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FAIRVEST PROPERTY HOLDINGS LIMITED - Acquisition Of a New Property

Release Date: 19/01/2016 16:00
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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)
Share code: FVT
ISIN: ZAE000203808
(Approved as a REIT by the JSE)
(“Fairvest” or “the Company”)

ACQUISITION OF A NEW PROPERTY

1.   SHOPRITE HEIDELBERG ACQUISITION

1.1.    Shareholders of the Company are hereby advised that the Company
        entered into an agreement (“Sale Agreement”)on 18 January 2016
        with Vilhas Property CC (“Seller”) to acquire, as a going
        concern, the rental enterprise operated by the Seller (“the
        Rental Enterprise”) in respect of the property at Erf 3429,
        Heidelberg, situated at 61 Voortrekker Street, Heidelberg,
        Gauteng (“the Property”), being the shopping centre more
        commonly known as Shoprite Heidelberg (“the Acquisition”).

1.2.    The effective date of the Acquisition shall be the date of
        registration of transfer of ownership of the Property to
        Fairvest (“Effective Date”), which is expected to occur on or
        about 1 May 2016.

2.   RATIONALE FOR THE ACQUISITION

     The 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

3.1.    The purchase consideration for the Acquisition is R54 954 500
        (fifty-four million nine hundred and fifty-four thousand five
        hundred Rand), which includes VAT at the rate of 0%, payable
        on the Effective Date against registration of transfer of
        ownership of the Property into the name of Fairvest.

3.2.    The Company will settle the purchase consideration as follows:

3.2.1    an amount of R4 500 000 (four million five hundred thousand
         Rand) will be paid in cash; and

3.2.2    the balance will be settled by the issue of new Fairvest
         ordinary shares to the Seller (“Consideration Shares”) at a
         price per share (“Issue Price”) equal to the higher of R1.90
         per share or 95% of the 5 day volume weighted average price
         (“VWAP”) of a Fairvest share calculated up to (and including)
         the last business day before the Effective Date.

4.   THE PROPERTY

     Details of the Property are as follows:

        Property Name     Geographical     Sector    GLA     Weighted
         and Address        Location                 (m2)     Average
                                                               Gross
                                                             Rental/m2
                                                               (R/m2)

          Shoprite       61 Voortrekker    Retail   7,015      62.94
         Heidelberg,         Road,
          Erf 3429,       Heidelberg,
         Heidelberg,     Gauteng, 2310
           Gauteng

5.   PROPERTY SPECIFIC INFORMATION

     Details regarding the Acquisition, as at the expected
     Effective Date, are set out below:

        Property Name    Weighted      Lease    Vacancy
         and Address     Average     Duration   % by GLA
                        Escalation    (years)

         Shoprite         6.31%          2.13       0%
        Heidelberg,
         Erf 3429,
        Heidelberg,
          Gauteng

     Notes:
     a) The costs associated with the acquisition of the Property
        are estimated at R961 704.
     b) The cost of the 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

6.1.    The Acquisition is subject to fulfilment of the following
        conditions precedent:

6.1.1.    That, by no later than 20 business days from the date on
          which the Seller has provided Fairvest with access to or
          copies of the due diligence information requested by
          Fairvest, Fairvest has concluded its due diligence
          investigation in terms of the Sale Agreement to its entire
          satisfaction and has given written notice thereof to the
          Seller, with the date of Fairvest giving the said written
          notice to the Seller being referred to as the “Due Diligence
          Approval Date”;

6.1.2.    that, within 10 business days from the Due Diligence Approval
          Date, the investment committee of Fairvest approves the
          purchase of the Rental Enterprise and Fairvest delivers a
          copy of such resolution to the Seller;

6.1.3.    that, within 15 business days from the Due Diligence Approval
          Date, the board of directors of Fairvest approves the
          purchase of the Rental Enterprise and Fairvest delivers a
          copy of such resolution to the Seller; and

6.1.4.    that, to the extent necessary, within 20 business days from
          the signature date of the Sale Agreement, the approval of
          the shareholders of the Seller be obtained in accordance
          with the provisions of sections 112 and 115 of the Companies
          Act 2008.

6.2.    Fairvest is entitled to waive the conditions precedent set out
        in paragraphs 6.1.1, 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 above.

7.    WARRANTIES

      The Seller has provided warranties to Fairvest that are standard
      for a transaction of this nature.

8.    TERMS REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION SHARES

8.1   If any distribution which is payable by Fairvest at any time
      in respect of the Consideration Shares includes any income
      which is attributable to any period prior to the Effective Date
      (“Pre-transfer Period”), then the Seller waives its right to
      such portion of the distribution payable in respect of each
      Consideration Share which relates to such Pre-transfer Period.

8.2   In order to underpin the value of the Consideration Shares, the
      parties have agreed that if, at the end of a period of 2 years
      commencing on the Effective Date, the 30 day VWAP of a Fairvest
      share (“Prevailing Market Price”) is less than the Issue Price
      and the Seller still owns all the Consideration Shares, the
      Seller shall be entitled, on written notice, to require Fairvest
      to either:

8.2.1    pay the Seller in respect of any Consideration Shares still
         owned by the Seller, an amount equal to the difference between
         the Issue Price and the Prevailing Market Price;

8.2.2    repurchase the Consideration Shares at a price equal to the
         Issue Price;

8.2.3    procure a third party purchaser for the Consideration Shares
         at a price equal to the Issue Price; or

8.2.4    elect a combination of the above options,

        with Fairvest being entitled to decide which of the above
        options (or combination of options) it wishes to follow.

8.3     If the price at which Fairvest shares are traded on the JSE at
        any time during the above-mentioned period equals or exceeds
        the Issue Price, the Seller’s rights above shall fall away and
        cease to apply.

9.    FORECAST FINANCIAL INFORMATION IN RESPECT OF THE ACQUISITION

      The forecast financial information relating to the Acquisition
      for the financial periods ended 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2017
      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 JSE Listings Requirements and is the
      responsibility of the Company’s directors.

                                   Forecast for    Forecast for
                                   the 2 month     the 12 month
                                   period ended    period ended
                                   30 June 2016    30 June 2017

 Rental income                         1,504,894       9,566,854

 Straight-line rental accrual             55,227         208,721

 Gross revenue                         1,560,121       9,775,575

 Property expenses                     (670,689)     (4,468,354)

 Net property income                     889,432       5,307,221

 Asset management fee                   (46,597)       (279,581)

 Operating profit                        842,835       5,027,640

 Finance cost                           (80,014)       (480,084)

 Profit before taxation                  762,822       4,547,556

 Taxation                                      -               -

 Total comprehensive income              762,822       4,547,556
 attributable to shareholders

 Forecast distribution                   707,595       4,338,835

    Notes:

a)  Rental income includes gross rentals and other recoveries,
    but excludes any adjustment applicable to the straight
    lining of leases.
b)  Property expenses include all utility and council charges
    applicable to the Property.
c)  The forecast information for the 2 month period ended 30
    June 2016 has been calculated from the anticipated Effective
    Date, being on or about 1 May 2016.
d)  The Forecast distribution excludes straight-line rental
    accrual.
e)  Contracted revenue, which includes contracted turnover
    rental, constitutes 84.38% of the revenue for the 2 month
    period ended 30 June 2016 and 75.87% of the revenue for the
    12 month period ended 30 June 2017.
f)  Near-contracted revenue constitutes 15.62% of the revenue
    for the 2 month period ended 30 June 2016 and 24.13% of the
    revenue for the 12 month period ended 30 June 2017.
g)  Uncontracted revenue constitutes 0% of the revenue for the
    2 month period ended 30 June 2016, as well as for the 12
    month period ended 30 June 2017.
h)  Leases expiring during the forecast period have been assumed
    to renew at the future value of current market related rates.
i)  This forecast has been prepared on the assumption that the
    Purchase Consideration is funded as per paragraph 3.2 above.
    The cash portion and acquisition fees will be funded via
    debt facilities at an interest rate of 8.79%.

10. CATEGORISATION

   The Acquisition qualifies as a Category 2 acquisition for the
   Company in terms of the JSE Listings Requirements.


19 January 2016
Cape Town

Sponsor
PSG Capital Proprietary Limited

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