Barkby Group PLC First joint venture acquisition (9032W)

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Barkby Group PLC

15 December 2023

Barkby Group PLC

("Barkby" or the "Company")

First joint venture acquisition

Barkby, (AIM: BARK) the roadside real estate business, is pleased to announce that its joint venture with Meadow Partners LLP, ("Meadow") to acquire and develop a portfolio of UK-based Roadside Real Estate assets, (the "JV") has completed its first acquisition, (the "Acquisition").

The JV has acquired an asset in Stoke for a total cost of GBP5.28 million. Meadow acquired the asset in September 2023 and is selling it to the JV at cost. The Acquisition will be funded in line with the principal terms of the JV's equity commitments, whereby Meadow will own and fund 97% of the JV while Barkby will own and fund 3%. Therefore, Barkby has made an initial equity contribution of GBP167,625 to the JV to fund the Acquisition.

The site features:

 
      --   Lettable space of 15,489 sq.ft. over four units on an 
            average rent of GBP18.87 psf, representing a net initial 
            yield of 7.95% 
      --   The units are leased to Costa Drive Thru, TGI Friday's, 
            Nando's and wagamama, providing c.GBP408,000 of net operating 
            income with a weighted average unexpired lease term of 
            11.6 years and 9.4 years including lease breaks 
      --   10% of the total projected net operating income will 
            be indexed to RPI uplifts 
      --   The site includes 239 car parking spaces within which 
            there is scope to install a minimum of 12 ultra-fast 
            EV chargers at no capital expenditure cost to the JV. 
            These charging bays each have the potential to generate 
            c.GBP4,000 annual income on a 20-year lease with annual 
            RPI uplifts 
 

Charles Dickson, Executive Chairman, said:

"We are pleased to have completed the JV's first acquisition. The Stoke asset has scope for several accretive investment opportunities, not least the installation of much-needed EV charging infrastructure.

This Acquisition follows practical completions at Barkby's wholly owned assets in Wellingborough and Maldon, which are both fully let and together generate over GBP500,000 of annualised rental income."

The JV has a prospective roadside real estate investment pipeline in excess of GBP150 million, which we are confident will attract high-quality nationwide tenants, underpinning reliable, long term income streams. The JV is in ongoing negotiation on a number of further site acquisitions as it works to deploy the JV's equity commitment in assets that deliver sustainable returns for investors and valuable amenities to local communities.

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Enquiries:

 
 Barkby Group PLC 
  Charles Dickson, Executive Chairman 
  c/o Montfort 
 
                                                        [phone] 
 Montfort                                               5205 
  Olly Scott                                            [phone] 
  Georgia Colkin                                        6844 
 Cavendish Capital Markets Limited (Nomad and 
  Joint Broker) 
  Carl Holmes / Simon Hicks / Fergus Sullivan 
  (Corporate Finance)                                 [phone] 
  Tim Redfern (ECM)                                    0500 
 Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (Financial Adviser 
  and Joint Corporate Broker) 
  Mark Young 
  Jonathan Wilkes-Green                               [phone] 
  Catriona Neville                                     7600 
 

About Barkby

Barkby is a roadside real estate business focused on building and scaling a high-quality portfolio of modern assets.

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