ABOUT | INVESTMENT POLICY Investment policy The Company’s investment objective is to provide Shareholders with an attractive level of income together with the potential for capital growth from investing in a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate properties in the UK. The Company’s investment policy is to invest in a diversified portfolio of UK commercial real estate properties. The target portfolio will be a UK, commercial property portfolio, characterised by small lot sizes with individual property values of less than £7.5 million at acquisition. The target portfolio should not exceed a maximum weighting to any one property sector, or to any geographic region, of greater than 50 per cent. The Company will pursue its investment policy as follows: a) The Company intends to hold a diversified portfolio of UK commercial property, diversified by sector, location, tenant and lease term. b) The portfolio will be diversified by location across the UK with a focus on areas with high residual values, strong local economies and an imbalance between supply and demand. Within these locations the objective is to acquire modern buildings or those that are considered fit for purpose by occupiers. c) The Company will target a portfolio with no one tenant or property accounting for more than 10 per cent. of the total rent roll of the Company’s portfolio at the time of purchase, except: (i) in the case of a single tenant which is a governmental body or department for which no percentage limit to proportion of the total rent roll shall apply; or (ii) in the case of a single tenant rated by ICC with a credit rating of less than 60, in which case the exposure to such single tenant may not exceed 5 per cent of the total rent roll (a credit rating of 60 represents “normal, limited risk potential, normal terms”). d) The Company will seek to maintain an average unexpired lease term of over 5 years across the portfolio secured against low risk tenants and to minimise rental voids. e) The Company will not undertake speculative development (that is, [development of property which has not been leased or pre-leased]), save for refurbishment of existing holdings, but may invest in forward funding agreements or forward commitments(these being, arrangements by which the Company may acquire pre-development land under a structure designed to provide the Company with investment rather than development risk) of prelet developments where the Company intends to own the completed development. f) The Company may use gearing, including to fund the acquisition of property and cash flow requirements, provided that the maximum gearing shall not exceed 35 per cent. of the Company’s total assets at the time of borrowing aggregate market value of all the properties of the Company. Over the medium term the Company is expected to target borrowings of 25 per cent. of the Company’s total assets aggregate market value of all the properties of the Company at the time of borrowing. g)The Company reserves the right to use efficient portfolio management techniques, such as interest rate hedging and credit default swaps, to mitigate market volatility. h) Uninvested cash or surplus capital or assets may be invested on a temporary basis in: (i) cash or cash equivalents, money market instruments, bonds, commercial paper or other debt obligations with banks or other counterparties having a single-A (or equivalent) or higher credit rating as determined by an internationally recognised rating agency; or (ii) any “government and public securities” as defined for the purposes of the FCA rules. Borrowing limits Gearing, calculated as borrowings as a percentage of the aggregate market value of all the properties of the Company’s gross assets, may not exceed 35 per cent at the time such borrowings are incurred. The Board currently intends that borrowings of the Company at the time of drawdown will not exceed 25 per cent of its gross assets the aggregate market value of all the properties of the Company. Regulatory status The Company will not be regulated as a collective investment scheme by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). However, from Admission, it will be subject to the Listing Rules, the Prospectus Rules and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Custodian Capital Mattioli Woods City Trustees Financial Conduct Authority Board of Directors Investment Policy Investment Management Portfolio Accessibility Disclaimer Privacy Policy Sitemap Copyright © Custodian REIT plc 2015 This website is published by Custodian REIT plc, which is managed by Custodian Capital Limited who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Custodian REIT plc l is registered in England and Wales at Companies House. Our registered office is 1 Penman Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, LE19 1SY and our registered number is 8863271. Website design by Champions (UK) plc