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11 April 2023
SUPERMARKET INCOME REIT PLC
(the "Company")
LEI: 2138007FOINJKAM7L537
DIVIDEND DECLARATION
Supermarket Income REIT plc (LSE: SUPR), the real estate investment trust providing secure, inflation-linked, long income from grocery property in the UK, has today declared an interim dividend in respect of the period from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2023 of 1.5 pence per Ordinary Share (the "Third Quarterly Dividend").
The Third Quarterly Dividend will be paid on (or around) 26 May 2023 as a Property Income Distribution ("PID") in respect of the Company's tax-exempt property rental business to Ordinary Shareholders on the register as of 21 April 2023. The ex-dividend date will be 20 April 2023.
Eligible shareholders can elect to receive new Ordinary Shares in the Company in lieu of a cash dividend (the "Scrip Dividend Alternative"). The Scrip Dividend Alternative price is to be calculated using the average of the closing middle market quotations for an Ordinary Share, as derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange, for the five consecutive business days commencing on the ex-dividend date and will be announced by the Company and detailed on the Company's website on 28 April 2023.
Any shareholders wishing to take up the Scrip Dividend Alternative will have until 5pm on 9 May 2023 either to return their completed mandate form to the Company Registrar, Link Group, at Corporate Actions, 10th Floor, Central Square, 29 Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 4DL (in the case of shareholdings in certificated form) or to take the necessary action via the CREST system (in the case of shareholdings in uncertificated form).
Further details of the Scheme, including the Scrip Dividend Circular and Mandate Form, are available to view and download on the Company's website at: https://supermarketincomereit.com/investor-centre/dividends/
The Scrip Dividend Circular is also available for inspection at the National Storage Mechanism: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism
In addition and in accordance with section 838 of the Companies Act 2006, Accounts of the Company have been prepared to support the payment of interim dividends to the Ordinary shareholders of the Company.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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Atrato Capital Limited | +44 (0)20 3790 8087 |
Steve Noble / Rob Abraham / Chris McMahon | ir@atratocapital.com |
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited |
+44 (0)20 7710 7600 |
Mark Young / Matt Blawat / Rajpal Padam |
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Goldman Sachs International Jimmy Bastock / Tom Hartley | +44 (0)20 7774 1000
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FTI Consulting | +44 (0)20 3727 1000 |
Dido Laurimore / Eve Kirmatzis / Andrew Davis | SupermarketIncomeREIT@fticonsulting.com |
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Supermarket Income REIT plc (LSE: SUPR) is a real estate investment trust dedicated to investing in grocery properties which are an essential part of the UK's feed the nation infrastructure. The Company focuses on grocery stores which are omnichannel, fulfilling online and in-person sales. All of the Company's supermarkets are let to leading UK supermarket operators, diversified by both tenant and geography.
The Company provides investors with attractive, long-dated, secure, inflation-linked, growing income with the potential for capital appreciation over the longer term and targets a 7% to 10% p.a. total shareholder return over the medium term(1). The Company has increased its dividend every year since IPO.
The Company is listed on the premium segment of the Official List of the UK Financial Conduct Authority and its Ordinary Shares are traded on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, having listed initially on the Specialist Fund Segment of the Main Market on 21 July 2017.
Atrato Capital Limited is the Company's Investment Adviser.
Further information is available on the Company's website www.supermarketincomereit.com
1. There is no certainty that these illustrative projections will be achieved
Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting exclusively for Supermarket Income REIT plc and no one else in connection with this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited nor for providing advice in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement.
Goldman Sachs International, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively for Supermarket Income REIT plc and no one else in connection with this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than the Company for providing the protections afforded to clients of Goldman Sachs International nor for providing advice in connection with the matters referred to in this announcement.