Interim Management Statement

TR Property Investment Trust PLC 17 August 2007 TR Property Investment Trust plc Interim Management Statement - 3 months to 30 June 2007 This interim management statement has been produced solely to provide additional information to shareholders as a body to meet the relevant requirements of the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It should not be relied upon by any other party for any other purpose. This interim management statement relates to the period from 1 April 2007 to 30 June 2007, and contains information that covers this period, and up to the date of the publication of this interim management statement, unless otherwise specified. Investment Objective To maximise shareholders' total return by investing in property shares and property on an international basis. Benchmark FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Europe Index in Sterling. This index, calculated by FTSE, is freefloat based and currently has 101 constituent companies. The Benchmark website www.epra.com contains further details about the index and performance. Up to the year ended 31 March 2007 the Benchmark was the S&P/Citigroup European Property Index in Sterling. The reasons for the change of benchmark supplier are set out in the Chairman's Statement in the Report & Accounts sent to shareholders in June 2007. Material events Subsequent to the quarter end, at an EGM held on 24th July, shareholders passed resolutions to create a new class of shares: Sigma shares. Shareholders had been given the option to elect to convert a proportion of their holding in existing Ordinary shares to new Sigma shares, where the underlying portfolio will focus on Pan-European property equities with a market capitalisation of less than £1 billion. The strategy for the Ordinary shares will be unchanged, investing in Pan-European equities and property directly in the UK. Elections were received to convert 61,883,286 Ordinary Shares in aggregate, representing approximately 19.0 percent of the issued Ordinary Share Capital in issue at that date. Subscriptions for a further 8,029,175 Sigma shares were received under a Placing. The NAV of the Ordinary share class immediately following conversion (on an IFRS basis and with debt marked to market) was £655.0 million, and of the Sigma shares following the conversion and placing £160.7 million. Two new Directors have been appointed to the Board. On 23rd May the appointment of Mr Hugh Seaborn FRICS was announced, to take effect from 24th July 2007. Mr Seaborn has considerable experience in the property arena; he is CEO of the Portman Estate, Deputy Chairman of the Westminster Property Owners Association and a member of the Council and Audit Committee of the Duchy of Lancaster. On 1st August the Board announced the appointment of Mr Paul Spencer, FCMA, with effect from that date. Mr Spencer is the Chairman of National Savings & Investment (a Government funded body), Managed Pension Funds Ltd and Sovereign Reversions plc. He also sits on the Boards of Nipponkoa Insurance Company (Europe) Ltd, WPP Group plc (where he chairs the Audit Committee) and Resolution plc. Material Transactions During the three-month period to the end of June 2007, the Company purchased 8,650,000 ordinary shares of 25p each for cancellation for a total consideration of £20,155,000. Since the 1st July up to the date of this statement, a further 150,000 shares have been purchased for a total consideration of £323,000. Asset sales were made to fund the share repurchases. At 31 March 2007, total debt including the debentures stood at £91m and by 30th June this had reduced to £74m. At the 10th August this had been reduced further to £48m. Two property purchases were made during the quarter. On 26th April the Company bought a freehold office building in Harlow for £12.5 million (a total cost of £13.2m including stamp duty and fees), and on 26th June purchased an office building in Milton Keynes for £6.55m (total cost of £6.85m including stamp duty and fees). Both these acquisitions were announced on the LSE and copies of the announcements can be found on the Company's website. Twenty largest equity holdings at 30 June 2007 %of Portfolio Land Securities 11.60 British Land 7.68 Unibail-Rodamco Eur5 4.39 Rodamco assented to Unibail 4.23 Segro 3.90 Big Yellow 3.73 Hammerson 3.35 St Modwen 2.87 Fonciere des Regions 2.68 Liberty International 2.68 Castellum 2.53 Great Portland Estates 2.47 Derwent London 1.97 Klepierre 1.89 Corio 1.54 Eurocommercial Properties 1.40 Gecina 1.39 Quintain Estates 1.24 Immoeast 1.18 Kardan 1.00 5 Largest property holdings (Values in excess of £10m) Colonnades Leasehold W2 - Mixed Use Thames Central - Offices Field House, Harlow - Offices Ferrier St, Wandsworth, London - Industrial Elizabeth House, Woking - Offices Portfolio Allocation at 30 June 2007 UK Equities 52.03% European Equities 37.47% Other Equities 0.10% UK Direct Property 10.40% Company's Financial Position and Performance: As at 30 June As at 31 March As at 29 June 3 Month 12 Month 2007 2007 2006 % Change % Change Share Price (p) 216.25 256.50 187.00 -15.7% +15.6% NAV per share (p)* 248.28 289.68 209.54 -14.3% +18.5% Benchmark** (EPRA) 2,847.57 3,313.79 2536.76 -14.1% +12.3% (S&P) 435.25 503.36 381.76 -13.5% +14.0% Gearing (%) # 9.09 9.32 14.48 Shares in issue 325,950,000 334,600,000 343,850,000 - 2.6% -5.2% * NAV per share is a capital only NAV calculated on the AIC basis ** Benchmark : Price Only NOT Total Return up to 31 March 2007 the S&P Citigroup European Property Index from 1 April 2007 FTSE/EPRA Europe Index # Gearing calculated on an AIC basis A final dividend of 2.40p per Ordinary share was paid on 31 July to shareholders on the register on 29 June 2007. Following the issue of the Sigma Shares: As at 10 August As at 20 July 2007 2007 Ordinary Share Class Share Price (p) 204.00 219.00 NAV per share (p)* 233.91 247.41 Benchmark (Price Only) 2,630.06 2,794.56 Gearing (%) # 6.40 6.70 Shares in issue 263,916,714 263,916,714 As at 20 July As at 10 August 2007 2007 (Creation) Sigma Share Class Share Price (p) 98.75 - NAV per share (p)* 113.55 120.84 Benchmark (Price Only) 2,630.06 2,794.56 Gearing (%) # 5.45 6.44 Shares in issue 131,795,747 131,795,747 * NAV per share is a capital only NAV calculated on the AIC basis. Ordinary shares were converted to Sigma shares and new Sigma shares issued based on an IFRS NAV, which included retained earnings to 20th July, provision for deferred tax and debenture debt marked to market . The NAV per share of the Sigma shares on this basis at 20th July 2007 was 121.92p per share. # Gearing calculated in accordance with the AIC definition, which does not take account of cash held on deposit. As at 10th August, the Sigma share class had repaid all short term borrowings and held cash on deposit in excess of the amount of the share class apportionment of the debentures, therefore the effective gearing level was zero. Other Information Further information and commentary can be found on the Company's website www.trproperty.com . This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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