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LONDON (Alliance News) - Impact Healthcare REIT PLC said Thursday it increased its net asset value per share in its first full six month period to the end of June.
For the six months to June 30, the real estate investment trust's net asset value per share was 102.03 pence, 1.4% higher than at the end of December.
EPRA net asset value total return annualised for the period to the end of June was 8.84% compared to 1.92% for the FTSE EPRA NAREIT UK REITs Index, the company's benchmark.
The company listed in March 2017, therefore it has not provided a comparative for its six-month period a year ago.
Net rental income for the six months to June was GBP7.9 million, while pretax profit stood at GBP8.5 million.
Impact believes its current portfolio provides enough "stable and secure" cash to support its dividend policy. The company issued an interim dividend of 3 pence per share.
"In the second half of 2018, we will continue to develop our asset management projects and pursue acquisition opportunities that will add complementary operators and locations to the portfolio," the company said.
However, it added that it is monitoring the effect Brexit might have on its business which is "impossible to predict".
Impact Healthcare shares were trading up 0.3% at 102.25p each.