DIVIDEND DECLARATION
The Board of Directors of Tritax Big Box REIT plc (ticker: BBOX) has today declared an interim dividend in respect of the period from 1 January to 31 March 2017 of 1.60 pence per ordinary share, payable on or around 22 May 2017 to shareholders on the register on 5 May 2017. The ex-dividend date will be 4 May 2017.
This dividend will be a Property Income Distribution ("PID").
The Company is targeting an aggregate dividend of 6.40 pence per ordinary share for the year ending 31 December 20171, payable quarterly, representing a 3.2 per cent. increase in the total dividend of 6.20 pence per Ordinary Share declared for 2016, in excess of the rate of RPI inflation for the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016. Dividends are expected to be fully covered by Adjusted Earnings from the Company's portfolio of properties.
Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription
Issue highlights
· The Issue, which is not underwritten, comprises the Placing, Open Offer and Offer for Subscription, of, in aggregate, up to 147,058,823 New Shares at the Issue Price of 136 pence per New Share (based on the target size of £200 million).
· The Issue Price represents a discount of 6.6 per cent. to the closing price of 147.2 pence per Existing Ordinary Share as at the close of business on 21 April 2017, 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 Ordinary Share (129.00 pence as at 31 December 2016), net of the interim dividend of 1.55 pence per Ordinary Share paid on 3 April 2017.
· The New Shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the Existing Ordinary Shares, save in respect of the Q1 2017 dividend of 1.60 pence per Ordinary Share declared today for the three month period to 31 March 2017.
· Under the Open Offer, up to an aggregate amount of 100,517,096 New 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.
· The balance of New Shares to be made available under the Issue together with New Shares not taken up pursuant to the Open Offer will be made available for subscription under the Excess Application Facility, the Placing and the Offer for Subscription.
· 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, which is not underwritten, is conditional, amongst other things, upon the passing of the Resolutions at the General Meeting, Admission of the New Shares 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 Shares to be 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.
Benefits of the Issue
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.
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