jersey 100.02
The Sherburn RDC Unit Trust N/A Jersey 100.03
Tritax REIT Acquisition 3 Limited 8215014 United
Kingdom
100.02
Tritax Acquisition 4 Limited 115825 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 5 Limited 115826 Jersey 100.02
Sonoma Ventures Limited 1637663 British 100.02
Virgin Islands
Tritax Ripon Limited
Tritax REIT Acquisition 8 Limited
36449
9155993
Guernsey
United
100.02
100.0
Kingdom
Tritax Acquisition 8 Limited 116356 Jersey 100.04
Tritax REIT Acquisition 9 Limited 9155999 United 100.0
Tritax Acquisition 9 Limited 116372 Kingdom
Jersey
100.05
Tritax Acquisition 10 Limited 116656 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 11 Limited 116931 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 12 Limited 117018 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 13 Limited 117019 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 14 Limited
Tritax Worksop Limited
117020
1066320
Jersey
British
100.02
100.02
Virgin Islands
Tritax REIT Acquisition 16 Limited 9338152 United 100.0
Kingdom
Tritax Acquisition 16 Limited
Tritax Acquisition 17 Limited
117283
117758
Jersey
Jersey
100.06
100.02
Tritax Acquisition 18 Ltd 117914 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Harlow Limited 53362 Guernsey 100.02
Tritax Lymedale Limited 105392 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 21 Limited
Tritax Acquisition 22 Limited
118138
118292
Jersey
Jersey
100.02
100.02
Tritax Acquisition 23 Limited 118293 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 24 Limited 119188 Jersey 100.0
Tritax Knowsley Limited 113894C Isle of Man 100.002
Wellzone Limited 04648744 United 100.08
Sportdale Limited 04648736 Kingdom
United
Kingdom
100.09
Tritax Portbury Limited 120653 Jersey 100.07
Tritax Burton upon Trent Limited 120653 British
Virgin Islands
100.02
Tritax Newark Limited 121153 Jersey 100.07
Tritax Acquisition 28 Limited 121371 Jersey 100.0
Tritax Merlin 310 Trafford Park Limited 121849
Tritax Holdings CL Debt Limited
121690 Jersey
Jersey
100.0
100.0
Click Peterborough S.à.r.L 121797 Luxembourg 100.010
Tritax Peterborough Limited 121797 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Holdings PGIM Debt Limited
Tritax Tamworth Limited
123071
12204
Jersey
Jersey
100.0
100.012
Name
Tritax West Thurrock Limited
Tritax Acquisition 34 Limited
Tritax Acquisition 35 Limited
Tritax Acquisition 36 Limited
Tritax Acquisition 37 Limited
Tritax Acquisition 38 Limited
Tritax Acquisition 39 Limited
1. Held by TBBRH1.
2 Held by TBBRH2.
3 Beneficially owned by TA2 and TA2(SPV).
4 Held by SPV 8.
5 Held by SPV 9.
6 Held by SPV 16.
7 Held by THCLD.
8 Held by SPV 28.
9 Held by Wellzone Limited.
10 Held by SPV 31.
11 Held by SPV 28.
12 Held by THPD.
Company
number
122130
122205
122320
122726
122944
123042
123471
Place of
incorporation
Jersey
Jersey
Jersey
Jersey
Jersey
Jersey
Jersey
Proportion of
ownership
interests (%)
100.012
100.012
100.012
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
The subsidiaries have been set up for the purpose of
acquiring investment properties.
B.6 Notifiable Interests As at 21 April 2017 (being the latest practicable date prior to
the publication of the Prospectus) so far as is known to the
Company by virtue of notifications made to it pursuant to the
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules, the following
persons hold directly or indirectly three per cent. or more of
the issued share capital of the Company:
Name
Aviva plc*
BlackRock, Inc.
Quilter Cheviot Limited
Hargreaves Lansdown plc
Brewin Dolphin Limited
Number of
Ordinary
Shares
88,650,764
76,754,573
42,991,866
37,775,967
33,231,167
Percentage of
issued share
capital (%)
8.02
6.94
3.89
3.42
3.01
* Including shares held by Aviva plc's subsidiaries BNY (Nominees)
Limited, BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited, Chase (GA Group)
Nominees Limited, CUIM Nominees Limited, Vidacos Nominees
Limited, BNP Paribas – London and Chase Nominees Limited.
As at 21 April 2017 (being the latest practicable date prior to
the publication of the Prospectus), the interests of the
Directors and their connected persons in the issued share
capital of the Company were as follows:
Name
Richard Jewson
Jim Prower
Mark Shaw
Stephen Smith
Susanne Given
Number of
Ordinary
Shares
70,752
23,760
616,761
7,000
0
Percentage of
issued share
capital (%)
less than 0.01
less than 0.01
0.06
less than 0.01
0.00
The Company is not aware of any person or persons who
directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, exercise or could
exercise control over the Company. There are no different
voting rights for any Shareholder.
B.7 Financial Information Selected audited historical key financial information of the
REIT Group for the 12 months ended 31 December 2016,
the 12 months ended 31 December 2015 and the 14 months
ended 31 December 2014, is set out below. The information
has been extracted without material adjustment from the
audited financial statements of the REIT Group for these
periods.
12 months
ended 31
12 months
ended 31
14 months
ended 31
December December December
2016
(audited)
2015
(audited)
2014
(audited)
(£'000) (£'000) (£'000)
Net rental income
Operating profit
74,581
110,387
43,768
142,689
18,603
46,668
Total comprehensive income
(attributable to the shareholders) 91,895 133,984 41,844
Assets
Investment property
1,803,111 1,157,854 586,179
Interest rate derivatives 3,173 8,635 2,379
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
9,157
170,693
19,733
68,586
30,668
98,616
Total assets –––––––––
1,986,134
–––––––––
–––––––––
1,254,808
–––––––––
–––––––––
717,842
–––––––––
Liabilities
Deferred rental income
Trade and other payables
(19,464)
(18,635)
(11,828)
(24,243)
(7,332)
(6,048)
Bank borrowings (533,500)
–––––––––
(377,635)
–––––––––
(200,933)
–––––––––
Total liabilities (571,599)
–––––––––
(413,706)
–––––––––
(214,313)
–––––––––
TOTAL NET ASSETS 1,414,535
–––––––––
841,102
–––––––––
503,529
–––––––––
Save to the extent disclosed below, there has been no
significant change in the financial condition and operating
results of the REIT Group during or subsequent to the period
ended 31 December 2016 (being the date covered by the
historical financial information of the REIT Group).
The significant changes comprise:

the acquisition of the Hachette Forward Funded
Development for £29.2 million on 22 February 2017;

the entry into the PGIM Facility Agreement on
28 February 2017;

the payment by the Company of a dividend of
1.55 pence per Ordinary Share on 3 April 2017 (for the
period from 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2016);

the issue of 528,528 Ordinary Shares to the Manager
at a price of 126.45 pence per Ordinary Share on
13
April
Management Agreement; and
2017 in accordance with the Investment

a dividend of 1.60 pence per Ordinary Share declared
on 24 April 2017 and expected to be paid on 22 May
2017 (for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 March
2017).
B.8 Selected Key Pro Forma
Financial Information
Not applicable. The Prospectus does not include any
pro-forma financial information.
B.9 Profit Estimate Not applicable. The Prospectus does not include any profit
forecasts or estimates.
B.10 Audit Report
Qualifications
Not applicable. The audit report on the historical financial
information contained in the Prospectus is not qualified.
B.11 Insufficiency of
Working Capital
Not applicable. The Company is of the opinion that the
working capital available to the REIT Group is sufficient for
its present requirements, that is for at least the twelve
months from the date of the Prospectus.
B.34 Investment Policy Investment objective
The investment objective of the Company is to invest in UK
Big Box assets benefiting typically from long-term leases
with Institutional-Grade Tenants, to deliver, on a fully
invested and geared basis:

a targeted annual dividend of 6.4 pence per Ordinary
Share, with the potential to grow through upward-only
rent reviews which are either fixed, RPI linked or
linked to market rents; and

a targeted Total Return in excess of 9 per cent.
per annum over the medium term.
These are targets only and not profit forecasts. There can be
no assurance that these targets will be met and it should not
be taken as an indication of the Company's expected or
actual future results. Accordingly, potential investors should
not place any reliance on these targets in deciding whether
or not to invest in the Company and should decide for
themselves whether or not the target dividend yield or the
target Total Return (as the case may be) is reasonable or
achievable.
Investment policy
The Company invests in well-located Big Box assets in the
UK, let to Institutional-Grade Tenants on typically long-term
leases with regular upward only rent reviews. The Company
invests in these assets directly or through holdings in special
purpose vehicles. It invests in high quality assets, taking into
account several factors, including:

the strength of the tenant's financial covenant;

the terms of the lease, focusing on duration (typically
with an unexpired lease term remaining of at least
12 years, however shorter terms are considered on a
case-by-case basis as part of an integrated value
driven strategy) and basis of rent review and potential
for growth in the passing rent; and

the
property
characteristics,
including
location,
building quality, scale, transportation links, workforce
availability and operational efficiencies.
The Company invests in a portfolio of Big Box assets with
geographic and tenant diversification throughout the UK.
Investment restrictions
The Company invests and manages its assets with the
objective of delivering a high quality, diversified portfolio
subject to the following investment restrictions:

the maximum limit for any single asset is 20 per cent.
of gross assets calculated at the time of investment;

the maximum exposure to any tenant or developer is
limited to 20 per cent. of gross assets once fully
invested and geared, other than to two particular
FTSE Tenants, where the maximum exposure to such
FTSE Tenant is 30 per cent. of gross assets once fully
invested and geared;

the maximum exposure to land and options over land
is limited to 10 per cent. of net asset value calculated
at the time of investment;

save for investments in land and options over land,
the Company only invests in leased or preleased
assets
and
does
not
invest
in
speculative
developments;

the Company does not invest in closed-ended
investment companies;

save for investments in land and options over land,
the Company only invests in assets with Institutional
Grade Tenants;

save for investments in land and options over land,
the Company only invests in assets with leases with
regular upward-only rent reviews; and

all assets are located in the UK.
Use of derivatives
The Company utilises derivatives for efficient portfolio
management. In particular, the Company engages in
interest rate hedging or otherwise seeks to mitigate the risk
of interest rate increases as part of the Company's efficient
portfolio management.
Other
Cash held for working capital purposes or received by the
REIT Group pending reinvestment or distribution is held in
Sterling only and invested in cash, cash equivalents, near
cash instruments and money market instruments. The
Board
determines
the
cash
management
policy
in
consultation with the Manager.
The Directors at all times conduct the affairs of the Company
so as to enable the Company to qualify as a REIT for the
purposes of Part 12 of the CTA 2010 (and the regulations
made thereunder).
In the event of a breach of the investment guidelines and
restrictions set out above, the Manager shall inform the
Directors upon becoming aware of the same and if the
Directors consider the breach to be material, notification will
be made to a Regulatory Information Service.
No material change will be made to the Investment Policy
without the approval of Shareholders by ordinary resolution.
B.35 Borrowing/Leverage
Limits
The Company uses gearing to enhance equity returns. The
level of borrowing is on a prudent basis for the asset class,
and seeks to achieve a low cost of funds, whilst maintaining
flexibility in the underlying security requirements, and the
structure of both the Portfolio and the REIT Group.
The Directors intend that the REIT Group will maintain a
conservative level of aggregate borrowings with a medium
term target of up to 40 per cent. of the REIT Group's gross
assets.
The aggregate borrowings will always be subject to an
absolute maximum, calculated at the time of drawdown for a
property purchase, of 50 per cent. of the REIT Group's gross
assets.
Debt is typically secured at the asset level and potentially at
the Company level with or without a charge over some or all
of the Company's assets, depending on the optimal
structure for the Company and having consideration to key
metrics including lender diversity, cost of debt, debt type and
maturity profiles.
The Company had a loan to value ratio of approximately
32 per cent. as at 21 April 2017.
B.36 Regulatory Status The Company is currently subject to the Listing Rules, the
Prospectus Rules and the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
The REIT Group is a UK REIT and needs to comply with
certain ongoing regulations and conditions (including
minimum distribution requirements).
The
Company
operates
as
an
externally
alternative investment fund, with the Manager being the
Company's AIFM.
managed
B.37 Investor Profile An investment in Ordinary Shares is only suitable for
institutional
investors,
professionally-advised
investors
and
highly
knowledgeable
understand and are capable of evaluating the risks of such
an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able
to bear any losses (which may equal the whole amount
invested) that may result from such an investment.
private
investors
who
B.38 Investments (20%) Not applicable. The Company does not at the date of the
Prospectus, and will not on Admission, have any such
investments.
B.39 Investments (40%) Not applicable. The Company does not at the date of the
Prospectus, and will not on Admission, have any such
investments.
B.40 Service Providers Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the
Manager
provides
various
investment,
management and administration services to the Company.
property
In consideration of the performance by the Manager of the
various investment, property management, administration
and other services under the Investment Management
Agreement, the Manager receives an annual management
fee which is calculated quarterly in arrears based upon a
percentage of the last published NAV of the Company (not
taking into account cash balances) on the following basis:
Company Basic NAV
(excluding cash balances)
(percentage of Basic NAV)
Annual management fee
Up to and including £500 million
Above £500 million and up to and
1.0 per cent.
including £750 million
Above £750 million and up to and
0.9 per cent.
including £1 billion
Above £1 billion and up to and including
0.8 per cent.
£1.25 billion 0.7 per cent.
Above £1.25 billion and up to and
including £1.5 billion
0.6 per cent.
Above £1.5 billion 0.5 per cent.
The total annual management fee due is payable in cash in
arrears on a quarterly basis. On a semi-annual basis, once
the Company's NAV has been announced, 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 Manager is also entitled to be reimbursed for all
disbursements, fees and costs payable to third parties
properly incurred by the Manager on behalf of the Company
pursuant to provision of the services under the Investment
Management Agreement.
There are no performance, acquisition, exit or property
management fees.
The Service Level Agreement imposes certain additional
responsibilities on the Manager relating to Board meetings,
research and analysis, investor relations and marketing,
equity market intelligence and property reports. No fees
beyond the fees paid under the Investment Management
Agreement shall be paid to the Manager by the Company for
the services provided under the Service Level Agreement.
The main additional service providers to the REIT Group are
set out below.
The Registrar is appointed as the Company's registrar.
Under the terms of the Registrar Agreement, the Registrar is
entitled to an annual fee of approximately £23,000
(exclusive of VAT) in respect of the provision of basic
registration services.
The Company Secretary provides company secretarial
services to the Company under the terms of the Company
Secretarial Agreement and is entitled to a fee of £50,000 per
annum (exclusive of VAT).
Capita
Sinclair
Henderson
Limited
is
appointed
as
Administrator to the Company. The Administrator provides
the day-to-day administration of the Company and is also
responsible for the Company's general administrative
functions,
such
as
maintenance
of
the
Company's
accounting and statutory records. Under the terms of the
Administration Agreement, the Administrator is entitled to an
administration fee of approximately £15,700 per month
(exclusive of VAT).
Langham Hall UK Depositary LLP is the sole depository of
the alternative investment funds set out in a framework
depositary agreement with the Manager pursuant to a
novation agreement dated 6 May 2015. The costs of the
depositary services are £44,000 per annum (exclusive of
VAT). These costs are borne by the Company.
BDO LLP provide audit services to the Company.
CBRE provides property valuation services to the Company
under the terms of an engagement letter dated 2 June 2014.
B.41 Managers & Advisers The Manager was incorporated in England and Wales as a
limited liability partnership on 2 March 2007 with registered
number OC326500. The Manager became authorised by
the FCA as an AIFM on 1 July 2014. Following such
authorisation, on 2 July 2014 the Property Management and
Services Agreement between the Company and the
Manager was replaced in its entirety by the Investment
Management Agreement. Pursuant to the Investment
Management Agreement (as amended and restated on
20 December 2016) and the Service Level Agreement, the
Company is provided with all management and advisory
services by the Manager.
B.42 NAV The EPRA Net Asset Value and the Basic Net Asset Value
(including per Ordinary Share) is calculated half-yearly by
the Administrator and relevant professional advisers with
support from the Manager and is presented to the Board for
its approval and adoption. Calculations are made in
accordance
with
IFRS
and
EPRA's
best
practice
recommendations or as otherwise determined by the Board.
Details of each half-yearly valuation are announced by the
Company through a Regulatory Information Service as soon
as practicable after the end of the relevant period. In
addition, the calculations will be reported to Shareholders in
the
Company's
annual
report
and
interim
financial
statements. EPRA Net Asset Value and Basic Net Asset
Value (including per Ordinary Share) is calculated on the
basis of the relevant half-yearly valuation of the Company's
properties, conducted by an independent valuer.
The Company reports its EPRA NAV according to EPRA
guidelines.
B.43 Umbrella Undertakings Not applicable. The Company is not an umbrella collective
investment undertaking and as such there is no cross
liability between classes or investment in another collective
investment undertaking.
B.44 Financial Statements The Company has commenced operations and historical
financial information is included in the Prospectus.
B.45 Portfolio As at the date of the Prospectus, the Portfolio comprises the
following assets:
Size Date of
Tenant (Guarantor)
Location
(sq. ft.) acquisition
Sainsbury's Supermarkets
Sherburn-in
Limited
Elmet
571,522 Dec 13
Marks and Spencer plc
Castle Donington
906,240 Dec 13
Tesco Stores Limited
Chesterfield
501,751 Mar 14
Tesco Stores Limited (Tesco Plc)
Didcot
288,295 Apr 14
Next Group PLC
Doncaster
755,055 Jun 14
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc
Sittingbourne
DHL Supply Chain Limited
Langley Mill
919,443
255,680
Jun 14
Aug 14
DHL Supply Chain Limited
Skelmersdale
470,385 Aug 14
Wolseley UK Limited
Ripon
221,763 Aug 14
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited
Bognor Regis
313,220 Oct 14
CDS (Superstores International)
Limited
Thorne
750,431 Nov 14
Tesco Stores Limited
Middleton
302,111 Dec 14
Kuehne + Nagel Limited
Derby
(Hays Plc)
343,248 Dec 14
L'Oréal (U.K.) Limited
Manchester
315,118 Dec 14
Argos Limited
Rochdale
495,441 Apr 15
B&Q plc
Worksop
880,175 Apr 15
Ocado Holdings Limited
(Ocado Group plc)
Erith
563,103 May 15
Nice-Pak International Limited
Wigan,
Greater
Manchester
399,519 May 15
New Look Retailers Limited
Newcastle-
under-Lyme 398,618 May 15
Brake Bros Limited
Harlow
276,213 Jun 15
Tesco Stores Limited
Goole
711,933 Jun 15
Dunelm (Soft Furnishings)
Stoke-on
Limited
Trent
526,426 Jun 15
TJX UK (trading as TK Maxx)
Knottingley
Howden Joinery Group plc
Raunds,
638,745 Sep 15
Northants 657,000 Oct 15
Matalan Retail Limited
Knowsley,
Liverpool 578,127 Dec 15
Brake Bros Limited
Bristol
250,763 Mar 16
Argos Limited
Burton-upon-
Trent
DSG Retail Limited
Newark
653,670
725,789
Mar 16
May 16
Gestamp Tallent Limited*
Wolverhampton
543,692 Aug 16
Kellogg's
Manchester
311,602 Aug 16
Amazon UK Services Ltd
Peterborough
549,788 Aug 16
Euro Car Parts Limited
Tamworth
780,977 Oct 16
Whirlpool UK Appliances
Raunds,
Limited
Northants
Co-operative Group Limited
West Thurrock
473,263
322,684
Oct 16
Oct 16
Screwfix Direct Limited*
Fradley, Staffs
561,767 Dec 16
Hachette UK Limited***
Didcot
242,067 Feb 17
*
Forward funded development project.
**
Acquisition completed post 31 December 2016.
B.46 NAV per Ordinary Share As at 31 December 2016, the audited EPRA Net Asset Value
per Ordinary Share was 129.00 pence and the audited Basic
Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share was 128.00 pence as at
the same date.
SECTION C – Securities
C.1 Securities Offered The Company intends to raise up to £200 million through the
Issue (although it can increase the size of the Issue to up to
£350 million). The actual number of New Ordinary Shares to
be issued pursuant to the Issue, and therefore the Gross
Proceeds, are not known as at the date of the Prospectus
but will be notified by the Company via a Regulatory
Information Service announcement prior to Admission.
Application will be made to the FCA for all of the New
Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Issue to be
admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of
the FCA and to the London Stock Exchange for all such New
Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the London
Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.
Admission of such New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to
the Issue will become effective and dealings in such New
Ordinary Shares will commence not later than 15 May 2017.
The ISIN of the Ordinary Shares is GB00BG49KP99 and the
SEDOL is BG49KP9.
The ticker for the Company is BBOX.
C.2 Currency The Ordinary Shares are denominated in Sterling.
C.3 Issued Shares As at 21 April 2017 (being the latest practicable date prior to
the publication of the Prospectus), the issued share capital
of
the
Company
was
£11,056,880.57,
divided
into
1,105,688,057 Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each.
C.4 Rights The New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the Issue will
rank in full for all dividends and distributions declared, made
or paid after their issue and otherwise pari passu in all
respects with each of the Ordinary Shares currently in issue
and will have the same rights (including voting and dividend
rights and rights on a return of capital) and restrictions as
each of the Ordinary Shares currently in issue, as set out in
the Articles.
C.5 Restrictions on
Transferability
The Ordinary Shares are freely transferable, subject to the
Board's absolute discretion to refuse to register any transfer
of any certificated share which is not fully paid, provided that
the Board shall not refuse to register any transfer of partly
paid Ordinary Shares which are admitted to trading on the
London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities
where such refusal would prevent dealings in such shares.
The Board may decline to recognise any instrument of
transfer relating to certificated shares unless, inter alia, it is
in respect of only one class of share, is lodged at the
registered office, is accompanied by the relevant share
certificate and is duly stamped (if required).
The Board may, under the Articles, decline to recognise any
instrument of transfer relating to certificated shares to any
person whose holding or beneficial ownership of shares
may result in: (i) the Company, the Manager or the
Investment Adviser or any member of its group being in
violation of, or required to register under, the US Investment
Company Act or the US CEA or being required to register its
shares under the US Exchange Act; (ii) the Company not
being a "foreign private issuer" as such term is defined in
Rule 3b-4(c) of the US Exchange Act; (iii) the assets of the
Company being deemed to be "plan assets" within the
meaning
of
ERISA
and
US
Department
of
Labor
Regulations and guidance issued thereunder, including, but
not limited to 29 C.F.R. 2510. 3-101, or of a "plan" within the
meaning of section 4975 of the US Tax Code, or of a plan or
other arrangement subject to section 503 of the US Tax
Code or provisions under applicable federal, state, local,
non-US or other laws or regulations that are substantially
similar to section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the US
Tax Code; (iv) the Company, or any member of its group, the
Manager or the Investment Adviser not being in compliance
with FATCA, the US Investment Company Act, the US
Exchange Act, the US CEA, Section 4975 of the US Tax
Code, section 503 of the US Tax Code, ERISA or any
applicable federal, state, local, non-US or other laws or
regulations that are substantially similar to section 406 of
ERISA, section 503 of the US Tax Code or section 4975 of
the US Tax Code; or (v) the Company being a "controlled
foreign corporation" for the purposes of the US Tax Code.
C.6 Application for
Admission
The Company will apply to the FCA for all of the New
Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the premium listing
segment of the Official List of the FCA and to the London
Stock Exchange for all such New Ordinary Shares to be
admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main
market for listed securities. It is expected that Admission will
become effective and dealings in the New Ordinary Shares
will commence on 15 May 2017.
C.7 Dividend Policy The Directors have adopted a progressive dividend policy
with a target dividend of 6.4 pence per Ordinary Share for
the year ending 31 December 2017,
payable quarterly,
representing a 3.2 per cent. increase in the total dividend of
6.2 pence declared for 2016, in excess of the rate of RPI
inflation
over
the
period
from
1
January
2016
to
31 December 2016 and representing a dividend yield of 4.7
per cent. on the Issue Price of 136 pence. Dividends are
expected to be fully covered by Adjusted Earnings from the
Company's Portfolio.
This target dividend is a target only and not a profit forecast.
There can be no assurance that this target will be met and it
should not be taken as an indication of the Company's
expected or actual future results. Accordingly, potential
investors should not place any reliance on this target in
deciding whether or not to invest in the Company and should
decide for themselves whether or not the target dividend
yield is reasonable or achievable.
As a REIT, the Company is required to meet a minimum
distribution test for each accounting period that it is a REIT.
This minimum distribution test requires the Company to
distribute a minimum of 90 per cent. of the income profits of
the Property Rental Business for each accounting period, as
adjusted for tax purposes.
SECTION D – Risks
D.1 Key Information on the
Key Risks (Company &
The REIT Group's performance will depend on general
real estate market conditions
Industry) The UK economy and property market specific conditions
may have a negative impact on or delay the REIT Group's
ability to execute investments in suitable Big Box assets that
generate acceptable returns.
The REIT Group is exposed to risks related to the result
of the referendum on the United Kingdom's continued
membership of the EU
The REIT Group faces potential risks associated with the
"leave" result of the referendum on the United Kingdom's
continued membership of the EU held on 23 June 2016.
Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon was triggered by the UK
Government on 29 March 2017. The eventual outcome and
the way that policies over the exit will be negotiated are
impossible to predict at this time. Continuing political and
economic uncertainty and instability could materially and
adversely affect the operational, regulatory, insurance and
tax regime to which the REIT Group is currently subject.
Competition for investment property in the Big Box
sector
Big Box assets may appeal to a broad spread of potential
investors and other competitors may have greater financial
resources than the Company. With a limited supply existing
in the UK, coupled with a long lead-in time for development
of new assets, competition for Big Box assets is strong,
hence there is no assurance that the Company will continue
to be able to secure suitable Big Box assets.

The Company's performance will depend on the performance of the UK retail sector

The Company's performance will depend on the performance of the UK retail sector and continued growth of online retail. The Company directly relies on online and general retailer distribution requirements in the UK and insolvencies in the larger retailers and online retailers could affect the Company's revenues and property valuations. Retail is a dynamic sector and the Company could be affected by shopping trends and alternative retail supply methods.

The Company's use of floating rate debt will expose the business to underlying interest rate movements

All of the Company's existing debt is payable based on a margin above three month LIBOR other than in respect of the Canada Life Facility Agreement and the PGIM Facility where the debt is repayable at the CL Fixed Rate and at the PGIM Fixed Rate. The Company has continued to use interest rate derivatives to hedge or partially hedge such interest rate exposure on its borrowings. Whilst there will be a negative impact on the Company's financial condition if interest rates rise for any unhedged portion of debt, the Company aims, where appropriate, to minimise the level of unhedged debt with LIBOR exposure and in doing so aims to keep the level of drawn debt at least approximately 90 per cent. hedged. In addition, hedging arrangements expose the Company to credit risk in respect of the hedging counterparty.

A lack of debt funding at appropriate rates may restrict the Company's ability to grow

The Company uses gearing to enhance equity returns. There is no assurance that debt funding will continue to be available under acceptable commercial terms and at appropriate rates. Without sufficient debt funding, the Company may be unable to pursue suitable investments in line with the Investment Policy and its ability to pay dividends to Shareholders at the targeted rate may be impaired.

The Company must be able to operate within its banking covenants

The borrowings which the Company uses contain loan to value covenants, being the accepted market practice in the UK. If real estate assets owned by the Company decrease in value, such covenants could be breached, and the impact of such an event could include: an increase in borrowing costs; a call for additional capital from the lender; payment of a fee to the lender; could require a sale of an asset; a forfeit of any asset to a lender, which could result in a total

or partial loss of equity value for each specific asset, or
indeed for the REIT Group as a whole.
The REIT Group is dependent on the efforts of the
Manager and the Investment Team
The REIT Group is reliant on the management and advisory
services the Company receives from the Manager. As a
result, the REIT Group's performance is, to a large extent,
dependent upon the ability of the Manager. Any failure to
source assets, execute transactions or manage investments
by the Manager may have a material adverse effect on the
REIT Group's performance. Furthermore, the departure of
any of the Investment Team without adequate replacement
may also have a material adverse effect on the REIT
Group's performance.
If the Company fails to remain qualified as a REIT, its
rental income and gains will be subject to UK
corporation tax
The Company cannot guarantee the continued compliance
with all of the REIT conditions. If the Company fails to
remain qualified as a REIT, members of the REIT Group
may be subject to UK corporation tax on some or all of their
property rental income and chargeable gains on the sale of
properties which would reduce the amounts available to
distribute to investors.
D.3 Key Information on the
Key Risks (Shares)
Trading market for the Ordinary Shares
The share price of listed companies can be highly volatile
and shareholdings illiquid. The market price of the Ordinary
Shares may be subject to wide fluctuations in response to
many factors, some specific to the REIT Group and its
operations and others to the broader equity markets in
general. In addition, stock markets have from time to time
experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations which
could adversely affect the market price of the Ordinary
Shares.
Future sales of Ordinary Shares could cause the share
price to fall
Sales of Ordinary Shares by significant investors could
depress the market price of the Ordinary Shares. A
substantial amount of Ordinary Shares being sold, or the
perception that sales of this type could occur, could also
depress the market price of the Ordinary Shares. Both
scenarios may make it more difficult for Shareholders to sell
the Ordinary Shares at a time and price that they deem
appropriate.
The Company may in the future issue new equity, which
may dilute Shareholders' equity
The Company may issue new equity in the future. Where
pre-emption rights in the Articles are disapplied, any
additional
equity
finance
will
be
dilutive
to
those
Shareholders who cannot, or choose not to, participate in
such financing.
SECTION E – Offer
E.1 Net Proceeds &
Expenses
On the assumption that Gross Proceeds of £200 million are
raised pursuant to the Issue, the expenses payable by the
Company will not exceed £4 million (being two per cent. of
the Gross Proceeds), resulting in Net Proceeds of
approximately £196 million.
No expenses and/or taxes will be specifically charged to the
subscribers or purchasers of the New Ordinary Shares.
E.2a Reasons for the Issue
& Use of Proceeds
The Issue is being made in order to raise funds for the
purpose of achieving the Company's Investment Objective.
The Gross Proceeds are expected to be utilised to acquire
additional Big Box assets in accordance with the Company's
Investment Policy.
E.3 Terms & Conditions The Issue
The Issue comprises the Placing, the Open Offer to
Qualifying Shareholders on a pre-emptive basis and the
Offer for Subscription, of, in aggregate, up to 147,058,823
New Ordinary Shares (based on the target size of £200
million) at an Issue Price of 136 pence per New Ordinary
Share. The Company can increase the size of the issue to
up to £350 million.
The Placing and Offer for Subscription are subject to scaling
back at the discretion of the Directors. The Open Offer is not
subject to scaling back in favour of either the Placing or the
Offer for Subscription.
Conditions
The Issue, which is not underwritten, is conditional upon the
passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting,
Admission of the New Ordinary Shares to be issued
pursuant to the Issue occurring no later than 8.00 a.m. on
15
May
2017 (or such later time and/or date as the
Company and Jefferies may agree) and the Placing
Agreement
not
being
terminated
and
becoming
unconditional in accordance with its terms. If these
conditions are not met, the Issue will not proceed and an
announcement to that effect will be made via a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Placing
The Company, the Manager, Jefferies and Akur have
entered into the Placing Agreement, pursuant to which
Jefferies has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to use its
reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers for the New
Ordinary Shares to be made available in the Placing.
The Offer for Subscription
The Offer for Subscription is only being made in the UK.
The Company may terminate the Offer for Subscription in its
absolute discretion at any time prior to Admission. If such
right is exercised, the Offer for Subscription will lapse and
any monies will be returned as indicated without interest.
Applications under the Offer for Subscription must be for a
minimum of 1,000 New Ordinary Shares and thereafter in
multiples of 100 New Ordinary Shares.
The Open Offer
Under the Open Offer, up to 100,517,096 New Ordinary
Shares will be made available to Qualifying Shareholders at
the Issue Price pro rata to their holdings of Existing Shares,
on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Open Offer,
on the basis of:
1 New Ordinary Share for every 11 Existing Shares on
the Record Date
To the extent that Qualifying Shareholders choose not to
take up their entitlements under the Open Offer or that
applications from Qualifying Shareholders are invalid,
unallocated Open Offer Shares may be allotted to Qualifying
Shareholders to meet any valid applications under the
Excess Application Facility. Thereafter, to the extent that
there remain any unallocated Open Offer Shares, they will
be made available under the Offer for Subscription and/or
the Placing as the Directors, in consultation with the Joint
Financial Advisers, shall determine.
Applications under the Excess Application Facility will be
allocated, in the event of over-subscription, pro rata
to
Qualifying Shareholders' applications under the Excess
Application Facility. No assurance can be given that
applications by Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess
Application Facility will be met in full or in part or at all.
The latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full
in respect of the Open Offer will be 11.00 a.m. on 10 May
2017.
The
ISIN
of
the
Open
Offer
Entitlements
is
GB00BYXPW588 and the SEDOL is BYXPW588. The ISIN
of
the
Excess
CREST
Open
Offer
Entitlements
is
GB00BYXPX990 and the SEDOL is BYXPX990.
E.4 Material Interests The Manager currently provides asset management
services to other investors who have a similar objective to
that of the Company. In providing such services, information
which is used by the Manager to manage the REIT Group's
assets may also be used to provide similar services to other
clients.
So as to avoid conflicts of interests, the Manager manages
its duties to the Company and to other funds for which it acts
pursuant to the terms of the Investment Management
Agreement (which includes conflicts provisions) and any
other contracts which it may have entered into with such
other investors.
E.5 Sellers Not applicable. No person or entity is offering to sell
Ordinary Shares as part of the Issue.
E.6 Dilution The Existing Ordinary Shares shall be diluted by the issue of
the New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Issue.
Qualifying Shareholders will have their proportionate
shareholdings in the Company diluted by approximately 11.7
per cent. as a consequence of the Issue (assuming Gross
Proceeds of £200 million are raised) if they do take up or do
not take up (respectively) their entitlements under the Open
Offer.
E.7 Expenses On the assumption that Gross Proceeds of £200 million are
raised pursuant to the Issue, the expenses payable by the
Company will not exceed £4 million (equivalent to two per
cent. of Gross Proceeds), resulting in Net Proceeds of
approximately £196 million.
The Company shall, in the event Admission does not
happen for whatever reason, settle all costs incurred by the
REIT Group in connection with the Issue and Admission as
soon as possible.
No expenses and/or taxes will be specifically charged to the
subscribers or purchasers of the New Ordinary Shares.

RISK FACTORS

Any investment in the Company, including the acquisition of New Ordinary Shares under the Issue, is subject to a number of risks. Accordingly, prior to making any decision relating to the Issue, prospective investors should consider carefully the factors and risks associated with any investment in the Company and the REIT Group's business together with all other information contained in this Prospectus.

The risks below are not the only ones that the REIT Group will face. Some risks are not yet known and some that are not currently deemed material could later turn out to be material. Any of these risks could materially affect the REIT Group, its reputation, business, results of operations and overall financial condition. In such a case, the market price of Ordinary Shares may decline and Shareholders could lose all or part of their investment.

Prospective investors should consider carefully whether an investment in the Company is suitable for them in the light of the information in this Prospectus (including this section entitled "Risk Factors") and their personal circumstances.

RISKS RELATING TO THE GROUP'S BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

The REIT Group's performance will depend on general real estate market conditions

Both the condition of the real estate market and the overall UK economy will impact the returns of the Company, and hence may have a negative impact on or delay the REIT Group's ability to execute investments in suitable assets that generate acceptable returns. Market conditions may also negatively impact on the revenues earned from the real estate assets in the Portfolio and the price at which the REIT Group is able to dispose of these assets. In these circumstances, the Company's ability to make distributions to Shareholders from rental income could be affected. A severe fall in values may result in the REIT Group selling assets from its Portfolio to repay its loan commitments. These outcomes may, in turn, have an adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

The REIT Group is exposed to risks related to the result of the referendum on the United Kingdom's continued membership of the EU

The REIT Group faces potential risks associated with the "leave" result of the referendum on the United Kingdom's continued membership of the EU held on 23 June 2016. Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon was triggered by the UK Government on 29 March 2017. The eventual outcome and the way that policies over the exit will be negotiated are impossible to predict at this time.

Import costs have increased due to Sterling's devaluation and may rise further once the UK leaves the EU, depending on any trade taxes and tariffs that are negotiated. This could increase UK inflation. The majority of the REIT Group's tenants are retailers with domestically focused sales. Those that import from the EU are likely to experience cost increases, which could squeeze their profits (at least in the short-term) and/or be passed on to UK consumers.

Negative impacts on the REIT Group's tenants and the UK property market could materially and adversely affect the REIT Group's portfolio value and therefore, its ability to raise funds for potential acquisitions or refinance its existing debt facilities. Continuing political and economic uncertainty and instability could also materially and adversely affect the operational, regulatory, insurance and tax regime to which the REIT Group is currently subject. The effect of these risks could be to increase compliance and operating costs for the REIT Group and may also materially affect the REIT Group's tax position or business, results of operation and financial position more generally.

Increasing competition for investment property in the Big Box sector

Big Box assets appeal to a broad spread of potential investors including other listed property specialists and funds, together with pension/insurance companies and family offices. While the Company has been one of the most active investors to date, other competitors may have greater financial resources than the Company or greater ability to borrow or leverage funds to acquire properties. Competition for available income producing investment properties is strong, hence there is no assurance that the Company will continue to be able to secure suitable Big Box assets.

In the event that the Company is unable to invest part or all of the proceeds of the Issue in suitable Big Box assets, this may affect the Company's ability to meet distribution targets and may have an adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

The Company's future performance will depend on the performance of the UK retail sector

The Company's future performance will depend on the performance of the UK retail sector and continued growth of online retail. The Company will continue to focus exclusively on the UK Big Box sector, a sub-sector of the UK logistics market, therefore it will have direct reliance on the online and general retailer distribution requirements in the UK. Insolvencies in the larger retailers and online retailers (in particular those retailers who are tenants of the REIT Group) could affect the Company's revenues and property valuations. Retail is a dynamic sector and retail operators are directly affected by consumer behaviour and sentiment. The Company could be affected by shopping trends and alternative retail supply methods. A weakness in the UK retail sector and shifts in geographical focus, together with reliance on concentrated individual tenants, may have an adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

The Company's use of floating rate debt will expose the business to underlying interest rate movements

All of the Company's existing debt is payable based on a margin above three month LIBOR other than in respect of the Canada Life Facility Agreement where the debt is repayable at the CL Fixed Rate and the PGIM Facility where the debt is repayable at the PGIM Fixed Rate. The interest rate derivatives protect the Company from significant increases in underlying interest rates, by either fixing or capping the level to which interest rates on borrowings can rise to. As at the date of this document, these instruments comprise one interest rate swap and a number of interest rate caps, each running coterminous with the respective loan terms. Whilst there will be a negative impact on the Company's financial condition if interest rates rise for any unhedged portion of debt, the Company aims, where appropriate, to minimise the level of unhedged debt with LIBOR exposure and in doing so aims to keep the level of drawn debt at least approximately 90 per cent. hedged. As at 31 December 2016, the Group was 99.7 per cent. hedged on all senior drawn debt (typically in the form of interest cap arrangements). In addition, hedging arrangements expose the Company to credit risk in respect of the hedging counterparty.

A lack of debt funding at appropriate rates may restrict the Company's ability to grow

The Company uses gearing to enhance equity returns. There is no assurance that debt funding will continue to be available under acceptable commercial terms and at appropriate rates. Without sufficient debt funding, the Company may be unable to pursue further suitable investments in line with the Investment Policy and its ability to pay dividends to Shareholders at the targeted rate may be impaired. These outcomes may, in turn, have a material adverse effect on performance of the Company. Nothing in this risk factor should be construed as qualifying the working capital statement in paragraph 16 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

The Company has a short operating history

The Company has a short operating history upon which investors may base an evaluation of the likely performance of the Company. Any investments in Ordinary Shares is, therefore, subject to all of the risks and uncertainties associated with a business with a short operating history, including the risk that the Company will not continue to achieve its Investment Objective.

The Company must be able to operate within its banking covenants

The borrowings which the Company uses contain loan to value covenants, being the accepted market practice in the UK. If real estate assets owned by the Company decrease in value, such covenants could be breached, and the impact of such an event could include: an increase in borrowing costs; a call for additional capital from the lender; payment of a fee to the lender; a sale of an asset; or a forfeit of any asset to a lender. This could result in a total or partial loss of equity value for each specific asset, or indeed the REIT Group as a whole. Nothing in this risk factor should be construed as qualifying the working capital statement in paragraph 16 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

The past or current performance of the Company is not a guarantee of the future performance of the REIT Group

The past or current performance of the Company is not indicative, or intended to be indicative, of future performance of the Company.

Delays in the deployment of funds from the Issue may affect distributions to Shareholders

There can be no assurance as to how long it will take for the Company to invest any or all of the proceeds from the Issue in Big Box assets and it may not find suitable properties in which to invest all of the proceeds from the Issue. Locating suitable properties, conducting due diligence, negotiating acceptable purchase contracts and ultimately completing the purchase of a property typically requires a significant amount of time. The Company may face delays in locating and acquiring suitable investments (resulting in exposure to a risk of increasing property prices) and, once the properties are identified, there could also be delays in completing the purchases, including delays in obtaining any necessary approvals. Necessary approvals may be refused, or granted only on onerous terms, and any such refusals, or the imposition of onerous terms, may result in an investment not proceeding as originally intended and could result in significant costs associated with aborting the transaction being incurred by the Company. Until such time as any proceeds from the Issue are applied by the REIT Group to fund Big Box investments, they will be held by the Company on interest bearing deposit in anticipation of future investment. Such deposits are very likely to yield lower returns than the expected returns from Big Box investment. The longer the period before investment the greater the likelihood that the Company's financial condition, business prospects and results of operations, and its ability to make distributions to Shareholders, will be materially adversely affected.

The appraised value of the REIT Group's properties may not accurately reflect the current or future value of the REIT Group's assets

The valuation of property is inherently subjective owing to the individual nature of each property and is based on a number of assumptions which may not turn out to be true, meaning that actual prices paid by the REIT Group for the real estate assets in the Portfolio may not reflect the valuations of the properties.

In determining the value of properties, valuers are required to make assumptions in respect of matters including, but not limited to, the existence of willing buyers in uncertain market conditions, title, condition of structure and services, deleterious materials, plant and machinery and goodwill, environmental matters, statutory requirements and planning, expected future rental revenues from the property and other information. Such assumptions may prove to be inaccurate. Incorrect assumptions underlying the valuation reports could negatively affect the value of any property assets the Company acquires and thereby have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition. This is particularly so in periods of volatility or when there is limited real estate transactional data against which property valuations can be benchmarked. There can also be no assurance that these valuations will be reflected in the actual transaction prices, even where any such transactions occur shortly after the relevant valuation date, or that the estimated yield and annual rental income will prove to be attainable.

To the extent valuations of the REIT Group's properties do not fully reflect the value of the underlying properties, whether due to the above factors or otherwise, this may have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition, business prospects and results of operations.

Any costs associated with potential investments that do not proceed to completion will affect the Company's performance

The Company can incur certain third party costs associated with sourcing of suitable assets, including legal fees and the fees of other advisers. Whilst the Company will always seek to minimise any such costs, it can give no assurances as to the ongoing level of these costs or that negotiations to acquire such assets will be successful; the greater number of these deals which do not reach completion, the greater impact of such costs on the Company's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

The Company's performance may be adversely affected by changes to planning legislation or practice

The Company's ability to carry out asset management proposals to maximise returns from properties, including extensions and structural changes, together with the supply, through new development, of new Big Box units is often subject to planning decisions on a local and national level which could lead to delays and constraints on the Company's financial performance.

A default by a major tenant could result in a significant loss of letting income, void costs, a reduction in asset value and increased bad debts

As at 31 December 2016, the REIT Group's tenants accounted for the following annual rental income from the Portfolio:

Tenant Annual rental income Percentage of rent roll (approx.)
Tesco £8,687,955 8.72 per cent.
Morrisons £5,563,733 5.58 per cent.
Marks & Spencer £4,775,884 4.79 per cent.
Sainsbury's £3,295,716 3.31 per cent.
Next £3,854,857 3.87 per cent.
L'Oreal £2,065,818 2.07 per cent.
DHL £3,214,480 3.23 per cent.
Wolseley £838,500 0.84 per cent.
Rolls-Royce £2,392,009 2.40 per cent.
The Range £3,122,994 3.13 per cent.
Kuehne & Nagel £1,858,000 1.86 per cent.
Tenant Annual rental income Percentage of rent roll (approx.)
Ocado £5,490,254 5.51 per cent.
Brake Bros £3,269,606 3.28 per cent.
Argos £6,099,396 6.12 per cent.
B&Q £5,222,498 5.24 per cent.
New Look £1,795,170 1.80 per cent.
Nice-Pak £1,877,739 1.88 per cent.
Dunelm £2,417,056 2.43 per cent.
TK Maxx £3,203,795 3.21 per cent.
Howdens £3,438,750 3.45 per cent.
Matalan £2,686,820 2.70 per cent.
DGS Retail £4,586,345 4.60 per cent.
Gestamp Tallent £2,929,383 2.94 per cent.
Kellogg's £1,480,000 1.48 per cent.
Amazon £2,452,500 2.46 per cent.
Co-op £3,315,695 3.33 per cent.
Euro Car Parts £4,278,610 4.29 per cent.
Whirlpool £2,473,414 2.48 per cent.
Screwfix £2,977,118 2.99 per cent.

A downturn in business, bankruptcy or insolvency could force a major tenant of the REIT Group to default on its rental obligations and/or vacate the premises. Such a default could result in a loss of rental income, void costs, an increase in bad debts and decrease the value of the relevant property. A default by a major tenant could have a material adverse effect on the REIT Group's business, financial condition, results of operations, future prospects and the price of the Ordinary Shares. This risk factor would not apply to a developer that has a non-occupational licence and pays a licence fee for a property under development pursuant to a forward funded contract, as the licence fee payable by a developer is placed in a locked bank account in favour of the REIT Group at the commencement of the contract.

The REIT Group is dependent on the performance of third party contractors and subcontractors who may fail to perform their contractual obligations

Where the REIT Group seeks to create value by undertaking limited development of Big Box assets, or by investing in a pre-let but in-development assets, the REIT Group is dependent on the performance of third party contractors and sub-contractors. Whilst the REIT Group seeks to negotiate contracts to contain appropriate warranty protection, any failure to perform against contractual obligations on the part of a contractor could adversely impact the value of the REIT Group's property assets which may, in turn, have a material adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

In addition, there is a risk of disputes with third party contractors or sub-contractors should they fail to perform against contractual obligations. Any litigation or arbitration resulting from any such disputes may increase the REIT Group's expenses and distract the Directors and the Manager from focusing their time to fulfil the strategy of the Company.

Consequences of assignment by tenants of properties that the REIT Group may acquire in the future

The terms contained within the leases of the real estate assets in the Portfolio vary from lease to lease and are dependent upon the terms agreed between the original landlord and tenant at the time of the grant of the relevant lease. There is a risk that an assignor may not be required to give an authorised guarantee agreement or may only be required to do so if reasonably required by the landlord (as opposed to an absolute obligation to provide the guarantee). If an assignee is less creditworthy than the assignor, there would be an increased risk of tenant default, which could result in delays in receipt of rental and other contractual payments, by the REIT Group, inability to collect such payments at all or the termination of a tenant's lease.

The discovery of previously undetected environmentally hazardous conditions in the REIT Group's properties could result in unforeseen remedial work or future liabilities even after disposal of such property

Under applicable environmental laws, a current or previous property owner may be liable for the cost of removing or remediating hazardous or toxic substances on, under or in such property, which cost could be substantial. While the Manager undertakes environmental due diligence before acquiring properties, there is still a risk that third parties may seek to recover from the REIT Group for personal injury or property damage associated with exposure to any release of hazardous substances. Payment of damages could adversely affect the Company's ability to make distributions to Shareholders from rental income.

Furthermore, the presence of environmentally hazardous substances, or the failure to remediate damage caused by such substances, may adversely affect the REIT Group's ability to sell or lease the relevant property at a level that would support the Company's investment strategy which would, in turn, have a material adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

Any forward funded projects will be subject to the hazards and risks normally associated with the construction and development of commercial real estate, any of which could result in increased costs and/or damage to persons or property

The Investment Policy provides that the Company may purchase already built property assets or, in some circumstances, forward fund property assets that are in construction. Forward funded projects are subject to the hazards and risks normally associated with the construction and development of commercial real estate, including personal injury and property damage. To the extent that such risks are not assumed by the developer, the occurrence of any of these events could result in increased operating costs, fines and legal fees and potentially in reputational damage or criminal prosecution of the Company, and its Directors or management, all of which could have an adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations, future prospects or the price of the Ordinary Shares. However, for all of the Company's investments in forward funded assets to date, such risks have been assumed by the developer.

The REIT Group may not be able to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion and at satisfactory prices

As property assets are expected to be relatively illiquid, such illiquidity may affect the REIT Group's ability to dispose of or liquidate the Portfolio in a timely fashion. In addition, to the extent that market conditions are not favourable or deteriorate, the REIT Group may not be able to realise the real estate assets from the Portfolio at satisfactory prices. This could result in a decrease in Basic NAV (and EPRA NAV) and lower returns (if any) for Shareholders.

The Company may be subject to liability following disposal of investments

The Company may be exposed to future liabilities and/or obligations with respect to the disposal of real estate assets in the Portfolio. The Company may be required to set aside money for warranty claims or contingent liabilities in respect of property disposals. The Company may be required to pay damages (including but not limited to litigation costs) to the extent that any representations or warranties that it has given to a purchaser prove to be inaccurate or to the extent that it has breached any of its covenants contained in the disposal documentation. In certain circumstances, it is possible that any incorrect representations and warranties could give rise to a right by the purchaser to unwind the contract in addition to the payment of damages. Further, the Company may become involved in disputes or litigation in connection with such disposed investments. Certain obligations and liabilities associated with the ownership of investments can also continue to exist notwithstanding any disposal, such as environmental liabilities. Any such claims, litigation or obligations, and any steps which the Company is required to take to meet the cost, such as sales of assets or increased borrowings, could have an adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

The REIT Group may not acquire 100 per cent. control of its investments

The Company's investment strategy does not restrict the REIT Group from entering into a variety of investment structures, such as joint ventures, acquisitions of controlling interests or acquisitions of minority interests. However, the Directors do not currently propose that, in the future, the REIT Group will take a passive or minority interest in Big Box investments and, as at the date of this document, all real estate assets in the Portfolio are wholly owned by the REIT Group. In the event that the REIT Group acquires less than a 100 per cent. interest in a particular asset, the remaining ownership interest will be held by third parties and the subsequent management and control of such an asset may entail risks associated with multiple owners and decision-makers. Any such investment also involves the risk that third party owners might become insolvent or fail to fund their share of any capital contribution which might be required. In addition, such third parties may have economic or other interests which are inconsistent with the REIT Group's interests, or they may obstruct the REIT Group's plans (for example, in implementing active asset management measures), or they may propose alternative plans. If such third parties are in a position to take or influence actions contrary to the REIT Group's interests and plans, the REIT Group may face the potential risk of impasses on decisions that affect the ability to implement its strategies and/or dispose of the real estate asset. The above circumstances may have a material adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

In addition, there is a risk of disputes between the REIT Group and third parties who have an interest in the Big Box asset in question. Any litigation or arbitration resulting from any such disputes may increase the REIT Group's expenses and distract the Directors and the Manager from focusing their time to fulfil the Investment Objective of the Company. The REIT Group may also, in certain circumstances, be liable for the actions of such third parties.

RISKS RELATING TO THE MANAGER

The REIT Group is dependent on the efforts of the Manager and the Investment Team, together with the performance and retention of key personnel

The REIT Group is reliant on the management and advisory services the Company receives from the Manager. As a result, the REIT Group's performance is, to a large extent, dependent upon the ability of the Manager. Any failure to source assets, execute transactions or manage investments by the Manager may have a material adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance. Furthermore, there can be no assurance as to the continued involvement of the Investment Team with the Manager or (indirectly) with the REIT Group. The departure of any of the Investment Team without adequate replacement may also have a material adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance. However, suitable key person provisions are contained in the Investment Management Agreement as summarised in paragraph 6 of Part 4 of this Prospectus.

The Manager is also responsible for carrying out the day to day management of the Company's affairs and, therefore, any disruption to the services of the Manager (whether due to termination of the Investment Management Agreement or otherwise) could cause a significant disruption to the Company's operations until a suitable replacement is found.

In addition, the Company only has limited control over the personnel of or used by the Manager. If any such personnel were to do anything or be alleged to do anything that may be the subject of public criticism or other negative publicity or may lead to investigation, litigation or sanction, this may have an adverse impact on the Company by association, even if the criticism or publicity is factually inaccurate or unfounded and notwithstanding that the Company may have no involvement with, or control over, the relevant act or alleged act. Any damage to the reputation of the personnel of the Manager could result in potential counterparties and other third parties such as occupiers, landlords, joint venture partners, lenders or developers being unwilling to deal with the Manager and/or the Company. This may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to successfully pursue its investment strategy and may have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial condition, business prospects and results of operations.

The interests of the Manager may differ from those of the Shareholders

Notwithstanding the Board's belief that the Manager's fees and conflict policy have been structured to provide an alignment of interest between the Manager and the Shareholders, the interests of the Manager may differ from those of the Shareholders. This may, in certain circumstances, have a material adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

The Manager's acquisition due diligence may not identify all risks and liabilities

Prior to entering into any agreement to acquire any property, the Manager, on behalf of the REIT Group, will perform or procure the performance of due diligence on the proposed acquisition target. In so doing, they would typically rely in part on third parties to conduct a significant portion of this due diligence (such as surveyors' reports and legal reports on title and property valuations).

To the extent the REIT Group, the Manager or other third parties underestimate or fail to identify risks and liabilities associated with the investment in question, the REIT Group may incur, directly or indirectly, unexpected liabilities, such as defects in title, an inability to obtain permits, or environmental, structural or operational defects requiring remediation. In addition, if there is a failure of due diligence, there may be a risk that properties are acquired which are not consistent with the Company's Investment Objective and Investment Policy, that properties are acquired that fail to perform in accordance with projections or that material defects or liabilities are not covered by insurance proceeds. This may, in turn, have a material adverse effect on the REIT Group's performance, financial condition and business prospects.

RISKS RELATING TO STRUCTURE, REGULATION AND TAXATION

If the Company fails to remain qualified as a REIT, its rental income and gains will be subject to UK corporation tax

The Company cannot guarantee the continued compliance with all of the REIT conditions and there is a risk that the REIT regime may cease to apply in certain circumstances. If the Company fails to remain qualified as a REIT, members of the REIT Group may be subject to UK corporation tax on some or all of their property rental income and chargeable gains on the sale of properties which would reduce the amounts available to distribute to investors.

Adverse changes in taxation law and in the tax position of the Company

This Prospectus is prepared in accordance with current taxation laws and practice in the UK. UK taxation legislation and interpretation is subject to change. The taxation of an investment in the Company depends on the individual circumstances of investors. Any change in the Company's tax position or status or in tax legislation or proposed legislation, or in the interpretation of tax legislation or proposed legislation by tax authorities or courts, or tax rates, could adversely affect the Company's ability to pay dividends, dividend growth and the market value of the Ordinary Shares and thus may alter the net return to investors. In particular, an increase in the rates of SDLT could have a material impact on the price at which UK land can be acquired and, therefore, on asset values. The UK government has been known to introduce retrospective tax legislation and this cannot be ruled out in the future.

Distribution requirements may limit the REIT Group's flexibility in executing the Company's acquisition plans

The Company's business model contemplates future growth to its investment portfolio through the acquisition of Big Box assets. However, to obtain full exemption from tax on the Tax-Exempt Business afforded by the REIT regime, the Company is required to distribute annually (either in cash or by way of stock dividend) to Shareholders, at least 90 per cent. of the REIT Group's rental income as calculated for tax purposes each year by way of Property Income Distribution. The Company would be required to pay tax at regular corporate rates on any shortfall to the extent that it distributes as a Property Income distribution less than the amount required to meet the 90 per cent. distribution test each year. Therefore, the REIT Group's ability to grow its investment portfolio through acquisitions with a value in excess of its permitted retained earnings and uninvested capital will be limited by the REIT Group's ability to obtain further debt or equity financing.

Disposal of properties may have unfavourable tax consequences

Although the subsidiaries of the Company holding the real estate assets in the Portfolio are not trading entities, if a subsidiary disposes of a property in a manner indicative of a company that is trading in property rather than investing, the property may be treated as having been disposed of in the course of a trade, and any gain will be subject to corporation tax at regular corporate rates. For example, acquiring a property with a view to sale followed by a disposal on completion of the development would indicate a trading activity, whereas disposal of a property as part of a normal variation of a property rental portfolio after development with a view to retention as part of that portfolio, would not. Further, where development of a property has occurred following acquisition and the cost of development exceeds 30 per cent. of the fair value of the property at the later of the date of the acquisition of the property or the date the REIT Group qualified as a REIT, the proceeds will be taxable if a disposal takes place within three years of completion of the development. However, a tax charge does not arise where the disposal is made to another member of the same REIT group.

Whilst the Company does not intend that the subsidiaries will dispose of property in the course of a trade, there can be no assurance that HMRC will not deem a disposal to have been in the course of a trade, with the consequence that corporation tax will be payable in respect of any profits from the disposal of such property.

The REIT Group's status as a REIT may restrict business consolidation opportunities and distribution opportunities to Shareholders

If the Company is acquired by an entity that is not a REIT, the REIT Group is likely in most cases to fail to meet the requirements for being a REIT. If so, the REIT Group will be treated as leaving the REIT regime at the end of the accounting period preceding the takeover and ceasing from the end of that accounting period to benefit from the regime's tax exemptions. In addition, a REIT may become subject to an additional tax charge if it pays a dividend to, or in respect of, a Substantial Shareholder. This additional tax charge will not be incurred if the Company has taken reasonable steps to avoid paying dividends to a Substantial Shareholder. Therefore, the Articles contain provisions designed to avoid the situation where dividends may become payable to a Substantial Shareholder. These provisions provide the Directors with powers to identify Substantial Shareholders and to prohibit the payment of dividends on Ordinary Shares that form part of a Substantial Shareholding, unless certain conditions are met. The Articles also allow the Board to require the disposal of Ordinary Shares forming part of a Substantial Shareholding in certain circumstances where the Substantial Shareholder has failed to comply with the above provisions.

Accordingly, while there is no prohibition on the Company being acquired, there might be potentially negative tax consequences of such an acquisition if made by an entity which itself is not a REIT which might make such an acquisition less likely than would be the case for other types of companies.

The AIFM Directive may impair the ability of the Investment Team to manage investments of the Company, which may materially adversely affect the Company's ability to implement its Investment Policy and achieve its Investment Objective

The AIFMD, which was transposed by EU member states into national law on 22 July 2013, imposed a new regime for EU managers of AIFs and in respect of marketing of AIFs in the EU. The AIFMD was transposed in the UK by the UK AIFMD Rules. The AIFMD requires that EU AIFMs of AIFs are authorised and regulated as such.

Based on the provisions of AIFMD and the UK AIFMD Rules, the Company is an AIF within the scope of AIFMD and the UK AIFMD Rules. The Company operates as an externally managed AIF, with the Manager being the Company's AIFM. The Manager became authorised by the FCA as an AIFM on 1 July 2014.

As an FCA authorised AIFM, the Manager must comply with various organisational, operational and transparency obligations. In complying with these obligations, the Company and the Manager may be required to amend the Investment Policy, provide additional or different information to or update information given to investors and appoint or replace external service providers that the Company intends to use, including those referred to in this Prospectus. In addition, in requiring AIFMs to comply with these organisational, operational and transparency obligations, the AIFMD is likely to increase management and operating costs, in particular regulatory and compliance costs, of the Company and Manager.

If the Manager does not or cannot maintain its authorisation under the AIFMD, the operation of the Company or the marketing of Ordinary Shares to investors in the EU may be prohibited or the ability to market shares in the Company may be impaired. This may adversely impact the Company's ability to raise further capital and manage and/or add to the Company's property portfolio in future. It may also require the Company to appoint an alternative manager with the required authorisation to replace the Manager as manager of the Company.

The ability of the Company or Manager to market the Ordinary Shares in member states will depend on how the relevant member state has implemented AIFMD and the Company's and Manager's willingness to comply with the member state's AIFMD derived marketing requirements and any other requirements of the member state. Such requirements may restrict the Company's ability to raise additional capital from the offer or placing of Ordinary Shares in one or more member states.

RISKS RELATING TO THE ORDINARY SHARES

The value and/or market price of the Ordinary Shares may go down as well as up

Prospective investors should be aware that the value and/or market price of the Ordinary Shares may go down as well as up and that the market price of the Ordinary Shares may not reflect the underlying value of the Company. Investors may, therefore, realise less than, or lose all of, their investment.

The market price of the Ordinary Shares may not reflect the value of the underlying investments of the Company and may be subject to wide fluctuations in response to many factors, including, among other things, variations in the Company's operating results, additional issuances or future sales of the Ordinary Shares or other securities exchangeable for, or convertible into, its Ordinary Shares in the future, the addition or departure of Board members, replacement of the Manager, change in the Investment Team, change to the Manager, expected dividend yield, divergence in financial results from stock market expectations, changes in stock market analyst recommendations regarding the UK commercial property market as a whole, the Company or any of its assets, a perception that other markets may have higher growth prospects, general economic conditions, prevailing interest rates, legislative changes in the Company's market and other events and factors within or outside the Company's control. Stock markets experience extreme price and volume volatility from time to time, and this, in addition to general economic, political and other conditions, may materially adversely affect the market price for the Ordinary Shares. The market value of the Ordinary Shares may vary considerably from the Company's underlying EPRA Net Asset Value and Basic Net Asset Value. There can be no assurance, express or implied, that Shareholders will be able to sell the Ordinary Shares at a time or price that they deem appropriate or that Shareholders will receive back the amount of their investment in the Ordinary Shares.

Trading market for the Ordinary Shares

The share price of listed companies can be highly volatile and shareholdings illiquid. The market price of the Ordinary Shares may be subject to wide fluctuations in response to many factors, some specific to the REIT Group and its operations such as variations in the operating results of the REIT Group, divergence in financial results from analysts' expectations, or changes in earnings estimates by stock market analysts and others to the broader equity markets in general including general economic conditions or legislative changes in the REIT Group's sector. In addition, stock markets have from time to time experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations which could adversely affect the market price of the Ordinary Shares.

The Company may, in the future, issue new equity, which may dilute Shareholders' equity

The Company may issue new equity in the future to facilitate further growth. While the Articles contain pre-emption rights for Shareholders in relation to issues of shares in consideration for cash or non-cash consideration, such rights can be disapplied in certain circumstances. Where pre-emption rights are disapplied, any additional equity financing will be dilutive to those Shareholders who cannot, or choose not to, participate in such financing.

The Company's ability to pay dividends will depend upon its ability to generate sufficient earnings and certain legal and regulatory restrictions

All dividends and other distributions paid by the Company will be made at the discretion of the Board. For the REIT Group to continue to be eligible for REIT status, the Company will be required to distribute to Shareholders at least 90 per cent. of the income profits arising from its Tax-Exempt Business. The payment of any such dividends or other distributions will, in general, depend on the ability of the members of the REIT Group to generate realised profits and cash flow and their ability to pass such profits and cash flows to the Company on a timely basis.

The interest of any significant investor may conflict with those of other Shareholders

Certain investors may acquire significant holdings of Ordinary Shares. Accordingly, they will potentially possess sufficient voting power to have a significant influence on matters requiring Shareholder approval. The interests of any significant investor may accordingly conflict with those of other Shareholders. In addition, any significant investor may make investments in other businesses in the UK Big Box market that may be, or may become, competitors of the REIT Group.

The Company has not registered, and will not register, the Ordinary Shares with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which may limit the Shareholders' ability to resell them

The New Ordinary Shares have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or any US state securities laws. The Company will be relying upon exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws in offering and selling the Ordinary Shares. As a consequence, the Ordinary Shares cannot be reoffered or resold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons, except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and under circumstances that would not require the Company to register under the Investment Company Act. Shareholders will not have registration rights and, therefore, will not be entitled to compel the Company to register their securities under the Securities Act.

The Company has not, and will not, register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act

The Company is not, and does not intend to become, registered in the United States as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and related rules. The Investment Company Act provides certain protections to investors and imposes certain restrictions on companies that are registered as investment companies. As the Company is not so registered and does not plan to register, none of these protections or restrictions are or will be applicable to the Company. In addition, to avoid being required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, the Company may, under the Articles, serve a notice upon any person to whom a sale or transfer of Ordinary Shares may cause the Company to be classified as an investment company under the Investment Company Act requiring such person to transfer the Ordinary Shares to an eligible transferee within 14 days of such notice. If, within 14 days, the notice has not been complied with, the Company may cause Shareholders to forfeit the Ordinary Shares or sell the Ordinary Shares. These procedures may materially affect certain Shareholders' ability to transfer their Ordinary Shares.

The Board may decline to recognise the transfer of Ordinary Shares if the transfer would make the Company subject to certain US rules and regulations

The Board may, under the Articles, decline to recognise the transfer of Ordinary Shares to any person whose holding or beneficial ownership of shares may result in: (i) the Company, the Manager or the Investment Adviser or any member of its group being in violation of, or required to register under, the US CEA or being required to register its shares under the US Exchange Act; (ii) the Company not being a "foreign private issuer" as such term is defined in Rule 3b-4(c) of the US Exchange Act; (iii) the assets of the Company being deemed to be "plan assets" within the meaning of ERISA and US Department of Labor Regulations and guidance issued thereunder, including, but not limited to 29 C.F.R. 2510, 3-101, or of a "plan" within the meaning of section 4975 of the US Tax Code, or of a plan or other arrangement subject to section 503 of the US Tax Code or provisions under applicable federal, state, local, non-US or other laws or regulations that are substantially similar to section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the US Tax Code; (iv) the Company, or any member of its group, the Manager or the Investment Adviser not being in compliance with FATCA, the Investment Company Act, the US Exchange Act, the US CEA, section 4975 of the US Tax Code, section 503 of the US Tax Code, ERISA or any applicable federal, state, local, non-US or other laws or regulations that are substantially similar to section 406 of ERISA, section 503 of the US Tax Code or section 4975 of the US Tax Code; or (v) the Company being a "controlled foreign corporation" for the purposes of the US Tax Code.

These restrictions may materially affect certain Shareholders' ability to transfer their Ordinary Shares.

EXPECTED TIMETABLE

The Open Offer
Record Date for entitlements under the Open Offer 5.00 p.m. on 20 April 2017
Open Offer Application Forms despatched to Qualifying
Non-CREST Shareholders
24 April 2017
Ex-entitlement date for the Open Offer 24 April 2017
Open Offer Entitlements credited to stock accounts in CREST of
Qualifying CREST Shareholders
25 April 2017
Recommended latest time for requesting withdrawal of Open Offer
Entitlements from CREST (i.e. if your Open Offer Entitlements are
in CREST and you wish to convert them to certificated form)
4.30 p.m. on 4 May 2017
Latest time and date for depositing Open Offer Entitlements
into CREST
3.00 p.m. on 5 May 2017
Latest time and date for splitting of Open Offer Application Forms
(to satisfy bona fide market claims only)
3.00 p.m. on 8 May 2017
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Open Offer
Application Forms and payment in full under the Open Offer or
settlement of relevant CREST instructions (as appropriate)
11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017
The Placing and Offer for Subscription
Placing and Offer for Subscription opens 24 April 2017
Latest time and date for receipt of completed Application Forms
and payment in full under the Offer of Subscription
11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017
Latest time and date for receipt of placing commitments under
the Placing
3.00 p.m. on 10 May 2017
Other key dates
Announcement of the results of the Issue 11 May 2017
General Meeting 9.00 a.m. on 11 May 2017
Admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the Official List
and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main
market for listed securities
8.00 a.m. on 15 May 2017
Crediting of CREST stock accounts 15 May 2017
Share certificates despatched (where appropriate) week commencing 22 May 2017
(or as soon as possible thereafter)

The dates and times specified in this Prospectus are subject to change without further notice. All references to times in this Prospectus are to London time unless otherwise stated. In particular the Board may, with the prior approval of the Manager and the Joint Financial Advisers, bring forward (to the extent permitted to do so under the Open Offer timetable) or postpone the closing time and date for the Issue. In the event that such date is changed, the Company will notify investors who have applied for New Ordinary Shares of changes to the timetable either by post, by electronic mail or by the publication of a notice through a Regulatory Information Service.

ISSUE STATISTICS

Issue Price per New Ordinary Share 136 pence
New Ordinary Shares being issued* up to 147,058,823(1)
Gross Proceeds* up to £200 million(2)
Estimated Net Proceeds* up to £196 million(2)

* The number of New Ordinary Shares issued and to be issued pursuant to the Issue, and therefore the Gross Proceeds and the Net Proceeds of the Issue, is not known as at the date of this Prospectus but will be notified by the Company via a Regulatory Information Service prior to Admission. If the Issue does not proceed, subscription monies received will be returned without interest at the risk of the applicant.

(1) The Directors have the ability to increase the size of the Issue up to £350 million.

(2) Assuming the Issue is subscribed as to 147,058,823 New Ordinary Shares.

DEALING CODES

Ticker BBOX
ISIN for the Ordinary Shares GB00BG49KP99
SEDOL for the Ordinary Shares BG49KP9
ISIN for the Open Offer Entitlements of New Ordinary Shares GB00BYXPW588
SEDOL for the Open Offer Entitlements of New Ordinary Shares BYXPW588
ISIN for the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements of
New Ordinary Shares
GB00BYXPX990
SEDOL for the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements of
New Ordinary Shares
BYXPX990

DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

Directors Richard Jewson (Non-executive Chairman)
Jim Prower (Non-executive Director)
Mark Shaw (Non-executive Director)
Stephen Smith (Non-executive Director)
Susanne Given (Non-executive Director)
Registered Office Standbrook House
4th Floor
2-5 Old Bond Street
London
W1S 4PD
Manager Tritax Management LLP
Standbrook House
4th Floor
2-5 Old Bond Street
London
W1S 4PD
Joint Financial Advisers Akur Limited
66 St James's Street
London
SW1A 1NE
Jefferies International Limited
Vintners Place
68 Upper Thames Street
London
EC4V 3BJ
Sponsor, Sole Global
Coordinator and Bookrunner
Jefferies International Limited
Vintners Place
68 Upper Thames Street
London
EC4V 3BJ
Intermediaries Offer Adviser Scott Harris UK Limited
Victoria House
1-3 College Hill
London
EC4R 2RA
Legal Advisers to the Company
as to English law
Taylor Wessing LLP
5 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3TW
Legal Advisers to the Company
as to US law
Goodwin Procter LLP
The New York Times Building
620 Eighth Avenue
New York
NY 10018
Legal Advisers to the Joint
Financial Advisers and Sponsor,
Sole Global Coordinator and
Bookrunner as to English
and US law
Ashurst LLP
Broadwalk House
5 Appold Street
London
EC2A 2HA
Auditor & Reporting Accountant BDO LLP
55 Baker Street
London
W1U 7EU
Company Secretary Tritax Management LLP
Standbrook House
4th Floor
2-5 Old Bond Street
London
W1S 4PD
Registrar Capita Asset Services
The Registry
34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 4TU
Receiving Agent Capita Asset Services
Corporate Actions
The Registry
34 Beckenham Road
Beckenham
Kent
BR3 4TU
Administrator Capita Sinclair Henderson Limited
Beaufort House
51 New North Road
Exeter
EX4 4EP
Valuers CBRE Limited
St Martin's Court
10 Paternoster Row
London
EC4M 7HP

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

GENERAL

This Prospectus should be read in its entirety before making any application for New Ordinary Shares. In assessing an investment in the Company, investors should rely only on the information in this Prospectus. No broker, dealer or other person has been authorised by the Company to issue any advertisement or to give any information or to make any representations in connection with the offering or sale of New Ordinary Shares other than those contained in this Prospectus and, if issued, given or made, such advertisement, information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Company, the Board, the Manager, Jefferies or Akur or any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents or any other person.

Without prejudice to any obligation of the Company to publish a supplementary prospectus, neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any subscription or purchase of New Ordinary Shares made pursuant to this Prospectus shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Company since, or that the information contained herein is correct at any time subsequent to, the date of this Prospectus.

Prospective investors should not treat the contents of this Prospectus as advice relating to legal, taxation, investment or any other matters. Prospective investors should inform themselves as to:

  • the legal requirements within their own countries for the purchase, holding, transfer or other disposal of New Ordinary Shares;
  • any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to the purchase, holding, transfer or other disposal of New Ordinary Shares which they might encounter; and
  • the income and other tax consequences which may apply in their own countries as a result of the purchase, holding, transfer or other disposal of New Ordinary Shares.

Prospective investors must rely upon their own legal advisers, accountants and other financial advisers as to legal, tax, investment or any other related matters concerning the Company and an investment in the New Ordinary Shares.

Apart from the liabilities and responsibilities (if any) which may be imposed on Jefferies or Akur by FSMA or the regulatory regime established thereunder, neither Jefferies nor Akur make any representation or warranty, express or implied, nor accept any responsibility whatsoever for the contents of this Prospectus including its accuracy, completeness or verification or for any other statement made or purported to be made by it or on its behalf in connection with the Company, the Manager, the New Ordinary Shares or the Issue. Each of Jefferies and Akur (and their respective affiliates, directors, officers or employees) accordingly disclaims all and any liability (save for any statutory liability) whether arising in tort or contract or otherwise which they might otherwise have in respect of this Prospectus or any such statement.

This Prospectus does not constitute, and may not be used for the purposes of, an offer or solicitation to anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. The distribution of this Prospectus and the offering of New Ordinary Shares in certain jurisdictions may be restricted and accordingly persons into whose possession this Prospectus is received are required to inform themselves about and to observe such restrictions.

In connection with the Issue, each of the Joint Financial Advisers and any of their affiliates acting as an investor for its or their own account(s), may subscribe for the New Ordinary Shares and, in that capacity, may retain, purchase, sell, offer to sell or otherwise deal for its or their own account(s) in such securities of the Company, any other securities of the Company or other related investments in connection with the Issue or otherwise. Accordingly, references in this Prospectus to the New Ordinary Shares being issued, offered, subscribed or otherwise dealt with, should be read as including any issue or offer to, or subscription or dealing by, each of the Joint Financial Advisers and any of their affiliates acting as an investor for its or their own account(s). Neither of the Joint Financial Advisers intends to disclose the extent of any such investment or transactions otherwise than in accordance with any legal or regulatory obligation to do so.

The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus by financial intermediaries in connection with any subsequent resale or final placement of securities by financial intermediaries in the UK on the following terms: (i) in respect of the Intermediaries who have been appointed by Jefferies prior to the date of this Prospectus, as listed in paragraph 14 of Part 9 of this Prospectus, from the date of this Prospectus; and (ii) in respect of Intermediaries who are appointed by Jefferies after the date of this Prospectus, a list of which will appear on the Company's website, from the date on which they are appointed to participate in connection with any subsequent resale or final placement of securities and, in each case, until the closing of the period for the subsequent resale or final placement of securities by financial intermediaries at 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017, unless closed prior to that date. Any Intermediary that uses the Prospectus must state on its website that it uses the Prospectus in accordance with the Company's consent and the conditions attached thereto. Any application made by investors to any Intermediary is subject to the terms and conditions imposed by each Intermediary.

Information on the terms and conditions of any subsequent resale or final placement of securities by any financial intermediary is to be provided at the time of the offer by the relevant financial intermediary.

Any intermediary may use the Prospectus for subsequent resale or final placement of securities in the UK only.

The Company accepts responsibility for the information contained in the Prospectus with respect to any subscriber for New Ordinary Shares pursuant to any subsequent resale or final placement of securities by financial intermediaries.

Any new information with respect to financial intermediaries unknown at the time of approval of this Prospectus will be available on the Company's website.

FOR THE ATTENTION OF PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA

Prospectus Directive

In relation to each Relevant Member State, no New Ordinary Shares have been offered or will be offered to the public pursuant to the Issue in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a document in relation to the New Ordinary Shares which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that offers of New Ordinary Shares to the public may be made at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Directive:

  • to any legal entity which is a "qualified investor" as defined in the Prospectus Directive;
  • to 150 natural or legal persons (other than "qualified investors" as defined in the Prospectus Directive) in such Relevant Member State; or
  • in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive,

provided that no such offer of New Ordinary Shares shall result in a requirement for the publication of a document pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive or any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in a Relevant Member State and each person who initially acquires any New Ordinary Shares or to whom any offer is made under the Issue will be deemed to have represented, acknowledged and agreed that it is a "qualified investor" within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression an "offer to the public" in relation to any offer of New Ordinary Shares in any Relevant Member State means a communication in any form and by any means presenting sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any New Ordinary Shares to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe for the New Ordinary Shares, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State and the expression Prospectus Directive means Directive 2003/71/EC (and the amendments thereto, including Directive 2010/73/EU) (the "2010 PD Amending Directive"), to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

AIFMD

In relation to each member state in the European Economic Area that has implemented the AIFMD, no New Ordinary Shares have been or will be directly or indirectly offered to or placed with investors in that member state at the initiative of or on behalf of the Company or Manager other than in accordance with methods permitted in that member state, which may include but are not limited to marketing under: (i) Article 32 of AIFMD; (ii) any applicable private placement regime; or (iii) any other form of lawful offer or placement (including on the basis of an unsolicited request from a professional investor) to an investor resident in such member state.

FOR THE ATTENTION OF OVERSEAS INVESTORS

The attention of investors who are not resident in, or who are not citizens of, the United Kingdom is drawn to the paragraphs below.

The offer of New Ordinary Shares under the Issue to persons who are resident in, or citizens of, countries other than the United Kingdom ("Overseas Investors") may be affected by the laws of the relevant jurisdictions. Such persons should consult their professional advisers as to whether they require any government or other consents or need to observe any applicable legal requirements to enable them to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares under the Issue. It is the responsibility of all Overseas Investors receiving this Prospectus and/or wishing to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares under the Issue to satisfy themselves as to full observance of the laws of the relevant territory in connection therewith, including obtaining all necessary governmental or other consents that may be required and observing all other formalities needing to be observed and paying any issue, transfer or other taxes due in such territory.

No person receiving a copy of this Prospectus in any territory other than the United Kingdom may treat the same as constituting an offer or invitation to him/her, unless in the relevant territory such an offer can lawfully be made to him/her without compliance with any further registration or other legal requirements.

The Company reserves the right to treat as invalid any commitment to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares under the Issue if it appears to the Company or its agents to have been entered into by, subject to certain exceptions, in the case of the Placing, a US Person or a person in the United States, or by a person in Canada, Australia, the Republic of South Africa, New Zealand or Japan, or otherwise entered into in a manner that may involve a breach of the securities legislation of any jurisdiction.

UNITED STATES (US) TAX WITHHOLDING AND REPORTING UNDER THE FOREIGN ACCOUNT TAX COMPLIANCE ACT ("FATCA")

The FATCA provisions of the US Tax Code may impose a 30 per cent. withholding tax on payments of US source interest and dividends made on or after 1 July 2014 and of gross proceeds from the sale of certain US assets made on or after 1 January 2017 to a foreign financial institution (or "FFI") that, unless exempted or deemed compliant, does not enter into, and comply with, an agreement with the US Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") to provide certain information on its U.S. shareholders. Beginning no earlier than 1 January 2017, a portion of income that is otherwise non-US-source may be treated as US-source for this purpose.

The Company may be treated as an FFI for these purposes. If the Company is treated as an FFI, to avoid the withholding tax described above, the Company may need to enter into an agreement (an "IRS Agreement") with the IRS or alternatively, comply with the requirements of the intergovernmental agreement (an "IGA") between the United States and the United Kingdom in respect of FATCA (including any legislation enacted by the United Kingdom in furtherance of the IGA). An FFI that fails to comply with the applicable IGA or, if required, does not enter into IRS Agreement or whose agreement is voided by the IRS will be treated as a "non-Participating FFI".

In general, an IRS Agreement will require an FFI to obtain and report information about its "U.S. accounts", which include equity interests in a non-US entity other than interests regularly traded on an established securities market. The following assumes that the Company will be an FFI and that its Ordinary Shares will not be considered regularly traded on an established securities market for purposes of FATCA. The Company's reporting obligations under FATCA would generally be less extensive if its Ordinary Shares were considered regularly traded on an established securities market for purposes of FATCA. An IRS Agreement would require the Company (or an intermediary financial institution, broker or agent (each, an "Intermediary") through which a beneficial owner holds its interest in Ordinary Shares) to agree to: (i) obtain certain identifying information regarding the holder of such Ordinary Shares to determine whether the holder is a US person or a US owned foreign entity and to periodically provide identifying information about the holder to the IRS; and (ii) comply with withholding and other requirements. In order to comply with its information reporting obligation under the IRS Agreement, the Company will be obliged to obtain information from all Shareholders. To the extent that any payments in respect of the Ordinary Shares are made to a Shareholder by an Intermediary, such Shareholder may be required to comply with the Intermediary's requests for identifying information that would permit the Intermediary to comply with its own IRS Agreement. Any Shareholder that fails to properly comply with the Company's or an Intermediary's requests for certifications and identifying information or, if applicable, a waiver of non-US law prohibiting the release of such information to a taxing authority, will be treated as a "Recalcitrant Holder". The Company will not be required to enter into an IRS Agreement provided that it complies with legislation enacted by the UK that generally requires similar information to be collected and reported to the UK authorities.

Under the UK IGA (including any legislation enacted in furtherance of the IGA) or an IRS Agreement, an Intermediary (and possibly the Company) may be required to deduct a withholding tax of up to 30 per cent. on payments (including gross proceeds and redemptions) made on or after 1 January 2017 to a Recalcitrant Holder or a Shareholder that itself is an FFI and, unless exempted or otherwise deemed to be compliant, does not have in place an effective IRS Agreement (i.e. the Shareholder is a non-Participating FFI). Neither the Company nor an Intermediary will make any additional payments to compensate a Shareholder of the Company or beneficial owner for any amounts deducted pursuant to FATCA. It is also possible that the Company may be required to cause the disposition or transfer of Ordinary Shares held by Shareholders that fail to comply with the relevant requirements of FATCA and the proceeds from any such disposition or transfer may be an amount less than the then current fair market value of the Ordinary Shares transferred.

If the Company (or any Intermediary) is treated as a non-Participating FFI, the Company may be subject to a 30 per cent. withholding tax on certain payments to it.

Further, even if the Company is not characterised under FATCA as an FFI, it nevertheless may become subject to such 30 per cent. withholding tax on certain US source payments to it unless it either provides information to withholding agents with respect to its "substantial US owners" or certifies that it has no such "substantial US owners." As a result, Shareholders may be required to provide any information that the Company determines necessary to avoid the imposition of such withholding tax or in order to allow the Company to satisfy such obligations.

The foregoing is only a general summary of certain provisions of FATCA. Prospective investors should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the application of FATCA to their investment in the Company. The application of the withholding rules and the information that may be required to be reported and disclosed are uncertain and subject to change.

If prospective investors are in any doubt as to the consequences of their acquiring, holding or disposing of New Ordinary Shares, they should consult their stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Prospectus includes statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes", "estimates", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "may", "will" or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this Prospectus and include statements regarding the intentions, beliefs or current expectations of the REIT Group and the Tritax Group concerning, amongst other things, the Investment Objectives and Investment Policy, investment performance, results of operations, financial condition, prospects, and dividend policy of the REIT Group and the markets in which it is involved. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. The REIT Group's actual investment performance, results of operations, financial condition and dividend policy may differ materially from the impression created by the forward-looking statements contained in this Prospectus. In addition, even if the investment performance, results of operations and financial condition of the Company are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this Prospectus, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. Important factors that could cause these differences include, but are not limited to:

  • changes in economic conditions generally and the Company's ability to achieve its Investment Objective and returns on equity for investors;
  • the ability of the Manager and the Investment Team to execute successfully the Investment Policy of the Company;
  • the ability of the Company to invest the proceeds of the Issue in suitable investments on a timely basis;
  • impairments in the value of investments by the REIT Group;
  • the availability and cost of capital for future investments;
  • competition within the industries in which the REIT Group operates;

  • the termination of, or failure of the Manager to perform its obligations under the Investment Management Agreement and the Service Level Agreement;

  • the departure of members of the Investment Team;
  • changes in laws or regulations, including tax laws, or new interpretations or applications of laws and regulations, that are applicable to the REIT Group; and
  • general economic trends and other external factors, including those resulting from war, incidents of terrorism or responses to such events.

Given these uncertainties, prospective investors are cautioned not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Prospective investors should carefully review the "Risk Factors" section of this Prospectus for a discussion of additional factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially before making an investment decision. Forward-looking statements speak only as at the date of this Prospectus.

Subject to its legal and regulatory obligations (including under the Prospectus Rules), the Company expressly disclaims any obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement. The information in this Prospectus will, however, be updated as required by law or any appropriate regulatory authority, including FSMA, the Prospectus Rules, the Listing Rules and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Nothing in the preceding two paragraphs should be taken as qualifying the working capital statement in paragraph 16 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

2016 Tap Issue and Fee Share Issue

The Prospectus relates not only to the issue of the New Ordinary Shares but also sets out information relating to the 2016 Tap Issue and the Fee Share Issue (as defined below).

On 18 October 2016, the Company issued 75,757,576 Ordinary Shares on a non-pre-emptive basis for cash, constituting the 2016 Tap Issue. The gross issue proceeds received by the Company from the 2016 Tap Issue were approximately £100 million. The net proceeds were used to acquire further investments.

In accordance with the Investment Management Agreement, the Manager was issued in aggregate 528,528 fully paid Ordinary Shares on 13 April 2017 at an issue price of 126.45 pence (the "Fee Share Issue").

The Prospectus Rules provide that where a company wishes to apply for admission to trading on a regulated market of shares representing, over a period of 12 months, 10 per cent. or more of that company's shares which are already admitted to trading on that regulated market, then the company concerned is required to issue a prospectus.

The Company may exceed the rolling 12 months 10 per cent. limit on applications for admission to trading in the course of using its existing shareholder authority. The Company is therefore publishing this Prospectus in order to, inter alia, satisfy the requirements of PR1.2.3R(1) such that the Company will be deemed to have renewed its authority to issue a further 10 per cent. of the Company's Ordinary Shares on a non-pre-emptive basis for cash over a period of 12 months.

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND OTHER DATA

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The Company prepares its financial information under IFRS and in accordance with EPRA's best practice recommendations.

The financial information contained in this Prospectus, including that financial information presented in a number of tables in this Prospectus, has been rounded to the nearest whole number or the nearest decimal place. Therefore, the actual arithmetic total of the numbers in a column or row in a certain table may not conform exactly to the total figure given for that column or row. In addition, certain percentages presented in the tables in this Prospectus reflect calculations based upon the underlying information prior to rounding, and, accordingly, may not conform exactly to the percentages that would be derived if the relevant calculations were based upon the rounded numbers.

PRESENTATION OF INDUSTRY, MARKET AND OTHER DATA

This Prospectus includes certain market, economic and industry data, which were obtained by the Company from industry publications, data and reports compiled by professional organisations, analysts and data from other external sources. Where information has been referenced in this Prospectus, the source of that third party information has been disclosed. The Company and the Directors confirm that all information contained in this Prospectus that has been sourced from third parties has been accurately reproduced and, as far as the Company is aware and able to ascertain from information published by such third parties, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.

In many cases, there is no readily available external information (whether from trade associations, government bodies or other organisations) to validate market-related analyses and estimates, requiring the Company to rely on internally developed estimates and the Directors' knowledge of the UK property market.

CURRENCY PRESENTATION

Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this Prospectus to "GBP", "Sterling", "pounds sterling", "£", "pence" or "p" are to the lawful currency of the UK.

REFERENCES TO DEFINED TERMS

Certain terms used in this Prospectus, including capitalised terms and certain technical and other terms are explained in Part 13 of this Prospectus.

TIMES AND DATES

References to times and dates in this Prospectus are, unless otherwise stated, to United Kingdom times and dates.

NO INCORPORATION OF WEBSITE INFORMATION

The Company's website address is www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk. The contents of the Company's website do not form part of this Prospectus.

GOVERNING LAW

Unless otherwise stated, statements made in this Prospectus are based on the law and practice currently in force in England and are subject to changes therein.

PART 1

INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

1. INTRODUCTION

The Company was incorporated in England and Wales as a closed-ended investment company for the purpose of delivering income and capital returns to Shareholders through investment in Big Box assets in the UK.

The Company's Ordinary Shares are admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. The Company raised £200 million in its initial public offer which closed in December 2013 and it subsequently raised approximately £20.8 million through a tap issue in May 2014. The Company raised a further £150 million in July 2014 and launched the Share Issuance Programme which raised total gross proceeds of £339 million through fundraisings closing in November 2014, March 2015 and June 2015. The Share Issuance Programme expired on 7 July 2015. The Company raised a further £550 million of equity in 2016 through separate fundraisings in February 2016 and October 2016.1

The Company is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index, the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series and the MSCI Europe Small Cap Index.

The Company had a market capitalisation of approximately £1.63 billion (as at 21 April 2017, being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of the Prospectus) and an audited EPRA NAV of £1.43 billion (as at 31 December 2016). The audited EPRA NAV per Ordinary Share at that date was 129.00 pence. This represents an increase of approximately 3.5 per cent. (4.7 per cent. on a like-for-like basis)2 as compared to the audited EPRA Net Asset Value as at 31 December 2015 of 124.68 pence and a Total Return of approximately 9.6 per cent. over the period.

On 22 December 2016, the Company exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the Howdens Forward Funded Developments for a purchase price of £101.8 million. Planning permission for the Howdens Forward Funded Development has been obtained but the acquisition is conditional on various matters specified in the sale contracts, including the transfer of some additional land to the seller and the variation of a lease agreement.

As at 31 December 2016, the market value of the Portfolio (excluding the Howdens Forward Funded Developments) was approximately £1.89 billion and contracted annual rental income was £99.66 million.

On 24 April 2017, the Company declared a dividend of 1.60 pence per Ordinary Share for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017 to Shareholders on the register on 5 May 2017. This is expected to be paid on 22 May 2017.

On 21 February 2017, the Company exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the Hachette Forward Funded Development. The development represents an investment of £29.2 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.8 per cent. This acquisition takes the current Portfolio value (excluding the Howdens Forward Funded Developments) to £1.92 billion and contracted annual rental income to £101.4 million per annum.

1 All figures for equity capital raised in this section are gross and before issue costs.

2 Like-for-like NAV increase reflects the change in dividend frequency from semi-annually in 2015 to quarterly from 1 July 2016.

The Manager is currently in advanced negotiations in relation to three standing assets, two of which are under offer and in solicitors' hands, for an aggregate consideration of approximately £155 million. There can be no certainty that the Company will complete any of these acquisitions. Taking into account these three assets and the commitment to the Howdens Forward Funded Developments, the Company will have invested the geared equity proceeds from the October 2016 equity issue.

The REIT Group is party to various facility agreements, being the Syndicated Facility Agreement, the Canada Life Facility Agreement, the Ocado Facility Agreement, the DHL Langley Facility Agreement, the DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement and the PGIM Facility Agreement of which £681.5 million, in aggregate, had been drawn as at 21 April 2017. The Company had a loan to value ratio of approximately 32 per cent. as at 21 April 2017. Further details of these facility agreements are contained in Part 9 of this document.

The Company is proposing to raise up to £200 million (before expenses) through the Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription, although the size of the issue can be increased up to £350 million (before expenses). It intends to use the Net Proceeds from the Issue of approximately £196 million to make additional investments in accordance with the Company's Investment Policy.

2. BACKGROUND TO AND REASONS FOR THE ISSUE

The Company intends to raise up to £200 million (before expenses) through the Issue (although it can increase the size of the Issue to up to £350 million (before expenses)). The Issue comprises the Placing, the Open Offer and the Offer for Subscription, of, in aggregate, up to 147,058,823 New Ordinary Shares (based on the target size of £200 million) at an Issue Price of 136 pence per New Ordinary Share.

The Company expects to use the proceeds of the Issue to acquire further investments. The Manager has access to a pipeline of potential investments and is engaged in discussions with the owners of a number of attractive assets that meet the Company's investment criteria and are available for potential acquisition in the near term. The Directors consider that these investment opportunities are likely to be value-accretive to investors over the medium term.

In particular, the Manager is currently in advanced negotiations in relation to three standing assets, two of which are under offer and in solicitors' hands, for an aggregate consideration of approximately £155 million. Taking into account these three assets and the commitment to the Howdens Forward Funded Developments, the Company will have invested the geared equity proceeds from the October 2016 equity issue.

There can be no certainty that the Company will complete any of these acquisitions, or that the Company will complete any of the transactions in its investment pipeline. It is, however, possible that contracts may be exchanged on one or more of the three assets in the coming weeks and this may occur before, or shortly after, Admission.

The Issue will provide the Company with funds to capitalise on the investment opportunities referred to above. The Company currently expects to deploy the net proceeds of the Issue within six months of Admission.

The Directors believe that the Issue will have the following principal benefits for Shareholders:

• the net proceeds of the Issue will be used to make additional investments in accordance with the Company's investment criteria, further diversifying the Company's Portfolio in terms of both tenant exposure and geographical location and capitalising on the Company's leading position in the UK Big Box logistics market;

  • an increase in the size of the Company should improve liquidity and enhance the marketability of the Company's Ordinary Shares, resulting in a broader investor base over the longer term; and
  • an increase in the size of the Company will spread its fixed operating expenses over a larger capital base, which should reduce ongoing expenses per Share.

The Company has also posted the Circular to Shareholders, today, convening the General Meeting at which the Directors are seeking authority to disapply pre-emption rights and issue and allot the New Ordinary Shares in respect of the Issue.

3. BACKGROUND ON THE COMPANY

The Company is focused on investment in Big Box assets in the UK. The Directors and the Manager consider that the Big Box asset class facilitates the delivery of cost savings and convenience being demanded both by the growth in online retail in the UK and the transformation of the UK retail environment. Further information on Big Box assets and the market for Big Box assets in the UK is set out in Part 3 of this Prospectus.

The Company's Manager is Tritax Management LLP which is part of the Tritax Group. The Tritax Group is one of the UK's most experienced niche real estate investment fund managers and it has particular expertise in the Big Box sector.

The Company, as the principal company of the REIT Group, gave notice to HMRC (in accordance with section 523 of the CTA 2010) that the REIT Group had become a UK REIT on the day of acquisition of the first asset following the IPO. As a UK REIT, it complies with certain ongoing regulations and conditions (including minimum distribution requirements). Further information on REITs is set out in paragraph 12 of this Part 1 below.

4. NET ASSET VALUE

The last published audited EPRA Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share was 129.00 pence as at 31 December 2016.

5. INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The Company's investment objective is to acquire UK Big Box assets benefiting from long-term leases with Institutional-Grade Tenants, to deliver, on a fully invested and geared basis:

  • a targeted annual dividend of 6.4 pence per Ordinary Share, with the potential to grow through upward-only rent reviews which are either fixed, RPI linked or linked to market rents; and
  • a targeted Total Return in excess of 9 per cent. per annum over the medium term.3

The Manager and Directors consider that Big Box assets represent attractive assets, as a result of the upward-only rent reviews contained in the leases of the assets, coupled with favourable supply/demand dynamics.

3 These are targets only and not profit forecasts. There can be no assurance that these targets will be met and it should not be taken as an indication of the Company's expected or actual future results. Accordingly, potential investors should not place any reliance on these targets in deciding whether or not to invest in the Company and should decide for themselves whether or not the target dividend or the target Total Return (as the case may be) is reasonable or achievable.

Furthermore, assets acquired by the Company typically benefit from "full repairing and insuring" leases, otherwise known as "triple net leases", being a lease agreement where the tenant agrees to pay all taxes, building insurance and maintenance costs on the property, in addition to all fees that are expected under the lease, such as rent and service charge.

Under such a lease, the tenant is responsible for all costs associated with the repair and maintenance of the building and consequently the risk profile for the Company (apart from uninsurable risks) is essentially limited to the creditworthiness of the tenant.

6. INVESTMENT POLICY

The Company invests in well-located Big Box assets in the UK, let to tenants of sufficient size and stature that they merit attention from large national or international investors ("Institutional-Grade Tenants") typically on long-term leases and with regular upward only rent reviews. The Company invests in these assets directly or through holdings in special purpose vehicles. It invests in high quality assets, taking into account several factors, including:

  • the strength of the tenant's financial covenant;
  • the terms of the lease, focusing on duration (typically with an unexpired lease term remaining of at least 12 years, however shorter terms are considered on a case-by-case basis as part of an integrated value driven strategy) and basis of rent review and potential for growth in passing rent; and
  • the property characteristics, including location, building quality, scale, transportation links, workforce availability and operational efficiencies.

The Company seeks to deliver potential additional income and capital growth from the asset management services provided by the Manager. Rental income profiles, the condition of properties and their relative attractiveness to tenants can potentially be enhanced by the Manager. This further supports the Directors' belief that the Company delivers a high quality and growing rental income, which contributes to capital appreciation.

Save for investments in land and options over land as described below, the Company only invests in assets with leases containing regular upward-only rental reviews. These reviews typically either link the growth in rents to an inflation index such as RPI (potentially with a minimum and maximum level) or, alternatively, may have a fixed annual growth rate or be linked to market rate (which is in turn influenced by economic inflation). Such rental reviews typically take place every five years, with the rent review delivering an increase in the rent at the growth rate, compounded over the period. Some leases, however, provide for annual rental increases. In this way, the income delivered to Shareholders exhibits inflation-linked income characteristics.

The Company neither undertakes any direct development activity nor assume direct development risk. However, the Company may from time to time seek to invest in assets which are either ready for, or in the course of, construction provided they are pre-let to an acceptable counterparty. These are usually known as forward-funded pre-let investments/developments. In such circumstances, the Company seeks to negotiate the receipt of immediate income from the asset, such that the developer is paying the Company a return on its investment during the construction phase and prior to the tenant commencing rental payments under the terms of the lease. Furthermore, the Company also invests in land and options over land either individually or in joint venture and may invest with the objective of securing planning permission and undertaking works to ready the site for development of a new logistics building with the intention of subsequently entering into a forward funded agreement with a developer and/or an existing/prospective tenant for the construction of a Big Box asset pre-let to an acceptable counterparty as described above. In the Manager's experience and view, this approach to forward funded, pre-let assets should enable the Company to source high quality, lower-priced assets than could be delivered from purely targeting built assets. Further, this form of acquisition allows the Company to target more off-market opportunities while investment in land and options over land allows the Company to enter into earlier-stage discussions with developers and prospective tenants, thereby minimising competition with other investment buyers. Pre-let assets also generally have the benefit of new leases which are commonly 15 years or more in duration. The Directors consider that this approach has the potential to deliver enhanced returns for Shareholders.

The Manager utilises its extensive contacts in the UK real estate market to source investment opportunities, in particular, through access to contacts such as banks, institutions, property companies, REITs, developers, tenant occupiers and historical relationships in addition to an existing network of investment agency contacts.

The Directors are focused on delivering capital growth over the medium term and hence intend to reinvest proceeds from future potential disposals of assets in accordance with the Company's Investment Policy. However, should the Company fail to re-invest the proceeds or part proceeds from any disposal within twelve months of receipt of the net proceeds from such disposal, the Directors intend to return those proceeds or part proceeds to Shareholders in a tax efficient manner as determined by the Directors, from time to time.

No material change will be made to the Investment Policy without the approval of Shareholders by ordinary resolution at any general meeting, which will also be notified by a RIS announcement.

6.1 Gearing

The Company uses gearing to enhance equity returns. The level of borrowing is on a prudent basis for the asset class and seeks to achieve a low cost of funds, whilst maintaining flexibility in the underlying security requirements and the structure of both the Portfolio and the REIT Group.

The Directors intend that the REIT Group will maintain a conservative level of aggregate borrowings with a medium term target of up to 40 per cent. of the REIT Group's gross assets. The aggregate borrowings are always subject to an absolute maximum, calculated at the time of drawdown for a property purchase, of 50 per cent. of the REIT Group's gross assets.

Debt is secured at the asset level and potentially at the Company level with or without a charge over some or all of the Company's assets, depending on the optimal structure for the Company and having consideration to key metrics including lender diversity, cost of debt, debt type and maturity profiles. The Company may borrow against both built and forward funded assets.

Notwithstanding the above, it should be noted that the Articles do not contain a limit to the Company's ability to borrow funds.

6.2 Use of derivatives

The Company utilises derivatives for efficient portfolio management. In particular, the Company engages in full or partial interest rate hedging or otherwise seeks to mitigate the risk of interest rate increases on borrowings incurred in accordance with paragraph 6.1 above as part of the Company's portfolio management.

6.3 Investment restrictions

The Company invests and manages its assets with the objective of delivering a high quality, diversified portfolio, subject to the following investment restrictions:

  • the maximum limit for any single asset is 20 per cent. of gross assets calculated at the time of investment (by reference to the latest published interim or annual financial statements);
  • the maximum exposure to any tenant or developer is limited to 20 per cent. of gross assets once fully invested and geared in accordance with 6.1 above. However, from time to time, the Company may have a greater exposure to a particular tenant in the Portfolio where such tenant is, or whose parent company is, at the time of investment, included in the FTSE 350 or within the top 350 companies included in any non-UK index which is, in the reasonable opinion of the Board, comparable to the FTSE 350 ("FTSE Tenant"). The maximum exposure to any such FTSE Tenant, which is limited to two FTSE Tenants in the Portfolio at any time, is 30 per cent. of gross assets once fully invested and geared in accordance with paragraph 6.1 above;
  • the maximum exposure to land and options over land is limited to 10 per cent. of net asset value calculated at the time of investment;
  • save for investments in land and options over land, the Company only invests in leased or preleased assets and does not invest in speculative developments;
  • the Company does not invest in closed-ended investment companies;
  • save for investments in land and options over land, the Company only invests in assets with Institutional-Grade Tenants;
  • save for investments in land and options over land, the Company only invests in assets with leases with regular upward-only rent reviews; and
  • all property assets are located in the UK.

6.4 Other

Cash held for working capital purposes or received by the REIT Group pending reinvestment or distribution is held in Sterling only and invested in cash, cash equivalents, near cash instruments and money market instruments. The Board determines the cash management policy in consultation with the Manager.

The Directors at all times conduct the affairs of the Company so as to enable it to remain qualified as a REIT for the purposes of Part 12 of the CTA 2010 (and the regulations made thereunder).

In the event of a breach of the Investment Policy and restrictions set out above, the Manager shall inform the Directors upon becoming aware of the same and, if the Directors consider the breach to be material, notification will be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

7. DIVIDEND POLICY

The Directors have adopted a progressive dividend policy with a target dividend of 6.4 pence per Ordinary Share for the year ending 31 December 2017, payable quarterly, representing a 3.2 per cent. increase in the total dividend of 6.2 pence declared for 2016, in excess of the rate of RPI inflation over the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 and representing a dividend yield of 4.7 per cent. on the Issue Price of 136 pence. Dividends are expected to be fully covered by Adjusted Earnings from the Company's Portfolio.

This target dividend is a target only and not a profit forecast. There can be no assurance that this target will be met and it should not be taken as an indication of the Company's expected or actual future results. Accordingly, potential investors should not place any reliance on this target in deciding whether or not to invest in the Company and should decide for themselves whether or not the target dividend yield is reasonable or achievable.

As a REIT, the Company is required to meet a minimum distribution test for each accounting period that it is a REIT. This minimum distribution test requires the Company to distribute a minimum of 90 per cent. of the income profits of the Property Rental Business for each accounting period, as adjusted for tax purposes.

8. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES

The Directors consider that the Company has a number of competitive advantages including:4

  • Unique portfolio: the Company is the only listed vehicle giving pure exposure to the Big Box asset class in the UK with a Portfolio of 36 Big Box assets (as at the date of this Prospectus but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Howdens Forward Funded Developments) that are income producing and let or pre-let to institutionalgrade tenants;
  • Tenant quality: the Company's Portfolio is let or pre-let to some of the most wellknown companies in the UK including Amazon, B&Q, Kellogg's, L'Oréal, Marks & Spencer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, Sainsbury's and Tesco. 47 per cent. of the Company's tenants are FTSE 100 companies, 14 per cent. are FTSE 250 companies and 20 per cent. are other international listed public limited companies;
  • Long leases: the Company's Portfolio benefits from a weighted average unexpired lease term ("WAULT") of 15.3 years as at 31 December 2016. 48 per cent. of the Company's rent roll does not expire for more than 15 years. The Portfolio is well positioned to offer strong and reliable income growth through upward only rent reviews. 35 per cent. of the leases in the Portfolio have rent reviews that are fixed, 14 per cent. are linked to RPI/CPI and 41 per cent. are reviewed to open market typically every five years;
  • Access to investment opportunities: the Manager has access to attractively priced investment opportunities through long-established industry contacts and extensive knowledge of the sector; approximately 80 per cent. (by value) of the Company's Portfolio since IPO has been acquired off-market, helping to avoid the potential of a competitive acquisition process for assets and thereby potentially enhancing any initial capital appreciation;

4 All information provided as at 31 December 2016 unless otherwise stated. Please note that certain figures in this paragraph 8 will have changed since 31 December 2016, including to reflect the acquisition of the Hachette Forward Funded Development.

  • Access to financing: at the date of this Prospectus, the Company has £781.5 million of committed debt financing in place of which £681.5 million is currently drawn (representing a loan to value ratio of 32 per cent.) with a weighted average term to maturity of 5.1 years, increasing to 5.9 years when taking into account all future extension options. The current weighted average margin payable across all of the Company's committed debt facilities is 1.43 per cent.5 The weighted average all-in capped cost of debt is 2.78 per cent. when taking into account the Company's interest rate caps and swaps which co-terminate with each facility;
  • Favourable demand/supply dynamic: the imbalance of occupational supply and demand remains favourable for landlords, pointing to the potential for further rental growth;
  • Asset management: the Company is progressing a number of opportunities to create capital value enhancement through re-gearing of leases, maximising rent reviews and capturing expansion plans to support tenant operations;
  • Fully covered, progressive dividend policy: the Company's dividend policy is underpinned by a growing rental stream with inflation protection, a low cost base and all leases providing for upward only rent reviews, positioning the Company to capture market rental growth;
  • Low cost management fee arrangements: management fees are based on Basic NAV excluding uncommitted cash balances and reduce as Basic NAV grows. Furthermore, 25 per cent. of total fees (net of any applicable tax) are payable in Ordinary Shares, helping to align the interests of the Manager with Shareholders. There are no additional performance, acquisition, exit or property management fees payable by the Company to the Manager;
  • Low Total Expense Ratio and EPRA cost ratio: the Company's Total Expense Ratio for the year ended 31 December 2016 was 1.06 per cent. and its EPRA cost ratio was 15.8 per cent.; and
  • Development benefit with minimised development risk: the Company does not undertake speculative development and will only fund a development which is pre-let. The Company's first development completed in autumn 2015 and, in total since launch, it has completed six developments with an average capital value increase of approximately 13 per cent. above the aggregate of the acquisition prices.

9. DETAILS OF THE ISSUE

The Issue, which is not underwritten, comprises the Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription, of, in aggregate, up to 147,058,823 New Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price of 136 pence per New Ordinary Share (based on the target size of £200 million). The Company can increase the size of the issue to up to £350 million (before expenses).

The Issue Price represents a discount of 6.6 per cent. to the closing price of 147.2 pence per Ordinary Share as at the close of business on 21 April 2017 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Prospectus), net of the Q1 2017 interim dividend of 1.60 pence per Ordinary Share described below and a premium of 6.7 per cent. to the audited EPRA Net Asset Value per Existing Share of 129.00 pence (as at 31 December 2016) net of the interim dividend of 1.55 pence per

5 Over three month LIBOR or reference gilt rate.

Ordinary Share for the period from 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2016 paid on 3 April 2017.

The New Ordinary Shares to be issued under the Issue will rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares and each other, save in respect of the Q1 2017 interim dividend of 1.60 pence per Ordinary Share declared on 24 April 2017 for the three month period to 31 March 2017.

Under the Open Offer, up to an aggregate amount of 100,517,096 New Ordinary Shares will be made available to Qualifying Shareholders at the Issue Price, pro rata to their holdings of Existing Ordinary Shares on the basis of:

1 New Ordinary Share for every 11 Existing Ordinary Shares held on the Record Date

Qualifying Shareholders that take up all of their Open Offer Entitlements may also apply under the Excess Application Facility for additional New Ordinary Shares that they would otherwise not be entitled to. The Excess Application Facility will be comprised of New Ordinary Shares that are not taken up by Qualifying Shareholders under the Open Offer pursuant to their Open Offer Entitlements.

The Placing and Offer for Subscription are subject to scaling back at the discretion of the Directors. The Open Offer is not subject to scaling back in favour of the Placing or the Offer for Subscription.

The Issue is conditional upon the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting, Admission of the New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Issue occurring no later than 8.00 a.m. on 15 May 2017 (or such later time and/or date as the Company and Jefferies may agree) and the Placing Agreement not being terminated and becoming unconditional in accordance with its terms.

Application will be made for the New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Issue to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.

10. INVESTMENT PROCESS

The investment process undertaken by the Manager is broadly as follows:

10.1 Sourcing investments

The partners of the Manager have a long background of acting as principals, advisers, and developers in UK real estate and particularly logistics and Big Box assets. The Tritax Group and the Investment Team have established close relationships with many of the key participants in the UK Big Box asset market over many years. The Manager uses its extensive contacts in the sector to source opportunities for the Company.

10.2 Review and approval

The Manager performs an initial review of all investment opportunities taking into account the following considerations:

Location: focus is on locations which give a low penetration time to deliver to key population areas of the UK and with proximity to sea/rail freight for taking large volume product delivery. Proximity to an available workforce can also be a consideration;

  • Quality of lease: each asset must benefit from a long term lease (with an unexpired term remaining at the time of acquisition of at least 12 years, although shorter terms are considered on a case-by-case basis as part of an integrated value driven strategy), the lease must be with an Institutional-Grade Tenant and, in the view of the Manager, there must be upward only rental review clauses in the lease;
  • Off market let or pre-let assets preferable: the Manager focuses on off market transactions where possible, either of existing or in development assets (provided they are pre-let to an acceptable tenant), to reduce competition;
  • Financing: gearing levels are analysed and must be consistent with the Company's gearing policy; and
  • Fit with existing Portfolio: any portfolio synergies and impact on dividend yield and medium term total return target is also fully analysed and considered.

Once a potential property opportunity has been identified as a result of the application of the research and advice provided by the Manager, initial due diligence on the potential property investment is undertaken.

In all cases after the initial due diligence phase, the Manager makes a detailed recommendation to the Board of the Company for its consideration and approval.

The Manager produces a specific, detailed report for each potential investment opportunity being considered, which, where appropriate, analyses: (i) tenant covenant; (ii) form of lease; (iii) loan and hedging options; (iv) rental streams; (v) exit strategies; (vi) asset management opportunities; and (vii) external factors, such as market conditions, ancillary income growth and risk controlled redevelopment, in each case, in order to determine the nature and extent of the risks associated with, and the potential to add value in relation to, such opportunity.

Where the Company invests in joint ventures, or assets held in a corporate structure, the Manager also conducts appropriate initial due diligence on such structures and counterparties to seek to ensure that they are competent, stable, and appropriate.

Based on initial due diligence and the investment opportunity report, the Directors determine whether detailed financial, legal and technical due diligence should be carried out by the Manager.

In addition to potential investments, the Manager's report process is conducted whether the potential transaction is an investment, a divestment, a refinancing of existing assets, or any other material event.

10.3 Investment execution

Where a proposed transaction is approved by the Directors, the Manager performs the appropriate and full due diligence required, utilising third party professional advisers where needed. The due diligence reports are submitted to the Directors with a recommendation prepared by the Manager comprising a full investment report detailing the fit of a particular transaction to the Investment Objective and Investment Policy of the Company and the potential risks and benefits of proceeding or not with any particular opportunity.

If an opportunity is presented to the Directors and approval is given by the Directors to proceed, the Manager conducts the following roles and provision of services to enable the execution of the transaction, to include:

  • providing project management, and overall control of the transaction, to include coordinating the work of other professional advisers and service providers, including agents, surveyors, valuers, lawyers, accountants, and tax advisers;
  • leading in the negotiation with any third party (whether buying, selling, refinancing, or otherwise) and the third party's agent (if any);
  • leading in the negotiation and structuring of the transaction to ensure it meets the Investment Policy of the Company and does not detrimentally impact its status as a REIT;
  • leading in the negotiation and structuring of any borrowings on the transaction;
  • leading in the preparation and negotiation of any new lease, or reviewing the implications of any existing lease;
  • working as closely as requested with the Directors during the acquisition process; and
  • leading the preparation of final documentation (in conjunction with legal and accounting advisers).

10.4 Key requirements for forward funded assets

In the case of forward funded assets where the Company acquires the land, it only proceeds with funding the development subject to an agreement with a developer who is responsible for delivering the completed building. In addition, the key requirements for forward funded assets are as follows:

  • the developer has signed up a tenant on an agreement for lease such that, upon completion and delivery of the building, the tenant takes up the building and occupy on the basis of the pre-agreed lease;
  • although Big Box assets are typically constructed in approximately 9 months, the development agreement with the tenant provides for significant tolerance to cover for any potential delays. For example, if there were delays due to a Force Majeure event, then there would be an extension of time granted equivalent to the delay incurred. In addition, there is an ultimate long stop date which is negotiated to represent a significant period of time from the target practical completion date, typically equivalent to the original build programme. Both agreements look to ensure there is sufficient latitude in timing of delivery to the tenant;
  • the developer places a contract with a building contractor which has the responsibility of constructing the building. The contractor is of significant financial standing and agreed by the Manager as suitable. The design and process of the build is planned and overseen by a team of highly experienced professionals including engineers, an independent architect, quantity surveyors and a monitoring building surveyor (appointed solely to report to the Manager and/or its lender);
  • all relevant professionals are required to have professional indemnity insurance assessed at a suitable level for the project. The main building contractor and any significant sub-contractors are required to provide warranties of a minimum of 10 years to repair/replace as necessary following practical completion. At all times, the building under construction is fully insured;

  • the Manager seeks to agree a form of income to be paid to the Company by the developer during the construction phase, typically at a similar level to the rent under the lease with the tenant, to ensure that the investment is income producing from the outset; this income would be in the form of a non-occupational licence fee; and

  • on completion of the land contract and the development agreement, the Company pays to the developer the agreed consideration for the land and the agreed accrued initial project costs. The balance of the development costs are retained by the Company or held in escrow by lawyers and are paid to the developer in agreed stages pursuant to the development agreement and in line with suitable certificates from the monitoring surveyor and architect. In turn, the developer makes staged payments to the contractor and other professionals. As well as the relevant construction and fit out costs, these retained monies include any rent free incentive granted to the tenant under the terms of the lease and the developer's profit (which would typically be expected to represent 15 per cent. to 25 per cent. of the cost of the build), all of which are held by the Company or held in escrow by lawyers until completion of the development and are available to cover possible project cost increases resulting from increased project costs or delays in completing the building. The contractor can also be responsible for covering the cost of any cost escalation or delays to the project, so the Company can benefit from double cover. In this manner, the Company retains control over the funds required to complete the construction of the building.
  • 10.5 Asset management strategy

The Manager's asset management techniques include the following:

  • exploring the potential to restructure occupational leases, for example, by removing tenant break clauses, extending lease terms for value creation, amending rental levels or rent review clauses and identifying opportunities which may result from a better understanding of the occupational use of the property, the suitability of the building in the context of the tenant's business plan and assessing the tenant's capital expenditure (since this can indicate commitment to the building);
  • potentially funding key tenant fit-out (including: mezzanine floors; racking; improvements in heating, lighting, power upgrades; and energy efficiency initiatives such as solar panel installation) which could deliver more favourable lease terms; and
  • potentially funding the extension of the building to meet expansion requirements of the tenant, either within the curtilage of the site or through acquisition of expansion land, again to deliver more favourable lease terms.

10.6 Investment monitoring and reporting

The Manager continually monitors the progress of the Company's investments. This includes regular site visits and meetings with tenants on an asset-by-asset basis on an ad hoc basis, as required, and at a minimum, on a bi-annual basis. The Manager updates the Directors on the progress of the Company's investments on a quarterly basis with additional formal contact being made where significant events have occurred which may impact the Company's income, expenditure, EPRA NAV or Basic NAV. The Manager oversees the preparation of valuation statements for the Portfolio in each six month period (working with the Administrator and professional valuers and assisting the Company in selecting appropriate valuers). The Manager also prepares the relevant sections of the interim and annual reports for the Company related to the Portfolio, the report of the Manager, any periodic disclosures required under the FCA rules in the Manager's capacity as an AIFM and the market outlook. Amongst other general roles, the Manager also works closely with the Company's advisers to assist in the preparation of relevant regulatory announcements and other ongoing regulatory obligations of the Company.

10.7 Holding and exit strategy

The Company's investment holding period and exit strategy for each property investment asset depends on the characteristics of the asset, transaction structure, asset management opportunities, potential exit price achievable, suitability and availability of alternative investments (capital recycling), balance of the portfolio and lot size of the asset as compared to the value of the Portfolio. While the Directors intend to hold the Company's investments on a medium to long term basis, the Company may dispose of investments in a shorter timeframe should an appropriate opportunity arise where, in the Manager's opinion and on the Manager's recommendation to the Board (with approval of the Board), the value that could be realised from such disposal would represent a satisfactory return on the investment and/or otherwise enhance the value of the Company as a whole, having consideration to the Company's Investment Policy.

10.8 Conflict management

Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the Manager may not manage another fund with an exclusive investment strategy focusing on distribution or logistics assets in excess of 300,000 sq. ft. of accommodation located within the UK.

The Manager may, however, acquire and manage distribution or logistics assets which provide less than 300,000 sq. ft of accommodation subject to the below provisions:

  • (a) if the price asked for the asset is equal to or greater than £25,000,000 ("REIT Investment Opportunity"), then the REIT Investment Opportunity shall first be offered exclusively to the Company;
  • (b) if, in the Manager's reasonable opinion, an asset management opportunity exists that might enable an asset that at the time of investment provides less than 300,000 sq ft of accommodation to become an asset that equals or exceeds 300,000 sq ft of accommodation (a "Potential Investment Opportunity"), then the Manager shall first offer the Potential Investment Opportunity exclusively to the Company;
  • (c) if the Company confirms to the Manager in writing within 14 days that it wishes to pursue either a REIT Investment Opportunity or a Potential Investment Opportunity, the Manager and its affiliates shall not pursue these opportunities or offer them to any third party; and
  • (d) if the Company does not confirm to the Manager in writing within 14 days that it wishes to pursue either a REIT Investment Opportunity or a Potential Investment Opportunity or if the Company confirms to the Manager in writing within this period that it does not wish to pursue the REIT Investment Opportunity or the Potential Investment Opportunity, the Manager and its affiliates shall be free to offer either the REIT Investment Opportunity or the Potential Investment Opportunity to any third party or to pursue the REIT Investment Opportunity or Potential Investment Opportunity themselves.

11. DISCOUNT AND PREMIUM MANAGEMENT

The Board has the discretion to seek to manage, on an ongoing basis, any discount or premium at which the Ordinary Shares may trade to their Basic Net Asset Value through further issues or buy-backs of Ordinary Shares, as appropriate.

11.1 Discount control

The Directors will consider repurchasing Ordinary Shares in the market if they believe it to be in Shareholders' interests as a whole and as a means of correcting any imbalance between supply of and demand for the Ordinary Shares.

A special resolution was passed at the Company's annual general meeting held on 11 May 2016 granting the Directors authority to repurchase up to approximately 14.99 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital (at the time the authority was granted) expiring at the conclusion of the earlier of the Company's next annual general meeting or 15 months from the date of the annual general meeting. Renewal of this buy-back authority is being sought at the Company's next annual general meeting to be held on 17 May 2017 (although the authority being sought is 10 per cent. of the Company's issued share capital rather than 14.99 per cent., in accordance with investor guidance) and is expected to be sought at each subsequent annual general meeting of the Company.

The Directors will give consideration to repurchasing Ordinary Shares under this authority, but are not bound to do so, where the market price of an Ordinary Share trades at more than 5 per cent. below the Basic Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share for more than three months, subject to available cash not otherwise required for working capital purposes or the payment of dividends in accordance with the Company's dividend policy.

The Directors will have regard to the Company's REIT status when making any repurchase and will only make such repurchase through the market at prices (after allowing for costs) below the relevant prevailing Basic Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share and otherwise in accordance with guidelines established from time to time by the Board. Purchases of Ordinary Shares may be made only in accordance with the Companies Act, the Listing Rules of the UKLA and the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. Under the current Listing Rules of the UKLA, the maximum price that may be paid by the Company on the repurchase of any Ordinary Shares pursuant to a general authority is 105 per cent. of the average of the middle market quotations for the Ordinary Shares for the five Business Days immediately preceding the date of purchase or, if higher, that stipulated by Article 5(1) of the Buy Back and Stabilisation Regulation (EC No 2273/2003). Furthermore, under MAR, the Company must not purchase Ordinary Shares at a higher price than the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent purchase bid. In addition, the Company must not purchase more than 25 per cent. of the average daily volume of Ordinary Shares on any trading day. The minimum price will not be below the nominal value of one pence in respect of the Ordinary Shares.

Shareholders should note that the purchase of Ordinary Shares by the Company is at the absolute discretion of the Directors and is subject to the working capital requirements of the Company and the amount of cash available to the Company to fund such purchases. Accordingly, no expectation or reliance should be placed on the Directors exercising such discretion on any one or more occasions.

11.2 Premium management

The Directors will consider issuing Ordinary Shares if they believe it to be in Shareholders' interests as a whole and as a means of correcting any imbalance between supply of and demand for the Ordinary Shares.

Pursuant to a special resolution passed at the Company's general meeting held on 17 October 2016, the Directors have authority to issue up to one third of the existing Ordinary Shares on a pre-emptive basis and up to 10 per cent. of the existing Ordinary Shares on a non pre-emptive basis. A similar authority is being sought at the Company's annual general meeting being held on 17 May 2017, although two separate resolutions will be proposed, each authorising the issue of up to five per cent. of the existing Ordinary Shares (the second five per cent. only being available for specified capital or investment purposes) on a non pre-emptive basis will be proposed in accordance with investor guidance.

11.3 Treasury shares

Any Ordinary Shares repurchased pursuant to the general authority referred to at paragraph 11.1 above may be held in treasury. The Companies Act allows companies to hold shares acquired by way of market purchase as treasury shares, rather than having to cancel them. These shares may be subsequently cancelled or sold for cash. This would give the Company the ability to reissue shares quickly and cost efficiently, thereby improving liquidity and providing the Company with additional flexibility in the management of its capital base.

The Board currently intends only to authorise the sale of Ordinary Shares from treasury at prices at or above the prevailing Basic Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share (plus costs of the relevant sale). This should be accretive to Basic Net Asset Value in circumstances where Ordinary Shares are bought back at a discount and then sold at a price at or above the Basic Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share (plus costs of the relevant sale).

11.4 New Ordinary Shares

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and to any relevant authority of the Company required by the Companies Act, the Board may allot, grant options over, offer or otherwise deal with or dispose of any new shares or rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares, at such times and generally on such terms and conditions as the Board may decide, provided that, for as long as any Ordinary Shares are listed on the Official List, no new Ordinary Shares may be issued at a price per Ordinary Share which is less than the Basic Net Asset Value per Ordinary Share at the time of such issue unless authorised by an ordinary resolution of Shareholders or such new Ordinary Shares are first offered on a pro rata basis to Shareholders.

12. STRUCTURE AS A REIT

As a REIT, the REIT Group has a tax efficient corporate structure with the consequences for UK Shareholders described in detail in Part 6 of this Prospectus. As a REIT:

  • the REIT Group will not pay UK corporation tax on profits and gains from its UK Qualifying Property Rental Business; and
  • the Company is required to distribute to Shareholders at least 90 per cent. of the income profits arising from the Tax-exempt Business as calculated for tax purposes, by the filing date of the Company's corporation tax return.

Under the REIT regime, a tax charge may currently be levied on the Company if it were to make a distribution to a Substantial Shareholder. The Articles contain provisions relating to Substantial Shareholders as set out in paragraph 7.13 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

13. NET ASSET VALUE VALUATION

The Basic Net Asset Value and the EPRA Net Asset Value (including per Ordinary Share) is calculated half-yearly by the Administrator and relevant professional advisers with support from the Manager and is presented to the Board for its approval and adoption. Calculations are made in accordance with IFRS and EPRA's best practice recommendations or as otherwise determined by the Board. Details of each half-yearly valuation are announced by the Company through a Regulatory Information Service as soon as practicable after the end of the relevant period. In addition, the calculations are reported to Shareholders in the Company's annual report and interim financial statements. EPRA Net Asset Value and Basic Net Asset Value (including per Ordinary Share) is calculated on the basis of the relevant half-yearly valuation of the Company's properties, conducted by an independent valuer.

The calculation of the EPRA Net Asset and Basic Net Asset Value will only be suspended in circumstances where the underlying data necessary to value the investments of the Company cannot readily, or without undue expenditure, be obtained or in other circumstances (such as a system's failure of the Administrator) which prevents the Company from making such calculations. Details of any suspension in making such calculations will be announced through a Regulatory Information Service as soon as practicable after any such suspension occurs. In circumstances where the calculation of the EPRA Net Asset Value and Basic Net Asset Value is suspended, a suspension of the listing of the Ordinary Shares on the Official List will also occur and will be announced through a Regulatory Information Service as soon as practicable after any such suspension occurs.

The Company reports its EPRA NAV according to EPRA guidelines.

14. MEETINGS AND REPORTS

The audited accounts of the Company are prepared in Sterling under IFRS and in accordance with EPRA's best practice recommendations. The Company's accounting reference date is 31 December and the Company's annual report and accounts are prepared up to 31 December each year, with the next accounting period of the Company being the period ending on 31 December 2017. It is expected that copies of the report and accounts will continue to be sent to Shareholders by the end of April each year, including those for the period ending on 31 December 2017. The Company also publishes an unaudited half-yearly report covering the six months to the end of June each year. This Prospectus contains audited financial information on the Company for the 14 month period to 31 December 2014, the 12 month period to 31 December 2015 and the 12 month period to 31 December 2016, as set out in Part 7 of this Prospectus.

The Company held its most recent annual general meeting on 11 May 2016 and its next annual general meeting is scheduled for 17 May 2017. It will continue to hold an annual general meeting each year.

15. DIRECTORS

The Directors of the Company are responsible for the determination of the Company's Investment Objective and Investment Policy (subject to Shareholder approval, where appropriate) and have overall responsibility for the Company's activities, including the review of investment activity and performance.

The Board comprises the following individuals, all of whom are non-executive directors:

Richard Jewson (Chairman) Jim Prower (Senior Independent Director) Mark Shaw Stephen Smith Susanne Given

All of the Directors are independent of the Manager with the exception of Mark Shaw. Brief biographies of the Directors and an overview of the Company's approach to corporate governance are set out in Part 4 of this Prospectus.

16. TYPICAL INVESTORS

An investment in Ordinary Shares is only suitable for institutional investors, professionally-advised private investors and highly knowledgeable investors who understand and are capable of evaluating the risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses (which may equal the whole amount invested) that may result from such an investment. Furthermore, an investment in Ordinary Shares should constitute part of a diversified investment portfolio. It should be remembered that the price of securities and the income from them can go down as well as up.

17. TAXATION

Your attention is drawn to the taxation information set out in Part 6 of this Prospectus.

18. LIFE OF THE COMPANY

The Company has been established with an indefinite life.

19. FURTHER INFORMATION

Your attention is drawn to further additional information set out in Part 9 of this Prospectus.

PART 2

CURRENT PORTFOLIO

1. INTRODUCTION6

As at the date of this Prospectus, the Company's Portfolio comprised 33 standing assets and three forward funded developments let or pre-let to institutional-grade tenants. The Company has also exchanged contracts on the two Howdens Forward Funded Developments for an aggregate purchase price of £101.8 million, conditional on various matters specified in the sale contracts, including the transfer of some additional land to the seller and the variation of a lease agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Howdens Forward Funded Developments do not form part of the Portfolio and are not included in the figures and descriptions of the Portfolio in this Part 2.

As at 31 December 2016, the Company's Portfolio had a market value of approximately £1.89 billion. Between 31 December 2016 and the date of this Prospectus, the Company acquired one further pre-let forward funded asset, being the Hachette Forward Funded Development, resulting in a Portfolio value of £1.92 billion.

The Portfolio currently consists of 17.1 million sq. ft. of built logistics and the Company has 1.4 million sq. ft. is under construction. The Portfolio had a weighted average unexpired lease term of 15.3 years as at 31 December 2016. Approximately 80 per cent. of assets (by value) have been acquired off-market since IPO and were acquired at an average purchase yield of 5.7 per cent., compared to a valuation yield of 4.93 per cent. as at 31 December 2016.

The Portfolio is 100 per cent. let and income producing with contracted annual rental income of £99.66 million as at 31 December 2016. As at 31 December 2016, all leases provided for upward-only rent reviews of which 41 per cent. were open market, 35 per cent. were fixed uplift, 14 per cent. were RPI/CPI linked and 10 per cent. were hybrid. The Portfolio had a rent reversion of 4.6 per cent. as at 31 December 2016.7

As at the date of this Prospectus, the Company had committed a total of £577 million into forward funded developments (including the Howdens Forward Funded Developments).

The Company categorises its Portfolio across three investment pillars as follows:

  • Foundation assets: buildings are usually modern, in prime locations let with long leases to tenants with excellent covenant strength providing core low-risk income;
  • Value-add assets: typically let to tenants with strong covenants but offering asset management opportunities to enhance capital value or income; and
  • Growth covenant assets: well-located buildings let to tenants which are currently perceived to be undervalued and which the Manager considers have opportunity for improving their financial strength.

2. OVERVIEW OF THE PORTFOLIO6

The Portfolio (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Howdens Forward Funded Developments) was broadly diversified by tenant, geography, size, age and investment category as at 31 December 2016 as shown in the charts below:

6 Please note that certain figures in this paragraph will have changed since 31 December 2016, including to reflect the acquisition of the Hachette Forward Funded Development.

7 Reversion is the difference (increase) between the contracted annual rent and the estimated rental value.

  • (1) All properties included as per 31 December 2016 independent valuation.
  • (2) By floor area.
  • (3) Split based on listed parent company; DHL assets represented by parent Deutsche Post AG, Rolls-Royce asset represented by parent BMW, Argos asset represented by J Sainsbury plc, B&Q asset represented by parent Kingfisher, TK Maxx represented by parent TJX Companies, Kuehne & Nagel represented by lease guarantor Hays plc, DSG asset represented by Dixons Carphone plc, Euro Car Parts represented by parent LKQ Corporation and Screwfix represented by parent Kingfisher plc. Note that the aforementioned parent companies may not be guarantors to the respective tenant lease.

The table below summarises each of the 36 assets which form part of the Company's Portfolio as at the date of this Prospectus:

Size Date of
Tenant (Guarantor) Location (sq. ft.) acquisition
Sainsbury's Supermarkets Limited Sherburn-in-Elmet 571,522 Dec 13
Marks and Spencer plc Castle Donington 906,240 Dec 13
Tesco Stores Limited Chesterfield 501,751 Mar 14
Tesco Stores Limited (Tesco Plc) Didcot 288,295 Apr 14
Next Group PLC Doncaster 755,055 Jun 14
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc Sittingbourne 919,443 Jun 14
DHL Supply Chain Limited Langley Mill 255,680 Aug 14
DHL Supply Chain Limited Skelmersdale 470,385 Aug 14
Wolseley UK Limited Ripon 221,763 Aug 14
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited Bognor Regis 313,220 Oct 14
CDS (Superstores International) Limited Thorne 750,431 Nov 14
Tesco Stores Limited Middleton 302,111 Dec 14
Kuehne + Nagel Limited (Hays Plc) Derby 343,248 Dec 14
L'Oréal (U.K.) Limited Manchester 315,118 Dec 14
Argos Limited Heywood 495,441 Apr 15
B&Q plc Worksop 880,175 Apr 15
Ocado Holdings Limited (Ocado Group plc) Erith 563,103 May 15
Nice-Pak International Limited Wigan, Greater
Manchester 399,519 May 15
New Look Retailers Limited Newcastle-under-Lyme 398,618 May 15
Brake Bros Limited Harlow 276,213 June 15
Tesco Stores Limited Goole 711,933 June 15
Dunelm (Soft Furnishings) Limited Stoke-on-Trent 526,426 June 15
TJX UK (trading as TK Maxx) Wakefield 638,745 Sept 15
Howden Joinery Group plc Raunds, Northants 657,000 Oct 15
Matalan Retail Limited Knowsley, Liverpool 578,127 Dec 15
Brake Bros Limited Bristol 250,763 Mar 16
Argos Limited Burton-Upon-Trent 653,670 Mar 16
DSG Retail Limited Newark 725,798 May 16
Gestamp Tallent Limited* Wolverhampton 543,692 Aug16
Kellogg Company of Great Britain Limited Manchester 311,602 Aug 16
Amazon UK Services Peterborough 549,788 Aug 16
Euro Car Parts Limited Tamworth 780,977 Oct 16
Whirlpool UK Appliances Limited Raunds, Northants 473,263 Oct 16
Co-operative Group Limited West Thurrock 322,684 Oct 16
Screwfix Direct Limited* Fradley, Staffs 561,767 Dec 16
Hachette UK Limited* Didcot 242,067 Feb 17

*Forward funded development project.

CBRE, acting in its capacity as external valuer, has valued the Portfolio at £1.92 billion (excluding the Howdens Forward Funded Developments). The Valuation Report is set out in Part 8 of this Prospectus. The Company confirms that no material changes have occurred between the date of the respective valuations in the Valuation Report and the date of this Prospectus.

The figures contained in Part 2 of this Prospectus are unaudited.

3. DETAILS OF EACH ASSET IN THE PORTFOLIO (AND THE HOWDENS FORWARD FUNDED DEVELOPMENTS)

3.1 Sainsbury's Big Box

On 11 December 2013, the Company (via subsidiary companies) acquired the freehold for the Sainsbury's Big Box, being a Big Box in Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds let to Sainsbury's, for a purchase price of £48.75 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.65 per cent. on the corporate acquisition.

The Sainsbury's Big Box is one of Sainsbury's main regional distribution hubs distributing groceries to supermarket and 'local' store formats. It is strategically located with transportation connections via road (A1 (M) motorway), rail and air for central UK distribution for both e-commerce and national stores.

The Sainsbury's Big Box was constructed in 2000 and comprises approximately 571,522 sq. ft. of ground floor area with 13.2 metre eaves height, with associated loading and parking. The investment was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 13 years, which is subject to five yearly upward only open market rent reviews. The next rent review is due in May 2018.

3.2 M&S Big Box

On 17 December 2013, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the freehold for the M&S Big Box, being the Marks & Spencer East Midlands Distribution Centre at Castle Donington, Leicestershire let to Marks & Spencer for a purchase price of £82.57 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.2 per cent.

The M&S Big Box was purpose-built for Marks & Spencer in 2011 and comprises approximately 906,240 sq. ft. of ground floor area with 25 metre eaves height, with associated offices, car park and vehicle maintenance unit and with the benefit of an adjacent rail freight terminal and sidings. It is strategically located with transportation connections via road (M1 motorway), rail and air for central UK distribution of general merchandise for both e-commerce and national stores.

The M&S Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 23 years, which is subject to a five yearly open market rent review with a minimum increase equivalent to 1.5 per cent. per annum and a maximum increase equivalent to 2.5 per cent. per annum (in each case on a compounded basis). The next rent review is due in December 2021.

3.3 Tesco Chesterfield Big Box

On 17 March 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the freehold for the Tesco Chesterfield Big Box, being a Big Box at Barlborough Links, Chesterfield, Derbyshire let to Tesco, for a purchase price of £28.64 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.6 per cent. The purchase was funded out of equity proceeds.

The Tesco Chesterfield Big Box was developed in 2005 and immediately leased to Tesco for a term of 15 years. The Tesco Chesterfield Big Box comprises approximately 501,751 sq. ft. with 15 metre eaves height, cross dock loading and extensive fit out. It is strategically located at Junction 30 of the M1 motorway for central UK distribution of general merchandise to Tesco national distribution hubs.

The Tesco Chesterfield Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 6.2 years.

3.4 Tesco Didcot Big Box

On 4 April 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the freehold for the Tesco Didcot Big Box at Southmead Industrial Estate, Didcot let to Tesco with a guarantee from Tesco plc, for a purchase price of £27.2 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.9 per cent.

The Tesco Didcot Big Box was specifically developed for Tesco which committed to an initial 35 year term. The facility comprises a purpose-built distribution warehouse with integral two storey ancillary offices plus extensive parking over approximately 13.82 acres, on a rentalised area of approximately 288,295 sq. ft., providing a low site cover of approximately 46 per cent. The warehouse has 11 metre eaves height, cross dock loading and extensive fit out by the tenant, including a cold store facility.

The Tesco Didcot Big Box is strategically located in a core south east location which benefits from transportation connections, via road (adjacent to the A34 dual carriageway linking junction 13 of the M4 and junction 9 of the M40 motorways) for central UK distribution of food to Tesco's national distribution hubs.

The Tesco Didcot Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 10.4 years, which is subject to a five yearly open market rent review in August 2019.

3.5 Next Big Box

On 17 June 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the freehold for the Next Big Box, being a regional distribution centre at West Moor Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire let to Next Group plc, for a purchase price of £60 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.07 per cent.

The Next Big Box was developed in 2003 with a further extension in 2005 and immediately leased to Next for a term of 20 years. The facility comprises approximately 755,055 sq. ft. warehouse facilities with a low site cover of approximately 45 per cent., 17.5 metre eaves height, cross dock loading and ancillary office accommodation and parking. The building has an additional first and second floor mezzanine storage area of approximately 106,500 sq. ft., with a sophisticated automated storage system. It is strategically located for road (M18 only 5 miles away), rail (Doncaster railfreight is 1 mile south) and air transport (via Robin Hood airport).

The Next Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 8.75 years, which is subject to a five yearly open market rent review in March 2018.

3.6 Morrisons Big Box

On 24 June 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired a 999 year lease on the Morrisons Big Box, being a regional distribution warehouse facility at Sittingbourne, Kent, let to Morrisons, for a purchase price of £97.8 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.2 per cent.

The Morrisons Big Box was purpose built for Morrisons in 2009. The facility comprises approximately 919,443 sq. ft. across two units which are used for ambient goods and chilled food, respectively, with 12.2 metre eaves height and modern design features. It is strategically located with transportation connections via road (M2 and M25) and deepwater port facilities (Sheerness, Dover, Thames Estuary and the Thames Gateway). The channel tunnel also lies 31 miles to the south east for mainland Europe.

The Morrisons Big Box was acquired on a new 25 year sale and lease back, which is subject to annual rent reviews linked to RPI, subject to a 2 per cent. cap.

3.7 DHL Langley Big Box

On 27 August 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the freehold for the DHL Langley Big Box, being a Big Box let to DHL at Langley Mill, Nottingham, for a purchase price of £17.53 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.5 per cent.

Langley Mill is well located approximately eight miles north west of Nottingham and is accessed from Junction 26 of the M1 motorway. The unit is centrally located within the UK to allow for optimum distribution coverage within the maximum HGV drive time.

Constructed in 2007, the DHL Langley Big Box is a modern and high specification distribution facility with ancillary offices and extensive parking over approximately 13.24 acres, with a rentalised area totalling 255,680 sq. ft., thereby providing a low site cover of approximately 46.4 per cent. The warehouse has an eaves height of 12 metres.

The DHL Langley Big Box was acquired from DHL with a new 10 year leaseback agreement, which is subject to five yearly open market rent reviews. The next rent review is due in August 2019. DHL has committed to significant further capital expenditure to fit the unit out in order to fulfil a new national distribution contract.

3.8 DHL Skelmersdale Big Box

On 27 August 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the freehold for the DHL Skelmersdale Big Box, being a Big Box let to DHL at Skelmersdale, Lancashire, for a purchase price of £28.87 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.5 per cent.

Skelmersdale is strategically located approximately one mile from Junction 4 of the M58 motorway and five miles from Junction 6 of the M6. The Port of Liverpool is approximately 14 miles away, where construction is almost complete on a new container port, which will be capable of bringing some of the world's largest container ships into the North West region.

The DHL Skelmersdale Big Box was originally constructed in 2003 and comprises a highly specified and fully fitted distribution facility with ancillary offices and extensive car parking over approximately 29.5 acres, with a rentalised area of approximately 470,385 sq. ft., thereby representing a low site cover of 36 per cent. The warehouse has an eaves height of 12.75 metres.

The DHL Skelmersdale Big Box was acquired from DHL with a new 10 year leaseback agreement, which is subject to five yearly open market rent reviews. The next rent review is due in August 2019. DHL has committed to significant capital expenditure to fit the unit out in order to fulfil multiple distribution contracts.

3.9 Wolseley UK Big Box

On 28 August 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the freehold investment leased to Wolseley UK in Melmerby, approximately 4 miles from Ripon Town Centre, for a purchase price of £12.24 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.73 per cent.

The Wolseley UK Big Box is conveniently positioned close to Junction 50 of the A1.

Constructed in 2001, the Wolseley UK Big Box is of a high specification with ancillary offices and extensive parking over approximately 10.9 acres, with a rentalised area totalling 221,763 sq. ft., thereby providing a low site cover of approximately 46 per cent. The warehouse has an eaves height of 12 metres.

The distribution warehouse was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 12 years, which is subject to five yearly open market rent reviews. The next rent review is due in September 2021.

3.10 Rolls-Royce Big-Boxes

On 26 September 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the development of the Rolls-Royce Big Boxes, being new logistics facilities located near Bognor Regis, West Sussex, pre-let in their entirety to Rolls-Royce. The investment price was £37 million, reflecting a yield of 6.25 per cent. (net of acquisition costs). The purchase was completed on 3 October 2014.

Following practical completion of the two facilities, two leases, comprising the whole of the Rolls-Royce Big Boxes, were completed on 9 September 2015 for terms of 10 years, with a fixed rental uplift at the start of year five equivalent to 3 per cent. per annum on a compound basis.

The Rolls-Royce Big Boxes are located on the Oldlands Farm Business Park on the northern edge of Bognor Regis and will benefit from the Bognor Regis Northern Relief Road. The Rolls-Royce Big Boxes lie eight miles from the historic home, headquarters and principal UK manufacturing plant of Rolls-Royce at Goodwood, West Sussex.

The 18.95 acre site houses a new technology and logistics centre for Rolls-Royce. The new centre is used as a warehouse and distribution centre for inbound production parts, a car body store and finished car store with workshop for car preparation.

The Rolls-Royce Big Boxes are two new, high specification logistics warehouses, each with an eaves height of 10 metres and a combined area of 313,220 sq. ft. (211,500 sq. ft. and 101,720 sq. ft. respectively), reflecting a low site cover of approximately 37 per cent.

The development was undertaken by Bericote Group, which has developed and managed in excess of 500 acres in development projects across the UK with various joint venture partners and for some high profile tenants, with particular expertise in the field of distribution warehousing. The Rolls-Royce Big Boxes reached practical completion on 1 September 2015.

Terms were agreed with Rolls-Royce to extend the Rolls-Royce Big Boxes, creating an additional 96,875 sq. ft. and taking the total floor area to 410,075 sq. ft. The construction process will start shortly and is anticipated to take approximately eight months, with occupation of the extensions targeted by the beginning of Q2 2018. The Company is funding the extension works and an element of enhancement works. The lease term will be extended by one year, thereby extending the income commitment.

3.11 The Range Big Box

On 12 November 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts to acquire the freehold for The Range Big Box in Nimbus Park, Thorne, Doncaster, for a purchase price of £48.5 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.1 per cent. The tenant is CDS (Superstores International) Limited, which trades as "The Range". The acquisition was completed on 19 November 2014.

Nimbus Park is located at Thorne, 7 miles to the north east of Doncaster town centre. The Range Big Box occupies a prominent position adjacent to the M18 motorway and is two miles from Junction 6, which provides easy access to the wider motorway network of M1, A1(M) and M62. The immediate location has a strong critical mass of occupiers (such as B&Q, Asda, Next, DFS and Ikea) which underpins the longevity of the area as a major UK distribution location, supported by the favourable demographics for a suitable labour force.

Constructed in 2006, The Range Big Box is of a high specification and provides a modern national logistics distribution centre, with ancillary offices and extensive parking over approximately 42.7 acres. The total floor area of the property extends to approximately 750,431 sq. ft., representing a low site cover of approximately 43 per cent. The warehouse has an eaves height of 15.8 metres.

The Range Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 18 years, which is subject to fixed increases equivalent to 2 per cent. per annum on a compound basis. The tenant has the benefit of a 12 month rent free period from and including 1 October 2017. The next fixed rent increase is on 1 October 2018 and the remaining fixed rent increases fall in 2022 and 2027.

3.12 Tesco Stakehill Big Box

On 2 December 2014, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the freehold for the Tesco Stakehill Big Box, being the distribution warehouse in Touchet Hall Road, Middleton, Manchester let to Tesco for a purchase price of £22.45 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 8.25 per cent.

The Tesco Stakehill Big Box is situated on Stakehill, an established 200 acre industrial estate providing 2.5 million sq. ft. of logistics space, just to the east of Junction 20 of the M62. Manchester is approximately 8 miles to the east, and Liverpool 42 miles to the west. The industrial estate is home to a critical mass of occupiers including Aldi, Booker and several third party logistics operators such as Bibby, Yodel and NFT Distribution.

The Tesco Stakehill Big Box provides a rentalised area totalling 302,111 sq. ft. with a very low site cover of 31 per cent. The unit was constructed in 1988 and has an eaves height of approximately 6 to 10.8 metres. The property, which is currently unoccupied, is leased to Tesco, and was acquired with an unexpired term of approximately 9.2 years, with two further rent reviews in December 2017 and 2022.

3.13 L'Oréal Big Box and Kuehne & Nagel Big Box

On 8 December 2014, the Company (via subsidiary companies) exchanged contracts to acquire two distribution centres, the L'Oréal Big Box and the Kuehne & Nagel Big Box, located in Dove Valley Park, Derby and Trafford Park, Manchester for a combined purchase price of £55.1 million (net of acquisition costs). The two purchases represent a blended net initial yield of 6.53 per cent. Both purchases completed on 9 December 2014.

Dove Valley Park is leased to Kuehne & Nagel, and guaranteed by Hays PLC. The Kuehne & Nagel Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 13.5 years, which is subject to five yearly upward only open market rent reviews. Dove Valley Park is a major 200 acre industrial/distribution estate situated in an established distribution location in the North Midlands, close to East Midlands airport and Birmingham Rail Freights, with direct access onto the A50 dual carriageway linking the M6 and M1. Originally constructed in 1997, the Kuehne & Nagel Big Box was extended in 1999 to 343,248 sq. ft. It has an eaves height of 12 metres and a low site cover of 43 per cent.

The distribution centre at Trafford Park is leased to L'Oreal, and was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 5 years. Trafford Park benefits from a rail freight terminal, which is the largest in the North West, running straight through to mainland Europe. It has direct access to the M60 and the Manchester Ship canal. The property was developed in 2004 and extended in 2013 at the expense of the tenant. The extension is therefore not rentalised but would be if the unit was re-let to another tenant. The total floor area is 315,118 sq. ft. although the rentalised floor area (less the extension) is 261,260 sq ft. The building has a low site cover of 47.6 per cent. and an eaves height of 9 to 10 metres.

3.14 Argos Big Box

On 20 April 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts on the Argos Regional Distribution Centre at Heywood Distribution Park, Heywood, Manchester let to Argos for a purchase price of £34.1 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.3 per cent. on the asset purchase. Completion of the acquisition occurred on 27 April 2015.

Developed in 1998 for Argos, the Argos Big Box incorporates design features such as cross docking, has an eaves height of 13.5 metres and comprises a rentalised area of approximately 381,106 sq. ft., with a low site cover of 37 per cent. The tenant installed a mezzanine floor totalling approximately 100,255 sq. ft.

The Heywood Distribution Park is strategically located on the A58 trunk road linking Leeds and Manchester. It is approximately seven miles north of Manchester city centre and junction 18 of the M62 motorway is two miles to the south, providing good access to the North-West of England and the wider trans-Pennine motorway network.

The Argos Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 12.5 years, subject to five yearly open market rent reviews. The next review is due in March 2018.

3.15 B&Q Big Box

On 28 April 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the B&Q Big Box at Worksop, Nottinghamshire let to B&Q, for a purchase price of £89.75 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.13 per cent.

Constructed in 2005 for B&Q, the B&Q Big Box is of a high specification and incorporates modern design features including cross docking, eaves height of between 14 and 24 metres, a fully automated racking system and the potential for rail freight connectivity. The current total floor area extends to 880,175 sq. ft., reflecting a low site cover of 26 per cent. Planning consent is in place to increase the facility to a total of 1.1 million sq. ft., facilitating future expansion for the tenant.

The B&Q Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 16.5 years, which is subject to five yearly rent reviews in line with the increase in RPI (capped at 5 per cent. per annum on a compound basis). The next review is due in November 2021.

Worksop, Nottinghamshire is well located in the East Midlands with the B&Q Big Box positioned adjacent to the A57 which links directly to both the A1 to the East and M1 (J30) to the West.

3.16 Ocado Big Box

On 29 January 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts (conditional on detailed planning consent) to provide forward funding for the Ocado Big Box, being a new distribution warehouse facility located inside the M25 at Crossdox, Bronze Age Way, Erith, pre-let in its entirety to Ocado and guaranteed by Ocado Group Plc. The investment price was £101.73 million, reflecting a yield of 5.25 per cent. (net of acquisition costs).

The site is located in a core south east location inside the M25 (J 1A) on the south side of the River Thames and A2016, with Central London approximately 12 miles to the West and Tilbury Docks and DP World container port to the East. It also benefits from good access to the wider motorway network including Greater London and the Home Counties.

Detailed planning consent was obtained in March 2015 and completion of the purchase took place on 11 May 2015. Practical completion took place on 22 April 2016, following which Ocado was granted a 30 year lease, without break, subject to five yearly rent reviews indexed to RPI with a minimum increase of 1 per cent. and capped at 3 per cent. per annum on a compound basis.

The 37.14 acre site is the location of an important South East logistics hub for Ocado to help fulfil its growing capacity needs in London and the South East. The Ocado Big Box comprises a new distribution warehouse, with a gross internal area of approximately 563,103 sq. ft., reflecting a site cover of approximately 35 per cent. The development was undertaken by Bericote Properties.

3.17 Nice-Pak Big Box

On 12 May 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged and completed contracts to provide forward funding for the Nice-Pak Big Box, being the development of a new distribution and production facility, pre-let in its entirety to Nice-Pak. The investment price was £28.66 million, reflecting a yield of 6.42 per cent. (net of acquisition costs).

The Nice-Pak Big Box is located in Westwood Park, just south of Wigan town centre and approximately 2.5 miles east of J26 of the M6, with good motorway connectivity across the North West to the rest of the UK and the West Coast ports. The location will also benefit from a road improvement scheme to link the site with the A49.

The Nice-Pak Big Box comprises a gross internal floor area of approximately 399,519 sq. ft., and incorporates modern design features with cross docking and an eaves height of approximately 10.8 metres.

The Nice-Pak Big Box is Nice-Pak's primary facility serving its UK, European, Australian and New Zealand operations. Nice-Pak has committed significant capital into the property through machinery and automation in order to enhance production and distribution efficiency.

Practical completion of the Nice-Pak Big Box took place on 31 May 2016. Following completion, a 25 year lease was granted to Nice-Pak without break, subject to five yearly upward only rent reviews to RPI to a minimum of 2 per cent. per annum on a compound basis, capped at 4 per cent. per annum on a compound basis.

3.18 New Look Big Box

On 30 April 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts on the New Look Big Box, being one of the two adjoining New Look National and European Distribution Centres at Lymedale Business Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, for a purchase price of £30.05 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.9 per cent. on the corporate acquisition. Completion took place on 6 May 2015.

Constructed in 2007 and extended in 2011 to satisfy New Look's expansion requirements, the New Look Big Box comprises a gross internal area of 398,618 sq. ft., with a site cover of 47 per cent. The tenant has invested significant capital into the New Look Big Box, creating one of the most advanced automated clothing distribution facilities in the UK. Modern and highly specified, the New Look Big Box has an automated conveyor belt system that links with the adjacent property which is also occupied by New Look and, together, this is critical to fully integrating the tenant's supply chain. The building also incorporates multiple mezzanine floors and benefits from an eaves height of between 12 and 15.75 metres.

The New Look Big Box is well located in the North West, situated off the A34 dual carriageway linking to J15 and J16 of the M6, close to the main airports in both Manchester and Birmingham and to the Port of Liverpool. The immediate location has recently seen some of the highest levels of activity from major occupiers, which underpins the longevity of the area as a major UK distribution location.

The property was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 10 years, which is subject to five yearly upward only rent reviews. The next rent review is due in April 2022.

3.19 Brake Bros Harlow Big Box

On 9 April 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts for a regional distribution centre, the Brake Bros Harlow Big Box, at Flex Meadow, Harlow, let to Brake Bros, for a purchase price of £37.2 million (net of acquisition costs), which reflects a net initial yield of 5 per cent. Completion took place on 24 June 2015.

The Brake Bros Harlow Big Box is strategically positioned in a core South East location, close to the M11, the M25 and Central London, providing distribution reach across the South East. It has recently undergone a comprehensive refurbishment programme (fully financed by the tenant) and comprises a rentalised area of approximately 276,213 sq. ft., a low site cover of 35 per cent., and features cross dock loading and a temperature controlled environment.

It was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 24 years, subject to five yearly upward only rent reviews indexed to RPI, and capped at 5 per cent. per annum on a compound basis.

3.20 Tesco Goole Big Box

On 29 May 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts on the Tesco Goole Big Box at Capitol Park, Goole let to Tesco for a purchase price of £47.1 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.67 per cent. on the asset purchase. Completion took place on 5 June 2015.

Developed in 2007 for Tesco, the Tesco Goole Big Box is one of its principal regional distribution centres and a main hub for distributing general merchandise, ambient food and beverages. The high specification facility incorporates modern design features such as cross docking, a low site density of 31.8 per cent., eaves height of 14 metres and a gross internal floor area of approximately 711,933 sq. ft. The low site density would potentially allow for an extension of up to approximately 150,000 sq. ft. of additional space subject to planning.

Capitol Park is located close to the town centre of Goole, which provides a multi-modal location with good road, rail and port connectivity. Junction 36 of the M62 is within two miles of the property, providing easy access to the North-East region via the M1, M18, M180 and A1(M). The asset is in close proximity to the Port of Goole's rail freight terminal, but also has the future potential to be directly connected to the national rail network.

The Tesco Goole Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 17.5 years and is subject to five yearly upward only open market rent reviews. The next rent review is in October 2017.

3.21 Dunelm Big Box

On 5 June 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) completed the land purchase and entered into contracts to provide forward funding for the Dunelm Big Box, being the development of a distribution warehouse pre-let in its entirety to Dunelm. The investment price was £43.43 million, reflecting a yield of 5.47 per cent. (net of acquisition costs).

The Dunelm Big Box is strategically located at Prologis Park Sideway, Stoke-on-Trent, approximately two miles from J15 and J16 of the M6 on the A500 dual carriageway, which connects to the A50 and A52 (providing a key east west link between the M6 and M1 motorways). The site's central UK location, good road connections and proximity to the Port of Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham Airports have attracted major distribution occupiers to the area, including Sainsbury's, TK Maxx, Asda, JCB, BMW, Michelin and Marks & Spencer.

The Dunelm Big Box comprises a gross internal floor area of 526,426 sq. ft. across a site of 24.89 acres, reflecting a site cover of approximately 47 per cent. The building incorporates modern specifications with cross docking and an eaves height of 15 metres. Dunelm has committed significant capital into the property. Dunelm already occupies two smaller units at nearby Prologis Park Stoke, together totalling approximately 500,000 sq. ft. When combined with this new site, these three buildings, totalling approximately 1 million sq. ft., will form Dunelm's national distribution centre for the whole of the UK.

Practical completion took place on 5 February 2016. Following completion, the Dunelm Big Box was leased to Dunelm on a 10 year lease, subject to a five yearly upward only open market rent review after five years.

3.22 TK Maxx Big Box

On 18 September 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) completed the land purchase and entered into a contract to provide forward funding for the TK Maxx Big Box, being the development of a distribution warehouse pre-let to TK Maxx. The investment price was £59 million, reflecting a yield of 5.32 per cent. (net of acquisition costs).

The TK Maxx Big Box is strategically located at the junction of the M62 and A1 directly off the J33 roundabout, providing good access to Leeds, Manchester and the ports of Liverpool and Hull. In addition, the TK Maxx Big Box is expected to benefit from the planned lane expansion on the M62 between West Yorkshire and Manchester and from the upgrading of long stretches of the A1 to motorway status. The region has attracted major occupiers, such as B&Q, Next, The Range and ASDA.

The TK Maxx Big Box comprises a gross internal floor area of 640,759 sq. ft., with an eaves height of approximately 17.5 metres, a low site cover of approximately 33 per cent. and a mezzanine floor with three levels that has created an additional approximately 765,000 sq. ft. of useable space.

Following practical completion on 17 January 2017, the TK Maxx Big Box was leased to TK Maxx on a new 20 year lease, subject to five yearly upward only rent reviews indexed to the RPI, providing a minimum 1 per cent. per annum rental growth (capped at 3 per cent. per annum).

3.23 Howdens Big Box

On 4 September 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged conditional contracts to provide forward funding for the Howdens Big Box, being the development of a distribution warehouse pre-let in its entirety to Howdens. The investment price was £67 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.03 per cent. (net of acquisition costs). The land acquisition was completed on 9 October 2015. The Howdens Big Box development was undertaken by Roxhill, a specialist UK industrial and distribution warehouse developer. Practical completion took place on 27 June 2016.

The Howdens Big Box is strategically located at Warth Park in Raunds, Northamptonshire on the A45 corridor, approximately three miles from J13 of the A14, which provides access to the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich and also directly links to the A1(M) dual carriageway and the M1 motorway. The Howdens Big Box is also close to Northampton and Thrapston, which have a strong Big Box logistics presence and demand, with existing major distribution occupiers including Homebase, Morrisons and Primark.

The Howdens Big Box comprises a gross internal area of approximately 657,000 sq ft., across a site of approximately 32.52 acres, reflecting a site cover of approximately 46 per cent. The building includes modern specifications with cross-docking and an eaves height of 15 metres.

Following practical completion on 27 June 2016, the Howdens Big Box was leased to Howdens on a new 30 year lease, without break, subject to upward only open market rent reviews every five years. During the construction phase, the Company received a developer finance rate of 5 per cent. on the funds expended by the Company during the construction process. The Howdens Big Box has subsequently been refinanced under the Canada Life Facility Agreement, described in paragraph 12.3 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

3.24 Matalan Big Box

On 8 December 2015, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts to acquire the Matalan Big Box at Knowsley Business Park, Liverpool let to Matalan for a purchase price of £42.38 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.27 per cent. The acquisition was completed on the same day.

The Matalan Big Box was constructed in 2006 and a significant extension was completed in February 2014. The combined gross internal area of the warehouse building and ancillary offices is approximately 578,127 sq. ft. The Matalan Big Box was acquired with an unexpired term of approximately 21 years, subject to five yearly upwards-only open market rent reviews. The next rent review is due in October 2021.

The Matalan Big Box is situated approximately 11 miles east of Liverpool and 30 miles west of Manchester. It benefits from good transport links, Knowsley being served by the M57, M56, M62, M58 and M6, and being close to the main airports in both Liverpool and Manchester, and to Liverpool Docks.

3.25 Brake Bros Bristol Big Box

On 23 March 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged and completed contracts on the Brake Bros Bristol Big Box at Portbury, Bristol let to Brakes Bros for a purchase price of £25.2 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.15 per cent. on the asset purchase.

The property is well positioned in a core South West location with good motorway connectivity, at junction 19 of the M5, seven miles from the M4. The Brake Bros Bristol Big Box comprises of a purpose-built cold store facility with a multi-temperature control system and incorporates modern design features including cross docking with an eaves height of 11 metres. The Brake Bros Bristol Big Box has also benefitted from significant capital investment by Brake Bros. The Brake Bros Bristol Big Box comprises a gross internal floor area of 250,763 sq ft and benefits from a low site cover of 32 per cent.

The Brake Bros Bristol Big Box was acquired with a new unexpired lease term of approximately 30 years, which is subject to five yearly upward only rent reviews indexed to the RPI and capped at 5 per cent. per annum compound. The next review is due in February 2021.

3.26 Argos Burton Big Box

On 24 March 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged and completed contracts on the Argos Burton Big Box at Burton Upon Trent let to Argos for a purchase price of £74.65 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.55 per cent. on the corporate acquisition.

The Argos Burton Big Box incorporates modern design features including an eaves height of between 12 and 30 metres, ancillary office accommodation, extensive loading and has benefited from significant capital investment by the tenant including internal automation systems.

The facility comprises 653,670 sq. ft., arranged over approximately 26 acres and providing a site cover of approximately 47 per cent.

The Argos Burton Big Box is well positioned in Staffordshire in the West Midlands, a core central UK location, with good motorway connectivity, strategically located adjacent to the A38 dual carriageway providing direct access to the M6 Toll, M42 (Junctions 9 to 11) and via the A50 (Junction 24) and A511 (junction 22) to the M1 motorway, and with close proximity to rail and air connections.

The Argos Burton Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 12 years and benefits from fixed annual rental increases of 3 per cent.

3.27 DSG Big Box

On 23 May 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts on the DSG Big Box at Newark, Nottinghamshire let to DSG Retail, part of the Dixons Carphone plc group, for a purchase price of £77.30 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.86 per cent. on the corporate acquisition. The acquisition completed on 24 May 2016.

The DSG Big Box is one of two national DSG retail distribution centres located on Newlink Business Park in Newark, Nottinghamshire and forms part of DSG Retails' principal national distribution hub for direct store replenishment, home deliveries and returns. The DSG Big Box also accommodates DSG Retails' main service repair centre which has benefited from significant capital investment. The DSG Big Box was purpose built to a high specification for DSG in 2003 and includes an eaves height of 12.25 metres, extensive parking and a substantial service yard. The DSG Big Box has a gross internal floor area of 725,798 sq. ft. and a low site cover of circa 37 per cent.

The DSG Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 20 years and benefits from 3 per cent. per annum fixed rental increases received every five years.

3.28 Gestamp Forward Funded Development

On 1 August 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the Gestamp Forward Funded Development, being the development of a new distribution facility, pre-let in its entirety to global designer and manufacturer of components and assemblies, Gestamp Tallent Limited. The acquisition completed on 3 October 2016. The investment price was £56.3 million (net of acquisition costs).

The Gestamp Forward Funded Development is strategically located in the West Midlands, close to J12 of the M6, providing good access to Birmingham and Nottingham. The new facility will comprise a gross internal area of 543,692 sq. ft. with expansion land to accommodate up to a further 101,139 sq. ft. The property will include modern specifications, with a clear height of 15 and 12 metres and a low site cover of approximately 43 per cent.

An agreement has been entered into with respect to a new 25-year lease on completion of the Gestamp Forward Funded Development. The lease will be subject to five yearly upward only rent reviews indexed to RPI, providing a minimum 2 per cent. per annum rental growth (capped at 4 per cent per annum). During the construction phase, the Company will receive an income return equivalent to the agreed rent from the developer.

Construction of the main works commenced in October 2016 with practical completion targeted for July 2017.

3.29 Kellogg's Big Box

On 8 August 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged and completed contracts on the Kellogg's Big Box at Trafford Park, Manchester let to Kellogg's for a purchase price of £23.45 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.9 per cent. on the asset purchase.

The Kellogg's Big Box is one of three distribution and production facilities located at Trafford Park, Manchester let to Kellogg's and is in close proximity to its production facility at Barton Dock Road, Trafford Park, which is Kellogg's largest manufacturing facility in Europe and where it manages its national and some international operations. The Kellogg's Big Box was built to a high specification in 2007 and includes an eaves height of circa 15 metres, offices and extensive parking and loading facilities. The Kellogg's Big Box has also benefited from significant capital investment, including recent investment to improve racking efficiency. The Kellogg's Big Box has a gross internal floor area of 311,602 square feet and a site cover of approximately 46 per cent.

Trafford Park has good rail, shipping and airport connectivity. Trafford Park also benefits from a dedicated rail freight terminal, which is the largest in the North West, running straight through to mainland Europe, direct access to the M60 and the Manchester Ship canal and Manchester International Airport.

The Kellogg's Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 1.75 years. The Company believes that this unexpired lease term presents opportunities for value enhancement, either through negotiations with the existing tenant, who is in full occupation, to enter into a new lease or by marketing the facility to identify a new tenant.

3.30 Amazon Big Box

On 9 August 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the Amazon Big Box at Kingston Park, Peterborough let to Amazon for a purchase price of £42.9 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.6 per cent. on the corporate acquisition.

The Amazon Big Box is one of Amazon's major distribution centres in the UK, fulfilling general merchandise online orders and groceries throughout the UK and Europe. The Amazon Big Box has benefited from significant capital investment from the tenant with further initiatives currently underway. The Amazon Big Box was built to a high specification in 2006, comprising an eaves height of 15 metres, offices, a secure HGV trailer park and extensive parking. The Amazon Big Box has a gross internal floor area of 549,788 sq. ft. with a low site cover of approximately 42 per cent.

Kingston Park, Peterborough is well positioned in a core logistics location with good motorway connectivity across the UK, located just off junction 17 of the A1M, and links to the M1 (via A47) and A14, which provides a direct route to the Port of Felixstowe and the Midlands.

The Amazon Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 8.5 years subject to a five yearly upward only rent review indexed to the CPI (compounded annually and collared and capped at 1.5 per cent. per annum and 2.75 per cent. per annum). The rent review is due in April 2020.

3.31 Euro Car Parts Big Box

On 20 October 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the Euro Car Parts Big Box at Birch Coppice Business Park, Tamworth for a purchase price of £80.1 million (excluding purchaser's costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.0 per cent. on the asset acquisition.

The Euro Car Parts Big Box was purpose-built to a high specification and was completed in January 2016 for Euro Car Parts as its new main national distribution facility. The gross internal area of the property is 780,977 sq. ft. with an eaves height of 18 metres. The property has benefited from significant capital investment from the tenant.

Birch Coppice Business Park, Birmingham, located within the Golden Triangle of logistics, is one of the UK's premier rail connected distribution parks, with direct access to the Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal. The property also has good airport and motorway connectivity with close proximity to the M6, M1, M69 and M6 as well as Birmingham International and East Midlands airports.

The lease is subject to five yearly upward only rent reviews indexed to the RPI (capped and collared at 2 per cent. per annum and 4 per cent. per annum compound) and the next rent review is due in January 2021. The lease was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 20 years.

3.32 Whirlpool Big Box

On 20 October 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the Whirlpool Big Box at Raunds for a purchase price of £35.5 million (excluding purchaser's costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 6.6 per cent. on the asset acquisition.

The gross internal area of the Whirlpool Big Box is 473,263 sq. ft. with an eaves height of 11 metres. The property has benefitted from significant capital investment from the tenant, including a 150,000 sq. ft. extension in 2006, substantial secure yards, lorry parking facility and extensive parking, with a low site cover of approximately 43 per cent.

Situated in Warth Park in Raunds, Northamptonshire, the Whirlpool Big Box is strategically located on the A45 corridor close to junction 13 of the A14, which provides access to the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich and also directly links to the A1(M) dual carriageway and the M1 motorway. The site is also close to the established logistics location of Northampton and Thrapston, with existing major distribution tenants including Homebase, Morrisons and Primark.

The Whirlpool Big Box was acquired with an unexpired lease term of approximately 5 years.

3.33 Co-op Big Box

On 20 October 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) acquired the Co-op Big Box at Oliver Road, West Thurrock for a purchase price of £56.5 million (excluding purchaser's costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.5 per cent. on the asset acquisition.

The Co-op Big Box is one of the Co-op's six strategic UK distribution hubs and the only one located in the South East. The Co-op Big Box, built to a high specification in 2005, has a gross internal area of 322,684 sq. ft. across 15.3 acres, reflecting a site cover of 48.6 per cent. It has an eaves height of approximately 15 metres, ancillary offices, secure yards, extensive decked parking and has benefited from significant capital investment from the tenant. The adjacent lorry parking facility, which has development potential and covers a separate approximately 4.1 acres, was constructed in 2012.

The Co-op Big Box is strategically located just off junction 31 of the M25, benefiting from good access to the wider motorway network including access to Central and Greater London and the South East as well as the deep sea ports of London Gateway and the Port of Tilbury.

The Co-op Big Box was acquired with a weighted average unexpired lease term of approximately 9.4 years on full repairing and insuring terms. The distribution warehouse is subject to five yearly upward only rent reviews. The lorry parking facility is let on five yearly fixed rent increases. The next review for the warehouse is due in December 2020. The next rent review for the lorry parking facility is due in May 2018.

3.34 Screwfix Forward Funded Development

On 7 December 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) completed the land purchase and exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the development of a new distribution facility at Prologis Park Fradley, pre-let to Screwfix. Screwfix is one of the UK's largest multi-channel retailer of trade tools, accessories and hardware products. The Screwfix Forward Funded Development represents an investment price of £52.7 million (net of acquisition costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.5 per cent.

The Screwfix Forward Funded Development is situated in a key Midlands logistics location, adjacent to the A38 dual carriageway, providing good connectivity to the M6 Toll, M42 and M1 motorways and with close proximity to rail and air connections. The area has attracted a significant number of major occupiers including DHL, Tesco and Yodel.

The Screwfix Forward Funded Development will be completed to a high specification, with a target area of 561,767 sq. ft., an eaves height of 15 metres, extensive parking, offices and a site cover of approximately 48 per cent. The development will be Screwfix's fourth UK distribution centre.

Upon practical completion of the Screwfix Forward Funded Development, targeted for October 2017, the property will be leased to Screwfix on a new 10 year lease, subject to five yearly upward only open market rent reviews. During the construction phase, the Company will receive an income return equivalent to the agreed rent from the developer.

3.35 Hachette Forward Funded Development

On 21 February 2017, the Company (via a subsidiary company) completed the land purchase and exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the development of a new distribution centre at Signia Park, Didcot, Oxfordshire, pre-let to Hachette, whose ultimate parent is Lagardere SCA, a multinational media conglomerate listed on Euronext, Paris. Hachette is a leading UK publishing company. The Hachette Forward Funded Development represents an investment price of £29.2 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.8 per cent (net of acquisition costs).

The site is situated in a core South East logistics location, which benefits from good road and rail connectivity via the A34, M4 and M40 motorways and Didcot Parkway Rail Station, respectively. Didcot has attracted a number of occupiers including Screwfix, XPO Logistics, and BetterBathrooms, as well as Tesco (occupying the Tesco Didcot Big Box).

The Hachette Forward Funded Development will become Hachette's main national and global distribution centre. The property will benefit from significant capital investment from the tenant, including high levels of automation. The facility will be purpose-built to a high specification, with a gross internal floor area of approximately 242,067 sq ft and an eaves height of 20 metres, together with extensive parking. The property has a low site cover of approximately 40 per cent.

Upon practical completion of the Hachette Forward Funded Development, targeted for July 2017, the property will be leased to Hachette on a new 15-year lease, subject to five yearly upward only open market rent reviews. During the construction phase, the Company will receive an income return equivalent to the agreed rent from the developer.

3.36 Howdens Forward Funded Developments

On 22 December 2016, the Company (via a subsidiary company) exchanged contracts (conditional on various matters, including the transfer of some additional land and the variation of a lease agreement) to provide forward funding for the development of two new distribution warehouse facilities at Warth Park, Raunds, pre-let in their entirety under two separate leases to Howdens.

The investment price is £101.8 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.1 per cent (net of acquisition costs). Upon practical completion of the Howdens Forward Funded Developments, targeted for August 2018, both properties will be leased to Howdens on two new 30 year leases, subject to five yearly upward only open market rent reviews.

Warth Park, at Raunds, Northamptonshire is strategically located on the A45 corridor close to junction 13 of the A14, which provides access to the ports of Felixstowe and Harwich and also directly links to the A1(M) dual carriageway and the M1 motorway. The site is currently host to two logistics facilities recently acquired by the Company let to Whirlpool and Howdens.

The two distribution facilities, which will stand adjacent to one another and to the Company's existing Howdens facility (being the Howdens Big Box), are under separate freehold titles and will be completed to a high specification with gross internal floor areas of 657,000 sq. ft. and 300,000 sq. ft., respectively. Both buildings will have an eaves height of 15 metres, extensive offices and a combined site cover of approximately 53 per cent. The tenant has an option to terminate the agreement for lease of the smaller unit at any time prior to 6 May 2017.

During the construction phase, the Company will receive an income return equivalent to the agreed rent from the developer.

PART 3

THE BIG BOX MARKET

1. SUMMARY

The Directors and the Manager continue to believe that the Big Box logistics sector is one of the most attractive asset classes in the UK property market. This section explains why the Directors consider the fundamentals of the UK Big Box logistics market to be so attractive and why Big Boxes are such an important component of UK logistics.

2. BIG BOXES ARE CRITICAL TO THEIR TENANTS

Big Boxes are highly efficient distribution centres and logistics hubs, which act as both the "break down point" for goods imported in bulk and which hold the finished goods for distribution to other parts of the supply chain or directly to consumers. This large scale format did not exist in the UK before the early 1990s and most high-quality Big Boxes are modern facilities constructed within the past 15 years. This latest generation of logistics assets are often technologically sophisticated and make a significant contribution to the local and national economy. This makes Big Boxes a firmly established and rapidly growing market and the Company has been at the forefront of its recent development.

Key unique characteristics of Big Boxes include:

  • Strategically located: Big Boxes are usually situated close to major roads, motorways and potentially to airports, sea ports or rail freight hubs, allowing efficient stocking and onward distribution;
  • Modern: Big Boxes are modern facilities typically constructed within the last 15 years incorporating modern designs and the latest specifications;
  • Technologically sophisticated: Big Boxes often benefit from value enhancing capital investments by tenants in the form of state of the art automated handling;
  • Very big: Big Boxes have floor areas generally between 300,000 and 1,000,000 sq. ft., with eaves heights of between 10 and 25 metres allowing for the installation of racking and mezzanine floors; and
  • Highly sought after: Big Boxes are in demand from institutional-grade tenants who are willing to sign up to long leases, with regular upward only rent reviews, and from investors wanting to own the assets.

3. BIG BOX MARKET DRIVERS

Demand for Big Boxes comes from three main sources: conventional and online retailers, third-party logistics companies ("3PLs"), and other companies such as manufacturers. These organisations are responding to structural changes in their markets, such as the rise of e-commerce, weaker economic growth and increased competition, which means that improving operational efficiency can be a key factor in determining profits.

Big Boxes offer previously unavailable flexibility, economies of scale and low cost of use. They are often the nucleus for distribution at a national level and increasingly at a regional level and can be the most important component of an occupier's supply chain. Many companies use Big Boxes to centralise previously dispersed distribution into fewer, larger facilities, helping to optimise staff and stock management and expand product ranges. This allows retailers to match store or online offerings in a single warehouse, which is not possible with smaller buildings. 3PLs are also focusing on Big Box assets to centralise multiple contracts, providing flexibility and allowing them to tender more competitively.

Low-bay buildings are typically used for food distribution. For non-food distribution, a tall building can allow for high racking and mezzanine floors, which can double or even triple the floor space. This additional volume can increase efficiency and flexibility, making Big Boxes even more attractive to tenants, not least because rents are generally paid on the ground floor area only, as opposed to the building's volume.

To drive efficiency, occupiers increasingly invest in advanced systems that allow them to stock automatically and rapidly retrieve products, so they can operate on a "just in time" basis. Technological advances are resulting in Big Boxes becoming smarter. So called "four-dimensional" automation can pack complex online deliveries in the most efficient order possible. When customised to work with state of the art robotics, such technology drives efficiency savings of up to 20 per cent. The tenant will typically own the fit-out and their capital investment can be substantial, sometimes exceeding the value of the property. Such commitment to a location often goes hand-in-hand with either an initial long-term lease or a lease extension. This can be value enhancing, which the Manager believes can be highly attractive to landlords.

These characteristics mean that Big Boxes can be both strategically and operationally important to their occupiers. Many retailers, 3PLs and manufacturers who want to remain commercially viable regard Big Boxes as a strategic necessity.

4. BIG BOXES WILL REMAIN VITAL AS SUPPLY CHAINS EVOLVE

Supply chains continue to evolve in response to commercial demands which, in turn, impact on commercial property.

4.1 Fragmented distribution

A major catalyst for change to UK supply chains was the transition towards the majority of production being outsourced to overseas, low cost economies, producing an increasing volume of cheap imports. Prior to this, domestically made products were held in store rooms on retail premises or in numerous small, simple and geographically dispersed industrial properties, each holding specific product line items representing only a small percentage of a retailer's total range, thus requiring multiple journeys. Such logistics frameworks are outdated and inefficient.

4.2 Centralised distribution

Pre-Millennium, some companies recognised the benefits of larger scale logistics hubs, known as National Distribution Centres ("NDCs"), from which a single building could be tasked with distribution across the UK. These buildings were typically below 400,000 sq. ft. in size. Increased road traffic congestion has made this model challenging and since the turn of the Millennium, the distribution model has evolved. Consequently, some NDCs have effectively morphed into Regional Distribution Centres ("RDCs").

4.3 Big Box evolution

A natural compromise between these two former distribution models saw the emergence of RDCs which, due to their proximity to stores, effectively shortened the NDC supply chain and at the same time delivered cost savings and efficiencies not possible from the fragmented smaller unit model. Modern RDCs are often larger than the former NDCs; consequently, high street stores can hold less stock and dedicate more space to "showroom" sales. RDCs act as the "break down point" where bulk container loads of palleted goods (usually from ports) are reduced into manageable quantities, suitable for onward transportation to either smaller distribution centres, stores or direct to consumer households. The scale of RDCs allows them to handle slow, medium and fast moving goods.

4.4 Modern supply chains need Big Boxes

Changing consumer habits have placed pressure on retailers, resulting in the need for swifter and more reliable replenishment of stock in stores. In tandem, there has been an exponential growth in online retail sales with consumers demanding ever-faster deliveries. Retailers are increasingly combining both store and e-retail distribution, holding their full range of products within an RDC. This and the rising volume of product "returns" has contributed to the growth in larger buildings of up to approximately 1 million sq. ft. This scale can provide occupiers with significant operational efficiencies and cost benefits particularly when combined with "real time" ordering systems and extensive automation often necessary to deal with the complications of omni-channel supply chains. RDCs can efficiently cover much of the market, although for major cities they can also deliver stock to "Last Mile" or Urban Logistics Centres ("ULCs"), typically 50,000 to 100,000 sq. ft. ULCs usually hold only a very small percentage of a retailer's product line and these tend to be smaller sized products and those most consistently ordered.

5. THE RISE OF E-COMMERCE AND OMNI-CHANNEL RETAILING

E-commerce sales in the UK have grown rapidly in recent years, with the result that many Big Boxes have become quasi-retail outlets. As a relatively small and densely populated nation, the UK is ideal for e-commerce and the penetration of online shopping is far higher than in other European countries. This is supported by ubiquitous access to smartphones and Wi-Fi, widespread availability of 4G and the introduction of new services allowing consumers to have packages delivered to convenient stores or lockers, rather than just their homes.

In addition to pure online retailers, growth is being driven by the expansion of omni-channel retailing. This reflects consumers' desires to interact with retailers in different ways at different points in their transactions. Omni-channel retailers can therefore have physical, online and mobile stores, apps and telephone sales, all requiring fulfilment capabilities. New technology is changing how consumers interact with retailers. Amazon's Dash service, for example, allows consumers to order specific products by pressing a button. Smart appliances such as washing machines will, for example, be able to reorder detergents automatically.

The rapid growth in e-commerce sales is therefore expected to continue in the coming years, with forecasters predicting that e-commerce will account for 23.1 per cent. of total retail sales in the UK by 2020, up from 13.0 per cent. in 2014. While the impact of Brexit on the UK economy remains uncertain, industry analysts expect that e-commerce will continue to grow (see Chart 1), even if the retail sector as a whole remains flat. E-commerce therefore has resilient characteristics.

To remain competitive in this environment, retailers need to have large, highly efficient distribution facilities that can fulfil orders quickly and accurately. This need is only becoming more acute as customers demand ever-shorter delivery times. The importance of data to successful e-commerce operations means that Big Boxes dedicated to e-commerce increasingly also house the retailer's data and intelligence centres.

Information collection has become increasingly important for retailers. Bar code scanning at tills in store provides sales data and can trigger automatic re-stocking and the same principles apply to on-line sales. Cookies, collected when consumers "surf" the internet, provide additional intelligence which allows retailers to know what is being bought by whom, where and when. They also provide trending data that allows retailers to more accurately forecast changes in fashion which means they are able to pre-order product lines that are more likely to sell.

As the complexities of multi-channel retail grow, many retailers are combining the control point for these functions within Big Boxes. These facilities increasingly fulfil storereplenishment alongside home deliveries, while also dealing with other channels such as click and collect. If store sales are reducing and e-commerce sales are increasing, the retailer can adjust for this within a Big Box far more easily than it can by operating those functions from smaller and separate single-focus warehouses.

Chart 1 UK online retail sales and forecast

Source: eMarketer, October 2016.

6. GROWING RETAIL DEMAND IN PEAK PERIODS

Changing consumer shopping habits are also requiring retailers to cope with more pronounced surges in demand. Bank holidays and key shopping days before Christmas tend to see significant increases in online orders. According to IMRG, online retail sales on "Black Friday" in 2016 were up 12.2 per cent. on the previous year, to £1.23 billion. With retailers beginning their offers earlier, the four days before "Black Friday" also saw substantial spikes in demand, with significant sales growth each day against 2015.

The challenges these demand peaks create for online retailers are being exacerbated by the share of sales generated via e-commerce. The "Black Friday" week has seen e-commerce sales as a percentage of total sales increase from 33 per cent. to 48 per cent. in just two years. The Manager believes that those with the quickest, most efficient and reliable ways of fulfilling consumer demand are best placed to benefit. At the same time, the ability to provide a trouble-free service can protect retailers' reputations from the damage caused by failed deliveries or long delays. The Manager believes that Big Boxes have a crucial role to play in supporting retailers through these peak periods.

7. OTHER SIGNIFICANT RETAIL TRENDS FAVOUR BIG BOXES

The retail market is also developing in other ways that favour Big Boxes. Retailers want to make the most of their expensive high street store space, so they are carrying less stock in-store and are focusing more on the consumer experience with the inclusion of enhancements such as in-store cafés. Retailers also use computerised sales tracking to automatically re-order stock and to respond rapidly to changing customer demand in quality and product type. At the same time, consumers are increasingly favouring smaller convenience stores for food shopping. These stores generally have very limited storage capacity. As online sales have increased, so has the amount of product being returned. Stores, with limited storage space, are ill-equipped to cope with the necessary checking and re-stocking of returned items. Invariably this function is fulfilled by Big Boxes, some of which have dedicated returns sections. Along with the rise of click and collect, these factors mean retailers need much greater control of stock and the timing and efficiency of deliveries to stores. Speed and reliability are crucial, which is where Big Boxes come into their own.

8. COMPELLING MARKET FUNDAMENTALS

8.1 Strong occupational demand and constrained supply

The strong occupier demand outlined above has led to high levels of take-up and there is a shortage of Big Boxes to let. Take up has, nonetheless, been constrained by low supply levels. Some key areas of the country currently have no new-build supply and there is no vacant modern Big Box currently available to let in the UK of greater than 500,000 sq. ft. (see Charts 2 and 3). This creates opportunities for rising rents and increasing capital values for owners.

Source: Gerald Eve, Q4 2016. Source: CBRE, Q4 2016.

(1) One asset of more than 500,000 sq. ft. is currently planned for development on a speculative basis, with practical completion expected in late 2018.

Supply is likely to remain constrained in the medium term as there is a significant lag in the supply of new Big Boxes.

Suitable land which can accommodate Big Boxes is scarce in key locations, which may not be zoned for employment use, let alone planning permission for distribution which can take years to secure. The scale of Big Boxes and the extent of traffic movements they generate can present planning challenges. In addition, Big Boxes require a pool of suitable workers in the local area and have substantial power and infrastructure requirements, adding further complexity to site identification and delivery.

Once detailed planning consent has been obtained, however, the construction of a new Big Box can be relatively quick (typically 6-12 months) from the point where the site is serviced with suitable infrastructure. Tenant fit-out can then take a further three to 18 months, depending on the extent and complexity.

Despite the attractions of Big Boxes as an asset class, the amount of capital a developer would have to invest deters speculative development. While there is some speculative development of smaller buildings, the Directors and the Manager are not aware of any properties of over 500,000 sq. ft. that are currently being speculatively built (i.e. without a tenant pre-letting) and are aware of only one property over 500,000 sq.ft. that is currently planned to be speculatively built, with practical completion expected in late 2018. The level of occupier demand means developers can de-risk their development upfront by agreeing a pre-let with a tenant, rather than going down the speculative route.

Building-to-suit on a pre-let basis creates opportunities for investors such as the Company to forward fund these developments and obtain brand new assets on long leases, to highquality tenants.

8.2 Rising rents

The combination of strong occupier demand and a shortage of supply has resulted in robust rental growth in recent years (see Charts 4 and 5), which the Directors and the Manager believe will continue for some time to come. In addition, build costs for Big Boxes have increased in 2016, for various reasons, including as a result of increased imported material costs, exacerbated by the fall in Sterling in the second half of 2016. While the demand-supply imbalance has been the main driver of rental growth to date, it is clear that cost inflation has begun to feed through to rising rents and the Directors and the Manager expect this to continue in 2017.

Source: CBRE as of December 2016. Growth rates Source: CBRE as of December 2016. are based on the straight line percentage change in CBRE prime logistics rent series for units over 100,000 sq. ft. during 2016.

Pre-let deals for Big Boxes can be agreed initially at a premium to the prevailing market rent due to the specific requirements of tenants and the shortage of available stock. Tenants are keen to secure the opportunity and developers seek to capture the benefit of anticipated rental growth between securing the pre-letting and delivering the completed building, which can be a year or so after agreeing terms.

8.3 Driving investment values

The increased importance of Big Boxes to tenants and evidence of rental growth have heightened investment demand, compressing yields.

Historically, prime retail yields of around 4 per cent. were standard. This low yield reflected limited property fabric obsolescence and reliable rental growth from strong occupational demand. Industrial property attracted yields of 6.5 per cent. or more, due to higher perceived obsolescence and abundant land supply, which suppressed rental growth. More recently, for larger logistics buildings, land supply has become constrained.

Since the IPO, as high street retail has come under pressure and demand for prime logistics has grown, prime yields in the two sectors have converged (see Chart 6). The Directors and the Manager believe that this reflects a structural long-term yield repositioning.

Although yields have hardened for logistics, investors are still able to source attractive opportunities. In a low interest rate environment, property yields remain well above the cost of debt, maintaining a positive yield gap and a considerable premium to UK Government bond yields (see Chart 7).

Chart 6 Chart 7

9. KEY BIG BOX INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

The table below shows the key Big Box investment transactions since January 2015.

Key logistics investment transactions since January 2015

Unexpired
Size Net Initial lease term
Date Scheme/Unit Tenant (sq. ft.) yield Price paid (yrs)*
Feb-17** Didcot (FF) Hachette 242,067 5.82% £29.2m 15.0
Jan-17 Burton on Trent Molsen Coors 484,716 5.01% £33.7m 20.0
Dec-16** Raunds Howdens 957,000 5.1% £101.8m 30.0
Dec-16 St. Athan Aston Martin 707,108 4.50% £51.5m 30.0
Dec-16** Fradley Park (FF) Screwfix 562,000 5.5% £52.7m 10.0
Oct-16** Raunds Whirlpool 473,263 6.6% £35.4m 4.3
Oct-16** Birch Coppice Euro Car Parts 780,977 5.04% £80.1m 19.4
Oct-16** Thurrock Co-op 322,684 5.53% £56.5m 8.5
Aug-16** Peterborough Amazon 549,788 5.60% £42.9m 8.7
Aug-16** Wolverhampton (FF) Gestamp Tallent 543,692 5.14% £56.3m 25.0
Jun-16 Manchester Amazon 277,000 4.44% £34.8m 15.0
May-16** Newark DSG Retail 725,798 5.86% £77.3m 20.0
Apr-16** Burton on Trent Argos 653,670 5.55% £74.7m 12.0
Apr-16 Bardon Amazon 1,059,710 4.50% £126.7m 15.0
Jan-16 Liverpool B&M Bargains 637,392 5.40% £43.6m 15.6
Dec-15 N'hampton DC7 342,759 5.50% £35.0m 9.3
Nov-15** Liverpool Matalan 578,127 6.27% £42.4m 21.0
Sep-15** Wakefield (FF) TK Maxx 638,745 5.32% £59.0m 20.0
Sep-15** Raunds (FF) Howdens Joinery 657,000 5.03% £67.0m 30.0
Aug-15 Brackmills Asda 298,854 4.77% £31.0m 12.8
Jun-15 Markham Vale (FF) Great Bear 479,285 6.25% £35.9m 15.0
Jul-15 Burton Holland & Barrett 404,323 4.35% £34.2m 25.0
Jun-15 Chorley Waitrose 421,810 4.18% £50.8m 26.8
Jun-15** Goole Tesco 711,933 5.67% £47.1m 17.5
Jun-15 Wakefield (FF) Poundworld 523,800 6.10% £39.4m 15.0
Jun-15** Stoke-on-Trent Dunelm 526,426 5.47% £43.4m 10.0
Jun-15** Harlow Brake Bros 276,213 5.00% £37.2m 24.5
May-15** Erith Ocado 563,103 5.25% £101.7m 30.0
May-15** Newcastle-under-Lyme New Look 398,618 5.90% £30.1m 10.0
Apr-15 Andover Co-op 517,371 5.74% £61.0m 15.9
Apr-15 Liverpool B&M 500,795 5.20% £38.6m 18.5
Apr-15** Worksop B&Q 880,175 5.13% £89.8m 16.5
Apr-15** Heywood Argos 381,106 5.30% £34.1m 13.0
Mar-15 Magna Park John Lewis 638,000 4.19% £85.0m 25.0
Jan-15 Dagenham Eddie Stobbart 410,000 5.10% £56.5m 16.6
Jan-15 Doncaster Next 690,193 4.40% £66.7m 25.0

*As at the date of acquisition. **Tritax Group transaction. (Source: Tritax data, CBRE).

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PART 4

DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

1. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Directors of the Company are responsible for the determination of the Company's Investment Objective and Investment Policy and have overall responsibility for the Company's activities, including the review of investment activity and performance and compliance with the Corporate Governance Code. The Directors of the Company are also responsible for the control and supervision of the Manager.

The Directors meet at least quarterly. For this purpose, the Directors receive periodic reports from the Manager detailing the REIT Group's performance. The Board delegates certain responsibilities and functions to the audit committee, which has written terms of reference, which are summarised in paragraph 4.4 of this Part 4. The audit committee, chaired by Jim Prower, meets at least twice a year.

Each of the Directors is entitled to receive a fee from the Company (aside from Mark Shaw) at such rate as may be determined in accordance with the Articles. The Directors are each entitled to a fee of £50,000 per annum, other than the Chairman who is entitled to a fee of £100,000 per annum. The Directors are also entitled to out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the proper performance of their duties.

The Directors of the Company, all of whom are non-executive, are listed below and details of their current and recent directorships and partnerships are set out in paragraph 6 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

Richard Jewson (Chairman) (aged 72)

Richard holds a number of non-executive positions, including Chairman of Raven Russia Limited, which is listed on the Official List of the UKLA and specialises in commercial real estate in Russia, in particular high quality class A warehouse complexes across Russia. Richard was, until recently, also Chairman of Archant Limited, and is a non-executive director of Temple Bar Investment Trust plc. Richard retired from Grafton Group plc after 18 years on the board in 2013. Previously, Richard joined Jewson, the timber and building merchant, in 1965 becoming the Managing Director, then Chairman of its holding group, Meyer International plc from which he retired in 1993. Since then he has served as nonexecutive director and Chairman of a number of public companies. He stepped down as Chairman of Savills plc in 2004 after 10 years and as a non-executive director and deputy Chairman of Anglian Water plc in 2005 after 14 years.

Jim Prower FCA (Senior Independent Director) (aged 62)

Jim has worked in industry and commerce since 1985, having qualified at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co in 1979. He performed the roles of Finance Director and Company Secretary at Minty plc (1987-1989), Creston Land & Estates plc (1989-1995) and NOBO Group plc (1995-1997), before joining Argent Group plc in the same roles. Since 2009, he has been closely involved with the development of King's Cross Central (a joint venture between London & Continental Railways, AustralianSuper, Hermes Investment Management, DHL Supply Chain and Argent King's Cross Limited Partnership), for which he has been primarily responsible for raising debt for working capital, development and investment. In December 2012, together with other senior Argent personnel, Jim became a member of Argent (Property Development) Services LLP and Argent Investments LLP, which acquired Argent's property investment, development and management. Jim retired from Argent (Property Development) Services LLP on 31 December 2015. In addition to being a non-executive director of the Company, he acts as a non-executive director and senior independent director of Empiric Student Property plc.

Stephen Smith (aged 63)

Stephen was Chief Investment Officer of British Land Company PLC, the FTSE 100 REIT, from January 2010 with responsibility for the group's property and investment strategy. He stood down from the board of British Land in March 2013 and left the company at the end of June 2013. He was formerly Global Head of Asset Management and Transactions at AXA Real Estate Investment Managers where he was responsible for the asset management of a portfolio of more than €40 billion on behalf of life funds, listed property vehicles, unit linked and closed end funds. Prior to joining AXA in 1999, he was Managing Director at Sun Life Properties for five years. Stephen is currently non-executive chairman of Starwood European Real Estate Finance Limited, a London listed closed-end investment company. He is also non-executive director of Gatehouse Bank Plc, a London-based wholesale investment bank that specialises in global real estate.

Mark Shaw FCA (aged 70)

Mark is the Chairman of the Manager. He has played a prominent role in the development and marketing of property investments benefiting from government sponsored tax reliefs such as enterprise zone property unit trusts, business premises renovation allowances and capital allowances generally. He is highly experienced in a range of commercial, banking and investment operations attained while working as general manager to a major Kuwaiti investment bank in the late 1970s and 1980s. Returning to the UK in 1985, Mark joined a team initiating investment in the newly created enterprise zones which in due course became a subsidiary of London and Edinburgh Trust plc. Mark later established Collective Investments Limited to continue this activity which became the Tritax Group in 1995.

Susanne Given (aged 52)

Susanne works with early stage and fast growth digital and consumer brands across a number of industries. She has recently been appointed chairman of Outfittery GmbH, Europe's biggest online personal shopping service, and is non-executive chairman of VC backed Push Doctor Ltd, Europe's largest online surgery, as well as non-executive chairman of Made.com. She also holds various non-executive directorship posts with larger groups, such as Eurostar International Ltd and Al Tayer Group, the Middle Eastern luxury group. Susanne has more than 20 years' experience in the retail consumer sector latterly as COO for SuperGroup Plc, Director of Fashion & Beauty for John Lewis, Managing Director for TK Maxx UK/Ireland, and prior to that, General Merchandise Director for Harrods.

All of the Directors are independent of the Manager with the exception of Mark Shaw.

2. THE MANAGER

2.1 Overview

The Manager became authorised by the FCA as an AIFM on 1 July 2014. Following such authorisation, on 2 July 2014, the Property Management and Services Agreement between the Company and the Manager was replaced in its entirety by the Investment Management Agreement. Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement and the Service Level Agreement, the Company is provided with all management and advisory services by the Manager.

The Manager was incorporated as a limited liability partnership in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2007, with registered number 0C326500. The registered office of the Manager is Aberdeen House, South Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 4NG. The Manager is domiciled in England and Wales. The principal operational place of business of the Manager is Standbrook House, 4th Floor, 2-5 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PD.

The Manager is 100 per cent. owned by Mark Shaw, Colin Godfrey, James Dunlop and Henry Franklin. Between them, this team of property, legal and finance professionals has over 140 years of combined experience in the real estate sector. They have a track record of successfully creating value for their clients by procuring the right type of asset while utilising an active asset management policy.

2.2 Summary biographies

The key personnel of the Manager who are involved in the provision of investment management services to the Company are as follows:

Colin Godfrey BSc MRICS – Partner, Fund Manager

Colin has overall responsibility for the provision of investment management and advisory services to the Company and is lead partner of the Manager. Colin began his career with Barclays Bank before joining Conran Roche in the late 1980s. Following this, Colin took a degree in Urban Estate Management before training with Weatherall Green and Smith (now BNP Paribas Real Estate). Following qualification as a chartered surveyor, Colin specialised in portfolio fund management with particular responsibility for the £1 billion assets of the British Gas Staff Pension Scheme and the property assets of Blue Circle pension fund. In 2000, Colin was a founding director of niche investment property agent SG Commercial (along with James Dunlop) in which capacity he worked increasingly closely with the Tritax Group. In 2004, Colin became a partner of the Tritax Group and is responsible for investment selection and product development. Colin is one of the founding partners of the Manager.

James Dunlop BSc MRICS – Partner, Property Sourcing

James has overall responsibility for the identifying, sourcing and structuring of suitable investment assets for the Company. James read Property Valuation and Finance at City University before joining Weatherall Green and Smith (now BNP Paribas Real Estate) where he qualified as a chartered surveyor in their Investment Development and Agency division in 1991. In 2000, James jointly formed SG Commercial (with Colin Godfrey) and became a partner in the Tritax Group in 2005. In his role with SG Commercial, James is regularly in contact with all the leading firms of agents and is retained by both foreign and domestic institutions and wealthy individuals to acquire and dispose of commercial property investments. James is responsible for identifying sectors and specific properties, negotiating on approved opportunities and handling the disposal of assets in due course. Along with Colin, James is one of the founding partners of the Manager.

Henry Franklin BA CTA – Partner, Structuring and Legal

Henry is responsible for the structuring of the Tritax Group funds, providing general legal counsel and overseeing compliance activities. Henry is a qualified solicitor who completed his articles with Ashurst LLP in 2001 specialising in taxation, mergers and acquisitions. He also qualified as a chartered tax adviser in 2004 before moving to Fladgate LLP in 2005, where he became a partner in 2007. At Fladgate LLP, Henry specialised in the structuring of commercial property funds. Henry joined the Tritax Group in 2008.

Petrina Austin BSc MRICS – Partner, Asset Management

Petrina is responsible for the strategic management of the investment portfolio, identifying and progressing value enhancing initiatives, so as to protect and maximise investor returns. She is also responsible for all client reporting, liaison with funders and the management of third party professionals. Following a degree in Estate Management from Reading University, Petrina joined Carter Jonas to continue her professional training where she qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1998. Petrina moved to King Sturge in 1999 to concentrate on institutional portfolio management. As a partner at Knight Frank from 2002, Petrina was responsible for the team managing central London trophy assets. Her remit also included development consultancy appointments, both in the UK and overseas. Petrina joined the Tritax Group in 2007.

Bjorn Hobart MA BSc (Hons) MRICS – Partner, Property

Bjorn is responsible for identifying and sourcing suitable investments for the Company and then financially modelling and appraising the returns to establish the validity within the context of the portfolio assets. He also manages the day-to-day due diligence during the acquisition process. After completing a degree in Geography from the University of Leeds in 2001, Bjorn started his career at Faber Maunsell (now AECOM). Having gained exposure to large scale developments, Bjorn went on to undertake an MA in Property Valuation and Law at Cass Business School, London. Bjorn undertook his professional training at Atisreal (now BNP Real Estate) in London, where he qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2005. In 2007, Bjorn joined SG Commercial LLP where he advised on large scale investment and development transactions in excess of £500 million. During this time, Bjorn worked closely with Tritax Group advising on their portfolio acquisitions and disposals. Bjorn joined the Tritax Group in 2011.

3. DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT INTERESTS IN THE COMPANY

Richard Jewson and his connected persons hold 70,752 Ordinary Shares, Jim Prower holds 23,760 Ordinary Shares, Mark Shaw holds 616,761 Ordinary Shares and Stephen Smith holds 7,000 Ordinary Shares representing less than 0.01 per cent., less than 0.01 per cent., 0.06 per cent. and less than 0.01 per cent. respectively of the issued share capital of the Company as at 21 April 2017 (being the last practicable date prior to the date of this Prospectus). Susanne Given holds no Ordinary Shares. Mark Shaw, Colin Godfrey, James Dunlop, Bjorn Hobart and Henry Franklin, all partners of the Manager hold, in aggregate, 2,253,238 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.20 per cent. of the issued share capital of the Company as at 21 April 2017 (being the last practicable date prior to the date of this Prospectus).

4. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

4.1 Standards of corporate governance

The Board is committed to the highest standards of corporate governance.

As at the date of this Prospectus, the Company complies with the requirements of the Association of Investment Companies Code of Corporate Governance save as set out below.

4.2 The Board

The Board is responsible for leading and controlling the Company and has overall authority for the management and conduct of the Company's business, strategy and development. The Board is also responsible for ensuring the maintenance of a sound system of internal control and risk management (including financial, operational and compliance controls) and for reviewing the overall effectiveness of systems in place as well as for the approval of any changes to the capital, corporate and/or management structure of the Company.

4.3 Board and committee independence

The Corporate Governance Code recommends that at least half the board of directors of a UK listed company, excluding the chairman, should comprise non-executive directors determined by the Board to be independent in character and judgment and free from relationships or circumstances which may affect, or could appear to affect, this judgment. As of the date of this Prospectus, the Board consists of five non-executive Directors and no executive directors.

As a partner of the Manager, Mark Shaw shall not vote at any meeting of the Board on any matter in relation to which he may have a material interest or an actual or potential conflict of interest, specifically in relation to any matter relating to the Manager. In addition, Mark Shaw will not take part in any Board discussion related to matters regarding the Manager, where the independent Directors make such a request. Further, Mark Shaw shall not take a fee for his role on the Board.

A majority of the Board will at all times be independent of the Manager.

4.4 Board committees

As envisaged by the Corporate Governance Code, the Board has established an audit committee and a nomination committee. The Board does not consider it necessary to establish a separate remuneration committee as it has no executive directors. The Board has also established a management engagement committee, with the functions described below.

(a) Audit committee

The Company has established an audit committee which comprises all the independent Directors (with the exception of Richard Jewson), with Jim Prower as the Chairman of the committee. The audit committee meets at least twice a year and assists the Board in observing its responsibility for ensuring that the Company's financial systems provide accurate and up-to-date information on its financial position and that the published financial statements represent a true and fair reflection of this position. It also assists the Board in ensuring that appropriate accounting policies, internal financial controls and compliance procedures are in place. The audit committee receives information from the external auditors.

(b) Management engagement committee

The Company has established a management engagement committee which comprises all the independent Directors (with the exception of Susanne Given), with Stephen Smith as the Chairman of the committee. The management engagement committee meets at least once a year. The management engagement committee's main function is to review and make recommendations on any proposed amendment to the Investment Management Agreement and keep under review the performance of the Manager and examine the effectiveness of the Company's internal control systems. The management engagement committee also performs a review of the performance of other key service providers to the REIT Group.

(c) Nomination committee

The Company has established a nomination committee which comprises all of the Directors (with the exception of Susanne Given) with Richard Jewson as Chairman of the committee. The nomination committee's main function is to regularly review the structure, size and composition of the Board and to consider succession planning for Directors. The nomination committee meets at least once per year.

4.5 Share dealing code

The Company has adopted a share dealing policy, share dealing code and dealing procedures manual which is based on the specimen documents jointly published by ICSA: The Governance Institute, GC100 (The Association of General Counsel and Company Secretaries working in FTSE 100 Companies) and the Quoted Companies Alliance to reflect prevailing best practice and comply with requirements under MAR. The documents apply to the Directors and persons discharging managerial responsibilities and they take all reasonable steps to ensure compliance.

4.6 Treating customers fairly

The Manager in its capacity as an FCA authorised AIFM is required to comply with the FCA Rules in relation to treating customers fairly. The overall customer and corporate culture outcomes of this initiative are included within Tritax Group's risk management programme. When new business initiatives are considered, the sponsoring senior manager is required to include the consideration of the appropriate outcomes within the new business proposal.

In terms of conduct, the Manager and the Tritax Group apply a tone from the top approach and that tone mandates a continuous awareness of the needs of the investors into the Company. Managing the Company requires a commitment by all staff to the highest professional standards throughout the lifecycle of the Company from the selection of assets to be acquired, through to the management of those assets.

5. THE TRITAX GROUP BACKGROUND

The Tritax Group started in 1995 where it focused on originating, syndicating and managing commercial property investments for private equity capital. The Tritax Group started by offering property investments structured to make use of available tax reliefs (such as Enterprise Zones) so as to enhance investors' returns.

The Company's Manager is Tritax Management LLP, which is part of the Tritax Group. Since 1995, the Tritax Group has acquired and developed commercial property assets with an acquisition value of over £3.9 billion on behalf of property unit trusts, limited partnerships and other vehicles (including the Company), involving more than 122 separate investments including Big Box assets, industrial properties, office, retail and hotels. As at 21 April 2017, the Tritax Group had total assets under management with an acquisition value of approximately £2.4 billion, across more than 12 investment vehicles (including the Company), consisting of over 20.7 million sq. ft. of real estate assets.

6. INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

6.1 Services

The Board is responsible for the determination of the Company's Investment Objective and Investment Policy and has overall responsibility for the Company's activities. However, the Manager provides property management services and advises the Company on property matters (management, administration and investment) pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement in its capacity as an FCA authorised AIFM.

Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the Manager is responsible for identifying, structuring and monitoring investments and specifically has responsibility for general property management of the properties held by the Company, including:

  • (a) ensuring the Company receives necessary advice to comply with its lease and headlease obligations;
  • (b) managing tenant applications and supervising tenants;
  • (c) preparing budgets for the properties;
  • (d) sourcing and assisting with the acquisition of properties that fall within the Company's Investment Policy;
  • (e) advising the Company in circumstances where the interests in real estate in contemplation are securitised in such a way that advice in relation to their acquisition or disposal is regulated under FSMA;
  • (f) implementing a comprehensive and focused active and entrepreneurial asset management strategy to deliver added value;
  • (g) arranging senior and subordinated debt (if required) to optimise the capital structure and support the acquisition process; and
  • (h) co-ordinating with third parties providing services to the Company.

In addition, the Administrator calculates the EPRA NAV and Basic NAV of the Ordinary Shares on a semi-annual basis using third-party valuers to provide independent valuation reports on a six-monthly basis, such valuers to be appropriately qualified and internationally recognised. These calculations are reported to Shareholders in the Company's interim financial statements and annual accounts.

6.2 Manager's fees

In consideration of the performance by the Manager of the various property management and other services under the Investment Management Agreement, the Manager receives an annual management fee which is calculated quarterly in arrears based upon a percentage of the last published Basic NAV of the Company (not taking into account cash balances) on the following basis:

Annual management fee
Company Basic NAV (excluding cash balances) (percentage of Basic NAV)
Up to and including £500 million 1.0 per cent.
Above £500 million and up to and including £750 million 0.9 per cent.
Above £750 million and up to and including £1 billion 0.8 per cent.
Above £1 billion and up to and including £1.25 billion 0.7 per cent.
Above £1.25 billion and up to and including £1.5 billion 0.6 per cent.
Above £1.5 billion 0.5 per cent.

The total annual management fee due is payable in cash in arrears on a quarterly basis. On a semi-annual basis, once the Company's NAV has been announced, 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. If, however, the Company's Ordinary Shares are trading at a discount to the prevailing Basic NAV at the relevant time, no new Ordinary Shares will be issued and instead the Manager shall direct the Company to instruct its broker to acquire Ordinary Shares to the value as near as possible equal to 25 per cent. of the management fee payable to the Manager in the relevant period. Even though the management fee is payable on a quarterly basis, Ordinary Shares will only be issued to the Manager on a half-yearly basis, being within 60 Business Days following the release of the half year Basic NAV announcement or year end Basic NAV announcement (as applicable).

In addition, any such Ordinary Shares issued or purchased for the Manager are subject to a minimum lock-in period of 12 months. However, the Manager may treat the Ordinary Shares as a liquid asset (which are therefore capable of being sold during the 12 month lock-in period) for the purposes of meeting any regulatory capital requirements applicable to the Manager's role as an AIFM.

The Manager is also entitled to be reimbursed for all disbursements, fees and costs payable to third parties properly incurred by the Manager on behalf of the Company pursuant to provision of the services under the Investment Management Agreement.

There are no performance, acquisition, exit or property management fees payable by the Company to the Manager.

6.3 Term and termination

The term of the Investment Management Agreement was extended following shareholder approval granted on 20 December 2016 at a general meeting of the Company. The new initial term of the Investment Management Agreement is now from 4 December 2013 up to and including 31 December 2021. Either party may by written notice to the other terminate the Investment Management Agreement by giving not less than 24 months' prior written notice to the other, which notice may not be given by the Company before 31 December 2019.

The Investment Management Agreement may also be terminated on the occurrence of an insolvency event in relation to a party, if a party is fraudulent, grossly negligent or commits wilful default or misconduct which, if capable of remedy, is not remedied within 30 Business Days or on a force majeure event continuing for more than 90 days.

6.4 Conflict management

Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the Manager may not manage another fund with an exclusive investment strategy focusing on distribution or logistics assets in excess of 300,000 sq. ft. of accommodation located within the UK.

The Manager may, however, acquire and manage distribution or logistics assets which provide less than 300,000 sq. ft of accommodation subject to the below provisions:

  • (a) if the price asked for the asset is equal to or greater than £25,000,000 ("REIT Investment Opportunity"), then the REIT Investment Opportunity shall first be offered exclusively to the Company;
  • (b) if, in the Manager's reasonable opinion, an asset management opportunity exists that might enable an asset that at the time of investment provides less than 300,000 sq ft of accommodation to become an asset that equals or exceeds 300,000 sq ft of accommodation (a "Potential Investment Opportunity"), then the Manager shall first offer the Potential Investment Opportunity exclusively to the Company;

  • (c) if the Company confirms to the Manager in writing within 14 days that it wishes to pursue either a REIT Investment Opportunity or a Potential Investment Opportunity, the Manager and its affiliates shall not pursue these opportunities or offer them to any third party; and

  • (d) if the Company does not confirm to the Manager in writing within 14 days that it wishes to pursue either a REIT Investment Opportunity or a Potential Investment Opportunity or if the Company confirms to the Manager in writing within this period that it does not wish to pursue the REIT Investment Opportunity or the Potential Investment Opportunity, the Manager and its affiliates shall be free to offer either the REIT Investment Opportunity or the Potential Investment Opportunity to any third party or to pursue the REIT Investment Opportunity or Potential Investment Opportunity themselves.

6.5 Service Level Agreement

The Service Level Agreement imposes certain additional responsibilities on the Manager relating to Board meetings, research and analysis, investor relations and marketing, equity market intelligence and property reports.

The Service Level Agreement shall remain in force for the term of the Investment Management Agreement (and shall cease to have effect immediately upon the termination or expiry of the Investment Management Agreement in accordance with its terms). No fees beyond the fees paid under the Investment Management Agreement shall be paid to the Manager by the Company for the services provided under the Service Level Agreement.

7. THE TAKEOVER CODE

The City Code applies to the Company. Further details are set out in paragraph 11 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

8. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Notwithstanding the specific conflict management provisions contained within the Investment Management Agreement, the activities of the Manager or any of its associates, directors, partners, officers, employees, agents or professional advisers may, on occasion, give rise to conflicts of interest with the Company. Whenever such conflicts arise, the Manager endeavours to ensure that they are resolved and any relevant investment opportunities allocated fairly.

The Directors have noted that the Manager has other clients and have satisfied themselves that the Manager has procedures in place to address potential conflicts of interest. In addition, the Manager has confirmed that it has due regard to its obligations under its agreements with the Company and otherwise acts in a manner that it considers fair, reasonable and equitable, having due and proper regard to its obligations to other clients, should any potential conflicts of interest arise. Furthermore, the activities of the Manager in relation to the Company are subject to the overall direction and review of the Board. In this regard, as a partner of the Manager, Mark Shaw shall not vote at any meeting of the Board on any matter in relation to which he may have a material interest or an actual or potential conflict of interest, specifically in relation to any matter relating to the Manager. In addition, Mark Shaw will excuse himself from any Board discussion related to matters regarding the Manager where the independent Directors make such a request.

Four of the designated members of the Manager, namely Mark Shaw, Colin Godfrey, James Dunlop and Henry Franklin, are also partners of SG Commercial. SG Commercial provides general property agency services. While there are currently no existing contractual arrangements between the Company and SG Commercial, the Company may choose to appoint SG Commercial in the future from time to time on either a sole or joint basis. Any such appointment shall be made on normal market based contractual terms, on an arm's length basis. In the event any such appointment is proposed by the Manager, the Board shall be consulted and asked for its approval. Mark Shaw shall not vote at any meeting of the Board relating to contractual terms to be agreed between the Company and SG Commercial, nor with respect to any investment decision where SG Commercial is acting as agent in any capacity.

9. OTHER ADVISERS

Other normal market based fees are payable to additional service providers to the REIT Group and, where relevant, on a property-by-property basis. The main additional service providers to the REIT Group are set out below.

9.1 Registrar

The Registrar is appointed as the Company's registrar. Under the terms of the Registrar Agreement, the Registrar is entitled to an annual fee of £23,202.44 in respect of the provision of basic registration services. Further details of the Registrar Agreement are set out in paragraph 12.12 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

9.2 Company Secretary

The Company Secretary provides company secretarial services to the Company under the terms of the Company Secretarial Agreement. In such capacity, the Company Secretary is responsible for general administrative and company secretarial functions required by the Companies Act.

Under the terms of the Company Secretarial Agreement, the Company Secretary is entitled to a fee of £50,000 per annum (exclusive of VAT). The Company may terminate the Company Secretarial Agreement upon the service of three months prior written notice. Further details of the Company Secretarial Agreement are set out in paragraph 12.14 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

9.3 Administrator

Capita Sinclair Henderson Limited is appointed as Administrator to the Company. The Administrator provides the day-to-day administration of the Company and is also responsible for the Company's general administrative functions, such as maintenance of the Company's accounting and statutory records.

Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, the Administrator is entitled to an administration fee of £15,700 per month (exclusive of VAT). The Administration Agreement shall continue until terminated by either party giving 3 months' notice. Further details of the Administration Agreement are set out in paragraph 12.11 of Part 9 of this Prospectus.

9.4 Auditor

BDO LLP provide audit services to the Company. The annual report and accounts are prepared in accordance with the accounting standards set out under IFRS and with EPRA's best practice recommendations. The fees charged by the Auditor depend on the services provided and on the time spent by the Auditor on the affairs of the Company; there is therefore no maximum amount payable under the Auditor's engagement letter.

9.5 AIFMD Depositary

The Manager entered into a framework depositary agreement with Langham Hall UK Depositary LLP pursuant to a novation agreement dated 6 May 2015. The original agreement was entered into between the Company and Langham Hall UK LLP on 20 May 2014. The Manager is authorised by the FCA as a manager of AIFs for the purposes of the AIFMD and is required, in accordance with the AIFMD and the UK AIFMD Rules, to ensure that a single appropriately authorised depositary is appointed to perform certain activities such as monitoring the Company's cash flow, safeguarding certain assets of the Company and performing general oversight in relation to the issuance of Ordinary Shares. The costs of such services are borne by the Company.

10. TOTAL EXPENSE RATIO

The Total Expense Ratio of the REIT Group for the period ended 31 December 2016 was 1.06 per cent. (inclusive of the value of the Ordinary Shares payable to the Manager pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement).

11. INTERNAL CONTROLS

The Board acknowledges it is responsible for maintaining the Company's system of internal control and risk management in order to safeguard the assets of the Company. Certain of these responsibilities have been delegated to the Manager under the Investment Management Agreement and Service Level Agreement. The system is designed to manage rather than eliminate the risk of failure to achieve business objectives and can only provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material misstatement or loss.

PART 5

THE ISSUE

1. INTRODUCTION

The Company is targeting a capital raising of up to £200 million (with the ability to increase the size to up to £350 million) by way of an Issue of New Ordinary Shares at an Issue Price of 136 pence per New Ordinary Share, representing a discount of 6.6 per cent. to the closing price of 147.2 pence per Ordinary Share as at the close of business on 21 April 2017 (being the latest practicable date prior to the publication of this Prospectus), net of the Q1 2017 interim dividend of 1.60 pence per Ordinary Share described below and a premium of 6.7 per cent. to the audited EPRA Net Asset Value per Existing Share of 129.00 pence (as at 31 December 2016) net of the interim dividend of 1.55 pence per Ordinary Share for the period from 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2016 paid on 3 April 2017.

The New Ordinary Shares to be issued under the Issue will rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares and each other, save in respect of the Q1 2017 interim dividend of 1.60 pence per Ordinary Share declared on 24 April 2017 for the three month period to 31 March 2017.

If the Issue meets its target size of £200 million, it is expected that the Company will receive approximately £196 million from the Issue, net of fees and expenses associated with the Issue, which will not exceed £4 million, being two per cent. of the Gross Proceeds.

The Placing and Offer for Subscription are subject to scaling back at the discretion of the Directors. The Open Offer is not subject to scaling back in favour of the Placing or the Offer for Subscription.

The Issue is conditional upon the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting, Admission of the New Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to the Issue occurring no later than 8.00 a.m. on 15 May 2017 (or such later time and/or date as the Company and Jefferies may agree) and the Placing Agreement not being terminated and becoming unconditional in accordance with its terms. If these conditions are not met, the Issue will not proceed and an announcement to that effect will be made via a Regulatory Information Service.

Application will be made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.

2. REASONS FOR THE ISSUE

The Company examined a number of options for raising equity and has concluded that the combination of the Placing, the Open Offer and the Offer for Subscription allows Existing Shareholders to participate in the Issue by subscribing for their Open Offer Entitlements on a pre-emptive basis as well as applying for further New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer (by virtue of the Excess Application Facility), while providing the Company with the flexibility to raise the desired quantum of equity capital via the combined Placing and Offer for Subscription from new investors.

The Company expects to use the proceeds of the Issue to acquire further investments. The Manager has access to a pipeline of potential investments and is engaged in discussions with the owners of a number of attractive assets that meet the Company's investment criteria and are available for potential acquisition in the near term. The Directors consider that these investment opportunities are likely to be value-accretive to investors over the medium term.

In particular, the Manager is currently in advanced negotiations in relation to three standing assets, two of which are under offer and in solicitors' hands, for an aggregate consideration of approximately £155 million. Taking into account these three assets and the commitment to the Howdens Forward Funded Developments, the Company will have invested the geared equity proceeds from the October 2016 equity issue.

There can be no certainty that the Company will complete any of these acquisitions, or that the Company will complete any of the transactions in its investment pipeline. It is, however, possible that contracts may be exchanged on one or more of the three assets in the coming weeks and this may occur before, or shortly after, Admission.

The Issue will provide the Company with funds to capitalise on the investment opportunities referred to above. The Company currently expects to deploy the net proceeds of the Issue within six months of Admission.

The Directors believe that raising additional capital to acquire further investments at attractive prices will benefit both existing and new Shareholders. Specifically, the Directors believe that the Issue will have the following principal benefits for Shareholders:

  • (a) the net proceeds of the Issue will be used to acquire further assets, diversifying the Company's Portfolio in terms of both tenant exposure and geographical location and capitalising on the Company's leading position in the UK Big Box logistics market;
  • (b) an increase in the size of the Company should improve liquidity and enhance the marketability of the Company, resulting in a broader investor base over the longer term; and
  • (c) an increase in the size of the Company will spread its fixed operating expenses over a larger capital base, which should reduce ongoing expenses per Share.

3. THE OPEN OFFER

3.1 Open Offer Entitlement

Under the Open Offer, up to an aggregate amount of 100,517,096 New Ordinary Shares will be made available to Qualifying Shareholders at the Issue Price pro rata to their holdings of Existing Shares, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Open Offer, on the basis of:

1 New Ordinary Share for every 11 Existing Shares held on the Record Date.

Qualifying Shareholders should be aware that the Open Offer is not a rights issue and Open Offer Application Forms cannot be traded.

Fractional entitlements under the Open Offer will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of New Ordinary Shares and will be disregarded in calculating Open Offer Entitlements.

All fractional entitlements will be aggregated and made available to Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility.

The latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full in respect of the Open Offer will be 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017. Valid applications under the Open Offer will be satisfied in full up to applicants' Open Offer Entitlements. Qualifying Shareholders are also being offered the opportunity to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares in excess of their Open Offer Entitlements under the Excess Application Facility described below.

The terms and conditions of application under the Open Offer are set out in Part 12 of this Prospectus. These terms and conditions should be read carefully before an application is made. Investors who are in any doubt about the Issue arrangements should consult their stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other financial advisor.

3.2 Excess Application Facility under the Open Offer

The Open Offer is being made on a pre-emptive basis to Qualifying Shareholders. Qualifying Shareholders who take up all of their Open Offer Entitlements may also apply under the Excess Application Facility for additional New Ordinary Shares in excess of their Open Offer Entitlement. The Excess Application Facility will comprise whole numbers of New Ordinary Shares which are not taken up by Qualifying Shareholders pursuant to their Open Offer Entitlements, together with fractional entitlements under the Open Offer. In addition, to the extent that any New Ordinary Shares available under the Placing or Offer for Subscription are not fully subscribed, then such New Ordinary Shares will be available to satisfy Excess Applications under the Excess Application Facility, if required.

Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders who wish to apply to subscribe for more than their Open Offer Entitlement should complete the relevant sections on the Open Offer Application Form.

Qualifying CREST Shareholders will have Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements credited to their stock account in CREST and should refer to paragraph 2 of the "Terms and Conditions of the Open Offer" in Part 12 of this Prospectus for information on how to apply for Excess Shares pursuant to the Excess Application Facility.

To the extent that Qualifying Shareholders choose not to take up their entitlements under the Open Offer or that applications from Qualifying Shareholders are invalid, unallocated Open Offer Shares may be allotted to Qualifying Shareholders to meet any valid applications under the Excess Application Facility. Thereafter, to the extent that there remain any unallocated Open Offer Shares, they will be made available under the Offer for Subscription and/or the Placing as the Directors, in consultation with the Joint Financial Advisers, shall determine.

Applications under the Excess Application Facility will be allocated, in the event of oversubscription, pro rata to Qualifying Shareholders' applications under the Excess Application Facility. No assurance can be given that applications by Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility will be met in full or in part or at all.

In addition, a minimum of 46,541,727 New Ordinary Shares have been reserved for the Offer for Subscription and the Placing. This will grow to the extent that Qualifying Shareholders do not take up their entitlements under the Open Offer (or apply through the Excess Application Facility).

3.3 Action to be taken under the Open Offer

(a) Non-CREST Shareholders

Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders will be sent an Open Offer Application Form giving details of their Open Offer Entitlement.

Persons that have sold or otherwise transferred all of their Existing Ordinary Shares held in certificated form before 5.00 p.m. on 20 April 2017 should forward this Prospectus, together with any Open Offer Application Form (duly renounced), if and when received, at once to the purchaser or transferee, or the bank, stockbroker or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected, for delivery to the purchaser or transferee, except that the Prospectus and the Open Offer Application Form should not be sent to any jurisdiction where to do so might constitute a violation of local securities laws or regulations, including, but not limited to, the United States and the other Excluded Territories.

Any Existing Shareholder that has sold or otherwise transferred only some of their Existing Shares held in certificated form on or before 20 April 2017, should refer to the instructions regarding split applications in the "Terms and Conditions of the Open Offer" in Part 12 of this Prospectus and in the Open Offer Application Form.

(b) CREST Shareholders

Qualifying CREST Shareholders will not be sent an Open Offer Application Form. Instead, Qualifying CREST Shareholders will receive a credit to their appropriate stock accounts in CREST in respect of their Open Offer Entitlement and their Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement, which is made up of the maximum size of the Open Offer less their Open Offer Entitlement, as soon as practicable after 8.00 a.m. on 25 April 2017.

In the case of any Existing Shareholder that has sold or otherwise transferred only part of their holding of Existing Shares held in uncertificated form on or before 24 April 2017 (being the ex-entitlement date under the Open Offer), a claim transaction will automatically be generated by Euroclear which, on settlement, will transfer the appropriate Open Offer Entitlement and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement to the purchaser or transferee.

Full details of the Open Offer are contained in the "Terms and Conditions of the Open Offer" in Part 12 of this Prospectus. If you have any doubt about what action you should take, you should seek your own financial advice from your stockbroker, solicitor or other independent financial adviser duly authorised under FSMA who specialises in advice on the acquisition of shares and other securities immediately.

4. THE OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION

New Ordinary Shares are available under the Offer for Subscription, at the discretion of the Directors (in consultation with the Joint Financial Advisers). The Offer for Subscription is only being made in the UK but, subject to applicable law, the Company may allot New Ordinary Shares on a private placement basis to applicants in other jurisdictions. The terms and conditions of application under the Offer for Subscription are set out in Part 11 of this Prospectus and an Offer for Subscription Application Form can be found at the end of this Prospectus. These terms and conditions should be read carefully before an application is made. Investors should consult their respective stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other financial adviser if they are in any doubt about the contents of this Prospectus.

All applications for New Ordinary Shares under the Offer for Subscription will be payable in full, in GBP, by a cheque or banker's draft drawn on a UK clearing bank made payable to "Capita Registrars Limited re: TBB REIT plc - 2017 OFS a/c". Applications must be made using the relevant Offer for Subscription Application Form attached hereto and must be for a minimum of 1,000 New Ordinary Shares and thereafter in multiples of 100 New Ordinary Shares. The Company may, in its absolute discretion, determine to accept applications in lesser amounts.

Investors subscribing for New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Offer for Subscription may elect whether to hold the New Ordinary Shares in certificated form, or in uncertificated form through CREST. If an investor requests for New Ordinary Shares to be issued in certificated form on the Offer for Subscription Application Form and ticks the relevant box to request a share certificate, a share certificate will be despatched either to them or their nominated agent (at their own risk) within 14 days of completion of the registration process of the New Ordinary Shares. As further set out in the Offer for Subscription Application Form, investors who elect to hold their New Ordinary Shares in certificated form may elect at a later date to hold their New Ordinary Shares through CREST in uncertificated form, provided that they surrender their share certificates and provide any requested "know your client" evidence requested by the Company and/or the Receiving Agent.

5. INTERMEDIARIES

In connection with the Offer for Subscription, Jefferies will appoint certain Intermediaries to market the New Ordinary Shares to potential retail investors in the United Kingdom. The Intermediaries who have been appointed by Jefferies prior to the date of this Prospectus are listed in paragraph 14 of Part 9 of this Prospectus. Further Intermediaries may be appointed after the date of this Prospectus.

Each Intermediary has agreed, or will on appointment agree, to the Intermediaries Terms and Conditions, which regulate, inter alia, the conduct of the Intermediaries in relation to the offering of New Ordinary Shares on market standard terms and provide for the payment of commission to any Intermediary that elects to receive commission from Jefferies.

Each Intermediary will submit a single Application Form pursuant to the Offer for Subscription in its own name, as nominee, for the aggregate number of New Ordinary Shares procured by it via subscriptions from underlying retail investors.

Each applicant who applies for New Ordinary Shares via an Intermediary must comply with the appropriate money laundering checks required by the relevant Intermediary. Where an application is not accepted or there are insufficient New Ordinary Shares available to satisfy an application in full (due to scaling back of subscriptions or otherwise), the relevant Intermediary will be obliged to refund the applicant as required and all such refunds shall be made without interest. The Company, Jefferies and Akur accept no responsibility with respect to the obligation of the Intermediaries to refund monies in such circumstances.

Pursuant to the Intermediaries Terms and Conditions, the Intermediaries have undertaken to make payment on their own behalf for the consideration for any New Ordinary Shares subscribed pursuant to the Offer for Subscription by means of the CREST system against delivery of the New Ordinary Shares.

The publication of the Prospectus and any actions of the Company, Jefferies, Akur, the Intermediaries or other persons in connection with the Offer for Subscription should not be taken as any representation or assurance as to the basis on which the number of New Ordinary Shares to be offered under the Offer for Subscription or allocations between applications in the Offer for Subscription (from Intermediaries or otherwise) will be determined and any such actions or statements are hereby disclaimed by the Company, Jefferies, Akur and the Intermediaries.

6. THE PLACING

The Company, the Manager, Jefferies and Akur have entered into the Placing Agreement, pursuant to which Jefferies has agreed, subject to certain conditions, to use reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers and placees for New Ordinary Shares made available in the Placing at the Issue Price. The Placing is not being underwritten.

Applications under the Placing will be subject to the terms and conditions set out in Part 10 of this Prospectus.

7. BASIS OF ALLOCATION UNDER THE ISSUE

The Directors have reserved the right, in consultation with Jefferies, to increase the size of the Issue to up to a maximum of 257,352,941 New Ordinary Shares to raise Gross Proceeds of up to £350 million if overall demand exceeds 147,058,823 New Ordinary Shares, with any such increase being announced through a Regulatory Information Service.

The Offer for Subscription may be scaled back in favour of the Placing and the Placing may be scaled back in favour of the Offer for Subscription in the Directors' discretion (in consultation with Jefferies). The Open Offer is being made on a pre-emptive basis to Qualifying Shareholders and is not subject to scaling back in favour of either the Placing or the Offer for Subscription, provided that any New Ordinary Shares that are available under the Open Offer and are not taken up by Qualifying Shareholders pursuant to their Open Offer Entitlements and under the Excess Application Facility may be reallocated to the Placing and/or the Offer for Subscription and made available thereunder. In addition, to the extent that any New Ordinary Shares available under the Placing or Offer for Subscription are not fully subscribed, then such New Ordinary Shares will be available to satisfy Excess Applications under the Excess Application Facility, if required.

The Directors have the discretion (in consultation with the Joint Financial Advisers) to determine the basis of allocation within and between the Offer for Subscription and the Placing. Allocations of Open Offer Shares and Excess Shares pursuant to the Open Offer and Excess Application Facility shall be allocated on a pre-emptive basis as further detailed in the section above entitled "The Open Offer" in this Part 5.

The Company will notify investors of the number of New Ordinary Shares in respect of which their application has been successful and the results of the Issue will be announced by the Company on or around 11 May 2017 via a Regulatory Information Service announcement.

Subscription monies received in respect of unsuccessful applications (or to the extent scaled back) will be returned, by cheque, without interest at the risk of the applicant to the bank account from which the money was received.

8. GENERAL

Subject to those matters on which the Issue is conditional, the Directors (in consultation with the Joint Financial Advisers) may bring forward (to the extent possible) or postpone the closing date for the Placing, the Offer for Subscription and the Open Offer.

The basis of allocation under the Issue is expected to be announced through a Regulatory Information Service on 11 May 2017. The basis of allocation shall be determined (subject to the principles set out in this Part 5) by the Directors after consultation with the Joint Financial Advisers and the Manager.

To the extent that any application for subscription is rejected in whole or in part, or if the Issue does not proceed, monies received will be returned to each relevant applicant by electronic transfer to the account from which payment was originally received or by cheque (as applicable) at its risk and without interest.

The Company does not propose to accept multiple subscriptions. Financial intermediaries who are investing on behalf of clients should make separate applications or, if making a single application for more than one client, provide details of all clients in respect of whom application is being made. Multiple applications or suspected multiple applications on behalf of a single client are liable to be rejected.

The ISIN for the Ordinary Shares is GB00BG49KP99 and the SEDOL is BG49KP9. The ISIN for the Open Offer Entitlement is GB00BYXPW588 and the SEDOL is BYXPW588. The ISIN for the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement is GB00BYXPX990 and the SEDOL is BYXPX990.

Subject to their statutory right of withdrawal pursuant to section 87(Q)(4) of FSMA, in the event of the publication of a supplementary prospectus, applicants may not withdraw their applications for New Ordinary Shares.

Applicants wishing to exercise their statutory right of withdrawal pursuant to section 87(Q)(4) of FSMA after the publication by the Company of a prospectus supplementing this Prospectus must do so by lodging a written notice of withdrawal (which shall include a notice sent by any form of electronic communication) which must include the full name and address of the person wishing to exercise statutory withdrawal rights and, if such person is a CREST member, the Participant ID and the Member Account ID of such CREST Member by post or by hand (during normal business hours only) with Capita Asset Services, Corporate Actions, 34 Beckenham Road, Kent BR9 4TU, or by email to [email protected] so as to be received not later than two Business Days after the date on which the supplementary prospectus is published. Notice of withdrawal given by any other means or which is deposited with or received by Capita Asset Services after expiry of such period will not constitute a valid withdrawal. The Company will not permit the exercise of withdrawal rights after payment by the relevant applicant of his subscription in full and the allotment of New Ordinary Shares to such applicant becoming unconditional in such event Shareholders are recommended to seek independent legal advice.

The Existing Ordinary Shares shall be diluted by the issue of the New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Issue. Qualifying Shareholders will have their proportionate shareholdings in the Company diluted by approximately 11.7 per cent. as a consequence of the Issue (assuming Gross Proceeds of £200 million are raised) if they do take up or do not take up (respectively) their entitlements under the Open Offer.

9. OVERSEAS INVESTORS

The attention of persons resident outside the UK is drawn to the notices to investors set out on pages 42 to 45 of this Prospectus which contains restrictions on the holding of New Ordinary Shares by such persons in certain jurisdictions.

In particular, investors should note that the New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under the applicable state securities laws of the United States, and the Company has not registered, and does not intend to register, as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Accordingly, in connection with the Open Offer and Offer for Subscription, New Ordinary Shares will be offered and sold only outside the United States to, and for the account or benefit of, non-US Persons in "offshore transactions" within the meaning of, and in reliance on, Regulation S under the Securities Act. In connection with the Placing, New Ordinary Shares will be offered and sold only: (i) outside the United States to, and for the account or benefit of, non-US Persons in "offshore transactions" within the meaning of, and in reliance on, Regulation S under the Securities Act; and (ii) in a concurrent private placement in the United States to a limited number of "qualified institutional buyers" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that are also "qualified purchasers" within the meaning of section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder.

10. DEALING ARRANGEMENTS

Applications will be made for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that Admission will become effective, and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence, at 8.00 a.m. on 15 May 2017.

11. SETTLEMENT

Payment for the New Ordinary Shares applied for under the Open Offer should be made in accordance with the instructions contained in the "Terms and Conditions of the Open Offer" set out in Part 12 of this Prospectus and, in the case of certificated New Ordinary Shares, in the Open Offer Application Form. Payment for the New Ordinary Shares applied for under the Offer for Subscription should be made in accordance with the instructions contained in the Offer for Subscription Application Form set out at the end of this Prospectus. Payment for the New Ordinary Shares to be acquired under the Placing should be made in accordance with settlement instructions provided to investors by Jefferies. To the extent that any application or subscription for New Ordinary Shares is rejected in whole or in part, monies will be returned to the applicant(s) within 14 days at the risk of the applicant(s) without interest.

CREST accounts will be credited on the date of Admission and it is expected that, where Shareholders have requested them, certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares to be held in certificated form will be despatched during the week commencing 22 May 2017. Pending receipt by Shareholders of definitive share certificates, if issued, the Registrar will certify any instruments of transfer against the register of members.

12. MONEY LAUNDERING

Pursuant to anti-money laundering laws and regulations with which the Company must comply in the UK, any of the Company and its agents, including the Manager and Jefferies may require evidence in connection with any application for New Ordinary Shares including further identification of the applicant(s), before any New Ordinary Shares are issued.

Each of the Company and its agents, including the Manager and Jefferies, reserves the right to request such information as is necessary to verify the identity of a Shareholder or prospective Shareholder and (if any) the underlying beneficial owner or prospective beneficial owner of a Shareholder's New Ordinary Shares. In the event of delay or failure by the Shareholder or prospective Shareholder to produce any information required for verification purposes, the Directors, in consultation with the Company's agents, including the Manager and Jefferies, may refuse to accept a subscription for New Ordinary Shares, or may refuse the transfer of Ordinary Shares held by any such Shareholder.

13. ISA, SSAS AND SIPP

The New Ordinary Shares will, on Admission, be "qualifying investments" for the stocks and shares component of an ISA (subject to applicable subscription limits) provided that they have been acquired by purchase in the market (which, for these purposes, will include any New Ordinary Shares acquired directly under Open Offer and the Offer for Subscription but not any New Ordinary Shares acquired directly under the Placing).

Save where New Ordinary Shares are being acquired using available funds in an existing ISA, an investment in New Ordinary Shares by means of an ISA is subject to the usual annual subscription limits applicable to new investments into an ISA. The New Ordinary Shares will be permissible assets for SIPP and SSAS.

The Board will use its reasonable endeavours to manage the affairs of the Company so as to enable this status to be maintained.

14. TYPICAL INVESTOR

An investment in the Ordinary Shares is only suitable for institutional investors, professionally-advised private investors and highly knowledgeable investors who understand and are capable of evaluating the risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses (which may equal the whole amount invested) that may result from such an investment. Furthermore, an investment in the Ordinary Shares should constitute part of a diversified investment portfolio. It should be remembered that the price of securities and the income from them can go down as well as up.

PART 6

THE UK-REIT REGIME AND TAXATION INFORMATION

1. THE UK-REIT REGIME

The summary of the UK-REIT regime below is intended to be a general guide as to the UK-REIT regime and not an exhaustive summary of all applicable legislation. The UK-REIT regime introduced by the Finance Act 2006 and subsequently re-written in the Corporation Tax Act 2010 ("CTA 2010") was established to encourage greater investment in the UK property market and followed similar legislation in other countries such as the Netherlands, in addition to more long-established regimes in the United States and Australia.

Investing in property through a corporate investment vehicle has the disadvantage that, in comparison to a direct investment in property assets, some categories of shareholder effectively suffer tax twice on the same income: first, indirectly, when the corporate investment vehicle pays UK direct tax on its profits, and secondly, directly (subject to any available exemption) when the shareholder receives a dividend. UK non-tax paying entities, such as UK pension funds, suffer tax indirectly when investing through a closedended corporate vehicle, that is not a UK-REIT, which they would not suffer if they were to invest directly in the property assets.

Under the UK-REIT regime UK resident REIT Group members and non UK resident REIT Group members with a UK qualifying property rental business do not pay UK direct taxes on their income and capital gains from their qualifying property rental business (the "Property Rental Business"), provided that certain conditions are satisfied. Gains arising in UK resident companies on the disposal of shares in property owning companies would, however, be subject to UK corporation tax. In addition, overseas REIT Group members will remain subject to corporate income tax in respect of any property rental business carried on outside the UK, and UK and overseas direct taxes are still payable in respect of any income and gains from the REIT Group's business (generally including any property trading business) not included in the Property Rental Business (the "Residual Business"). Distributions out of the profits relating to the Property Rental Business will be treated for UK tax purposes as UK property income in the hands of Shareholders.

In this Part 6, "Property Rental Business" means a business within the meaning of section 205 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 ("CTA 2009") or an overseas property business within the meaning of section 206 CTA 2009, but, in each case, excluding certain specified types of business. A "Qualifying Property Rental Business" means a property rental business fulfilling the conditions in section 529 CTA 2010. While within the UK-REIT regime, the Property Rental Business will be treated as a separate business for corporation tax purposes from the Residual Business and a loss incurred by the Property Rental Business cannot be set off against profits of the Residual Business (and vice versa).

The principal company of the UK-REIT (which, for the purposes of this Part 6, is the Company) is required to distribute to shareholders (by way of dividend), on or before the filing date for the principal company's tax return for the accounting period in question, at least 90 per cent. of the income profits (broadly, calculated using normal UK corporation tax rules) of the UK resident members of the REIT Group in respect of their Property Rental Business and of the non-UK resident members of the REIT Group insofar as they derive from their UK Property Rental Business arising in each accounting period. Failure to meet this requirement will result in a tax charge calculated by reference to the extent of the failure, although this charge can be avoided if an additional dividend is paid within a specified period which brings the amount of profits distributed up to the required level.

In this Prospectus, references to a company's accounting period are to its accounting period for UK tax purposes. This period can differ from a company's accounting period for other purposes. A dividend received by a shareholder of the principal company in respect of profits and gains of the Property Rental Business of the UK resident members of the REIT Group or in respect of the profits or gains of a non-UK resident member of the REIT Group insofar as they derive from their UK Property Rental Business is referred to in this Prospectus as a "Property Income Distribution" or "PID". Any other dividend received by a shareholder of a UK-REIT will be referred to herein as a "Non-PID Dividend".

Subject to certain exceptions, Property Income Distributions will be subject to withholding tax at the basic rate of income tax (currently 20 per cent.). Further details of the UK tax treatment of certain Shareholders after entry into the UK-REIT regime are set out below.

2. QUALIFICATION AS A UK-REIT

A group becomes a UK-REIT by the principal company serving notice on HMRC. In order to qualify as a UK-REIT, the REIT Group must satisfy certain conditions set out in the CTA 2010. A non-exhaustive summary of the material conditions is set out below. Broadly, the principal company must satisfy the conditions set out in paragraphs 2.1 to 2.4 below and the REIT Group members must satisfy the conditions set out in paragraph 2.5.

2.1 Company conditions

The principal company must be solely UK resident, admitted to trading on a recognised stock exchange and it must not be an open-ended investment company. The principal company's shares must either be listed on a recognised stock exchange throughout each accounting period or traded on a recognised stock exchange in each accounting period. This listing/trading requirement is relaxed in the REIT Group's first three accounting periods but the REIT Group can benefit from this relaxation only once. The principal company can be a close company for the first three years after joining the regime, after which it can no longer be close (the "close company condition"). The company will not be treated as close simply because it has certain institutional investors as participators, including the trustee or manager of an authorised unit trust or a pension scheme, a person acting on behalf of a limited partnership which is a collective investment scheme, a charity, an insurance company, a sovereign investor, an open-ended investment company or, since 1 April 2014, another UK-REIT (or a non-UK equivalent of a UK-REIT). If the close company condition is breached because the principal company is acquired by another group UK-REIT, HMRC cannot issue a breach notice.

2.2 Share capital restrictions

The principal company must have only one class of ordinary share in issue. The only other shares it may issue are non-voting restricted preference shares, including shares which would be restricted preference shares but for the fact that they carry a right of conversion into shares or securities in the Company. The Directors do not intend to issue more than one class of share.

2.3 Borrowing restrictions

The principal company must not be party to any loan in respect of which the lender is entitled to interest which exceeds a reasonable commercial return on the consideration lent or where the interest depends to any extent on the results of any of its business or on the value of any of its assets. In addition, the amount repayable must either not exceed the amount lent or must be reasonably comparable with the amount generally repayable (in respect of an equal amount lent) under the terms of issue of securities listed on a recognised stock exchange.

2.4 Financial Statements

The principal company must prepare financial statements (the "Financial Statements") in accordance with statutory requirements set out in sections 532 and 533 of the CTA 2010 and submit these to HMRC. In particular, the Financial Statements must contain the information about the Property Rental Business, Tax-Exempt Business and the residual business separately.

2.5 Conditions for the Property Rental Business

The REIT Group must satisfy, amongst other things, the following conditions in respect of each accounting period during which the REIT Group is to be treated as a UK-REIT:

  • (a) the Property Rental Business must throughout the accounting period have at least three properties;
  • (b) throughout the accounting period no one property may represent more than 40 per cent. of the total value of the properties involved in the Property Rental Business. Assets must be valued in accordance with international accounting standards and at fair value when international accounting standards offers a choice between a cost basis and a fair value basis;
  • (c) treating all members of the REIT Group as a single company, the Property Rental Business must not include any property which is classified as owner-occupied in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice;
  • (d) at least 90 per cent. of the amounts shown in the Financial Statements of the REIT Group companies as income profits arising in respect of the Tax-exempt Business in the accounting period, must be distributed by the principal company of the REIT Group in the form of a PID generally on or before the filing date for the principal company's tax return for the accounting period (currently one year after the end of the period concerned) (the "90 per cent. distribution test"). For the purpose of satisfying the 90 per cent. distribution test, the distribution may be made either as a dividend in cash, or as share capital issued in lieu of a cash dividend;
  • (e) the income profits arising from the Property Rental Business must represent at least 75 per cent. of the REIT Group's total income profits for the accounting period (the "75 per cent. profits test"); and
  • (f) at the beginning of the accounting period, the value of the assets in the Property Rental Business must represent at least 75 per cent. of the total value of assets held by the REIT Group (the "75 per cent. assets test"). Cash held on deposit and gilts may be added to the value of the assets relating to the Property Rental Business for the purpose of meeting the 75 per cent. assets test.

3. INVESTMENT IN OTHER UK-REITS

The Finance Act 2013 provided for changes to Part 12 of the CTA 2010 in order to facilitate investments by UK-REITs in other UK-REITs. The legislation exempts a distribution of profits or gains of the Property Rental Business by one UK-REIT to another UK-REIT. The investing UK-REIT is required to distribute 100 per cent. of the distributions to its shareholders. The investment by one UK-REIT in another UK-REIT will be a Property Rental Business asset for the purposes of the 75 per cent. assets test.

4. EFFECT OF BECOMING A UK-REIT

4.1 Tax savings

As a UK-REIT, the REIT Group will not pay UK corporation tax on profits and gains from the Property Rental Business. Corporation tax will still apply in the normal way in respect of the Residual Business.

Corporation tax could also be payable were the shares in a member of the REIT Group to be sold (as opposed to property involved in the UK Property Rental Business). The REIT Group will also continue to pay all other applicable taxes, including VAT, stamp duty land tax, stamp duty, PAYE, rates and national insurance, in the normal way.

4.2 Dividends

When the principal company of a UK-REIT pays a dividend (other than a dividend relating to PIDs received from another UK-REIT), that dividend will be a PID to the extent necessary to satisfy the 90 per cent. distribution test. If the dividend exceeds the amount required to satisfy that test, the UK-REIT may determine that all or part of the balance is a Non-PID Dividend paid out of the profits of the activities of the Residual Business. Any remaining balance of the dividend (or other distribution) will generally be deemed to be a PID, firstly in respect of the income profits for the current year or previous years out of which a PID can be paid and secondly in respect of capital gains which are exempt from tax by virtue of the UK-REIT Regime. Any remaining balance will be attributed to other distributions. Subject to certain exceptions, PIDs will be subject to withholding tax at the basic rate of income tax (currently 20 per cent.).

If the REIT Group ceases to be a UK-REIT, dividends paid by the principal company may nevertheless be PIDs for a transitional period to the extent they are paid in respect of profits and gains of the Qualifying Property Rental Business whilst the REIT Group was within the UK-REIT regime.

4.3 Interest cover ratio

A tax charge will arise if, in respect of any accounting period, the REIT Group's ratio of income profits (before capital allowances) to financing costs (in both cases in respect of its Property Rental Business) is less than 1.25:1. The amount (if any) by which the financing costs exceeds the amount of those costs which would cause that ratio to equal 1.25 (subject to a cap of 20 per cent. of the income profits) is chargeable to corporation tax.

4.4 The "10 per cent. rule"

The principal company of a UK-REIT may become subject to an additional tax charge if it pays a dividend to, or in respect of, a person beneficially entitled, directly or indirectly, to 10 per cent. or more of the principal company's dividends or share capital or that controls, directly or indirectly, 10 per cent. or more of the voting rights in the principal company. Shareholders should note that this tax charge only applies where a dividend is paid to persons that are companies or are deemed to be bodies corporate for the purposes of overseas jurisdictions with which the UK has a double taxation agreement, or for the purposes of such double tax agreements. It does not apply where a nominee has such a 10 per cent. or greater holding unless the persons on whose behalf the nominee holds the shares meets the test in their own right.

This tax charge will not be incurred if the principal company has taken reasonable steps to avoid paying dividends to such a person. HMRC guidance describes certain actions that might be taken to show it has taken such "reasonable steps". One of these actions is to include restrictive provisions in the principal company's articles of association to address this requirement. The Articles (as summarised in paragraph 7 of Part 9 of this Prospectus) are consistent with the provisions described in the HMRC guidance.

4.5 Property development and property trading by a UK-REIT

A property development undertaken by a member of the REIT Group can be within the Property Rental Business provided certain conditions are met. However, if the costs of the development exceed 30 per cent. of the fair value of the asset at the later of: (a) the date on which the relevant company becomes a member of a UK-REIT, and (b) the date of the acquisition of the development property, and the UK-REIT sells the development property within three years of completion of the development, the property will be treated as never having been part of the Property Rental Business for the purposes of calculating any gain arising on disposal of the property. Any gain will be chargeable to corporation tax.

If a member of the REIT Group disposes of a property (whether or not a development property) in the course of a trade, the property will be treated as never having been within the Property Rental Business for the purposes of calculating any profit arising on disposal of the property. Any profit will be chargeable to corporation tax.

4.6 Movement of assets in and out of Property Rental Business

In general, where an asset owned by a UK resident member of the REIT Group and used for the Property Rental Business begins to be used for the Residual Business, there will be a tax free step up in the base cost of the property. Where an asset owned by a UK resident member of the REIT Group and used for the Residual Business begins to be used for the Property Rental Business, this will generally constitute a taxable market value disposal of the asset for UK corporation tax purposes, except for capital allowances purposes.

4.7 Joint ventures

The UK-REIT rules also make certain provisions for corporate joint ventures. If one or more members of the REIT Group are beneficially entitled, in aggregate, to at least 40 per cent. of the profits available for distribution to equity holders in a joint venture company and at least 40 per cent. of the assets of the joint venture company available to equity holders in the event of a winding up, that joint venture company (or its subsidiaries) is carrying on a qualifying Property Rental Business which satisfies the 75 per cent. profits test and the 75 per cent. assets test (the "JV company") and certain other conditions are satisfied, the principal company may, by giving notice to HMRC, elect for the assets and income of the JV company to be included in the Property Rental Business for tax purposes. In such circumstances, the income and assets of the JV company will count towards the 90 per cent. distribution test and the 75 per cent. profits test, and its assets will count towards the 75 per cent. assets test.

The REIT Group's share of the underlying income and gains arising from any interest in a tax transparent vehicle carrying on a qualifying Property Rental Business, including offshore unit trusts or partnerships, should automatically fall within the UK-REIT tax exemption, and will count towards the 75 per cent. profits and assets tests, provided the REIT Group is entitled to at least 20 per cent. of the profits and assets of the relevant tax transparent vehicle. The REIT Group's share of the Property Rental Business profits arising will also count towards the 90 per cent. distribution test.

4.8 Acquisitions and takeovers

If a UK-REIT is taken over by another UK-REIT, the acquired UK-REIT does not necessarily cease to be a UK-REIT and will, provided the conditions are met, continue to enjoy tax exemptions in respect of the profits of its Property Rental Business and capital gains on disposal of properties in the Property Rental Business.

The position is different where a UK-REIT is taken over by an acquiror which is not a UK-REIT. In these circumstances, the acquired UK-REIT is likely in most cases to fail to meet the requirements for being a UK-REIT and will therefore be treated as leaving the UK-REIT regime at the end of its accounting period preceding the takeover and ceasing from the end of that accounting period to benefit from tax exemptions on the profits of its Property Rental Business and capital gains on disposal of property forming part of its Property Rental Business. The properties in the Property Rental Business are treated as having been sold and reacquired at market value for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains immediately before the end of the preceding accounting period. These disposals should be tax free as they are deemed to have been made at a time when the acquired UK-REIT was still in the UK-REIT regime and future capital gains on the relevant assets will therefore be calculated by reference to a base cost equivalent to this market value. If the acquired UK-REIT ends its accounting period immediately prior to the takeover becoming unconditional in all respects, dividends paid as PIDs before that date should not be recharacterised retrospectively as normal dividends.

4.9 Certain tax avoidance arrangements

If HMRC believes that a member of the REIT Group has been involved in certain tax avoidance arrangements, it may cancel the tax advantage obtained and, in addition, impose a tax charge equal to the amount of the tax advantage. These rules apply to both the Residual Business and the Property Rental Business.

5. EXIT FROM THE UK-REIT REGIME

The principal company of the REIT Group can give notice to HMRC that it wants to leave the UK-REIT regime at any time. The Board retains the right to decide that the REIT Group should exit the UK-REIT regime at any time in the future without shareholder consent if it considers this to be in the best interests of the REIT Group.

If the REIT Group voluntarily leaves the UK-REIT regime within ten years of joining and disposes of any property that was involved in its Property Rental Business within two years of leaving, any uplift in the base cost of the property as a result of the deemed disposals on entry into and exit from the UK-REIT regime is disregarded in calculating the gain or loss on the disposal.

It is important to note that it cannot be guaranteed that the REIT Group will comply with all of the UK-REIT conditions and that the UK-REIT regime may cease to apply in some circumstances. HMRC may require the REIT Group to exit the UK-REIT regime if:

  • (a) it regards a breach of the Property Rental Business, Balance of Business or Distribution conditions or an attempt by the REIT Group to avoid tax, as so serious;
  • (b) the REIT Group has committed a certain number of minor or inadvertent breaches of the conditions in a specified period; or
  • (c) HMRC has given members of the REIT Group two or more notices in relation to the avoidance of tax within a ten year period of the first notice having been given.

In addition, if the conditions for UK-REIT status relating to the share capital of the principal company and the prohibition on entering into loans with abnormal returns are breached or the principal company ceases to be UK resident, becomes dual resident or an open-ended company, ceases to be listed or traded or (in certain circumstances) ceases to fulfil the close company condition (as described above), it will automatically lose UK-REIT status. Where the REIT Group is required by HMRC to leave the UK-REIT regime within ten years of joining, HMRC has wide powers to direct how it is to be taxed, including in relation to the date on which the REIT Group is treated as exiting the UK-REIT regime.

Shareholders should note that it is possible that the REIT Group could lose its status as a UK-REIT as a result of actions by third parties (for example, in the event of a successful takeover by a company that is not a UK-REIT) or other circumstances outside the REIT Group's control.

6. UK TAXATION

The statements set out below are intended only as a general guide to certain aspects of current UK tax law (as are in force following the passing of Finance Act 2016 and proposed changes in Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 as ordered to be printed by the House of Commons on 14 March 2017) and HMRC published practice as at the date of this Prospectus and apply only to certain Shareholders resident for tax purposes in the UK (save where express reference is made to non-UK resident persons). The summary does not purport to be a complete analysis or listing of all the potential tax consequences of holding Ordinary Shares. Prospective purchasers of New Ordinary Shares are advised to consult their own independent tax advisers concerning the consequences under UK tax law of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of Ordinary Shares.

The statements are not applicable to all categories of Shareholders, and in particular are not addressed to (i) Shareholders who do not hold their Ordinary Shares as capital assets or investments and who are not the absolute beneficial owners of those shares or dividends in respect of those shares; (ii) Shareholders who own (or are deemed to own) ten per cent. or more of the voting power of the Company; (iii) special classes of Shareholders such as dealers in securities, broker-dealers, insurance companies, trustees of certain trusts and investment companies; (iv) Shareholders who hold Ordinary Shares as part of hedging or commercial transactions; (v) Shareholders who hold Ordinary Shares in connection with a trade, profession or vocation carried on in the UK (whether through a branch or agency or otherwise); (vi) Shareholders who hold Ordinary Shares acquired by reason of their employment; (vii) Shareholders who hold Ordinary Shares in a personal equity plan or an individual savings account; or (viii) Shareholders who are not resident in the UK for tax purposes (save where express reference is made to non-UK resident Shareholders).

7. UK TAXATION OF PIDS

7.1 UK taxation of Shareholders who are individuals

Subject to certain exceptions, a PID will generally be treated in the hands of Shareholders who are individuals as the profit of a single UK property business (as defined in Part 3 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005). A PID is, together with any property income distribution from any other company to which Part 12 of the CTA 2010 applies, treated as a separate UK property business. Income from any other UK property business (a "different UK property business") carried on by the relevant Shareholder must be accounted for separately. This means that any surplus expenses from a Shareholder's different UK property business cannot be offset against a PID as part of a single calculation of the profits of the Shareholder's UK property business. Credit will be available in respect of the basic rate tax withheld by the Company (where required) on the PID. The individual's £1,000 property allowance as proposed in Finance (No. 2) Bill 2017 (as ordered to be printed by the House of Commons on 14 March 2017) does not apply to PIDs.

7.2 UK taxation of corporate Shareholders

Subject to certain exceptions, a PID will generally be treated in the hands of Shareholders who are within the charge to corporation tax as profit of a property business (as defined in Part 4 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009) ("Part 4 property business"). A PID is, together with any property income distribution from any other company to which Part 12 of the CTA 2010 applies, treated as a separate Part 4 property business. Income from any other Part 4 property business (a "different UK property business") carried on by the relevant Shareholder must be accounted for separately. This means that any surplus expenses from a Shareholder's different Part 4 property business cannot be offset against a PID as part of a single calculation of the Shareholder's Part 4 property business profits.

7.3 UK taxation of Shareholders who are not resident for tax purposes in the UK

Where a Shareholder who is resident for tax purposes outside the UK receives a PID, the PID will generally be chargeable to UK income tax as profit of a UK property business and this tax will generally be collected by way of a withholding. Under section 548(7) of the CTA 2010, this income is expressly not non-resident landlord income for the purposes of regulations under section 971 of the Income Tax Act 2007.

8. WITHHOLDING TAX

8.1 General

Subject to certain exceptions summarised below, the Company is required to withhold income tax at source at the basic rate (currently 20 per cent.) from its PIDs (whether paid in cash or in the form of a stock dividend). The Company will provide Shareholders with a certificate setting out the gross amount of the PID, the amount of tax withheld, and the net amount of the PID.

8.2 Shareholders solely resident in the UK

Where tax has been withheld at source, Shareholders who are individuals may, depending on their particular circumstances, be liable to further tax on their PID at their applicable marginal rate, incur no further liability on their PID, or be entitled to claim repayment of some or all of the tax withheld on their PID. Shareholders who are corporate entities will generally be liable to pay corporation tax on their PID and if (exceptionally) income tax is withheld at source, the tax withheld can be set against their liability to corporation tax in the accounting period in which the PID is received.

8.3 Shareholders who are not resident for tax purposes in the UK

It is not possible for a Shareholder to make a claim under a double taxation convention for a PID to be paid by the Company gross or at a reduced rate. The right of a Shareholder to claim repayment of any part of the tax withheld from a PID will depend on the existence and terms of any double taxation convention between the UK and the country in which the Shareholder is resident.

8.4 Exceptions to requirement to withhold income tax

Shareholders should note that, in certain circumstances, the Company is not required to withhold income tax at source from a PID. These include where the Company reasonably believes that the person beneficially entitled to the PID is a company resident for tax purposes in the UK, or a charity or a company resident for tax purposes outside the UK with a permanent establishment in the UK which is required to bring the PID into account in computing its chargeable profits. They also include where the Company reasonably believes that the PID is paid to the scheme administrator of a registered pension scheme, the sub-scheme administrator of certain pension sub-schemes, the account manager of an Individual Savings Account ("ISA"), the plan manager of a Personal Equity Plan ("PEP"), or the account provider for a Child Trust Fund, in each case, provided the Company reasonably believes that the PID will be applied for the purposes of the relevant fund, scheme, account or plan.

In order to pay a PID without withholding tax, the Company will need to be satisfied that the Shareholder concerned is entitled to that treatment. For that purpose, the Company will require such Shareholders to submit a valid claim form (copies of which may be obtained on request from the Registrars). Shareholders should note that the Company may seek recovery from Shareholders if the statements made in their claim form are incorrect and the Company suffers tax as a result. The Company will, in some circumstances, suffer tax if its reasonable belief as to the status of the Shareholder turns out to have been mistaken.

9. UK TAXATION OF NON-PID DIVIDENDS

Changes have been introduced in Finance Act 2016 concerning the UK taxation of dividends for individual Shareholders. These rules apply from 6 April 2016 and the following paragraphs are based on the new legislation within Finance Act 2016 and draft legislation within the Finance Bill 2017.

With effect from 6 April 2016, the 10% dividend tax credit is abolished and a new tax-free dividend allowance has been introduced. From 6 April 2016, the allowance is £5,000 and, as a result, a UK resident individual Shareholder does not pay income tax on the first £5,000 of Non-PID Dividend income they receive. The rates of income tax for Non-PID Dividends received above the dividend allowance will be:

  • (a) 7.5 per cent. for dividend income within the basic rate income tax band;
  • (b) 32.5 per cent. for dividend income within the higher rate income tax band; and
  • (c) 38.1 per cent. for dividend income within the additional rate income tax band.

However, as announced in Spring Budget 2017, Finance Bill 2017 (as ordered to be printed by the House of Commons on 14 March 2017) contains provisions reducing the dividend allowance to £2,000 with effect from 6 April 2018.

Shareholders that are within the charge to UK corporation tax will be subject to corporation tax on Non-PID Dividends paid by the Company, unless the Non-PID Dividends fall within an exempt class and certain other conditions are met. Whether an exempt class applies and whether the other conditions are met will depend on the circumstances of the particular Shareholder, although it is expected that the Non-PID Dividends paid by the Company would normally be exempt.

The Company will not be required to withhold tax at source when paying a Non-PID Dividend (whether in cash or in the form of a stock dividend).

10. UK TAXATION OF CHARGEABLE GAINS, STAMP DUTY AND STAMP DUTY RESERVE TAX IN RESPECT OF ORDINARY SHARES IN THE COMPANY

  • 10.1 UK taxation of chargeable gains
  • (a)Acquisition of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Placing and Offer for Subscription

For the purpose of UK tax on chargeable gains, the purchase of Ordinary Shares on a placing and offer for subscription will be regarded as an acquisition of a new holding in the share capital of the Company. To the extent that a Shareholder acquires Ordinary Shares allotted to him, the Ordinary Shares so acquired will, for the purpose of tax on chargeable gains, be treated as acquired on the date of the purchase becoming unconditional.

The amount of subscription monies paid for the New Ordinary Shares will constitute the capital gains base cost of the new shareholding.

(b)Acquisition of Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Open Offer

On a strict application of the law, the acquisition of Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer may not be regarded as a reorganisation of the share capital of the Company for the purposes of UK taxation on chargeable gains. Although HMRC's published practice to date has been to treat an acquisition of shares by an existing shareholder up to his pro-rata entitlement pursuant to the terms of an open offer as a reorganisation, it is understood that HMRC may not apply this practice in circumstances where an open offer is not made to all Shareholders.

If the issue of the New Ordinary Shares by the Company pursuant to the Open Offer is regarded as a reorganisation of the Company's share capital for the purposes of UK taxation on chargeable gains, to the extent that a Shareholder takes up all or part of their Open Offer Entitlement it should not be treated as acquiring a new asset nor will it be treated as making a disposal of any part of their corresponding holding of Existing Ordinary Shares. No liability to UK taxation on chargeable gains should arise on the issue of the New Ordinary Shares to the extent that the Shareholder takes up their Open Offer Entitlement. The New Ordinary Shares will be treated as acquired at the same time as the Existing Ordinary Shares in respect of which they are acquired and the cost of acquisition of the New Ordinary Shares will be pooled with the expenditure allowable on the Existing Ordinary Shares in respect of which they are acquired for the purposes of determining the amount of any chargeable gain arising on a subsequent disposal.

If, or to the extent that, the issue of New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Open Offer is not regarded by HMRC as a reorganisation, the New Ordinary Shares acquired by each Qualifying Shareholder under the Open Offer will, for the purposes of the UK taxation of chargeable gains, be treated as acquired as part of a separate acquisition of Ordinary Shares. The amount of subscription monies paid for the New Ordinary Shares will constitute the capital gains base cost of the new shareholding.

(c)A disposal or deemed disposal of Ordinary Shares

A disposal or deemed disposal of Ordinary Shares by a Shareholder who is resident in the UK for tax purposes, may give rise to a chargeable gain or an allowable loss for the purposes of UK taxation of chargeable gains, depending on the Shareholder's circumstances and subject to any available exemption or relief. Shareholders who are not resident in the UK for tax purposes may not, depending on their personal circumstances, be liable to UK taxation on chargeable gains arising from the sale or other disposal of their Ordinary Shares (unless they carry on a trade, profession or vocation in the UK through a branch or agency or, in the case of a shareholder which is a body corporate, a permanent establishment with which their Ordinary Shares are connected). Shareholders who are not resident in the UK for tax purposes may be subject to foreign taxation on capital gains depending on their circumstances.

An individual Shareholder who has ceased to be resident for tax purposes and who disposes of all or part of his shares during that period of temporary non-residence may be liable on his return to the UK to UK tax on chargeable gains arising during the period of absence, subject to any available exemption or relief.

(i) Individuals

Where an individual Shareholder who is resident in the UK for tax purposes disposes of Ordinary Shares at a gain, capital gains tax will be levied to the extent that the gain exceeds the annual exemption (£11,300 for 2017/18) and after taking account of any capital losses or exemptions available to the individual. Capital gains tax at the rate of 10 per cent. (to the extent the gain falls within the basic rate band) or 20 per cent. (to the extent the gain falls within the higher or additional rate band) will be payable on any gain on the disposal of Ordinary Shares.

Where a Shareholder resident in the UK for tax purposes disposes of the Ordinary Shares at a loss, the loss should be available to offset against other current year gains or carried forward to offset against future gains.

(ii) Shareholders Chargeable to UK Corporation Tax

Where a Shareholder is within the charge to corporation tax, a disposal or deemed disposal of Ordinary Shares may give rise to a chargeable gain (or allowable loss) for the purposes of UK corporation tax, depending on the circumstances and subject to any available exemption or relief. Indexation allowance may reduce the amount of chargeable gain that is subject to corporation tax by increasing the chargeable gains tax base cost of an asset in accordance with the rise in the retail prices index but indexation allowance cannot create or increase any allowable loss. Such Shareholders will be subject to corporation tax at their applicable corporation tax rate of 19 per cent. (reducing to 17 per cent. from 1 April 2020 and this reduction is included in Finance Act 2016).

10.2 UK stamp duty and UK stamp duty reserve tax ("SDRT")

No UK stamp duty or stamp duty reserve tax will generally be payable on the issue, allotment and registration of the Ordinary Shares.

UK legislation provides for a 1.5 per cent. stamp duty or SDRT charge where Ordinary Shares are transferred (in the case of stamp duty) or issued or transferred (in the case of SDRT): (i) to, or to a nominee or agent for, a person whose business is or includes the provision of clearance services; or (ii) to, or to a nominee or agent for, a person whose business is or includes issuing depositary receipts. However, following litigation, HMRC have confirmed that they will no longer seek to apply the 1.5 per cent. SDRT charge on an issue of shares or securities into a clearance service or depositary receipt arrangement on the basis that the charge is not compatible with EU law. HMRC's view is that the 1.5 per cent. SDRT or stamp duty charge will continue to apply to transfers of shares or securities into a clearance service or depositary receipt arrangement unless they are an integral part of an issue of share capital. This view is currently being challenged in further litigation. Accordingly, it may be appropriate to seek specific professional advice before incurring a 1.5 per cent. stamp duty or SDRT charge.

Clearance services may opt, under certain conditions, for the normal rates of stamp duty or SDRT (being 0.5 per cent. of the amount or value of the consideration for the transfer) to apply to a transfer of shares into, and to transactions within, the service instead of the higher rate of 1.5 per cent. referred to above.

Transfers on sale of Ordinary Shares will generally be subject to UK stamp duty at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of the consideration given for the transfer. The purchaser normally pays the stamp duty.

An agreement to transfer Ordinary Shares will normally give rise to a charge to SDRT at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of the amount or value of the consideration payable for the transfer. If a duly stamped transfer in respect of the agreement is produced within six years of the date on which the agreement is made (or, if the agreement is conditional, the date on which the agreement becomes unconditional), any SDRT paid is repayable, generally with interest, and otherwise the SDRT charge is cancelled. SDRT is, in general, payable by the purchaser.

Paperless transfers of Ordinary Shares within the CREST system will generally be liable to SDRT, rather than stamp duty, at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of the amount or value of the consideration payable. CREST is obliged to collect SDRT on relevant transactions settled within the CREST system. Deposits of Ordinary Shares into CREST will not generally be subject to SDRT, unless the transfer into CREST is itself for consideration.

11. ISA ELIGIBILITY

Pursuant to the Individual Savings Account (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2013, shares issued by a company that are admitted to trading on a recognised stock exchange are qualifying investments for ISA purposes. The New Ordinary Shares will be admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities and will, therefore, qualify to be held within the stocks and shares component of an ISA.

12. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

The Directors intend that the Company's business will continue to be carried on to enable the Company to qualify as a REIT for the purposes of Part 12 of the CTA 2010 (and the regulations made thereunder) such that all of the conditions required to ensure the Company is treated as a REIT as broadly summarised above are satisfied.

PART 7

FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON THE REIT GROUP

1. INCORPORATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

The following is incorporated by reference into this Prospectus:

  • (a) the Company's annual report and accounts for the 12 month period ended 31 December 2016 published on 7 March 2017 (the "2016 Annual Report");
  • (b) the Company's annual report and accounts for the 12 month period ended 31 December 2015 published on 16 March 2016 (the "2015 Annual Report"); and
  • (c) the Company's annual report for the 14 month period ended 31 December 2014 published on 23 February 2015 (the "2014 Annual Report"),

(together, the "Annual Reports").

Copies of the Annual Reports have been filed with the FCA. Copies of the Annual Reports may be obtained on the Company's website (www.tritaxbigbox.co.uk) or, free of charge, during normal business hours at the Company's registered offices (Aberdeen House, South Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 4NG).

2. BASIS OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The financial statements in the Annual Reports were prepared in accordance with IFRS, the Companies Act and Article 4 of the IAS Regulations.

The financial statements in the Annual Reports were audited by the Auditor. The Auditor's report was unqualified, did not include any references to any matters to which the Auditors drew attention by way of emphasis without qualifying their report and did not contain a statement under section 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act.

3. CROSS-REFERENCE LIST

3.1 2016 Annual Report

The 2016 Annual Report, which has been incorporated by reference in full in this Prospectus, included, amongst other things, the following information (on the pages specified in the table below):

Page references of
Information incorporated by reference the 2016 Annual Report
Chairman's Statement 10-11
Manager's Report 28-49
Details of Directors 70-71
Directors' Remuneration Report 90-91
Directors' Report 92-94
Independent Auditor's Report 96-101
Group Statement of Comprehensive Income 104
Group Statement of Financial Position 105
Group Cash Flow Statement 106
Group Statement of Changes in Equity 107
Notes to the Consolidated Accounts 108-132

3.2 2015 Annual Report

The 2015 Annual Report, which has been incorporated by reference in full in this Prospectus, included, amongst other things, the following information (on the pages specified in the table below):

Page references of
the 2015 Annual Report
4-5
32-39
54-55
66-67
68-70
73-76
78
79
80
81
82-104

3.3 2014 Annual Report

The 2014 Annual Report, which has been incorporated by reference in full in this Prospectus, included, amongst other things, the following information (on the pages specified in the table below):

Page references of
the 2014 Annual Report
4-5
18-30
41
49-50
51-53
55-57
58
59
60
61
62-82

PART 8 VALUATION REPORT

VALUATION REPORT

In respect of: Tritax Big Box REIT Portfolio

On behalf of:

Tritax Big Box REIT Plc Standbrook House, 4th Floor 2-5 Old Bond Street London W1S 4PD

VALUATION REPORT

CBRE Limited Henrietta House Henrietta Place London W1G 0NB

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Report Date Fax +44 (0)20 7182 2000
24 April 2017
Addressee The Directors
Tritax Big Box REIT plc
Standbrook House, 4th Floor
2-5 Old Bond Street
London W1S 4PD (the "Company")
For the attention of: Colin Godfrey
Akur Limited
66 St James's Street
London SW1A 1NE
In their capacity as Joint Financial Advisor
For the attention of: Anthony Richardson
Jefferies International Limited
Vintners Place
68 Upper Thames Street
London EC4V 3BJ
In their capacity as Sponsor, Sole Global Coordinator, Bookrunner and Joint Financial
Advisor
For the attention of: Gary Gould
The Properties Tritax Big Box REIT Portfolio
Instruction To value the unencumbered freehold and long leasehold interests in the properties on
the basis of Market Value as at the valuation date in accordance with the terms of
engagement entered into between CBRE and the addressees dated 22 March 2017 and
in connection with the prospectus to be issued by the Company on or around the date
of the report (the "Prospectus").
Valuation Dates Hachette Distribution Centre, Signia Park, Didcot – 8 March 2017
All Other Properties – 31 December 2016
Capacity of Valuer External Valuer, as defined in the RICS Valuation – Professional Standards global
January 2014.
Purpose The Valuation has been prepared for a Regulated Purpose as defined in the RICS
Valuation – Professional Standards (January 2014) ("Red Book"). We understand that
our valuation report and the Appendices to it (together the "Valuation Report") is
required for inclusion in a Prospectus (the "Prospectus") which is to be published
pursuant to a Public Offering of shares by Tritax Big Box REIT on the premium listing
segment of the London Stock Exchange.

Market Value £1,923,570,000 (ONE BILLION NINE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND POUNDS) exclusive of VAT, as shown in the Schedule of Capital Values set out below.

We have valued the Properties individually and no account has been taken of any discount or premium that may be negotiated in the market if all or part of the portfolio was to be marketed simultaneously, either in lots or as a whole.

Tritax Big Box REIT has expressly instructed us not to disclose certain information which is considered commercially sensitive, namely the individual values of the properties.

There are four properties of the 36 which, individually, have a value of more than 5% of the aggregate of the individual market values, which are listed in the first four rows below. The aggregate value of these four properties represents approximately 23.8% of the aggregate of the Market Values across the portfolio. In addition, Tritax Big Box REIT have acquired an additional property since 31 December 2016, namely Hachette Distribution Centre, Signia Park, Didcot, which is also listed below.

*Long **Short
Valuation
Date
Address Freehold
£
Leasehold
£
Leasehold
£
Total
£
31 December
2016
M&S, Castle
Donington
£107,775,000 £107,775,000
31 December
2016
Morrisons,
Sittingbourne
£124,975,000 £124,975,000
31 December
2016
Ocado, Erith £121,000,000 £121,000,000
31 December
2016
B&Q, Worksop £103,850,000 £103,850,000
08 March
2017
Hachette, Didcot £29,890,000 £29,890,000
31 December
2016
Value of
Remaining
Freehold
Properties
£1,227,705,000 £1,227,705,000
31 December
2016
Value of
Remaining Long
Leasehold
Properties
£208,375,000 £208,375,000
Portfolio Total £1,486,370,000 £437,200,000 £1,923,570,000

Properties held as an investment

None of the properties have a negative value.

Our opinion of Market Value is based upon the Scope of Work and Valuation
Assumptions attached, and has been primarily derived using comparable recent
market transactions on arm's length terms.
Compliance with
Valuation Standards
The valuation has been prepared in accordance with the RICS Valuation –
Professional Standards global January 2014 including the International Valuation
Standards and the RICS Valuation – Professional Standards UK January 2014 (revised
April 2015) ("the Red Book"). The presentation of the aggregate market value by
freehold and leasehold of the individual properties representing less than 5% of the
aggregate market value has been made in accordance with UK appendix 7 of the
Red Book.
We confirm that we have sufficient current local and national knowledge of the
particular property market involved, and have the skills and understanding to
undertake the valuation competently.
Where the knowledge and skill requirements of the Red Book have been met in
aggregate by more than one valuer within CBRE Ltd, we confirm that a list of those
valuers has been retained within the working papers, together with confirmation that
each named valuer complies with the requirements of the Red Book.
This Valuation is a professional opinion and is expressly not intended to serve as a
warranty, assurance or guarantee of any particular value of the subject property.
Other valuers may reach different conclusions as to the value of the subject property.
This Valuation is for the sole purpose of providing the intended user with the Valuer's
independent professional opinion of the value of the subject property as at the
valuation date.
Assumptions The property details on which each valuation are based are as set out in this report.
We have made various assumptions as to tenure, letting, taxation, town planning,
and the condition and repair of buildings and sites – including ground and
groundwater contamination – as set out below.
If any of the information or assumptions on which the valuation is based are
subsequently found to be incorrect, the valuation figures may also be incorrect and
should be reconsidered.
Variation from Standard
Assumptions
None.
Variation from
31 December 2016
The valuation of the Portfolio for the REIT, included in the REIT's annual financial
statements for the period ended 31 December 2016 was £1,893,680,000. Between
31 December 2016 and the valuation date of this report, the REIT has acquired one
additional property. We do not consider there to have been a material change in
value on the portfolio since 31 December 2016.
Valuer The properties have been valued by a valuer who is qualified for the purpose of the
valuation in accordance with the Red Book.
Independence The total fees, including the fee for this assignment, earned by CBRE Ltd (or other
companies forming part of the same group of companies within the UK) from the
Addressee (or other companies forming part of the same group of companies) is less
than 5.0% of the total UK revenues.
Conflicts of Interest We confirm that we have had no previous material involvement with any of the
properties, and that copies of our conflict of interest checks have been retained within
the working papers.
Disclosure The principal signatory of this report has continuously been the signatory of valuations
for the same addressee and valuation purpose as this report since December 2013.
CBRE Ltd has continuously been carrying out valuation instructions for the addressee
of this report since December 2013.
CBRE Ltd has performed Valuation services only on behalf of the addressee for less
than 5 years.
Reliance and
Responsibility
This report has been produced for inclusion in the Prospectus and may not be
reproduced or used in connection with any other purposes without our prior consent.
Save for any responsibility arising under Prospectus Rule 5.5.3R(2)(f) to any person
as and to the extent there provided, to the fullest extent permitted by law we do not
assume any responsibility and will not accept any liability to any other person for
any loss suffered by any such person as a result of, arising out of, or in accordance
with this report or our statement, required by and given solely for the purposes of
complying with Annex I item 23.1 of the Prospectus Directive Regulations, consenting
to its inclusion in the Prospectus.
For the purposes of Prospectus Rule 5.5.3R(2)(f), CBRE Limited accepts responsibility
for the information within this report and declares that it has taken all reasonable
care to ensure that the information contained in this report is, to the best of its
knowledge, in accordance with the facts and contains no omission likely to affect its
import. This declaration is included in the Prospectus in compliance with Annex I
item 1.2 of the Prospectus Directive Regulations.
Publication Neither the whole nor any part of our report nor any references thereto may be
included in any published document, circular or statement nor published in any way
without our prior written approval.
Such publication of, or reference to this report will not be permitted unless it contains
a sufficient contemporaneous reference to any departure from the Red Book or the
incorporation of the special assumptions referred to herein.
CBRE has given and not withdrawn its written consent to the inclusion of their report
in the Registration Document.

Nick Knight MRICS Ben Thomas MRICS Executive Director Director RICS Registered Valuer RICS Registered Valuer

T:+44 (0)20 7182 2897 T: +44 (0)20 7182 2663

CBRE UK (London - National) Henrietta House Henrietta Place London W1G 0NB

T: 020 7182 2000 F: 020 7182 2273

Yours faithfully Yours faithfully

For and on behalf of CBRE Ltd For and on behalf of CBRE Ltd

E: [email protected] E: [email protected]

SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND SCOPE OF WORKS

Sources of Information We have carried out our work based upon information supplied to us by Tritax Big
Box REIT and their advisors, as set out within this report, which we have assumed to
be correct and comprehensive. A list of the information provided is kept within our
working papers.
The Properties Our report contains a brief summary of the property details on which our valuation
has been based.
Inspection As instructed, we have not inspected the properties for the purpose of this valuation.
A schedule of the most recent inspection dates is maintained within our working
papers and can be made available if required. All properties were inspected
internally and externally between 7 March 2016 and 21 March 2017.
Areas We have adopted the floor areas that were utilised for the valuations on behalf of
the REIT when acquiring the properties. We have been informed that there have been
no structural changes to the buildings since the respective dates of acquisition. Floor
areas have been measured on a Gross Internal Area (GIA) area basis in accordance
with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice (6th Edition).
Environmental Matters At the point of initial purchase by the REIT we were provided with Environmental
Reports which are maintained within our working papers and can be made available
if required. We have had regard to these in forming our opinion of value for this
report.
However for the purpose of this report we have not undertaken, nor are we aware of
the content of, any environmental audit or other environmental investigation or soil
survey which may have been carried out on the Properties and which may draw
attention to any contamination or the possibility of any such contamination.
We have not carried out any investigations into the past or present uses of the
Properties, nor of any neighbouring land, in order to establish whether there is any
potential for contamination and have therefore assumed that none exists.
Services and Amenities We understand that all main services including water, drainage, electricity and
telephone are available to the properties.
None of the services has been tested by us.
Repair and Condition At the point of initial purchase by the REIT we were provided with Structural Reports
which are maintained within our working papers and can be made available if
required. We have had regard to these in forming our opinion of value for this report.
However for the purpose of this report we have not carried out building surveys, tested
services, made independent site investigations, inspected woodwork, exposed parts
of the structure which were covered, unexposed or inaccessible, nor arranged for
any investigations to be carried out to determine whether or not any deleterious or
hazardous materials or techniques have been used, or are present, in any part of the
Properties. We are unable, therefore, to give any assurance that the Properties are
free from defect.

Town Planning For the purpose of this report we have not undertaken planning enquiries in addition to the enquiries made at the point of acquisition of each asset.

At the point of initial purchase by the REIT we were provided with Title Reports which are maintained within our working papers and can be made available if required. We have had regard to these in forming our opinion of value for this report. Titles, Tenures and Lettings

For the purpose of this report, details of title/tenure under which the Properties are held and of lettings to which they are subject are as supplied to us. We have not generally examined nor had access to all the deeds, leases or other documents relating thereto. Where information from deeds, leases or other documents is recorded in this report, it represents our understanding of the relevant documents. We should emphasise, however, that the interpretation of the documents of title (including relevant deeds, leases and planning consents) is the responsibility of your legal adviser.

We have not conducted credit enquiries on the financial status of any tenants. We have, however, reflected our general understanding of purchasers' likely perceptions of the financial status of tenants.

VALUATION ASSUMPTIONS

Capital Values The valuation has been prepared on the basis of "Market Value", which is defined in
the Red Book as:
"The estimated amount for which an asset or liability should exchange on the
valuation date between a willing buyer and a willing seller in an arm's-length
transaction, after proper marketing and where the parties had each acted
knowledgeably, prudently and without compulsion."
The valuation represents the figure that would appear in a hypothetical contract of
sale at the valuation date. No adjustment has been made to this figure for any
expenses of acquisition or realisation - nor for taxation which might arise in the event
of a disposal.
No account has been taken of any inter-company leases or arrangements, nor of any
mortgages, debentures or other charge.
No account has been taken of the availability or otherwise of capital based
Government or European Community grants.
Rental Values Rental values indicated in our report are those which have been adopted by us as
appropriate in assessing the capital value and are not necessarily appropriate for
other purposes, nor do they necessarily accord with the definition of Market Rent.
The Properties Where appropriate we have regarded the shop fronts of retail and showroom
accommodation as forming an integral part of the building.
Landlord's fixtures such as lifts, escalators, central heating and other normal service
installations have been treated as an integral part of the building and are included
within our valuations.
Process plant and machinery, tenants' fixtures and specialist trade fittings have been
excluded from our valuations.

All measurements, areas and ages quoted in our report are approximate.

Environmental Matters In the absence of any information to the contrary, we have assumed that:
(a)
the Properties are not contaminated and are not adversely affected by any
existing or proposed environmental law;
(b)
any processes which are carried out on the Properties which are regulated by
environmental legislation are properly licensed by the appropriate authorities.
(c) the Properties possess current Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) as required
under the Government's Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, and that they
have an energy efficient standard of 'E', or better. We would draw your attention to
the fact that the Energy Act 2011 is due to come into force in England and Wales no
later than 1 April 2018 (although it may be earlier), and in Scotland, no earlier than
1 April 2015 (although it may be later). From such date, it will be unlawful for
landlords to rent out a residential or business premise unless they have reached a
minimum energy efficient standard – most likely, 'E' – or carried out the maximum
package of measures funded under the 'Green Deal' or the Energy Company
Obligation (ECO).
(d) the properties are either not subject to flooding risk or, if they are, that sufficient
flood defences are in place and that appropriate building insurance could be
obtained at a cost that would not materially affect the capital value.
High voltage electrical supply equipment may exist within, or in close proximity of,
the Properties. The National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) has advised that
there may be a risk, in specified circumstances, to the health of certain categories of
people. Public perception may, therefore, affect marketability and future value of the
Property. Our valuation reflects our current understanding of the market and we have
not made a discount to reflect the presence of this equipment.
Repair and Condition In the absence of any information to the contrary, we have assumed that:
(a) there are no abnormal ground conditions, nor archaeological remains, present
which might adversely affect the current or future occupation, development or value
of the Properties;
(b) the Properties are free from rot, infestation, structural or latent defect;
(c) no currently known deleterious or hazardous materials or suspect techniques have
been used in the construction of, or subsequent alterations or additions to, the
Properties; and
(d) the services, and any associated controls or software, are in working order and
free from defect.
We have otherwise had regard to the age and apparent general condition of the
Properties. Comments made in the property details do not purport to express an
opinion about, or advise upon, the condition of uninspected parts and should not be
taken as making an implied representation or statement about such parts.

Title, Tenure, Lettings, Planning, Taxation and Statutory & Local Authority requirements

Unless stated otherwise within this report, and in the absence of any information to the contrary, we have assumed that:

(a) the Properties possess a good and marketable title free from any onerous or hampering restrictions or conditions;

(b) the buildings have been erected either prior to planning control, or in accordance with planning permissions, and have the benefit of permanent planning consents or existing use rights for their current use;

(c) the Properties are not adversely affected by town planning or road proposals;

(d) the buildings comply with all statutory and local authority requirements including building, fire and health and safety regulations;

(e) only minor or inconsequential costs will be incurred if any modifications or alterations are necessary in order for occupiers of the Properties to comply with the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (in Northern Ireland) or the Equality Act 2010 (in the rest of the UK);

(f) all rent reviews are upward only and are to be assessed by reference to full current market rents;

(g) there are no tenant's improvements that will materially affect our opinion of the rent that would be obtained on review or renewal;

(h) tenants will meet their obligations under their leases, and are responsible for insurance, payment of business rates, and all repairs, whether directly or by means of a service charge;

(i) there are no user restrictions or other restrictive covenants in leases which would adversely affect value;

(j) where more than 50% of the floorspace of the Properties are in residential use, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 (the "Act") gives certain rights to defined residential tenants to acquire the freehold/head leasehold interest in the Properties. Where this is applicable, we have assumed that necessary notices have been given to the residential tenants under the provisions of the Act, and that such tenants have elected not to acquire the freehold/head leasehold interest. Disposal on the open market is therefore unrestricted;

(k) where appropriate, permission to assign the interest being valued herein would not be withheld by the landlord where required; and

(l) vacant possession can be given of all accommodation which is unlet or is let on a service occupancy.

(m) Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) – or, in Scotland, Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LABTT) – will apply at the rate currently applicable.

SCHEDULE OF ASSETS

Property Address Tenant Tenure
East Midlands Distribution Centre, Castle Donington, DE74 2HL Marks & Spencer Freehold
Bishopdyke Road, Sherburn-in-Elmet, LS25 6JH Sainsburys Freehold
Gander Lane, Chesterfield, S43 4PZ Tesco Freehold
Southmead Industrial Estate, Didcot, OX11 7AW Tesco Freehold
Lincolnshire Way, Doncaster, DN3 3FF Next Freehold
Morrisons Distribution Unit, Fleet End, Sittingbourne ME10 2FD Morrisons Long Leasehold
Wolseley Distribution Centre, Melmerby Park, Green Road, Ripon, HG4 5HP Wolseley Freehold
Statham Road, Skelmersdale, WN8 8DY DHL Freehold
Langley 255, Enterprise Way, Langley Mill, NG16 4HY DHL Freehold
Rolls Royce, Oaklands Farm, Bognor Regis, PO22 9FJ Rolls Royce Freehold
The Range, Nimbus Park, Mount Pleasant Road, Doncaster, DN8 4HT The Range Freehold
K&N, Unit 2300, Park Avenue, Dove Valley Park, Derby DE65 5BY Kuehne & Nagel Freehold
L'Oreal, Unit 2, Fraser Place, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1ED L'Oreal Freehold
Tesco, Stakehill Industrial Estate, Touchet Hall Road, Stakehill, M24 2SJ Tesco Freehold
Crossdox Distribution Warehouse, Church Manorway, Erith, DA8 Ocado Freehold
B&Q Distribution Warehouse, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 2RZ B&Q Long Leasehold
Unit P4, Heywood Distribution Park, Heywood, Greater Manchester, OL10 Argos Freehold
DC2 & DC3, Ore Close Newcastle Under Lyme, ST5 New Look Freehold
Flex Meadow, Pinnacles West, Harlow, CM19 5TJ Brake Bros Freehold
Tesco, Capitol Park, Goole, DN14 8GA Tesco Freehold
Dunelm, Prologis Park Sideway, Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 Dunelm Freehold
Nice-Pak, Westwood Park Drive, Wigan, WN3 4HE Nice Pak Freehold
TK Maxx, Knottingley, Wakefield, WF11 TK Maxx Freehold
Howdens, Warth Park, Raunds, NN9 6NY Howdens Freehold
Matalan, Knowsley Business Park, Knowsley L33 7UF Matalan Long Leasehold
Brake Bros, Portbury Way, Portbury BS20 7XN Brake Bros Freehold
Argos, Barton under Needwood, Burton on Trent DE13 8BX Argos Freehold
Dixons Carphone Distribution Centre, Newlink Business Park, Newark,
NG24 2NH DSG Long Leasehold
Gestamp, Four Ashes, Wolverhampton, WV10 Gestamp Tallent Freehold
Amazon, Kingston Park, Flaxley Road, Peterborough, PE2 9EN Amazon Freehold
Kellogg's, Merlin 310, Trafford Park, Manchester M32 0YQ Kellogg's Freehold
Co-Op, Oliver Road, Thurrock, Greater London RM20 3EN Co-Op Freehold
Euro Car Parts, Birch Coppice, Tamworth B78 1SE Euro Car Parts Long Leasehold
Whirlpool, Warth Park, Raunds NN9 6EJ Whirlpool Freehold
Screwfix, Fradley Park, Lichfield WS13 8SS (FF) Screwfix Freehold
Hachette, Signia Park, Didcot OX11 (FF) Hachette Freehold

PART 9

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. RESPONSIBILITY

  • 1.1 The Company and each of the Directors, whose names and functions appear on page 39 of this Prospectus, accept responsibility, both individually and collectively, for the information contained in this Prospectus. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Company and the Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in this Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.
  • 1.2 The Manager accepts responsibility for the Manager's Statements. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Manager (who has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), such Manager's Statements are in accordance with the facts and do not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

2. THE COMPANY

  • 2.1 The Company was incorporated and registered in England and Wales on 14 September 2012 as a public company limited by shares under the Companies Act with the name "Tritax Income Real Estate Investment Trust plc" and registration number 8215888.
  • 2.2 The Company changed its name to "Tritax REIT plc" on 27 September 2012 and to its current name, "Tritax Big Box REIT plc", on 11 October 2013.
  • 2.3 The principal place of business and the registered office of the Company is Standbrook House, Fourth Floor, 2-5 Old Bond Street, London W1S 4PD and its telephone number is 020 7290 1616. The Company is domiciled in the United Kingdom.
  • 2.4 The principal legislation under which the Company operates and under which the New Ordinary Shares will be issued pursuant to the Issue is the Companies Act. The Company does not require further regulatory authorisation to carry out its business. It is not authorised or regulated by the FCA or an equivalent overseas regulator.
  • 2.5 On 25 September 2012, the Company was granted a certificate under section 761 of the Companies Act entitling it to commence business and to exercise its borrowing powers.
  • 2.6 The Company has given notice to the Registrar of Companies of its intention to carry on business as an investment company pursuant to section 833 of the Companies Act.
  • 2.7 The Ordinary Shares are admitted to the premium listing segment of the Official List of the FCA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities.
  • 2.8 As at 21 April 2017 (being the last practicable date prior to publication of this Prospectus), the Company had no employees. Details of the Company's interests in real property are contained in Part 2 of this Prospectus.
  • 2.9 BDO LLP has been the only auditor of the Company since its incorporation. BDO LLP is registered to carry out audit work by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
  • 2.10 The annual report and accounts of the Company are prepared in accordance with IFRS and EPRA's best practice recommendations.

3. THE REIT GROUP

3.1 The Company, which is the ultimate holding company of the REIT Group, has the following subsidiaries:

Proportion of
Company Place of ownership
Name number incorporation interests (%)
TBBR Holdings 1 Limited 119069 Jersey 100.0
TBBR Holdings 2 Limited 119070 Jersey 100.01
Baljean Properties Limited 005393V Isle of Man 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 2 Limited 114528 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 2 (SPV) Limited 114529 Jersey 100.02
The Sherburn RDC Unit Trust N/A Jersey 100.03
Tritax REIT Acquisition 3 Limited 8215014 United Kingdom 100.02
Tritax REIT Acquisition 4 Limited 8214556 United Kingdom 100.02
Tritax REIT Acquisition 5 Limited 8214551 United Kingdom 100.02
Sonoma Ventures Limited 1637663 British Virgin Islands 100.02
Tritax Ripon Limited 36449 Guernsey 100.02
Tritax REIT Acquisition 8 Limited 9155993 United Kingdom 100.0
Tritax Acquisition 8 Limited 116356 Jersey 100.04
Tritax REIT Acquisition 9 Limited 9155999 United Kingdom 100.0
Tritax Acquisition 9 Limited 116372 Jersey 100.05
Tritax Acquisition 10 Limited 116656 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 11 Limited 116931 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 12 Limited 117018 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 13 Limited 117019 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 14 Limited 117020 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Worksop Limited 1066320 British Virgin Islands 100.02
Tritax REIT Acquisition 16 9338152 United Kingdom 100.0
Tritax Acquisition 16 Limited 117283 Jersey 100.06
Tritax Acquisition 17 Limited 117758 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 18 Ltd 117914 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Harlow Limited 53362 Guernsey 100.02
Tritax Lymedale Limited 105392 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 21 Limited 118138 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 22 Limited 118292 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 23 Limited 118293 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Acquisition 24 Limited 119188 Jersey 100.0
Tritax Knowsley Limited 013057V Isle of Man 100.0
Tritax Portbury Limited 120653 Jersey 100.07
Tritax Burton Upon Trent Limited 1035960 British Virgin Islands 100.02
Tritax Newark Limited 121153 Jersey 100.07
Wellzone Limited 04648744 United Kingdom 100.011
Sportdale Limited 04648736 United Kingdom 100.09
Tritax Acquisition 28 Limited 121371 Jersey 100.08
Tritax Merlin 310 Trafford Park 30 Limited 121849 Jersey 100.08
Tritax CL Debt Holdings Limited 121690 Jersey 100.08
Click Peterborough S.à r.l. B109394 Luxembourg 100.010
Tritax Peterborough Limited 121797 Jersey 100.02
Tritax Holdings PGIM Debt Limited 123071 Jersey 100.0
Tritax Tamworth Limited 12204 Jersey 100.012
Proportion of
Company Place of ownership
Name number incorporation interests (%)
Tritax West Thurrock Limited 122130 Jersey 100.012
Tritax Acquisition 34 Limited 122205 Jersey 100.012
Tritax Acquisition 35 Limited 122320 Jersey 100.012
Tritax Acquisition 36 Limited 122726 Jersey 100.0
Tritax Acquisition 37 Limited 122944 Jersey 100.0
Tritax Acquisition 38 Limited 123042 Jersey 100.0
Tritax Acquisition 39 Limited 123471 Jersey 100.0
  • 1 Held by TBBRH1.
  • 2 Held by TBBRH2.
  • 3 Beneficially owned by SPV 2 and SPV 2 Ltd.
  • 4 Held by SPV 8.
  • 5 Held by SPV 9.
  • 6 Held by SPV16.
  • 7 Held by THCLD.
  • 8 Held by the Company.
  • 9 Held by Wellzone Limited.
  • 10 Held by SPV 31.
  • 11 Held by SPV 28.
  • 12 Held by THPD.
  • 3.2 The subsidiaries have been set up for the purpose of acquiring investment properties. The Directors intend that further wholly owned special purpose vehicles shall be set up for any additional properties which may be acquired by the REIT Group.

4. SHARE CAPITAL

4.1 The Company's share capital as at the date of this Prospectus and as it will be immediately following Admission (assuming Gross Proceeds of £200 million are raised) is as follows:

As at the date of this Prospectus Immediately following Admission
Number of Aggregate Number of Aggregate
Ordinary Shares nominal value Ordinary Shares nominal value
1,105,688,057 £11,056,880.57 1,252,746,880 £12,527,468.80
  • 4.2 The share capital of the Company as of 14 September 2012 (the date of its incorporation) was made up of 50,000 ordinary shares of £1.00 each held by the Manager and Tritax Assets.
  • 4.3 The following changes in the share capital of the Company have taken place between 14 September 2012 and the date of this Prospectus:
  • (a)on 9 December 2013:

    • (i) the share capital of the Company was sub-divided from 50,000 ordinary shares of £1.00 each into 5,000,000 Ordinary Shares;
    • (ii) the Company issued 200,000,000 Ordinary Shares by way of a placing and offer for subscription at an issue price of 100 pence per Ordinary Share; and
    • (iii) the Company carried out a buy-back of the incorporation shares with a nominal value of £50,000 held by Tritax Assets and the Manager pursuant to a share buy-back agreement dated 18 November 2013;
  • (b) on 4 June 2014, the Company issued 19,980,000 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 104 pence per Ordinary Share;

  • (c) on 25 July 2014, the Company issued 145,631,068 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 103 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (d) on 7 October 2014, the Company issued 122,248 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 100 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (e) on 2 December 2014, the Company issued 104,761,904 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 105 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (f) on 19 March 2015, the Company issued 159,090,909 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 110 pence per Ordinary Share and 175,557 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 106.22 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (g) on 18 June 2015, the Company issued 47,787,607 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 113 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (h) on 21 September 2015, the Company issued 290,795 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 114.68 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (i) on 16 February 2016, the Company issued 161,290,323 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 124 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (j) on 27 May 2016, the Company issued 410,729 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 121.09 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (k) on 26 September 2016, the Company issued 466,874 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 124.48 pence per Ordinary Share;
  • (l) on 18 October 2016, the Company issued 265,151,515 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 132 pence per Ordinary Share; and
  • (m) on 13 April 2017, the Company issued 528,528 Ordinary Shares at an issue price of 126.45 pence per Ordinary Share.
  • 4.4 On 11 May 2017, resolutions of the Company will be considered at the General Meeting for the following purposes (with the resolutions being conditional upon admission of the shares being allotted pursuant to the below authorities taking place on or before 30 June 2017):
  • (a) that the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act to exercise all the powers of the Company to allot shares in the Company and grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal value of £2,573,529.41 pursuant to the Issue;
  • (b) that, subject to and conditional upon the passing of the resolution referred to in paragraph 4.4(a) above, the Directors be generally and unconditionally empowered for the purposes of section 571 of the Companies Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Companies Act) for cash pursuant to the authority conferred by the resolution referred to in paragraph 4.4(a), as if section 561 of the Companies Act and any pre-emption rights in the Company's articles of association did not apply to any such allotment,

such authorities to expire on 30 June 2017 unless renewed at a general meeting prior to such time.

  • 4.5 On 17 May 2017, resolutions of the Company will be considered at the annual general meeting for the following purposes:
  • (a) that the Directors be generally and unconditionally authorised for the purposes of section 551 of the Companies Act to exercise all the powers of the Company to:
    • (i) allot shares in the Company and grant rights to subscribe for or convert any security into shares in the Company up to an aggregate nominal value of £3,683,865; and
    • (ii) allot equity securities of the Company (as defined in section 560 of the Companies Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £7,367,730 (such amount to be reduced by the nominal amount of any shares allotted or rights granted under the resolution referred to in paragraph 4.5(a)(i) in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue to:
    • (A) the holders of shares in the Company in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of shares held by them; and
    • (B) holders of other equity securities, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Directors otherwise consider necessary, and so that the Directors of the Company may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter,

such authorities to expire at the end of the Company's next annual general meeting or, if earlier, 15 months from the date of the resolution;

  • (b) that the Directors be generally and unconditionally empowered for the purposes of section 570 of the Companies Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Companies Act) for cash:
  • (i) pursuant to the authority conferred by the resolution referred to in paragraph 4.5(a); or
  • (ii) where the allotment constitutes an allotment by virtue of section 560(3) of the Companies Act,

in each case as if section 561 of the Companies Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall be limited to:

(A) the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities (but in the case of an allotment pursuant to the authority granted under the resolution referred to in paragraph 4.5(a)(ii) above, such power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue only) to:

  • (I) the holders of ordinary shares in the Company in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to the respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them; and
  • (II) holders of other equity securities, as required by the rights of those securities or, subject to such rights, as the Directors otherwise consider necessary, and so that the Directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which it considers necessary or appropriate to deal with treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or under the laws of, any territory or any other matter; and
  • (B) the allotment of equity securities, other than pursuant to the resolution referred to in paragraph 4.5(b)(ii)(A), up to an aggregate nominal amount of £552,580,

such power to expire at the Company's next annual general meeting or, if earlier, 15 months from the date of the resolution;

  • (c) that the Directors be generally and unconditionally empowered for the purposes of section 570 of the Companies Act to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Companies Act) for cash:
  • (i) pursuant to the authority conferred by the resolution referred to in paragraph 4.5(a); or
  • (ii) where the allotment constitutes an allotment by virtue of section 560(3) of the Companies Act,

in each case as if section 561 of the Companies Act and any pre-emption rights in the Company's articles of association did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power shall be limited to:

  • (A) the allotment of equity securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of £552,580; and
  • (B) used only for the purpose of financing (or refinancing, if the authority is to be used within six months after the original transaction) a transaction which the Directors determine to be an acquisition or other capital investment of a kind contemplated by the Statement of Principles on Disapplying Pre-Emption Rights most recently published by the Pre-Emption Group,

such power to expire at the Company's next annual general meeting or, if earlier, 15 months from the date of the resolution;

(d) that the Company be authorised for the purpose of section 701 of the Companies Act to make market purchases (as defined in section 693(4) of the Companies Act) of shares on such terms and in such manner as the Directors may from time to time determine and where such shares are held as treasury shares, the Company may use them for the purposes set out in sections 727 or 729 of the Companies Act, provided that:

  • (i) the maximum number of shares authorised to be purchased under the authority is 110,515,953;
  • (ii) the minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for such shares is £0.01 per share, being the nominal amount thereof; and
  • (iii) the maximum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for such shares is an amount equal to the higher of:
  • (A) five per cent. above the average of the middle market quotations for such shares taken from The London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the purchase is made; and
  • (B) the price stipulated by Article 5(1) of the Buyback and Stabilisation Regulations (Commission Regulation (EC) of 22 December 2003),

such authorities to expire at the Company's next annual general meeting or, if earlier, 15 months from the date of the resolution; and

  • (e) that a general meeting other than an annual general meeting may be called on not less than 14 clear days' notice.
  • 4.6 The Companies Act abolished the requirement for companies incorporated in England and Wales to have an authorised share capital. Furthermore, the Articles do not contain a provision expressly limiting the number of shares that can be issued by the Company.
  • 4.7 No shares in the capital of the Company are held by or on behalf of the Company.
  • 4.8 Shareholders are required pursuant to Rule 5 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules to notify the Company if, as a result of an acquisition or disposal of shares or financial instruments, the Shareholder's percentage of voting rights of the Company reaches, exceeds or falls below, 3 per cent. of the nominal value of the Company's share capital or any 1 per cent. threshold above that.
  • 4.9 No share or loan capital of the Company is under option or has been agreed, conditionally or unconditionally, to be put under option and no convertible securities, exchangeable securities or securities with warrants have been issued by the Company.

5. INTERESTS OF MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS

5.1 Other than as set out in the table below, as at 21 April 2017 (being the last practicable date prior to the date of this Prospectus), the Company was not aware of any person who was directly or indirectly interested in 3 per cent. or more of the issued share capital of the Company:

Percentage of
Number of issued share
Name Ordinary Shares capital (%)
Aviva plc* 88,650,764 8.02
BlackRock, Inc. 76,754,573 6.94
Quilter Cheviot Limited 42,991,866 3.89
Hargreaves Lansdown plc 37,775,967 3.42
Brewin Dolphin Limited 33,231,167 3.01

*Including shares held by Aviva plc's subsidiaries BNY (Nominees) Limited, BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited, Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited, CUIM Nominees Limited, Vidacos Nominees Limited, BNP Paribas – London and Chase Nominees Limited.

  • 5.2 Pursuant to the Companies Act, the Company (as a public limited company) must not allot shares except as paid up at least to one quarter of their nominal value and the whole of any premium. A share is deemed to be paid up (as at its nominal value and any premium on it) in cash if an undertaking is given to pay cash to the Company at a future date.
  • 5.3 The Company and its Directors are not aware of any person who as at 21 April 2017 (being the latest date practicable prior to the publication of this Prospectus), directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, exercises or could exercise control over the Company, nor are they aware of any arrangements, the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change of control by the Company.

6. DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

6.1 Save as set out in the table below, no Director (nor his or her connected persons) has any interests (beneficial or non-beneficial) in the share capital of the Company as at 21 April 2017 (being the last practicable date prior to the date of this Prospectus):

Percentage of
Number of issued share
Name Ordinary Shares capital (%)
Richard Jewson 70,752 less than 0.01
Jim Prower 23,760 less than 0.01
Mark Shaw 616,761 0.06
Stephen Smith 7,000 less than 0.01
Susanne Given 0

6.2 The total remuneration received by each Director during the financial year ended 31 December 2016 (being the last date in respect of which the Company has published financial information) is set out in the table below:

Name Remuneration (£)
Richard Jewson 79,000
Jim Prower 46,500
Mark Shaw 0
Stephen Smith 43,000
Susanne Given 15,000
  • 6.3 The Directors and their connected persons may, however, subscribe for New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Issue.
  • 6.4 Each of the Directors is entitled to receive a fee from the Company (other than Mark Shaw) at such rate as may be determined in accordance with the Articles. The Directors are each entitled to a fee of £50,000 per annum other than the Chairman (Richard Jewson) who is entitled to a fee of £100,000 per annum. No amount has been set aside or accrued by the Company to provide pension, retirement or other similar benefits.

  • 6.5 Each of the Directors has recently entered into a new letter of appointment dated 13 September 2016, except for Mark Shaw and Jim Prower, whose letters of appointment are dated 8 November 2013 and 18 November 2013, respectively. The letters of appointment (other than the letters of appointment for Mark Shaw and Jim Prower) provide that either party must give at least three months' prior written notice of termination (save in the case of immediate termination as described below) and, where notice of termination is from a Director, it may not take effect until six months after the termination of office of any other Director, save in certain limited circumstances. There is no notice period in the letters of appointment for Mark Shaw and Jim Prower.

  • 6.6 The Company may terminate the appointment of the Directors immediately and without notice in certain specified circumstances, including: (i) unauthorised absences from board meetings for six consecutive months or more; (ii) written notice of the majority of the Directors; or (iii) a resolution of the Shareholders.
  • 6.7 No Director has a service contract with the Company, nor are any such contracts proposed.
  • 6.8 None of the Directors have any conflict of interest between duties to the Company and his private interests or other duties, except as to the extent that Mark Shaw is a designated member of the Manager.
  • 6.9 Save as set out in paragraph 6.10 below, none of the Directors in the five years before the date of this Prospectus:
  • (a) have any convictions in relation to fraudulent offences;
  • (b) have been associated with any bankruptcies, receiverships or liquidations of any partnership or company through acting in the capacity as a member of the administrative, management or supervisory body or as a partner, founder or senior manager of such partnership or company; or
  • (c) have any official public incrimination and/or sanctions by statutory or regulatory authorities (including designated professional bodies) or have been disqualified by a court from acting as a member of the administration, management or supervisory bodies of any issuer or from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of any issuer.
  • 6.10 Richard Jewson, Mark Shaw, Jim Prower and Stephen Smith were directors of various REIT Group companies which were liquidated as part of a group reorganisation (being Tritax Reit Acquisition 4 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 10 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 11 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 12 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 13 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 14 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 17 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 18 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 21 Limited, Tritax Reit Acquisition 22 Limited and Tritax Reit Acquisition 23 Limited). In addition. Mark Shaw was a director of Personal Storage (Operations) LLP and Personal Storage (Grousemoor) LLP which were dissolved as a result of a creditors' voluntary winding up.
  • 6.11 The Company maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance on behalf of the Directors at the expense of the Company.

6.12 In addition to their directorships of the Company, the Directors are or have been members of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies or partners of the following companies or partnerships, at any time in the previous five years:

Name Current directorships
and partnerships
Past directorships and
partnerships
Richard
Jewson
Nomina No 195 LLP
Temple Bar Investment Trust Plc
Cloudview Holdings Limited
Raven Russia Limited
Archant Employee Benefit Trustee
Company Limited
Archant Limited
Jarrold & Sons Limited
Transforming Education In Norfolk
Norfolk Can Inspire
Jim Prower Argent Investments LLP
Empiric Student Property Plc
Empiric Student Property Trustees
Limited
Miller Argent (Nominee No. 1)
Limited
Miller Argent (South Wales)
Limited
Miller Argent (Ffos-y-Fran) Limited
Ffos-y-Fran (Commoners) Limited
Miller Argent Holdings Limited
Argent (Property Development)
Services LLP
Argent Group Limited
Argent Estates Limited
Argent Group Developments Plc
Brindleyplace Plc
Argent (King's Cross) Limited
Argent (Paradise) Limited
Argent (Piccadilly Gardens)
Limited
Argent Brindleyplace Investments
Limited
Argent Piccadilly Place (No.2)
Limited
Argent Piccadilly Place (No.1)
Limited
Piccadilly Place General Partner
Limited
Piccadilly Place Trustee (No.1)
Limited
Piccadilly Place Trustee (No.2)
Limited
Argent (Stevenson Square)
Limited
Piccadilly Place Trustee (No.3)
Limited
Piccadilly Place Trustee (No.4)
Limited
Argent King's Cross GP Limited
Argent King's Cross Nominee
Limited
Argent Projects No 4 GP Limited
Argent Nominee 1 Limited
Argent Nominee 2 Limited

Jim Prower (continued)

Name Current directorships Past directorships and Argent Projects No 4 Nominee Limited Five Piccadilly Management Company Limited KCC Nominee 1 (P2) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (P2) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (R1) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (R6) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (Q1) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (Q1) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (R3/R6) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (R1) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (R3/R6) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (R6) Limited Arthouse Manco Limited KCC Nominee 1 (J) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (T5) Limited KCC Nominee 1 Limited KCC Nominee 2 (J) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (T5) Limited KCC Nominee 2 Limited King's Cross Central (Trustee No. One) Limited King's Cross Central (Trustee No. Two) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (B3) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (B3) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (R5N) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (R5N) Limited King's Cross Central General Partner Limited KCC Nominee 2 (P1) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (P1) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (P1 RESI) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (P1 RESI) Limited King's Cross Events Limited KCC Nominee 1 (T1) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (T1) Limited KC (B2&B4) GP Limited KCC Nominee 1 (B2) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (B4) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (B5) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (B2) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (B4) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (B5) Limited Prometheus Regeneration Limited Sisyphus Limited KCC Nominee 1 (WTS) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (WTS) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (MGS) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (Coal Drops) Limited

Jim Prower (continued)

Name Current directorships Past directorships and KCC Nominee 1 (R2) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (Coal Drops) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (MGS) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (R2) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (T1 RESI) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (T1 RESI) Limited Argent Projects No. 4 GP Limited Argent Projects No. 4 Nominee Limited Tapestry Manco Limited King's Cross Estate Services Limited KCC Nominee 1 (GG) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (GG) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (G1PAV) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (G1PAV) Limited Plimsoll Manco Limited KCC Nominee 1 (B6) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (B6) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (N1 RESI) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (N1) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (R7) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (N1 RESI) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (N1) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (R7) Limited KCC Nominee 2 (S2) Limited KCC Nominee 1 (S2) Limited KC Nominee 1 (FC) Limited KC Nominee 2 (FC) Limited R3/R6 Manco Limited Argent (UK Developments) Limited Brindleyplace General Partner Limited Argent Development Consortium Limited Elisabeth House General Partner Limited Elisabeth House Nominee No. 1 Limited Elisabeth House Nominee No. 2 Limited GHT Developments LLP Quorum 2006 LLP Greenock Hotels Limited Grantax Developments Limited Quattro Aberdeen 1 Limited Quattro Aberdeen 2 Limited Tritax Brindleyplace (7, 8 & 10) GP Limited

Mark Shaw BRS Developments (Euro Central)

Partnership LLP

Magenta Oxford LLP

Park LLP

Tal Se Land Developments

Tritax Developments Brookfields

Brookfields Park Syndicate LLP

Magenta Shepherd Bush LLP

Name Current directorships
and partnerships
Past directorships and
partnerships
Mark Shaw Magenta St Albans LLP Tritax Brindleyplace (7, 8 & 10)
(continued) Tritax Securities LLP Nominee Limited
Tritax Industrial 2 (General Glasgow Metro LLP
Partner) LLP Tritax Industrial 1 (General
Tritax Cobham Marlow (General Partner) LLP
Partner) LLP Personal Storage LLP
2010/2011 Brookfields Thetford Personal Storage (Operations) LLP
(General Partner) LLP Personal Storage Grousemoor LLP
2010/2011 Cortonwood Retail Quorum Holdings 2006 LLP
(General Partner) LLP Hindley Hotels LLP
Aldershot Self Storage LLP The Tritax Luton Hotel LLP
Tritax Securities 1 Limited Personal Storage Developments
Opus Wines Limited Glasgow LLP
Collective Investments Limited Residual Interest Limited
Grosvenor House (Telford) Tal Cpt Land LLP
Management Company Limited Tritax Quorum Retail & Office
Grosvenor House (Telford) (General Partner) LLP
Nominee No.1 Limited BRS Developments Limited
Brookstand 4 Limited Personal Storage Nottingham LLP
Magenta Nottingham Limited BRS Construction Limited
Brookfields Park Holdings Limited Eurocentral Contractors No.1
Brookfields Contractors MA4 Limited
Limited Eurocentral Contractors No.2
Tedworth House Freehold Limited Limited
Lodge SS Limited Eurocentral Contractors No.3
Tritax Carry (GP) Limited Limited
Fairbridge Developments Limited Eurocentral Contractors No.4
Tritax Cobham Marlow (Nominee) Limited
LLP Eurocentral Contractors No.5
Ash Road SS Limited Limited
Tritax Reit Acquisition 3 Limited Eurocentral Contractors No.6
Tritax Reit Acquisition 4 Limited Limited
Tritax Reit Acquisition 5 Limited Eurocentral Developments No.1
Tritax Aberdeen HQ Office Limited
(General Partner) Limited Eurocentral Developments No.2
Tritax Prime Distribution Income Limited
(General Partner) Limited Eurocentral Developments No.3
Tal Investors Limited Limited
Tritax Prime Distribution Income Eurocentral Developments No.4
Nominee Limited Limited
Acquisition 22 Limited QH 2006 Limited
Tritax Reit Acquisition 23 Limited Eurocentral Developments No.5
Magenta Storage Limited Limited
Shaw Thing Productions Limited Banbury Storage Solutions Limited
Magenta City Limited Eurocentral Developments No.6
TPIF (Portfolio No1) Nominee Limited
Limited Europoint Contractors Limited
Europoint Developments Limited
BRS Developments (Lanarkshire)

Limited Grantside One Limited

Mark Shaw (continued)

Name Current directorships Past directorships and

CPT Contractor 17 Limited CPT Contractor 18 Limited CPT Contractor 19 Limited CPT Contractor 20 Limited CPT Contractor 4 Limited CPT Contractor 6 Limited CPT Developer 18 Limited CPT Developer 19 Limited CPT Developer 20 Limited Brookfields Contractors M107 Limited Brookfields Contractors M107A Limited Brookfields Contractors MA1 Limited Brookfields Contractors MA2 Limited Quorum Contractors (MP1.1) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP3.5) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP3.6) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP4.1) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP4.15) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP4.8) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP5.6) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP5.7) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP6.4) Limited Quorum Contractors (MP6.5) Limited Tal Cpt Hub Company Limited Tal Cpt 2 Limited Tal Cpt Limited Tal Cpt Management Limited Maxim 2 Limited Maxim 3 Limited Tritax E8 Limited Magenta Storage Solutions Limited Tritax Renewable Energy (GP) Limited Tritax Carry General Partner Limited Mistake 0504 Limited City Buildings (Hotel) Limited City Buildings (Restaurant

Nominee) Limited

Name Current directorships
and partnerships
Past directorships and
partnerships
Mark Shaw
(continued)
Tritax Manchester Hotel (General
Partner) Limited
Stephen
Smith
The Norman Retail Park LLP
Rubicon Securities Limited
Gatehouse Bank Plc
Starwood European Real Estate
Finance
The Pollen Estate Trustee
Company Ltd
Network Rail Property Ltd
UK Land Estates Partnership
(Holdings) Limited
Ever 1855 Limited
North East Property Partnership
THC (Construction) Limited
British Land Company Plc
Meadowhall (MLP) Limited
Meadowhall Contracts Limited
Meadowhall Finance Plc
Meadowhall Holdco Limited
Meadowhall Nominee 1 Limited
Crossbelt Limited
Meadowhall Nominee 2 Limited
Meadowhall Shopping Centre
Limited
Meadowhall Shopping Centre
Property Holdings Limited
Limited
UK Land Estates (Partnership)
Limited
UKLEP (2003) Limited
MSC (Cash Management) Limited
MSC Property Intermediate
Holdings Limited
Drake Property Holdings Limited
Drake Property Nominee (No. 1)
Limited
Drake Property Nominee (No. 2)
Limited
Broadgate Estates Limited
1 & 4 & 7 Triton Limited
1-2 Logan Place Limited
10 Brock Street Limited
17-19 Bedford Street Limited
18-20 Craven Hill Gardens Limited
20 Brock Street Limited
20 Triton Street Limited
338 Euston Road Limited
350 Euston Road Limited
39 Victoria Street Limited
8/10 Throgmorton Avenue Limited
Adshilta Limited
Apartpower Limited
B.L.Holdings Limited
Balsenia Limited
Bayeast Property Co Limited
Bexile Limited
BF Propco (No.1) Limited
BF Propco (No.10) Limited
BF Propco (No.12) Limited
BF Propco (No.13) Limited
BF Propco (No.19) Limited
BF Propco (No.3) Limited
BF Propco (No.4) Limited
BF Propco (No.5) Limited
BF Properties (No.4) Limited
BF Properties (No.5) Limited

Stephen Smith (continued)

Name Current directorships Past directorships and

BL (Maidenhead) Company Limited BL (SP) Investment (1) Limited BL (SP) Investment (2) Limited BL (SP) Investment (3) Limited BL (SP) Investment (4) Limited BL Bradford Forster Limited BL City Offices Holding Company Limited BL Clifton Moor Limited BL Cwmbran Limited BL Davidson Limited BL Department Stores Holding Company Limited BL Doncaster Wheatley Limited BL Guaranteeco Limited BL HC (DSCH) Limited BL HC (DSCLI) Limited BL HC Dollview Limited BL HC Health and Fitness Holdings Limited BL HC Invic Leisure Limited BL HC Property Holdings Limited BL Health Clubs PH No 1 Limited BL Health Clubs PH No 2 Limited BL High Street and Shopping Centres Holding Company Limited BL Intermediate Holding Company Limited BL Leisure and Industrial Holding Company Limited BL Meadowhall Holdings Limited BL Meadowhall Limited BL Meadowhall No 4 Limited BL Office (Non-City) Holding Company Limited BL Office Holding Company Limited BL Osnaburgh St Residential Limited BL Residual Holding Company Limited BL Retail Holding Company Limited BL Retail Warehousing Holding Company Limited BL Superstores Holdings Company Limited BL Triton Building Residential Limited BL Universal Limited

Stephen Smith (continued)

Name Current directorships Past directorships and

BL West (Watling House) Limited Blackglen Limited Blaxmill (Thirty) Limited Blaxmill (Twenty-Nine) Limited BLD (A) Limited BLD (Ebury Gate) Limited BLD (SJ) Investments Limited BLD (SJ) Limited BLD Land Limited BLD Properties Limited BLD Property Holdings Limited BLSSP (Funding) Limited BLU Estates Limited BLU Property Management Limited BLU Securities Limited Boldswitch (No 1) Limited Boldswitch Limited British Land (Joint Ventures) Limited British Land Acquisitions Limited British Land Aqua Partnership (2) Limited British Land Aqua Partnership Limited British Land City British Land City 2005 Limited British Land City Offices Limited British Land Construction Limited British Land Department Stores Limited British Land Industrial Limited British Land Leisure Limited British Land Offices (Non-City) Limited British Land Offices (Non-City) No. 2 Limited British Land Property Management Limited British Land Regeneration Limited British Land Retail Warehouse Limited British Land Securitisation 1999 British Land Superstores (Non Securitised) Number 2 Limited Broadgate (PHC 8) Limited Broadgate Adjoining Properties Limited Broadgate City Limited Broadgate Court Investments Limited Broadgate Investment Holdings Limited

Stephen Smith (continued)

Name Current directorships Past directorships and

Broadgate Properties Limited Broadgate Square Limited Brunswick Park Limited BVP Developments Limited Caseplane Limited Cavendish Geared II Limited Cavendish Geared Limited Caymall Limited Cheshine Properties Limited Chrisilu Nominees Limited City Wall (Holdings) Limited Cornish Residential Properties Trading Limited Cornish Residential Property Investments Limited Derby Investment Holdings Limited Eastgate Shopping Centre Basildon Limited Elementvirtue Limited Euston Tower Limited Exchange House Holdings Limited Finsbury Avenue Estates Limited Four Broadgate Limited Garamead Properties Limited Gardenray Limited Giltbrook Retail Park Nottingham Limited Glenway Limited Hyfleet Limited Industrial Real Estate Limited Insistmetal 2 Limited Kingsmere Productions Limited L & H Developments Limited Legal & General Grenfell Limited Legal & General Kingston Upon Hull Limited Linestair Limited Liverpool Exchange Company Limited Lonebridge UK Limited Ludgate Investment Holdings Limited Ludgate West Limited Manbrig Properties Mayfair Properties Mayflower Retail Park Basildon Limited Meadowbank Retail Park Edinburgh Limited Meadowhall Group (MLP) Limited Mercari Holdings Limited Minhill Investments Limited

Stephen Smith (continued)

Name Current directorships Past directorships and

Moorage (Property) Developments) Limited Nugent Shopping Park Limited Orbital Shopping Park Swindon Limited Osnaburgh Street Limited Pillar Nugent Limited Plantation House Limited Project Sunrise Investments Limited Project Sunrise Limited Project Sunrise Properties Limited Rackhams Birmingham Limited Rebonline Limited Rigphone Limited Salmax Properties Six Broadgate Limited Sprint 1118 Limited St James Retail Park Northampton Limited St. Stephens Shopping Centre Limited Stockton Retail Park Limited Sydale Tailress Limited The Beehive Centre Cambridge Limited The Mary Street Estate Limited The Retail & Warehouse Company Limited TPP Investments Limited Union Property Corporation Limited Union Property Holdings (London) Limited United Kingdom Property Company Limited Wardrobe Court Limited Wardrobe Holdings Limited Wardrobe Place Limited Westgate Retail Park Wakefield Limited York House W1 Limited 51 Lime Street BF Propco (No.11) Limited BF Propco (No.14) Limited BF Propco (No.15) Limited BF Propco (No.16) Limited BF Propco (No.17) Limited BF Propco (No.18) Limited BF Propco (No.2) Limited BF Propco (No.20) Limited BF Propco (No.21) Limited

Name Current directorships
and partnerships
Past directorships and
partnerships
Stephen
Smith
(continued)
BF Propco (No.22) Limited
BF Propco (No.23) Limited
BF Propco (No.6) Limited
BF Propco (No.7) Limited
BF Propco (No.8) Limited
BF Propco (No.9) Limited
Bustoni Limited
BVP Financing Limited
BVP Holdings Limited
Clivara Limited
LSL Holdco 1 Limited
LSL Holdco 2 Limited
Dwyer Asset Management Plc
British Land In Town Retail Limited
10 Triton Street Limited
Eastern & Oriental Plc
334 Ramsbury Oxford Limited
BL (SP) Cannon Street Limited
Susanne
Given
Eurostar International Limited
Susanne Given Limited
Made.com Design Limited
Al Tayer Group
Push Doctor Limited
Outfittery
Fragrances 55 Limited
Supergroup Internet Limited
Supergrounp Internet North
America Limited
Supergroup Concessions Limited
Supergroup International Limited
DKH Retail Limited

7. ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

7.1 Adoption of the Articles

The material provisions of the Articles, as adopted with effect from 15 April 2015, are set out below. This is a description of significant provisions only and does not purport to be complete or exhaustive.

Supergroup Plc

7.2 Objects

The Articles do not provide for any objects of the Company and accordingly the Company's objects are unrestricted.

7.3 Votes of members

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and to any special rights or restrictions as to voting attached to any shares or class of shares or otherwise provided by the Articles:

  • (a) on a show of hands every member who is present in person shall have one vote;
  • (b) every proxy present who has been duly appointed by one or more members entitled to vote on the resolution shall have one vote, except that if the proxy has been duly appointed by more than one member entitled to vote on the resolution and is instructed by one or more of those members to vote for the resolution and by one or more others to vote against it, or is instructed by one or more of those members to vote in one way and is given discretion as to how to vote by one or

more others (and wishes to use that discretion to vote in the other way) he shall have one vote for and one vote against the resolution;

  • (c) every corporate representative present who has been duly authorised by a corporation shall have the same voting rights as the corporation would be entitled to; and
  • (d) on a poll every member who is present in person or by duly appointed proxy or corporate representative shall have one vote for every share of which he is the holder or in respect of which his appointment of proxy or corporate representative has been made.

A member, proxy or corporate representative entitled to more than one vote need not, if he votes, use all his votes or cast all the votes he uses the same way.

7.4 Restriction on rights of Shareholders where calls outstanding

Unless the Board otherwise determines, no Shareholder shall be entitled to receive any dividend or to be present and vote at a general meeting or at any separate general meeting of the holders of any class of shares either personally or by proxy, or to be reckoned in a quorum, or to exercise any other right or privilege conferred by membership in respect of a share held by him in relation to meetings of the Company unless and until he shall have paid all calls or other sums presently due and payable by him, whether alone or jointly with any other person, to the Company.

7.5 Transfer of shares

(a) Form of transfer

Subject to the provisions in the Articles regarding uncertificated shares, all transfers of certificated shares may be effected by transfer in writing in any usual or common form or in any other form acceptable to the Board and may be under hand only. The instrument of transfer shall be signed by or on behalf of the transferor and (except in the case of fully paid shares) by or on behalf of the transferee. In relation to both certificated and uncertificated shares, the transferor shall remain the holder of the shares concerned until the name of the transferee is entered in the register in respect of such shares. All instruments of transfer which are registered may be retained by the Company.

(b) Right to refuse registration

The Board may in its absolute discretion refuse to register any transfer of any certificated share which is not a fully paid share provided that the Board shall not refuse to register any transfer or renunciation of partly paid shares which are admitted to the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities on the grounds that they are partly paid shares in circumstances where such refusal would prevent dealings in such shares from taking place on an open and proper basis.

(c) Other rights to decline registration

The Board may decline to recognise any instrument of transfer relating to certificated shares unless the instrument of transfer:

(i) indicates to the Board that the transferee is a Non-Qualified Holder;

  • (ii) is in respect of only one class of share;
  • (iii) is lodged at the registered office of the Company or such other place as the Board may appoint;
  • (iv) is accompanied by the relevant share certificate(s) and such other evidence as the Board may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer (and, if the instrument of transfer is executed by some other person on his behalf, the authority of that person so to do);
  • (v) is duly stamped (if so required); and
  • (vi) in the case of a transfer to joint holders, the number of joint holders does not exceed four.

The Board may, under the Articles, decline to recognise any instrument of transfer relating to certificated shares to any person whose holding or beneficial ownership of shares may result in: (i) the Company, the Manager or the Investment Adviser or any member of its group being in violation of, or required to register under, the Investment Company Act or the US Commodity Exchange Act of 1974, as amended (the "US CEA") or being required to register its shares under the US Exchange Act; (ii) the Company not being a "foreign private issuer" as such term is defined in Rule 3b-4(c) of the US Exchange Act; (iii) the assets of the Company being deemed to be "plan assets" within the meaning of ERISA and US Department of Labor Regulations and guidance issued thereunder, including, but not limited to 29 C.F.R. 2510, 3-101, or of a "plan" within the meaning of section 4975 of the US Tax Code, or of a plan or other arrangement subject to section 503 of the US Tax Code or provisions under applicable federal, state, local, non-US or other laws or regulations that are substantially similar to section 406 of ERISA or section 4975 of the US Tax Code; (iv) the Company, or any member of its group, the Manager or the Investment Adviser not being in compliance with FATCA, the Investment Company Act, the US Exchange Act, the US CEA, section 4975 of the US Tax Code, section 503 of the US Tax Code, ERISA or any applicable federal, state, local, non-US or other laws or regulations that are substantially similar to section 406 of ERISA, section 503 of the US Tax Code or section 4975 of the US Tax Code; or (v) the Company being a "controlled foreign corporation" for the purposes of the US Tax Code (such persons being "Non-Qualified Holders").

If a Shareholder becomes, or holds Ordinary Shares on behalf of, a Non-Qualified Holder, such Shareholder shall notify the Board immediately. If it shall come to the notice of the Board that any Ordinary Shares are owned directly, indirectly, or beneficially by a Non-Qualified Holder, the Board may give notice to such person requiring him either: (i) to provide the Board with sufficient satisfactory documentary evidence to satisfy the Board that such person is not a Non-Qualified Holder; or (ii) to sell or transfer his shares to a person who is not a Non-Qualified Holder and to provide the Board with satisfactory evidence of such sale or transfer. Pending such sale or transfer the Board may suspend the exercise of any voting or consent rights and rights to receive notice of, or attend, meetings of the Company and any rights to receive dividends or other distributions with respect to such Ordinary Shares, and the Shareholder shall repay the Company any amounts distributed to such Shareholder by the Company during the time such holder held such Ordinary Shares. If any person upon whom such a notice is served does not either: (i) transfer his Ordinary Shares to a person who is not a Non-Qualified Holder; or (ii) establish to the satisfaction of the Board that he is not a Non-Qualified Holder, the Board may determine that: (a) such person shall be deemed to have forfeited his Ordinary Shares and the Board shall be empowered at their discretion to follow the forfeiture procedures; or (b) to the extent permitted under the Regulations, the Board may arrange for the Company to sell the Ordinary Shares at the best price reasonably obtainable to any other person so that the Ordinary Shares will cease to be held by a Non-Qualified Holder, in which event the Company may, but only to the extent permitted under the Regulations, take any action whatsoever that the Board considers necessary in order to effect the transfer of such Ordinary Shares by the holder of such Ordinary Shares, and the Company shall pay the net proceeds of sale to the former holder upon its receipt of the sale proceeds and the surrender by him of the relevant share certificate or, if no certificate has been issued, such evidence as the Board may reasonably require to satisfy themselves as to his former entitlement to the share and to such net proceeds of sale and the former holder shall have no further interest in the relevant shares or any claim against the Company in respect thereof. No trust will be created and no interest will be payable in respect of such net proceeds of sale.

7.6 Dividends

(a) Final dividends

Subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and of the Articles, the Company may by ordinary resolution declare dividends (including scrip dividends) to be paid to Shareholders according to their respective rights and interests but no such dividends shall exceed the sum recommended by the Board.

(b) Interim dividends

Insofar as in the opinion of the Board the profits of the Company justify such payments, the Board may declare and pay the fixed dividends on any class of shares carrying a fixed dividend expressed to be payable on fixed dates on the half-yearly or other dates prescribed for the payment of such dividends and may also from time to time declare and pay interim dividends on shares of any class of such sums and on such dates and in respect of such periods as it thinks fit. Provided the directors act in good faith, they shall not incur any liability to the holders of shares conferring preferred rights for any loss they may suffer by the lawful payment of an interim dividend on any shares having deferred or non-preferred rights.

(c) Ranking of shares for dividend

Unless and to the extent that the rights attached to any shares or the terms of issue of such shares otherwise provide, all dividends shall (as regards any shares not fully paid throughout the period in respect of which the dividend is paid) be apportioned and paid pro rata according to the sums paid on the shares during any portion or portions of the period in respect of which the dividend is paid. For this purpose no sum paid on a share in advance of calls shall be treated as paid on the share.

(d) No dividend except out of profits

No dividend shall be paid otherwise than out of profits available for distribution under the provisions of the Companies Act.

(e) No interest on dividends

No dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of a share shall bear interest as against the Company.

(f) Retention of dividends

The Board may retain any dividend or other moneys payable on or in respect of a share on which the Company has a lien, and may apply the same in or towards satisfaction of the debts, liabilities or obligations in respect of which the lien exists. The Board may retain the dividends payable upon shares in respect of which any person is under the provisions in the Articles as to the transmission of shares entitled to become a member, or which any person is under those provisions entitled to transfer, until such person shall become a member in respect of such shares or shall transfer the same.

(g) Waiver of dividend

The waiver in whole or in part of any dividend on any share by any document (whether or not executed as a deed) shall be effective only if such document is signed by the holder of such share (or the person becoming entitled to the share in consequence of the death, bankruptcy or mental disorder of the holder or by operation of law or any other event) and delivered to the Company and if or to the extent that the same is accepted as such or acted upon by the Company.

(h) Unclaimed dividend

All dividends, interest or other sum payable and unclaimed for 12 months after having become payable may be invested or otherwise made use of by the Board for the benefit of the Company until claimed and the Company shall not be constituted a trustee in respect thereof. Any dividend unclaimed after a period of twelve years from the date the dividend became due for payment shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.

(i) Distribution in specie

The Company may upon the recommendation of the Board by ordinary resolution direct payment of a dividend in whole or in part by the distribution of specific assets (and in particular of paid-up shares or debentures of any other company) and the Board shall give effect to such resolution. Where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Board may settle the same as it thinks expedient and in particular:

  • (i) may issue fractional certificates;
  • (ii) may fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part of such specific assets;
  • (iii) may determine that cash payments shall be made to any member upon the footing of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all members; and/or
  • (iv) may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Board.

  • 7.7 Capitalisation of profits and reserves

  • (a) The Board may, with the sanction of an ordinary resolution of the Company, capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company's reserve accounts (including any share premium account, capital redemption reserve, or other undistributable reserve) or any sum standing to the credit of profit and loss account.
  • (b) Such capitalisation shall be effected by appropriating such sum to the holders of Ordinary Shares on the register of members of the Company at the close of business on the date of the resolution (or such other date as may be specified in such resolution or determined as provided in such resolution) in proportion to their holdings of Ordinary Shares and applying such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued Ordinary Shares (or, subject to any special rights previously conferred on any shares or class of shares for the time being issued, unissued shares of any other class not being redeemable shares) for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid up to and amongst them in proportion to their holdings.
  • (c) The Board may do all acts and things considered necessary or expedient to give effect to any such capitalisation, with full power to the Board to make such provision as it thinks fit for any fractional entitlements which would arise on the basis aforesaid (including provisions whereby fractional entitlements are disregarded or the benefit of such fractional entitlements accrues to the Company rather than to the members concerned). The Board may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all the members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for any such capitalisation and matters incidental to such capitalisation and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.
  • (d) The Board may, with the sanction of an ordinary resolution, offer to Shareholders the right to elect to receive ordinary shares instead of cash in respect of all or part of any dividend specified by the ordinary resolution. The following provisions shall apply:
    • (i) the ordinary resolution may specify a particular dividend, or may specify dividends declared within a specified period, but such period may not be more than five years from the date of the general meeting at which the ordinary resolution was passed;
    • (ii) the entitlement of Shareholders to new shares shall be such that the value of their entitlement shall be, as nearly as possible, equal to the cash amount of the dividend that Shareholder would have received;
    • (iii) no fractions of a share shall be allotted;
    • (iv) the Board shall, after determining the basis of allotment, notify the Shareholders in writing of the right of election offered to them, and specify the procedure to be followed and the place and time at which elections must be lodged in order to be effective. The accidental failure to give notice of any right of election to any Shareholder entitled to this notice does not invalidate any offer of an election nor give rise to any claim;
    • (v) the Board shall not proceed with any election unless the Company has sufficient reserves or funds that may be capitalised. However the Board

has authority to allot sufficient shares to give effect to an election after the basis of the allotment is determined;

  • (vi) the Board may exclude from any offer any Shareholder that, if the Company were to make such an offer to such Shareholder, may result in the Company contravening the laws of another territory. Further, the Board may exclude from any offer any Shareholder that, for any other reason, the Board agree should be excluded;
  • (vii) the Board may establish or vary a procedure for election mandates in respect of future rights of election and may determine that every duly effected election in respect of any shares shall be binding on every successor in title to the current Shareholder;
  • (viii) the dividend shall not be payable on shares in respect of which an election has been duly made ("Elected Shares") and instead additional shares shall be allotted to the holders of the Elected Shares ("Additional Shares"). For the purposes of this paragraph, the Board may capitalise a sum equal to the aggregate nominal amount of the Additional Shares and apply it in paying up in full the appropriate number of unissued shares for allotment and distribution to the holders of the Elected Shares. The Board may do as it considers necessary or expedient to give effect to any such capitalisation;
  • (ix) the Board may decide how any costs relating to the new shares available in place of a cash dividend will be met, including to deduct an amount from the entitlement of Shareholders;
  • (x) the additional shares so allotted shall rank pari passu with the fully paid shares in issue on the record date for the dividend in respect of which the right of election has been offered, except that they will not rank for any dividend which has been declared, paid or made by reference to such record date; and
  • (xi) the Board may terminate, suspend, or amend any offer of the right to elect to receive ordinary shares in lieu of any cash dividend at any time and generally may implement any scrip dividend scheme on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine and take such other action as the Board may deem necessary.
  • 7.8 Share capital
  • (a) Variation of rights

Whenever the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares, the special rights for the time being attached to any share or class of share in the Company may, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, be varied or abrogated either with the consent in writing of the holders of not less than three-quarters in nominal value of the issued shares of the class or with the sanction of an extraordinary resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of the class (but not otherwise) and may be so varied or abrogated whilst the Company is a going concern or during or in contemplation of a winding up. To every such separate general meeting, all the provisions of the Articles relating to general meetings of the Company and to the proceedings at such general meetings shall with necessary modifications apply, except that:

  • (i) the necessary quorum shall be two persons holding or representing by proxy at least one third in nominal value paid up of the issued shares of the class (but so that if at any adjourned meeting a quorum as defined above is not present, any one holder of any shares of the class present in person or by proxy shall be a quorum); and
  • (ii) any holder of shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll and every such holder shall on a poll have one vote for every share of the class held by him.

This only applies to the variation or abrogation of the special rights attached to some only of the shares of any class as if each group of shares of the class differently treated formed a separate class the special rights of which are to be varied.

(b) Special rights

The special rights attached to any class of shares having preferential rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of that class of shares, be deemed to be varied:

  • (i) by the creation or issue of further shares ranking as regards participation in the profits or assets of the Company in some or all respects equally with such shares but in no respect in priority to such shares;
  • (ii) by the purchase by the Company of any of its own shares (and the holding of any such shares as treasury shares); or
  • (iii) the Board resolving that a class of shares shall become, or the operator of the relevant system permitting such class of shares to be, a participating security (the phrases "operator", "relevant system" and "participating security" having the meanings set out in the CREST Regulations).
  • (c) New shares

All new shares shall be subject to the provisions of the Companies Act and of the Articles with reference to allotment, payment of calls, lien, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise.

(d) Sub-division of shares

Whenever the Company sub-divides its shares, or any of them, into shares of smaller nominal value, the Company may, by ordinary resolution determine that, as between the shares resulting from the sub-division, any of them may have any preference or advantage or be subject to any restriction as compared to the others.

Apart from this, there are no conversion provisions in the Articles in respect of the Ordinary Shares.

(e) Purchase of own shares

Where there are in issue convertible securities convertible into, or carrying a right to subscribe for, equity shares of a class proposed to be purchased, a separate meeting of the holders of the convertible securities must be held and their approval by extraordinary resolution obtained before the Company enters into any contract to purchase equity shares of the relevant class. Subject to this and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Articles, the rights and privileges attached to any class of shares shall be deemed not to be altered or abrogated by anything done by the Company in pursuance of any resolution passed under the powers conferred by the Companies Act.

  • (f) Forfeiture and lien
  • (i) Notice on failure to pay a call

If a member fails to pay in full any call or instalment of a call on the due date for payment of such call or instalment, the Board may at any time after the failure serve a notice on him or any person entitled to the shares by transmission requiring payment of so much of the call or instalment as is unpaid together with any interest which may have accrued on such call or instalment and any expenses incurred by the Company by reason of such non-payment.

The notice shall name a further day (being not fewer than seven days from the date of service of the notice) on or before which, and the place where, the payment required by the notice is to be made, and shall state that in the event of nonpayment in accordance with such notice the shares on which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

(ii) Forfeiture for non-compliance

If the requirements of any such notice as is referred to in paragraph 7.8(f)(i) above are not complied with, any share in respect of which such notice has been given may at any time after the non-compliance, before payment of all calls and interest and expenses due in respect of such share has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Board to that effect. Such forfeiture shall include all dividends declared in respect of the forfeited share and not actually paid before forfeiture. The Board may accept a surrender of any share liable to be forfeited under the Articles.

(iii) Notice on previous holder

Where any share has been forfeited, notice of the forfeiture shall be served upon the person who was the holder of the share before forfeiture or, in the case of a person entitled to such share by transmission, upon such person (as the case may be). An entry recording the fact that notice of forfeiture has been given and that the share has been forfeited shall immediately be made in the Company's register of members in respect of such share. However, no forfeiture shall be invalidated in any manner by any omission or neglect to give such notice or make such entry.

(iv) Disposal of forfeited shares

A share forfeited or surrendered shall become the property of the Company and, subject to the Companies Act, may be sold, re-allotted or disposed of in any other way either to the person who was the holder of such share or entitled to such share before such forfeiture or surrender, or to any other person upon such terms and in such manner as the Board shall think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or other disposition the forfeiture may be annulled by the Board on such terms as it thinks fit. The Board may, if necessary, authorise some person to transfer a forfeited or surrendered share to any such other person.

(v) Holder to remain liable despite forfeiture

A Shareholder whose shares have been forfeited or surrendered shall cease to be a member in respect of the shares (and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for such shares) but shall notwithstanding the forfeiture or surrender remain liable to pay to the Company all moneys which at the date of forfeiture or surrender were presently payable by him to the Company in respect of the shares with interest on such shares at such rate (not exceeding 15 per cent. per annum) as the Board may determine from the date of forfeiture or surrender until payment. The Board may at its absolute discretion enforce payment without any allowance for the value of the shares at the time of forfeiture or surrender or waive payment in whole or in part.

(vi) Lien on partly-paid shares

The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on every share (not being a fully paid share) for all moneys (whether presently payable or not) called or payable at a fixed time in respect of such share. The Board may waive any lien which has arisen and may resolve that any share shall for some limited period be exempt wholly or partially from the provisions of this article.

(vii) Sale of shares subject to lien

The Company may sell in such manner as the Board thinks fit any share on which the Company has a lien, but no sale shall be made unless some sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable nor until the expiration of fourteen days after a notice in writing stating and demanding payment of the sum presently payable and giving notice of intention to sell in default shall have been given to the holder for the time being of the share or the person entitled to such share by reason of his death, bankruptcy, liquidation or otherwise.

(viii) Proceeds of sale of shares subject to lien

The net proceeds of sale of shares subject to a lien (after payment of the costs of such sale) shall be applied in or towards payment or satisfaction of the debts or liabilities in respect of which the lien exists so far as the same are presently payable and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for liabilities not presently payable as existed upon the shares prior to the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the shares at the time of the sale. For giving effect to any such sale, the Board may authorise some person to transfer the shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser.

(ix) Evidence of forfeiture

A statutory declaration in writing that the declarant is a director or the company secretary and that a share has been duly forfeited or surrendered or sold to satisfy obligations covered by a lien of the Company on a date stated in the declaration shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the declaration as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the share. Such declaration shall (subject to the execution of a transfer if the same be required) constitute a good title to the share and the person to whom the share is sold, re-allotted or disposed of shall be registered as the holder of the share and shall be discharged from all calls made prior to such sale or disposition and shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase moneys (if any) nor shall his title to the share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings relating to the forfeiture, surrender, sale, re-allotment or other disposal of the share.

The forfeiture of a share shall extinguish at the time of forfeiture all interest in and claims and demands against the Company in respect of the share and all other rights and liabilities incidental to the share as between the holder whose share is forfeited and the Company, except only such of those rights and liabilities as are by the Articles expressly saved, or as are by the Companies Act given or imposed in the case of past members.

7.9 Directors

Subject as provided in the Articles the directors of the Company shall not be fewer than two nor more than ten in number. The Company may by ordinary resolution from time to time vary the minimum number and/or maximum number of directors.

(a) Share qualification

A director shall not be required to hold any shares of the Company by way of qualification. A director who is not a member of the Company shall nevertheless be entitled to attend and speak at shareholders' meetings.

(b) Directors' fee

The ordinary remuneration of the directors shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

(c) Other remuneration of directors

Any director who holds any executive office (including for this purpose the office of chairman or deputy chairman whether or not such office is held in an executive capacity), or who serves on any committee of the Board, or who otherwise performs services which in the opinion of the Board are outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a director, may be paid such extra remuneration by way of salary, commission or otherwise or may receive such other benefits as the Board may determine.

(d) Directors' expenses

The Board may repay to any director all such reasonable expenses as he may properly incur in attending and returning from meetings of the Board or of any committee of the Board or shareholders' meetings or otherwise in connection with the performance of his duties as a director of the Company.

(e) Directors' pensions and other benefits

The Board shall have power to pay and agree to pay gratuities, pensions or other retirement, superannuation, death or disability benefits to (or to any person in respect of) any director or ex-director and for the purpose of providing any such gratuities, pensions or other benefits to contribute to any scheme or fund or to pay premiums.

(f) Directors' permitted interests

Provided (if the Articles so require) that he has declared to the directors the nature and extent of any interest, a director may (save as to the extent not permitted by law), have an interest of the following kind; namely:

  • (i) where a director (or a person connected with him) is party to, or directly or indirectly interested in, or has any duty in respect of, any existing or proposed contract, arrangement or transaction with the Company or any other undertaking in which the Company is interested;
  • (ii) where a director (or a person connected with him) is a director, employee or other officer of, or a party to any arrangement or transaction with, or interested in, any body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is interested;
  • (iii) where a director (or a person connected with him) is directly or indirectly interested in shares or share options of the Company or is directly or indirectly interested in shares or share options of, or an employee, director or other officer of a parent undertaking of, or a subsidiary undertaking of a parent undertaking of, the Company;
  • (iv) where a director (or a person connected with him) holds and is remunerated in respect of any office or place of profit (other than the office of auditor) under the Company or body corporate in which the Company is interested;
  • (v) where a director is given, or is to be given, a guarantee in respect of an obligation incurred by or on behalf of the Company or any body corporate in which the Company is interested;
  • (vi) where a director (or a person connected with him or of which he is a member or employee) acts (or any body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is interested of which he is a director, employee or other officer acts) in a professional capacity for the Company or any body corporate promoted by the Company or in which the Company is interested (other than as auditor) whether or not he or it is remunerated for this;
  • (vii) an interest which cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict of interest; or
  • (viii) any other interest authorised by ordinary resolution.

No authorisation pursuant to the Articles shall be necessary in respect of the above interests.

In any situation or matter permitted by, or authorised under the Articles (save as otherwise agreed by him) a director shall not by reason of his office be accountable to the Company for any benefit which he derives from that situation or matter and no such contract, arrangement or transaction shall be avoided on the grounds of any such interest or benefit.

  • (g) Authorisation of directors' interests
  • (i) The directors shall have the power, subject to the Articles as summarised in paragraphs 7.9(g)(ii) and (iii), to authorise any matter which would or might otherwise constitute or give rise to a breach of the duty of a director to avoid a situation in which he has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the Company.
  • (ii) Such authorisation shall be effective only if:
    • (A) it is proposed in writing for consideration at a directors' meeting in accordance with the normal procedures or in such other manner as the directors may determine;
    • (B) the quorum requirements at the directors' meeting at which the matter is considered are met without counting the director in question and any other interested director (together, the "Interested Directors"); and
    • (C) the matter is agreed to without the Interested Directors voting or would have been agreed to if the votes of the Interested Directors had not been counted.
  • (iii) Such authorisation may:
    • (A) extend to any actual or potential conflict of interest which may arise out of the matter so authorised;
    • (B) be given on such terms, conditions or limitations as may be imposed by the authorising directors as they see fit, including, without limitation: restricting the Interested Director from voting on any resolution in relation to the matter so authorised; restricting the Interested Director from being counted in the quorum at a meeting where the matter so authorised is to be discussed; or restricting the application of the articles summarised in paragraphs 7.9(g) (v) and (vi) below, in respect of such Interested Director; and
    • (C) be withdrawn, or varied by the directors entitled to authorise the relevant interest as they see fit and an Interested Director must act in accordance with any such terms, conditions or limitations.
  • (iv) Subject to the Companies Act, the Company may by ordinary resolution ratify any contract, transaction or arrangement, or other proposal, not properly authorised by reason of a contravention of any provisions of the articles.
  • (v) Subject to the article as summarised in paragraph 7.9(g)(vi) below (and without prejudice to any equitable principle or rule of law which may excuse or release the director from disclosing information in circumstances where disclosure may otherwise be required), if a director, otherwise than by virtue of his position as director, receives information in

respect of which he owes a duty of confidentiality to a person other than the Company, he shall not be required:

  • (A) to disclose such information to the Company or to the directors, or any other officer or employee of the Company; or
  • (B) otherwise to use such information for the purpose of or in connection with the performance of his duties as a director.
  • (vi) Where such duty of confidentiality arises out of a situation in which he has, or can have, a direct or indirect interest that conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the Company the article as summarised in paragraph 7.9(g)(v) above shall apply only if the conflict arises out of a matter which is permitted or has been authorised by the Articles (subject to any imposed restrictions).
  • (vii) Where a director has an interest which can reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict of interest, the director may take such steps as may be necessary to manage such conflict of interest, including compliance with any procedures laid down by the directors for the purpose of managing conflicts of interest including without limitation:
  • (A) absenting himself from discussions where the relevant situation or matter falls to be considered; and
  • (B) excluding himself from information made available to the directors generally in relation to such situation or matter and/or arranging for such information to be reviewed by a professional adviser to ascertain the extent to which it might be appropriate for him to have access to such information.
  • (h) Provisions applicable to declarations of interest
  • (i) Subject to the Companies Act and the articles summarised in paragraphs 7.9(h)(ii) to 7.9(h)(iv), a director shall declare to the other directors the nature and extent of his interest:
    • (A) if such interest is permitted under the articles and is an interest which may reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict of interest;
    • (B) if he is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in a proposed transaction or arrangement with the Company; or
    • (C) if he is in any way, directly or indirectly, interested in a transaction or arrangement that has been entered into by the Company, unless the interest has been so declared.
  • (ii) The declaration of interest must (in the case of the article summarised in paragraph 7.9(h)(i)(C) above) and may, but need not (in the case of the articles summarised in paragraphs 7.9(h)(i)(A) and (B) above) be made:

    • (A) at a meeting of the directors;
    • (B) by notice to the directors in writing; or
  • (C) by giving general notice to the directors of an interest held in a body corporate or firm, of a connection with a specified person and that he is to be regarded as interested in any transaction or arrangement with that body corporate, firm or specified person.

  • (iii) A director need not declare an interest:
  • (A) if it cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict of interest;
  • (B) if, or to the extent that, the other directors are already aware of it (or ought reasonably to be aware); or
  • (C) if it concerns terms of his service contract that have been or are to be considered by a meeting or a committee, of the directors appointed for the purpose.
  • (iv) The following further provisions apply in respect of the declaration of interests:
  • (A) if a declaration of interest is, or becomes, inaccurate or incomplete, a further declaration must be made;
  • (B) any declaration of interest required by the Articles summarised in paragraphs 7.9(h)(i)(A) or (C) above must be made as soon as is reasonably practicable;
  • (C) any declaration of interest required by the Article summarised in paragraph 7.9(h)(i)(B) above must be made before the Company enters into the transaction or arrangement;
  • (D) a declaration in relation to an interest of which the director is not aware, or where the director is not aware of the transaction or arrangement in question, is not required (for this purpose, a director is treated as being aware of matters of which he ought reasonably to be aware); and
  • (E) a general notice to the directors that a director has an interest of the nature and extent specified in the notice in any transaction or arrangement in which a specified person or class of persons is interested shall be deemed to be a disclosure that the director has an interest in any such transaction of the nature and extent so specified.
  • (i) Interpretation

For the purposes of paragraph 7.9, an interest of a person connected with a director shall be treated as an interest of the director.

(j) Appointment of executive directors

The Board may from time to time appoint one or more of their body to be the holder of any executive office (including, where considered appropriate, the office of chairman or deputy chairman) on such terms and for such period as they may (subject to the provisions of the Companies Act) determine and, without prejudice to the terms of any contract entered into in any particular case, may at any time revoke or vary the terms of any such appointment.

(k) Ceasing to be a director

The appointment of any director to the office of chairman or deputy chairman or chief executive or managing or joint managing or deputy or assistant managing director shall automatically determine if he ceases to be a director but without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company. The appointment of any director to any other executive office shall not automatically determine if he ceases from any cause to be a director, unless the contract or resolution under which he holds office shall expressly state otherwise, in which event such determination shall be without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company.

(l) Powers of executive directors

The Board may entrust to and confer upon any director holding any executive office any of the powers exercisable by them as directors upon such terms and conditions and with such restrictions as they think fit, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers, and may from time to time revoke, withdraw, alter or vary all or any of such powers.

  • 7.10 Appointment and retirement of directors
  • (a) Power of Company to appoint directors

Subject to the provisions of the Articles and the requirements of the UKLA, the Company may by ordinary resolution appoint any person who is willing to act to be a director, either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Board, but so that the total number of directors shall not at any time exceed any maximum number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles.

(b) Power of Board to appoint directors

Without prejudice to the power of the Company in general meeting pursuant to any of the provisions of the Articles to appoint any person to be a director, the Board may appoint any person who is willing to act to be a director, either to fill a vacancy or as an addition to the existing Board, but so that the total number of directors shall not at any time exceed any maximum number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles. Any director so appointed must retire from office at, or at the end of, the next following annual general meeting and will then be eligible to stand for election but shall not be taken into account in determining the directors or the number of directors who are to retire by rotation at that meeting.

(c) Retirement by rotation

At each annual general meeting the following directors shall retire from office:

  • (i) any director who has been appointed by the directors since the last annual general meeting; and
  • (ii) any director who held office at the time of the two preceding annual general meetings and who did not retire at either of them; and

(iii) any director who has been in office, other than a director holding an executive position, for a continuous period of nine years or more at the date of the meeting.

Any director who retires at an annual general meeting may offer himself for re-appointment by the shareholders.

(d) Selection of directors to retire by rotation

The directors to retire by rotation shall include (so far as necessary to obtain the number required) any director who is due to retire at the meeting by reason of age or who wishes to retire and not to offer himself for re-election. Any further directors so to retire shall be those of the other directors subject to retirement by rotation who have been longest in office since their last re-election and so that as between persons who became or were last re-elected directors on the same day those to retire shall, unless they otherwise agree among themselves, be determined by lot together with those who in the absence of any such retirement would continue in office for a period in excess of three years. A retiring director shall be eligible for re-election.

(e) Re-election of retiring directors

The Company at the meeting at which a director retires under any provision of the Articles may by ordinary resolution fill the office being vacated by electing to that office the retiring director or some other person eligible for election. In default the retiring director shall be deemed to have been re-elected except in any of the following cases:

  • (i) where at such meeting it is expressly resolved not to fill such office or a resolution for the re-election of such director is put to the meeting and lost;
  • (ii) where such director has given notice in writing to the Company that he is unwilling to be re-elected; or
  • (iii) where the default is due to the moving of a resolution in contravention of the provision in paragraph 7.10(f) below.
  • (f) Timing of retirement

The retirement of a director at any general meeting shall not have effect until the conclusion of the meeting except where a resolution is passed to elect some other person in place of the retiring director or a resolution for his re-election is put to the meeting and lost and accordingly a retiring director who is re-elected or deemed to have been reelected will continue in office without a break.

(g) Nomination of director for election

No person other than a director retiring at the meeting shall, unless recommended by the Board for election, be eligible for election as a director at any general meeting unless not fewer than 28 nor more than 42 days (inclusive of the date on which the notice is given) before the date appointed for the meeting there has been lodged at the Company's registered office notice in writing signed by any member (other than the person to be proposed) duly qualified to attend and vote at the meeting for which such notice is given of his intention to propose such person for election and also notice in writing signed by the person to be proposed of his willingness to be elected.

(h) Vacation of office

The office of a director shall be vacated if:

  • (i) he ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Companies Act or he becomes prohibited by law from being a director;
  • (ii) he becomes bankrupt, has an interim receiving order made against him, makes any arrangement or compounds with his creditors generally or applies to the court for an interim order under section 253 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in connection with a voluntary arrangement under that Act;
  • (iii) he is, or may be suffering from mental disorder and either:
  • (A) he is admitted to hospital in pursuance of an application for admission for treatment under the Mental Health Act 1983 or, in Scotland, an application for admission under the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960; or
  • (B) an order is made by a court having jurisdiction (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) in matters concerning mental disorder for his detention or for the appointment of a receiver, curator bonis or other person to exercise powers with respect to his property or affairs;
  • (iv) he resigns by writing under his hand left at the Company's registered office or he offers in writing to resign and the Board resolves to accept such offer;
  • (v) he shall for more than six consecutive months have been absent without permission of the Board from meetings of the Board held during that period and the Board resolves that his office be vacated; or
  • (vi) notice stating he is removed from office as a director is served upon him signed by all his co-directors who must account to the members at the next general meeting of the Company. If a director holds an appointment to an executive office which automatically determines on his removal from office under this or the preceding subparagraph such removal shall be deemed an act of the Company and shall have effect without prejudice to any claim for damages for breach of any contract of service between him and the Company.
  • (i) Removal of director

The Company may in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Companies Act by ordinary resolution of which special notice has been given remove any director from office (notwithstanding any provision of the Articles or of any agreement between the Company and such director, but without prejudice to any claim he may have for damages for breach of any such agreement) and elect another person in place of a director so removed from office. Any person so elected shall be treated for the purpose of determining the time at which he or any other director is to retire by rotation as if he had become a director on the day on which the director in whose place he is elected was last elected a director. In default of such election the vacancy arising upon the removal of a director from office may be filled as a casual vacancy.

(j) Resolution as to vacancy conclusive

An ordinary resolution of the Board declaring a director to have vacated office under the terms of the Article summarised in paragraph 7.10(i) above, shall be conclusive as to the fact and grounds of vacation stated in the resolution.

(k) Meetings and proceedings of directors

Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Board may meet together for the dispatch of business, adjourn and otherwise regulate their proceedings as they think fit. At any time any director may, and the company secretary at the request of a director shall, summon a meeting of the Board. Notice of a Board meeting shall be deemed to be properly given to a director if it is given to him personally or by word of mouth or sent in writing to him at his last known address or any other address given by him to the Company for that purpose. Any director may waive notice of any meeting and any such waiver may be retrospective.

7.11 Restrictions on voting

  • (a) Save as provided in the Articles summarised in paragraphs 7.11(b) and (c) and whether or not the interest is one which is permitted or authorised under the Articles, a director shall not be permitted to vote on any resolution any contract, transaction or arrangement, or any other proposal in which he (or a person connected with him) has an interest. A director shall not be counted in the quorum at a meeting of the directors in relation to any resolution on which he is not entitled to vote.
  • (b) Subject to the Companies Act, a director shall (in the absence of some interest other than is set out below and subject to any restrictions imposed by the authorising directors) be entitled to vote and count in the quorum in respect of any resolution concerning any contract, transaction or arrangement, or any other proposal:
  • (i) in which he has an interest of which he is not aware;
  • (ii) in which he has an interest which cannot reasonably be regarded as likely to give rise to a conflict of interest;
  • (iii) in which he has an interest only by virtue of interests in shares or debentures or other securities of the Company, or by reason of any other interest in or through the Company;
  • (iv) which involves the giving of any security, guarantee or indemnity to the director or any other person in respect of:
    • (A) money lent or obligations incurred by him or by any other person at the request of or for the benefit of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or
    • (B) a debt or obligation of the Company or any of its subsidiaries for which he himself has assumed responsibility in whole or part under a guarantee or indemnity or by the giving of security;
  • (v) concerning an offer of shares or debentures or other securities of or by the Company or any of its subsidiaries where the director is or may be entitled

to participate as a holder of securities, or in the underwriting or sub-underwriting of which the director is to participate;

  • (vi) relating to any other body corporate in which he is interested, directly or indirectly and whether as a director or otherwise, provided that he (together with persons connected with him) does not hold an interest in shares representing one per cent. or more of either any class of the equity share capital, or the voting rights in such body corporate;
  • (vii) relating to a pension, superannuation or similar scheme or retirement, death or disability benefits scheme or employees' share scheme which has been approved by HMRC or is conditional upon such approval or does not award him any privilege or benefit not awarded to the employees to whom such scheme relates;
  • (viii) concerning the purchase or maintenance by the Company of insurance for any liability for the benefit of directors or of persons including directors;
  • (ix) concerning the giving of indemnities in favour of directors;
  • (x) concerning the funding of expenditure by any director or directors on:
  • (A) defending criminal, civil or regulatory proceedings or actions against him or them in connection with an application to the court for relief, under the Companies Act or otherwise; or
  • (B) defending him or them in any regulatory investigations;
  • (xi) concerning the doing of anything to enable any director or directors to avoid incurring expenditure as described in paragraph 7.11(b)(x) above; or
  • (xii) in respect of which his interest, or the interest of directors generally, has been authorised by ordinary resolution.
  • (c) Where proposals are under consideration concerning the appointment of two or more directors to offices or employments with the Company or any body corporate in which the Company is interested, the proposals may be divided and considered in relation to each director separately and in such case each of the directors concerned (if not debarred from voting under the Article summarised in paragraph 7.11(b)(vi)) shall be entitled to vote and count in the quorum in respect of each resolution except that concerning his own appointment.
  • (d) If a question arises as to whether any interest of a director prevents him from voting, or counting in the quorum, under the Articles summarised in paragraphs 7.11(a) to (c) and the question is not resolved by his voluntarily agreeing to abstain from voting or counting in the quorum, such question shall be referred to the chairman of the meeting and his ruling in relation to any director other than himself shall be final and conclusive except in a case where the nature or extent of the interest of such director has not been fairly disclosed. If any such question shall arise in respect of the chairman of the meeting, and such question is not resolved by his voluntarily agreeing to abstain from voting or counting in the quorum, such question shall be decided by resolution of the directors or committee members present at the meeting (excluding the chairman) whose majority vote shall be final and conclusive except in a case where the nature or extent of the interest of the chairman of the meeting has not been fairly disclosed to the directors.

  • (e) Subject to the Companies Act, the Company may by ordinary resolution ratify any transaction not authorised by reason of a contravention of any restrictions in the Articles of a director's entitlement to vote.

  • (f) For the purposes of paragraphs 7.11(a) to 7.11(d) and this paragraph 7.11(f) (which apply equally to alternate directors):
  • (i) an interest of a person who is connected with a director shall be treated as an interest of the director; and
  • (ii) in the case of an alternate director, an interest of his appointor shall be treated as an interest of the alternate in addition to any interest which the alternate otherwise has.

7.12 Borrowing powers

  • (a) The Board may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money, to give guarantees and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and assets (present and future) and uncalled capital, and to issue debentures and other securities, whether outright or as collateral security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.
  • (b) Save as set out above in this paragraph 7, there are no conditions imposed by the Articles regarding changes in the Company's capital which are more stringent than required by law of England and Wales. There are no provisions in the Articles which would have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of the Company.
  • 7.13 Real estate investment trust

For the purposes of this paragraph 7.13, the following words and expressions shall bear the following meanings:

"Distribution" means any dividend or other distribution on or in respect of the shares of the Company and references to a Distribution being paid include a distribution not involving a cash payment being made;

"Distribution Transfer" means a disposal or transfer (however effected) by a Person of his rights to a Distribution from the Company such that he is not beneficially entitled (directly or indirectly) to such a Distribution and no Person who is so entitled subsequent to such disposal or transfer (whether the immediate transferee or not) is (whether as a result of the transfer or not) a Substantial Shareholder;

"Distribution Transfer Certificate" means a certificate in such form as the Directors may specify from time to time to the effect that the relevant Person has made a Distribution Transfer, which certificate may be required by the Directors to satisfy them that a Substantial Shareholder is not beneficially entitled (directly or indirectly) to a Distribution;

"Excess Charge" means, in relation to a Distribution which is paid or payable to a Person, all tax or other amounts which the Directors consider may become payable by the Company or any other member of the REIT Group under section 551 of the CTA 2010 (as such section may be modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time) and any interest, penalties, fines or surcharge attributable to such tax as a result of such Distribution being paid to or in respect of that Person;

"interest in the Company" includes, without limitation, an interest in a Distribution made or to be made by the Company;

"Person" includes a body of Persons, corporate or unincorporated, wherever domiciled;

"Relevant Registered Shareholder" means a Shareholder who holds all or some of the shares in the Company that comprise a Substantial Shareholding (whether or not a Substantial Shareholder);

"Reporting Obligation" means any obligation from time to time of the Company to provide information or reports to HMRC as a result of or in connection with the Company's status as a UK REIT;

"Substantial Shareholding" means the shares in the Company in relation to which or by virtue of which (in whole or in part) a Person is a Substantial Shareholder; and

"Substantial Shareholder" means any person whose interest in the Company, whether legal or beneficial, direct or indirect, may cause any member of the REIT Group to be liable to pay tax under section 551 of the CTA 2010 (as such section may be modified, supplemented or replaced from time to time) on or in connection with the making of a Distribution to or in respect of such Person including, at the date of adoption of the Articles, any holder of excessive rights as defined in section 553 of the CTA 2010.

  • (a) Notification of Substantial Shareholder and other status
  • (i) Each Shareholder and any other relevant Person shall serve notice in writing on the Company at the registered office on:
    • (A) him becoming a Substantial Shareholder or him being a Substantial Shareholder (together with the percentage of voting rights, share capital or dividends he controls or is beneficially entitled to, details of the identity of the Shareholder(s) who hold(s) the relevant Substantial Shareholding and such other information, certificates or declarations as the Directors may require from time to time);
    • (B) him becoming a Relevant Registered Shareholder or being a Relevant Registered Shareholder on the date the Articles come into effect (together with such details of the relevant Substantial Shareholder and such other information, certificates or declarations as the Directors may require from time to time); and
    • (C) any change to the particulars contained in any such notice, including on the relevant Person ceasing to be a Substantial Shareholder or a Relevant Registered Shareholder.
  • (ii) Any such notice shall be delivered by the end of the second Business Day after the day on which the Person becomes a Substantial Shareholder or a Relevant Registered Shareholder (or the date the Articles come into effect, as the case may be) or the change in relevant particulars or within such shorter or longer period as the Directors may specify from time to time.
  • (iii) The Directors may at any time give notice in writing to any Person requiring him, within such period as may be specified in the notice (being seven days from the date of service of the notice or such shorter or longer

period as the Directors may specify in the notice), to deliver to the Company such information, certificates and declarations as the Directors may require to establish whether or not he is a Substantial Shareholder or a Relevant Registered Shareholder or to comply with any Reporting Obligation. Each such Person shall deliver such information, certificates and declarations within the period specified in such notice.

  • (b) Distributions in respect of Substantial Shareholdings
  • (i) In respect of any Distribution, the Directors may, if the Directors determine that the condition set out in paragraph 7.13(b)(ii) is satisfied in relation to any shares in the Company, withhold payment of such Distribution on or in respect of such shares. Any Distribution so withheld shall be paid as provided in paragraph 7.13 and until such payment the Persons who would otherwise be entitled to the Distribution shall have no right to the Distribution or its payment.
  • (ii) The condition referred to in 7.14(b)(i) is that, in relation to any shares in the Company and any Distribution to be paid or made on and in respect of such shares:
    • (A) the Directors believe that such shares comprise all or part of a Substantial Shareholding of a Substantial Shareholder; and
    • (B) the Directors are not satisfied that such Substantial Shareholder would not be beneficially entitled to the Distribution if it was paid,

and, for the avoidance of doubt, if the shares comprise all or part of a Substantial Shareholding in respect of more than one Substantial Shareholder this condition is not satisfied unless it is satisfied in respect of all such Substantial Shareholders.

  • (iii) If a Distribution has been withheld on or in respect of any shares in the Company in accordance with paragraph 7.13(b)(i), it shall be paid as follows:
  • (A) if it is established to the satisfaction of the Directors that the condition in paragraph 7.13(b)(ii) is not satisfied in relation to such shares, in which case the whole amount of the Distribution withheld shall be paid;
  • (B) if the Directors are satisfied that sufficient interests in all or some of the shares concerned have been transferred to a third party so that such transferred shares no longer form part of the Substantial Shareholding, in which case the Distribution attributable to such shares shall be paid (provided the Directors are satisfied that following such transfer such shares concerned do not form part of a Substantial Shareholding); and
  • (C) if the Directors are satisfied that as a result of a transfer of interests in shares referred to in (B) above the remaining shares no longer form part of a Substantial Shareholding, in which case the Distribution attributable to such shares shall be paid.

In this paragraph, references to the "transfer" of a share include the disposal (by any means) of beneficial ownership of, control of voting rights in respect of and beneficial entitlement to dividends in respect of, that share.

  • (iv) A Substantial Shareholder may satisfy the Directors that he is not beneficially entitled to a Distribution by providing a Distribution Transfer Certificate. The Directors shall be entitled to (but shall not be bound to) accept a Distribution Transfer Certificate as evidence of the matters therein stated and the Directors shall be entitled to require such other information, certifications or declarations as they think fit.
  • (v) The Directors may withhold payment of a Distribution on or in respect of any shares in the Company if any notice given by the Directors pursuant to paragraph 7.13(a)(iii) in relation to such shares shall not have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Directors within the period specified in such notice. Any Distribution so withheld will be paid when the notice is complied with to the satisfaction of the Directors unless the Directors withhold payment pursuant to paragraph 7.13(b)(i) and until such payment the Persons who would otherwise be entitled to the Distribution shall have no right to the Distribution or its payment.
  • (vi) If any Distribution shall be paid on a Substantial Shareholding and an Excess Charge becomes payable, the Substantial Shareholder shall pay the amount of such Excess Charge and all costs and expenses incurred by the Company in connection with the recovery of such amount to the Company on demand by the Company. Without prejudice to the right of the Company to claim such amount from the Substantial Shareholder, such recovery may be made out of the proceeds of any disposal pursuant to paragraph 7.13(d)(ii) or out of any subsequent Distribution in respect of the shares to such Person or to the shareholders of all shares in relation to or by virtue of which the Directors believe that Person has an interest in the Company (whether that Person is at that time a Substantial Shareholder or not).
  • (c) Distribution Trust
  • (i) If a Distribution is paid on or in respect of a Substantial Shareholding (except where the Distribution is paid in circumstances where the Substantial Shareholder is not beneficially entitled to the Distribution), the Distribution and any income arising from it shall be held by the payee or other recipient to whom the Distribution is transferred by the payee on trust absolutely for the Persons nominated by the relevant Substantial Shareholder under paragraph 7.13(c)(ii) in such proportions as the relevant Substantial Shareholder shall in the nomination director, subject to and in default of such nomination being validly made within 12 years after the date the Distribution is made, for the Company or such Person as may be nominated by the Directors from time to time.
  • (ii) The relevant Substantial Shareholder of shares of the Company in respect of which a Distribution is paid shall be entitled to nominate in writing any two or more Persons (not being Substantial Shareholders) to be the beneficiaries of the trust on which the Distribution is held under paragraph 7.13(c)(i) and the Substantial Shareholder may in any such nomination state the proportions in which the Distribution is to be held on trust for the nominated Persons, failing which the Distribution shall be held on trust for the nominated Persons in equal proportions. No Person may be nominated under this article who is or would, on becoming a beneficiary in accordance with the nomination, become a Substantial Shareholder. If the Substantial Shareholder making the nomination is not by virtue of

paragraph 7.13(c)(i) the trustee of the trust, the nomination shall not take effect until it is delivered to the Person who is the trustee.

  • (iii) Any income arising from a Distribution which is held on trust under paragraph 7.13(c)(i) shall until the earlier of: (i) the making of a valid nomination under paragraph 7.13(c)(ii); and (ii) the expiry of the period of 12 years from the date when the Distribution is paid be accumulated as an accretion to the Distribution. Income shall be treated as arising when payable, so that no apportionment shall take place.
  • (d) No Person who by virtue of paragraph 7.13(c)(i) holds a Distribution on trust shall be:
  • (i) under any obligation to invest the Distribution or to deposit it in an interestbearing account; or
  • (ii) liable for any breach of trust unless due to his own wilful fraud or wrongdoing or, in the case of an incorporated Person, the fraud or wilful wrongdoing of its directors, officers or employees.
  • (e) Obligation to dispose
  • (i) If at any time, the Directors believe that:
    • (A) in respect of any Distribution declared or announced, the condition set out in paragraph 7.13(b)(i) is satisfied in respect of any shares in the Company in relation to that Distribution;
    • (B) a notice given by the Directors pursuant to paragraph 7.13(b)(i) in relation to any shares in the Company has not been complied with to the satisfaction of the Directors within the period specified in such notice; or
    • (C) any information, certificate or declaration provided by a Person in relation to any shares in the Company for the purposes of the preceding provisions was materially inaccurate or misleading, the Directors may give notice in writing (a "Disposal Notice") to any Persons they believe are Relevant Registered Shareholders in respect of the relevant shares requiring such Relevant Registered Shareholders within 21 days of the date of service of the notice (or such longer or shorter time as the Directors consider to be appropriate in the circumstances) to dispose of such number of shares the Directors may in such notice specify or to take such other steps as will cause the condition set out in paragraph 7.13(b)(i) no longer to be satisfied. The Directors may, if they think fit, withdraw a Disposal Notice.
  • (ii) If:
    • (A) the requirements of a Disposal Notice are not complied with to the satisfaction of the Directors within the period specified in the relevant notice and the relevant Disposal Notice is not withdrawn; or
    • (B) a Distribution is paid on a Substantial Shareholding and an Excess Charge becomes payable,

the Directors may arrange for the Company to sell all or some of the shares to which the Disposal Notice relates or, as the case may be, that form part of the Substantial Shareholding concerned. For this purpose, the Directors may make such arrangements as they deem appropriate. In particular, without limitation, they may authorise any officer or employee of the Company to execute any transfer or other document on behalf of the holder or holders of the relevant shares and, in the case of a share in uncertificated form, may make such arrangements as they think fit on behalf of the relevant holder or holders to transfer title to the relevant share through a relevant system.

  • (iii) Any sale pursuant to paragraph 7.13(e)(ii) shall be at the price which the Directors consider is the best price reasonably obtainable and the Directors shall not be liable to the holder or holders of the relevant share for any alleged deficiency in the amount of the sale proceeds or any other matter relating to the sale.
  • (f) Net proceeds

The net proceeds of the sale of any share under paragraph 7.13(b)(ii) (less any amount to be retained pursuant to 7.13(b)(vi) and the expenses of sale) shall be paid over by the Company to the former holder or holders of the relevant shares upon surrender of any certificate or other evidence of title relating to it, without interest. The receipt of the Company shall be a good discharge for the purchase money. The title of any transferee of shares shall not be affected by an irregularity or invalidity of any actions purportedly taken pursuant to this paragraph.

  • (g) General
  • (i) The Directors shall be entitled to presume without enquiry, unless any Director has reason to believe otherwise, that a Person is not a Substantial Shareholder or a Relevant Registered Shareholder.
  • (ii) The Directors shall not be required to give any reasons for any decision or determination (including any decision or determination not to take action in respect of a particular Person) pursuant to this paragraph 7.13 and any such determination or decision shall be final and binding on all Persons unless and until it is revoked or changed by the Directors. Any disposal or transfer made or other thing done by or on behalf of the Board or any Director pursuant to this paragraph 7.13 shall be binding on all Persons and shall not be open to challenge on any ground whatsoever.
  • (iii) Without limiting their liability to the Company, the Directors shall be under no liability to any other Person, and the Company shall be under no liability to any Shareholder or any other Person, for identifying or failing to identify any Person as a Substantial Shareholder or a Relevant Registered Shareholder.
  • (iv) The Directors shall not be obliged to serve any notice required under this paragraph 7.13 upon any Person if they do not know either his identity or his address. The absence of service of such a notice in such circumstances or any accidental error in or failure to give any notice to any Person upon whom notice is required to be served under this paragraph 7.13 shall not prevent the implementation of or invalidate any procedure under this paragraph 7.13.

(v) Any notice required by this paragraph 7.13 to be served upon a Person who is not a Shareholder or upon a Person who is a Shareholder but whose address is not within the United Kingdom and who has failed to supply to the company an address within the United Kingdom shall be deemed validly served if such notice is sent through the post in a pre-paid cover addressed to that Person or Shareholder at the address if any, at which the Directors believe him to be resident or carrying on business or, in the case of a holder of depository receipts or similar securities, to the address, if any, in the register of holders of the relevant securities. Service shall, in such a case be deemed to be effected on the day of posting and it shall be sufficient proof of service if that notice was properly addressed, stamped and posted.

The Directors may require from time to time any Person who is or claims to be a Person to whom a Distribution may be paid without deduction of tax under Regulation 7 of the Real Estate Investment Trusts (Assessment and Recovery of Tax) Regulations 2006 to provide such certificates or declarations as they may require from time to time.

Save as set out above in this paragraph 7, there are no conditions imposed by the Articles regarding changes in the Company's capital which are more stringent than required by the law of England and Wales. There are no provisions in the Articles which would have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change of control of the Company.

7.14 Provision of information by Shareholders

If a Shareholder or any other person appearing to be interested in the shares of the Company:

  • (a) fails within 10 days after the date of service of a notice to comply with the disclosure requirements set out in the notice, then the Board may determine that the Shareholder shall, upon the issue of a restriction notice, be subject to one or more of the following restrictions:
  • (i) that the Shareholder shall not be entitled to attend or be counted in the quorum or vote either personally or by proxy at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares or upon any poll or to exercise any other right or privilege in relation to any general meeting or any meeting of the holders of any class of shares;
  • (ii) that, unless effected as described below, no transfer of the shares to which the restriction notice relates (where such shares are in certificated form) shall be effective or shall be registered by the Company;
  • (iii) that no dividend or other money payable shall be paid in respect of the shares to which the restriction notice relates and that, in circumstances where an offer of the right to elect to receive shares instead of cash in respect of any dividend is or has been made, any election made under that offer in respect of such Specified Shares shall not be effective,

provided that only the restriction referred to in subparagraph (i) may be determined by the Board to apply if the shares to which the restriction notice relates represent less than 0.25 per cent. of the relevant class and the disclosure notice was not a Tax Reporting Notice (as defined in paragraph 7.15(b) below. Where dividends or other moneys are not paid as a result of any of the restrictions set out above, such dividends or other moneys shall accrue and, upon the relevant restriction ceasing to apply, shall be payable (without interest) to the person who would have been entitled had the restriction not been imposed.

The restrictions referred to above cease to apply at the discretion of the Board, upon the Company receiving in accordance with the terms of the relevant disclosure notice the information required, or if the Company receives an executed instrument of transfer (or a transfer of uncertificated shares is effected under the relevant system) in respect of those shares, which would otherwise be given effect to, pursuant to a sale effected on a recognised investment exchange to a party not connected (within the meaning given in section 1122 of the CTA 2010) with the member holding such shares or with any other person appearing to be interested in such shares.

(b) The Board has the power to require any Shareholder to disclose to the Company such information as the Board determines is necessary or appropriate to permit the Company or any member of its group to satisfy any applicable United States tax withholding, reporting or filing requirements arising with respect to that Shareholder's or certain other persons' ownership interest in the Company under the US Tax Code or FATCA, including: (i) compliance with the Company's withholding and reporting obligations under FATCA; and (ii) determining, withholding and reporting to the US Internal Revenue Service or other applicable taxing jurisdiction by the Company or any member of its group on amounts received, paid or, solely for United States tax compliance and reporting purposes, accrued that are derived from US source income (including in respect of the payment of US sourced fixed or determinable annual or periodic income) (a "Tax Reporting Notice").

If any Shareholder has been duly served with a Tax Reporting Notice and is in default after the prescribed deadline (10 days from the date of service of the Tax Reporting Notice) the Board may in its absolute discretion at any time thereafter serve a restriction notice upon such Shareholder.

A restriction notice may direct that the Shareholder shall not be entitled to: (i) vote at a general of the Company; (ii) transfer its certificated Ordinary Shares; and/or (iii) any dividend or other money payable in respect of such Ordinary Shares.

In addition, if any member has been served with a restriction notice for failing to supply to the Company the information required by a Tax Reporting Notice, the board may, after 10 days from the date of service of the restriction notice, give notice to such member requiring him to sell or transfer his shares and to provide the Board with satisfactory evidence of such sale or transfer. If any person upon whom such a notice is served does not transfer his shares or establish to the satisfaction of the Board that he has duly provided the information required by the relevant Tax Reporting Notice:

  • (i) such person shall be deemed to have forfeited his shares and the Board shall be empowered at its discretion to follow procedures in respect of those shares; or
  • (ii) if the Board so determines, to the extent permitted under the Regulations, the Board may arrange for the Company to sell the shares at the best price reasonably obtainable to any other person and the Company shall pay the net proceeds of sale, reduced by an amount equal to any taxes or other costs or expenses incurred by the Company or any member of its group resulting from such failure or default to the former holder upon its receipt of the sale proceeds and the surrender by him of the relevant share certificate or, if no certificate has been issued, such evidence as the Board

may reasonably require to satisfy itself as to his former entitlement to the shares and to such net proceeds of sale and the former holder shall have no further interest in the relevant shares or any claim against the Company in respect thereof.

8. VARIATION OF SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS

The rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares are set out in the Articles and summarised in paragraph 7 of this Part 9. For these rights to be varied or changed would require a general meeting of the Company to be convened. This would require 14 days' written notice (in the absence of Shareholders who together hold not less than 95 per cent. in nominal value of shares giving them a right to attend and vote at the meeting deciding otherwise) to be given to each Shareholder. Each Shareholder would have the right to attend the general meeting in person or by proxy and vote on the resolution to be proposed. Such resolution would be a special resolution of the Company and requires a majority of not less than three-fourths of Shareholders voting in person or by proxy at such general meeting.

9. SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS

  • 9.1 The Company must in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting (or "AGM"). This must be held in each period of six months beginning with the day following the Company's accounting reference date. An AGM must be convened, unless all Shareholders entitled to attend and vote agree to a shorter notice period, on giving 21 days' notice in writing to the members of the Company.
  • 9.2 Other meetings can be convened by the Company from time to time and are referred to as general meetings (or "GMs"). The length of written notice to convene such a meeting is 14 days.
  • 9.3 GMs can be convened on shorter notice with the agreement of Shareholders being a majority in number and holding not less than 95 per cent. in nominal value of the shares giving them a right to attend and vote at the meeting.
  • 9.4 Shareholders need not attend a meeting of the Company in person but can do so by way of a validly appointed proxy. Proxies are appointed in accordance with the Articles. In essence, to be validly appointed, details of the proxy must be lodged at the Company's registered office no later than 48 hours before the commencement of the relevant meeting. Failure to lodge details of the appointed proxy in accordance with the Articles could result in the vote of the proxy being excluded on any resolution and possibly to the exclusion of the proxy from the meeting unless they were also a Shareholder.
  • 9.5 If a Shareholder is a corporation, whether or not a company, it can pass a resolution of its directors or other governing body to authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or class meeting of Shareholders of the Company.

10. NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS OF SHARES

  • 10.1 Whilst disclosure of shareholdings is not a requirement of the Articles, Chapter 5 of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules makes provision regarding notification of certain shareholdings and holdings of financial instruments.
  • 10.2 Where a person holds voting rights in the Company as shareholder or through direct or indirect holdings of financial instruments, then the person has an obligation to make a notification to the FCA and the Company of the percentage of voting rights held where that percentage reaches, exceeds or falls below three per cent. or any whole percentage figure

above three per cent. The requirement to notify also applies where a person is an indirect shareholder and can acquire, dispose of or exercise voting rights in certain cases.

11. MANDATORY BIDS AND COMPULSORY ACQUISITION

11.1 Mandatory bids

The City Code applies to the Company. Under Rule 9 of the City Code, if:

  • (a) a person acquires an interest in shares in the Company which, when taken together with shares already held by him or persons acting in concert with him, carry 30 per cent. or more of the voting rights in the Company; or
  • (b) a person who, together with persons acting in concert with him, is interested in not less than 30 per cent. and not more than 50 per cent. of the voting rights in the Company acquires additional interests in shares which increase the percentage of shares carrying voting rights in which that person is interested, the offeror and, depending on the circumstances, his concert parties, would be required (except with the consent of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers) to make a cash offer for the outstanding shares in the Company at a price not less than the highest price paid for any interests in the Ordinary Shares by the offeror or his concert parties during the previous 12 months.

11.2 Compulsory acquisitions

Under sections 974 to 991 of the Companies Act, if an offeror acquires or contracts to acquire (pursuant to a takeover offer) not less than 90 per cent. of the shares (in value and by voting rights) to which such offer relates, it may then compulsorily acquire the outstanding shares not assented to the offer. It would do so by sending a notice to outstanding holders of shares telling them that it will compulsorily acquire their shares and then, six weeks later, it would execute a transfer of the outstanding shares in its favour and pay the consideration to the Company, which would hold the consideration on trust for the outstanding holders of shares. The consideration offered to the holders whose shares are compulsorily acquired under the Companies Act must, in general, be the same as the consideration that was available under the takeover offer.

In addition, pursuant to section 983 of the Companies Act, if an offeror acquires or agrees to acquire not less than 90 per cent. of the shares (in value and by voting rights) to which the offer relates, any holder of shares to which the offer relates who has not accepted the offer may require the offeror to acquire his shares on the same terms as the takeover offer.

The offeror would be required to give any holder of shares notice of his right to be bought out within one month of that right arising. Sell-out rights cannot be exercised after the end of the period of three months from the last date on which the offer can be accepted or, if later, three months from the date on which the notice is served on the holder of shares notifying them of their sell-out rights. If a holder of shares exercises his rights, the offeror is bound to acquire those shares on the terms of the takeover offer or on such other terms as may be agreed.

12. MATERIAL CONTRACTS

The following material contracts, not being contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business, have been entered into by the Company or any other member the REIT Group in the two years immediately preceding the date of this Prospectus. There are no other contracts (not being contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business) entered into by any member of the REIT Group which contain any provisions under which any member of the REIT Group has any obligation or entitlement which is material to the REIT Group as at the date of this Prospectus.

12.1 Placing Agreement

Pursuant to the Placing Agreement dated 24 April 2017 between the Company, the Manager, Jefferies and Akur, and subject to certain conditions, Jefferies agreed to use its reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers for New Ordinary Shares at the Issue Price under the Placing.

In addition, under the Placing Agreement, Akur has been appointed as joint financial adviser and Jefferies has been appointed as sponsor, joint financial adviser, sole global coordinator and bookrunner in connection with the proposed application for Admission and the Issue.

The Placing Agreement may be terminated by Jefferies in certain customary circumstances prior to Admission.

The obligations of the Company to issue New Ordinary Shares under the Placing and the obligations of Jefferies to use its reasonable endeavours to procure subscribers for New Ordinary Shares under the Placing are conditional upon certain conditions that are typical for an agreement of this nature. These conditions include, among others: (i) Admission in respect of the New Ordinary Shares following the Issue occurring and becoming effective by 8.00 a.m. on or prior to 15 May 2017 or such later time and/or date as the Company and Jefferies may agree; and (ii) the Placing Agreement becoming wholly unconditional (save as to Admission) and not having been terminated in accordance with its terms at any time prior to Admission.

The Company and the Manager have given warranties to Jefferies and Akur concerning, inter alia, the accuracy of the information contained in this Prospectus. The Company and the Manager have also given indemnities to Jefferies and Akur. The warranties and indemnities given by the Company and the Manager are customary for an agreement of this nature.

The Placing Agreement is governed by the law of England and Wales.

12.2 PGIM Facility Agreement

Pursuant to the PGIM Facility Agreement dated 28 February 2017 between: (1) the PGIM Borrowers; (2) The Prudential Insurance Company of America as original lender; (3) The Prudential Insurance Company of America as agent; (4) The Prudential Insurance Company of America as security agent; and (5) The Prudential Insurance Company of America as arranger, the original lender made available a facility of up to £90,000,000 (the "PGIM Facility"). The PGIM Facility was used by:

  • (a) SPV 33 for refinancing the Euro Car Parts Big Box;
  • (b) SPV 32 for refinancing the Co-op Big Box;
  • (c) SPV 34 for refinancing the Whirlpool Big Box; and
  • (d) SPV 35 for development of the Screwfix Forward Funded Development.

The PGIM Borrowers shall repay the PGIM Facility on 28 February 2027.

The rate of interest on the PGIM Facility for each interest period is the PGIM Fixed Rate. The interest payment dates are 31 January, 30 April, 31 July, 31 October and the final termination date, with the first interest payment date being 30 April 2017.

The PGIM Facility is secured by the following first ranking security:

  • (a) a debenture from the PGIM Borrowers over all of their business and assets;
  • (b) a Jersey law security agreement from SPV 39 over the shares in each PGIM Borrower and SPV 39's rights in respect of loans made available to each PGIM Borrower;

The PGIM Facility Agreement contains undertakings, representations and warranties customary for a loan facility of this nature, including a negative pledge not to create or allow to exist any security interests over any assets of the PGIM Borrowers, save for pursuant to the PGIM Facility Agreement.

The PGIM Facility Agreement also contains an interest service cover covenant ("ICR Covenant") and a loan to value covenant ("LTV Covenant"). The ICR Covenant requires interest cover of at least 300 per cent. on the utilisation date and each interest payment date. The LTV Covenant requires that, on any day following the utilisation date, the loan to value should not exceed 70 per cent.

Should there be a breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant, the PGIM Borrowers have an opportunity to cure such breach. Any breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant which is not remedied will be an event of default.

The PGIM Facility Agreement includes other various events of default customary for a secured facility of this nature, including insolvency events of default which are applicable to the PGIM Borrowers as well as SPV 39. An event of default which is continuing would entitle the lender to:

  • (a) cancel all or any part of the total commitments; and/or
  • (b) declare that all or part of the loans, together with accrued interest and all other amounts outstanding under the PGIM Facility Agreement and associated finance documents are:
  • (i) immediately due and payable; and/or
  • (ii) payable on demand; and/or
  • (c) exercise, or direct the security agent in respect of the security documents to exercise, all of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions under the PGIM Facility Agreement and associated finance documents.

The PGIM Facility Agreement is governed by English law.

12.3 Canada Life Facility Agreement

Pursuant to the Canada Life Facility Agreement dated 3 August 2016 between: (1) the Canada Life Borrowers; (2) Canada Life Limited, London Life Insurance Company and Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company as original lenders; (3) Canada European Real Estate Limited as agent (the "CL Agent"); (4) Canada European Real Estate Limited as security agent; and (5) Canada Life Asset Management Limited as arranger, the original lenders made available a facility of up to £72,000,000 (the "Canada Life Facility"). The Canada Life Facility was used by:

  • (a) SPV 28 for refinancing the DSG Big Box;
  • (b) SPV 24 for refinancing the Howdens Big Box; and
  • (c) SPV 26 for refinancing the Brake Bros Bristol Big Box.

The Canada Life Borrowers shall repay the Canada Life Facility on 30 April 2029.

The rate of interest on the Canada Life Facility for each interest period is the percentage rate per annum equal to the CL Fixed Rate. The interest payment dates are 30 January, 30 April, 30 July, 30 October and the final termination date, with the first interest payment date being 30 October 2016.

The Canada Life Facility is secured by the following first ranking security:

  • (a) a debenture from the Canada Life Borrowers over all of their business and assets;
  • (b) a Jersey law security agreement from THCLD over the shares in each Canada Life Borrower and THCLD's rights in respect of loans made available to each Canada Life Borrower; and
  • (c) a Jersey law security agreement from each Canada Life Borrower over any present and future loan agreements between each other.

The Canada Life Facility Agreement contains undertakings, representations and warranties customary for a loan facility of this nature, including a negative pledge not to create or allow to exist any security interests over any assets of the Canada Life Borrowers, save for pursuant to the Canada Life Facility Agreement.

The Canada Life Facility Agreement also contains an interest service cover covenant (actual and projected) ("ICR Covenant") and a loan to value covenant ("LTV Covenant"). The ICR Covenant requires interest cover of at least 250 per cent. on the utilisation date and each interest payment date. The LTV Covenant requires that, on any day following the utilisation date for the Investment Facility, the loan to value should not exceed 70 per cent.

Should there be a breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant, the Canada Life Borrowers have an opportunity to cure such breach. The rights to cure are however limited and may not be exercised in aggregate more than seven times during the life of the Canada Life Facility and no more than twice in any 12 month period. Any breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant which is not remedied will be an event of default.

The Canada Life Facility Agreement includes other various events of default customary for a secured facility of this nature, including insolvency events of default which are applicable to the Canada Life Borrowers as well as THCLD and the Company. An event of default which is continuing would entitle the lender to:

  • (a) cancel all or any part of the total commitments; and/or
  • (b) declare that all or part of the loans, together with accrued interest and all other amounts outstanding under the Canada Life Facility Agreement and associated finance documents are:
  • (i) immediately due and payable; and/or

  • (ii) payable on demand; and/or

  • (c) exercise, or direct the security agent in respect of the security documents to exercise, all of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions under the Canada Life Facility Agreement and associated finance documents.

The Canada Life Facility Agreement is governed by English law.

12.4 Syndicated Facility Agreement

During the period from 9 April 2014 to 12 May 2015, certain of the Company's subsidiaries entered into facility agreements with Barclays Bank in respect of part financing or part re-financing (as applicable) certain assets. Additional subsidiaries of the Company have since acceded to the Syndicated Facility Agreement and to the first ranking debenture.

Pursuant to an amendment and restatement agreement dated 1 October 2015 (the "First Amendment Agreement"), these original finance arrangements were consolidated into a single facility of £247,843,250 with Barclays Bank.

The consolidated facility agreement was subsequently amended pursuant to a second amendment and restatement agreement dated 2 October 2015 (the "Second Amendment Agreement"). Under the terms of the Second Amendment Agreement, the facility amount was increased from £247,843,250 to £400,000,000, additional subsidiaries of the Company became a party to the facility agreement in various capacities and ING Real Estate Finance (UK) B.V., London Branch and Helaba joined Barclays Bank as lenders under the facility agreement.

Due to a requirement of the lenders, the facility agreement was further amended pursuant to a third amendment and restatement agreement dated 2 October 2015 (the "Third Amendment Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of the Third Amendment Agreement the facility amount was increased from £400,000,000 to £500,000,000 and Wells Fargo Bank N.A. joined Barclays Bank, ING Real Estate Finance (UK) B.V., London Branch and Helaba as a syndicate lender under the terms of the facility agreement.

The facility agreement, as amended by the First Amendment Agreement, the Second Amendment Agreement and the Third Amendment Agreement, is referred to as the Syndicated Facility Agreement.

Under the terms of the Syndicated Facility Agreement, the lenders agreed to make available a £500,000,000 facility (the "Syndicated Facility") in the following tranches:

  • (a) a sterling term loan facility in an aggregate amount of £320,000,00 to be known as the "Term Facility Tranche A";
  • (b) a sterling term loan facility in an aggregate amount of £80,000,000 to be known as the "Term Facility Tranche B"; and
  • (c) a sterling revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of £100,000,000 to be known as the "Revolving Facility".

Subject to the terms of the Syndicated Facility Agreement, Barclays Bank agreed to make part of the revolving credit facility available to TBBRH2 by way of a £10,000,000 overdraft facility.

The Syndicated Facility Agreement contains 'accordion' provisions which allow for an increase in the facility amount from £500,000,000 to £700,000,000, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein.

Further to an accordion increase request submitted by TBBRH1 to Barclays Bank, the Syndicated Facility made available under the Syndicated Facility Agreement was increased by an amount of £50,000,000 (the "Additional Term Loan") to £550,000,000 on 16 December 2016. The Additional Term Loan was made available by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

The Syndicated Facility is available to the borrowers for the following purposes:

  • (a) financing or refinancing financial indebtedness in connection with the Portfolio (as at the date of the Syndicated Facility Agreement), other than the DHL Properties and the Ocado Big Box;
  • (b) refinancing costs in connection with the Nice-Pak Big Box, the Dunelm Big Box and the Rolls-Royce Big Boxes; and
  • (c) financing the acquisition of additional properties and the payment of development costs in respect of additional forward funded properties.

In addition to the above noted purposes, the Revolving Facility is also available to the borrowers for their general corporate and working capital purposes.

The Borrowers must repay the term loans made available under the Syndicated Facility Agreement on 2 October 2020 (the "Original Termination Date").

Revolving Facility loans will be repaid (and redrawn) as applicable on each interest payment date under the Syndicated Facility Agreement with the final repayment of any then outstanding Revolving Facility loan being made on the final termination date.

There is potential to extend the term of the Syndicated Facility beyond the Original Termination Date by submitting a request for an additional 12 month term, in order to extend the facility term to a maximum of 6 years. TBBRH1 must request each such extension and each lender is free to decide whether to agree to such requests.

The rate of interest on the Syndicated Facility for each interest period is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the applicable margin and LIBOR. Margin is variable depending on the loan to value covenant calculation and ranges from 1.3 per cent. to 2.25 per cent. The interest payment dates are 31 January, 30 April, 31 July, 31 October and the final termination date, with the first interest payment date being 31 October 2015.

The Syndicated Facility is secured by the following first ranking security:

  • (a) a debenture from TBBRH1 and each borrower and each guarantor under the Syndicated Facility Agreement;
  • (b) BVI law share charges over the shares in SPV 6 Ltd and SPV 15 Ltd;
  • (c) Guernsey law share charges over the shares in SPV 19 Ltd and SPV 7 Ltd;
  • (d) an Isle of Man law share charge over the shares in Baljean;
  • (e) Jersey law share and unit security agreements in respect of all Jersey shares and units; and

(f) Jersey law security agreements over rent and general accounts of the Unit Trust, SPV 2 and SPV 2 Ltd.

The Syndicated Facility Agreement contains undertakings, representations and warranties customary for a loan facility of this nature, including a negative pledge not to create or allow to exist any security interest on any assets of TBBRH1 and each borrower and each guarantor under the Syndicated Facility Agreement.

The Syndicated Facility Agreement also contains both an interest cover covenant (historic and projected) ("ICR Covenant") and a loan to value covenant ("LTV Covenant"). The ICR Covenant requires interest cover of at least 250 per cent. at all times. The LTV Covenant requires that the loan to value should not at any time exceed 70 per cent. Should there be a breach of the LTV Covenant, TBBRH1 has three opportunities during the life of the facility to remedy such breach. TBBRH1 may only utilise the remedy provisions once in any 12 month period. Any breach of the LTV Covenant which is not remedied will be an event of default.

The Syndicated Facility Agreement includes other various events of default customary for a secured facility of this nature, including insolvency events of default which are applicable to the Company. An event of default which is continuing would entitle the lenders to:

  • (a) cancel all or any part of the total commitments; and/or
  • (b) declare that all or part of the loans, together with accrued interest and all other amounts outstanding under the Syndicated Facility Agreement and associated finance documents are:
  • (i) immediately due and payable; and/or
  • (ii) payable on demand; and/or
  • (c) exercise, or direct the security agent in respect of the security documents to exercise, all of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions under the Syndicated Facility Agreement and associated finance documents.

The Syndicated Facility Agreement is governed by English law.

12.5 Ocado Facility Agreement

Pursuant to the Ocado Facility Agreement dated 13 July 2015 between (amongst others) SPV 16 Ltd as borrower and Helaba as original lender, agent, security trustee and original counterparty, Helaba made available a facility of up to £51,439,000 (the "Ocado Facility"). The Ocado Facility Agreement was amended on 29 July 2016.

The Ocado Facility is split into two tranches, being the development facility (the "Development Facility") and the investment facility (the "Investment Facility").

The Development Facility was used by SPV 16 Ltd for financing or refinancing (as applicable) the project costs contemplated by the development appraisal in respect of the Ocado Big Box.

Following the completion of the Ocado Big Box the Investment Facility was used by SPV 16 Ltd to refinance the outstanding loans under the Development Facility.

SPV 16 Ltd shall repay the Investment Facility on 13 July 2023 with no options to extend.

The rate of interest on the Ocado Facility for each interest period is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the applicable margin, LIBOR and mandatory cost (if any). Margin in relation to the Investment Facility is variable depending on the loan to value covenant calculation and ranges from 1.66 per cent. to 1.81 per cent. The interest payment dates are 31 January, 30 April, 31 July, 31 October and the final termination date, with the first interest payment date being 31 October 2015.

The Ocado Facility is secured by the following first ranking security:

  • (a) a debenture from SPV 16 Ltd over all of its business and assets;
  • (b) a Jersey law share charge over the shares in SPV 16 Ltd; and
  • (c) a Jersey law subordinated debt assignment granted by SPV 16.

The Ocado Facility Agreement contains undertakings, representations and warranties customary for a loan facility of this nature, including a negative pledge not to create or allow to exist any security interest on any assets of SPV 16 Ltd.

The Ocado Facility Agreement also contains an interest service cover covenant (actual and projected) ("ICR Covenant"), and a loan to value covenant ("LTV Covenant"). The ICR Covenant requires interest cover of at least 175 per cent. on the utilisation date and each interest payment date. The LTV Covenant requires that, on any day following the utilisation date for the Investment Facility, the loan to value should not exceed 70 per cent.

Should there be a breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant, SPV 16 Ltd have an opportunity to cure such breach. The rights to cure are however limited and may not be exercised in aggregate more than four times during the life of the Facility and no more than once in any 12 month period. Any breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant which is not remedied will be an event of default.

The Ocado Facility Agreement includes other various events of default customary for a secured facility of this nature, including insolvency events of default which are applicable to SPV 16 Ltd and SPV 16. An event of default which is continuing would entitle the lender to:

  • (a) cancel all or any part of the total commitments; and/or
  • (b) declare that all or part of the loans, together with accrued interest and all other amounts outstanding under the Ocado Facility Agreement and associated finance documents as:
  • (i) immediately due and payable; and/or
  • (ii) payable on demand; and/or
  • (c) exercise, or direct the security agent in respect of the security documents to exercise, all of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions under the Ocado Facility Agreement and associated finance documents.

The Ocado Facility Agreement is governed by English law.

12.6 DHL Langley Facility Agreement

Pursuant to the DHL Langley Facility Agreement dated 17 November 2014 between (amongst others) SPV 8 Ltd as borrower and Helaba as original lender, agent, security trustee and original counterparty, Helaba made available a facility of up to £7,060,000 (the "DHL Langley Facility").

The DHL Langley Facility is to be used by SPV 8 Ltd for refinancing the DHL Langley Big Box.

SPV 8 Ltd shall repay the DHL Langley Facility on 19 November 2019.

The rate of interest on the DHL Langley Facility for each interest period is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the applicable margin, LIBOR and mandatory cost (if any). Margin is variable depending on the loan to value covenant calculation and ranges from 1.6 per cent. to 1.75 per cent. The interest payment dates are 31 January, 30 April, 31 July, 31 October and the final termination date, with the first interest payment date being 31 January 2015.

The DHL Langley Facility is secured by the following first ranking security:

  • (a) a debenture from SPV 8 Ltd over all of its business and assets;
  • (b) a Jersey law share charge over the shares in SPV 8 Ltd; and
  • (c) a Jersey law subordinated debt assignment granted by SPV 8.

The DHL Langley Facility Agreement contains undertakings, representations and warranties customary for a loan facility of this nature, including a negative pledge not to create or allow to exist any security interest on any assets of SPV 8 Ltd.

The DHL Langley Facility Agreement also contains an interest service cover covenant (actual and projected) ("ICR Covenant") and a loan to value covenant ("LTV Covenant"). The ICR Covenant requires interest cover of at least 200 per cent. on the utilisation date and each interest payment date. The LTV Covenant requires that, on any day following the utilisation date for the Investment Facility, the loan to value should not exceed 70 per cent.

Should there be a breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant, SPV 8 Ltd has an opportunity to cure such breach. The rights to cure are however limited and may not be exercised in aggregate more than four times during the life of the DHL Langley Facility and no more than once in any 12 month period. Any breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant which is not remedied will be an event of default.

The DHL Langley Facility Agreement includes other various events of default customary for a secured facility of this nature, including insolvency events of default which are applicable to SPV 8 Ltd and SPV 8. An event of default which is continuing would entitle the lender to:

  • (a) cancel all or any part of the total commitments; and/or
  • (b) declare that all or part of the loans, together with accrued interest and all other amounts outstanding under the DHL Langley Facility Agreement and associated finance documents are:
  • (i) immediately due and payable; and/or
  • (ii) payable on demand; and/or
  • (c) exercise, or direct the security agent in respect of the security documents to exercise, all of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions under the DHL Langley Facility Agreement and associated finance documents.

The DHL Langley Facility Agreement is governed by English law.

12.7 DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement

Pursuant to the DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement dated 17 November 2014 between (amongst others) SPV 9 Ltd as borrower and Helaba as original lender, agent, security trustee and original counterparty, Helaba made available a facility of up to £11,600,000 (the "DHL Skelmersdale Facility").

The DHL Skelmersdale Facility is to be used by SPV 9 Ltd for refinancing the DHL Skelmersdale Big Box.

SPV 9 Ltd shall repay the DHL Skelmersdale Facility on 19 November 2019.

The rate of interest on the DHL Skelmersdale Facility for each interest period is the percentage rate per annum equal to the aggregate of the applicable margin, LIBOR and mandatory cost (if any). Margin is variable depending on the loan to value covenant calculation and ranges from 1.6 per cent. to 1.75 per cent. The interest payment dates are 31 January, 30 April, 31 July, 31 October and the final termination date, with the first interest payment date being 31 January 2015.

The DHL Skelmersdale Facility is secured by the following first ranking security:

  • (a) a debenture from SPV 9 Ltd over all of its business and assets;
  • (b) a Jersey law share charge over the shares in SPV 9 Ltd; and
  • (c) a Jersey law subordinated debt assignment granted by SPV 9.

The DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement contains undertakings, representations and warranties customary for a loan facility of this nature, including a negative pledge not to create or allow to exist any security interest on any assets of SPV 9 Ltd.

The DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement also contains an interest service cover covenant (actual and projected) ("ICR Covenant") and a loan to value covenant ("LTV Covenant"). The ICR Covenant requires interest cover of at least 200 per cent. on the utilisation date and each interest payment date. The LTV Covenant requires that, on any day following the utilisation date for the DHL Skelmersdale Facility, the loan to value should not exceed 70 per cent.

Should there be a breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant, SPV 9 Ltd has an opportunity to cure such breach. The rights to cure are however limited and may not be exercised in aggregate more than four times during the life of the DHL Skelmersdale Facility and no more than once in any 12 month period. Any breach of the LTV Covenant or the ICR Covenant which is not remedied will be an event of default.

The DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement includes other various events of default customary for a secured facility of this nature, including insolvency events of default which are applicable to SPV 9 Ltd and SPV 9. An event of default which is continuing would entitle the lender to:

  • (a) cancel all or any part of the total commitments; and/or
  • (b) declare that all or part of the loans, together with accrued interest and all other amounts outstanding under the DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement and associated finance documents are:
  • (i) immediately due and payable; and/or

  • (ii) payable on demand; and/or

  • (c) exercise, or direct the security agent in respect of the security documents to exercise, all of its rights, remedies, powers and discretions under the DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement and associated finance documents.

The DHL Skelmersdale Facility Agreement is governed by English law.

12.8 Investment Management Agreement

The Company entered into the Investment Management Agreement with the Manager on 2 July 2014 (as amended and restated on 15 October 2014, 17 December 2014, 11 May 2016 and 20 December 2016). The Investment Management Agreement replaced the Property Management and Services Agreement in its entirety. Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the Manager has responsibility for:

  • (a) general property management of the properties held by the Company, including ensuring the Company receives the necessary advice to comply with its lease and headlease obligations, managing tenant applications, supervising tenants and preparing a budget for the properties;
  • (b) sourcing and assisting with the acquisition of properties that fall within the Company's Investment Policy;
  • (c) advising the Company in circumstances where the interests in real estate in contemplation are securitised in such a way that advice in relation to their acquisition or disposal is regulated under FSMA;
  • (d) implementing a comprehensive, active and entrepreneurial asset management strategy to deliver added value;
  • (e) obtaining buildings insurance for the properties;
  • (f) arranging senior and subordinated debt (if required) to optimise the capital structure and support the acquisition process; and
  • (g) coordinating with third parties providing services to the Company.

In addition, the Manager supports the Administrator who calculates the Basic NAV and EPRA NAV of the Ordinary Shares on a semi-annual basis and these calculations are reported to Shareholders in the Company's interim financial statements and annual accounts.

The initial term of the Investment Management Agreement is from 4 December 2013 up to and including 31 December 2021. Either party may by written notice to the other terminate the Investment Management Agreement by giving not less than 24 months' prior written notice to the other, which notice may not be given by the Company before 31 December 2019.

The Manager's fees are paid by the Company in the form of a management fee, as described more fully in paragraph 6 of Part 4 of this Prospectus.

If, at any time during the term of the Investment Management Agreement, any two of Mark Shaw, Colin Godfrey, James Dunlop and Henry Franklin or a replacement for any of them (the "Key Men") are unable to perform their duties in relation to the Company and to the affairs of the REIT Group (a "Key Man Event"):

  • (a) the Manager shall promptly inform the Company and be entitled, at any time within two months of the Key Man Event (or such longer period as the Company may in its absolute discretion determine) (the "Cure Period") to propose replacement key executives, who shall be formally approved if the Company (acting reasonably) consents to their appointment; and
  • (b) if the Key Man Event is not rectified during the Cure Period, the Company shall have the right to terminate the Investment Management Agreement with immediate effect.

The Manager may at any time propose to the Company a person as a new key executive of the Manager in anticipation of the departure or change in the role of a Key Man. If the appointment is approved by the Company (acting reasonably) the departure or change in the role of the Key Man shall not count in the determination of the circumstances in which a Key Man Event occurs.

The Manager shall maintain a team of investment professionals suitable for the effective execution of its duties and powers under the Investment Management Agreement. If the Company notifies the Manager at any time that, in its reasonable opinion, this requirement has not been achieved, then the Manager shall have a period of two months (or such longer period as the Company may in its absolute discretion determine) to procure that the situation is suitably remedied. If that situation is not so remedied to the satisfaction of the Company (acting reasonably), the Company shall have the right to terminate the Investment Management Agreement with immediate effect.

The Investment Management Agreement may be terminated on the occurrence of an insolvency event in relation to a party, if a party is fraudulent, grossly negligent or commits wilful default/misconduct which, if capable of remedy, is not remedied within 30 Business Days or on a force majeure event continuing for more than 90 days.

Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the Manager may not manage another fund with an exclusive investment strategy focusing on distribution or logistics assets in excess of 300,000 sq. ft. of accommodation located within the UK.

The Manager may, however, acquire and manage distribution or logistics assets which provide less than 300,000 sq. ft of accommodation subject to the below provisions:

  • (a) if the price asked for the asset is equal to or greater than £25,000,000 ("REIT Investment Opportunity"), then the REIT Investment Opportunity shall first be offered exclusively to the Company;
  • (b) if, in the Manager's reasonable opinion, an asset management opportunity exists that might enable an asset that at the time of investment provides less than 300,000 sq ft of accommodation to become an asset that equals or exceeds 300,000 sq ft of accommodation (a "Potential Investment Opportunity"), then the Manager shall first offer the Potential Investment Opportunity exclusively to the Company;
  • (c) if the Company confirms to the Manager in writing within 14 days that it wishes to pursue either a REIT Investment Opportunity or a Potential Investment Opportunity, the Manager and its affiliates shall not pursue these opportunities or offer them to any third party; and

(d) if the Company does not confirm to the Manager in writing within 14 days that it wishes to pursue either a REIT Investment Opportunity or a Potential Investment Opportunity or if the Company confirms to the Manager in writing within this period that it does not wish to pursue the REIT Investment Opportunity or the Potential Investment Opportunity, the Manager and its affiliates shall be free to offer either the REIT Investment Opportunity or the Potential Investment Opportunity to any third party or to pursue the REIT Investment Opportunity or Potential Investment Opportunity themselves.

12.9 Service Level Agreement

The Service Level Agreement imposes certain responsibilities on the Manager in addition to the Investment Management Agreement relating to Board meetings, research and analysis, investor relations and marketing, equity market intelligence and property reports.

The Service Level Agreement shall remain in force for the term of the Investment Management Agreement (and shall cease to have effect immediately upon the termination or expiry of the Investment Management Agreement). No fees beyond the fees paid under the Investment Management Agreement shall be paid to the Manager by the Company for the services provided under the Service Level Agreement.

12.10 Depositary Agreement

The Manager entered into a framework depositary agreement with Langham Hall UK LLP on 20 May 2014 which was subsequently novated pursuant to a novation agreement dated 6 May 2015 and is now between the Manager and Langham Hall UK Depositary LLP. Pursuant to the Depositary Agreement, the Depositary acts as the sole depositary of the AIFs and is responsible for:

  • (a) ensuring the AlFs' cash flows are properly monitored;
  • (b) the safe keeping of Scheme Property (as defied therein) entrusted to it (which it shall hold on trust for the AIFs) by the AIFs and/or the Manager acting on behalf of the AlFs; and
  • (c) the oversight and supervision of the Manager and the AIFs.

The duties and obligations of the Depositary under the Depositary Agreement are construed in accordance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable from time to time, including, the Alternative Investment fund Managers' Directive (2001/61/EU), FSMA and the FCA Handbook (the "Applicable Provisions"). Under the Depositary Agreement, the Manager and AlFs are responsible for providing the Depositary with information required by the Depositary to carry out is duties.

Subject to the Applicable Provisions, each AIF indemnifies the Depositary, its officers, agents and employees (each an "Indemnified Person") against any liability or loss suffered or incurred by an Indemnified Person as a result or in connection with the proper provision of services under the agreement except as a result of negligence, fraud, wilful misconduct or breach of this agreement on the part of the Indemnified Person.

Pursuant to the Depositary Agreement, the Depositary warrants (amongst other things) that it is and will remain an approved depositary.

In consideration of its services, the Depositary is entitled to receive from the AIFs periodic remuneration which includes, amongst other things, an annual fee of £44,000.

The Depositary Agreement is governed by English law.

12.11 Administration Agreement

The Company and the Administrator entered into the Administration Agreement on 18 November 2013, pursuant to which the Administrator agreed to act as administrator to the Company.

Under the terms of the Administration Agreement, the Administrator is entitled to an administration fee of £13,167 per month (exclusive of VAT). The Administration Agreement may be terminated by either party by giving the other not less than 3 months' notice.

The Administration Agreement also contains a provision whereby the Company indemnifies the Administrator and its affiliates against any losses incurred resulting from the Company's breach, save when due to fraud, negligence or wilful default of the Administrator or its affiliates.

The Administration Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales.

12.12 Registrar Agreement

The Company and the Registrar entered into the Registrar Agreement on 18 November 2013, pursuant to which the Company appointed the Registrar to act as registrar of the Company for an annual fee payable by the Company of £23,202.44 in respect of basic registration services. The Registrar is entitled to increase the fees annually at the rate of the Retail Prices Index prevailing at that time. The Registrar is also entitled increase the fees exceeding the Retail Prices Index, but in such event, the Registrar shall give 20 Business Days' written notice to the Company and the said revised fees shall apply from the expiry of such notice. However, in the event that the Company objects to such increase within the 20 Business Days' period, it will have the right to terminate the Registrar Agreement. The Registrar Agreement may also be terminated by either the Company or the Registrar giving to the other not less than 3 months' written notice.

The Registrar Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales.

12.13 Receiving Agent Agreement

The Company and the Receiving Agent entered into the Receiving Agent Agreement on 11 April 2017, pursuant to which the Receiving Agent agreed to provide receiving agent duties and services to the Company in respect of the Issue. Under the terms of the Receiving Agent Agreement, the Receiving Agent is entitled to the following:

  • (a) a professional advisory fee;
  • (b) a processing fee for processing returned placing letters or instructions and undertaking delivery versus payment in CREST with individual placees;
  • (c) a processing fee for the Open Offer;
  • (d) a processing fee for the Offer for Subscription; and
  • (e) a proxy evaluation fee consisting of a management fee and a fee per nonpersonalised form of proxy received plus for each additional resolution subject to a minimum aggregate charge.

The Receiving Agent will also be entitled to reimbursement of all out of pocket expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with its duties. These fees will be for the account of the Company.

The Receiving Agent Agreement also contains a provision whereby the Company indemnifies the Receiving Agent against any loss, liability or reasonable expense resulting from the Company's breach of the Receiving Agent Agreement or any third party claims in connection with the provision of the Receiving Agent's services under the Receiving Agent Agreement, save where due to the negligence, fraud or wilful default on the part of the Receiving Agent and its agents.

The Receiving Agent Agreement is governed by the laws of England.

12.14 Company Secretarial Agreement

The Company and the Company Secretary entered into the Company Secretarial Agreement on 1 March 2015. Pursuant to the Company Secretarial Agreement, the Company Secretary provides company secretarial services and acts as the company secretary of the Company for an annual fee payable by the Company of £50,000. The Company may terminate the Company Secretarial Agreement upon the service of three months prior written notice.

The Company Secretarial Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales.

12.15 Instructions for valuation

The Company and CBRE entered into a valuation advisory agreement dated 2 June 2014. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, CBRE agreed to provide valuation services on an ongoing basis. his agreement may be terminated at any time.

The terms of engagement are governed by the laws of England and Wales.

12.16 Knight Frank Management Agreement

The Manager entered into the Knight Frank Management Agreement with Knight Frank LLP on 1 October 2014, pursuant to which Knight Frank LLP provides portfolio management services including rent collection, rental deposit receipt and collation of lease information. The Manager retains oversight of these functions. An annual fixed fee of £1,250 per single-let property is payable by the Manager.

The Knight Frank Management Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales.

13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Save as described below, the Company has not entered into any related party transaction at any time during the period from incorporation to the date of this Prospectus.

Pursuant to the Investment Management Agreement, the Manager provides the Company with property management services for which the Manager receives a management fee. For the 14 month period to 31 December 2014, the management fee was £2,330,000. For the year ended 31 December 2015, the management fee was 6,310,000. For the year ended 31 December 2016, the management fee was £9,502,000.

Pursuant to the Company Secretarial Agreement, the Manager provides the Company with company secretarial services for which the Manager receives a fee.

Four of the designated members of the Manager, namely Mark Shaw, Colin Godfrey, James Dunlop and Henry Franklin, are also partners of SG Commercial. SG Commercial provides general property agency services to the REIT Group. For the period ended 31 December 2014, SG Commercial was paid fees totalling £1.71 million in respect of agency services. For the year ended 31 December 2015, SG Commercial was paid fees totalling £0.72 million in respect of agency services. For the year ended 31 December 2016, SG Commercial was paid fees totalling £1.55 million in respect of agency services (representing a total of 36% of agency fees paid by the REIT Group throughout the year).

While there are currently no existing contractual arrangements between the Company and SG Commercial, the Company may choose to appoint SG Commercial in the future from time to time on either a sole or joint basis. Any such appointments have been and will continue to be made on normal market-based contractual terms. In the event that any such appointment is proposed by the Manager, the Board has and shall continue to be consulted and asked for its approval. Mark Shaw does not vote at any meeting of the Board relating to contractual terms to be agreed between the Company and SG Commercial, nor with respect to any investment decision where SG Commercial is acting as agent in any capacity.

The Company (via Tritax REIT Acquisition 11 Limited) acquired The Range Big Box from Tritax Prime Distribution Income Fund on 12 November 2014 for a purchase price of £48.5 million (net of corporate acquisition costs). Tritax Prime Distribution Income Fund is a limited partnership vehicle managed by the Manager. The four controlling partners of the Manager (or their beneficiaries), namely Mark Shaw, Colin Godfrey, James Dunlop and Henry Franklin had total aggregated equity interests in the limited partnership of 2.14 per cent.

14. INTERMEDIARIES

The Intermediaries authorised at the date of this Prospectus to use the Prospectus in connection with the Offer for Subscription are:

Name Address
AJ Bell Securities Trafford House, Chester Road, Manchester M32 0RS
Alliance Trust Savings Limited PO Box 164, 8 West Marketgait, Dundee DD1 1QN
Barclays Bank Plc 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP
Equiniti Limited Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing,
West Sussex BN99 6DA
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Kendal House, 4 Brighton Mews,
Management Limited Clifton, Bristol, BS8 2NX
Interactive Investor Trading Limited Standon House, 21 Mansell Street,
London, E1 8AA
Jarvis Investment Management Limited 78 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells,
Kent, TN4 8BS
Redmayne-Bentley LLP 9 Bond Court, Leeds LS1 2JE

15. LEGAL AND ARBITRATION PROCEEDINGS

There are no, and have not in the last 12 months been, any governmental, legal or arbitration proceedings (including any such proceedings pending or threatened of which the Company is aware) which may have, or have had in the recent past, significant effects on the Company and/or the REIT Group's financial position or profitability.

16. WORKING CAPITAL

The Company is of the opinion that the working capital available to the REIT Group is sufficient for its present requirements, that is for at least the twelve months from the date of this Prospectus.

17. CAPITALISATION AND INDEBTEDNESS

The following table shows the consolidated gross indebtedness of the Group as at 28 February 2017 and the consolidated Group capitalisation as at 31 December 2016. The capitalisation figures have been extracted without material adjustment from the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2016, incorporated by reference in Part 7 of this Prospectus. The indebtedness figures have been extracted from the underlying accounting records of the Group as at 28 February 2017.

(£'000) As at 28 February 2017
(unaudited)
Total non-current debt:
Loans and borrowings
– Secured and guaranteed 450,000
– Secured 141,526
–––––––
Total gross indebtedness 591,526
(£'000) –––––––
As at 31 December 2016
(audited)
Shareholders' equity (excluding retained earnings):
– Share capital 11,051
– Legal reserve(1) 589,384
– Other reserve(2) 546,377
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Total capitalisation 1,146,812
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(1) Comprises the share premium account.

(2) Comprises the capital reduction reserve.

The following table shows the consolidated Group net financial indebtedness as at 28 February 2017.

(£'000) As at 28 February 2017
(unaudited)
Cash* 179,922
Net current financial liquidity ––––––––
179,922
Non-current bank loans ––––––––
(591,526)
––––––––
Non-current financial indebtedness (591,526)
Net financial indebtedness ––––––––
(411,604)

–––––––– * Cash includes restricted cash of £5.6 million to cover rent free periods as topped up rental amounts.

The Group also has derivative financial assets not reflected in the analysis above with a fair value of £2.8 million as at 28 February 2017.

As at 28 February 2017, the Group had no material indirect or contingent indebtedness.

There has been no material change in the Group's capitalisation since 31 December 2016 to 21 April 2017 (being the last practicable date prior to the date of this Prospectus) other than as described in paragraph 18(d) of this Part 9 of the Prospectus.

18. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE

Save to the extent disclosed below, there has been no significant change in the financial or trading position of the REIT Group since 31 December 2016, being the date to which the REIT Group's latest financial information was published. The significant changes comprise:

  • (a) the acquisition of the Hachette Forward Funded Development for £29.2 million on 22 February 2017;
  • (b) the entry into the PGIM Facility Agreement on 28 February 2017;
  • (c) the payment by the Company of a dividend of 1.55 pence per Ordinary Share on 3 April 2017 (for the period from 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2016);
  • (d) the issue of 528,528 Ordinary Shares to the Manager at a price of 126.45 pence per Ordinary Share on 13 April 2017 in accordance with the Investment Management Agreement; and
  • (e) a dividend of 1.60 pence per Ordinary Share declared on 24 April 2017 and expected to be paid on 22 May 2017 (for the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 March 2017).

19. THIRD PARTY INFORMATION

Where information has been referenced in this Prospectus, the source of that third party information has been disclosed. All information contained in this Prospectus that has been sourced from third parties has been accurately reproduced and, as far as the Company is aware and able to ascertain from information published by such third parties, no facts have been omitted which would render the reproduced information inaccurate or misleading.

20. CONSENTS

  • 20.1 The Manager of Standbrook House, 4th Floor, 2-5 Old Bond Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4PD has given and not withdrawn its written consent to the inclusion in this Prospectus of references to its name and the manager's statements in the form and context in which they are included and has authorised the contents of the Manager's Statements for the purposes of Prospectus Rule 5.5.3R(2)(f). The Manager is a UK limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number 0C326500).
  • 20.2 CBRE of St Martin's Court, 10 Paternoster Row, London EC4M 7HP has given and not withdrawn its written consent to the inclusion in this Prospectus of references to its name and the valuation report in Part 8 of this Prospectus in the form and context in which they appear and has authorised the contents of the report for the purposes of Prospectus Rule 5.5.3R(2)(f). CBRE accepts responsibility for the valuation report in Part 8 of this Prospectus. To the best of the knowledge and belief of CBRE (who has taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case), the information contained in the Valuation Report in Part 8 of this Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. CBRE was incorporated in England and Wales on 27 March 1998 under the Companies Act 1985 (with registered number 03536032).

21. PROFESSIONAL INDEMNITY INSURANCE

The Manager renewed its Professional Indemnity and Directors and Officers policy underwritten by Chubb Insurance Company of Europe SE (FRN: 481725) and AIG Europe Ltd for the period from 1 December 2016 to 31 October 2017, which contains an AIFMD endorsement in order to comply with the FCA requirements on professional liability risk.

22. LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT

  • 22.1 Liquidity for the Company is available through sale or transfer in the "secondary market".
  • 22.2 The Manager monitors the value and trading market of the Company shares, share issuances and share sales, investor return and significant investors.
  • 22.3 The Manager regularly conducts stress tests, under normal and exceptional liquidity conditions, which enables it to assess the leverage risk of the Company. The stress tests:
  • (a) are conducted on a quarterly basis in conjunction with roll-over dates under the bank finance;
  • (b) where appropriate, simulate a shortage of liquidity of the assets in the Company and atypical redemption requests;
  • (c) cover market risks and any resulting impact, including on margin calls, collateral requirements or credit lines;
  • (d) account for valuation sensitivities under stressed conditions; and
  • (e) are conducted at a frequency which is appropriate to the nature of the Company, taking in to account the investment strategy, liquidity profile, type of investor and redemption policy of the Company, and at least once a year.
  • 22.4 The Manager collates and reports to lending banks certain information, including rent collection, cash at bank as against interest cost (interest cover test) and a loan to value test (being revised loan value against the latest market value).
  • 22.5 In the event that the Manager becomes aware of a fact or circumstance which may or will result in a breach of any of the above tests, then the Manager will report such matter to the bank and agree with the bank a suitable strategy to correct the breach. The Manager will then advise investors of such breach and the agreed strategy in its next report to investors.

23. GENERAL

  • 23.1 On the assumption that Gross Proceeds of £200 million are raised pursuant to the Issue, the expenses payable by the Company will not exceed £4 million (being two per cent. of the Gross Proceeds), resulting in Net Proceeds of approximately £196 million.
  • 23.2 The actual Net Proceeds are not known as at the date of this Prospectus but will be notified by the Company via a Regulatory Information Service announcement prior to Admission.
  • 23.3 The accounting reference date of the Company is 31 December.

24. DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY

Copies of the following documents will be available for inspection at the registered office of the Company and at the offices of Taylor Wessing LLP, 5 New Street Square, London EC4A 3TW during normal business hours on any weekday (Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays excepted) for the life of this Prospectus:

  • (a) the Articles;
  • (b) this Prospectus;
  • (c) the letters referred to in paragraph 20 of this Part 9;

  • (d) the historical financial information on the REIT Group incorporated by reference in Part 7 of this Prospectus; and

  • (e) the Valuation Report.

Dated 24 April 2017

PART 10

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLACING

1. INTRODUCTION

  • 1.1 Each Placee which confirms its agreement (whether orally or in writing) to Jefferies to purchase the New Ordinary Shares under the Placing will be bound by these terms and conditions and will be deemed to have accepted them.
  • 1.2 Jefferies may require any Placee procured by it to agree to such further terms and/or conditions and/or give such additional warranties and/or representations as Jefferies (in its absolute discretion) sees fit and may require any such Placee to execute a separate placing letter.

2. AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE NEW ORDINARY SHARES

Conditional, inter alia, on: (i) Admission occurring and becoming effective by 8.00 a.m. London time on or prior to 15 May 2017 (or such later time and/or date as the Company and Jefferies may agree); (ii) the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting; (iii) the Placing Agreement becoming otherwise unconditional in all respects (save as to Admission) and not having been terminated in accordance with its terms before Admission; and (iv) Jefferies confirming to Placees their allocation of New Ordinary Shares, a Placee agrees to become a member of the Company and agrees to subscribe for those New Ordinary Shares allocated to it by Jefferies at the Issue Price. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Placee acknowledges and agrees that it will not be entitled to exercise any remedy of rescission at any time. This does not affect any other rights the Placee may have.

3. PAYMENT FOR NEW ORDINARY SHARES

Each Placee must pay the Issue Price for the New Ordinary Shares issued to the Placee in the manner and by such time as directed by Jefferies. If any Placee fails to pay as so directed and/or by the time required by Jefferies, the relevant Placee's application for New Ordinary Shares shall be rejected.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

By agreeing to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares, each Placee that is outside the United States and is not a US Person and which enters into a commitment with Jefferies to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares will (for itself and any person(s) procured by it to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares and any nominee(s) for any such person(s)) be deemed to represent and warrant to Jefferies, Akur, the Registrar, the Company and the Manager and their respective officers, agents and employees that:

  • (a) it is not a US Person, is not located within the United States and is not acquiring the New Ordinary Shares for the account or benefit of a US Person;
  • (b) it is acquiring the New Ordinary Shares in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S and did not become aware of the Placing by means of any directed selling efforts as defined in Regulation S;
  • (c) it has received, carefully read and understands the Prospectus, and has not, directly or indirectly, distributed, forwarded, transferred or otherwise transmitted the Prospectus or any other presentation or offering materials concerning the New

Ordinary Shares or the Placing into or within the United States or to any US Persons, nor will it do any of the foregoing;

  • (d) it is relying solely on the Prospectus and any supplementary prospectus issued by the Company and not on any other information given, or representation or statement made at any time, by any person concerning the Company or the Placing. It agrees that none of the Company, Jefferies, Akur, the Manager nor the Registrar nor any of their respective officers, agents or employees will have any liability for any other information, representation or statement made or purported to be made by them or on its or their behalf in connection with the Company or the Placing and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any rights it may have in respect of any other information or representation;
  • (e) if the laws of any territory or jurisdiction outside England and Wales are applicable to its agreement to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares under the Placing, it has complied with all such laws, obtained all governmental and other consents, licences and authorisations which may be required, complied with all requisite formalities and paid any issue, transfer or other taxes due in connection with its application in any territory and that it has not taken any action or omitted to take any action which will result in the breach, whether by itself, the Company, Akur, Jefferies, the Manager, the Registrar or any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees of the regulatory or legal requirements, directly or indirectly, of any other territory or jurisdiction in connection with the Placing;
  • (f) it has carefully read and understands the Prospectus in its entirety and acknowledges that it is acquiring New Ordinary Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Part 10 and the Articles as in force at the date of Admission and agrees that in accepting a participation in the Placing it has had access to all information it believes necessary or appropriate in connection with its decision to subscribe for the New Ordinary Shares;
  • (g) it has not relied on Jefferies, Akur or any person affiliated with Jefferies or Akur in connection with any investigation of the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in the Prospectus;
  • (h) the content of the Prospectus is exclusively the responsibility of the Company, the Manager and their respective directors and neither Jefferies nor Akur nor any person acting on their behalf nor any of their affiliates is responsible for or shall have any liability for any information, representation or statement contained in the Prospectus or any information published by or on behalf of the Company and will not be liable for any decision by a Placee to participate in the Placing based on any information, representation or statement contained in the Prospectus or otherwise;
  • (i) it acknowledges that no person is authorised in connection with the Placing to give any information or make any representation other than as contained in the Prospectus and, if given or made, any information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorised by Jefferies, Akur or the Company;
  • (j) it is not applying as, nor is it applying as nominee or agent for, a person who is or may be liable to notify and account for tax under the Stamp Duty Reserve Tax Regulations 1986 at any of the increased rates referred to in sections 67, 70, 93 or 96 (depository receipts and clearance services) of the Finance Act 1986;

  • (k) it acknowledges that the Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and are not being offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons except in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and under circumstances that will not require the Company to register under the Investment Company Act;

  • (l) it accepts that none of the Ordinary Shares have been or will be registered under the laws of any Excluded Territory. Accordingly, the Ordinary Shares may not be offered, sold or delivered, directly or indirectly, within any Excluded Territory unless an exemption from any registration requirement is available;
  • (m) it acknowledges that the Company has not registered under the Investment Company Act and that the Company has put in place restrictions to ensure that the Company is not and will not be required to register under the Investment Company Act;
  • (n) no portion of the assets used to acquire, and no portion of the assets used to hold, the Ordinary Shares or any beneficial interest therein constitutes or will constitute the assets of: (i) an "employee benefit plan" as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to Title I of ERISA; (ii) a "plan" as defined in Section 4975 of the US Tax Code, including an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the US Tax Code; or (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include "plan assets" by reason of investment by an "employee benefit plan" or a "plan" described in the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) in such entity, pursuant to 29. C.F.R. 2510.3-101 as modified by section 3(42) of ERISA. In addition, if an investor is a governmental, church, non-US or other employee benefit plan that is subject to any federal, state, local or non-US law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or section 4975 of the US Tax Code, its acquisition, holding, and disposition of the Ordinary Shares will not constitute a violation of law or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 503 of the US Tax Code or any substantially similar law;
  • (o) if any New Ordinary Shares are issued to it in certificated form, then such certificates evidencing ownership will contain a legend substantially to the effect unless otherwise determined by the Company in accordance with applicable law:

TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC (THE "COMPANY") HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT"). IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"), OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDINGLY, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT: (1) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND NOT KNOWN BY THE TRANSFEROR TO BE A U.S. PERSON, BY PRE-ARRANGEMENT OR OTHERWISE; OR (3) IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN

COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WILL NOT REQUIRE THE COMPANY TO REGISTER UNDER THE U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, UPON SURRENDER OF THE SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND DELIVERY OF A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEROR IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CLAUSE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE REGISTRAR) TO THE COMPANY, WITH COPIES TO THE REGISTRAR AND THE ADMINISTRATOR. IN ADDITION, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON USING THE ASSETS OF (I) (A) AN "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA; (B) A "PLAN" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. TAX CODE"), INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE; OR (C) AN ENTITY WHICH IS DEEMED TO HOLD THE ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING TYPES OF PLANS, ACCOUNTS OR ARRANGEMENTS THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE OR (II) A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH, NON-U.S. OR OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE IF THE PURCHASE, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES WILL NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAW AND/OR CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 503 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR LAW.

  • (p) if in the future it decides to offer, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of the New Ordinary Shares or any beneficial interest therein, it will do so only:
  • (i) outside of the United States in an "offshore transaction" complying with the provisions of Regulation S under the Securities Act to a person outside the United States and not known by the transferor to be a US Person, by prearrangement or otherwise;
  • (ii) inside the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that is also a "qualified purchaser" within the meaning of section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and under circumstances that would not require the Company to register under the Investment Company Act; or
  • (iii) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;
  • (q) it is acquiring the New Ordinary Shares for its own account or for one or more investment accounts for which it is acting as a fiduciary or agent, in each case for investment only, and not with a view to or for sale or other transfer in connection with any distribution of the New Ordinary Shares in any manner that would violate the Securities Act, the Investment Company Act or any other applicable securities laws;

  • (r) if it is a resident in the European Economic Area (other than the United Kingdom), it is a qualified investor within the meaning of the law in the relevant Member State implementing Article 2(1)(e)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Prospectus Directive;

  • (s) in the case of any New Ordinary Shares acquired by an investor as a financial intermediary as that term is used in Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive:
  • (i) the New Ordinary Shares acquired by it in the Placing have not been acquired on behalf of, nor have they been acquired with a view to their offer or resale to, persons in any Relevant Member State other than qualified investors, as that term is defined in the Prospectus Directive, or in circumstances in which the prior consent of Jefferies has been given to the offer or resale; or
  • (ii) where New Ordinary Shares have been acquired by it on behalf of persons in any Relevant Member State other than qualified investors, the offer of those New Ordinary Shares to it is not treated under the Prospectus Directive as having been made to such persons;
  • (t) if it is outside the United Kingdom, neither the Prospectus nor any other offering, marketing or other material in connection with the Placing constitutes an invitation, offer or promotion to, or arrangement with, it or any person whom it is procuring to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Placing unless, in the relevant territory, such offer, invitation or other course of conduct could lawfully be made to it or such person and such documents or materials could lawfully be provided to it or such person and New Ordinary Shares could lawfully be distributed to and subscribed and held by it or such person without compliance with any unfulfilled approval, registration or other legal requirements;
  • (u) it does not have a registered address in, and is not a citizen, resident or national of, any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make or accept an offer of the New Ordinary Shares and it is not acting on a non-discretionary basis for any such person;
  • (v) if the investor is a natural person, such investor is not under the age of majority (18 years of age in the United Kingdom) on the date of such investor's agreement to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares under the Placing and will not be any such person on the date any such Placing is accepted;
  • (w) it represents, acknowledges and agrees to the representations, warranties and agreements in paragraph 4 of Part 10 of this Prospectus;
  • (x) it acknowledges that neither Jefferies nor Akur nor any of their respective affiliates nor any person acting on its or their behalf is making any recommendations to it, advising it regarding the suitability of any transactions it may enter into in connection with the Placing or providing any advice in relation to the Placing, that participation in the Placing is on the basis that it is not and will not be a client of Jefferies, Akur or any of their affiliates and that Jefferies, Akur and any of their respective affiliates do not have any duties or responsibilities to a Placee for providing protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Placing nor in respect of any representations, warranties, undertakings or indemnities contained in the Placing Agreement;

  • (y) it acknowledges that where it is subscribing for New Ordinary Shares for one or more managed, discretionary or advisory accounts, it is authorised in writing by each such account:

  • (i) to subscribe for the New Ordinary Shares for each such account;
  • (ii) to make on each such account's behalf the representations, warranties and agreements set out in the Prospectus; and
  • (iii) to receive on behalf of each such account any documentation relating to the Placing in the form provided by Jefferies.

It agrees that the provisions of this paragraph shall survive any resale of the New Ordinary Shares by or on behalf of any such account;

  • (z) it irrevocably appoints any director of the Company and any director of Jefferies to be its agent and on its behalf (without any obligation or duty to do so), to sign, execute and deliver any documents and do all acts, matters and things as may be necessary for, or incidental to, its subscription for all or any of the New Ordinary Shares for which it has given a commitment under the Placing, in the event of the failure of it to do so;
  • (aa) it accepts that if the Placing does not proceed or the conditions to the Placing Agreement are not satisfied or the New Ordinary Shares for which valid applications are received and accepted are not admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities for any reason whatsoever then neither Jefferies, Akur nor the Company nor persons controlling, controlled by or under common control with any of them nor any of their respective employees, agents, officers, members, stockholders, partners or representatives shall have any liability whatsoever to it or any other person;
  • (bb) in connection with its participation in the Placing it has observed all relevant legislation and regulations, in particular (but without limitation) those relating to money laundering ("Money Laundering Legislation") and that its application is only made on the basis that it accepts full responsibility for any requirement to verify the identity of its clients and other persons in respect of whom it has applied. In addition, it warrants that it is a person:
  • (i) subject to the UK Money Laundering Regulations in force in the United Kingdom;
  • (ii) subject to the Money Laundering Directive (Council Directive No. 91/308/EEC) (the "Money Laundering Directive"); or
  • (iii) acting in the course of a business in relation to which an overseas regulatory authority exercises regulatory functions and is based or incorporated in, or formed under the law of, a country in which there are in force provisions at least equivalent to those required by the Money Laundering Directive;
  • (cc) it acknowledges that due to anti-money laundering requirements, Jefferies and the Company may require proof of identity and verification of the source of the payment before the application can be processed and that, in the event of delay or failure by the applicant to produce any information required for verification purposes, Jefferies and the Company may refuse to accept the application and the subscription moneys relating thereto. It holds harmless and will indemnify Jefferies

and the Company against any liability, loss or cost ensuing due to the failure to process such application, if such information as has been required has not been provided by it or has not been provided on a timely basis;

  • (dd) Jefferies and the Company are entitled to exercise any of their rights under the Placing Agreement or any other right in their absolute discretion without any liability whatsoever to them (or any agent acting on their behalf);
  • (ee) the representations, undertakings and warranties contained in the Prospectus are irrevocable. It acknowledges that Jefferies, Akur (to the extent applicable) and the Company and their respective affiliates will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the foregoing representations and warranties and it agrees that if any of the representations or agreements made or deemed to have been made by its subscription of the New Ordinary Shares are no longer accurate, it shall promptly notify Jefferies and the Company;
  • (ff) where it or any person acting on behalf of it is dealing with Jefferies any money held in an account with Jefferies on behalf of it and/or any person acting on behalf of it will not be treated as client money within the meaning of the relevant rules and regulations of the FCA which therefore will not require Jefferies to segregate such money, as that money will be held by Jefferies under a banking relationship and not as trustee;
  • (gg) any of its clients, whether or not identified to Jefferies, will remain its sole responsibility and will not become clients of Jefferies or Akur for the purposes of the rules of the FCA or for the purposes of any statutory or regulatory provision;
  • (hh) it accepts that the allocation of New Ordinary Shares shall be determined by the Company in its absolute discretion (after consultation with Jefferies and Akur) and that such persons may scale back any Placing commitments for this purpose on such basis as they may determine; and
  • (ii) time shall be of the essence as regard its obligations to settle payment for the New Ordinary Shares and to comply with its other obligations under the Placing.

5. SUPPLY AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

If Jefferies, the Registrar or the Company or any of their agents request any information about a Placee's agreement to purchase New Ordinary Shares under the Placing, such Placee must promptly disclose it to them.

6. MISCELLANEOUS

  • 6.1 The rights and remedies of Jefferies, the Registrar and the Company, its Board and affiliates and the Manager under these terms and conditions are in addition to any rights and remedies which would otherwise be available to each of them and the exercise or partial exercise of one will not prevent the exercise of others.
  • 6.2 On application, if a Placee is a discretionary fund manager, that Placee may be asked to disclose in writing or orally to Jefferies the jurisdiction in which its funds are managed or owned. All documents will be sent at the Placee's risk. They may be sent by post to such Placee at an address notified to Jefferies.
  • 6.3 Each Placee agrees to be bound by the Articles (as amended from time to time) once the New Ordinary Shares that the Placee has agreed to subscribe pursuant to the Placing have been acquired by the Placee. The contract to subscribe for New Ordinary Shares

under the Placing and the appointments and authorities mentioned in the Prospectus will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales. For the exclusive benefit of Jefferies, Akur, the Registrar, the Company and the Manager, each Placee irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales and waives any objection to proceedings in any such courts on the ground of venue or on the ground that proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum. This does not prevent an action being taken against a Placee in any other jurisdiction.

  • 6.4 In the case of a joint agreement to purchase New Ordinary Shares under the Placing, references to a "Placee" in these terms and conditions are to each of the Placees who are a party to that joint agreement and their liability is joint and several.
  • 6.5 Jefferies and the Company expressly reserve the right to modify the Placing (including, without limitation, its timetable and settlement) at any time before allocations are determined.
  • 6.6 The Placing is subject to the satisfaction of conditions contained in the Placing Agreement and the Placing Agreement not having been terminated.

PART 11

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION

The New Ordinary Shares are only suitable for investors who understand the potential risk of capital loss and that there may be limited liquidity in the underlying investments of the Company, for whom an investment in New Ordinary Shares is part of a diversified investment programme and who fully understand and are willing to assume the risks involved in such an investment programme. In the case of a joint application, references to you in these terms and conditions of application are to each of you and your liability is joint and several. Please ensure you read these terms and conditions in full before completing the application form for the Offer for Subscription (the "Offer for Subscription Application Form").

The Offer for Subscription is only being made in the United Kingdom. If you are outside of the United Kingdom, see paragraph 2.8 of this Part 11.

1. INTRODUCTION

  • 1.1 New Ordinary Shares are available under the Offer for Subscription at a price of 136 pence per New Ordinary Share.
  • 1.2 Applications must be made on the Offer for Subscription Application Form attached at the end of this Prospectus or otherwise published by the Company.

2. EFFECT OF APPLICATION

2.1 Applications under the Offer for Subscription must be for New Ordinary Shares with a minimum subscription amount of 1,000 New Ordinary Shares and thereafter in multiples of 100 New Ordinary Shares. Multiple applications will be accepted.

2.2 Offer to acquire New Ordinary Shares

By completing and delivering an Offer for Subscription Application Form, you, as the applicant, and, if you sign the Offer for Subscription Application Form on behalf of another person or a corporation, that person or corporation:

  • (a) offer to subscribe for such number of New Ordinary Shares at 136 pence per Ordinary Share as may be purchased by the subscription amount specified in Box 1 on your Offer for Subscription Application Form (being a minimum of 1,000 New Ordinary Shares), or such smaller number for which such application is accepted, on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set out in this Prospectus, including these terms and conditions of application and the articles of association of the Company in force from time to time;
  • (b) agree that, in consideration of the Company agreeing that it will not, prior to the date of Admission, offer for subscription any New Ordinary Shares to any person other than by means of the procedures referred to in this Prospectus, your application may not be revoked (subject to any legal right to withdraw your application which arises as a result of the publication of a supplementary prospectus) and that this paragraph shall constitute a collateral contract between you and the Company which will become binding upon despatch by post to or, in the case of delivery by hand, on receipt by, the Receiving Agent of your Offer for Subscription Application Form;

  • (c) undertake to pay the subscription amount specified in Box 1 (being the Issue Price multiplied by the number of New Ordinary Shares applied for) on your Offer for Subscription Application Form in full on application and warrant that the remittance accompanying your Offer for Subscription Application Form will be honoured on first presentation and agree that if such remittance is not so honoured you will not be entitled to receive a share certificate for the New Ordinary Shares applied for in certificated form or be entitled to commence dealing in New Ordinary Shares applied for in uncertificated form or to enjoy or receive any rights in respect of such New Ordinary Shares unless and until you make payment in cleared funds for such New Ordinary Shares and such payment is accepted by the Receiving Agent (which acceptance shall not constitute an acceptance of your application under the Offer for Subscription and shall be in its absolute discretion and on the basis that you indemnify the Receiving Agent, the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers against all costs, damages, losses, expenses and liabilities arising out of, or in connection with, the failure of your remittance to be honoured on first presentation) and the Company may (without prejudice to any other rights it may have) avoid the agreement to allot the New Ordinary Shares and may allot them to some other person, in which case you will not be entitled to any refund or payment in respect thereof (other than the refund by way of a cheque in your favour at your risk, for an amount equal to the proceeds of the remittance which accompanied your Offer for Subscription Application Form, without interest);

  • (d) agree that where on your Offer for Subscription Application Form a request is made for New Ordinary Shares to be deposited into a CREST account (a "CREST Account"): (i) the Receiving Agent may in its absolute discretion issue such New Ordinary Shares in certificated form registered in the name(s) of the holder(s) specified in your Offer for Subscription Application Form (and recognise that the Receiving Agent will so amend the form if there is any delay in satisfying the identity of the applicant or the owner of the CREST Account or in receiving your remittance in cleared funds); and (ii) the Receiving Agent, the Company or the Joint Financial Advisers may authorise your financial adviser or whoever he or she may direct to send a document of title for or credit your CREST Account in respect of the number of New Ordinary Shares for which your application is accepted, and/or a crossed cheque for any monies returnable, by post at your risk to your address set out on your Offer for Subscription Application Form;
  • (e) agree, in respect of applications for New Ordinary Shares in certificated form (or where the Receiving Agent exercises its discretion pursuant to paragraph 2.1(d) above to issue New Ordinary Shares in certificated form), that any share certificate to which you or, in the case of joint applicants, any of the persons specified by you in your Offer for Subscription Application Form may become entitled or pursuant to paragraph 2.2(d) above (and any monies returnable to you) may be retained by the Receiving Agent:
  • (i) pending clearance of your remittance;
  • (ii) pending investigation of any suspected breach of the warranties contained in paragraphs 2.6(a), (b), (f), (h), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (r) or (s) or any other suspected breach of these terms and conditions of application; or
  • (iii) pending any verification of identity which is, or which the Receiving Agent considers may be, required for the purpose of the UK Money Laundering Regulations and any other regulations applicable thereto, and any interest accruing on such retained monies shall accrue to and for the benefit of the Company;

  • (f) agree, on the request of the Receiving Agent, to disclose promptly in writing to them such information as the Receiving Agent may request in connection with your application and authorise the Receiving Agent to disclose any information relating to your application which they may consider appropriate;

  • (g) agree that, if satisfactory evidence of identity is not provided to the Receiving Agent within a reasonable time (in the opinion of the Receiving Agent) following a request, the Company may terminate the agreement with you to allot New Ordinary Shares and, in such case, the New Ordinary Shares which would otherwise have been allotted to you may be re-allotted or sold to some other party and the lesser of your application monies or such proceeds of sale (as the case may be, with the proceeds of any gain derived from a sale accruing to the Company) will be returned by a cheque drawn on a branch of a UK clearing bank to the bank account on which the payment accompanying the application was first drawn without interest and at your risk;
  • (h) agree that you are not applying on behalf of a person engaged in money laundering;
  • (i) undertake to ensure that, in the case of an application signed by someone else on your behalf, the original of the relevant power of attorney (or a complete copy certified by a solicitor or notary) is enclosed with your Offer for Subscription Application Form together with full identity documents for the person so signing;
  • (j) undertake to pay interest at the rate described in paragraph 2.3 below if the remittance accompanying your Offer for Subscription Application Form is not honoured on first presentation;
  • (k) authorise the Receiving Agent to procure that there be sent to you definitive certificates in respect of the number of New Ordinary Shares for which your application is accepted or if you have completed section 2B on your Offer for Subscription Application Form, but subject to paragraph (d) above, to deliver the number of New Ordinary Shares for which your application is accepted into CREST and/or to return any monies returnable by a cheque drawn on a branch of a UK clearing house to the bank account name from which such monies were received without interest and at your risk;
  • (l) confirm that you have read and complied with paragraph 2.8 below;
  • (m) agree that all subscription cheques and payments will be processed through a bank account in the name of "Capita Registrars Limited re: TBB REIT plc – 2017 OFS a/c" opened by the Receiving Agent;
  • (n) agree that your Offer for Subscription Application Form is addressed to the Company and the Receiving Agent;
  • (o) agree that, if a fractional entitlement to a New Ordinary Share arises on your application, the number of New Ordinary Shares issued to you will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and any fractions shall be retained by the Company for its benefit;
  • (p) acknowledge that the offer to the public of New Ordinary Shares is being made only in the United Kingdom and represent that you are a United Kingdom resident (unless you are able to provide such evidence as the Company may, in its absolute discretion, require that you are entitled to apply for New Ordinary Shares); and

(q) agree that any application may be rejected in whole or in part at the sole discretion of the Company.

2.3 Acceptance of your Offer

The Receiving Agent under instruction of the Company, may accept your offer to subscribe (if your application is received, valid (or treated as valid), processed and not rejected) by the UKLA being notified through a Regulatory Information Service of the basis of allocation (in which case the acceptance will be on that basis).

The basis of allocation will be determined by the Company in consultation with the Joint Financial Advisers. The right is reserved notwithstanding the basis as so determined to reject in whole or in part and/or scale back any application. The right is reserved to treat as valid any application not complying fully with these terms and conditions of application or not in all respects completed or delivered in accordance with the instructions accompanying the Offer for Subscription Application Form. In particular, but without limitation, the Company may accept an application made otherwise than by completion of an Offer for Subscription Application Form where you have agreed with the Company in some other manner to apply in accordance with these terms and conditions of application.

The Receiving Agent will present all cheques and banker's drafts for payment on receipt and will retain documents of title and surplus monies pending clearance of successful applicants' payments.

The Receiving Agent may, as agent of the Company, require you to pay interest or its other resulting costs (or both) if the payment accompanying your application is not honoured on first presentation. If you are required to pay interest, you will be obliged to pay the amount determined by the Company to be the interest on the amount of the payment from the date on which all payments in cleared funds are due to be received until the date of receipt of cleared funds. The rate of interest will be the then published bank base rate of a clearing bank selected by the Company plus four per cent., per annum. The right is also reserved to reject in whole or in part, or to scale down or limit, any application.

Payments must be made by cheque or banker's draft in pounds sterling drawn on a branch in the United Kingdom of a bank or building society that is either a member of the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company Limited or the CHAPS Clearing Company Limited or that has arranged for its cheques or bankers' drafts to be cleared through the facilities provided for members of either of those companies. Such cheques or banker's drafts much bear the appropriate sort code in the top right hand corner. Cheques, which must be drawn on the personal account of an individual applicant where they have sole or joint title to the funds, should be made payable to "Capita Registrars Limited re: TBB REIT plc – 2017 OFS a/c" and crossed "A/C payee only". Third party cheques will not be accepted with the exception of building society cheques or banker's drafts where the building society or bank has confirmed the name of the account holder by stamping/endorsing the cheque or banker's draft to that effect. The account name should be the same as that shown on the Offer for Subscription Application Form.

2.4 Conditions

The contracts created by the acceptance of applications (in whole or in part) under the Offer for Subscription will be conditional upon:

  • (a) Admission occurring by 8.00 a.m. (London time) on 15 May 2017 (or such later time or date as the Company and Jefferies may agree);
  • (b) the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting; and

(c) the Placing Agreement becoming otherwise unconditional in all respects (save as to Admission) and not being terminated in accordance with its terms before Admission.

You will not be entitled to exercise any remedy of rescission for innocent misrepresentation (including pre-contractual representations) at any time after acceptance. This does not affect any other right you may have.

2.5 Return of application monies

Where application monies have been banked and/or received, if any application is not accepted in whole, or is accepted in part only, or if any contract created by acceptance does not become unconditional, the application monies or, as the case may be, the balance of the amount paid on application will be returned without interest by returning your cheque, or by crossed cheque in your favour, by post at the risk of the person(s) entitled thereto, without interest. In the meantime, application monies will be retained by the Receiving Agent in a separate account.

2.6 Warranties

By completing an Offer for Subscription Application Form, you:

  • (a) undertake and warrant that, if you sign the Offer for Subscription Application Form on behalf of somebody else or on behalf of a corporation, you have due authority to do so on behalf of that other person and that such other person will be bound accordingly and will be deemed also to have given the confirmations, warranties and undertakings contained in these terms and conditions of application and undertake to enclose your power of attorney or other authority or a complete copy thereof duly certified by a solicitor or notary;
  • (b) warrant, if the laws of any territory or jurisdiction outside the UK are applicable to your application, that you have complied with all such laws, obtained all governmental and other consents which may be required, complied with all requisite formalities and paid any issue, transfer or other taxes due in connection with your application in any territory and that you have not taken any action or omitted to take any action which will result in the Company or the Receiving Agent or any of their respective officers, agents or employees acting in breach of the regulatory or legal requirements, directly or indirectly, of any territory or jurisdiction outside of the UK in connection with the Offer for Subscription in respect of your application;
  • (c) confirm that (save for advice received from your financial adviser (if any)) in making an application, you are not relying on any information or representations in relation to the Company other than those contained in the Prospectus (on the basis of which alone your application is made) and accordingly you agree that no person responsible solely or jointly for the Prospectus or any part thereof shall have any liability for any such other information or representation;
  • (d) agree that, having had the opportunity to read the Prospectus, you shall be deemed to have had notice of all information and representations concerning the Company and the New Ordinary Shares contained therein;
  • (e) acknowledge that no person is authorised in connection with the Offer for Subscription to give any information or make any representation other than as contained in the Prospectus and, if given or made, any information or

representation must not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Company, the Joint Financial Advisers or the Receiving Agent;

  • (f) warrant that you are not under the age of 18 on the date of your application;
  • (g) agree that all documents and monies sent by post to, by, from or on behalf of the Company or the Receiving Agent, will be sent at your risk and, in the case of documents and returned application cheques and payments to be sent to you, may be sent to you at your address (or, in the case of joint holders, the address of the first named holder) as set out in your Offer for Subscription Application Form;
  • (h) confirm that you have reviewed the restrictions contained in paragraph 2.7 below and warrant that you (and any person on whose behalf you apply) comply with the provisions therein;
  • (i) agree that, in respect of those New Ordinary Shares for which your Offer for Subscription Application Form has been received and processed and not rejected, acceptance of your Offer for Subscription Application Form shall be constituted by the Company instructing the Registrar to enter your name on the Register;
  • (j) agree that all applications, acceptances of applications and contracts resulting therefrom under the Offer for Subscription shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and that you submit to the jurisdiction of the English Courts and agree that nothing shall limit the right of the Company to bring any action, suit or proceedings arising out of or in connection with any such applications, acceptances of applications and contracts in any other manner permitted by law or in any court of competent jurisdiction;
  • (k) irrevocably authorise the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers or any other person authorised by any of them, as your agent, to do all things necessary to effect registration of any New Ordinary Shares subscribed by or issued to you into your name and authorise any representatives of the Company and/or the Joint Financial Advisers and/or the Receiving Agent to execute any documents required therefor and to enter your name on the Register;
  • (l) agree to provide the Company with any information which it, the Joint Financial Advisers or the Receiving Agent may request in connection with your application or to comply with any other relevant legislation (as the same may be amended from time-to-time) including, without limitation, satisfactory evidence of identity to ensure compliance with the UK Money Laundering Regulations;
  • (m) warrant that, in connection with your application, you have observed the laws of all requisite territories, obtained any requisite governmental or other consents, complied with all requisite formalities and paid any issue, transfer or other taxes due in connection with your application in any territory and that you have not taken any action which will or may result in the Company, the Joint Financial Advisers or the Receiving Agent acting in breach of the regulatory or legal requirements of any territory in connection with the Offer for Subscription or your application;
  • (n) represent and warrant to the Company that:
  • (i) you are not a US Person, are not located within the United States and are not acquiring the New Ordinary Shares for the account or benefit of a US Person;

  • (ii) you are acquiring the New Ordinary Shares in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S and did not become aware of the Offer for Subscription by means of any directed selling efforts as defined in Regulation S;

  • (iii) you understand and acknowledge that the Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and are not being offered, sold, transferred, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons; and
  • (iv) you understand and acknowledge that the Company has not registered and will not register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act;
  • (o) represent and warrant to the Company that, if in the future you decide to offer, sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of the New Ordinary Shares, you will do so only:
  • (i) outside the United States in an offshore transaction complying with the provisions of Regulation S under the Securities Act to a person outside the United States and not known by the transferor to be a US Person, by prearrangement or otherwise;
  • (ii) inside the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that is also a "qualified purchaser" within the meaning of section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and under circumstances that would not require the Company to register under the Investment Company Act; or
  • (iii) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof.

You understand and acknowledge that any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other disposal made other than in compliance with the above stated restrictions will be subject to the compulsory transfer provisions as provided in the Articles;

  • (p) represent, warrant and undertake that you have not, directly or indirectly, distributed, forwarded, transferred or otherwise transmitted the Prospectus or any other presentation or offering materials concerning the New Ordinary Shares or the Offer for Subscription into or within the United States or to any US Persons, nor will you do any of the foregoing;
  • (q) represent and warrant that no portion of the assets used to acquire, and no portion of the assets used to hold, the New Ordinary Shares or any beneficial interest therein constitutes or will constitute the assets of: (i) an "employee benefit plan" as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to Title I of ERISA; (ii) a "plan" as defined in Section 4975 of the US Tax Code, including an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the US Tax Code; or (iii) an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include "plan assets" by reason of investment by an "employee benefit plan" or a "plan" described in the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) in such entity, pursuant to 29. C.F.R. 2510.3-101 as modified by section 3(42) of ERISA. In addition, if an investor is a governmental, church, non-US or other employee benefit plan that is subject to any federal, state,

local or non-US law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or section 4975 of the US Tax Code, its acquisition, holding, and disposition of the Ordinary Shares will not constitute a violation of law or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 503 of the US Tax Code or any substantially similar law;

(r) understand and acknowledge that if any New Ordinary Shares are issued to you in certificated form, then such certificates evidencing ownership will contain a legend substantially to the effect unless otherwise determined by the Company in accordance with applicable law:

TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC (THE "COMPANY") HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT"). IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"), OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDINGLY, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT: (1) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND NOT KNOWN BY THE TRANSFEROR TO BE A U.S. PERSON, BY PRE-ARRANGEMENT OR OTHERWISE; OR (3) IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WILL NOT REQUIRE THE COMPANY TO REGISTER UNDER THE U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, UPON SURRENDER OF THE SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND DELIVERY OF A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEROR IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CLAUSE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE REGISTRAR) TO THE COMPANY, WITH COPIES TO THE REGISTRAR AND THE ADMINISTRATOR. IN ADDITION, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON USING THE ASSETS OF (I) (A) AN "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA; (B) A "PLAN" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. TAX CODE"), INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE; OR (C) AN ENTITY WHICH IS DEEMED TO HOLD THE ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING TYPES OF PLANS, ACCOUNTS OR ARRANGEMENTS THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE OR (II) A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH, NON-U.S. OR OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE IF THE PURCHASE, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES WILL NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAW AND/OR CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 503 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR LAW;

  • (s) agree that the Joint Financial Advisers and the Receiving Agent are acting for the Company in connection with the Offer for Subscription and for no-one else and that they will not treat you as their customer by virtue of such application being accepted or owe you any duties or responsibilities concerning the price of the New Ordinary Shares or concerning the suitability of the New Ordinary Shares for you or be responsible to you for the protections afforded to their customers;
  • (t) warrant that you are:
  • (i) highly knowledgeable and experienced in business and financial matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the New Ordinary Shares;
  • (ii) fully understand the risks associated with such investment; and
  • (iii) are able to bear the economic risk of your investment in the Company and are currently able to afford the complete loss of such investment;
  • (u) warrant that you are not subscribing for the New Ordinary Shares using a loan which would not have been given to you or any associate or not given to you on such favourable terms, if you had not been proposing to subscribe for the New Ordinary Shares;
  • (v) warrant that the information contained in the Offer for Subscription Application Form is true and accurate;
  • (w) agree that if you request that New Ordinary Shares are issued to you on a date other than Admission and such New Ordinary Shares are not issued on such date that the Company and its agents and Directors will have no liability to you arising from the issue of such New Ordinary Shares on a different date; and
  • (x) confirm that if you are applying on behalf of someone else you will not, and will procure that none of your affiliates will, circulate, distribute, publish or otherwise issue (or authorise any other person to issue) any document or information in connection with the Issue, or make any announcement or comment (whether in writing or otherwise) which states or implies that it has been issued or approved by or prepared in conjunction with the Company or any person responsible solely or jointly for the Prospectus or any part thereof or involved in the preparation thereof or which contains any untrue statement of material fact or is misleading or which omits to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statement therein misleading.

2.7 Money laundering

You agree that, in order to ensure compliance with the UK Money Laundering Regulations, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and any other applicable regulations, the Receiving Agent may at its absolute discretion require verification of identity of you the (the "holder(s)") as the applicant lodging an Offer for Subscription Application Form and further may request from you and you will assist in providing identification of:

  • (a) the owner(s) and/or controller(s) (the "payor") of any bank account not in the name of the holder(s) on which is drawn a payment by way of banker's draft or cheque; or
  • (b) where it appears to the Receiving Agent that a holder or the payor is acting on behalf of some other person or persons.

Any delay or failure to provide the necessary evidence of identity may result in your application being rejected or delays in crediting CREST accounts or in the despatch of documents.

Without prejudice to the generality of this paragraph 2.7, verification of the identity of holders and payors will be required if the value of the New Ordinary Shares applied for, whether in one or more applications considered to be connected, exceeds €15,000 (or the Sterling equivalent). If, in such circumstances, you use a building society cheque or banker's draft, you should ensure that the bank or building society issuing the payment enters the name, address and account number of the person whose account is being debited on the reverse of the cheque or banker's draft and adds its stamp.

If, in such circumstances, the person whose account is being debited is not a holder you will be required to provide for both the holder and the payor an original or a copy of that person's passport or driving licence certified by a solicitor and an original or certified copy of the following no more than three months old, a gas, electricity, water or telephone (not mobile) bill, a recent bank statement or a council tax bill, in their name and showing their current address (which originals will be returned by post at the addressees' risk), together with a signed declaration as to the relationship between the payor and you the holder.

For the purpose of the UK Money Laundering Regulations, a person making an application for New Ordinary Shares will not be considered as forming a business relationship with the Company or the Receiving Agent but will be considered as effecting a one-off transaction with either the Company or with the Receiving Agent. Submission of an Offer for Subscription Application Form with the appropriate remittance will constitute a warranty to each of the Company and the Registrar from the applicant that the UK Money Laundering Regulations will not be breached by the application of such remittance.

The person(s) submitting an application for New Ordinary Shares will ordinarily be considered to be acting as principal in the transaction unless the Receiving Agent determines otherwise, whereupon you may be required to provide the necessary evidence of identity of the underlying beneficial owner(s).

If the amount being subscribed exceeds €15,000 (or the Sterling equivalent) you should endeavour to have the declaration contained in section 5 of the Offer for Subscription Application Form signed by an appropriate firm as described in that section. If you cannot have that declaration signed and the amount being subscribed exceeds €15,000 (or the Sterling equivalent) then you must provide with the Offer for Subscription Application Form the identity documentation detailed in Section 6 of the Offer for Subscription Application Form for each underlying beneficial owner.

If the Offer for Subscription Application Form is lodged with payment by a regulated financial services firm (being a person or institution) (the "Firm") which is located in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Jersey, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, the Republic of South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the United States, the Firm should provide with the Offer for Subscription Application Form written confirmation that it has that status and a written assurance that it has obtained and recorded evidence of the identity of the person for whom it acts and that it will on demand make such evidence available to the Company (or any of its agents). If the Firm is not such an organisation, it should contact Capita Asset Services at The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU. To confirm the acceptability of any written assurance referred to above, or in any other case, the applicant should call Capita Asset Services on 0871 664 0321 (calls to this number are charged at ten pence per minute from a BT landline, other network providers' costs may vary) or +44 208 639 3399 if calling from outside the United Kingdom. Other network providers' costs may vary. Calls to the helpline from outside the United Kingdom will be charged at applicable international rates. Lines are open 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (London time) Monday to Friday. Different charges may apply to calls from mobile telephones and calls may be recorded and randomly monitored for security and training purposes. The helpline cannot provide advice on the merits of the Issue nor give any financial, legal or tax advice.

2.8 Non-United Kingdom investors

If you receive a copy of the Prospectus or an Offer for Subscription Application Form in any territory other than the United Kingdom, you may not treat it as constituting an invitation or offer to you, nor should you, in any event, use an Offer for Subscription Application Form unless, in the relevant territory, such an invitation or offer could lawfully be made to you or an Offer for Subscription Application Form could lawfully be used without contravention of any registration or other legal requirements. It is your responsibility, if you are outside the UK and wish to make an application for New Ordinary Shares under the Offer for Subscription, to satisfy yourself as to full observance of the laws of any relevant territory or jurisdiction in connection with your application, including obtaining any requisite governmental or other consents, observing any other formalities requiring to be observed in such territory and paying any issue, transfer or other taxes required to be paid in such territory.

None of the Ordinary Shares have been or will be registered under the laws of Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, the Republic of South Africa or under the Securities Act or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other political subdivision of the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia or the Republic of South Africa. If you subscribe for New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Offer for Subscription you will, be deemed to represent and warrant to the Company that you are not a US Person or a resident of Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia, the Republic of South Africa or a corporation, partnership or other entity organised under the laws of the United States or Canada (or any political subdivision of either) or New Zealand or Japan or Australia or the Republic of South Africa and that you are not subscribing for such New Ordinary Shares for the account or benefit of any US Person or resident of Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia or the Republic of South Africa and will not offer, sell, renounce, transfer or deliver, directly or indirectly, any of the New Ordinary Shares in or into the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia or the Republic of South Africa or to any US Person or person resident in Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia or the Republic of South Africa. No Offer for Subscription Application Form will be accepted if it shows the applicant, payor or a holder having an address in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Australia or the Republic of South Africa.

2.9 The Data Protection Act 1998

Pursuant to the Data Protection Act 1998 (the "DP Act") the Company and/or the Registrar may hold personal data (as defined in the DP Act) relating to past and present shareholders. Such personal data held is used by the Registrar to maintain the Register and mailing lists and this may include sharing such data with third parties in one or more of the countries mentioned below when: (a) effecting the payment of dividends and other distributions to Shareholders; and (b) filing returns of Shareholders and their respective transactions in Ordinary Shares with statutory bodies and regulatory authorities. Personal data may be retained on record for a period exceeding six years after it is no longer used.

The countries referred to in the paragraph immediately above include, but need not be limited to, those in the European Economic Area and any of their respective dependent territories overseas, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and the United States.

By becoming registered as a holder of Ordinary Shares a person becomes a data subject (as defined in the DP Act) and is deemed to have consented to the processing by the Company or its Registrar of any personal data relating to them in the manner described above.

2.10 Miscellaneous

To the extent permitted by law, all representations, warranties and conditions, express or implied and whether statutory or otherwise (including, without limitation, pre-contractual representations but excluding any fraudulent representations), are expressly excluded in relation to the New Ordinary Shares and the Offer for Subscription.

The rights and remedies of the Company, the Joint Financial Advisers and the Receiving Agent under these terms and conditions of application are in addition to any rights and remedies which would otherwise be available to any of them and the exercise or partial exercise of one will not prevent the exercise of others.

The Company reserves the right to extend the closing time and/or date of the Offer for Subscription from 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017. In that event, the new closing time and/or date will be notified to applicants.

The Company may terminate the Offer for Subscription in its absolute discretion at any time prior to Admission. If such right is exercised, the Offer for Subscription will lapse and any monies will be returned as indicated without interest.

You agree that the Joint Financial Advisers and the Receiving Agent are acting for the Company in connection with the Issue and for no-one else, and that neither the Joint Financial Advisers nor the Receiving Agent will treat you as its customer by virtue of such application being accepted or owe you any duties concerning the price of the New Ordinary Shares or concerning the suitability of the New Ordinary Shares for you or otherwise in relation to the Issue or for providing the protections afforded to their customers.

Save where the context requires otherwise, terms used in these terms and conditions of application bear the same meaning as where used in this Prospectus.

PART 12

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OPEN OFFER

1. INTRODUCTION

The New Ordinary Shares are only suitable for investors who understand the potential risk of capital loss and that there may be limited liquidity in the underlying investments of the Company, for whom an investment in one or more classes of shares is part of a diversified investment programme and who fully understand and are willing to assume the risks involved in such an investment programme. In the case of a joint application, references to you in these terms and conditions are to each of you and your liability is joint and several. Please ensure you read these terms and conditions in full before completing the application form for the open offer (the "Open Offer Application Form") or sending a USE instruction in CREST.

The Record Date for entitlements under the Open Offer for Qualifying CREST Shareholders and Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders is 20 April 2017. Open Offer Application Forms are expected to be posted to Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders on or around 24 April 2017 and Open Offer Entitlements are expected to be credited to stock accounts of Qualifying CREST Shareholders in CREST as soon as possible after 8:00 a.m. on 25 April 2017. The latest time and date for receipt of completed Open Offer Application Forms and payment in full under the Open Offer and settlement of relevant CREST instructions (as appropriate) is expected to be 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017, with Admission and commencement of dealings in New Ordinary Shares expected to take place at 8:00 a.m. on 15 May 2017.

This Prospectus and, for Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders only, the Open Offer Application Form contain the formal terms and conditions of the Open Offer. Your attention is drawn to paragraph 4 of these terms and conditions which gives details of the procedure for application and payment for the Open Offer Shares. The attention of Overseas Shareholders is drawn to paragraph 6 of these terms and conditions.

The Open Offer is an opportunity for Qualifying Shareholders to apply for, in aggregate, up to 100,517,096 New Ordinary Shares pro rata to their current holdings at the Issue Price of 136 pence per New Ordinary Share in accordance with these terms and conditions.

The Excess Application Facility is an opportunity for Qualifying Shareholders who have applied for all of their Open Offer Entitlements to apply for additional New Ordinary Shares. The Excess Application Facility will be comprised of New Ordinary Shares that are not taken up by Qualifying Shareholders under the Open Offer pursuant to their Open Offer Entitlements and fractional entitlements under the Open Offer.

Any Qualifying Shareholder who has sold or transferred all or part of his/her registered holding(s) of Existing Shares prior to 8:00 a.m. on 24 April 2017, being the ex-entitlement date, is advised to consult his or her stockbroker, bank or other agent through or to whom the sale or transfer was effected as soon as possible since the invitation to apply for New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer may be a benefit which may be claimed from him/her by the purchaser(s) under the rules of the London Stock Exchange.

2. THE OPEN OFFER

Subject to the terms and conditions set out below (and, in the case of Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders, in the Open Offer Application Form), up to an aggregate amount of 100,517,096 New Ordinary Shares will be made available to Qualifying Shareholders at the Issue Price (payable in full on application and free of all expenses) pro rata to their holdings of Existing Shares, on the basis of:

1 New Ordinary Share for every 11 Existing Shares on the Record Date.

Applications by Qualifying Shareholders made and accepted in accordance with these terms and conditions will be satisfied in full up to the amount of their individual Open Offer Entitlement.

Open Offer Entitlements will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and any fractional entitlements to New Ordinary Shares will be disregarded in calculating Open Offer Entitlements and will be aggregated and made available to Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility. Accordingly, Qualifying Shareholders with fewer than 11 Existing Ordinary Shares will not receive an Open Offer Entitlement but may apply for Excess Shares under the Excess Application Facility.

Qualifying Shareholders may apply to acquire less than their Open Offer Entitlement should they so wish. In addition, Qualifying Shareholders may apply to acquire Excess Shares using the Excess Application Facility. Please refer to paragraphs 4.1(c) and 4.2(c) of these terms and conditions for further details of the Excess Application Facility.

Holdings of Existing Ordinary Shares in certificated and uncertificated form will be treated as separate holdings for the purpose of calculating entitlements under the Open Offer, as will holdings under different designations and in different accounts.

If you are a Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholder, the Open Offer Application Form shows the number of Existing Ordinary Shares registered in your name on the Record Date in Box 4.

Qualifying CREST Shareholders will have their Open Offer Entitlement credited to their stock accounts in CREST and should refer to paragraph 4.2 of these terms and conditions and also to the CREST Manual for further information on the relevant CREST procedures.

The Open Offer Entitlement, in the case of Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders, is equal to the number of New Ordinary Shares shown in Box 5 on the Open Offer Application Form or, in the case of Qualifying CREST Shareholders, is equal to the number of Open Offer Entitlements standing to the credit of their stock account in CREST.

The Excess Application Facility enables Qualifying Shareholders to apply for any whole number of additional New Ordinary Shares in excess of their Open Offer Entitlement. Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders who wish to apply to subscribe for more than their Open Offer Entitlement should complete Box 2(b) on the Open Offer Application Form.

Applications under the Excess Application Facility will be allocated in the event of over-subscription pro rata to Qualifying Shareholders' applications under the Excess Application Facility. No assurance can be given that applications by Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility will be met in full or in part or at all. To the extent any Open Offer Shares remain unallocated pursuant to Open Offer Entitlements and under the Excess Application Facility and the Placing and/or the Offer for Subscription is oversubscribed, such Open Offer Shares may at the Directors' discretion be allocated to subscribers under the Placing and/or the Offer for Subscription.

Qualifying Shareholders should be aware that the Open Offer is not a rights issue. Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders should also note that their respective Open Offer Application Forms are not negotiable documents and cannot be traded.

Qualifying CREST Shareholders should note that, although the Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will be credited to CREST and be enabled for settlement, applications in respect of entitlements under the Open Offer may only be made by the Qualifying Shareholder originally entitled or by a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market claim raised by the CREST Claims Processing Unit. New Ordinary Shares not applied for under the Open Offer will not be sold in the market for the benefit of those who do not apply under the Open Offer and Qualifying Shareholders who do not apply to take up New Ordinary Shares available under the Open Offer will have no rights under the Open Offer. Any New Ordinary Shares which are not applied for in respect of the Open Offer may be allotted to Qualifying Shareholders to meet any valid applications under the Excess Application Facility or may be issued to the subscribers under the Placing and/or the Offer for Subscription, with the proceeds retained for the benefit of the Company.

Application will be made for the Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to be credited to Qualifying CREST Shareholders' CREST accounts. The Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements are expected to be credited to CREST accounts as soon as possible after 8:00 a.m. on 25 April 2017.

3. CONDITIONS AND FURTHER TERMS OF THE OPEN OFFER

The contract created by the acceptance of an Open Offer Application Form or a USE instruction will be conditional on:

  • (a) Admission occurring by 8:00 a.m. (London time) on 15 May 2017 (or such later date as the Company and Jefferies may agree);
  • (b) the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting; and
  • (c) the Placing Agreement becoming otherwise unconditional in all respects (save as to Admission) and not being terminated in accordance with its terms before Admission becomes effective.

Accordingly, if these conditions are not satisfied or waived (where capable of waiver), the Open Offer will not proceed and any applications made by Qualifying Shareholders will be rejected. In such circumstances, application monies will be returned (at the applicant's sole risk), without payment of interest, as soon as practicable thereafter.

No temporary documents of title will be issued. Definitive certificates in respect of New Ordinary Shares taken up are expected to be posted to those Qualifying Shareholders who have validly elected to hold their New Ordinary Shares in certificated form in the week commencing 22 May 2017. In respect of those Qualifying Shareholders who have validly elected to hold their New Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form, the New Ordinary Shares are expected to be credited to their stock accounts maintained in CREST on 15 May 2017.

4. PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT

The action to be taken by you in respect of the Open Offer depends on whether, at the relevant time, you have an Open Offer Application Form in respect of your entitlement under the Open Offer or you have Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements credited to your CREST stock account in respect of such entitlement.

Qualifying Shareholders who hold their Existing Shares in certificated form will be allotted New Ordinary Shares in certificated form. Qualifying Shareholders who hold part of their Existing Shares in uncertificated form will be allotted New Ordinary Shares in uncertificated form to the extent that their entitlement to New Ordinary Shares arises as a result of holding Existing Shares in uncertificated form. However, it will be possible for Qualifying Shareholders to deposit Open Offer Entitlements into, and withdraw them from, CREST. Further information on deposit and withdrawal from CREST is set out in paragraph 4.2(g) of these terms and conditions.

CREST sponsored members should refer to their CREST sponsor, as only their CREST sponsor will be able to take the necessary action specified below to apply under the Open Offer in respect of the Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements of such members held in CREST. CREST members who wish to apply under the Open Offer in respect of their Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements in CREST should refer to the CREST Manual for further information on the CREST procedures referred to below.

Qualifying Shareholders who do not want to apply for the New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer should take no action and should not complete or return the Open Offer Application Form.

  • 4.1 If you have an Open Offer Application Form in respect of your entitlement under the Open Offer:
  • (a) General

Subject as provided in paragraph 6 of these terms and conditions in relation to Overseas Shareholders, Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders will receive an Open Offer Application Form. The Open Offer Application Form shows the number of Existing Shares registered in their name on the Record Date in Box 4. It also shows the maximum number of New Ordinary Shares for which they are entitled to apply under the Open Offer (other than the Excess Application Facility), as shown by the total number of Open Offer Entitlements allocated to them set out in Box 5. Box 6 shows how much they would need to pay if they wish to take up their Open Offer Entitlement in full. Any fractional entitlements to New Ordinary Shares will be disregarded in calculating Open Offer Entitlements and will be aggregated and made available to Existing Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility.

Any Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders with fewer than 11 Existing Shares will not receive an Open Offer Entitlement but may apply for Excess Shares pursuant to the Excess Application Facility (see paragraph 4.1(c) of these terms and conditions). Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders may apply for less than their entitlement should they wish to do so. Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders may also hold such an Open Offer Application Form by virtue of a bona fide market claim. Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders may also apply for Excess Shares under the Excess Application Facility by completing Box 2(b) of the Open Offer Application Form.

The instructions and other terms set out in the Open Offer Application Form form part of the terms of the Open Offer in relation to Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders.

(b) Bona fide market claims

Applications to acquire New Ordinary Shares may only be made on the Open Offer Application Form and may only be made by the Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholder named in it or by a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market claim in relation to a purchase of Existing Shares through the market prior to the date upon which the Existing Shares were marked "ex" the entitlement to participate in the Open Offer. Open Offer Application Forms may not be assigned, transferred or split, except to satisfy bona fide market claims up to 3.00 p.m. on 8 May 2017. The Open Offer Application Form is not a negotiable document and cannot be separately traded. A Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholder who has sold or otherwise transferred all or part of his holding of Existing Shares prior to the date upon which the Existing Shares were marked "ex" the entitlement to participate in the Open Offer, should consult his broker or other professional adviser as soon as possible, as the invitation to acquire New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer may be a benefit which may be claimed by the transferee. Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders who have sold all or part of their registered holdings should, if the market claim is to be settled outside CREST, complete Box 8 on the Open Offer Application Form and immediately send it to the stockbroker, bank or other agent through whom the sale or transfer was effected for transmission to the purchaser or transferee. The Open Offer Application Form should not, however be forwarded to or transmitted in or into the United States or any other Excluded Territory. If the market claim is to be settled outside CREST, the beneficiary of the claim should follow the procedures set out in the accompanying Open Offer Application Form. If the market claim is to be settled in CREST, the beneficiary of the claim should follow the procedure set out in paragraph 4.2(b) below.

(c) Excess Application Facility

Qualifying Shareholders may apply to acquire Excess Shares using the Excess Application Facility, should they wish. Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders wishing to apply for Excess Shares may do so by completing Box 2(b) of the Open Offer Application Form. The maximum number of New Ordinary Shares to be allotted under the Excess Application Facility (the "Maximum Excess Application Number") shall be limited to: (i) the maximum size of the Issue; less (ii) New Ordinary Shares issued under the Open Offer pursuant to Qualifying Shareholders' Open Offer Entitlements and New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the terms of the Offer for Subscription and Placing. Excess Applications will therefore only be satisfied to the extent that: (i) other Qualifying Shareholders do not apply for their Open Offer Entitlements in full; (ii) fractional entitlements have been aggregated and made available under the Excess Application Facility; and (c) (if applicable) valid applications are received in respect of the Offer for Subscription and Placing for fewer than the number of New Ordinary Shares available thereunder.

Qualifying Shareholders can apply for up to the Maximum Excess Application Number of New Ordinary Shares under the Excess Application Facility. Excess Shares under the Excess Application Facility will be allocated to Qualifying Shareholders that have taken up all of their Open Offer Entitlements on a pro rata basis to their applications under the Excess Application Facility. No assurance can be given that applications by Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility will be met in full or in part or at all.

Excess monies in respect of applications which are not met in full will be returned to the applicant (at the applicant's risk) without interest as soon as practicable thereafter by way of cheque or CREST payment, as appropriate.

(d) Application procedures

Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders wishing to apply to acquire all or any of the New Ordinary Shares should complete the Open Offer Application Form in accordance with the instructions printed on it. Completed Open Offer Application Forms should be returned by post (during normal business hours only) or by hand to Capita Asset Services, Corporate Actions at The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU (who will act as Receiving Agent in relation to the Open Offer) so as to be received by Capita by no later than 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017, after which time Open Offer Application Forms will not be valid. Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders should note that applications, once made, will be irrevocable and receipt thereof will not be acknowledged. If an Open Offer Application Form is being sent by first-class post in the UK, Qualifying Shareholders are recommended to allow at least four working days for delivery.

All payments must be in pounds sterling and made by cheque or banker's draft made payable to "Capita Registrars Limited re TBB REIT plc – 2017 OPEN OFFER a/c" and crossed "A/C Payee Only". Cheques or bankers' drafts must be drawn on a bank or building society or branch of a bank or building society in the United Kingdom or Channel Islands which is either a settlement member of the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company Limited or the CHAPS Clearing Company Limited or which has arranged for its cheques and bankers' drafts to be cleared through the facilities provided by any of those companies or committees and must bear the appropriate sort code in the top right hand corner and must be for the full amount payable on application. Third party cheques will not be accepted with the exception of building society cheques or bankers' drafts where the building society or bank has confirmed the name of the account holder by stamping or endorsing the cheque or draft to such effect. The account name should be the same as that shown on the Open Offer Application Form. Post-dated cheques will not be accepted. Third party cheques (other than building society cheques or bankers' drafts where the building society or bank has confirmed that the relevant Qualifying Shareholder has title to the underlying funds by printing the Qualifying Shareholder's name on the back of the draft and adding the branch stamp) will be subject to the Money Laundering Regulations which will delay Shareholders receiving their New Ordinary Shares (please see paragraph 5 below).

Cheques or bankers' drafts will be presented for payment upon receipt. No interest will be paid on payments made before they are due. It is a term of the Open Offer that cheques shall be honoured on first presentation and the Company may elect to treat as invalid acceptances in respect of which cheques are not so honoured. All documents, cheques and bankers' drafts sent through the post will be sent at the risk of the sender. Payments via CHAPS or electronic transfer are acceptable.

If cheques or bankers' drafts are presented for payment before the conditions of the Issue are fulfilled, the application monies will be kept in a separate interest bearing bank account with any interest being retained for the Company until all conditions are met. If the Open Offer does not become unconditional, no New Ordinary Shares will be issued and all monies will be returned (at the applicant's sole risk), without payment of interest, to applicants as soon as practicable following the lapse of the Open Offer.

The Company may in its sole discretion, but shall not be obliged to, treat an Open Offer Application Form as valid and binding on the person by whom or on whose behalf it is lodged, even if not completed in accordance with the relevant instructions or not accompanied by a valid power of attorney where required, or if it otherwise does not strictly comply with these terms and conditions. The Company further reserves the right (but shall not be obliged) to accept either:

(i) Open Offer Application Forms received after 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017; or

(ii) applications in respect of which remittances are received before 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017 from authorised persons (as defined in FSMA) specifying the New Ordinary Shares applied for and undertaking to lodge the Open Offer Application Form in due course but, in any event, within two Business Days.

Multiple applications are liable to be rejected. All documents and remittances sent by post by or to an applicant (or as the applicant may direct) will be sent at the applicant's own risk.

(e) Effect of application

By completing and delivering an Open Offer Application Form, the applicant:

  • (i) represents and warrants to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that he has the right, power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to make the application under the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility, as the case may be, and to execute, deliver and exercise his rights, and perform his obligations under any contracts resulting therefrom and that he is not a person otherwise prevented by legal or regulatory restrictions from applying for New Ordinary Shares or acting on behalf of any such person on a non-discretionary basis;
  • (ii) agrees with the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that all applications under the Open Offer and the Excess Application Facility and contracts resulting therefrom shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales;
  • (iii) confirms to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that, in making the application, he is not relying on any information or representation in relation to the Company and the New Ordinary Shares other than that contained in the Prospectus and the applicant accordingly agrees that no person responsible solely or jointly for the Prospectus or any part thereof, or involved in the preparation thereof, shall have any liability for any such information or representation not so contained and further agrees that, having had the opportunity to read the Prospectus, he will be deemed to have had notice of all information in relation to the Company and the New Ordinary Shares contained in the Prospectus (including matters incorporated by reference);
  • (iv) represents and warrants to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that he is the Qualifying Shareholder originally entitled to the Open Offer Entitlement or that he received such Open Offer Entitlement by virtue of a bona fide market claim;
  • (v) represents and warrants to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that if he has received some or all of his Open Offer Entitlement from a person other than the Company he is entitled to apply under the Open Offer in relation to such Open Offer Entitlements by virtue of a bona fide market claim;
  • (vi) requests that the New Ordinary Shares to which he will become entitled be issued to him on the terms set out in the Prospectus and the Open Offer Application Form, subject to the Articles;

  • (vii) represents and warrants to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that he is not, nor is he applying on behalf of, an Excluded Shareholder or a person in any jurisdiction in which the application for New Ordinary Shares is prevented by law and he is not applying with a view to re-offering, re-selling, transferring or delivering any of the New Ordinary Shares which are the subject of his application in the United States or to any Excluded Shareholder or a person in any jurisdiction in which the application for New Ordinary Shares is prevented by law (except where proof satisfactory to the Company has been provided to the Company that he is able to accept the invitation by the Company free of any requirement which it (in its absolute discretion) regards as unduly burdensome), nor acting on behalf of any such person on a non-discretionary basis nor (a) person(s) otherwise prevented by legal or regulatory restrictions from applying for New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility;

  • (viii) warrants that, in connection with his application, he has observed the laws of all requisite territories, obtained any requisite governmental or other consents, complied with all requisite formalities and paid any issue, transfer or other taxes due in connection with his application in any territory and that he has not taken any action which will or may result in the Company, the Joint Financial Advisers or the Receiving Agent acting in breach of the regulatory or legal requirements of any territory in connection with the Offer for Subscription or his application;
  • (ix) represents and warrants to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that: (A) he is not a US Person, is not located within the United States and is not acquiring the New Ordinary Shares for the account or benefit of a US Person; (B) he is acquiring the New Ordinary Shares in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S and did not become aware of the Open Offer by means of any directed selling efforts within the United States; (C) he understands and acknowledges that the Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and are not being offered, sold, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons; and (D) he understands and acknowledges that the Company has not registered and will not register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act;
  • (x) represents and warrants to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that if in the future he decides to offer, sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of the New Ordinary Shares, he will do so only: (A) in an offshore transaction complying with the provisions of Regulation S under the Securities Act to a person outside the United States and not known by the transferor to be a US Person, by pre-arrangement or otherwise; (B) inside the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that is also a "qualified purchaser" within the meaning of section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and under circumstances that would not require the Company to register under the Investment Company Act; or (C) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof. He understands and acknowledges that any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other

disposal made other than in compliance with the above stated restrictions will be subject to the compulsory transfer provisions as provided in the Articles;

  • (xi) represents, warrants and undertakes that it has not, directly or indirectly, distributed, forwarded, transferred or otherwise transmitted the Prospectus or any other presentation or offering materials concerning the New Ordinary Shares or the Open Offer into or within the United States or to any US Persons, nor will it do any of the foregoing;
  • (xii) represents and warrants that no portion of the assets used to acquire, and no portion of the assets used to hold, the New Ordinary Shares or any beneficial interest therein constitutes or will constitute the assets of: (A) an "employee benefit plan" as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to Title I of ERISA; (B) a "plan" as defined in Section 4975 of the US Tax Code, including an individual retirement account or other arrangement that is subject to section 4975 of the US Tax Code; or (C) an entity whose underlying assets are considered to include "plan assets" by reason of investment by an "employee benefit plan" or a "plan" described in the preceding clauses (A) or (B) in such entity, pursuant to 29. C.F.R. 2510.3- 101 as modified by section 3(42) of ERISA. In addition, if an investor is a governmental, church, non-US or other employee benefit plan that is subject to any federal, state, local or non-US law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or section 4975 of the US Tax Code, its acquisition, holding, and disposition of the Ordinary Shares will not constitute a violation of law or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under section 503 of the US Tax Code or any substantially similar law;
  • (xiii) understands and acknowledges that if any New Ordinary Shares are issued to it in certificated form, then such certificates evidencing ownership will contain a legend substantially to the effect unless otherwise determined by the Company in accordance with applicable law:

TRITAX BIG BOX REIT PLC (THE "COMPANY") HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT"). IN ADDITION, THE SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. SECURITIES ACT"), OR WITH ANY SECURITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES. ACCORDINGLY, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT: (1) TO THE COMPANY OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; (2) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT TO A PERSON OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND NOT KNOWN BY THE TRANSFEROR TO BE A U.S. PERSON, BY PRE-ARRANGEMENT OR OTHERWISE; OR (3) IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WILL NOT REQUIRE THE COMPANY TO REGISTER UNDER THE U.S. INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT, IN EACH

CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS, UPON SURRENDER OF THE SECURITIES OF THE COMPANY REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND DELIVERY OF A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION THAT SUCH TRANSFEROR IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CLAUSE (THE FORM OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE REGISTRAR) TO THE COMPANY, WITH COPIES TO THE REGISTRAR AND THE ADMINISTRATOR. IN ADDITION, THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON USING THE ASSETS OF (I) (A) AN "EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(3) OF ERISA THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA; (B) A "PLAN" AS DEFINED IN SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "U.S. TAX CODE"), INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE; OR (C) AN ENTITY WHICH IS DEEMED TO HOLD THE ASSETS OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING TYPES OF PLANS, ACCOUNTS OR ARRANGEMENTS THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE OR (II) A GOVERNMENTAL, CHURCH, NON-U.S. OR OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL OR NON-U.S. LAW THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE IF THE PURCHASE, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES WILL NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE LAW AND/OR CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 503 OF THE U.S. TAX CODE OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR LAW;

  • (xiv) represents and warrants to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that he is not, and nor is he applying as nominee or agent for, a person who is or may be liable to notify and account for tax under the Stamp Duty Reserve Tax Regulations 1986 at any of the increased rates referred to in section 93 (depository receipts) or section 96 (clearance services) of the Finance Act 1986; and
  • (xv) confirms that, in making the application, he is not relying and has not relied on the Joint Financial Advisers or any person affiliated with either of the Joint Financial Advisers in connection with any investigation of the accuracy of any information contained in the Prospectus or his investment decision.

All enquiries in connection with the procedure for application and completion of the Open Offer Application Form should be addressed to the Receiving Agent, Capita Asset Services, Corporate Actions, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU or by calling Capita Asset Services on 0371 664 0321. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. The helpline is open between 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Please note that Capita Asset Services cannot provide any financial, legal or tax advice and calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes.

Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders who do not want to take up or apply for the New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer should take no action and should not complete or return the Open Offer Application Form.

  • 4.2 If you have Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements credited to your stock account in CREST in respect of your entitlement under the Open Offer:
  • (a) General

Subject as provided in paragraph 6 of these terms and conditions in relation to certain Overseas Shareholders, each Qualifying CREST Shareholder will receive a credit to his stock account in CREST of his Open Offer Entitlements equal to the maximum number of New Ordinary Shares for which he is entitled to apply to acquire under the Open Offer. Entitlements to New Ordinary Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number and any fractional Open Offer Entitlement will therefore also be rounded down. Any fractional entitlements to New Ordinary Shares will be disregarded in calculating Open Offer Entitlements and will be aggregated and made available to Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility. Any Qualifying CREST Shareholder with fewer than 11 Existing Ordinary Shares will not receive an Open Offer Entitlement but may apply for Excess Shares pursuant to the Excess Application Facility.

The CREST stock account to be credited will be an account under the participant ID and member account ID that apply to the Existing Shares held on the Record Date by the Qualifying CREST Shareholder in respect of which the Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement have been allocated.

If for any reason the Open Offer Entitlements and/or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements cannot be admitted to CREST by, or the stock accounts of Qualifying CREST Shareholders cannot be credited by 11.00 a.m. on 25 April 2017, or such later time and/or date as the Company may decide, an Open Offer Application Form will be sent to each Qualifying CREST Shareholder in substitution for the Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements which should have been credited to his stock account in CREST. In these circumstances, the expected timetable as set out in this Prospectus will be adjusted as appropriate and the provisions of this Prospectus applicable to Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders with Open Offer Application Forms will apply to Qualifying CREST Shareholders who receive such Open Offer Application Forms.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Prospectus, the Company reserves the right to send Qualifying CREST Shareholders an Open Offer Application Form instead of crediting the relevant stock account with Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements, and to issue any New Ordinary Shares in certificated form. In normal circumstances, this right is only likely to be exercised in the event of any interruption, failure or breakdown of CREST (or of any part of CREST).

CREST members who wish to apply to acquire some or all of their entitlements to New Ordinary Shares should refer to the CREST Manual for further information on the CREST procedures referred to below. Should you need advice with regard to these procedures, please contact Capita Asset Services on 0371 664 0321. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. The helpline is open between 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Please note that Capita Asset Services cannot provide any financial, legal or tax advice and calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes.

Please note the Receiving Agent cannot provide financial advice on the merits of the Open Offer or as to whether applicants should take up their Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements. If you are a CREST sponsored member you should consult your CREST sponsor if you wish to apply for New Ordinary Shares as only your CREST sponsor will be able to take the necessary action to make this application in CREST.

(b) Market claim

Each of the Open Offer Entitlements and the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will constitute a separate security for the purposes of CREST. Although Open Offer Entitlements and the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will be admitted to CREST and be enabled for settlement, applications in respect of Open Offer Entitlements and the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements may only be made by the Qualifying Shareholder originally entitled or by a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market claim transaction. Transactions identified by the CREST Claims Processing Unit as "cum" the Open Offer Entitlement and the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will generate an appropriate market claim transaction and the relevant Open Offer Entitlement(s) and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement(s) will thereafter be transferred accordingly.

(c) Excess Application Facility

Qualifying Shareholders may apply to acquire Excess Shares using the Excess Application Facility, should they wish. The Excess Application Facility enables Qualifying CREST Shareholders to apply for Excess Shares in excess of their Open Offer Entitlement.

An Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement may not be sold or otherwise transferred. Subject as provided in paragraph 6 of these terms and conditions in relation to Overseas Shareholders, the CREST accounts of Qualifying CREST Shareholders will be credited with an Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement in order for any applications for Excess Shares to be settled through CREST.

Qualifying CREST Shareholders should note that, although the Open Offer Entitlements and the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will be admitted to CREST, they will have limited settlement capabilities (for the purposes of market claims only). Neither the Open Offer Entitlements nor the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will be tradable or listed and applications in respect of the Open Offer may only be made by the Qualifying Shareholders originally entitled or by a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market claim.

To apply for Excess Shares pursuant to the Open Offer, Qualifying CREST Shareholders should follow the instructions in paragraph 4.2(f) below and must not return a paper form.

Should a transaction be identified by the CREST Claims Processing Unit as "cum" the Open Offer Entitlement and the relevant Open Offer Entitlement be transferred, the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will not transfer with the Open Offer Entitlement claim, but will be transferred as a separate claim. Should a Qualifying CREST Shareholder cease to hold all of his Existing Ordinary Shares as a result of one or more bona fide market claims, the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement credited to CREST and allocated to the relevant Qualifying Shareholder will be transferred to the purchaser. Please note that a separate USE Instruction must be sent in respect of any application under the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement.

The maximum number of New Ordinary Shares to be allotted under the Excess Application Facility (the "Maximum Excess Application Number") shall be limited to:

  • (i) the maximum size of the Issue; less
  • (ii) the New Ordinary Shares issued under the Open Offer pursuant to Qualifying Shareholders' Open Offer Entitlements and the New Ordinary Shares issued pursuant to the terms of the Offer for Subscription and Placing.

Excess Applications will therefore only be satisfied to the extent that:

  • (i) other Qualifying Shareholders do not apply for their Open Offer Entitlements in full;
  • (ii) fractional entitlements have been aggregated and made available under the Excess Application Facility; and
  • (iii) (if applicable) valid applications are received in respect of the Offer for Subscription and Placing for fewer than the number of New Ordinary Shares available thereunder.

Qualifying Shareholders can apply for up to the Maximum Excess Application Number of New Ordinary Shares under the Excess Application Facility. Excess Shares under the Excess Application Facility will be allocated to Qualifying Shareholders that have taken up all of their Open Offer Entitlements on a pro rata basis to their applications under the Excess Application Facility. No assurance can be given that applications by Qualifying Shareholders under the Excess Application Facility will be met in full or in part or at all.

Excess monies in respect of applications which are not met in full will be returned to the applicant (at the applicant's risk) without interest as soon as practicable thereafter by way of cheque or CREST payment, as appropriate.

All enquiries in connection with the procedure for application of Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements should be made to Capita Asset Services on 0371 664 0321. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. The helpline is open between 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Please note that Capita Asset Services cannot provide any financial, legal or tax advice and calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes.

(d) USE instructions

Qualifying CREST Shareholders who are CREST members and who want to apply for New Ordinary Shares in respect of all or some of their Open Offer Entitlements and/or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements in CREST must send (or, if they are CREST sponsored members, procure that their CREST sponsor sends) a USE Instruction to Euroclear which, on its settlement, will have the following effect:

  • (i) the crediting of a stock account of the Receiving Agent under the participant ID and member account ID specified below, with a number of Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements corresponding to the number of New Ordinary Shares applied for; and
  • (ii) the creation of a CREST payment, in accordance with the CREST payment arrangements in favour of the payment bank of the Receiving Agent in respect of the amount specified in the USE Instruction which must be the full amount payable on application for the number of New Ordinary Shares referred to in (i) above.
  • (e) Content of USE Instruction in respect of Open Offer Entitlements

The USE Instruction must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear's specifications and must contain, in addition to the other information that is required for settlement in CREST, the following details:

  • (i) the number of New Ordinary Shares for which application is being made (and hence the number of the Open Offer Entitlement(s) being delivered to the Receiving Agent);
  • (ii) the ISIN of the Open Offer Entitlement. This is GB00BYXPW588;
  • (iii) the CREST participant ID of the accepting CREST member;
  • (iv) the CREST member account ID of the accepting CREST member from which the Open Offer Entitlements are to be debited;
  • (v) the participant ID of the Receiving Agent in its capacity as a CREST receiving agent. This is 7RA33;
  • (vi) the member account ID of the Receiving Agent in its capacity as a CREST receiving agent. This is 29089TRI;
  • (vii) the amount payable by means of a CREST payment on settlement of the USE Instruction. This must be the full amount payable on application for the number of New Ordinary Shares referred to in 4.2(e)(i) above;
  • (viii) the intended settlement date. This must be on or before 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017; and
  • (ix) the Corporate Action Number for the Open Offer. This will be available by viewing the relevant corporate action details in CREST.

In order for an application under the Open Offer to be valid, the USE Instruction must comply with the requirements as to authentication and contents set out above and must settle on or before 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017. In order to assist prompt settlement of the USE Instruction, CREST members (or their sponsors, where applicable) may consider adding the following non-mandatory fields to the USE Instruction:

(i) a contact name and telephone number (in the free format shared note field); and

(ii) a priority of at least 80.

CREST members and, in the case of CREST sponsored members, their CREST sponsors, should note that the last time at which a USE Instruction may settle on 10 May 2017 in order to be valid is 11:00 a.m. on that day. Please note that automated CREST generated claims and buyer protection will not be offered on the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement security.

If the Issue does not become unconditional by 8:00 a.m. on 15 May 2017 or such later time and date as the Company and Jefferies determine, the Issue will lapse, the Open Offer Entitlements admitted to CREST will be disabled and the Receiving Agent will refund the amount paid by a Qualifying CREST Shareholder by way of a CREST payment, without interest, as soon as practicable thereafter. The interest earned on such monies will be retained for the benefit of the Company.

(f) Content of USE instruction in respect of Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements

The USE Instruction must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear's specifications and must contain, in addition to the other information that is required for settlement in CREST, the following details:

  • (i) the number of Excess Shares for which the application is being made (and hence the number of the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement(s) being delivered to the Receiving Agent);
  • (ii) the ISIN of the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement. This is GB00BYXPX990;
  • (iii) the CREST participant ID of the accepting CREST member;
  • (iv) the CREST member account ID of the accepting CREST member from which the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements are to be debited;
  • (v) the participant ID of the Receiving Agent in its capacity as Receiving Agent. This is 7RA33;
  • (vi) the member account ID of the Receiving Agent in its capacity as Receiving Agent. This is 29089TRI;
  • (vii) the amount payable by means of a CREST payment on settlement of the USE instruction. This must be the full amount payable on application for the number of Excess Shares referred to in paragraph 4.2(f)(i) above;
  • (viii) the intended settlement date. This must be on or before 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017; and
  • (ix) the Corporate Action Number for the Open Offer. This will be available by viewing the relevant corporate action details in CREST.

In order for the application in respect of an Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement under the Excess Application Facility to be valid, the USE instruction must comply with the requirements as to authentication and contents set out above and must settle on or before 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017.

In order to assist prompt settlement of the USE instruction, CREST members (or their sponsors, where applicable) may consider adding the following non-mandatory fields to the USE instruction:

  • (i) a contact name and telephone number (in the free format shared note field); and
  • (ii) a priority of at least 80.

CREST members and, in the case of CREST sponsored members, their CREST sponsors, should note that the last time at which a USE instruction may settle on 10 May 2017 in order to be valid is 11:00 a.m. on that day. Please note that automated CREST generated claims and buyer protection will not be offered on the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement security.

In the event that the Issue does not become unconditional by 8:00 a.m. on 15 May 2017 or such later time and date as the Directors and Jefferies determine, the Issue will lapse, the Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements admitted to CREST will be disabled and the Receiving Agent will refund the amount paid by a Qualifying CREST Shareholder by way of a CREST payment, without interest, as soon as practicable thereafter. The interest earned on such monies will be retained for the benefit of the Company.

(g) Deposit of Open Offer Entitlements into, and withdrawal from, CREST

A Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholder's entitlement under the Open Offer as shown by the number of Open Offer Entitlements set out in his Open Offer Application Form may be deposited into CREST (either into the account of the Qualifying Shareholder named in the Open Offer Application Form or into the name of a person entitled by virtue of a bona fide market claim). Similarly, Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements held in CREST may be withdrawn from CREST so that the entitlement under the Open Offer is reflected in an Open Offer Application Form. Normal CREST procedures (including timings) apply in relation to any such deposit or withdrawal, subject (in the case of a deposit into CREST) as set out in the Open Offer Application Form.

A holder of an Open Offer Application Form who is proposing to deposit the entitlement set out in such form into CREST is recommended to ensure that the deposit procedures are implemented in sufficient time to enable the person holding or acquiring the Open Offer Entitlement and the entitlement to apply under the Excess Application Facility following their deposit into CREST to take all necessary steps in connection with taking up the entitlement prior to 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017. After depositing their Open Offer Entitlement into their CREST account, CREST holders will, shortly after that, receive a credit for their Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement, which will be managed by the Receiving Agent.

In particular, having regard to normal processing times in CREST and on the part of the Registrar, the recommended latest time for depositing an Open Offer Application Form with the CREST Courier and Sorting Service, where the person entitled wishes to hold the entitlement under the Open Offer set out in such Open Offer Application Form as an Open Offer Entitlement or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements in CREST, is 3:00 p.m. on 5 May 2017 and the recommended latest time for receipt by Euroclear of a dematerialised instruction requesting withdrawal of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement from CREST is 4:30 p.m. on 4 May 2017 in either case so as to enable the person acquiring or (as appropriate) holding the Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements following the deposit or withdrawal (whether as shown in an Open Offer Application Form or held in CREST) to take all necessary steps in connection with applying in respect of the Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements prior to 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017. CREST holders inputting the withdrawal of their Open Offer Entitlement from their CREST account must ensure that they withdraw both their Open Offer Entitlement and the Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement.

Delivery of an Open Offer Application Form with the CREST deposit form duly completed whether in respect of a deposit into the account of the Qualifying Shareholder named in the Open Offer Application Form or into the name of another person, shall constitute a representation and warranty to the Company and the Registrar by the relevant CREST member(s) that it/they is/are not in breach of the provisions of the notes under the paragraph headed "Instructions for depositing entitlements under the Open Offer into CREST" on page 3 of the Open Offer Application Form, and a declaration to the Company and the Registrar from the relevant CREST member(s) that it/they is/are not an Excluded Shareholder or a person in any jurisdiction in which the application for New Ordinary Shares is prevented by law and, where such deposit is made by a beneficiary of a market claim, a representation and warranty that the relevant CREST member(s) is/are entitled to apply under the Open Offer by virtue of a bona fide market claim.

(h) Validity of application

A USE Instruction complying with the requirements as to authentication and contents set out above which settles by no later than 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017 will constitute a valid application under the Open Offer.

(i) CREST procedures and timings

CREST members and (where applicable) their CREST sponsors should note that Euroclear does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular corporate action. Normal system timings and limitations will therefore apply in relation to the input of a USE Instruction and its settlement in connection with the Open Offer. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST sponsored member, to procure that his CREST sponsor takes) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a valid application is made as stated above by 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017. In this connection, CREST members and (where applicable) their CREST sponsors are referred in particular to those sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.

(j) Incorrect or incomplete applications

If a USE Instruction includes a CREST payment for an incorrect sum, the Company, through the Receiving Agent, reserves the right:

  • (i) to reject the application in full and refund the payment to the CREST member in question (without interest);
  • (ii) in the case that an insufficient sum is paid, to treat the application as a valid application for such lesser whole number of New Ordinary Shares as would be able to be applied for with that payment at the Issue Price, refunding any unutilised sum to the CREST member in question (without interest); and

  • (iii) in the case that an excess sum is paid, to treat the application as a valid application for all the New Ordinary Shares referred to in the USE Instruction, refunding any unutilised sum to the CREST member in question (without interest).

  • (k) Effect of valid application

A CREST member who makes or is treated as making a valid application in accordance with the above procedures thereby:

  • (i) represents and warrants that he has the right, power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to make the application under the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility, as the case may be, and to execute, deliver and exercise his rights, and perform his obligations, under any contracts resulting therefrom and that he is not a person otherwise prevented by legal or regulatory restrictions from applying for New Ordinary Shares or acting on behalf of any such person on a non-discretionary basis;
  • (ii) agrees to pay the amount payable on application in accordance with the above procedures by means of a CREST payment in accordance with the CREST payment arrangements (it being acknowledged that the payment to the Receiving Agent's payment bank in accordance with the CREST payment arrangements shall, to the extent of the payment, discharge in full the obligation of the CREST member to pay to the Company the amount payable on application);
  • (iii) agrees that all applications and contracts resulting therefrom under the Open Offer and the Excess Application Facility shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of England and Wales;
  • (iv) confirms that (save from advice received from his financial adviser (if any)) in making the application he is not relying on any information or representation in relation to the Company and the New Ordinary Shares other than that contained in the Prospectus (on the basis of which alone his application is made) and the applicant accordingly agrees that no person responsible solely or jointly for the Prospectus or any part thereof, or involved in the preparation thereof, shall have any liability for any such information or representation not so contained and further agrees that, having had the opportunity to read the Prospectus, he will be deemed to have had notice of all the information in relation to the Company and the New Ordinary Shares contained in the Prospectus;
  • (v) represents and warrants that he is the Qualifying Shareholder originally entitled to the Open Offer Entitlement and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement or that he has received such Open Offer Entitlement and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement by virtue of a bona fide market claim;
  • (vi) represents and warrants that if he has received some or all of his Open Offer Entitlement and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlement from a person other than the Company, he is entitled to apply under the Open Offer in relation to such Open Offer Entitlement and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements by virtue of a bona fide market claim;

  • (vii) subject to certain limited exceptions, requests that the New Ordinary Shares to which he will become entitled be issued to him on the terms set out in this Prospectus, subject to the Articles;

  • (viii) represents and warrants that he is not, nor is he applying on behalf of any Shareholder who is an Excluded Shareholder or a person in any jurisdiction in which the application for New Ordinary Shares is prevented by law and he is not applying with a view to re-offering, re-selling, transferring or delivering any of the New Ordinary Shares which are the subject of his application in the United States or to, or for the benefit of, a Shareholder who is a citizen or resident or which is a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organised in or under any laws of any Excluded Territory or any jurisdiction in which the application for New Ordinary Shares is prevented by law (except where proof satisfactory to the Company has been provided to the Company that he is able to accept the invitation by the Company free of any requirement which it (in its absolute discretion) regards as unduly burdensome), nor acting on behalf of any such person on a non-discretionary basis nor a person(s) otherwise prevented by legal or regulatory restrictions from applying for New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility;
  • (ix) represents and warrants that, in connection with his application, he has observed the laws of all requisite territories, obtained any requisite governmental or other consents, complied with all requisite formalities and paid any issue, transfer or other taxes due in connection with his application in any territory and that he has not taken any action which will or may result in the Company, the Joint Financial Advisers or the Receiving Agent acting in breach of the regulatory or legal requirements of any territory in connection with the Offer for Subscription or his application;
  • (x) represents and warrants to the Company that: (A) he is not a US Person, is not located within the United States and is not acquiring the New Ordinary Shares for the account or benefit of a US Person; (B) he is acquiring the New Ordinary Shares in an offshore transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S and not by means of any directed selling efforts within the United States; (C) he understands and acknowledges that the Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and are not being offered, sold, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons; and (D) he understands and acknowledges that the Company has not registered and will not register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act;
  • (xi) represents and warrants to the Company that if, in the future, he decides to offer, sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of the New Ordinary Shares, he will do so only: (A) in an offshore transaction complying with the provisions of Regulation S under the Securities Act to a person outside the United States and not known by the transferor to be a US Person, by pre-arrangement or otherwise; (B) inside the United States to a "qualified institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act that is also a "qualified purchaser" within the meaning of section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder in a transaction exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act

and in compliance with all applicable state securities laws and under circumstances that would not require the Company to register under the Investment Company Act; or (C) to the Company or a subsidiary thereof. He understands and acknowledges that any sale, transfer, assignment, pledge or other disposal made other than in compliance with the above stated restrictions will be subject to the compulsory transfer provisions as provided in the Articles;

  • (xii) represents and warrants that he is not, and nor is he applying as nominee or agent for, a person who is or may be liable to notify and account for tax under the Stamp Duty Reserve Tax Regulations 1986 at any of the increased rates referred to in section 93 (depository receipts) or section 96 (clearance services) of the Finance Act 1986; and
  • (xiii) confirms that in making the application, he is not relying and has not relied on the Joint Financial Advisers or any person affiliated with either of the Joint Financial Advisers in connection with any investigation of the accuracy of any information contained in the Prospectus or his investment decision.
  • (l) Company's discretion as to the rejection and validity of applications

The Company may in its sole discretion:

  • (i) treat as valid (and binding on the CREST member concerned) an application which does not comply in all respects with the requirements as to validity set out or referred to in these terms and conditions;
  • (ii) accept an alternative properly authenticated dematerialised instruction from a CREST member or (where applicable) a CREST sponsor as constituting a valid application in substitution for or in addition to a USE Instruction and subject to such further terms and conditions as the Company may determine;
  • (iii) treat a properly authenticated dematerialised instruction (in this subparagraph the "first instruction") as not constituting a valid application if, at the time at which the Receiving Agent receives a properly authenticated dematerialised instruction giving details of the first instruction or thereafter, either the Company or the Receiving Agent has received actual notice from Euroclear of any of the matters specified in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the CREST Regulations in relation to the first instruction. These matters include notice that any information contained in the first instruction was incorrect or notice of lack of authority to send the first instruction; and
  • (iv) accept an alternative instruction or notification from a CREST member or CREST sponsored member or (where applicable) a CREST sponsor, or extend the time for settlement of a USE Instruction or any alternative instruction or notification, in the event that, for reasons or due to circumstances outside the control of any CREST member or CREST sponsored member or (where applicable) CREST sponsor, the CREST member or CREST sponsored member is unable validly to apply for New Ordinary Shares by means of the above procedures. In normal circumstances, this discretion is only likely to be exercised in the event of any interruption, failure or breakdown of CREST (or any part of CREST) or

on the part of the facilities and/or systems operated by the Receiving Agent in connection with CREST.

(m) Lapse of the Open Offer

In the event that the Open Offer does not become unconditional by 8.00 a.m. on 15 May 2017 or such later time and date as the Company and Jefferies may agree, the Open Offer will lapse, the Open Offer Entitlements admitted to CREST will be disabled and the Receiving Agent will refund the amount paid by a Qualifying CREST Shareholder by way of a CREST payment, without interest, as soon as practicable thereafter. The interest earned on such monies, if any, will be retained for the benefit of the Company.

5. ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REGULATIONS

5.1 Holders of Open Offer Application Forms

To ensure compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations, the Receiving Agent may require, at its/their absolute discretion, verification of the identity of the person by whom or on whose behalf the Open Offer Application Form is lodged with payment (which requirements are referred to below as the "verification of identity requirements"). If the Open Offer Application Form is submitted by a UK or EU regulated broker or intermediary acting as agent and which is itself subject to the Money Laundering Regulations, any verification of identity requirements are the responsibility of such broker or intermediary and not of the Registrar or Receiving Agent. In such case, the lodging agent's stamp should be inserted on the Open Offer Application Form.

The person lodging the Open Offer Application Form with payment and in accordance with the other terms as described above (the "acceptor"), including any person who appears to the Receiving Agent to be acting on behalf of some other person, accepts the Open Offer in respect of such number of New Ordinary Shares as is referred to therein (for the purposes of this paragraph 5, the "relevant Ordinary Shares") shall thereby be deemed to agree to provide the Receiving Agent with such information and other evidence as the Receiving Agent may require to satisfy the verification of identity requirements.

If the Receiving Agent determines that the verification of identity requirements apply to any acceptor or application, the relevant Ordinary Shares (notwithstanding any other term of the Open Offer and the Excess Application Facility) will not be issued to the relevant acceptor unless and until the verification of identity requirements have been satisfied in respect of that acceptor or application. The Receiving Agent is entitled, in its/their absolute discretion, to determine whether the verification of identity requirements apply to any acceptor or application and whether such requirements have been satisfied, and neither the Receiving Agent, nor the Company will be liable to any person for any loss or damage suffered or incurred (or alleged), directly or indirectly, as a result of the exercise of such discretion.

If the verification of identity requirements apply, failure to provide the necessary evidence of identity within a reasonable time may result in delays in the despatch of share certificates or in crediting CREST accounts. If, within a reasonable time following a request for verification of identity, the Receiving Agent has not received evidence satisfactory to it as aforesaid, the Company may, in its absolute discretion, treat the relevant application as invalid, in which event the monies payable on acceptance of the Open Offer will be returned (at the acceptor's risk) without interest to the account of the bank or building society on which the relevant cheque or banker's draft was drawn. Submission of an Open Offer Application Form with the appropriate remittance will constitute a warranty to each of the Company, the Registrar, the Receiving Agent and the Joint Sponsors from the applicant that the Money Laundering Regulations will not be breached by application of such remittance.

The verification of identity requirements will not usually apply:

  • (a) if the applicant is an organisation required to comply with the Money Laundering Directive (the Council Directive on prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering (no. 91/308/EEC));
  • (b) if the acceptor is a regulated United Kingdom broker or intermediary acting as agent and is itself subject to the Money Laundering Regulations;
  • (c) if the applicant (not being an applicant who delivers his application in person) makes payment by way of a cheque drawn on an account in the applicant's name; or
  • (d) if the aggregate subscription price for the New Ordinary Shares is less than €15,000 (approximately £12,500).

In other cases the verification of identity requirements may apply. Satisfaction of these requirements may be facilitated in the following ways:

  • (a) if payment is made by cheque or banker's draft in sterling drawn on a branch in the United Kingdom of a bank or building society which bears a UK bank sort code number in the top right hand corner the following applies. Cheques, should be made payable to "Capita Registrars Limited a/c TBB REIT plc – 2017 Open Offer a/c" in respect of an application by a Qualifying Shareholder and crossed "A/C Payee Only". Third party cheques will not be accepted with the exception of building society cheques or bankers' drafts where the building society or bank has confirmed the name of the account holder by stamping or endorsing the cheque/banker's draft to such effect. The account name should be the same as that shown on the Open Offer Application Form; or
  • (b) if the Open Offer Application Form is lodged with payment by an agent which is an organisation of the kind referred to in (a) above or which is subject to anti-money laundering regulation in a country which is a member of the Financial Action Task Force (the non-European Union members of which are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Russian Federation, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, UK Crown Dependencies and the US and, by virtue of their membership of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates), the agent should provide with the Open Offer Application Form written confirmation that it has that status and a written assurance that it has obtained and recorded evidence of the identity of the person for whom it acts and that it will on demand make such evidence available to the Registrar. If the agent is not such an organisation, it should contact the Registrar.

To confirm the acceptability of any written assurance referred to in (b) above, or in any other case, the acceptor should contact Capita Asset Services by telephone on 0371 664 0321. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. The helpline is open between 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Please note that Capita Asset Services cannot provide any financial, legal or tax advice and calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes.

If the Open Offer Application Form(s) is/are in respect of New Ordinary Shares with an aggregate subscription price of €15,000 (approximately £12,500) or more and is/are lodged by hand by the acceptor in person, or if the Open Offer Application Form(s) in respect of New Ordinary Shares is/are lodged by hand by the acceptor and the accompanying payment is not the acceptor's own cheque, he or she should ensure that he or she has with him or her evidence of identity bearing his or her photograph (for example, his or her passport) and separate evidence of his or her address.

If, within a reasonable period of time following a request for verification of identity, and in any case by no later than 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017, the Receiving Agent has not received evidence satisfactory to it as aforesaid, the Receiving Agent may, at its discretion, as agent of the Company, reject the relevant application, in which event the monies submitted in respect of that application will be returned without interest to the account at the drawee bank from which such monies were originally debited (without prejudice to the rights of the Company to undertake proceedings to recover monies in respect of the loss suffered by it as a result of the failure to produce satisfactory evidence as aforesaid).

5.2 Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements in CREST

If you hold your Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements in CREST and apply for New Ordinary Shares in respect of all or some of your Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements as agent for one or more persons and you are not a UK or EU regulated person or institution (e.g. a UK financial institution), then, irrespective of the value of the application, the Receiving Agent is obliged to take reasonable measures to establish the identity of the person or persons on whose behalf you are making the application. You must therefore contact the Receiving Agent before sending any USE or other instruction so that appropriate measures may be taken.

Submission of a USE Instruction (which on its settlement constitutes a valid application as described above) constitutes a warranty and undertaking by the applicant to provide promptly to the Receiving Agent such information as may be specified by the Receiving Agent as being required for the purposes of the Money Laundering Regulations. Pending the provision of evidence satisfactory to the Receiving Agent as to identity, the Receiving Agent may in its absolute discretion take, or omit to take, such action as it may determine to prevent or delay issue of the New Ordinary Shares concerned. If satisfactory evidence of identity has not been provided within a reasonable time, then the application for the New Ordinary Shares represented by the USE Instruction will not be valid. This is without prejudice to the right of the Company to take proceedings to recover any loss suffered by it as a result of failure to provide satisfactory evidence.

6. OVERSEAS SHAREHOLDERS

The Prospectus has been approved by the FCA, being the competent authority in the United Kingdom.

Accordingly, the making of the Open Offer and the Excess Application Facility to persons resident in, or who are citizens of, or who have a registered address in, countries other than the United Kingdom may be affected by the law or regulatory requirements of the relevant jurisdiction.

The comments set out in this paragraph 6 are intended as a general guide only and any Overseas Shareholders who are in any doubt as to their position should consult their professional advisers without delay.

6.1 General

The distribution of the Prospectus and the making of the Open Offer to persons who have registered addresses in, or who are resident or ordinarily resident in, or citizens of, or which are corporations, partnerships or other entities created or organised under the laws of countries other than the United Kingdom or to persons who are nominees of or agents, custodians, trustees or guardians for citizens, residents in or nationals of, countries other than the United Kingdom may be affected by the laws or regulatory requirements of the relevant jurisdictions. Those persons should consult their professional advisers as to whether they require any governmental or other consents or need to observe any applicable legal requirement or other formalities to enable them to apply for New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility.

No action has been or will be taken by the Company, the Joint Financial Advisers, or any other person, to permit a public offering or distribution of the Prospectus (or any other offering or publicity materials or Open Offer Application Form(s) relating to the New Ordinary Shares) in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose may be required, other than in the United Kingdom.

Receipt of the Prospectus and/or an Open Offer Application Form and/or a credit of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST will not constitute an invitation or offer of securities for subscription, sale or purchase in those jurisdictions in which it would be illegal to make such an invitation or offer and, in those circumstances, the Prospectus and/or the Open Offer Application Form must be treated as sent for information only and should not be copied or redistributed. Open Offer Application Forms will not be sent to, and Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will not be credited to stock accounts in CREST of, persons with registered addresses in the United States or any other Excluded Territory or their agent or intermediary, except where the Company is satisfied that such action would not result in the contravention of any registration or other legal requirement in any jurisdiction.

No person receiving a copy of the Prospectus and/or an Open Offer Application Form in any territory other than the United Kingdom and/or a credit of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST may treat the same as constituting an invitation or offer to him or her, nor should he or she in any event use any such Open Offer Application Form and/or credit of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST unless, in the relevant territory in which the Open Offer Application Form is received or in which the person is resident or located, such an invitation or offer could lawfully be made to him or her and such Open Offer Application Form and/or credit of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST could lawfully be used, and any transaction resulting from such use could be effected, without contravention of any registration or other legal or regulatory requirements. In circumstances where an invitation or offer would contravene any registration or other legal or regulatory requirements, the Prospectus and/or the Open Offer Application Form must be treated as sent for information only and should not be copied or redistributed. It is the responsibility of any person (including, without limitation, custodians, agents, nominees and trustees) outside the United Kingdom wishing to apply for New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility to satisfy himself or herself as to the full observance of the laws of any relevant territory in connection therewith, including obtaining any governmental or other consents that may be required, observing any other formalities required to be observed in such territory and paying any issue, transfer or other taxes due in such territory.

None of the Company, the Joint Financial Advisers, nor any of their respective representatives, is making any representation to any offeree or purchaser of the New Ordinary Shares regarding the legality of an investment in the New Ordinary Shares by such offeree or purchaser under the laws applicable to such offeree or purchaser.

Persons (including, without limitation, custodians, agents, nominees and trustees) receiving a copy of the Prospectus and/or an Open Offer Application Form and/or a credit of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST, in connection with the Open Offer, the Excess Application Facility or otherwise, should not distribute or send any of those documents nor transfer Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements in or into any jurisdiction where to do so would or might contravene local securities laws or regulations. If a copy of the Prospectus and/or an Open Offer Application Form and/or a credit of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST is received by any person in any such territory, or by his or her custodian, agent, nominee or trustee, he or she must not seek to apply for New Ordinary Shares in respect of the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility unless the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers determine that such action would not violate applicable legal or regulatory requirements. Any person (including, without limitation, custodians, agents, nominees and trustees) who does forward a copy of the Prospectus and/or an Open Offer Application Form and/or transfers Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements into any such territory, whether pursuant to a contractual or legal obligation or otherwise, should draw the attention of the recipient to the contents of these terms and conditions and specifically the contents of this paragraph 6.

Subject to paragraphs 6.2 to 6.6 below, any person (including, without limitation, custodians, agents, nominees and trustees) outside of the United Kingdom wishing to apply for New Ordinary Shares in respect of the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility must satisfy himself or herself as to the full observance of the applicable laws of any relevant territory, including obtaining any requisite governmental or other consents, observing any other requisite formalities and paying any issue, transfer or other taxes due in such territories.

The Company reserves the right to treat as invalid any application or purported application for New Ordinary Shares that appears to the Company or its agents to have been executed, effected or despatched from the United States or any other Excluded Territory or in a manner that may involve a breach of the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction or if the Company or its agents believe that the same may violate applicable legal or regulatory requirements or if it provides an address for delivery of the share certificates of New Ordinary Shares or in the case of a credit of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST, to a CREST member whose registered address would be, in the United States or any other Excluded Territory or any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom in which it would be unlawful to deliver such share certificates or make such a credit.

The attention of Overseas Shareholders is drawn to paragraphs 6.2 to 6.6 below.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Prospectus or the relevant Open Offer Application Form, the Company reserves the right to permit any person to apply for New Ordinary Shares in respect of the Open Offer and/or the Excess Application Facility if the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion, is satisfied that the transaction in question is exempt from, or not subject to, the legislation or regulations giving rise to the restrictions in question.

Overseas Shareholders who wish, and are permitted, to apply for New Ordinary Shares should note that payment must be made in sterling denominated cheques or bankers' drafts or where such Overseas Shareholder is a Qualifying CREST Shareholder, through CREST.

Due to restrictions under the securities laws of the United States and the other Excluded Territories, Shareholders in the United States or who have registered addresses in, or who are US Persons or who are resident or ordinarily resident in, or citizens of (as applicable), any other Excluded Territory will not qualify to participate in the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility and will not be sent an Open Offer Application Form nor will their stock accounts in CREST be credited with Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements.

The Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the relevant laws of the United States or any other Excluded Territory or any state, province or territory thereof and may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States or any other Excluded Territory or to, or for the account or benefit of, any US Person or any person with a registered address in, or who is resident or ordinarily resident in, or a citizen of, any Excluded Territory except pursuant to an applicable exemption.

No public offer of New Ordinary Shares is being made by virtue of the Prospectus or the Open Offer Application Forms into the United States or any other Excluded Territory.

Receipt of the Prospectus and/or an Open Offer Application Form and/or a credit of an Open Offer Entitlement or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST will not constitute an invitation or offer of securities for subscription, sale or purchase in those jurisdictions in which it would be illegal to make such an invitation or offer and, in those circumstances, the Prospectus and/or the Open Offer Application Form must be treated as sent for information only and should not be copied or redistributed.

6.2 The United States

The New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may be offered, sold, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred, distributed or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States or to US Persons only in transactions that are exempt from, or not subject to, registration under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. There will be no public offer of the New Ordinary Shares or Existing Shares in the United States.

Accordingly, the Open Offer is not being made in the United States or to US Persons and none of the Prospectus, the Open Offer Application Form nor the crediting of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements to a stock account in CREST constitutes or will constitute an offer, or an invitation to apply for, or an offer or invitation to acquire any New Ordinary Shares in connection with the Open Offer in the United States. The Prospectus will not be sent to any Shareholder with a registered address or who is otherwise located in the United States.

Any person who acquires New Ordinary Shares in connection with the Open Offer will be deemed to have declared, warranted and agreed, by accepting delivery of the Prospectus and/or the Open Offer Application Form or by applying for New Ordinary Shares in respect of Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements credited to a stock account in CREST and delivery of the New Ordinary Shares or Excess Shares, that: (1) they are not a US Person or acquiring the New Ordinary Shares for the account or benefit of a US Person, and; (2) they are not applying for the New Ordinary Shares with a view to the offer, sale, resale, transfer, delivery or distribution, directly or indirectly, of any New Ordinary Shares into the United States.

The Company reserves the right to treat as invalid any Open Offer Application Form that appears to the Company or its agents to have been executed in or despatched from the United States, or that provides an address in the United States for the acceptance of the Open Offer, or where the Company believes such acceptance may infringe applicable legal or regulatory requirements. The Company will not be bound to allot or issue any New Ordinary Shares to any person or to any person who is acting on behalf of, or for the account or benefit of, any person on a non-discretionary basis with an address in, or who is otherwise located in, the United States or who is a US Person in whose favour an Open Offer Application Form or any New Ordinary Shares may be transferred. In addition, the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers reserve the right to reject any many-to-many instruction sent by or on behalf of any CREST Member with a registered address or who is otherwise located in the United States in respect of New Ordinary Shares or who does not make the above warranty. Any payment made in respect of Open Offer Application Forms under any of these circumstances will be returned without interest.

6.3 Excluded Territories

Due to restrictions under the securities laws of the Excluded Territories, Shareholders who have a registered address in, or who are resident or ordinarily resident in, or citizens of, any Excluded Territory, will not qualify to participate in the Open Offer or under the Excess Application Facility and will not be sent an Open Offer Application Form nor will their stock accounts in CREST be credited with Open Offer Entitlements or Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements.

The Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the relevant laws of any Excluded Territory or any state, province or territory thereof and may not be offered, sold, resold, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, in or into any Excluded Territory or to, or for the account or benefit of, any person with a registered address in, or who is resident or ordinarily resident in, or a citizen of, any Excluded Territory except pursuant to an applicable exemption.

No offer of New Ordinary Shares or Excess Shares is being made by virtue of the Prospectus or the Open Offer Application Forms into any Excluded Territory.

6.4 Overseas territories other than Excluded Territories

Open Offer Application Forms will be sent to Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders and Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements will be credited to the stock account in CREST of Qualifying CREST Shareholders. Qualifying Shareholders in jurisdictions other than the United States or the other Excluded Territories may, subject to the laws of their relevant jurisdiction, take up New Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer or the Excess Application Facility in accordance with the instructions set out in this Prospectus and the Open Offer Application Form. Qualifying Shareholders who have registered addresses in, or who are resident or ordinarily resident in, or citizens of, countries other than the United Kingdom should, however, consult appropriate professional advisers as to whether they require any governmental or other consents or need to observe any further formalities to enable them to apply for any New Ordinary Shares in respect of the Open Offer or any Excess Shares under the Excess Application Facility.

6.5 Representations and warranties relating to Overseas Shareholders

(a) Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders

Any person completing and returning an Open Offer Application Form or requesting registration of the New Ordinary Shares represents and warrants to the Company, the Joint Financial Advisers, the Receiving Agent and the Registrar that, except where proof has been provided to the Company's satisfaction that such person's use of the Open Offer Application Form will not result in the contravention of any applicable legal requirements in any jurisdiction: (i) such person is not requesting registration of the relevant New Ordinary Shares from within the United States or any other Excluded Territory; (ii) such person is not a US Person; (iii) such person is not in any territory in which it is unlawful to make or accept an offer to acquire New Ordinary Shares in respect of the Open Offer or Excess Application Facility or to use the Open Offer Application Form in any manner in which such person has used or will use it; (iv) such person is not acting for the account or benefit of a US Person or for a person located within any other Excluded Territory (except as agreed with the Company) or any territory referred to in (iii) above at the time the instruction to accept was given; and (v) such person is not acquiring New Ordinary Shares with a view to the offer, sale, resale, transfer, delivery or distribution, directly or indirectly, of any such New Ordinary Shares into any of the above territories. The Company, the Receiving Agent and/or the Registrar may treat as invalid any acceptance or purported acceptance of the allotment of New Ordinary Shares comprised in an Open Offer Application Form or of Excess Shares under the Excess Application Facility if it:

  • (i) appears to the Company or its agents to have been executed, effected or despatched from the United States or any other Excluded Territory or in a manner that may involve a breach of the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction or if the Company or its agents believe that the same may violate applicable legal or regulatory requirements;
  • (ii) provides an address in the United States or any other Excluded Territory for delivery of the share certificates of New Ordinary Shares (or any other jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom in which it would be unlawful to deliver such share certificates); or
  • (iii) purports to exclude the warranty required by this sub-paragraph (a).

(b) Qualifying CREST Shareholders

A CREST member or CREST sponsored member who makes a valid acceptance in accordance with the procedures set out in these terms and conditions represents and warrants to the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers that, except where proof has been provided to the Company's satisfaction, such person's acceptance will not result in the contravention of any applicable legal requirement in any jurisdiction: (i) he or she is not accepting within the United States or any other Excluded Territory; (ii) he or she is not a US Person; (iii) he or she is not accepting in any territory in which it is unlawful to make or accept an offer to acquire New Ordinary Shares; (iv) he or she is not accepting for the account or benefit of a US Person or for a person located within any Excluded Territory (except as otherwise agreed with the Company) or any territory referred to in (iii) above at the time the instruction to accept was given; and (v) he or she is not acquiring any New Ordinary Shares with a view to the offer, sale, resale, transfer, delivery or distribution, directly or indirectly, of any such New Ordinary Shares into any of the above territories.

6.6 Waiver

The provisions of this paragraph 6 and of any other terms of the Open Offer and the Excess Application Facility relating to Overseas Shareholders may be waived, varied or modified as regards specific Shareholders or on a general basis by the Company and the Joint Financial Advisers in their absolute discretion. Subject to this, the provisions of this paragraph 6 supersede any terms of the Open Offer and the Excess Application Facility inconsistent herewith. References in this paragraph 6 to Shareholders shall include references to the person or persons executing an Open Offer Application Form and, in the event of more than one person executing an Open Offer Application Form, the provisions of this paragraph 6 shall apply to them jointly and to each of them.

7. ADMISSION, SETTLEMENT AND DEALINGS

The result of the Open Offer is expected to be announced on 11 May 2017. Applications will be made to the FCA for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to the premium segment of the Official List and to the London Stock Exchange for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market for listed securities. It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares, fully paid, will commence at 8:00 a.m. on 15 May 2017.

Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements held in CREST are expected to be disabled in all respects after 11:00 a.m. on 10 May 2017 (the latest date for applications under the Open Offer). If the condition(s) to the Open Offer described above are satisfied, New Ordinary Shares will be issued in uncertificated form to those persons who submitted a valid application for New Ordinary Shares by utilising the CREST application procedures and whose applications have been accepted by the Company. The stock accounts to be credited will be accounts under the same CREST participant IDs and CREST member account IDs in respect of which the USE Instruction was given.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Prospectus, the Company reserves the right to send Qualifying CREST Shareholders an Open Offer Application Form instead of crediting the relevant stock account with Open Offer Entitlements and Excess CREST Open Offer Entitlements, and to allot and/or issue any New Ordinary Shares in certificated form. In normal circumstances, this right is only likely to be exercised in the event of any interruption, failure or breakdown of CREST (or of any part of CREST) or on the part of the facilities and/or systems operated by the Registrar in connection with CREST.

For Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders who have applied by using an Open Offer Application Form, share certificates in respect of the New Ordinary Shares validly applied for are expected to be despatched by post in the week commencing 22 May 2017. No temporary documents of title will be issued and, pending the issue of definitive certificates, transfers will be certified against the UK share register of the Company. All documents or remittances sent by or to applicants, or as they may direct, will be sent through the post at their own risk. For more information as to the procedure for application, Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders are referred to paragraph 4.1 above and their respective Open Offer Application Form.

8. TIMES AND DATES

The Company shall, in agreement with the Joint Financial Advisers and after consultation with its financial and legal advisers, be entitled to amend the dates that Open Offer Application Forms are despatched or amend or extend the latest date for acceptance under the Open Offer and all related dates set out in this Prospectus and in such circumstances shall notify the FCA and make an announcement on a Regulatory Information Service and, if appropriate, notify Shareholders (but Qualifying Shareholders may not receive any further written communication). If a supplementary document is issued by the Company two or fewer Business Days prior to the latest time and date for acceptance and payment in full under the Open Offer specified in this Prospectus, the latest date for acceptance under the Open Offer shall be extended to the date that is three Business Days after the date of issue of the supplementary document (and the dates and times of principal events due to take place following such date shall be extended accordingly).

9. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

The terms and conditions of the Open Offer as set out in this Prospectus, the Open Offer Application Form and any non-contractual obligation arising out of or in connection therewith shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law. The courts of England and Wales are to have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute which may arise out of or in connection with the Open Offer, this Prospectus or the Open Offer Application Form. By taking up New Ordinary Shares in accordance with the instructions set out in this Prospectus and, where applicable, the Open Offer Application Form, Qualifying Shareholders irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales and waive any objection to proceedings in any such court on the ground of venue or on the ground that proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum.

10. FURTHER INFORMATION

Your attention is drawn to the further information set out in the Prospectus and also, in the case of Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders and other Qualifying Shareholders to whom the Company has sent Open Offer Application Forms, to the terms, conditions and other information printed on the accompanying Open Offer Application Form.

PART 13

DEFINED TERMS

"2016 Tap Issue" the issue of 75,757,576 Ordinary Shares on 18 October 2016
at a price per Ordinary Share of 132 pence;
"Adjusted Earnings" post tax earnings attributable to Shareholders, adjusted to
include
licence
fees
receivable
on
forward
funded
development assets and to remove capitalised interest costs
and other earnings not supported by cash flows;
"Administration Agreement" the administration agreement dated 18 November 2013
between the Company and the Administrator, as detailed in
paragraph 12.11 of Part 9 of this Prospectus;
"Administrator" Capita Sinclair Henderson Limited (company number
02056193);
"Admission" the admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the Official List
and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's main market
for listed securities becoming effective;
"AlF" an alternative investment fund within the meaning of AIFMD;
"AIFM" an alternative investment fund manager within the meaning of
AIFMD;
"AIFMD" Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund
Managers;
"Akur" Akur Limited (company number 07366922);
"Amazon" Amazon UK Services Ltd (company number 03223028);
"Amazon Big Box" the freehold property known as the Amazon distribution
centre,
Barton
Business
Park,
Burton-upon-Trent,
Staffordshire;
"Argos" Argos Limited (company number 01081551);
"Argos Big Box" the
freehold
property
known
as
Unit
P4,
Heywood
Distribution, Pilsworth Road, Heywood, Rochdale;
"Argos Burton Big Box" the freehold property known as the Argos national distribution
centre,
Barton
Business
Park,
Burton-upon-Trent,
Staffordshire;
"Articles" the articles of association of the Company adopted by special
resolution on 15 April 2015;
"Auditor" BDO LLP (partnership number 0C305127);
"Baljean" Baljean Properties Limited (Isle of Man registered number
005393V), a wholly owned subsidiary of TBBRH2;
"Barclays" or "Barclays Bank" Barclays Bank PLC (company number 01026167);
"Basic NAV" or "Basic Net Asset
Value"
the value, as at any date, of the assets of the Company after
deduction of all liabilities determined in accordance with the
accounting policies adopted by the Company from time to
time;
"Big Box" a "Big Box" property or asset refers to a specific sub-segment
of the logistics sector of the real-estate market, relating to
very large logistics warehouses (each with typically over
500,000 sq. ft. of floor area) with the primary function of
holding and distributing finished goods, either downstream in
the supply chain or direct to consumers, and typically having
the following characteristics: generally a modern constructed
building with eaves height exceeding 12 metres; let on long
leases with institutional-grade tenants; with regular, upward
only rental reviews; having a prime geographical position to
allow both efficient stocking (generally with close links to sea
ports or rail freight hubs) and efficient downstream
distribution; and typically with sophisticated automation
systems or a highly bespoke fit out;
"Board" the directors of the Company from time to time;
"Brake Bros" Brake Bros Limited (company number 02035315);
"Brake Bros Bristol Big Box" the freehold property known as the distribution centre,
Portbury Way, Portbury, Bristol, BS20 7XN;
"Brake Bros Harlow Big Box" the freehold property known as the distribution centre, Ash
Industrial Estate, Flex Meadow, Harlow CM19 5JT;
"Business Day" a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day when banks
in the City of London, England are not generally open for
business;
"B&Q" B&Q plc (company number 00973387);
"B&Q Big Box" the
leasehold
property
known
as
B&Q
Distribution
Warehouse, Retford Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire
S80 2RZ;
"Canada Life Borrowers" SPV 24, SPV 26 and SPV 28;
"Canada Life Facility
Agreement"
the facility agreement dated 3 August 2016, a summary of
which is set out in paragraph 12.3 of Part 9;
"Canada Life Properties" the DSG Big Box, the Howdens Big Box and the Brake Bros
Bristol Big Box;
"Capita" or "Capita Asset
Services"
a trading name of Capita Registrars Limited (company
number 2605568);
"CBRE" CBRE Limited (company number 03536032);
"Circular" the circular sent to the Shareholders by the Company
containing notice of the General Meeting dated 24 April 2017;
"City Code" the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers;
"CL Fixed Rate" 2.64 per cent. per annum;
"Click Peterborough S.à r.l." Click
Peterborough
S.à r.l."
(Luxembourg
registered
number 310194), a wholly owned subsidiary of SPV 31;
"Companies Act" the Companies Act 2006, as amended from time to time;
"Company" Tritax Big Box REIT plc (company number 8215888);
"Company Secretarial
Agreement"
the company secretarial agreement dated 1 March 2015
between the Company and the Company Secretary, as
further detailed in paragraph 12.14 of Part 9 of this
Prospectus;
"Company Secretary" the Manager;
"CPI" consumer price index, a measure that examines the weighted
average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and
services, such as transportation, food and medical care as
calculated on a monthly basis by the Office of National
Statistics;
"Co-op" Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited (an industrial and
provident society registered under number IP00525R);
"Co-op Big Box" the freehold property known as land and buildings on the
north side of Oliver Road and Plot 2, Thurrock Commercial
Park, Thurrock, Essex;
"Corporate Governance Code" the revised UK Corporate Governance Code (formerly the
Combined Code) containing the principles of good Corporate
Governance and Code of Best Practice published in April
2016 by the Financial Reporting Council;
"CREST" the computerised settlement system operated by Euroclear
which facilitates the transfer of title to shares in uncertified
form;
"CREST Manual" the compendium of documents entitled "CREST Manual"
issued by Euroclear from time to time comprising the CREST
Reference Manual, the CREST Central Counterparty Service
Manual, the CREST International Manual, CREST Rules,
CCSS Operations Manual and the CREST Glossary of
Terms;
"CREST Regulations" Uncertificated
Securities
Regulations
2001
(SI No.2001/3755);
"CTA 2010" the Corporation Tax Act 2010 and any statutory modification
or reenactment thereof for the time being in force;
"Depositary" Langham Hall UK Depositary LLP (partnership number
OC388007);
"Depositary Agreement" the depositary agreement dated 20 May 2014 between the
alternative investment funds (set out therein), the Manager
and Langham Hall UK LLP, which was novated to Langham
Hall UK Depositary LLP pursuant to a novation agreement
dated 6 May 2015;
"DHL" DHL Supply Chain Limited (company number 00528867);
"DHL Langley Big Box" the freehold property known as DHL Distribution Centre at
Access, 26 Enterprise Way, Langley, Nottingham;
"DHL Langley Facility
Agreement"
the facility agreement relating to DHL Langley Big Box dated
13 November 2014, a summary of which is set out in
paragraph 12.6 of Part 9 of this Prospectus;
"DHL Properties" DHL Langley Big Box and DHL Skelmersdale Big Box;
"DHL Skelmersdale Big Box" the freehold property known as the DHL Distribution Centre at
Firswood Road, Lathom, Skelmersdale;
"DHL Skelmersdale Facility
Agreement"
the facility agreement relating to the DHL Skelmersdale Big
Box dated 17 November 2014, a summary of which is set out
in paragraph 12.7 of Part 9 of this Prospectus;
"Directors" the directors of the Company as of the date of this
Prospectus, being Richard Jewson, Jim Prower, Mark Shaw,
Stephen Smith and Susanne Given;
"Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules"
the disclosure guidance and transparency rules of the FCA;
"DSG Big Box" the freehold property known as the DSG Distribution Centre,
Newlink Business Park, Newark, Nottinghamshire;
"DSG Retail" DSG Retail Limited (company number 00504877);
"Dunelm" Dunelm (Soft Furnishings) Limited (company number
02129238);
"Dunelm Big Box" the freehold property known as DC1, Prologis Park, Sideway
Park, Stoke-on-Trent as a distribution warehouse;
"EPRA" European Public Real Estate Association;
"EPRA NAV" or "EPRA Net
Asset Value"
the Basic Net Asset Value adjusted to meet EPRA
requirements by excluding the impact of any fair value
adjustments to debt and related derivatives, and reflecting the
diluted number of Ordinary Shares in issue;
"ERISA" the US Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time;
"EU" the European Union;
"Euro Car Parts" Euro Car Parts Limited (company number 02680212);
"Euro Car Parts Big Box" the leasehold property known as Plot 3, Phase 2, Birch
Coppice, Dordon, Tamworth;
"Euroclear" Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited, being the operator of CREST;
"Excess Application Facility" New Ordinary Shares that are not taken up by Qualifying
Shareholders under the Open Offer pursuant to their Open
Offer Entitlements and fractional entitlements under the Open
Offer;
"Excess Applications" applications made under the Excess Application Facility;
"Excess CREST Open Offer
Entitlements"
in respect of each existing CREST Shareholder, the
entitlement (in addition to their Open Offer Entitlement) to
apply for Shares using CREST pursuant to the Excess
Application Facility;
"Excess Shares" New Ordinary Shares which are not taken up by Qualifying
Shareholders pursuant to their Open Offer Entitlements and
are available to other Qualifying Shareholders, together with
fractional entitlements under the Open Offer;
"Excluded Shareholders" Shareholders with a registered address in or who are located
in one of the Excluded Territories;
"Excluded Territories" each an
"Excluded Territory"
the United States, Canada, Australia, the Republic of South
Africa, New Zealand or Japan and any other jurisdiction
where the extension or availability of the Issue would breach
any applicable law;
"Existing Shares" Ordinary Shares existing at the Record Date;
"FATCA" the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act;
"FCA" the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (or any
successor entity or entities);
"Fee Share Issue" has the meaning given on page 46 of this Prospectus;
"FSMA" the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, as amended
from time to time;
"FTSE Tenant" any tenant which is, or whose parent company is, at the time
of investment, included in the FTSE 350 or within the top
350 companies included in any non-UK index which is, in the
reasonable opinion of the Board, comparable to FTSE;
"General Meeting" the general meeting of the Company to be held at 9.00 a.m.
on 11 May 2017 at the offices of Taylor Wessing at 5 New
Street Square, London EC4A 3TW;
"Gestamp Forward Funded
Development"
a forward funded development of a new logistics facility and
headquarters known as Four Ashes, Wolverhampton;
"Gross Proceeds" the gross proceeds of the Issue;
"Hachette" Hachette UK Limited (company number 02020173);
"Hachette Forward Funded
Development"
a forward funded development of a new distribution centre at
Signa Park, Didcot, Oxfordshire;
"Helaba" Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, London Branch
(company number FC010509);
"HGV" heavy goods vehicle;
"HMRC" HM Revenue and Customs;
"Howdens" Howden Joinery Group Plc (company number 02128710);
"Howdens Big Box" the freehold property known as Plot 5, Warth Park, Raunds,
Northamptonshire as a distribution warehouse;
"Howdens Forward Funded
Developments"
a forward funded development of distribution warehouse
facilities at Plots 6A and 6B, Warth Park, Raunds,
Northamptonshire;
"IFRS" International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by
the European Union;
"Institutional-Grade Tenants" tenants of sufficient size and stature that they merit attention
by large national or international investors;
"Intermediaries" the entities listed in paragraph 14 of Part 9 of this document
together with any other intermediary (if any) that is appointed
by Jefferies after the date of this Prospectus;
"Intermediaries Booklet" the booklet entitled "Tritax Big Box REIT plc Share Offer
Information for Intermediaries" and containing, among other
things, the Intermediaries Terms and Conditions;
"Intermediaries Terms and
Conditions"
the terms and conditions agreed between Jefferies and the
Intermediaries in relation to the Offer for Subscription an
contained in the Intermediaries Booklet;
"Investment Adviser" Tritax Securities LLP (partnership number 0C326501);
"Investment Advisory
Agreement"
the investment advisory agreement dated 18 November 2013
between the Company and the Investment Adviser, which
was terminated by a deed of termination effective 2 July
2014;
"Investment Company Act" the US Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from
time to time;
"Investment Management
Agreement"
the investment management agreement dated 2 July 2014
entered into between the Company and the Manager as
amended or supplemented from time to time;
"Investment Objective" the investment objective of the Company as detailed in
paragraph 5 of Part 1 of this Prospectus;
"Investment Policy" the investment policy of the Company as detailed in
paragraph 6 of Part 1 of this Prospectus;
"Investment Team" the investment team for the REIT Group as at the date of this
Prospectus, comprising Mark Shaw, Colin Godfrey, James
Dunlop, Bjorn Hobart, Henry Franklin and Petrina Austin, who
manage the Company through the Manager and whose
biographies are set out in paragraph 2.2 of Part 4 of this
Prospectus;
"IPO" the admission of the share capital of the Company to trading
on the Specialist Fund Market and on the Channel Islands
Securities Exchange and to listing on the Channel Islands
Securities Exchange on 9 December 2013;
"IRR" internal rate of return;
"ISA" individual savings account;
"Issue" the Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription;
"Issue Price" 136 pence per New Ordinary Share;
"Jefferies" Jefferies International Limited (company number 01978621);
"Joint Financial Advisers" Akur and Jefferies (acting in their capacity as joint financial
advisers to the Company);
"Kellogg's" Kellogg Company of Great Britain Limited (company number
00199171);
"Kellogg's Big Box" the freehold property known as the Kellogg's distribution
facility, Trafford Park, Manchester;
"Knight Frank Management
Agreement"
the management agreement between the Manager and
Knight Frank LLP dated 1 October 2014;
"Kuehne & Nagel" Kuehne & Nagel Limited (company number 01722216);
"Kuehne & Nagel Big Box" the freehold property known as Hays Distribution Unit, Dove
Valley Park, Foston, Derby;
"LIBOR" London Interbank Offered Rate;
"Listing Rules" the listing rules made by the UK Listing Authority under
section 73A of FSMA;
"London Stock Exchange" London Stock Exchange plc;
"L'Oréal" L'Oréal (UK) Limited (company number 00271555);
"L'Oréal Big Box" the freehold property known as Unit A Electric Park, Trafford
Park, Manchester;
"MAR" Market Abuse Regulation (Regulation (EU) 596/2014);
"Marks & Spencer" Marks and Spencer Group plc (company number 4256886);
"Matalan Big Box" the leasehold property known as the Matalan Northern
Distribution Warehouse, Acornfield Road, Knowsley Business
Park, Liverpool L33 7UF;
"M&S Big Box" the freehold property known as Unit 2, East Midland
Distribution Centre, Castle Donington, Leicestershire;
"Manager" Tritax Management LLP (partnership number 0C326500);
"Manager's Statements" the statements contained in this Prospectus which begin with
or contain the words "the Manager believes", "the Manager
anticipates", "the Manager expects", "the Manager's belief",
"the Manager's view", "the Manager intends", "the belief of the
Manager", "the opinion of the Manager", "the Manager's
opinion" or "the intention of the Manager" or other variations
or comparable terminology;
"Maximum Excess Application
Number"
the maximum number of Shares to be allotted under the
Excess Application Facility;
"Member States" those states which are members of the EU from time to time;
"Money Laundering
Regulations"
the UK Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2157)
and any other applicable anti-money laundering guidance,
regulations or legislation;
"Morrisons" Wm
Morrisons
Supermarkets
plc
(company
number
00358949);
"Morrisons Big Box" the leasehold property known as Morrisons South East
Regional Distribution Centre, Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 2FD;
"Net Initial Yield" the annual rent from a property divided by the combined total
of its acquisition price and expenses;
"Net Proceeds" the aggregate value of all of the New Ordinary Shares issued
pursuant to the Issue less expenses relating to the Issue;
"New Look" New Look Retailers Limited (company number 01618428);
"New Look Big Box" the freehold property known as Warehouse Premises at
Lymedale
Business
Park,
Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Staffordshire;
"New Ordinary Shares" the new Ordinary Shares to be issued under the Issue;
"Next" Next Group plc (company number 00035161);
"Next Big Box" the freehold property known as Next Distribution Centre,
Westmoor Park, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN3 3FF;
"Nice-Pak" Nice-Pak International Limited (company number 02119397);
"Nice-Pak Big Box" the freehold property known as Nice-Pak International
warehouse and production facility, Westwood Park Drive,
Wigan WN3 4HE as a distribution warehouse and production
facility;
"Non-PID Dividend" a dividend received by a shareholder of the principal
company that is not a PID;
"Non-Qualified Holder" has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph 7.5 (c)(i) of Part 9
of this Prospectus;
"Ocado" Ocado Holdings Limited (company number 07148670);
"Ocado Big Box" the freehold property known as "Crossdox", Bronze Age Way,
Erith, Kent as a distribution unit;
"Ocado Facility Agreement" the facility agreement dated 13 July 2015, a summary of
which is set out in paragraph 12.5 of Part 9 of this
Prospectus;
"Offer for Subscription" the offer for subscription of New Ordinary Shares at the Issue
Price on the terms set out in this Prospectus;
"Offer for Subscription
Application Form"
the application form attached to this Prospectus for use in
connection with the Offer for Subscription;
"Official List" the official list maintained by the FCA;
"Open Offer" the offer to Qualifying Shareholders, constituting an invitation
to apply for New Ordinary Shares under the Issue, on the
terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Prospectus
and in the case of Qualifying Non-CREST Shareholders only,
the Open Offer Application Form;
"Open Offer Application Form" the personalised application form on which Qualifying
Non-CREST Shareholders may apply for New Ordinary
Shares under the Open Offer;
"Open Offer Entitlement" the entitlement of Qualifying Shareholders to apply for New
Ordinary Shares under the Open Offer as set out in Part 12
of this Prospectus;
"Ordinary Shares" ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of the Company;
"Overseas Shareholders" save as otherwise determined by the Directors, Shareholders
who are resident in, or citizens, residents or nationals of,
jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom;
"PGIM Borrowers" SPV 32, SPV 33, SPV 34 and SPV 35;
"PGIM Facility Agreement" the facility agreement dated 28 February 2017, a summary of
which is set out in paragraph 12.2 of Part 9 of this
Prospectus;
"PGIM Fixed Rate" 2.54 per cent. per annum;
"PGIM Properties" the Screwfix Forward Funded Development, the Whirlpool
Big Box, the Euro Car Parts Big Box and the Co-op Big Box;
in respect of the profits or gains of a non-UK resident member
of the REIT Group insofar as they derive from their
UK Property Rental Business;
"Placee" a placee under the Placing;
"Placing" the conditional placing of New Ordinary Shares by Jefferies at
the Issue Price as described in this Prospectus;
"Placing Agreement" the placing agreement between the Company, the Manager,
Jefferies and Akur dated 24 April 2017;
"Portfolio" the investment portfolio of the Company, as set out in Part 2
of this Prospectus (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,
the Howdens Forward Funded Developments);
"Property Management and
Services Agreement"
the property management and services agreement dated
18 November 2013 between the Company and the Manager,
which was replaced in its entirety by the Investment
Management Agreement effective 2 July 2014;
"Property Rental Business" the qualifying property rental business in the UK and
elsewhere of UK resident companies within a REIT and
non-UK resident companies within a REIT with a UK
qualifying property rental business;
"Prospectus Directive" the EU Prospectus Directive 2003/71/EC;
"Prospectus Rules" the prospectus rules made by the FCA under section 73A of
FSMA;
"Qualifying CREST
Shareholders"
Qualifying Shareholders holding Existing Shares in CREST;
"Qualifying Non-CREST
Shareholders"
Qualifying Shareholders holding Existing Shares in certified
form;
"Qualifying Shareholders" holders of Existing Shares on the register of members of the
Company
at
the
Record
Date
other
than
Excluded
Shareholders;
"Qualifying Property Rental
Business"
a qualifying rental business fulfilling the conditions in
section 529 of the CTA 2010;
"Qualified Purchaser" has the meaning given to it in section 2(a)(51) of the
Investment Company Act and the rules thereunder;
"Receiving Agent" Capita Asset Services, in its capacity as the Company's
receiving agent, pursuant to the Receiving Agent Agreement;
"Receiving Agent Agreement" the receiving agent agreement between the Company and
the Receiving Agent, a summary of which is set out in
paragraph 12.13 of Part 9 of this Prospectus;
"Record Date" the close of business on 20 April 2017;
"REIT" a real estate investment trust to which Part 12 of the CTA
2010 applies;
"REIT Group" the Company and all of its subsidiary undertakings;
"Register" the register of members of the Company;
"Registrar" Capita Asset Services, in its capacity as the Company's
registrar, pursuant to the Registrar Agreement;
"Registrar Agreement" the registrar agreement dated 18 November 2013 between
the Company and the Registrar, a summary of which is set
out in paragraph 12.12 of Part 9 of this Prospectus;
"Regulation S" Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act;
"Relevant Member State" a member state of the European Economic Area which has
implemented the Prospectus Directive;
"Resolutions" the resolutions contained in the Circular to be voted on by
Shareholders at the General Meeting;
"RIS" or "Regulatory
Information Service"
a service authorised by the UK Listing Authority to release
regulatory announcements to the London Stock Exchange;
"Rolls-Royce" Rolls-Royce
Motor
Cars
Limited
(company
number
03522604);
"Rolls-Royce Big Boxes" the freehold property known as Units 1 and 2, Rolls-Royce
Technology and Logistics Centre, Newlands Road, Bognor
Regis PO22 9FJ;
"RPI" retail price index, an inflationary indicator that measures the
change in the cost of a fixed basket of retail goods as
calculated on a monthly basis by the Office of National
Statistics;
"Residual Business" residual business as defined in Part 9 of this Prospectus;
"Sainsbury's" Sainsbury's
Supermarkets
Limited
(company
number
NF003339);
"Sainsbury's Big Box" the freehold property known as Sainsbury's Supermarkets
Limited's distribution warehouse, 2 Bishopdyke Road,
Sherburn-in-Elmet, Leeds LS25 6LH;
"Screwfix" Screwfix Direct Limited (company number 03006378);
"Screwfix Forward Funded
Development"
a forward funded development known as DC1, Fradley Park,
Fradley, Staffordshire;
"SDLT" stamp duty land tax;
"Service Level Agreement" the service level agreement dated 20 December 2016
entered into between the Company and the Manager as
amended or supplemented from time to time;
"SG Commercial" SG Commercial LLP (partnership number OC326498);
"Share Issuance Programme" the share issuance programme which opened on 8 July 2014
and closed on 7 July 2015, pursuant to which the Company
had the authority to issue up to 350,000,000 Ordinary Shares;
"Shareholders" the holders of Ordinary Shares;
"SIPP" a self-invested personal pension as defined in Regulation 3 of
the UK Retirement Benefits Schemes (Restriction on
Discretion to Approve) (Permitted Investments) Regulations
2001;
"Specialist Fund Market" the Specialist Fund Market of the London Stock Exchange;
"SPV 2" Tritax REIT Acquisition 2 Limited (Jersey registered number
114528), a wholly owned subsidiary of TBBRH2;
"SPV 2 Ltd" Tritax Acquisition 2 (SPV) Limited (Jersey registered number
114529), a wholly owned subsidiary of TBBRH2;
"SPV 6 Ltd" Sonoma Ventures Limited (British Virgin Islands registered
number 1637663), a wholly owned subsidiary of TBBRH2;
"SPV 8" Tritax
REIT Acquisition
8
Limited
(company
number
9155993), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 8 Ltd" Tritax Acquisition 8 Limited (company number 9155993), a
wholly owned subsidiary of SPV 8;
"SPV 9" Tritax
REIT Acquisition
9
Limited
(company
number
9155999), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 9 Ltd" Tritax Acquisition 9 Limited (Jersey registered number
116372), a wholly owned subsidiary of SPV 9;
"SPV 15 Ltd" Tritax Worksop Limited (British Virgin Islands registered
number 1066320), a wholly owned subsidiary of TBBRH2;
"SPV 16" Tritax REIT Acquisition 16 Limited (company number
9338152), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 16 Ltd" Tritax Acquisition 16 Limited (Jersey registered number
117283), a wholly owned subsidiary of SPV 16;
"SPV 19 Ltd" Tritax Harlow Limited (Guernsey company number 53795), a
wholly owned subsidiary of TBBRH2;
"SPV 24" Tritax Acquisition 24 Limited (Jersey registered number
119188), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 25" Tritax Knowsley Limited (company number 113894C),
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 26" Tritax Portbury Limited (Jersey registered number 120653), a
wholly owned subsidiary of THCLD;
"SPV 27" Tritax Burton Upon Trent Limited (BVI Registered 1035960),
a wholly owned subsidiary of TBBRH2;
"SPV 28" Tritax Newark Limited (Jersey Registered 121153), a wholly
owned subsidiary of THCLD;
"SPV 29" Tritax Acquisition 28 Limited (Jersey Registered 121371), a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 30" Tritax Merlin 310 Trafford Park Limited (Jersey Registered
121849), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 31" Tritax Peterborough Limited (Jersey Registered 121797), a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 32" Tritax West Thurrock Limited (Jersey Registered 122130),
a wholly owned subsidiary of THPD;
"SPV 33" Tritax Tamworth Limited (Jersey Registered 122204),
a wholly owned subsidiary of THPD;
"SPV 34" Tritax Acquisition 34 Limited (Jersey Registered 122205), a
wholly owned subsidiary of THPD;
"SPV 35" Tritax Acquisition 35 Limited (Jersey Registered 122320),
a wholly owned subsidiary of THPD;
"SPV 36" Tritax Acquisition 36 Limited (Jersey Registered 122726), a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 37" Tritax Acquisition 37 Limited (Jersey Registered 122944),
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 38" Tritax Acquisition 38 Limited (Jersey Registered 123042),
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"SPV 39" Tritax Holdings PGIM Debt Limited (Jersey Registered
123071), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"sq. ft." square foot or square feet, as the context may require;
"SSAS" a small self-administered scheme as defined in Regulation 2
of the UK Retirement Benefits Schemes (Restriction on
Discretion to Approve) (Small Self-Administered Schemes)
Regulations 1991;
"Substantial Shareholder" a substantial shareholder as defined in paragraph 7.11 of
Part 9 of this Prospectus;
"Substantial Shareholding" a substantial shareholding as defined in paragraph 7.11 of
Part 9 of this Prospectus;
"Syndicated Facility Agreement" the syndicated facility agreement dated 2 October 2015, a
summary of which is set out in paragraph 12.4 of Part 9 of this
Prospectus;
"Tax-Exempt Business" the Qualifying Property Rental Business of the REIT Group;
"TBBRH1" TBBR Holdings 1 Limited (Jersey registered number 119069),
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"TBBRH2" TBBR Holdings 2 Limited (Jersey registered number 119070),
a wholly owned subsidiary of TBBRH1;
"Tesco" Tesco Stores Limited (company number NF003406);
"Tesco Chesterfield Big Box" the freehold property known as Tesco Distribution Centre,
Gander Land, Barlborough, Derbyshire S43 4PZ;
"Tesco Didcot Big Box" the freehold property known as Tesco Distribution Centre,
Southmead Industrial Estate, Didcot, Oxfordshire;
"Tesco Goole Big Box" the freehold and leasehold property known as Centreport,
Rawcliffe Road, Goole, Yorkshire;
"Tesco Stakehill Big Box" the freehold property known as Tesco Distribution Centre,
Stakehill Industrial Estate, Touchet Hall Road, Middleton,
Greater Manchester M24 2SJ;
"THCLD" Tritax Holdings CL Debt Limited (Jersey Registered 121690),
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company;
"The Range" CDS (Superstores International) Limited (company number
02699203);
"The Range Big Box" the freehold property known as "The Range", Nimbus Park,
Mount Pleasant Road, Thorne, Doncaster DN8 4HT;
"TK Maxx" TJX UK (company number 03094828);
"TK Maxx Big Box" the freehold property known as Trinity Farm, Knottingley,
Wakefield;
"Total Expense Ratio" the ratio of the REIT Group's total administration and
operating cash costs to its average net assets over the
period;
"Total Return" net total shareholder return, being the change in EPRA NAV
over the relevant period plus dividends paid;
"Tritax Assets" Tritax Assets LLP (partnership number 0C326499);
"Tritax Group" the existing Tritax corporate entities, including Tritax Assets,
the Manager and the associated companies and joint venture
vehicles they have acquired (but excluding the REIT Group);
"UK AIFMD Rules" the laws, rules and regulations implementing AIFMD in the
UK, including without limitation, the Alternative Investment
Fund Managers Regulations 2013 and the Investment Funds
sourcebook of the FCA;
"UKLA" or "UK Listing Authority" the FCA acting in its capacity as the UK Listing Authority;
"UK Money Laundering
Regulations"
the UK Money Laundering Regulations 2007, as amended;
"United Kingdom" or "UK" the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
"Unit Trust" the Sherburn RDC Unit Trust established in Jersey on
1 February 2011;
"United States" or "US" the United States of America, its territories and possessions,
any state of the United States of America and the District of
Columbia;
"USE" an Unmatched Stock Event;
"US CEA" the US Commodity Exchange Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time;
"US Exchange Act" the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as amended from
time to time;
"US Person" a US Person as defined in Regulation S;
"US Tax Code" the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time;
"Valuation Report" the report setting out the valuation of the Portfolio dated
24 April 2017 produced by CBRE, as set out in Part 8 of this
Prospectus;
"Whirlpool" Whirlpool
UK
Appliances
Limited
(company
number
00106725);
"Whirlpool Big Box" the freehold property known as Unit 30, Warth Park Way,
Raunds NN9 6NY;
"Wolseley" Wolseley UK Limited (company number 00636445); and
"Wolseley UK Big Box" the freehold property known as land to the west of Melmerby
Green Lane, Melmerby HG4 5GZ.

NOTES ON HOW TO COMPLETE THE OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION APPLICATION FORM

Applications should be returned to the Receiving Agent, Capita Asset Services Corporate Actions, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU, so as to be received no later than 11.00 a.m. (London time) on 10 May 2017.

HELP DESK: If you have a query concerning completion of this Offer for Subscription Application Form, please call Capita Asset Services on 0371 664 0321. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls outside the United Kingdom will be charged at the applicable international rate. The helpline is open between 9.00 a.m. – 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Please note that Capita Asset Services cannot provide any financial, legal or tax advice and calls may be recorded and monitored for security and training purposes.

1. APPLICATION

Fill in (in figures) in Box 1 the amount of money being subscribed for New Ordinary Shares (being the Issue Price of 136 pence multiplied by the number of New Ordinary Shares applied for). The amount being subscribed must be a minimum of 1,000 New Ordinary Shares and thereafter in multiples of 100 New Ordinary Shares. Financial intermediaries who are investing on behalf of clients should make separate applications or, if making a single application for more than one client, provide details of all clients in respect of whom application is made in order to benefit most favourably from any scaling back should this be required or to benefit most favourably from any commission arrangements.

2A HOLDER DETAILS

Fill in (in block capitals) the full name and address of each holder. Applications may only be made by persons aged 18 or over. In the case of joint holders, only the first named may bear a designation reference and the address given for the first named will be entered as the registered address for the holding on the share register and used for all future correspondence. A maximum of four joint holders is permitted. All holders named must sign the Offer for Subscription Application Form at Section 3.

2B CREST

If you wish your New Ordinary Shares to be deposited in a CREST Account in the name of the holders given in Section 2A, enter in Section 2B the details of that CREST Account. Where it is requested that New Ordinary Shares be deposited into a CREST Account, please note that payment for such New Ordinary Shares must be made prior to the day such New Ordinary Shares might be allotted and issued. It is not possible for an applicant to request that New Ordinary Shares be deposited in their CREST Account on an against payment basis. Any Offer for Subscription Application Form received containing such a request will be rejected.

3. SIGNATURE

All holders named in Section 2A must sign Section 3 and insert the date. The Offer for Subscription Application Form may be signed by another person on behalf of each holder if that person is duly authorised to do so under a power of attorney. The power of attorney (or a copy duly certified by a solicitor or a bank) must be enclosed for inspection (which originals will be returned by post at the addressee's risk). A corporation should sign under the hand of a duly authorised official whose representative capacity should be stated and a copy of a notice issued by the corporation authorising such person to sign should accompany the Offer for Subscription Application Form.

4. CHEQUE/BANKER'S DRAFT, PAYMENT

Payments must be made by cheque or banker's draft in Sterling drawn on a branch in the United Kingdom of a bank or building society which is either a member of the Cheque and Credit Clearing Company Limited or the CHAPS Clearing Company Limited or which has arranged for its cheques or banker's drafts to be cleared through the facilities provided for members of any of these companies. Such cheques or banker's drafts must bear the appropriate sort code in the top right hand corner. Cheques, which must be drawn on the personal account of the individual investor where they have a sole or joint title to the funds, should be made payable to "Capita Registrars Limited re: TBB REIT plc — 2017 OFS A/C". Third party cheques may not be accepted, with the exception of building society cheques or banker's drafts where the building society or bank has confirmed the name of the account holder by stamping and endorsing the cheque/banker's draft to such effect. The account name should be the same as that shown on the application.

5. RELIABLE INTRODUCER DECLARATION

Applications will be subject to the UK's verification of identity requirements. This will involve you providing the verification of identity documents listed in Section 6 of the Offer for Subscription Application Form UNLESS you can have the declaration provided at Section 5 of the Offer for Subscription Application Form given and signed by a firm acceptable to the Receiving Agent. In order to ensure your application is processed timely and efficiently all applicants are strongly advised to have the declaration provided in Section 5 of the Offer for Subscription Application Form completed and signed by a suitable firm.

6. IDENTITY INFORMATION

Applicants need only consider Section 6 of the Offer for Subscription Application Form if the declaration in Section 5 cannot be completed. Notwithstanding that the declaration in Section 5 has been completed and signed, the Receiving Agent reserves the right to request of you the identity documents listed in Section 6 and/or to seek verification of identity of each holder and payor (if necessary) from you or their bankers or from another reputable institution, agency or professional adviser in the applicable country of residence. If satisfactory evidence of identity has not been obtained within a reasonable time, your application might be rejected or revoked. Where certified copies of documents are provided, such copy documents should be certified by a senior signatory of a firm which is either a governmental approved bank, stockbroker or investment firm, financial services firm or an established law firm or accountancy firm which is itself subject to regulation in the conduct of its business in its own country of operation and the name of the firm should be clearly identified on each document certified.

7. CONTACT DETAILS

To ensure the efficient and timely processing of your Offer for Subscription Application Form, please provide contact details of a person the Receiving Agent may contact with all enquiries concerning your application. Ordinarily this contact person should be the person signing in Section 3 on behalf of the first named holder. If no details are provided here but a regulated person is identified in Section 5, the Receiving Agent will contact the regulated person. If no details are entered here and no regulated person is named in Section 5 and the Receiving Agent requires further information, any delay in obtaining that additional information may result in your application being rejected or revoked.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DELIVERY OF COMPLETED OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION

APPLICATION FORMS — Completed Offer for Subscription Application Forms should be returned, by post or by hand (during normal business hours only), to the Receiving Agent, Capita Asset Services, Corporate Actions, The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4TU so as to be received no later than 11.00 a.m. (London time) on 10 May 2017, together in each case with payment in full in respect of the application. If you post your Offer for Subscription Application Form, you are recommended to use first class post and to allow at least two days for delivery. Offer for Subscription Application Forms received after this date may be returned.

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OFFER FOR SUBSCRIPTION APPLICATION FORM

Please send this completed form by post or by hand (during normal business hours only) to the Receiving Agent, Capita Asset Services, Corporate Actions at The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU so as to be received no later than 11.00 a.m. (London time) on 10 May 2017.

The Directors may, with the prior approval of the Joint Financial Advisers, alter such date and thereby shorten or lengthen the offer period. In the event that the offer period is altered, the Company will notify investors of such change.

Important: Before completing this form, you should read the prospectus dated 24 April 2017 (the "Prospectus") and the terms and conditions of the Offer for Subscription set out in Part 11 of the Prospectus and accompanying notes to this form.

The New Ordinary Shares have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and are not being offered, sold, delivered or distributed, directly or indirectly, into or within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US Persons.

To: Tritax Big Box REIT plc and the Receiving Agent

1. Application

I/We the person(s) detailed in Section 2A below offer to subscribe the amount shown in Box 1 for Shares subject to the terms and conditions of the Offer for Subscription set out in the Prospectus and subject to the articles of association of the Company in force from time-to-time.

Payment method: (please tick the relevant box)

CHEQUE CHAPS CREST
2A. Details of holder(s) in whose name(s) Shares will be issued
(BLOCK CAPITALS)
1: Mr, Mrs, Ms or Title: Forenames (in full):
Surname/Company name:
Address (in full):
Designation (if any):
2: Mr, Mrs, Ms or Title: Forenames (in full):
Surname/Company name:
Address (in full):
Designation (if any):

Box 1 (minimum of 1,000 New Ordinary Shares multiplied by 136 pence and thereafter in multiples of 100 New Ordinary Shares multiplied by 136 pence)

3: Mr, Mrs, Ms or Title: Forenames (in full):
Surname/Company name:
Joint Holder(s):
Address (in full):

Designation (if any):

2B. CREST Account details into which Shares are to be deposited (if applicable)

Only complete this Section if Shares allotted are to be deposited in a CREST Account which must be in the same name as the holder(s) given in Section 2A.

(BLOCK CAPITALS)

CREST Participant ID:

CREST Member Account ID:

3. Signature(s): all holders must sign

By completing box 3 below you are deemed to have read the Prospectus and agreed to the terms and conditions in Part 11 of the Prospectus (terms and conditions of application under the Offer for Subscription) and to have given the warranties, representations and undertakings set out therein.

First Applicant Signature: Date
Second Applicant Signature: Date
Third Applicant Signature: Date
Fourth Applicant Signature: Date

Execution by a Company

Executed by (Name of Company) Date
Name of Director: Signature: Date
Name of Director/Secretary: Signature: Date
If you are affixing a company seal,
please mark a cross
Affix Company Seal here:

4. Cheques/banker's draft details

Pin or staple to this form your cheque or banker's draft for the exact amount shown in Box 1 made payable to "Capita Registrars Limited re: TBB REIT plc – 2017 OFS a/c" and crossed "A/C Payee only". Cheques and banker's payments must be drawn in Sterling on an account at a bank branch in the United Kingdom and must bear a United Kingdom bank sort code number in the top right hand corner. If you use a banker's draft or a building society cheque you should ensure that the bank or building society issuing the payment enters the name, address and account number of the person whose account is being debited on the reverse of the banker's draft or cheque and adds its stamp.

5. Settlement by delivery versus payment ("DVP")

If you choose to settle your application within CREST, that is DVP, you or your settlement agent/custodian's CREST account must allow for the delivery and acceptance of Ordinary Shares to be made against payment at the Issue Price per Ordinary Share following the CREST matching criteria set out below.

Trade date: 11 May 2017 Settlement Date: 15 May 2017 Company: Tritax Big Box REIT plc Security description: Ordinary Shares SEDOL: BG49KP9 ISIN: GB00BG49KP99

Applicants wishing to settle DVP will still need to complete and submit a valid Offer for Subscription Application Form to be received by no later than 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017. You should tick the relevant box in section 1.

Applicants will also need to ensure that their settlement instructions have been input to Capita Asset Services' Participant account (RA06) by no later than 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017. Note: Capita will not take any action until a valid DEL message has been alleged to the Participant account by the applicant.

No acknowledgement of receipt or input will be provided.

Applicants should also ensure that their settlement agent/custodian has a sufficient "debit cap" within the CREST system to facilitate settlement in addition to their usual daily trading and settlement requirements.

In the event of late/non settlement, the Company reserves the right to deliver Ordinary Shares outside of CREST in certificated form provided that payment has been made in terms satisfactory to the Company and all other conditions of the Offer for Subscription have been satisfied.

If you require a share certificate you should not use this facility.

6. CHAPs Payment

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For applicants sending subscription monies by electronic bank transfer (CHAPs), payment must be received no later than 11.00 a.m. on 10 May 2017 directly into the bank account detailed below. The payment instruction must also include a unique reference comprising your name and a contact telephone number, which should be entered in the reference field on the payment instruction (for example, MJ SMITH 01234 567 8910).

Bank: Royal Bank of Scotland Sort Code: 15-10-00 A/C No: 32516672 A/C Name: Capita Registrars Limited re: TBB REIT plc 2017 – OFS CHAPS a/c CHAPS A/C Swift No: RBOSGB2L IBAN: GB22RBOS15100032516672

The Receiving Agent cannot take responsibility for identifying payments without a unique reference nor where a payment has been received but without an accompanying Application Form or vice versa.

7. Reliable introducer declaration

Completion and signing of this declaration by a suitable person or institution may avoid presentation being requested of the identity documents detailed in Section 6 of this form.

The declaration below may only be signed by a person or institution (such as a governmental approved bank, stockbroker or investment firm, financial services firm or an established law firm or accountancy firm) (the "firm") which is itself subject in its own country to operation of "know your customer" and anti-money laundering regulations no less stringent than those which prevail in the United Kingdom.

Declaration:

To the Company and the Receiving Agent

With reference to the holder(s) detailed in Section 2A, all persons signing at Section 3 and the payor identified in Section 6 if not also a holder (collectively the "subjects") WE HEREBY DECLARE:

    1. we operate in the United Kingdom, or in a country where money laundering regulations under the laws of that country are, to the best of our knowledge, no less stringent than those which prevail in the United Kingdom and our firm is subject to such regulations;
    1. we are regulated in the conduct of our business and in the prevention of money laundering by the regulatory authority identified below;
    1. each of the subjects is known to us in a business capacity and we hold valid identity documentation on each of them and we undertake to immediately provide to you copies thereof on demand;
    1. we confirm the accuracy of the names and residential business address(es) of the holder(s) given at Section 2A and if a CREST Account is cited at Section 2B that the owner thereof is named in Section 2A;
    1. having regard to all local money laundering regulations we are, after enquiry, satisfied as to the source and legitimacy of the monies being used to subscribe for the Shares mentioned; and
    1. where the payor and holder(s) are different persons we are satisfied as to the relationship between them and reason for the payor being different to the holder(s).

The above information is given in strict confidence for your own use only and without any guarantee, responsibility or liability on the part of this firm or its officials.

Signed: Name: Position:
Name of regulatory authority: Firm's licence number:
Website address of telephone number of regulatory authority:
STAMP of firm giving full name and business address:

Identity information

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If the declaration in Section 5 cannot be signed and the value of your application is greater than €15,000 (or the Sterling equivalent), please enclose with that Application Form the documents mentioned below, as appropriate. Please also tick the relevant box to indicate which documents you have enclosed, all of which will be returned by the Receiving Agent to the first named Applicant.

Holders Payor
Tick here for documents provided

In accordance with internationally recognised standards for the prevention of money laundering, the documents and information set out below must be provided:

A. For each holder being an individual enclose:

  • (1) an original or a certified clear photocopy of one of the following identification documents which bear both a photograph and the signature of the person: current passport — Government or Armed Forces identity card driving licence; and
  • (2) an original or certified copies of at least two of the following documents no more than three months old which purport to confirm that the address given in Section 2A is that person's residential address: a recent gas, electricity, water or telephone (not mobile) bill — a recent bank statement — a council rates bill or similar document issued by a recognised authority; and
  • (3) if none of the above documents show their date and place of birth, enclose a note of such information; and
  • (4) details of the name and address of their personal bankers from which the Receiving Agent may request a reference, if necessary.

B. For each holder being a company enclose:

  • (1) a certified copy of the certificate of incorporation of the holder company; and
  • (2) the name and address of the holder company's principal bankers from which the Receiving Agent may request a reference, if necessary; and
  • (3) a statement as to the nature of the holder company's business, signed by a director; and
  • (4) a list of the names and residential addresses of each director of the holder company; and
  • (5) for each director provide documents and information similar to that mentioned in A above; and
  • (6) a copy of the authorised signatory list for the holder company; and
  • (7) a list of the names and residential/registered address of each ultimate beneficial owner interested in more than five per cent. of the issued share capital of the holder company and, where a person is named, also complete C below and, if another company is named (hereinafter a "beneficiary company"), also complete D below. If the beneficial owner(s) named do not directly own the holder company but do so indirectly via nominee(s) or intermediary entities, provide details of the relationship between the beneficial owner(s) and the holder company.
  • C. For each person named in B(7) as a beneficial owner of a holder company enclose for each such person documents and information similar to that mentioned in A(1) to (4).
  • D. For breach beneficiary company named in B(7) as a beneficial owner of a holder company enclose:
  • (1) a certified copy of the certificate of incorporation of that beneficiary company; and
  • (2) a statement as to the nature of that beneficiary company's business signed by a director; and
  • (3) the name and address of that beneficiary company's principal bankers from which the Receiving Agent may request a reference, if necessary; and
  • (4) a list of the names and residential/registered address of each beneficial owner owning more than 5 per cent. of the issued share capital of that beneficiary company

E. If the payor is not a holder and is not a bank providing its own cheque or banker's payment on the reverse of which is shown details of the account being debited with such payment (see note 5 on how to complete this form) enclose:

  • (1) if the payor is a person, for that person the documents mentioned in A(1) to (4); or
  • (2) if the payor is a company, for that company the documents mentioned in B(1) to (7); and

(3) an explanation of the relationship between the payor and the holder(s).

The Receiving Agent reserves the right to ask for additional documents and information.

7. Contact details

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To ensure the efficient and timely processing of this application please enter below the contact details of a person the Receiving Agent may contact with all enquiries concerning this application. Ordinarily this contact person should be the person signing in Section 3 on behalf of the first named holder. If no details are provided here but a regulated person is identified in Section 5, the Receiving Agent will contact the regulated person. If no details are entered here and no regulated person is named in Section 5 and the Receiving Agent requires further information, any delay in obtaining that additional information may result in your application being rejected or revoked.

Contact name: E-mail address:
Contact address:
Telephone No: Fax No:

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