Firm Capital Property Trust Completes $28.8 Million Bought Deal Financing of Trust Units
June 08 2021 - 9:07AM
Firm Capital Property Trust (“
FCPT” or the
“
Trust”), (TSX-V: FCD.UN) is pleased to announce
that it that it has closed its previously announced public offering
of 4,107,800 trust units ("
Trust Units") at a
price of $7.00 per Trust Unit for gross proceeds of $28,754,600
with a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp.,
CIBC World Markets Inc. and TD Securities Inc. as lead
underwriters, and including, iA Private Wealth Inc., National Bank
Financial Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Scotia Capital Inc., Laurentian
Bank Securities Inc., Desjardins Securities Inc. and Echelon Wealth
Partners Inc. (collectively, the "
Underwriters").
The closing includes 535,800 Trust Units issued
upon the full exercise by the Underwriters of the over-allotment
option granted to them pursuant to the underwriting agreement dated
June 2, 2021 between FCPT and the Underwriters.
The net proceeds of the offering will be used to
repay indebtedness and for working capital and general trust
purposes.
A trustee of the Trust acquired 30,000 Trust
Units under the offering. Such participation is considered a
related party transaction within the meaning of Multilateral
Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in
Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). The related
party transaction is exempt from minority approval, information
circular and formal valuation requirements pursuant to the
exemptions contained in Sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101,
as neither the fair market value of the securities issued under the
offering nor the consideration paid by the trustee exceeded 25% of
the Trust's market capitalization. A material change report in
respect of this related party transaction could not be filed
earlier than 21 days prior to the closing of the offering due to
the offering being launched on May 31, 2021 and the terms of the
participation of the related parties in the offering being
confirmed shortly before closing.
DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN &
UNIT PURCHASE PLAN
The Trust has in place a Distribution
Reinvestment Plan (“DRIP”) and Unit Purchase Plan
(the “UPP”). 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 Trust Units,
without incurring brokerage fees or commissions. Under the terms of
the UPP, FCPT’s Unitholders may purchase a minimum of $1,000 of
Trust Units per month and maximum purchases of up to $12,000 per
annum. Management and trustees have not participated in the DRIP or
UPP to date and own approximately 7% 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’s plan is to own as well as to co-own a
diversified 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 sources, syndicates and
property and asset manages investments on behalf of the Trust.
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. 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.
These risks include, but are not limited to, risks associated with
the use of proceeds from the sale of Trust Units and the risks
related to FCPT’s business, including those identified in FCPT’s
annual information form for the year ended December 31, 2020 under
the heading “Risks and Uncertainties” (a copy of which may be
obtained at www.sedar.com). 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
Trust 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 Trust Units have not
been, and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act, 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.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its
Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the
policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for
the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Additional information
about the Trust is available at www.firmcapital.com or
www.sedar.com.
For further information, please contact: |
|
Robert McKee |
Sandy Poklar |
President & Chief
Executive Officer |
Chief Financial Officer |
(416) 635-0221 |
(416) 635-0221 |
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