HOSPITALITY PROPERTY FUND LIMITED - Upgrade of Hospitalitys National Scale Issuer Ratings

Upgrade of Hospitality’s National Scale Issuer Ratings

Hospitality Property Fund Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration No. 2009/016487/06)
Company code: HPAI
(Approved as a REIT by the JSE)
(“Hospitality”)


UPGRADE OF HOSPITALITY’S NATIONAL SCALE ISSUER RATINGS

Hospitality would like to advise all its Shareholders that on
18 October 2016 Global Credit Ratings (“GCR”) upgraded the
national scale issuer ratings assigned to Hospitality to
BBB+(za) and A2(za) in the long term and short term
respectively.

The outlook on the rating is accorded as Stable, recognising
the strengthening of Hospitality’s credit profile, as well as
the increased portfolio scale following the recent concluded
transaction with Tsogo Sun Holdings Limited (“Tsogo”). The
transaction brought on 10 established properties, raising the
value of Hospitality’s consolidated property investments from
R5.3 billion FYE16 to an estimated R7.1 billion as well as the
resultant    potential   pipeline   of    future   acquisition
opportunities.

At FYE16, Hospitality’s LTV ratio was reported at a
conservative 33%. With the Tsogo transaction being ungeared,
GCR expects that Hospitality’s leverage will fall to the lower
end of its targeted range of 25%-35% over the intermediate
term unless major acquisitions materialise. Other key credit
metrics, such as interest coverage and earnings based gearing
are expected to remain at stronger levels due to moderate debt
increases and cash flow growth.

The full GCR rating report on Hospitality is available online
at http://www.hpf.co.za/downloads/GCROct16.pdf

25 October 2016

Debt Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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