Urban Logistics REIT PLC Result of General Meeting and Total Voting Rights (4365F)

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RNS Number : 4365F

Urban Logistics REIT PLC

09 March 2020

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Urban Logistics REIT plc

("Urban Logistics" or the "Company")

Result of General Meeting and Total Voting Rights

The board of directors of Urban Logistics, the AIM-listed REIT focused on last mile logistics, is pleased to announce that at a general meeting of the Company held earlier today all resolutions were duly passed.

Accordingly, as set out in the Circular published 18 February 2020, the Company has the requisite authority to complete the Issue to raise gross proceeds of approximately GBP136.2 million. In addition, the Company has renewed the authorities given to the Directors to allot Ordinary Shares on a non-pre-emptive basis at the Annual General Meeting held on 12 July 2019. These authorities will expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company in 2020 or 30 September 2020.

Following receipt of valid applications for a further 75,000 Offer for Subscription Shares, application has been made for a revised total of 100,864,419 New Ordinary Shares (including the LTIP Shares) to be admitted to trading on AIM. It is expected that Admission will become effective and that dealings in the New Ordinary Shares will commence at 8 a.m. on 11 March 2020.

As previously disclosed, the following Directors have subscribed for New Ordinary Shares pursuant to the Issue as outlined below:

 
                                               Following Admission 
 
                         No. of Placing         Number of Ordinary     Percentage of 
                     Shares being subscribed          Shares           Enlarged Share 
                               for                                        Capital 
----------------  --------------------------  --------------------  ----------------- 
 Nigel Rich                 110,000                  335,536              0.18% 
 Bruce Anderson              4,446                   50,000               0.03% 
 

In addition, following Admission Pacific Industrial LLP will be interested in a further 1,809,607 New Ordinary Shares following the issue of the LTIP Shares and Richard Moffitt, Pacific Investments Management Limited, Mark Johnson and Christopher Turner are members of Pacific Industrial LLP and therefore have an interest in such shares.

Following Admission, the total number of voting rights in the Company will be 188,616,023 Ordinary Shares. This number may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.

Words and expressions defined in the Circular published on 18 February 2020 shall have the same meaning in this announcement.

Enquiries

 
 Urban Logistics REIT plc 
  Richard Moffitt                                  [phone] 
 Montfort - Financial PR and IR adviser 
  Olly Scott                                       [phone] 
 N+1 Singer - Nominated Adviser and Joint 
  Bookrunner 
  James Maxwell / James Moat (Corporate 
  Finance) 
  Alan Geeves / James Waterlow / Sam Greatrex 
  (Sales)                                          [phone] 
 Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited - Joint Bookrunner 
  Chloe Ponsonby (Corporate Broking) 
  Emma Earl (Corporate Finance) 
  David Hawkins / Tom Scrivens (Sales)             [phone] 
 

About Urban Logistics REIT

Urban Logistics REIT plc is a property investment company, quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, (AIM: SHED).

The Company invests in UK-based logistics properties with the objective of generating attractive dividends and capital returns for its shareholders. Its investment strategy focuses on strategically located smaller single let logistics properties servicing high-quality tenants. Investment returns will be generated by an experienced management team focusing on quality stock selection and active asset management.

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