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<h2>Singapore</h2><h3><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aims-amp-capital-industrial" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:933" rel="noopener">AIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT SP)</a> to acquire Woolworths headquarters at 5.17% NPI yield; Accretive to DPU by 4.7%</h3><ul><li>AAREIT has acquired Woolworths headquarters for a purchase consideration of AUD463.25m (~S$454.0m) from Inmark Asset Management. The property is fully leased to Woolworths Group – Australia’s largest supermarket retailer, top 10 ASX listed companies. Woolworths HQ property is a corporate campus with a total site area of 90,010sqm and a total NLA of 44,972sqm. The current NLA provides for significant development potential to circa 180,000sqm based on the maximum allowable GFA. The purchase consideration of AUD463.25m excludes transaction costs of ~AUD31.0m. As such, the total acquisition cost is AUD494.25m (~S$484.4m)</li><li>The property has a long-term lease balance of 10 years and built-in rental escalation of 2.75% pa. Portfolio value will be enlarged by 26.6% to over S$2.28bn, while WALE will rise to 4.92 years. Portfolio occupancy will rise to 95.9% (from 95.7%) and master lease will represent 48% of total portfolio (from 38%)</li><li>The initial NPI yield is 5.17% and AAREIT plans to funding this acquisition through a combination of debt financing, recently issued S$250m perpetual securities, and potentially EFR. The funding structure utilising local debt financing (56%) and perpetual securities (44%) will bring aggregate leverage to 38.6% and result in DPU accretion of 4.7% on FY21 pro-forma basis. Upon settlement, the Manager has elected to receive the acquisition fee in AAREIT units</li><li>Following the completion of the proposed acquisition, AAREIT will have a total of 29 properties, of which 26 properties are located throughout Singapore (62%) and the remaining in Australia (38%).</li></ul>

SingaporeAIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT SP) to acquire Woolworths headquarters at 5.17% NPI yield; Accretive to DPU by 4.7%AAREIT has acquired Woolworths headquarters for a purchase consideration of AUD463.25m (~S$454.0m) from Inmark Asset Management. The property is fully leased to Woolworths Group – Australia’s largest supermarket retailer, top 10 ASX listed companies. Woolworths HQ property is a corporate campus with a total site area of 90,010sqm and a total NLA of 44,972sqm. The current NLA provides for significant development potential to circa 180,000sqm based on the maximum allowable GFA. The purchase consideration of AUD463.25m excludes transaction costs of ~AUD31.0m. As such, the total acquisition cost is AUD494.25m (~S$484.4m)The property has a long-term lease balance of 10 years and built-in rental escalation of 2.75% pa. Portfolio value will be enlarged by 26.6% to over S$2.28bn, while WALE will rise to 4.92 years. Portfolio occupancy will rise to 95.9% (from 95.7%) and master lease will represent 48% of total portfolio (from 38%)The initial NPI yield is 5.17% and AAREIT plans to funding this acquisition through a combination of debt financing, recently issued S$250m perpetual securities, and potentially EFR. The funding structure utilising local debt financing (56%) and perpetual securities (44%) will bring aggregate leverage to 38.6% and result in DPU accretion of 4.7% on FY21 pro-forma basis. Upon settlement, the Manager has elected to receive the acquisition fee in AAREIT unitsFollowing the completion of the proposed acquisition, AAREIT will have a total of 29 properties, of which 26 properties are located throughout Singapore (62%) and the remaining in Australia (38%).

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