11th Oct 2018 14:15
LONDON (Alliance News) - Local Shopping REIT PLC on Thursday said it intends to return cash to shareholders and has sold 36 properties for GBP5.8 million in total since July.
The real estate company plans to return between 33.0 and 34.5 pence per share and is currently considering cost effective ways for returning the cash.
The sale prices of the 36 properties sold were at a 1.1% premium to their carrying value before costs. Proceeds of the sales were used by the company to repay bank debt.
Local Shopping has GBP3.2 million in cash reserves and expects to generate GBP13.8 million from further property sales. It currently has 42 properties in its portfolio with a carrying value of GBP13.6 million.
Shares in the company were up 1.7% at 30.20 pence each on Thursday afternoon.
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