SIRIUS REAL ESTATE LIMITED

(Incorporated in Guernsey)

Company Number: 46442

JSE Share Code: SRE

LSE (GBP) Share Code: SRE

LEI: 213800NURUF5W8QSK566

ISIN Code: GG00B1W3VF54

16 January 2025

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Sirius Real Estate Limited

("Sirius Real Estate", "Sirius", the "Company" or the "Group")

Sirius Real Estate issues Corporate Bond raising EUR 350 million

Sirius Real Estate, the leading owner and operator of branded business and industrial parks providing conventional space and flexible workspace in Germany and the U.K., is pleased to announce that it has raised €350 million in a senior unsecured corporate bond issuance (the "Bond").

The Bond, which matures in 2032, carries a coupon of 4% and is expected to be rated BBB by Fitch. Following on from successful bond and equity financings during 2024, the €350 million bond issuance was approximately five times oversubscribed, underlining clear support from investors for the Company and its strategy. 

The new bond will increase Sirius' weighted average debt maturity to 4.2 years from 3.5 years at 30 September 2024 with the Company's total average cost of debt rising accordingly to 2.6% (2.1% at 30 September 2024).

The proceeds of the issue will be principally used to refinance existing indebtedness, including in due course and in part the EUR 400 million June 2026 bond, as well as for general corporate purposes, including a significant pipeline of potential acquisitions in Germany and the U.K.

The Bond is governed by German law and will be listed on the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Deutsche Bank, HSBC and Morgan Stanley acted as joint bookrunners on the transaction, with Lazard acting as financial adviser.

Chris Bowman, Chief Financial Officer of Sirius, commented: "We appreciate the strong support that we have received from institutional investors for this €350 million bond issue which provides valuable, long-duration liquidity to enable us to continue executing our value-add growth plan.  We remain well within our net LTV guidance of 40% or below. The strength of Sirius' investment case and capital markets access demonstrates investor confidence in our ability to generate strong income returns and our longer-term growth strategy."

ENDS

For further information:

Sirius Real Estate

Andrew Coombs, CEO / Chris Bowman, CFO

+44 (0) 20 3059 0855

FTI Consulting (Financial PR)

Richard Sunderland / Ellie Sweeney

+44 (0) 20 3727 1000

SiriusRealEstate@fticonsulting.com 

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Sirius Real Estate

Sirius is a property company listed on the equity shares (commercial companies) category of the London Stock Exchange and the premium segment of the main board of the JSE Limited. It is a leading owner and operator of branded business and industrial parks providing conventional space and flexible workspace in Germany and the U.K. As of 30 September 2024, the Group's owned portfolio comprised 145 assets let to 10,025 tenants with a total book value of €2.4 billion, generating a total annualised rent roll of €214 million. Sirius also holds a 35% stake in Titanium, its €350+ million German-focused joint venture with clients of AXA IM Alts.

The Company's strategy centres on acquiring business parks at attractive yields and integrating them into its network of sites - both under the Sirius and BizSpace names and alongside a range of branded products. The business then seeks to reconfigure and upgrade existing and vacant space to appeal to the local market via intensive asset management and investment and may then choose to refinance or dispose of assets selectively once they meet maturity, to release capital for new investment. This active approach allows the Company to generate attractive returns for shareholders through growing rental income, improving cost recoveries and capital values, and enhancing returns through securing efficient financing terms.

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Disclaimer

This publication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. Neither this publication nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever in any jurisdiction.

This publication does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities in the United States. Any securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), or the laws of any state within the U.S., and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration or in a transaction not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no offering of the bonds in the United States. The bonds are being offered and sold outside the United States only in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

This publication is only being distributed to, and is only directed at persons that are, outside the United Kingdom or, if within the United Kingdom, to (i) persons who have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (as amended, the "Financial Promotion Order"), or (ii) persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, "unincorporated associations", etc.) of the Financial Promotion Order, or (iii) persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA")) in connection with the issue or sale of the bonds may otherwise lawfully be communicated or caused to be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). The bonds are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such bonds will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this announcement or any of its contents. The bonds are not being offered to the public in the United Kingdom. As a consequence, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the bonds or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the bonds or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.

The securities referred to herein are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area (the "EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive (EU) 2014/65 (as amended, "MiFID II"); (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 as amended, where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II or (iii) not a qualified investor as defined in Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 14, 2017 (as amended, the "Prospectus Regulation"). Consequently, no key information document required by Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 (as amended or superseded, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the bonds or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the bonds or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.

Lazard & Co., Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively as financial adviser to Sirius and no one else in connection with the bond issue and will not be responsible to anyone other than Sirius for providing the protections afforded to clients of Lazard & Co., Limited nor for providing advice in relation to the bond issue or any other matters referred to in this announcement. Neither Lazard & Co., Limited nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Lazard & Co., Limited in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.