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Invista Foundation Property Tst Ltd 30 April 2008 30 April 2008 Invista Foundation Property Trust Limited (the "Company") ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAV AND INTERIM DIVIDEND Net Asset Value Invista Foundation Property Trust Limited today announces a Net Asset Value ('NAV') of 108.1 pence per share ('pps') as at 31 March 2008 and an interim dividend of 1.6875 pence per share in respect of the period 1 January 2008 to 31 March 2008. The dividend payment will be made on 22 May 2008 to shareholders on the register on 9 May 2008. The ex-dividend date will be 7 May 2008. The Company's NAV of 108.1 pps reflects a decline of 9.3 pence per share or 7.9% over the quarter. This includes the impact of marking to market the Group's interest rate swaps, which reduced the NAV by £2.1 million, representing 0.6 pence per share. Over the 12 months to 31 March 2008 the Company's NAV fell by 34.1 pps or 24%. Including dividends, the total NAV return over the last 12 months has been approximately -19.9%. Since inception in July 2004 to March 2008 the Company's total NAV return has been 9% per annum. A breakdown of the NAV is set out below: 31/03/2008 31/12/2007 3 month Change (£m) (£m) (£) Direct property independent valuation 563.84 580.05 (16.21) Capital expenditure during the quarter - 2.20 - Like for like direct property 563.84 582.25 (18.41) Joint venture investments (excl swaps) 29.01 37.82 (8.81) Market value - On-balance sheet swaps (6.94) (5.70) (1.24) Market value - Off-balance sheet swaps 1.44 2.30 (0.86) Net current assets 51.77 54.70 (2.93) On-balance sheet loan (259.57) (259.30) - Net Asset Value 379.38 412.06 (32.68) Net Asset Value per share (pps) 108.1 117.4 (9.3) Property Portfolio and Performance The Company's property portfolio was valued at £594.28 million as at 31 March 2008 and comprises 71 assets with an average lot size of £8.4 million. The like for like fall in the capital value of directly held properties over the quarter was -3.16% or a fall of -4.49% including the Net Asset Value of joint venture investments. This compares with -6.6% and -8.7% respectively for the quarter ending 31 December 2007. Sector weightings* Sector Weighting Retail 21.4% Offices 52.6% Industrial 22.3% Other 3.7% Total 100% * Includes JV investments at Net Asset Value Regional weightings* Region Weighting Central London 31.0% South East excl. Central London 35.7% Rest of South 10.7% Midlands and Wales 13.8% North and Scotland 8.8% Total 100% * Includes JV investments at Net Asset Value Top ten properties Value (£) % 1 Minerva House, London SE1 55,500,000 9.3 2 National Magazine House, London W1 51,000,000 8.6 3 Portman Square House, London W1 33,660,000 5.7 4 Plantation Place, London EC3 24,211,000 4.1 5 The Galaxy, Luton 22,200,000 3.7 6 6-8 Tokenhouse Yard, London EC2 20,000,000 3.4 7 Reynard Business Park, Brentford 18,000,000 3.0 8 Victory House, Brighton 16,800,000 2.8 9 Union Park, Fifers Lane, Norwich 15,000,000 2.5 10 Churchill Way West, Salisbury 14,750,000 2.5 Total as at 31 March 2008 271,121,175 Top ten tenants excluding joint ventures Value (£) % 1 The National Magazine Co Ltd 2,314,815 7.6 2 Synovate Limited* 1,900,000 6.2 3 Reed Smith Services 1,326,190 4.4 4 Mott MacDonald Limited 1,307,148 4.3 5 Wickes Building Supplies Limited 1,092,250 3.6 6 The British Broadcasting Corporation £850,100 2.8 7 Recticel SA £713,538 2.3 8 Partners of Cushman & Wakefield £574,128 1.9 9 Motorhouse 2000 Limited £570,150 1.9 10 Partners of Irwin Mitchell £555,000 1.8 Total as at 31 March 2008 11,199,629 * Synovate Limited will commence paying this rent in mid 2009 The Group's direct portfolio currently generates £30.7 million from 270 tenants, reflecting a yield of 5.7% ignoring development sites and joint ventures, with the yield increasing to 7% based on current rental value. Market Background The IPD Monthly Index reported a capital value fall of 4.7% for the quarter to 31 March 2008. The rate of decline has slowed during the quarter with a fall of 1.3% in March compared with 2% in January and 1.5% in February. UK commercial property has generated a negative total return of -10.7% over the 12 months to March 2008. UK capital values have fallen by 17% from the June 2007 peak, with individual sector falls of -16.8% in Offices (July peak), -17.9% in Retail (May peak) and -16.8% in Industrial (June peak). The average net initial yield is now 5.45%, the same level as August 2005. Financial market volatility continues to be the major contributor towards falling values. The very limited availability of debt finance for UK commercial property has dramatically reduced liquidity with transaction volumes less than 25% of the first quarter of 2007. With the US in recession and slowing growth in the UK, values may remain under pressure, but void rates remain low with relatively little evidence of tenant default. There remains a risk that the stresses in financial markets may spill over into the wider economy, while weakness in the residential property market may have a negative impact on UK consumer expenditure. Transactions and Asset Management As previously highlighted, disposals are being considered where asset management plans have been successfully implemented or where there are concerns over future performance. Over the quarter the Company sold a small retail property in Southport for £2.3 million, at the same level as the December valuation. Further disposals are being actively considered and the Company expects to make further announcements shortly. Good progress is being made on asset management initiatives across the portfolio with a number of rent reviews and new lettings completed above the independent valuation assumption. At the Group's shopping centre in Ilkeston, an exclusivity agreement has been exchanged with the Local Authority to 'masterplan' a scheme on seven acres of land around the existing 70,000 sq ft shopping centre. Discussions are ongoing with a number of potential supermarket anchor tenants. Finance As at 31 March 2008 the Group had securitised on-balance sheet debt of £263.5 million fully hedged against interest rates until 2014 at a total cost of funds of 5.58%. The debt is secured against £538.12 million of property and £13.3 million of cash in the securitised pool of assets, reflecting an on-balance sheet loan to value of 47.8% relative to a bank covenant of 60%. Secured assets can be sold without penalties or restriction provided that proceeds are used to pay down debt. The Group also has £25.6 million of unsecured property and as at 31 March 2008 had additional free cash of £42 million, resulting in total cash of £55.3 million As at 31 March 2008 the Group's 28.08% stake in the City office Plantation Place, London EC3 was valued at £24.21 million. Plantation Place is a very high quality asset let to investment grade tenants with an average unexpired lease length of 18 years. The property was valued at £535 million as at 31 March 2008, in excess of the price paid in March 2006. Since the quarter end the investors in Plantation Place have chosen to invest additional capital to maintain the non-recourse, off-balance sheet loan to value covenant, of which the Groups share is £4.26 million. Following the Plantation Place investment the Group has £50 million of cash resources providing operational flexibility. This results in an overall on-balance sheet loan to value ratio of 40.5% and a fully consolidated on- and off-balance sheet loan to value ratio of 51%. If cash balances are netted off against borrowings, this ratio falls to 47%. Proceeds realised from disposals will be directed at paying down debt. -ENDS- For further information: Invista Real Estate Investment Management 020 7153 9300 Duncan Owen Northern Trust 01481 745529 David Sauvarin Financial Dynamics 020 7831 3113 Stephanie Highett / Dido Laurimore This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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