SIRIUS REAL ESTATE LIMITED - Fitch Reaffirms Sirius BBB Investment Grade Credit Rating With Stable Outlook

Fitch Reaffirms Sirius’ BBB Investment Grade Credit Rating With Stable Outlook

SIRIUS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
(Incorporated in Guernsey)
Company Number: 46442
JSE Share Code: SRE
LSE (GBP) Share Code: SRE
LEI: 213800NURUF5W8QSK566
ISIN Code: GG00B1W3VF54

7 November 2022
                                      Sirius Real Estate Limited

                   ("Sirius Real Estate", "Sirius", the “Group” or the "Company")

   FITCH REAFFIRMS SIRIUS’ BBB INVESTMENT GRADE CREDIT RATING WITH STABLE OUTLOOK

Sirius Real Estate, the leading owner and operator of branded business and industrial parks providing
conventional and flexible workspaces in Germany and the UK, announces that Fitch Ratings has
reaffirmed the Company’s BBB investment grade rating with ‘Stable Outlook’ (Long-Term Issuer
Default Rating). This rating comes ahead of the Company’s half year results, which will be announced
on 21 November 2022.

In its rating, Fitch noted that it expects income to remain stable due to an active focus on occupancy
and low affordable rents for the Company’s out-of-town locations. It also highlighted the benefits of
the Sirius operating platform and the resilience of its core, high-yielding portfolio, which were
evidenced by the high levels of occupancy rates in Sirius’s German (84.2%) and UK (90.5%) portfolios,
as well as the solid rent collection rates achieved during the COVID-19 pandemic (Germany: 98%; UK:
99.3%). Fitch anticipates that total average portfolio occupancy levels will remain above 80%.

Fitch also highlighted Sirius’ in-house digital sales and marketing capability which minimises the
reliance on third party brokers.

Sirius CIO and Interim CFO, Alistair Marks, commented: “Retaining our investment-grade rating in
today’s challenging market environment is testament to the resilience and flexibility of our portfolio,
the digital tools we have created to source and attract tenants for our assets and the benefits of our
asset management model. This rating will allow us to continue to optimise and diversify our funding
structure and is a further endorsement of the strength of our platform, following shortly after our
recent refinancing of our €170 million Berlin Hyp AG facility, a year in advance of the end of its term.”

For further information:

Sirius Real Estate
Andrew Coombs, CEO / Alistair Marks, CIO and Interim CFO
+49 (0) 30 285 010 110

FTI Consulting (Financial PR)
Richard Sunderland / James McEwan / Talia Shirion
+44 (0) 20 3727 1000
SiriusRealEstate@fticonsulting.com

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Sirius Real Estate

Sirius is a property company listed on the main and premium market of the London Stock Exchange
and the main board of the JSE Limited. It is a leading owner and operator of branded business and
industrial parks providing conventional space and flexible workspace in Germany and the UK. As of 31
March 2022, and following the acquisition of BizSpace, a leading UK provider of regional flexible
workspace, the Group’s portfolio comprised 140 assets let to 9,452 tenants with a total book value of
over €2 billion, generating a total annualised rent roll of €167.1 million. Sirius also holds a 35% stake
in Titanium, its €350+ million German-focused joint venture with clients of AXA IM Alts.

The Company’s strategy centres on acquiring business parks at attractive yields and integrating them
into its network of sites - both under the Sirius name and alongside a range of branded products. The
business then seeks to reconfigure and upgrade existing and vacant space to appeal to the local
market via intensive asset management and investment and may then choose to selectively refinance
or dispose of assets once they meet maturity, to release capital for new investment. This active
approach allows the Company to generate attractive returns for shareholders through growing rental
income, improving cost recoveries and capital values, and enhancing returns through securing
efficient financing terms. The Company has a strong track record for growing its income and has
delivered like-for-like rent roll growth in excess of 5% for the last eight consecutive years.

For more information, please visit: www.sirius-real-estate.com

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Date: 07-11-2022 04:30:00
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