The Warehouse REIT target for the year was to pay a total dividend of 6.2 pence per share, which they have achieved by declaring four quarterly dividends of 1.55 pence each. The fourth quarterly dividend was declared today and will be paid on 30 June 2021 to shareholders on the register on 4 June 2021. The total dividend for the year was 85.8% covered by adjusted earnings per share, reflecting the short-term dilution of their earnings due to the timing difference between raising new equity capital and deploying it in income-generating assets. For the year ending 31 March 2022, they continue to target a total dividend of 6.2 pence.
Other financial highlights:
Strong rent collection performance, with 98.6% of the rent due in relation to the year collected as at 24 May 2021
Successfully raised gross proceeds of £153.0 million through an equity issue in July 2020 and a further £45.9 million through a placing in February 2021, with strong support from existing shareholders and new UK and international investors
Total portfolio valued at £792.8 million at 31 March 2021, representing a 18.8% like-for-like increase. Portfolio valuation comprised £751.9 million in relation to the investment portfolio of completed assets and £40.9 million of development property and land (31 March 2020: £433.5 million and £17.0 million)
EPRA net tangible assets ("NTA") per share increased 23.4% to 135.1 pence (31 March 2020: 109.5 pence), driven primarily by a revaluation increase of 24.7 pence per share
Total accounting return for the period of 27.7% (31 March 2020: 5.4%)
Bank debt of £222.0 million and cash balances of £27.2 million at the year end, resulting in a loan to value ("LTV") ratio of 24.6% (31 March 2020: 40.2%)
