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Capital Increase
Dream Global REIT Announces $175 Million Equity Offering
05-Jun-2018 / 23:15 CET/CEST
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*TORONTO, JUNE 5, 2018*
*DREAM GLOBAL REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST*
*Unit Code: TSX:DRG.UN, FRA:DRG*
*ISIN: CA26154A1066 *
*DREAM GLOBAL REIT ANNOUNCES $175 MILLION EQUITY OFFERING*
Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust (the "Trust") announced today that
it has entered into an agreement to sell 12,000,000 units of the Trust (the
"Units") on a bought deal basis at a price of $14.60 per Unit to a syndicate
of underwriters led by TD Securities Inc. (the "Underwriters") for gross
proceeds of $175,200,000 (the "Offering"). In addition, Dream Global REIT
has granted the Underwriters an over-allotment option, exercisable for a
period of 30 days following closing of the Offering, to purchase up to an
additional 1,800,000 Units which, if exercised in full, would increase the
gross proceeds of the Offering to $201,480,000. Closing of the Offering is
expected to occur on or about June 26, 2018. The Offering is subject to
certain customary conditions, including the approval of the Toronto Stock
Exchange.
The Trust intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering to fund
acquisitions and for general trust purposes. The Trust is currently in
exclusive negotiations with vendors on five potential acquisitions of high
quality office and industrial properties located in its target markets in
Germany and the Netherlands. The combined expected purchase price of these
properties would exceed EUR170 million ($250 million).
The combined gross leasable area (GLA) of these five properties is 935,000
square feet. Four of these properties are located in strong German markets
and one property is located in a G5 Dutch market. One of the German
properties will be vacant at closing in an excellent market with strong
leasing velocity. Dream Global REIT expects that when the building is fully
leased, substantial value will be created. The balance of the properties in
exclusivity are on average 97% occupied with a staggered weighted average
lease term (WALT) of 4.5 years.
The Units will be offered by way of a short form prospectus to be filed on
or about June 18, 2018 with the securities commissions and other similar
regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada.
For further information, please contact:
P. Jane Gavan Tamara Lawson Alexander Sannikov
President and Chief Chief Financial Senior Vice
Executive Officer Officer President, Commercial
Properties
(416) 365-6572 (416) 365-6560 (416) 365-4106
jgavan@dream.ca tlawson@dream.ca asannikov@dream.ca
*About Dream Global REIT*
Dream Global REIT is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment
trust that provides investors with the opportunity to invest in commercial
real estate exclusively outside of Canada. Dream Global's portfolio
currently consists of approximately 19.5 million square feet of gross
leasable area of office, industrial and mixed-use properties across Germany,
the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria. For more information, please visit
www.dream.ca/global [1].
*Important Notice:*
This news release is for information only and does not constitute an offer
to sell, purchase, exchange or transfer any securities or a solicitation of
any such offer in the United States or any other jurisdiction. The
securities referred to herein have not been and will not be registered under
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and accordingly are
not being offered for sale and may not be offered, sold or delivered,
directly or indirectly within the United States, its possessions and other
areas subject to its jurisdiction or to, or for the account or for the
benefit of a U.S. person, except pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of that Act.
*Forward-looking statements*
This news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning
of applicable securities legislation, including with respect to the
potential acquisitions referred to in this news release; the fact that such
assets achieve the Trust's objectives of enhancing cash flow, growing net
operating income, and increasing the value of the Trust's properties; the
Trust's intentions for financing such acquisitions; and the Trust's
expectations for reducing leverage and increasing flexibility to pursue
additional acquisition opportunities in the future. Forward looking
information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a number
of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Dream Global REIT's
control that could cause actual results to differ materially from those that
are disclosed in or implied by such forward-looking information. These risks
and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, capital markets
conditions, global and local economic and business conditions; the financial
condition of tenants; the Trust's ability to refinance maturing debt;
leasing risks, including those associated with the ability to lease vacant
space; interest and currency rate functions; and, with respect to the
potential acquisitions referred to in this news release, the risk of failure
to reach definitive agreements relating to the aqcuisitions, to receive any
required approvals or consents in connection with the acquisitions, to
satisfy or waive any conditions to the accquisitions or to realize the
expected benefits from the acquisitions, as well as the risk that the
properties that may be acquired may not perform as anticipated. The Trust's
objectives and forward-looking information are based on certain assumptions,
including that the Canadian and European economies remain stable, interest
rates remain stable, conditions within the real estate market remain
consistent, competition for acquisitions remains consistent with the current
climate and that the capital markets continue to provide ready access to
equity and/or debt. All forward-looking information in this news release
speaks as of the date of this news release. Dream Global REIT does not
undertake to update any such forward-looking information whether as a result
of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by law.
Additional information about these assumptions and risks and uncertainties
is contained in Dream Global REIT's filings with securities regulators,
including its latest annual information form and MD&A. These filings are
also available at Dream Global REIT's website at www.dreamglobalreit.ca [2].
*Non-GAAP Measures *
The Trust's consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance
with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). This news release
refers to the Trust's expectations that the potential acquisitions referred
to in this news release will achieve its objectives of growing net operating
income, which is a non-GAAP measure. Net operating income is defined by the
Trust as net rental income (being investment properties revenue less
investment properties operating expenses), plus the share of net rental
income from investment in joint ventures. Although the Trust does not in
this news release refer quantitatively to the impact of the proposed
acquisitions on its net operating income, this measure is used by the Trust
in evaluating property operating performance. As it is not defined by IFRS,
net operating income does not have a standardized meaning and may not be
comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. Net operating
income should not be considered as an alternative to net rental income as an
indicator of Dream Global REIT's performance. For a description of net
operating income, including a reconciliation of net rental income to net
operating income, please refer to "Non-GAAP Measures and Other Disclosures"
in the Trust's most recent Management's Discussion and Analysis.
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