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Acquisition Of Club Med Cap Skirring Hotel In Senegal Through A Sale And Leaseback
GRIT REAL ESTATE INCOME GROUP LIMITED
(Registered by continuation in the Republic of Mauritius)
(Registration number: C128881 C1/GBL)
SEM share code: DEL.N0000
JSE share code: GTR
LSE share code: GR1T
ISIN: MU0473N00036
(“Grit” or the “Company” or the “Group”)
ACQUISITION OF CLUB MED CAP SKIRRING HOTEL IN SENEGAL THROUGH A SALE
AND LEASEBACK
Shareholders are advised that on 23 July 2019, the Company, through its wholly-owned
subsidiary Casamance Holdings Limited (the “Purchaser”), entered into a sale and purchase
agreement (the “Agreement”) relating to the shares of Société Immobiliére et de Gestion
Hôteliére du cap Skirring (“SIGHC”) with Club Med SAS (the “Seller” or “Club Med”).
Under the terms of the Agreement, the Company will acquire 100% of the shares in SIGHC
(the “Shares”), the owner of the property known as Club Med Cap Skirring, a 4-trident hotel
situated at the Club Med resort at Vacap Cap Skirring B.P 46 SN, Kabrousse 27009, Senegal
(the “Property”) and the rental enterprise conducted by SIGHC on the Property (“Rental
Enterprise”), as a going concern, for a provisional purchase consideration of EUR 11.6 million
(“Provisional Purchase Consideration”), subject to adjustments and settlement of Intra-
Group Loan accounts as set out below (the “Acquisition”).
Under the terms of the Agreement, Club Med, acting on behalf of SIGHC, will renovate part of
the hotel and expand it at a development cost of EUR 25 million, capped at EUR 28 million.
The development programme will be carried out by Club Med as SIGHC’s appointed “Owner’s
Agent” who will be responsible for any cost overrun.
RATIONALE FOR THE ACQUISITION
Club Med is an operator of over 70 all-inclusive resort villages in holiday locations in 26
countries across five continents and has successfully been operating Club Med Skirring in
Senegal since 1973. Club Med is primarily owned by Fosun International Limited, a Chinese
international conglomerate and investment company listed on the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange.
Grit will enter into a strategic relationship through this sale and leaseback, and will target to
provide further real estate solutions to Club Med across the other African jurisdictions that it
operates in. The addition of Club Med as a tenant consolidates the existing list of strong hotel
counterparties that the Company works with in the hospitality sector.
Through the long-term triple net lease underpinned by a new hard currency Euro lease and
parent company guarantee, Grit will take no direct hospitality operating risk.
The Acquisition is expected to enable Grit to enter, in a targeted manner, the property market
of the Republic of Senegal, one of Africa’s most stable countries with a large and high growth
economy, and where the IMF anticipates stronger and more sustainable growth rates in the
coming years. The addition of this hotel asset into the Group’s portfolio will provide further
geographical diversification to Grit’s existing portfolio.
Through Grit’s financing under the development programme, Club Med will expand the
operations of the hotel and employ an additional 70 permanent staff members in addition to
its 250 current employees. Post completion of this Acquisition, Club Med is expected to
operate an additional flight from Brussel airport, Belgium, to Dakar airport, Senegal, giving a
boost to the local economy and growth to the broader country. This is in line with Grit’s mission
statement – whereby Grit commits to “ignite the furnace of growth in Africa”.
Bronwyn Corbett, Chief Executive Officer of Grit, commented:
“We are pleased to be acquiring the Club Med Cap Skirring, a 4-trident hotel and resort village
in the Republic of Senegal, adding one of Africa’s most politically stable and fastest growing
markets to Grit’s current geographic footprint. We are proud to have now added an eight
country to our list jurisdictions in Africa and our 26th property to Grit’s asset portfolio.
The property is being acquired at an attractive yield and will be on let on a new long term 12-
year lease to a strong tenant covenant. Club Med adds further high-quality tenant
diversification to Grit’s current list of robust hotel operators. I look forward to working with them
to deliver a real estate solution across the African jurisdictions in which it operates, creating
further value for Club Med and for Grit’s shareholders.”
PURCHASE CONSIDERATION
The Provisional Purchase Consideration of EUR 11.6 million will be paid on the Completion
Date in addition to the settlement of the Inter-Group Loan balances as at that date. The
provisional balance of the Intra-Group Loan to be assigned at 30 September 2019 is EUR 4.0
million.
The Provisional Purchase Consideration was determined with reference to the pro forma
balance sheet and the related profit and loss accounts of SIGHC as at 30 September 2019
(“Provisional Accounts”). These can be updated by mutual agreement between the Seller
and the Purchaser prior to the Completion Date.
After the Completion Date (as defined below), the final balance sheet and profit and loss
statements of SIGHC (“Final Accounts”) will be used to determine the final purchase
consideration (“Final Purchase Consideration”).
Provided that the Final Purchase Consideration plus the settlement of the Intergroup loans
shall not exceed EUR 20 million, the difference between the Final Purchase Consideration
and the Provisional Purchase Consideration will be settled between the parties in cash.
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
The remaining conditions precedent (“Conditions Precedent”), including items needing to
be addressed based on the findings of the due diligence, and items that are required to be
provided as final verification for completion of the transaction are as follows:
• the Purchaser securing a firm offer for bank funding, from one of several top ranking banks;
• the Seller providing the Purchaser with further documentary evidence that the Property is
free of any charge, mortgage or encumbrances and that SIGHC is the rightful owner of the
Property;
• the Seller providing the Purchaser with documentary evidence of the lawful erection and
occupation of the constructions located on (or close to) the waterfront, which are included
in the Property;
• the Seller providing the Purchaser with:
o Documentary evidence of the wire transfers of funds made available by the Seller to
the Company under the Intra-Group Loan,
o Written confirmation by the bank holding SIGHC’s bank accounts that, following the
assignment of the Intra-Group Loan, the bank will transfer any reimbursements under
the Intra -Group Loan to the Purchaser;
• Société de Gestion Touristique du Cap, the company renting the Property, which is also
wholly-owned by the Seller (“SOGETOC”), and SIGHC obtaining favourable tax treatment
granted under the so-called “Casamance law” in Senegal, specifically including a 10-year
exemption on all relevant taxes (except withholding tax exemptions on interest).
The Conditions Precedent must be fulfilled (or waived) by no later than 1 December 2019. If
any or all of the Conditions Precedent are not duly fulfilled (or waived) by 20 December 2019,
the Agreement will be obsolete and void as of right and the Parties will be released from any
and all obligations with regard to each other.
COMPLETION DATE OF THE ACQUISITION
The completion date of the Acquisition will be the date on which ownership of the Shares is
effectively transferred by the Seller to the Purchaser, which is expected to occur no later than
20 December 2019 (the “Completion Date”).
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Agreement contains representations and warranties by the Seller in favour of the
Company which are standard for a transaction of this nature.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT TERMS
On completion of the Acquisition, a new lease agreement (“New Lease Agreement”) will be
signed, providing for annual rental of EUR 1.26 million on the existing hotel. Upon completion
of the development and hotel expansion, a lease that achieves a similar 8% property yield,
based upon the final build cost, will be concluded on largely the same terms and conditions.
The Seller will provide SIGHC with a rental guarantee for the duration of the lease to secure
the performance by SOGETOC of its payment under the new lease agreement, capped at an
amount equal to three years rent payable by SOGETOC to SIGHC, excluding tax.
CLUB MED (or its affiliate, acting as Owner’s Agent), on behalf of SIGHC (acting as owner of
the Property and client) shall execute a renovation and development programme to the
Property. The works are to be financed and owned by Grit (through its by then 100%
subsidiary, SIGHC) up to EUR 28 million excluding VAT. Should the effective aggregate
amount of the project costs exceed EUR 28 million excluding VAT, the Owner’s Agent will
undertake to bear all costs in excess of such amount that would be necessary for the
completion of the works.
THE PROPERTY
Details of the Property are as follows:
Property Name Geographical Sector Gross Weighted
and Address Location Lettable Average
Area Gross
(m2) Rental / m2/
month
Club Med Cap Senegal Hospitality 16,462 EUR 6.4
Skirring, situated at
Vacap Cap Skirring
B.P 46 SN,
Kabrousse 27009,
Senegal
Details regarding the Property, as at the anticipated Completion Date, are set out below:
Purchase Yield Weighted Average Weighted Average Vacancy % by
Attributable to Annual Escalation Lease Duration Gross Lettable
Shareholders (years) Area
8% 1% 12 years 0%
Notes:
a) In addition to the Purchase Consideration, the costs associated with the Acquisition are
estimated at USD 378,000. No agents’ commission is payable in respect of the
Acquisition.
b) The Purchase Consideration payable in respect of the Rental Enterprise (which includes
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. Preliminary independent valuations obtained
support the directors appraisals.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF THE ACQUISITION
The audited annual financial statements of SIGHC for the year ended 31 December 2018,
were prepared in terms of Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires
(“OHADA”) accounting principles.
a) The value of the net assets comprising the Rental Enterprise was CFA 1,419,399,330
(EUR 2,163,860 ).
b) The audited profits after tax attributable to the Rental Enterprise for the year ended 31
December 2018, was CFA 260,195,056 (EUR 396,665).
Exchange rate: EUR 1: CFA 655.96.
On completion of the Acquisition, the annual rent payable will rise to EUR 1.26 million per
annum. Therefore, at the Completion Date, the execution of the new lease agreement is
expected to substantially alter the financial performance including upward changes to
SIGHC’s profit after tax in subsequent years.
CLASSIFICATION OF THE ACQUISITION
The Acquisition constitutes a category 2 transaction in terms of the JSE Limited Listings
Requirements.
The Acquisition constitutes an undertaking in the ordinary course of business of Grit and
therefore does not fall under the scope of Chapter 13 of the SEM Listing Rules or under any
of the LSE reporting requirements.
By order of the Board
24 July 2019
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited
Bronwyn Corbett, Chief Executive Officer +230 269 7090
Darren Veenhuis, Head of Investor Relations +44 779 512 3402
Morne Reinders, Investor Relations +27 82 480 4541
Maitland/AMO – Communications Adviser
James Benjamin +44 20 7379 5151
Vikki Kosmalska Grit-maitland@maitland.co.uk
Jason Ochere
finnCap Ltd – UK Financial Adviser
William Marle / Scott Mathieson / Matthew Radley (Corporate +44 20 7220 5000
Finance)
Mark Whitfeld (Sales) +44 20 3772 4697
Monica Tepes (Research) +44 20 3772 4698
Perigeum Capital Ltd – SEM Authorised Representative
and Sponsor
Shamin A. Sookia +230 402 0894
Kesaven Moothoosamy +230 402 0898
PSG Capital – JSE Sponsor and Corporate Adviser
David Tosi +27 21 887 9602
The Company’s LEI is: 21380084LCGHJRS8CN05
NOTES:
Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited is a leading pan-African real estate company focused
on investing in and actively managing a diversified portfolio of assets in carefully selected
African countries (excluding South Africa). These high-quality assets are underpinned by
predominantly US$ and Euro denominated long-term leases with a wide range of blue-chip
multi-national tenant covenants across a diverse range of robust property sectors.
The Company is committed to delivering strong and sustainable income for shareholders, with
the potential for income and capital growth. The Company is targeting an annual dividend yield
in US$ of 8%+ and a net total shareholder return inclusive of net asset value growth of 12.0%+
per annum.*
The Company currently holds primary listings on both the Main Market of the London Stock
Exchange (LSE: GR1T) and on the Main Board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE:
GTR), while its listing on the Official Market of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius Ltd is termed
as a secondary listing (SEM: DEL.N0000).
Further information on the Company is available at http://grit.group/
*These are targets only and are not a profit forecast, there can be no assurance that they will be met.
Directors:
Peter Todd+ (Chairman), Bronwyn Corbett (Chief Executive Officer)*, Leon van de Moortele
(Chief Financial Officer)*, Ian Macleod+, Nomzano Radebe, Catherine McIlraith+, David Love+,
Sir Samuel Esson Jonah+, and Bright Laaka (Permanent Alternate Director to Nomzano
Radebe)
(* Executive Director) (+ independent Non-Executive Director)
Company secretary: Intercontinental Fund Services Limited
Registered address: c/o Intercontinental Fund Services Limited, Level 5, Alexander House,
35 Cybercity, Ebène, 72201, Mauritius
Transfer secretary (South Africa): Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited
Registrar and transfer agent (Mauritius): Intercontinental Secretarial Services Limited
Corporate advisor and JSE sponsor: PSG Capital Proprietary Limited
Sponsoring Broker: Axys Stockbroking Ltd
SEM authorised representative and sponsor: Perigeum Capital Ltd
This notice is issued pursuant to the LSE Listing Rules, JSE Listings Requirements, SEM
Listing Rule 11.3 and the Mauritian Securities Act 2005. The Board of the Company accepts
full responsibility for the accuracy of the information contained in this communiqué.
Date: 24/07/2019 01:30:00
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