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Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (SREI)     

skinny - 22 Jan 2014 08:28 - 2 of 48

Interim Management Statement

BAYLIS - 22 Jan 2014 11:40 - 3 of 48

Cheers skinny, Got mine in an ISA save 20% on tax.

skinny - 22 Jan 2014 11:44 - 4 of 48

Tax? - oh yes, I remember that!

Mine are SIPPed.

BAYLIS - 10 Feb 2014 20:19 - 5 of 48

Acquired Morgan Sindall House in Rugby for £3.95 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 8%.
The property comprises a 36,016 sq ft office building together with 95 car parking spaces and is let to Morgan Sindall Plc as their regional headquarters for 15 years without tenant breaks at £335,000 per annum or an overall rate of £9.30 per sq ft, with a guarantee from Morgan Sindall Group Plc. The lease benefits from five yearly upwards only rent reviews linked to the Retail Price Index, subject to a minimum uplift of 2% per annum compound and a maximum uplift of 4% per annum compound.

skinny - 14 Feb 2014 10:46 - 6 of 48

Directorate Change

The Board of Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited announces that Andrew Sykes has retired as a Director with immediate effect. He has served on the Board since May 2004.

The Board is very grateful to Andrew for his leadership over the last ten years.

As previously announced, Lorraine Baldry will succeed Andrew Sykes as Chairman of Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited with immediate effect.

skinny - 21 Mar 2014 07:08 - 7 of 48

Initial Placing,Offer for Subscription & Placing

Highlights:

· Proposal to issue up to 80 million New Shares at 50.25 pence per New Share to raise gross proceeds of up to approximately £40.2 million by way of the Placing and Offer.

· Issuing new shares at a premium to the prevailing NAV ensures future fund raises are accretive to the prevailing NAV for existing Shareholders.

· Proposed Placing Programme to enable the Company to raise additional capital in the period from 18 April 2014 to 19 March 2015 as and when it identifies properties that are suitable for acquisition. This should, in turn, enable the Investment Manager to act opportunistically, by making a series of accretive property acquisitions whilst also mitigating the risk of cash drag on Shareholders' funds.

· New equity can potentially be invested in properties offering an attractive yield with scope for adding value through asset management.

· Pipeline of potential acquisitions currently under negotiation and where terms have been agreed with the vendors.

· Future acquisitions are likely to target all the main property sectors, including, office, industrial and retail as well as alternatives to these traditional sectors.

· Opportunity to broaden the Company's investable universe through exposure to additional alternative property types, such a healthcare, hotels and student accommodation.

· At the same time as announcing the proposed equity issuance, the Company announces an estimated NAV per share of 48.7 pence as at 17 March 2014. This reflects an increase of 1.4 pence per share or 3% compared with then unaudited NAV as at 31 December 2013.

· Investors subscribing for New Shares under the Placing and Offer will not be entitled to receive any dividend for the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 March 2014.



Circular and Prospectus:

A Circular and Prospectus in relation to the proposals will shortly be available on the national storage mechanism at www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM, and will also be available on the Company's website at www.srei.co.uk.

skinny - 01 Apr 2014 14:40 - 8 of 48

Dividend Declaration

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited today announces an interim dividend payment in respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2014, of 0.62 pence per share as detailed in the schedule below:

Ex-Dividend Date: 09 April 2014
Record Date: 11 April 2014
Pay Date: 25 April 2014

skinny - 23 Apr 2014 14:30 - 10 of 48

Investec Wealth & Investment Limited From 15% to 17%

skinny - 02 May 2014 07:05 - 11 of 48

Interim Management Statement

skinny - 07 May 2014 07:27 - 12 of 48

ACQUISITION OF CITY TOWER, MANCHESTER

On 17 April 2014 Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust (the 'Company') completed a Placing and Offer for Subscription (the 'Placing') that raised £40.2 million from the issuance of 80 million shares at an issue price of 50.25 pence per share. The Placing was completed at a premium to the last reported Net Asset Value.

Following completion of the Placing the Company announces that it has exchanged contracts to acquire a 25% interest in City Tower, a landmark, mixed use investment in Central Manchester, for £33 million. The Company is acquiring the property alongside Schroder UK Property Fund and Immobilien Europa Direkt, both managed by Schroder Property Investment Management, for a total price of £132 million. The price reflects a headline net initial yield of 7%.

City Tower provides 615,429 sq ft of office, retail, leisure and hotel accommodation on a three acre island site including 456 car parking spaces. It is located in a prime location within the Central Business District of Manchester with frontage to both Piccadilly Gardens and New York Street. The property is held on a long leasehold basis from Manchester City Council with 218 years unexpired at nil rent.

Completion of the acquisition is subject to freeholder and other consents that the Company expects to be cleared within four to six weeks. The acquisition satisfies the Company's investment criteria by offering:

· An above average income return with the Company receiving an initial rent of £2.4 million per annum on expiry of rent free periods and after non-recoverable property expenses;
· 115 tenancies and mix of uses provides significant diversification with offices representing 61% of rental income, retail and leisure 14%, hotel 15% and ancillary uses 10%. UK Government institutions represent 18% of current rental income;
· A spread of lease expiries with an average unexpired lease term, to the earlier of lease expiry or break, of 10.8 years;
· The offices are let at a low initial rent of £17 per sq ft with key tenants including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence ('NICE'), the Ministry of Justice, The University of Law Limited and Aegis Outsourcing (UK) Limited;
· Simple co-ownership structure enables the Company to invest in a property it would otherwise not be able to access;
· The potential to add significant value through asset management; and
· Central to Manchester's public transport infrastructure, with the subject property adjacent to Manchester's central tram interchange and close to Manchester's main line rail station.

Following completion of the acquisition the Company will have total cash approximately £15 million and a net loan to value, based on the independent valuation as at 31 March 2014, of approximately 34%.

The Company is progressing further acquisition opportunities and continues to believe that there is potential to enhance future returns to shareholders through a further increase in the size of the Company.

Commenting on the acquisition, Duncan Owen, Head of Property at Schroder Property Investment Management said:

"This transaction demonstrates the effectiveness of our recent share placing, enabling us to quickly deploy capital into an accretive acquisition, whilst minimising cash drag.

"The purchase is consistent with our investment strategy of targeting assets offering good underlying fundamentals where we can add value through a variety of measures supported by a strong and convenient location. The vendor has already made significant improvements via an extensive refurbishment programme and we believe there is further opportunity to deliver rental growth for this element of the asset in the future, underpinned by improving occupational demand. There is also the potential to generate value from asset management of the property."


skinny - 08 May 2014 07:19 - 13 of 48

Wembley planning update

Wembley planning update

On 18 September 2013 the Company announced it had exchanged contracts to sell a one acre plot, comprising part of its two acre Wembley site, to a wholly owned subsidiary of The Unite Group plc ('Unite') for a base price of £7.4 million. Completion of the disposal was subject to Unite securing detailed planning consent for 200,000 sq ft of student accommodation comprising approximately 684 rooms without onerous conditions.

The Company now announces that Unite have secured resolution to grant detailed planning consent for 200,000 sq ft of student accommodation comprising 699 rooms, without onerous conditions. This increases the sale price to £7.56 million including overage, compared with a valuation as at 31 March 2014 of £6.25 million.

The only remaining condition outside of the Company's control is expiry of the planning Judicial Review period 22 May 2014. The contract with Unite has a fixed completion date of 1 August 2014.

The Company will provide a further update in due course.

-ENDS-

skinny - 02 Jun 2014 16:00 - 14 of 48

A new high @54.75p

skinny - 21 Jul 2014 07:30 - 15 of 48

Interim Management Statement

Year End Results

Financial highlights for the 12 months ended 31 March 2014

· Profit before tax of £20.897 million (31 March 2013: loss of -£10.774 million)
· Underlying earnings of 5.7 pence per share ('pps') (31 March 2013: loss of -3 pps)
· 7.8% increase in NAV per share for the year 31 March 2014 to 48.6 pps, principally due to a 6.3% increase in the capital value of the underlying portfolio
· Dividend of 2.74 pps paid for the 12 months to 31 March 2014
· NAV total return 14.4% (31 March 2013: -4.0%)
· Underlying property portfolio delivered total return of 13.7%, outperforming Investment Property Databank ('IPD') Benchmark Index of 12.5%
· Loan to value ('LTV'), net of all cash, of 37.8% (31 March 2013: 39% immediately after re-financing on 17 April 2013)


Unaudited NAV as at 30 June 2014
· As announced separately today, the Company reported a NAV of 50.7 pps as at 30 June 2014, representing a quarterly increase of 4.3%, principally due to a 3.4% increase in the capital value of the underlying portfolio
· Quarterly dividend cover of 94%
· Further reduction in the LTV, net of cash, to 31%


Operational highlights
· £17.2 million of new equity raised in January 2014, followed by an additional £40.2 million via a further placing and offer for subscription post the period end, to take advantage of improving sentiment towards UK commercial property and enhance shareholder returns through disciplined and accretive growth
· Good progress deploying capital through £61.8 million of acquisitions during the year and since the period end at an average income return of approximately 8%
· Shareholders approved placing programme to issue up to a further 120 million shares as acquisitions are identified in order that the Manager can act opportunistically by making accretive acquisitions and mitigate the risk of cash drag on Shareholder returns
· High level of asset management activity with a reduction in the portfolio void rate as a percentage of rental value from 14.4% to 10.7% as at 30 June 2014

Appointment of AIFM

skinny - 24 Jul 2014 07:07 - 16 of 48

Placing Programme Update

The Company's announcement of its results for the year ended 31 March 2014 and its Interim Management Statement as at 30 June 2014 highlighted the attractive operating environment that has provided the opportunity for disciplined and accretive growth. This has involved the issuance of 115.6 million shares to raise £57.4 million of equity and the completion of five acquisitions totalling £61.8 million at an average income yield of approximately 8%.

A Placing Programme, established through the Company's prospectus dated 20 March 2014 and approved by shareholders in April 2014, enables the Company to issue up to a further 120 million shares over the period to 19 March 2015, with such shares being issued at a premium to the prevailing net asset value ('NAV') in order to cover the costs associated with the issue. The Company's Investment Manager is actively considering a pipeline of potential acquisitions that satisfy the investment criteria.

It is intended that these potential acquisitions are funded through a combination of (i) the proceeds from property disposals; (ii) the use of a short term revolving credit facility that is under negotiation; and (iii) further equity issuance under the Placing Programme.

The Company, through its Investment Manager and brokers, will continue to engage and consult with existing and prospective new shareholders in connection with achieving accretive and disciplined growth via the Placing Programme over the period to March 2015.

skinny - 30 Jul 2014 07:26 - 17 of 48

Hinckley disposal

The Company announces that it has exchanged contracts to sell its site at Coventry Road, Hinckley for £4.525 million, on a subject to planning basis, to Redrow Homes Limited ('Redrow'). The price compares with the independent valuation as at 30 June 2014 of £3.85 million.

The property comprises a 9.1 acre former industrial site close to Hinckley town centre and is currently vacant and non-income producing. The disposal of this asset is consistent with the Company's strategy to maximise value from low or non-income producing property.

In August 2013 the Company secured an outline planning consent for 122 residential units. Under the terms of the transaction, Redrow is obliged to make a detailed residential planning application within three months of exchange of contracts at its own cost. This application must be consistent with the outline consent already secured by the Company.

Subject to Redrow securing detailed planning consent and satisfaction of other ancillary conditions, the Company will receive 50% of the purchase price at completion with the balance nine months later. The deferred consideration is secured by a charge over the land and the Company also has potential to receive additional consideration under an overage agreement which is linked to the residential sales values achieved by Redrow in due course.


-ENDS-

skinny - 04 Aug 2014 07:03 - 18 of 48

Wembley Completion

The Company announces that it has completed the disposal of a one acre site
(the `subject site'), comprising part of its two acre Wembley site, to a wholly
owned subsidiary of The Unite Group plc (`Unite Students') for £7.56 million.
This compares to the independent valuation as at 30 June 2014 of £7.3 million.

skinny - 10 Sep 2014 14:00 - 19 of 48

Disposal of Wembley site

The Company announces that it has exchanged unconditional contracts with a
wholly owned subsidiary of Barratt Developments PLC (`Barratt') to dispose of
its remaining, non-income producing site at the Olympic Office Centre in
Wembley for £15.25 million. Barratt have paid a 10% deposit and completion is
due on 23 September 2014.

The Company estimates that completion of the disposal will increase the
underlying pro-forma Net Asset Value (`NAV') of the Company, assuming no other
changes following the last reported NAV as at 30 June 2014, by approximately
3.5%.

The disposal is the successful conclusion of a strategy for the subject site
involving securing outline planning consent for change of use from a car park
to 227,000 sq ft of residential and ancillary uses. Proceeds will be redeployed
into income producing investments that are currently under consideration.

Following completion of the disposal of the subject site the Company continues
to own the 74,000 sq ft Olympic Office Centre which as at 30 June 2014 was
independently valued at £10.75 million.

-ENDS-

skinny - 16 Sep 2014 07:50 - 20 of 48

Disposal of Olympic Office Centre, Wembley

The Company announces that it has exchanged unconditional contracts with
Network Stadium Housing Association Limited (`Network') to dispose of the
Olympic Office Centre in Wembley for £15.4 million, reflecting a net initial
yield of 6.7%. The price compares to the independent valuation as at 30 June
2014 of £10.75 million.

Network, a tenant in the building, has paid a 10% deposit and completion is due
on 19 December 2014 to coincide with expiry of its lease. The Company will
continue to receive Network's rent equating to £514,000 per annum during the
period between exchange and completion. Network is a leading provider of
affordable housing to Brent Council and intends to pursue a mixed use office
and residential redevelopment scheme on the site.

skinny - 29 Sep 2014 09:04 - 21 of 48

Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited will announce half year results
for the six months ended 30 September 2014 on Monday 17 November 2014.
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