Triple Point Social Housing REIT Acquisitions Update (0068M)

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RNS Number : 0068M

Triple Point Social Housing REIT

25 April 2018

25 April 2018

Triple Point Social Housing REIT plc

(the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

ACQUISITIONS UPDATE

The Board of Triple Point Social Housing REIT plc (tickers: SOHO and SOHC) is pleased to announce that the Group has exchanged contracts on three supported housing properties, completed the acquisition of two supported housing properties and has acquired the land and entered into a forward funding arrangement to develop another supported housing scheme, comprising 56 units in total, for an aggregate commitment of GBP8.9 million (excluding costs). The properties are located in the North of England and Hampshire.

The Group has entered into new FRI leases in respect of each of the properties (other than the forward funded asset) for a minimum period of 20 years with the ability to extend for five to ten years. These leases are with specialist housing associations with whom the Company has contracted previously, including Falcon Housing Association CIC and Inclusion Housing CIC. In relation to the forward funded asset, the Group will enter into a new FRI lease with Care Housing Association on practical completion of the scheme, also for a period of 20 years with the ability to extend for five years. All the housing associations are regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing.

The rents received under the leases are (or will be, in the case of the forward funded asset) subject to annual, upward-only rent reviews, increasing in line with the Consumer Prices Index. Over the period of construction of the forward funded asset, the Group will accrue a coupon from the developer.

The properties comprise specialist, high quality homes refurbished for individuals with mental health and other support and care needs.

The properties will (immediately or on completion of the acquisitions) generate net initial yields in line with the Company's investment criteria and returns profile.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:

 
 Triple Point Investment Management       (via Newgate below) 
  LLP 
  (Delegated Investment Manager) 
 James Cranmer 
 Ben Beaton 
 Max Shenkman 
 Justin Hubble 
 
 Akur Limited (Joint Financial Adviser)   Tel: [phone] 
 Tom Frost 
 Anthony Richardson 
 Siobhan Sergeant 
 
 Canaccord Genuity Limited (Joint         Tel: [phone] 
  Financial Adviser and Corporate 
  Broker) 
 Lucy Lewis 
 Denis Flanagan 
 Andrew Zychowski 
 
 Newgate (PR Adviser)                     Tel: [phone] 
 James Benjamin                           Em: [e-mail] 
 Anna Geffert 
 Patrick Hanrahan 
 Leena Patel 
 

The Company's LEI is 213800BERVBS2HFTBC58.

Further information on the Company can be found on its website at www.triplepointreit.com.

NOTES:

The Company invests in social housing assets in the UK, with a particular focus on supported housing. The assets within the portfolio are subject to inflation-adjusted, long-term (typically from 20 years to 30 years), Fully Repairing and Insuring ("FRI") leases with Approved Providers (being Housing Associations, Local Authorities or other regulated organisations in receipt of direct payment from local government). The portfolio comprises investments into properties which are already subject to an FRI lease with an Approved Provider, as well as forward funding of pre-let developments but does not include any direct development or speculative development.

There is increasing political and financial pressure on Housing Associations to increase their housing delivery and this is creating opportunities for private sector investors to participate in the market. The Group's ability to provide forward financing for new developments not only enables the Company to secure fit for purpose, modern assets for its portfolio but also addresses the chronic undersupply of suitable supported housing properties in the UK at sustainable rents and delivering returns to investors.

Triple Point Investment Management LLP (part of the Triple Point Group) is responsible for management of the Group's portfolio (with such functions having been delegated to it by Langham Hall Fund Management LLP, the Company's alternative investment fund manager).

The Company was admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 8 August 2017 and was admitted to the premium segment of the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority and migrated to trading on the premium segment of the Main Market on 27 March 2018. The Company operates as a UK Real Estate Investment Trust.

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