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VIF - Vividend Income Fund Limited - Acquisition of a new property

Release Date: 03/11/2011 12:56
Code(s): VIF
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VIF - Vividend Income Fund Limited - Acquisition of a new property Vividend Income Fund Limited Previously known as Business Venture Investments No 1381 (Proprietary) Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration Number 2010/003232/06) JSE Alpha Code: VIF ISIN: ZAE000150918 ("Vividend" or "the Company") ACQUISITION OF A NEW PROPERTY 1. THE UNION STREET ACQUISITION Linked unitholders of the Company are hereby advised that the Company has entered into an agreement with Plascon Property Holdings (Proprietary) Limited to acquire the property and letting enterprise, commonly known as "Union Park" ("the Union Street Property"), situated at 14 Union Street Alberton North Alberton ("the Union Street Acquisition"). The effective date of the Union Street Acquisition shall be the date of transfer of the Union Street Property into the name of the Company, which, subject to fulfilment of the conditions precedent, is expected on or about 1 April 2012. 2. RATIONALE FOR THE ACQUISITION The Union Street Acquisition is consistent with Vividend`s strategy of identifying and acquiring properties that have free cash-flow yields that provide adequate value enhancement to linked unitholders from the effective date of their acquisition. The Union Street Acquisition will add diversification to the Company`s portfolio by introducing an industrial element to its earnings while at the same time maintaining the quality, sustainability and growth potential of its lease profile. 3. PURCHASE CONSIDERATION The purchase consideration applicable to the Union Street Acquisition is R51 300 000 (fifty one million three hundred thousand rand), payable in cash against transfer of the Union Street Property into the name of the Company. 4. PRO FORMA FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE UNION STREET ACQUISITION The pro forma financial effects of the Union Street Acquisition on net asset value and net tangible asset value per linked unit are not significant and have therefore not been disclosed. 5. FORECAST INFORMATION ON THE UNION STREET ACQUSITION The forecast financial information relating to the Union Street Acquisition for the financial periods ended 31 August 2012 and 31 August 2013 is set out below. The forecast financial information has not been reviewed or reported on by a reporting accountant in terms of section 8 of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited and is the responsibility of the Company`s directors. Forecast for the 5 Forecast for the 12 month period ended month period ended
31 August 2012 31 August 2013 Revenue 3,271,344 8,127,151 Operating Costs 611,714 1,519,711 Net Operating 2,659,630 6,607,440 Income Total comprehensive - - Income attributable to equity holders Annualised yield, 12.44% 12.88% calculated with reference to the applicable financial year ended 31 August Notes:
Contractual Revenue includes Gross Rentals and other recoveries but excludes any adjustment applicable to the straight lining of leases. Operating costs include all utility and council charges applicable to the property. The forecast information for the 5 month period ended 31 August 2012 has been calculated from the anticipated effective date of the Union Street Acquisition, being 1 April 2012. Contractual Revenue constitutes 100% of the Revenue for both the 5 month period ended 31 August 2012 and for the 12 month period ended 31 August 2013. Un-contracted Revenue constitutes 0% of the Revenue for both the 5 month period ended 31 August 2012 and for the 12 month period ended 31 August 2013. 100% of Net Operating Income is distributed to linked unit holders, as interest, in accordance with the Debenture Trust Deed of the Company. 6. PROPERTY SPECIFIC INFORMATION Details regarding the Union Street Acquisition are set out below: Property name Union Park Location 14 Union Street, Alberton North, Alberton Region Gauteng Sector Industrial Site Area (m2) 230,000 GLA (m2) 28,633 Single or multi-tenanted Multi-tenanted A Tenant classification by GLA 60% A Tenant classification by 74% Gross Contractual Revenue Weighted average Gross Rental R21.82 per m2 Vacancy by GLA 5,287m2 or 18.5% Annualised property yield 12.44% (YR 1) 13.24% (YR2)
Purchase price R51 300 000 Purchase Price per GLA R1,792 per m2 Value R51 300 000 Notes: The weighted average escalation percentage, calculated by GLA, within the Union Street Property lease profile is 6.1%. The weighted average lease period, calculated by GLA, within the Union Street Property lease profile is 3.5 years. The value of the Union Street Property of R51 300 000 was arrived at by a directors valuation as at 2 November 2011. The directors of the Company are not independent and are not registered as professional valuers or as professional associate valuers in terms of the Property Valuers Profession Act, No 47 of 2000. Save for costs associated with the transfer of the Union Street Property, which are anticipated to be R85 000, no expenditure will be incurred by the Company in connection with the Union Street Acquisition. An `A Tenant` is defined as an anchor or (inter)national tenant with a low default-risk. `Gross Rental` is defined as basic rental plus operating cost recoveries. 7. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT The Union Street Acquisition is subject the following applicable conditions precedent: a.) The satisfactory completion of a due diligence investigation performed by the Company on the Union Street Property and letting enterprise, by 21 November 2011; b.) The shareholders of Plascon Property Holdings (Proprietary) Limited passing the required resolution in terms of Section 112 of The Companies Act 71 of 2008 by 31 December 2011; and c.) The Company obtaining the appropriate level of debt funding from new and/or existing debt providers by 31 January 2012 The Company is entitled to waive the conditions precedent set out in paragraphs a) and c) above 8. WARRANTIES Plascon Property Holdings (Proprietary) Limited have provided the Company with warranties and indemnities that are usual to a transaction of this nature. 9. CATEGORISATION The Union Street Acquisition is a Category 2 acquisition in terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited. Cape Town 3 November 2011 Sponsor PSG Capital (Pty) Limited Date: 03/11/2011 12:56:03 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.

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