Disposal of Bleichenhof

STENPROP LIMITED
(Registered in Guernsey)
(Registration number 64865)
LSE share code: STP JSE share code: STP
ISIN: GG00BFWMR296
(“Stenprop” or the “Company”)


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DISPOSAL OF BLEICHENHOF

18 December 2019

1.   INTRODUCTION

     Shareholders are advised that earlier today, Kommanditgesellschaft Bleichenhof Grundstücksverwaltung GmbH & Co
     KG, a German partnership in which Stenprop holds a 94.9% interest (the “Seller”), entered into a transaction
     agreement (the “transaction agreement”) for the disposal of the leasehold of the property known as Bleichenhof in
     Hamburg (the “Bleichenhof property”) for a consideration of €160.15 million (the “disposal” or the “transaction”),
     as more fully described in paragraph 3 below and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent
     set out in paragraph 4 below.

     The disposal is classified as a Category 1 transaction for Stenprop pursuant to the JSE Listings Requirements and
     requires the approval of Stenprop’s shareholders. A circular (the “circular”) incorporating the notice of general
     meeting will be posted to shareholders in due course.

2.   RATIONALE, STRATEGY, PROSPECTS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

     The disposal is in line with Stenprop’s strategy to become a 100% UK MLI business via the sale of all non-MLI
     properties in its portfolio and the reinvestment of the proceeds into UK MLI properties. As at 30 September 2019,
     approximately 44.6% of the Stenprop portfolio was made up of UK MLI estates. On completion of the disposal,
     assuming no further purchases of MLI estates, the MLI percentage of the portfolio will rise to 56% calculated based
     on Stenprop’s total property asset value.

     The Bleichenhof property is the largest single asset in the Stenprop property portfolio, making up approximately 21%
     of the gross portfolio by value. It is a mixed-use property situated in the centre of Hamburg with a total lettable area
     of approximately 19,500 sq m of which currently 94% is let, generating a contractual rent of approximately €7.0 million
     per annum.

     As at 30 September 2019, the property was valued at €151.7 million. Under the terms of the disposal for €160.15
     million, Stenprop is required to complete the refurbishment works at the property which have been on-going since
     2016. As at 30 September 2019, the additional capital expenditure required to complete these works was estimated
     at €8.0 million. The transaction therefore reflects a sales price €0.45 million above valuation. After deduction of
     transaction costs, loan breakage costs and taxes, Stenprop’s IFRS NAV is expected to decrease by approximately €2.3
     million against the IFRS NAV reported at 30 September 2019. Following completion of the refurbishment works, the
     disposal will release net cash proceeds of approximately €62.8 million after transaction costs, the repayment of
     external debt and taxes. Stenprop has a beneficial ownership interest in the Bleichenhof property of 94.9%, which
     means its share of net cash proceeds is expected to be approximately €59.6 million.
     
     Stenprop intends to use the net cash proceeds from the disposal to acquire additional UK MLI estates which meet
     the purchasing and return criteria of Stenprop and to repay debt.

3.   TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION

     Today the Seller entered into the transaction agreement for the sale of the leasehold on the Bleichenhof property to
     Projekt Palais Verwaltungs GmbH (the “Purchaser”), a vehicle beneficially owned by three German pension funds
     specialising in the provision of pensions to members of the medical sector in Germany, for a total purchase price of
     €160,150,000 (the “Purchase Price”). A maximum amount of €500,000 may be retained by the Purchaser and
     deducted from the Purchase Price to the extent that one of the tenants due to take possession of its lease in the next
     few weeks does not do so by 30 June 2019.

     Completion of the transaction will occur within 10 business days of satisfaction of the last condition precedent
     described in paragraph 4 below when the Purchase Price (less the maximum retention amount of €500,000) will be
     paid. The transaction is expected to complete by 31 March 2020. The parties have agreed that if completion does
     not take place by 31 July 2020 (the “Deadline”), they shall each be entitled to withdraw from the transaction.

     The Seller has also agreed that, if the transaction fails to complete by the Deadline due to the shareholders’
     resolutions required to approve the transaction not being passed, then the Seller shall pay to the Purchaser the
     amount of €600,000 as fixed compensation for the Purchaser’s transaction costs.

     The transaction agreement contains warranties standard for a transaction of this nature.

4.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     The implementation of the transaction is subject to the fulfilment and/or waiver of the following conditions
     precedent.

           •    the ordinary resolutions required to approve the transaction having been passed by the requisite majority
                of shareholders;

           •    the current lender (LandesBank Berlin, Berlin Hyp AG) having deposited a cancellation notice for the
                existing land charge on the Bleichenhof property with an escrow agent pending completion of the
                transaction and repayment in full of all amounts due under the facility; and

           •    the City of Hamburg having consented to the transaction and waived its pre-emption right in respect of
                the sale. The City of Hamburg holds the freehold of the Bleichenhof property and benefits from a right of
                pre-emption on a sale. If it were to exercise such right, it would acquire the Leasehold instead of the
                Purchaser under the transaction agreement on the terms of the transaction agreement. The board
                believes that the City of Hamburg is unlikely to seek to exercise its right of pre-emption and that the
                necessary consents to the transaction will be obtained.

5.   PROPERTY SPECIFIC INFORMATION

                                                                                     Net operating
                                                                      Weighted      profit for the
                                                     Occupied          average       year ended 31
      Name and geographical                           GLA (sq    rental per m2         March 2019*       Valuation^
      location                          Sector             m)      (Euro/sq m)              (Euro)           (Euro)
      Bleichenhof, Bleichenbrücke       Retail         19 500              370           5 344 909       151 700 00
      9-11, Stadthausbrücken 12,        and
      20354, Hamburg, Germany           Office

     *Extracted from Stenprop’s audited results for the year ended 31 March 2019, which were prepared under
     International Financial Reporting Standards.

     ^The Bleichenhof property was valued as at 30 September 2019 by Shawn Crous of Jones Lang LaSalle Proprietary
     Limited, who is external independent valuer registered as a professional in terms of the Property Valuers Profession
     Act, No.47 of 2000 and in terms and with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

6.   CATEGORISATION OF THE TRANSACTION

     In terms of the JSE Listings Requirements, the disposal is classified as a Category 1 transaction for Stenprop, which
     accordingly requires approval by Stenprop shareholders. Details of the disposal, together with, inter alia, the pro
     forma financial effects of the disposal and a summary valuation report on the Bleichenhof property will be included
     in the circular. The salient dates and times relating to the disposal will be released on SENS and published in the press
     at the time of posting of the circular.

 
For further information:
 Stenprop Limited                                                             44(0)20 3918 6600
 Paul Arenson
 James Beaumont
 Julian Carey

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 Hugh Jonathan
 Vicki Paine

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 (JSE Sponsor)


 About Stenprop:
 Stenprop is a Guernsey-registered UK REIT. The objective of the Company is to deliver sustainable growing income to its
 investors. Stenprop’s investment policy is to invest in a diversified portfolio of UK multi-let industrial (MLI) properties
 with the strategic goal of becoming the leading MLI business in the UK. For further information, go to
 www.stenprop.com.

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Date: 18-12-2019 02:00:00
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