TORONTO, Oct. 27, 2014 Firm Capital Property Trust
("FCPT" or the "Trust") (TSXV : FCD.UN) is pleased to
announce that it is proceeding with a non-brokered private
placement to raise up to $8,025,000
and issue up to 1,500,000 trust units at a price of $5.35 per unit (the "Private Placement").
The Trust will pay a finder's fee of 5.0% of the gross proceeds to
certain eligible persons and or dealers for subscriptions to the
offering completed by qualified investors. The Trust will use the
proceeds of the Private Placement to repay all or a portion of its
credit facility, strengthen the Trust's balance sheet and to fund
future acquisitions.
On October 20, 2014, the Trust
announced that its Board of Trustees approved an 8.1% increase in
its monthly distributions to $0.033333 per unit from $0.030833 per unit. On an annualized basis this
equates to distributions of $0.40 per
unit up from $0.37 per unit, yielding
7.5% based on the $5.35 issue price
under the terms of the Private Placement.
Further information about the Trust can be found by selecting
the Firm Capital Property Trust link at www.firmcapital.com.
DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN & UNIT PURCHASE
PLAN
The Trust has in place a Distribution Reinvestment Plan
("DRIP") and Unit Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). Under
the terms of the DRIP, FCPT's Unitholders may elect to
automatically reinvest all or a portion of their regular monthly
distributions in additional Units, without incurring brokerage fees
or commissions. Under the terms of the Plan, FCPT's Unitholders may
purchase a minimum of $1,000 of Units
per month and maximum purchases of up to $12,000 per annum. Management and trustees have
not participated in the DRIP or Plan to date and own approximately
10% of the issued and outstanding trust units of the Trust.
ABOUT FIRM CAPITAL PROPERTY TRUST
Firm Capital
Property Trust is focused on creating long-term value for
Unitholders, through capital preservation and disciplined investing
to achieve stable distributable income. In partnership with
management and industry leaders, The Trust plan is to co-own a
diversified property portfolio of multi-residential, flex
industrial, net lease convenience retail, and core service provider
professional space. In addition to stand alone accretive
acquisitions, the Trust will make joint acquisitions with strong
financial partners and acquisitions of partial interests from
existing ownership groups, in a manner that provides liquidity to
those selling owners and professional management for those
remaining as partners. Firm Capital Realty Partners Inc.,
through a structure focused on an alignment of interests with the
Trust, will source, syndicate and participate in investments.
FORWARD LOOKING INFORMATION
This press release may
contain forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking
statements can be identified by the use of words such as "may",
"will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe",
"estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue", and by discussions
of strategies that involve risks and uncertainties. The
forward-looking statements are based on certain key expectations
and assumptions made by the Trust regarding, among other things,
the use of the net proceeds from the Offering, the closing of the
Offering, and the closing of the Acquisition. By their nature,
forward-looking statements involve numerous assumptions, inherent
risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that contribute
to the possibility that the predictions, forecasts, projections and
various future events will not occur. Although management of the
Trust believes that the expectations reflected in the
forward-looking statements are reasonable, there can be no
assurance that future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements will occur as anticipated. Neither the Trust nor any
other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and
completeness of any forward-looking statements, and no one has any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement,
whether as a result of new information, future events or such other
factors which affect this information, except as required by
law.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, which may be made only by means of
a prospectus, nor shall there be any sale of the Units in any
state, province or other jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under securities laws of any such state, province or
other jurisdiction. The Units of the Firm Capital Property Trust
have not been, and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered, sold or delivered
in the United States absent
registration or an application for exemption from the registration
requirements of U.S. securities laws.
SOURCE Firm Capital Property Trust