CapitaLand Ascendas REIT to divest three Australian logistics properties for $64.2 mil
The total sale point to consider for the three buildings totals up to $64.2 million (A$ 73.0 million) and exemplifies a premium of 6.2% over the overall market valuation of the estates of $60.4 million as at Aug 31.
The manager of CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) has revealed the suggested divestment of 3 logistics real properties in Queensland, Australia on Dec 20.
Adhering to the finalization, CLAR will have 228 real properties making up 97 real estates in Singapore, 33 properties in Australia, 48 real estates in the United States and 50 properties in the United Kingdom and Europe.
Units in CLAR shut 1 cent much lower of 0.34% dropping at $2.92 on Dec 20.
The suggested divestment, that CLAR says adjusts with its proactive possession administration approach to improve the quality of its profile and optimise profits for unitholders, is assumed to be completed in the very first quarter of 2024.
Presuming the suggested divestment had definitely been finished on Jan 1, 2022, the proforma impact on CLAR’s net property income (NPI) and distribution per unit (DPU) for the FY2022 ended Dec 31, 2022, will have led to a reduction of $3.9 million and 4 cents, specifically.
Following subtracting divestment expenses, final profits from the sale are projected to be $60.8 million and could be utilised for numerous uses including funding dedicated financial investments, paying back current financial debts, expanding lendings to subsidiaries, financing general business and business assets demands and making distributions to unitholders.