Credit rating upgrade to investment grade by S&P

RNS Number : 1425U
Globalworth Real Estate Inv Ltd
27 March 2019
 

27 March 2019

Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited

("Globalworth" or the "Company")

Credit rating upgrade to investment grade by S&P

Globalworth, the leading office investor in Central and Eastern Europe, is pleased to announce that S&P Global Ratings, the international credit rating agency, has upgraded the Company's issuer credit rating from BB+ to BBB- with effect from 26 March 2019.

Dimitris Raptis, Deputy CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Globalworth, commented: "We are delighted that the significant evolution in the scale and strength of our business has been recognised by S&P Global Ratings through the upgrade of our credit rating to investment grade status".

 

For further information visit www.globalworth.com or contact: 

Enquiries

Andrew Cox                                                                                                                  Tel: +44 20 3026 4027

Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Development  

Jefferies (Joint Broker)                                                                                                Tel: +44 20 7029 8000

Stuart Klein

Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)                                     Tel: +44 20 7886 2500

Alina Vaskina

Milbourne (Public Relations)                                                                                     Tel: +44 7903 802545

Tim Draper

About Globalworth / Note to Editors: 

Globalworth is a listed real estate company active in Central and Eastern Europe, quoted on the AIM-segment of the London Stock Exchange.  It has become the pre-eminent office investor in the CEE real estate market through its market-leading positions both in Romania and in Poland, where the Company has a majority shareholding in Globalworth Poland, a pure-play Polish real estate platform listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.  Globalworth acquires, develops and directly manages high-quality office and logistics/light-industrial real estate assets in prime locations, generating rental income from high quality tenants from around the globe. Managed by nearly 200 professionals across Romania and Poland, the combined value of its portfolio is €2.5 billion, as at 31 December 2018. Over 90% of the portfolio is in income-producing assets, predominately in the office sector, and leased to a diversified array of some 650 national and multinational corporates. In Romania, Globalworth is present in Bucharest, Timisoara and Pitesti, while in Poland its assets span Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz, Krakow, Gdansk and Katowice. For more information, please visit www.globalworth.com  and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with the applicable laws and regulations of the United Kingdom and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws and regulations of any jurisdiction outside of the United Kingdom.  This announcement may include statements that are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements". These forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "targets", "believes", "estimates", "plans", "projects", "anticipates", "expects", "intends", "may", "will" or "should" or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology, or by discussions of strategy, plans, objectives, goals, future events or intentions. These forward looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts and involve predictions. Forward-looking statements may and often do differ materially from actual results. Any forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current view with respect to future events and are subject to risks relating to future events and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the Company's business, results of operations, financial position, liquidity, prospects, growth or strategies and the industry in which it operates. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. Save as required by law or regulation, the Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements in this announcement that may occur due to any change in its expectations or to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this announcement.


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