Triple Pnt Soc Regulatory News (SOHO)

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27 February 2018

Triple Point Social Housing REIT plc

(the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")

INVESTMENT UPDATE

PROPOSED EQUITY FUNDRAISE

NOTICE OF RESULTS

The Board of Triple Point Social Housing REIT plc (ticker: SOHO) is pleased to announce that, following its most recently announced transactions, the Group has committed £179.2 million (including purchase costs)1 to the acquisition or forward funding of properties, with a current portfolio of 148 regulated supported housing assets (including forward funded assets and those acquisitions which have exchanged but not yet completed). As a result, the Group has now substantially invested the net proceeds raised from its IPO in August 2017.

The Company's Delegated Investment Manager, Triple Point Investment Management LLP ("Triple Point"), has access to a significant pipeline of further potential investments and is currently engaged in discussions with various parties (including Approved Providers and developers) in relation to a number of assets that meet the Company's investment criteria and on terms attractive to the Company, and which may potentially be acquired (or, in the case of development opportunities, forward funded) by the Company over the next 12 months. 

Proposed additional fundraisings

In order to capitalise on these opportunities, the Company is exploring additional equity and debt funding opportunities.

The Board intends to raise up to £200 million through the issue of C shares (being a new class of convertible, non-voting preference shares) (the "C Shares") via a pre-emptive open offer as well as a placing and offer for subscription (the "Issue"). The Issue would be subject to shareholder approval in a General Meeting. Application would be made for admission of the C Shares to the standard segment of the Official List. A prospectus is expected to be published in early March 2018.

Triple Point is also in discussions to put in place a bilateral term facility for the Group with an institutional lender secured over a specific pool of the Group's existing assets. It is currently expected that the debt facility will be entered into in April 2018 and further details regarding any such debt facility will be notified at the appropriate time.

Premium listing

The Board also considers that it would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders, as a whole, to seek admission of the Company's ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") to the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Listing Authority (subject to an eligibility review by the UK Listing Authority) (the "Migration") and to move their trading venue to the premium segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.  The Migration will be undertaken concurrently with, but independently of, the Issue and the Migration and the Issue are not inter-conditional.

Further details regarding the proposed Issue and Migration will be notified in due course but, in any event, not before the publication of the Company's audited results referred to below. 

Notice of Results

The Company will announce its audited results for the period ended 31 December 2017 on Friday, 2 March 2018.

A Company presentation for analysts and investors will take place at 9.00 a.m. on the day at the offices of Canaccord Genuity, 88 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7QR. The presentation will also be accessible via a live conference call and on-demand via the Company website: https://www.triplepointreit.com/investors/72/.

Those wishing to attend the presentation or access the live conference call are kindly asked to contact Newgate on triplepoint@newgatecomms.com or by telephone on +44 (0) 20 7680 6550.

Note:

1 Includes funds spent, committed or allocated to the acquisition or forward funding of supported housing assets, as well as the costs associated with such transactions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY, PLEASE CONTACT:

The Company's LEI is 213800BERVBS2HFTBC58.

Further information on the Company can be found on its website at www.triplepointreit.com.

NOTES:

The Company invests in social housing assets in the UK, with a particular focus on supported housing. The assets within the portfolio are subject to inflation-adjusted, long-term (typically from 20 years to 30 years), Fully Repairing and Insuring ("FRI") leases with Approved Providers (being Housing Associations, Local Authorities or other regulated organisations in receipt of direct payment from local government). The portfolio comprises investments into properties which are already subject to an FRI lease with an Approved Provider, as well as forward funding of pre-let developments but does not include any direct development or speculative development.

There is increasing political and financial pressure on Housing Associations to increase their housing delivery and this is creating opportunities for private sector investors to participate in the market. The Group's ability to provide forward financing for new developments not only enables the Company to secure fit for purpose, modern assets for its portfolio but also addresses the chronic undersupply of suitable supported housing properties in the UK at sustainable rents and delivering returns to investors.

Triple Point Investment Management LLP (part of the Triple Point Group) is responsible for management of the Group's portfolio (with such functions having been delegated to it by Langham Hall Fund Management LLP, the Company's alternative investment fund manager).

The Company was admitted to trading on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange on 8 August 2017 and operates as a UK Real Estate Investment Trust.

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The Company has a limited investment history and, for a variety of reasons, the comparability of the Track Record information to the Company's future performance is by its nature very limited. Without limitation, results can be positively or negatively affected by market conditions beyond the control of the Company or Triple Point which may be different in many respects from those that prevail at present or in the future, with the result that the performance of investment portfolios originated now may be significantly different from those originated in the past. The past performance of the Company is not a reliable indicator of, and cannot be relied upon as a guide to, the future performance of the Company or Triple Point. Persons considering making such an investment should consult an authorised person specialising in advising on such investments. This announcement does not constitute a recommendation concerning the initial public offering and prospective investors should note that the value of the Ordinary Shares or C Shares could decrease as well as increase.

The Specialist Fund Segment is intended for institutional, professional, professionally advised and knowledgeable investors who understand, or who have been advised of, the potential risk of investing in companies admitted to the Specialist Fund Segment. Further, the Ordinary Shares and C Shares are only suitable for investors: (i) who understand and are willing to assume the potential risks of capital loss and understand that there may be limited liquidity in the underlying investments of the Company; (ii) for whom an investment in the Ordinary Shares or C Shares is part of a diversified investment programme; and (iii) who fully understand and are willing to assume the risks involved in such an investment. If you are in any doubt about the contents of this announcement, you should consult your accountant, legal or professional adviser or financial adviser.

Canaccord Genuity Limited ("Canaccord Genuity") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Akur Limited ("Akur") is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Each of Canaccord Genuity and Akur is acting exclusively for the Company and no-one else in connection with the Issue and the Migration. They will not regard any other person as their respective clients in relation to the subject matter of this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to their respective clients, nor for providing advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or any transaction, arrangement or other matter referred to herein.

None of the Company, Triple Point, Canaccord Genuity, Akur and any of their respective affiliates accepts any responsibility or liability whatsoever for/or makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to this announcement, including the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information in this announcement (or whether any information has been omitted from the announcement) or any other information relating to the Company, its subsidiaries or associated companies, whether written, oral or in a visual or electronic form, and howsoever transmitted or made available or for any loss howsoever arising from any use of the announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith. The Company, Triple Point, Canaccord Genuity, Akur and their respective affiliates accordingly disclaim all and any liability whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise which they might otherwise have in respect of this announcement or its contents or otherwise arising in connection therewith.

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