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Phoenix Spree DeutschlandAnnouncement

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RNS Number : 8458X  Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited  25 July 2024

25 July 2024

Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited

(the "Company", the "Group" or "PSD")

 

 

New Property Advisory and Investor Relations Agreement

The Board of PSD has agreed with QSix Residential Limited ("QSix"), the
Company's property advisor, an amendment to the fees payable under the
Property Advisor and Investor Relations Agreement ("PAIR").

Background and rationale

On 5 June 2023, the Company announced its intention to amend the fees payable
to QSix, under the previous PAIR.

The objective of the 2023 Proposal (the "2023 Proposal") was to incentivise
QSix to evaluate and implement a variety of disposal strategies, including
condominium sales, while reducing the level of annual management fees paid by
introducing a fee cap.

Following a large majority vote in favour of the 2023 Proposal at the
Company's AGM on 28 June 2023, the completion of the amended PAIR on 17 August
2023 formalised these new arrangements.

Under the terms of the amended PAIR, all ongoing fees payable to QSix for
management, capital expenditure monitoring and investor relations were capped
at €5.0m (the "Ongoing Fee Cap") starting from 1 July 2023 for a 12-month
period. This compared to €7.4m for the year ended 31 December 2022. It was
agreed that these revised terms would expire after 12 months on 1 July 2024,
and if no revised agreement was reached, the terms would default to what they
were previously.

Further reduction to Ongoing Fee Cap
The Board today announces that it has agreed an Amended and Restated Property Advisory and Investor Relations Agreement ("New PAIR") with regard to fee arrangements post July 2024 following discussions with the Property Advisor and having consulted a number of the Company's largest shareholders.  The New PAIR represents an absolute reduction in fees with the Ongoing Fee Cap reduced from €5.0m to €4.3 million. This represents a 14% year-on-year reduction and a 40% reduction compared to the run rate at the end of 2022. The Ongoing Fee Cap in the New PAIR will now be permanent rather than time limited.

Additionally, QSix has informed the Company that it will use the post-tax
proceeds of any future disposal fees eligible from the Company under the terms
of the New PAIR to buy shares in PSD.

The Board believes these new arrangements further align the interests of the
Property Advisor and the Company.

Given these new arrangements follow the structure set out in the Proposal
approved by Shareholders at the last AGM and include a further reduction in
the level of the fees payable, the Board believes there is no need to ask
Shareholders to approve them.

Related party transaction

The New PAIR constitutes a related party transaction to which the modified
requirements for smaller related party transactions in the Listing Rules
apply, including obtaining an independent fairness opinion on the financial
terms (which has been done).

 

For further information, please contact:

Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited
                                  +44 (0) 20 3937 8760

Stuart Young

 

Deutsche Numis (Corporate Broker)
 
        +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

David Benda

 

Teneo (Financial PR)
 
    +44 (0) 20 7353 4200

Elizabeth Snow
 Annushka Shivnani

 

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