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RNS Number : 7642Q  Regional REIT Limited  23 February 2023

23 February 2023

REGIONAL REIT Limited

("Regional REIT", the "Group" or the "Company")

Q4 2022 Dividend, Letting Update and Year-End Portfolio Valuation

Dividend Yield of 11% and 99% Rent Collection for 2022

Regional REIT (LSE: RGL), the regional office specialist, is today pleased to
announce its Q4 2022 dividend, a positive rent collection update and a
portfolio valuation as at 31 December 2022.

Q4 2022 Dividend - Expected to be covered; yield of 11%

The Company confirms that it will pay a dividend of 1.65 pence per share
("pps") for the period 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022 (1 October 2021
to 31 December 2021: 1.70pps). This amounts to a total dividend of 6.6pps for
2022 (2021: 6.5pps), and which is expected to be covered by 2022 EPRA
earnings. It equates to an annualised dividend yield of c.11% at the closing
price per share on 22 February 2023. The entire dividend will be paid as a
REIT property income distribution ("PID").

 

Rent Collection 2022 Update

The Company is also pleased to report that as at 15 February 2023, Q1 2022
collections amounted to 99.2%, Q2 2022 to 98.9% and Q3 2022 to 98.1%.
Currently, Q4 2022 rent collection, adjusting for monthly rent and agreed
collection plans, stands at 97.9%, which is above the equivalent period in
2021 when 96.6% had been collected. The total rent collection for 2022 is
currently at 98.6% compared with 98.6% this time last year.

 %                           Q1 2022  Q2 2022  Q3 2022  Q4 2022  YTD
 Rent paid                   99.2     98.9     98.1     97.2     98.4
 Adjusted for monthly rents  0.0      0.0      0.0      0.7      0.2
 Agreed collections plans    0.0      0.0      0.0      0.0      0.0
                             99.2     98.9     98.1     97.9     98.6

 

 

The Company remains in supportive and ongoing discussions with occupiers
regarding the balance of the outstanding rent and expects to collect the vast
majority in due course.

Table may not sum due to rounding.

 

Quarterly rental collection refers to all invoices issued during the calendar
quarters:

Q1: 1 January 2022 to 31 March 2022

Q2: 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022

Q3: 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022

Q4: 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022

 

 

Full Year 2022 Portfolio Valuation

Additionally, the Company provides the following portfolio valuation update.

·    Portfolio valuation £789.5m (2021: £906.1m)

·  The like-for-like value of the portfolio decreased by 12.1% in 2022
after adjusting for capital expenditure, acquisitions and disposals during the
period (11.0% excluding capital expenditure adjustment)

·    Equivalent Yield 9.0% (2021: 8.7%)

·    Gross rent roll £71.8m (2021: £72.1m); ERV £92.0m (2021: £94.6m)

·    154 properties (2021: 168); 1,076 occupiers (2021: 1,077)

·   Portfolio: offices (by value) at 91.8% of the portfolio (2021: 89.8%),
retail 3.6% (2021: 3.7%), industrials 3.1% (2021: 5.1%), and Other 1.4% (2021:
1.4%)

·    England represented 78.3% (2021: 75.7%) (by value), Scotland 16.7%
(2021: 19.0%) and Wales 5.0% (2021: 5.3%)

·    EPRA Occupancy (by ERV) at 83.4% (2021: 81.8%)

·    Average lot size c. £5.1m (2021: c. £5.4m)

·   Net loan-to-value ratio was 49.5% (2021: 42.4%); ample headroom remains
on all loan covenants.

·   Group cost of debt (incl. hedging) 3.5% pa (2021: 3.3% pa) - 100% fixed
and hedged, ensuring the maximum cost of debt will not exceed 3.5%

·    Weighted average debt duration 4.5years (2021: 5.5 years)

Stephen Inglis, CEO of London and Scottish Property Investment Management, the
Asset Manager, commented:

"2022 was operationally strong, with the Company delivering on its targeted
distribution of 6.6 pence per share, equating to a yield of 11% on the share
price as at 22 February 2022. The full year 2022 dividend is expected to be
covered by earnings, which will be confirmed when the 2022 annual results are
announced.

"Although, as elsewhere in the commercial real estate sector, property
valuations were impacted negatively during the period by the macroeconomic
environment, operationally the Company has performed well. We have continued
to focus on providing vibrant spaces to help our customers to thrive and
in-turn to collect the rents. This has allowed the dividend to be increased to
6.6 pence per share for 2022 from 6.5 pence per share for 2021. Additionally,
while the Company's LTV has increased, we are encouraged by the ample headroom
available across the debt facilities and the fixed nature of the Company's
debt at 3.5%.

"There is an air of optimism as we progress into the new year, with our 30
November 2022 internal data showing that 99% of our tenants had returned to
the office in some form, with only 12 of our 1,076 tenants yet to do so."

Further Background Information

 

Dividend

The Company has introduced the option for shareholders to invest their
dividend in a Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("DRIP"). More details can be found
on the Company's website
https://www.regionalreit.com/investors/investors-dividend/dividend-reinvestment-plan
(https://www.regionalreit.com/investors/investors-dividend/dividend-reinvestment-plan)
.

The key dates relating to this dividend are given below:

 

 Ex-dividend date            02 March 2023
 Record date                 03 March 2023
 Last day for DRIP election  16 March 2023
 Payment date                06 April 2023

 

Lettings Update - Summary of Activity since 30 September 2022:

Since 30 September 2022, notable new lettings in aggregate amounted to
c.£1.7m of new rent and aggregate lease renewals amounted to c. £1.0m,
reflecting in aggregate an increase of a 7.3% above 30 June 2022 ERV.

·    Norfolk House, Birmingham - 44,245 sq. ft. of previously vacant Grade
A office space has been let to Global Banking School. The annual rent amounts
to £840,991 pa (£19.01/ sq. ft.), with a 15-year lease including an option
to break after 10 years.

·   Capitol Park, Leeds - Hermes Parcelnet Ltd (Evri) renewed its lease
for a further five years to December 2028, at a rental income of £473,045 pa
(£18.34/ sq. ft.) on 25,790 sq. ft. of space. Moreover, the tenancy also
includes provision of additional car parking spaces at a rent of £25,632 pa.

·    Hampshire Corporate Park, Eastleigh - Complete Fertility Ltd has
leased 9,928 sq. ft. of space for 15 years with a break option in 2032 at a
rent of £287,921 pa (£29.00/ sq. ft.).

·    Integration House, Fleet - Boeing United Kingdom Ltd renewed its
lease for a further five years, to December 2027, at a rental income of
£194,943 pa (£16.67/ sq. ft.) on 11,679 sq. ft. of space.

·  The Foundation, Chester Business Park, Chester - 8,676 sq. ft. of space
has been let to SpaMedica Ltd at a rent of £173,520 pa (£20.00/ sq. ft.) for
a period of 10 years with the option to break in 2027.

·    Milburn House, Newcastle - Lycett, Brown-Swinburne & Douglass Ltd
renewed its lease for a further 12 months, at a rental income of £170,012 pa
(£14.82/ sq. ft.) for 11,469 sq. ft. of space.

·   Ashby Park, Ashby De La Zouch - A new tenancy agreement has been
signed with Ashfield Healthcare Ltd for 6,462 sq. ft.. The lease is for two
years with the option to break in 2023, providing a rental income of £119,547
pa (£18.50/ sq. ft.).

·    1-4 Llansamlet Retail Park, Nantyffin Rd, Swansea - 2,810 sq. ft. of
space has been let to TH UK & Ireland Ltd (Tim Hortons) at a rent of
£98,000 pa (£34.88/ sq. ft.) for a period of 15 years with the option to
break in 2032.

·   Central Park, New Lane, Leeds - Akari Care Ltd has leased 4,400 sq.
ft. for a period of five years with the option to break in 2025 at a rent of
£83,600 pa (£19.00/ sq. ft.).

·    Quadtech, Hemel Hempstead - 5,001 sq. ft. of space has been let to
the Glenelly Infrastructure Solutions Ltd at a rent of £75,000 pa (£15.00/
sq. ft.) for a period of ten years with the option to break in 2027.

·    Delta 1200, Delta Business Park, Swindon - TM Group (UK) Ltd has
leased 4,857 sq. ft. for a period of eight years at a rent of £69,198 pa
(£14.25/ sq. ft.).

·    Oakland, Manchester - Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing
and Communities renewed its lease for a further 12 months, at a rental income
of £54,500 pa (£10.00/ sq. ft.) on 5,450 sq. ft. of space.

·   The Royals, Altrincham Road, Manchester - Texas Instruments Ltd
renewed its lease for a further five years, to August 2027, at a rental income
of £51,557 pa (£14.50/ sq. ft.) on 3,557 sq. ft. of space.

 

 

 

Forthcoming Events

28 March 2023            Full year 2022 Preliminary Results
Announcement

24 May 2023               May 2023 Trading Update and Outlook
Announcement

                                    Q1 2023
Dividend Declaration Announcement

25 May 2023               Annual General Meeting

 

Note: All dates are provisional and subject to change.

 

- ENDS -

 

Enquiries:

 

 Regional REIT Limited
 Press enquiries through Buchanan

 Toscafund Asset Management                                 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7845 6100
 Investment Manager to the Group
 Adam Dickinson, Investor Relations, Regional REIT Limited

 London & Scottish Property Investment Management           Tel: +44 (0) 141 248 4155
 Asset Manager to the Group
 Stephen Inglis

 Buchanan Communications                                    Tel: +44 (0) 20 7466 5000
 Financial PR
 Charles Ryland, Henry Wilson, George Beale

 

About Regional REIT

Regional REIT Limited ("Regional REIT" or the "Company") and its
subsidiaries (the "Group") is a United Kingdom ("UK") based real estate
investment trust that launched in November 2015. It is managed
by London & Scottish Property Investment Management Limited, the Asset
Manager, and Toscafund Asset Management LLP, the Investment Manager.

Regional REIT's commercial property portfolio is comprised wholly of income
producing UK assets and comprises, predominantly of offices located in the
regional centres outside of the M25 motorway. The portfolio is geographically
diversified, with 154 properties, 1,076 occupiers as at 31 December 2022, with
a valuation of c.£789.5m.

Regional REIT pursues its investment objective by investing in, actively
managing and disposing of regional core and core plus property assets. It aims
to deliver an attractive total return to its Shareholders, targeting greater
than 10% per annum, with a strong focus on income supported by additional
capital growth prospects.

For more information, please visit the Group's website
at www.regionalreit.com (http://www.regionalreit.com/)  .

Cautionary Statement

This document has been prepared solely to provide additional information to
Shareholders to assess the Group's performance in relation to its operations
and growth potential. The document should not be relied upon by any other
party or for any other reason. Any forward looking statements made in this
document are done so by the Directors in good faith based on the information
available to them up to the time of their approval of this document. However,
such statements should be treated with caution due to the inherent
uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying
any such forward-looking information.

ESMA Legal Entity Identifier ("LEI"): 549300D8G4NKLRIKBX73

 

 

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