Actualización sobre los resultados de fin de año
cafom
€9.20
17:19 26/04/24
8 de marzo de 2024
Número de empresa del Reino Unido 01399411
Código compartido de LSE: CAL
ISIN: GB00BL6XZ716
LEI: 21380097W74N9OYF5Z25
PLC CAPITAL Y REGIONAL
("Capital & Regional" o la "Compañía" o el "Grupo")
Update on Year End results - Fuerte desempeño operativo
and continued positive leasing momentum underpin proposed dividend increase
Capitales y Regionales, el centro comercial centrado en la comodidad y la comunidad REIT, provides an update on its results for the year ended 30 December 2023.
Lawrence Hutchings, director ejecutivo, comentarios:
"Our ongoing focus on delivering our proven community centre strategy and increasing our weighting to non-discretionary and needs-based retail and services categories has helped us deliver another positive year of progress. The acquisition of Gyle in Edinburgh also represented an important milestone in our goal of returning to growth and we are particularly encouraged by the fact that we have already created value in the centre through our leasing programme.
Consumers are increasingly focused on value for money as well as prioritising spend on non-discretionary items. Our value-based retailers are responding by expanding their store footprints into the types of well-managed, high footfall centres offering affordable space in urban locations, that make up our portfolio. This trend is evidenced by the speed at which our team was able to rapidly re-lease all three of our Wilko units to B&M. It is also supporting our income growth and has underpinned the increase in dividend we have announced today."
The Group was planning to release its results in early March 2024. However the Group's new auditor, Mazars LLP, has requested additional time to complete its procedures in its first year as auditor. The outstanding work primarily relates to requests to perform additional audit procedures on the internal processes of some of the Group's outsourced service providers who have been working for the Group since at least early 2021. Consequently, the Group is unable to confirm a date for its full year preliminary results announcement but will provide a further update as soon as it is able to do so.
The Group provides an update on key metrics and trading performance as follows:
· 86 new lettings and renewals, compared to 80 in 2022, at a combined average premium of 6.8% to previous rent1 y 16.6% a ERV1.
· Footfall increased 1.5% with 44.5 million shopper visits in 2023, representing 86.7% of the equivalent period for 2019.
· Occupancy steady at 93.4% (December 2022: 94.1%) with the marginal decline being due to Wilko's administration.
· All three units vacated following Wilko's administration in August 2023 have been relet post year end, with B&M signing a portfolio deal in February 2024 and due to open in April 2024, adding 140 basis points to occupancy.
· Rent collection of 99.0% for 2023 (December 2022: 97.6% at the time of Year End results).
· 2.6% increase in like-for-like valuations in 2023, with a 4.0% increase in Gyle since purchase, which was primarily as a result of the completion of six new lettings and renewals. 15.5% increase in portfolio valuation to £372.82 million (December 2022: £322.8 million) including the addition of Gyle.
· Beneficio ajustado3 is expected be approximately £12.7 million (December 2022: £10.3 million).
· Group Net Loan to Value (LTV) has increased to 43.6% (40.6% at 30 December 2022) as a result of investing a net £14.7 million of cash into capital expenditure during 2023 and part funding of the Gyle acquisition from central cash reserves.
· Average cost of £199 million debt is 3.71% (at 30 December 2023) which has a weighted average maturity profile of 4.1 years4 and is approximately 80% hedged for the next three years. Ilford loan extension agreed to September 2025 with further conditional options to extend term to end of 2027.
· The Group anticipates EPRA NTA per share to be approximately 89p (December 2022: 103p) due to the increased number of shares in issue following the £25 million equity raise in September 2023 for the Gyle acquisition.
· 7.3% increase in proposed final dividend of 2.95p per share delivering a total dividend for the year of 5.70p per share (December 2022: 2.75p per share and 5.25p per share, respectively)5.
1 For lettings and renewals (excluding development deals and CVA variations) with a term of 1 year or longer which do not include turnover rent, like-for like excludes Gyle.
2 Propiedad en tasación independiente
3 Adjusted Profit incorporates profits from operating activities and excludes revaluation of properties and financial instruments, gains or losses on disposal, and other non-operational items.
| 30 de diciembre 2023 | 30 de diciembre 2022 | ||||
£ m | NIY % | % | £ m | NIY % | % | |
Maidstone | 31.5 | 11.90% | 11.66% | 32.65 | 11.28% | 11.49% |
Walthamstow | 77.7 | 6.84% | 7.00% | 80.0 | 5.97% | 7.00% |
Wood Green | 149.5 | 7.13% | 7.28% | 144.0 | 7.55% | 7.38% |
Hemel Hempstead | 9.2 | 9.57% | 17.40% | 10.5 | 14.49% | 17.49% |
Ilford | 63.3 | 5.65% | 7.90% | 55.6 | 5.04% | 7.79% |
Gyle, Edinburgh | 41.6 | 11.92% | 10.13% | - | - | - |
Total | 372.8 | 7.80% | 8.79% | 322.75 | 7.23% | 8.59% |
Total like for like (excluding Gyle) | 331.2 | 7.25% | 8.55% |
4 Weighted average debt maturity assuming exercise of all extension options.
5 The Directors recommend a final dividend of 2.95 pence per share. The dividend will be paid entirely as a Property Income Distribution (PID) and a Scrip dividend option will be offered. Subject to approval of shareholders at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for 23 May 2024, the final dividend will be paid on Friday, 31 May 2024. The key dates are set out as below:
· Confirmation of ZAR equivalent dividend and Scrip dividend pricing Jueves, Marzo 28 2024
· Last day to trade on Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Tuesday, 9 April 2024
· comercio de acciones ex-dividend on the JSE Wednesday, 10 April 2024
· comercio de acciones ex-dividend on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Thursday, 11 April 2024
· Record date for LSE and JSE and last election for Scrip Friday, 12 April 2024
· Annual General Meeting Thursday, 23 May 2024
· Results of Scrip dividend announced by Friday, 24 May 2024
· Dividend payment date Friday, 31 May 2024
South African shareholders are advised that the final dividend will be regarded as a foreign dividend. Further details relating to Withholding Tax for shareholders on the South African register will be provided within the announcement detailing the currency conversion rate on Thursday, 28 March 2024. Share certificates on the South African register may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between 10 April 2024 and 12 April 2024, both dates inclusive. Transfers between the UK and South African registers may not take place between 28 March 2024 and 12 April 2024 both dates inclusive.
- TERMINA -
Para mayor información:
Capital & Regional plc 020 7932 8000
Lawrence Hutchings
stuart wetherley
FTI Consultoría 020 3727 1000
ricardo sunderland
Oliver Parsons
Acerca de Capital & Regional plc
Capital & Regional es un REIT de propiedades minoristas centrado en el Reino Unido que se especializa en centros comerciales que dominan su área de influencia, atendiendo las necesidades no discrecionales y orientadas al valor de las comunidades locales. Tiene un historial de ofrecer oportunidades de gestión de activos minoristas y de ocio que mejoran el valor en una cartera de centros comerciales comunitarios personalizados en la ciudad.
Utilizando su plataforma experta en gestión de propiedades y activos, Capital & Regional posee y gestiona centros comerciales en Edimburgo, Hemel Hempstead, Ilford, Maidstone, Walthamstow y Wood Green.
Capital & Regional cotiza en el mercado principal de la Bolsa de Valores de Londres (LSE) y tiene una cotización secundaria en la Bolsa de Valores de Johannesburgo (JSE).
Para más información ver www.capreg.com.
RNS puede usar su dirección IP para confirmar el cumplimiento de los términos y condiciones, para analizar cómo interactúa con la información contenida en esta comunicación y para compartir dicho análisis de forma anónima con otros como parte de nuestros servicios comerciales. Para obtener más información sobre cómo RNS y la Bolsa de Valores de Londres utilizan los datos personales que nos proporciona, consulte nuestra Política de privacidad.