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FAIRVEST PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED - Acquisition Of A New Property

Release Date: 15/05/2014 15:00
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Acquisition Of A New Property

Fairvest Property Holdings Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
(Registration number: 1998/005011/06)
Linked unit code: FVT   ISIN: ZAE000034658
(“Fairvest” or “the Company”)

ACQUISITION OF A NEW PROPERTY

1.   RICHMOND SHOPPING CENTRE

     Linked unitholders of the Company are hereby advised that the
     Company has entered into an agreement (“the Agreement”) dated
     13 May 2014 (“Signature Date”) with Magnificent Four
     Properties Proprietary Limited (“Magnificent Four Properties”
     or “the Seller”), to acquire, as a going concern, the rental
     enterprise operated by the Seller (“the Rental Enterprise”),
     which acquisition will include the cession and delegation of
     the notarial lease held by Magnificent Four Properties
     (“Notarial Lease”) over the properties situated at Erf 261,
     262, 263, 264, 1/265, 9/266, 267, Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal
     (collectively the “Richmond Shopping Centre Property”),
     commonly known as the Richmond Shopping Centre (“the Richmond
     Shopping Centre Acquisition”).

     In order to procure the transfer of Magnificent Four
     Properties’ rights and obligations in relation to the Notarial
     Lease to the Company, the parties will procure the preparation
     and registration of a notarial deed of assignment at the Deeds
     Office (“Deed of Assignment”).

     The effective date of the Richmond Shopping Centre Acquisition
     shall be the date of registration of the Deed of Assignment at
     the Deeds Office which, subject to fulfilment of the
     conditions precedent, is expected on or about 1 October 2014.

2.   RATIONALE FOR THE ACQUISITION

     The Richmond Shopping Centre Acquisition is consistent with
     the Company’s growth strategy whereby the Company will focus
     on acquiring retail assets with a weighting in favour of non-
     metropolitan areas and lower LSM sectors.

3.   PURCHASE CONSIDERATION

     The purchase consideration applicable to the Richmond Shopping
     Centre Acquisition is R61 390 000 (sixty one million three
     hundred and ninety thousand), which includes VAT at the rate
     of 0%, payable in cash against registration of the Deed of
     Assignment at the Deeds Office.

     The Company will fund the purchase consideration through debt
     and/or equity funding.

4.   THE RICHMOND SHOPPING CENTRE PROPERTY

     Details of the Richmond Shopping Centre Property are as
     follows:

      Property    Geographic   Sector   Cost/     GLA      Cost       Average
      Name and        al                Value     (m2)   per GLA       Gross
      Address      Location             (R’m)             (R/m2)     Rental/m2
                                                                       (R/m2)
      Erf 261,      Richmond   Retail   61.4    9,157     6,704         69.2
      262, 263,     Shopping
         264,       Centre,
        1/265,       Corner
        9/266,      Chilley
         267,     Street and
      Richmond,      Nelson
      Kwazulu-      Street,
         Natal     Richmond,
                   Kwazulu-
                      Natal

5.   PROPERTY SPECIFIC INFORMATION

     Details regarding the Richmond Shopping Centre Acquisition, as
     at the expected effective date, are set out below:

     Property Name    Purchase Yield     Average          Lease        Vacancy
      and Address      attributable     Escalation       Duration     % by GLA
                         to Linked                       (years)
                        Unitholders
     Erf 261, 262,        10.0%            7.0%            3.0          9.0%
       263, 264,
     1/265, 9/266,
     267, Richmond,
     Kwazulu-Natal

     Notes:
     a)   The costs associated with the acquisition of the Richmond
          Shopping Centre Property are estimated at R0.92 million.
     b)   The cost of each property is considered to be its fair
          market value, as determined by the directors of the
          Company. 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.

6.   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     The Richmond Shopping Centre Acquisition is subject the
     following conditions precedent that:

     6.1.   by no later than 13 June 2014, Fairvest has concluded
            the due diligence in terms of the Agreement, to its
            entire satisfaction and has given written notice thereof
            to the Seller, the date of Fairvest giving the said
            written notice to the Seller being hereinafter referred
            to as the “Due Diligence Approval Date”.
     6.2.   by no later than 25 June 2014, the Seller procures the
            written unconditional consent of the landlord to the
            Richmond Shopping Centre Acquisition, as well as consent
            to the Registration of the Notarial Deed.
     6.3.   by no later than 20 July 2014, Fairvest confirms in
            writing to the Seller, that adequate funding has been
            secured by the Company from an acceptable financial
            institution to acquire the Rental Enterprise, on terms
            satisfactory to the Company and/or it has successfully
            placed “linked units” to be issued by the Company either
            in terms of a vendor consideration placement and/or an
            issue of linked units for cash (the “Placement”) with
            third party/ties such that the Company is satisfied that
            it can fund, wholly or partially, as the Company may
            require, the acquisition of the Rental Enterprise from
            the proceeds of the Placement and the financial
            institution funding referred to above;
     6.4.   within 10 (ten) business days from the Due Diligence
            Approval Date, the board of directors of the Company
            approving the purchase of the Rental Enterprise and the
            Company delivering a copy of such resolution to the
            Seller; and
     6.5.   to the extent necessary, within 20 (twenty) business
            days from the Signature Date, the approval of the
            shareholders of the Seller in accordance with the
            provisions of sections 112 and 115 of the Companies Act,
            2008.

     The parties are jointly entitled to waive the conditions
     precedent set out in 6.2 and 6.5 and the Company is entitled
     to waive the conditions precedent set out in 6.1, 6.3, and 6.4
     above.

7.   WARRANTIES

     Magnificent Four Properties has provided warranties to the
     Company that are standard to a transaction of this nature.

8.   PRO FORMA FINANCIAL EFFECTS OF THE RICHMOND SHOPPING CENTRE
     ACQUISITION

     The pro forma financial effects of the Richmond Shopping
     Centre Acquisition on net asset value and net tangible asset
     value per linked unit are not significant and have therefore
     not been disclosed.

9.   FORECAST FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE RICHMOND SHOPPING CENTRE
     ACQUISITION

     The forecast financial information relating to the Richmond
     Shopping Centre Acquisition for the financial periods ended
     30 June 2015 and 30 June 2016 are 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 9    Forecast for the 12
                           month period ended     month period ended
                                  30 June 2015          30 June 2016
     Revenue                          5,751,536            8,052,939

     Operating costs                  1,158,786            1,624,256

     Net operating                    4,592,750          (6,428,683)
     income
     Debenture interest             (4,592,750)          (6,428,683)
     Total                                  -                    -
     comprehensive
     income
     attributable to
     linked unitholders

   Notes:
   a)  Contractual revenue includes gross rentals and other
       recoveries but excludes any adjustment applicable to the
       straight lining of leases.
   b)  Operating costs include all utility and council charges
       applicable to the Richmond Shopping Centre Property.
   c)  The forecast information for the 9 month period ended 30
       June 2015 has been calculated from the anticipated
       effective date of the Richmond Shopping Centre
       Acquisition, being 1 October 2014.
   d)  Un-contracted Revenue constitutes 17.9% of the revenue for
       the 9 month period ended 30 June 2015.
   e)  Un-contracted Revenue constitutes 22.9% of the revenue for
       the 12 month period ended 30 June 2016.
   f)  Current vacant space has been has been assumed to be fully
       let at a rate below market value, with a vacancy provision
       of 3% of operating income being deducted.
   g)  Leases expiring during the forecast period have been
       assumed to renew at an escalation of 0% of the contractual
       expiry rate.
   h)  It is assumed that 100% of net operating income is
       distributed to linked unitholders in accordance with the
       debenture trust deed of the Company.
   i)  This forecast has been prepared on the assumption that the
       Richmond Shopping Centre Acquisition is funded through the
       proceeds of the Placement only, however the Company could
       elect to partially or fully utilise its existing debt
       facilities.

10. CATEGORISATION

   The Richmond Shopping Centre Acquisition is a Category 2
   acquisition in terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE
   Limited.

15 May 2014
Cape Town

Sponsor
PSG Capital

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