Lxi Reit Share Discussion Threads

[skinny] 02/4/2019 11:51

A new high @126.60p.

[jonwig] 27/3/2019 07:08

March factsheet:



Notice virtually zero retail exposure. Ditto London.

[jonwig] 18/3/2019 06:29

"Travelodge has reported rising annual sales and profits, with the budget hotels chain set to create 3,000 new jobs over the coming years as it continues to expand."

Will open 100 new hotels over the next five years.



LXI seems to be a prolific landlord for this group, currently owns eight!

[ironstorm] 27/2/2019 16:39

I recently bought in here and already am very happy with the progress.

Deal velocity is good. Financials great. Quality customer base on long term contracts, Funding in place. And dare I say it nicely under-valued with positive momentum. These 0.5p - 1p increases per day feel good.

[skinny] 27/2/2019 12:35

A new high @126p.

[bennywin] 25/2/2019 07:21

Another nice acquisition.

[skinny] 14/2/2019 07:25

The Board of LXi REIT plc (ticker: LXI), the specialist inflation-protected very long income REIT, is pleased to declare today an interim quarterly dividend in respect of the period from 1 October to 31 December 2018 of 1.375 pence per ordinary share, payable on 29 March 2019 to shareholders on the register at 8 March 2019. The ex-dividend date will be 7 March 2019. The dividend reflects an annualised rate of 5.50 pence per ordinary share, in line with the Company's current annual dividend target*.


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[skinny] 13/2/2019 08:28

Link corrected!

Jonwig - its proving to be fairly fraught free as an investment!

[jonwig] 13/2/2019 07:43

Interesting kind of investment, at under £2m apiece. Pretty solid tenants.

Leaves them still with £50m to spend using the new debt facility, then (I guess later this year) more equity tapping!

[skinny] 13/2/2019 07:16

The Board of LXi REIT plc (ticker: LXI), the specialist inflation-protected very long income REIT, is pleased to announce that the Company has exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the pre-let development of a portfolio of 13 separate Starbucks and Costa drive-thru format coffee shops for a combined consideration of £23.4 million, reflecting a 5.7% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company).

The acquisitions are being funded utilising the Company's new Scottish Widows loan.

12 of the properties have been pre-let to Starbucks Coffee Company (UK) Limited and one has been pre-let to Costa Limited, each on unbroken leases of 15 years from completion of the building works, with five yearly rent reviews index-linked to RPI inflation (collared at 1% per annum and capped at 4% per annum compound).

Starbucks Coffee Company (UK) Limited is the principal UK trading company of the Starbucks Corporation, the leading coffee retailer which operates over 29,000 stores globally and is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange with a market capitalisation of $87 billion.

Costa Limited is the principal UK trading company of the Costa Coffee group, the UK's largest and the world's second largest coffee shop chain with over 2,000 UK outlets and more than 1,240 in 31 overseas markets. The group was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in January 2019 for £3.9 billion.

Each property will comprise a new drive-thru format coffee shop and the sites are well located across Great Britain in Barry, Blackpool, Cambourne, Canvey Island, Cardiff, Carmarthen, Newcastle Under Lyme, Northampton, Nottingham, Peterborough, Preston, Redditch and Stoke.

The Company is not developing the sites or assuming development risk and is forward funding each property on a fixed price basis. The building works are due to complete in Q3 2019. The Company will receive an income from the developer during the construction period.

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[skinny] 29/1/2019 16:19

A new high @124p

[jonwig] 07/1/2019 07:12

Acquisitions and disposals:



Sale for a 19% uplift in under a year, and a 2.99% loan fixed for 15 years!

Latest NAV was 113p (30/09) - this must be one of the very few commercial property companies currently trading at a premium. Remarkable progress.

[skinny] 07/1/2019 07:12

The Board of LXi REIT plc (ticker: LXI), the specialist inflation-protected very long income REIT, is pleased to announce the following profitable disposals and accretive acquisitions.

Travelodge hotels disposals

Following receipt of an unsolicited approach, the Company has sold two of its older Travelodge hotels, in Haverhill and Ipswich, to an institutional buyer for £12.6 million in aggregate:

· reflecting a low exit yield of 5.0%, which compares favourably to the acquisition yields of 5.92% and 6.12% paid by the Company in March and July 2017, respectively;

· representing a 19% uplift on acquisition cost and a 5% premium to the latest book value as at 30 September 2018; and

· generating an attractive geared IRR for the Company of 23% per annum.

Two industrial acquisitions, West Midlands

The Company has acquired two industrial properties, by way of purchase and leaseback, for a combined purchase price of £11.7 million, reflecting a 5.7% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company).

The properties have been acquired with new, unbroken 25-year leases in place to West Midlands Travel Ltd, with a guarantee from its parent, National Express Group PLC, a FTSE 250 listed leading transport provider delivering services in the UK, Continental Europe, North Africa, North America and the Middle East, with a market capitalisation of approximately £1.9 billion.

The new leases benefit from annual Retail Price Index linked rent reviews (collared at 2% per annum and capped at 4% per annum compound).

The properties comprise two purpose-built bus depots totalling 93,000 sq ft and 102,000 sq ft, with a range of accommodation including parking halls, workshops, vehicle inspection pits, refuelling areas, stores, bus wash areas and associated offices.

The properties are both well located in the West Midlands: (i) in the southern Birmingham suburb of Yardley Wood, which lies 6.6 miles to the south of Birmingham city centre; and (ii) in West Bromwich, which lies 6.4 miles to the north west of Birmingham city centre.

The properties are being acquired at a low capital cost and low rental base and benefit from strong alternative use values.

Forward funding acquisition of Aldi-anchored scheme, Evesham

The Company has exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the pre-let development of an Aldi foodstore-anchored property in Evesham, Worcestershire for £12.15 million, reflecting a 5.4% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company).

Anchoring the scheme will be a new 18,578 sq ft foodstore, which has been pre-let to Aldi Stores Limited, the principal UK trading company of the Aldi group, a leading global discount food retailer with 10,000 stores across 18 countries. The property will benefit from a new 15-year lease (with no tenant break right), with five yearly upward only RPI inflation-linked rent reviews.

The second unit, comprising 12,935 sq ft, has been pre-let to T. J. Morris Limited (trading as Home Bargains), a leading discount retailer of both food and non-food products, with over 400 stores throughout the UK. This has been pre-let on a new 15-year lease (with no tenant break right), with five yearly upward only open market rent reviews.

The final unit, comprising 10,000 sq ft, has been pre-let to TJX UK Limited (trading as TK Maxx), a leading discount fashion retailer and the principal UK trading company of The TJX Companies Inc., a New York Stock Exchange listed leading off-price apparel and home fashions retailer in the U.S. and worldwide with a market capitalisation of $54 billion. This unit has been pre-let on a new 15-year lease (with a tenant break right in year 10), with five yearly upward only open-market rent reviews.

The property, which benefits from 196 parking spaces on a 3.9 acre site, lies one mile south of Evesham town centre and close to the main A46 bypass, providing good access to the national motorway system. Evesham is an affluent town situated in the heart of Worcestershire, approximately 14 miles south west of Stratford-upon-Avon, 16 miles north east of Cheltenham and 17 miles south east of Worcester.

Planning consent has been granted, the agreements for lease have exchanged and the Company is forward funding the property on a fixed price basis. The Company will receive an income from the developer during the construction period. The Company is not developing the site or assuming development risk. The building works are due to complete in July 2019.

Scottish Widows loan - 2.99% per annum all-in fixed rate over 15-year term

Following the Company's announcement on 13 November 2018, reporting terms having been agreed for a new 15-year £75 million term loan with Scottish Widows Limited (the "New Loan") to gear the proceeds of its recent equity issue, the Company is pleased to report that it has now completed the New Loan and has fixed the all-in rate at 2.99% per annum until maturity of the facility in December 2033.

The New Loan takes the Company's:

· weighted average all-in debt cost to 2.94% per annum across all facilities;

· weighted average debt maturity to over 12 years across all facilities; and

· loan-to-value ratio to 30%, when fully drawn (below the Company's maximum level of aggregate borrowings of 35% of the Company's gross assets).

The Company is in solicitors' hands on a wide range of further accretive acquisitions which will fully deploy the New Loan in short order.

Simon Lee, Partner of LXi REIT Advisers Limited, commented:

"We are pleased to have completed the disposal of two Travelodge hotels at a significant premium to acquisition cost and book value and to have immediately recycled the proceeds into two accretive industrial properties let to a strong tenant on 25 year, RPI-linked leases.

Our new 15-year loan facility with Scottish Widows locks in a very attractive 2.99% all-in funding cost over the long term, reflecting the high quality and secure nature of our property portfolio. We continue to deploy the facility across a range of quality assets underpinned by long term leases, defensive sectors and robust tenants with accretive yields."

[jonwig] 17/12/2018 07:13

December factsheet:

[jonwig] 29/11/2018 07:47

Yes! Outstanding the way they create value here.

[bennywin] 29/11/2018 07:33

Nice solid set of results.

[skinny] 29/11/2018 07:09

· Total net asset value ("NAV") return per share (inclusive of dividends) for the six month period was 8.08%. This represents significant over delivery on the Company's annual target of 8%1

· EPRA NAV per share increased in the six month period by 5.33 pence or 4.95% to 113.00 pence at 30 September 2018

· Dividend per share ("DPS") declared for the six month period of 2.75 pence putting the Company on track to meet its full year target of 5.50 pence1

· DPS fully covered by EPRA earnings per share ("EPS") of 2.80 pence for the half-year which excludes developer licence fees and Adjusted EPS of 3.17 pence including developer licence fees2

· Operating profit of £18.39 million comprising income from the Group's property portfolio and changes in fair value of investment property net of administrative and other expenses

· Portfolio independently valued by Knight Frank LLP at £318.79 million as at 30 September 2018 including all commitments on forward funded assets, representing a like for like uplift of 12% from acquisition price (excluding acquisition costs)3

· Loan to value reducing from 31 March 2018 to 29% with material headroom to our medium term maximum of 35%

· Low all-in fixed cost of debt of 2.90% and long average debt maturity of 11 years underpinning our ability to grow investor returns through inflation-linked rent reviews

· Total shareholder return since IPO in February 2017 of 21% reflecting the strong performance of the Company's portfolio, increased dividend targets, dividend payments and share price

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[skinny] 26/11/2018 14:41

Half year results this Thursday, 29 November 2018.

[jonwig] 13/11/2018 07:56

"The New Loan Facility is interest-only and benefits from a low margin of 1.55% per annum, which is highly accretive to the Company's earnings per share."

It's fixed rate, so why do they call it a "margin", which is usually tied to libor? (It's good, anyway!)

[skinny] 13/11/2018 07:23

SIX ACQUISITIONS WITH A COMBINED PURCHASE PRICE OF £62.4 MILLION

UPDATE OF FULL EQUITY DEPLOYMENT, NEW LOAN FACILITY & CONSTRUCTION WORKS

The Board of LXi REIT plc (ticker: LXI), the specialist inflation-protected very long income REIT, is pleased to announce six further property acquisitions (the "Acquisitions"), with a combined total consideration of £62.4 million (excluding costs). This takes the Company to full deployment of its recent £175 million equity raise announced on 12 October 2018.

The Acquisitions are highly accretive to the Company's existing portfolio yield and rent review profile.

· Of the combined passing rents of the Acquisitions, 100% are RPI-linked.

· The weighted average unexpired lease term ("WAULT") to first break of the Acquisitions is 22.1 years.

· The weighted average net initial acquisition yield of the Acquisitions is 5.7%.

The Company is also in solicitors' hands and under offer on further accretive acquisitions, comprising pre-let forward fundings, to deploy its new debt facility, on which further details are set out below.

Five Travelodge hotels

The Company has acquired five Travelodge budget hotels for a combined total consideration of £45.2 million, reflecting a 5.8% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company).

Each property is fully let to Travelodge Hotels Limited, the principal trading company of the Travelodge hotel group, with a WAULT to first break of 24 years. Each benefit from five yearly rent reviews index-linked to the uncapped Retail Prices Index.

Founded in 1985, Travelodge is one of the UK's leading hotel brands, operating over 550 hotels and over 41,000 rooms in the UK, Spain and Ireland.

The properties trade well with strong occupancy levels and are well-located to city centre amenities and/or strong communications links, with good geographic diversification:

· Aberdeen: 97 bedrooms

· Brighton: 94 bedrooms

· Liverpool: 105 bedrooms

· Llanelli: 51 bedrooms

· Nuneaton: 40 bedrooms

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[skinny] 02/11/2018 09:28

All looking promising here - new high @119.50p - albeit only 32 shares.

[bennywin] 24/10/2018 08:10

They ceartainly don’t hang about.

It takes my wife longer to buy a pair of shoes.

[skinny] 24/10/2018 07:10

FIVE ACQUISITIONS WITH A COMBINED PURCHASE PRICE OF £109 MILLION

Following the successful closing of its capital raise announced on 12 October, the Board of LXi REIT plc (ticker: LXI), the specialist inflation-protected very long income REIT, is pleased to announce the following five property acquisitions, from separate vendors/developers, with a combined total consideration of approximately £109 million (excluding costs).

The Company is in solicitors' hands on further acquisitions which will fully deploy the balance of the £175 million capital raised in the next few weeks. Further acquisition announcements will be made shortly.



Forward funding of Travelodge hotel, Edinburgh

The Company has exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the pre-let development of a 70-bedroom Travelodge hotel at Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh. The development represents a total investment by the Company of £6.6 million, reflecting a 5.4% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company).

The property has been fully pre-let to Travelodge Hotels Limited, the principal trading company of the Travelodge hotel group, on an unbroken 25-year lease from completion of the building works, with five yearly rent reviews index-linked to the Consumer Prices Index (capped at 4% pa and collared at 1% pa compound).

Founded in 1985, Travelodge is one of the UK's leading hotel brands, operating over 550 hotels and over 41,000 rooms in the UK, Spain and Ireland.

The well-located property is within the South Gyle Business District, which is two miles south east of Edinburgh International Airport and five miles west of Edinburgh city centre. The immediate area is one of the UK's premier business locations housing a wide range of corporate occupiers, including Aegon, BT, Diageo, JP Morgan, Scottish & Newcastle and Tesco Bank.

Planning consent has been granted, the agreement for lease has exchanged and the Company is forward funding the project on a fixed price basis. The Company will receive an income from the developer during the construction period. The Company is not developing the site or assuming development risk. The building works are due to complete in Q3 2019.

Forward funding of Lidl foodstore and B&M, East Fife

The Company has exchanged contracts to provide forward funding for the pre-let development of a 19,310 sq ft Lidl foodstore and 20,000 sq ft B&M discount store to be built at Cowdenbeath, East Fife, for £8.5 million, reflecting a 6.0% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company).

The Lidl property has been fully pre-let to Lidl UK GmbH, the principal UK trading company of the Schwarz Gruppe GmbH (a top four global retail group that owns and operates the Lidl and Kaufland brands, operating over 10,000 stores across 26 countries), on a 25-year lease from completion of the building works (with a tenant break right at year 15), with five yearly rent reviews index-linked to the Consumer Prices Index (capped at 3% pa and collared at 1% pa compound).

The B&M property has been fully pre-let to B&M Retail Limited, the principal trading company of B&M European Value Retail SA, on an unbroken 15-year lease from completion of the building works, with five yearly upward only open market rent reviews.

B&M European Value Retail SA, a London Stock Exchange listed company with a market capitalisation of £3.9 billion, is the UK's leading general merchandise value retailer, operating over 580 stores.

The property is well located in Cowdenbeath, a town in west Fife, approximately five miles north-east of Dunfermline and 18 miles north of Edinburgh, with a catchment population of 265,189.

Planning consent has been granted, the agreements for lease have exchanged and the Company is forward funding the project on a fixed price basis. The Company will receive an income from the developer during the construction period. The Company is not developing the site or assuming development risk. The building works are due to complete in Q3 2019.

Jurys Inn hotel, Plymouth

The Company has completed the acquisition of a 247-bedroom Jurys Inn hotel in Plymouth for £30 million, reflecting a 5.7% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company).

The property is fully let to Jurys Hotel Management (UK) Limited, the principal trading company of the Jurys Inn group, with an unbroken 24-year unexpired lease term, with five yearly rent reviews index-linked to the uncapped Retail Prices Index.

The hotel, which was purpose-built in 2007 and fully refurbished in 2016, trades very well and includes a bar, restaurant and 11 conference and meeting rooms. It is well-located on Exeter Street, near Plymouth's Historic Quarter and other tourist attractions such as the National Marine Aquarium and the Royal William Yard, and a short walk to the city centre and train station.

The hotel is one of the largest in Devon and draws significant custom from (i) leisure tourism, with many overseas visitors, including bus tours, using the hotel as a base from which to explore Devon and Cornwall; (ii) businesses linked to the maritime docks; and (iii) a strong relationship with the university.

The Jurys Inn portfolio comprises 36 hotels and 8,013 rooms in strategic locations in economically-strong and attractive destinations and transport hubs across the UK and Ireland. The group was acquired in December 2017 by Fattal Group, an Israeli hotel group operating 160 hotels in 17 countries, for £800 million.

BCA logistics facility, Corby

The Company has completed the acquisition of a 121-acre car storage facility in Corby, Northamptonshire, for £60 million, reflecting a 5.25% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company), rising to over 6.0% at the next five yearly rent review in three years' time.

The property is fully let to BCA Group Europe Limited, part of BCA Marketplace plc, with an unbroken 18-year unexpired lease term, with five yearly rent reviews index-linked to the uncapped Retail Prices Index.

BCA Marketplace plc, a London Stock Exchange listed company with a market capitalisation of £1.7 billion, is Europe's leading used vehicle distributor and remarketing company, operating 50 branches in 13 countries and selling over one million vehicles per annum. BCA's brands include "WeBuyAnyCar.com".

The property comprises a substantial and strategic logistics holding with a capacity for over 18,000 cars and from which BCA operate a number of long term contracts, including for BMW Finance and Vauxhall's primary vehicle storage/resale centres. It is rail terminal connected and has excellent connections to the M1 southbound, the M6 and A1(M) via the A14 dual carriageway.

Corby is an established and strategic distribution location in the heart of the East Midlands, which attracts major distribution operators given its access to 80% of the UK population within a 4.5-hour HGV drive time and a number of major occupiers include Matalan, Morrisons, Staples and Wincanton.

The property adjoins the Midlands Logistics Park, a new logistics park to the south of Corby, which has recently attracted new developments including an 845,000 sq ft regional distribution facility for Eddie Stobart and a 950,000 sq ft national distribution centre for Bosch-Siemens group.

The purchase price, equating to a low £495,000 per acre, is significantly underpinned by vacant possession value.

The Range, Carlisle

The Company has completed the acquisition of a 33,500 sq ft discount store in Carlisle for £4.3 million, reflecting a 6.0% net initial yield (net of acquisition costs to the Company).

The property is fully let to CDS Superstores (International) Limited, trading as The Range, with an unbroken 19.5-year unexpired lease term, with fixed five yearly rental uplifts of 2% pa. The rent reflects a very low £8 per sq ft.

The Range is one of the fastest growing discounters in the UK, operating 140 discount stores and stocks some 65,000 products across its home, leisure and garden departments. The property is located approximately one mile south of Carlisle city centre in a successful trading location, with nearby operators including Asda, B&M and Iceland.

Simon Lee, Partner of LXi REIT Advisors Limited, commented:

"We are pleased to be investing just over £109 million from our £175 million capital raising announced on 12 October. These are five high quality assets, diversified across a wide range of robust sub-sectors, leased to institutional grade tenants on very long term leases with inflation linked rents.

The Company is in solicitors' hands on a range of further accretive acquisitions that meet our selective investment strategy and will deliver further value to our investors. These acquisitions will result in the full deployment of the recent capital raise in the next few weeks."

[skinny] 15/10/2018 07:04

LXi REIT plc (ticker: LXI), the specialist inflation-protected very long income REIT, will announce its half year results for the period ended 30 September 2018 on Thursday, 29 November 2018.

A Company presentation for analysts and investors will be held at 10.30am on the day at the offices of Newgate, Sky Light City Tower, 50 Basinghall Street, EC2V 5DE. The presentation will also be accessible via a live conference call and on-demand via the Company website:

Those wishing to attend the presentation or access the live conference call are kindly asked to contact Newgate on [e-mail] or by telephone on [phone].