SEGRO PLC SEGRO ACQUIRES STAKE IN SOFIBUS PATRIMOINE (0477C)

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SEGRO PLC

16 January 2018

SEGRO ACQUIRES STAKE IN SOFIBUS PATRIMOINE

SEGRO plc, through its subsidiary SEGRO France ("SEGRO" or "the Company"), has notified the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) that it has acquired 19.39 per cent of the share capital of Sofibus Patrimoine ("Sofibus") from Harwanne Compagnie de Participations Industrielles et Financières ("Harwanne") for EUR20.5 million. The price is in line with the average share price over the past three months.

Sofibus is a French property company listed on Euronext Paris with real estate assets valued at EUR190 million as at 30 September 2017. Its largest holding, representing a significant proportion of assets under management, comprises 127,000 sq m of properties within Le Parc d'Activités des Petits Carreaux, a 150,000 sq m industrial estate located approximately 15 kilometres south east of Paris.

The acquisition was financed using SEGRO's internal resources.

ENDS

For further information, please contact:

SEGRO plc

Harry Stokes (Head of Investor Relations and Research)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7451 9124 / harry.stokes@segro.com

Lizzie Humphreys (External Communications Manager)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7451 9129 / lizzie.humphreys@segro.com

Richard Sunderland / Claire Turvey / Eve Kirmatzis (FTI Consulting)

Tel: +44 (0) 20 3727 1000

Notes to Editors:

ABOUT SEGRO

SEGRO is a UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), and a leading owner, manager and developer of modern warehouses and light industrial property. It owns or manages 6.3 million square metres (68 million square feet) of space valued at over GBP8 billion, serving customers from a wide range of industry sectors. Its properties are located in and around major cities and at key transportation hubs in the UK and in nine other European countries.

See www.SEGRO.com for further information.

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