YEW Yew Grove Reit Plc

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Yew Grove REIT PLC

21 May 2021

21 May 2021

Yew Grove REIT plc

(the "Company" or "Yew Grove")

Acquisitions

Yew Grove REIT plc (LSE:YEW, Euronext:YEW), which owns a diversified portfolio of Irish commercial property assets, is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts for the purchase of an industrial building in Dundalk and two adjoining office properties in Citywest Dublin.

In Dundalk, the Company has exchanged contracts on Tanola House on Coes Road, Dundalk, a recently constructed high bay industrial building of 86,451 sq. ft. over two adjoining blocks. The property has a 12.5m eaves height, 120 car parking spaces and is tenanted by a US multinational under two leases which together have a weighted average unexpired lease term ("WAULT") to first break of approximately 8.4 years and a WAULT to expiry of 18.4 years. Tanola House was acquired for c. EUR8 million, with a current annual rent of EUR601,000 stepping up in approximately four years across both leases to EUR631,000, representing a net initial yield of 6.9% and increasing to 7.3% at the step up.

The Company has also exchanged contracts to purchase Blocks E&F, Citywest Dublin, for EUR11 million. The property has two adjoining office blocks of 45,972 sq. ft. with 165 car parking spaces and is fully tenanted by three multinational tenants paying a current annual rent of EUR984,000. This represents a net initial yield of 8.2% with a potential reversionary yield of 9.2%. The property has a WAULT of 4.0 years to first break and 6.4 years to expiry.

On completion of these transactions, Yew Grove will have a portfolio of 24 properties with a proforma gross asset value of approximately EUR162 million (which will rise to an estimated EUR172 million on completion of the forward funding transaction in Athlone) and a current annualised rent roll of approximately EUR12.9 million.

The purchases were funded utilising the proceeds of the Company's recent equity issue and debt capacity from its revolving credit facility.

Yew Grove REIT has a differentiated and diverse portfolio of well tenanted commercial office and industrial properties situated outside of the Dublin central business district. The Company's geographic target market continues to combine properties with tenants with strong credit quality and attractive purchase yields and rising rents.

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Commenting on the transactions, Yew Grove CEO Jonathan Laredo, said:

"We are pleased with the acquisitions in Dundalk and Citywest, the new properties are reversionary and will benefit from Yew Grove's asset management capabilities, which should generate significant value for both tenants and our shareholders.

"Having again demonstrated our ability to effectively and rapidly deploy capital, we remain focused on the significant and valuable opportunities in today's market to acquire well built, well tenanted assets."

Enquiries:

 
 Yew Grove REIT plc                            +353 1 485 3950 
 Jonathan Laredo, Chief Executive 
  Officer 
 Michael Gibbons, Chief Investment 
  Officer 
 Charles Peach, Chief Financial Officer 
 
 Goodbody Stockbrokers UC                      +353 1 667 0400 
 Joint Broker & Euronext Growth Advisor 
 David Kearney, John Flynn, Edel O'Reilly, 
  Linda Clarke 
 
 Liberum Capital Limited                       +44 20 3100 2000 
 Joint Broker & Nomad 
 Richard Crawley, Jamie Richards 
 
 IFC Advisory                                  +44 203 934 6630 
 Financial PR                                  yewgrovereit@investor-focus.co.uk 
 Tim Metcalfe, Graham Herring 
 

Notes to editors:

Yew Grove REIT plc, quoted on the London Stock Exchange's AIM and Euronext Growth Dublin, is an Irish commercial real estate company invested in a diversified portfolio of Irish commercial property. Yew Grove has a particular focus on well-tenanted commercial real estate assets comprising of office and industrial assets outside of Dublin's Central Business District.

Yew Grove's highly experienced team has a proven track record in commercial property investment in Ireland and internationally and is focused on delivering results. Its investment approach is strategic, not speculative, principally on assets that are let, pre-let or to be let after refurbishment. Shareholders are provided with stable, long-term income from a diverse portfolio of commercial property comprising well-tenanted real estate in strategic centres let to Irish government entities and other state bodies, IDA Ireland supported and other FDI companies, and larger corporates.

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