Jun 2018
Joint Global Coordinator & Joint Bookrunner
GBP 300 million
Initial Public Offering
Tritax
Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner
Kempen is pleased to announce the successful £300 million initial public offering of Tritax EuroBox
Transaction highlights
- Initial public offering of 300 million primary shares at a fixed price of GBp 100 or €1.13 per share
- Investors had the option to subscribe for Euro or Pound denominated shares, and shares will be trading on the London Stock Exchange in both currencies
- Gross proceeds amount to £300 (c. €340) million, which the company intends to use to acquire a portfolio of well-located Continental European logistics real estate assets, diversified by geography and tenant base
- An ‘orderbook covered’ message was communicated around a week before the end of bookbuilding
- Allocations of the orderbook comprise of more than 100 lines, and were skewed to long only investors with the top 10 accounts taking c.50% of the deal. The deal also saw significant demand from private wealth managers
- Kempen generated substantial demand with a strong focus on US and European Real Estate specialist investors as well as momentum players
Company description
- Tritax EuroBox plc, a newly established closed-ended investment company managed by Tritax Management LLP (the “Manager”), will seek to acquire and manage a well-diversified portfolio of Continental European logistics assets
- The assets will be located in core countries for investments in logistics: The Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Spain
- The Manager has entered into advanced negotiations in respect of the acquisition of seven assets within this pipeline for an aggregate consideration in excess of €600 million, with an average size in excess of 105,000 sqm.
- The Manager has assembled a full-service European logistics asset management capability including specialist "on the ground" asset and property managers with strong market standings in the Continental European logistics sector