Life Science REIT PLC Attractive Debt Refinancing (7435R)
March 03 2023 - 2:00AM
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RNS Number : 7435R
Life Science REIT PLC
03 March 2023
3 March 2023
LEI 13800RG7JNX7K8F7525
Life Science REIT plc
("Life Science REIT" or the "Company")
Attractive Debt Refinancing
Drawdown of RCF to repay existing asset level debt materially
reducing Company blended interest costs
Life Science REIT (LSE: LABS), the real estate investment trust
focused on UK life science properties, announces that it has
refinanced its existing GBP35.9 million asset level development
debt facility, which was acquired with the Company's Oxford
Technology Park ("OTP").
The Company's development debt facility acquired with Oxford
Technology Park carried a high interest rate and had an expiry date
of June 2023. The Company has refinanced this facility by drawing
down GBP26.3 million from its existing GBP150 million HSBC
facilities as well as utilising existing cash resources.
The HSBC facilities include a GBP75 million fully drawn term
loan capped at a maximum cost of 4.25% per annum until March 2025,
and a GBP75 million RCF facility with a cost of SONIA plus 2.25%.
Following this refinancing GBP48.7 million remains available in the
revolving credit facility for future use and the Company's look
forward and blended interest cost is expected to reduce by
approximately 100bps.
The additional drawdown is secured against the Company's
acquisitions at Herbrand Street in London, Lumen House near Oxford
and the Merrifield Centre in Cambridge. The Company's asset at OTP
is now unsecured and available for alternative use in the Company's
future debt management strategy.
The pro-forma Gross Loan to Value after the refinancing, based
on the last reported property portfolio valuation at 30 June 2022,
is 24.5%.
Simon Farnsworth, Managing Director of Ironstone Asset
Management Ltd, the Company's Investment Adviser, said:
"We have taken the opportunity to repay the outstanding OTP debt
earlier than the termination date in June 2023 prudently using the
Company's existing HSBC facility to minimise interest and debt
facility management costs following the lapse of significant early
redemption penalties. Additionally, this will provide the potential
for further refinancing of OTP in the near future."
Enquiries:
Link Company Matters Limited - Company
Secretary
labs_cosec@linkgroup.co.uk
Ironstone Asset Management - Investment
Adviser
Simon Farnsworth via Buchanan below
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited - Joint Corporate
Broker +44 20 7886 2500
Alex Collins / Chloe Ponsonby /Tom Scrivens
Jefferies International Limited - Joint
Corporate Broker +44 20 7029 8000
Tom Yeadon / Andrew Morris / Oliver Nott
/ Harry Randall
G10 Capital Limited - AIFM +44 20 7397 5450
Verity Morgan-Jones / Paul Cowland
Buchanan - Financial PR +44 20 7466 5000
Mark Court / Henry Wilson / Verity Parker
LifeSciencereit@buchanan.uk.com
Notes to editors
Life Science REIT plc is a specialist property business focused
on the UK's growing life science sector. The Company's portfolio of
assets is located across the "Golden Triangle" of research and
development hubs in Oxford, Cambridge and London's Knowledge
Quarter and its strategic vision is to become the property provider
of choice for life science companies in the UK.
Life Science REIT is addressing the acute demand-supply
imbalance for laboratory space in the "Golden Triangle", which is
characterised by low vacancy rates and prime rental increases. The
UK life science sector itself is benefiting from a buoyant
early-stage funding environment, driving demand for laboratory
space.
The Company's diverse portfolio of assets ranges from a 20-acre
science park currently under development through to fully let
buildings, with an important part of the Company's strategy being
the conversion of existing properties to laboratory space.
The Company's investment policy is focused on capital growth
whilst also providing a growing level of income.
Life Science REIT trades on the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange under the ticker LABS.
Further information is available at
https://lifesciencereit.co.uk . To sign up for email alerts, please
visit https://lifesciencereit.co.uk/investors/ .
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