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AEDIFICA

Public limited liability company

Public regulated real estate company under Belgian law

Office: Rue Belliard 40 (box 11), 1040 Brussels Enterprise number: 0877.248.501 (RLE Brussels) (the 'Company')

Acquisition of a portfolio of 3 care homes

in the United Kingdom

  • Acquisition of a portfolio of 3 purpose-built care homes in the United Kingdom
    • Total investment: approx. £40 million
    • Total capacity: 263 residents
    • Initial net rental yield: approx. 5.5 %
    • Operator: Excelcare

Abbot Care Home - Harlow

Stefaan Gielens, CEO of Aedifica, commented: "We are very pleased to announce that Aedifica continues the expansion of its healthcare real estate portfolio in the United Kingdom with the acquisition of 3 fully operational care homes for approx. £40 million. The purpose-built properties comprise 263 en- suite bedrooms for seniors requiring continuous care and offer good care quality ratings. They are operated by Excelcare, marking a new collaboration between Aedifica and an established elderly care home provider."

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Aedifica invests approx. £40 million in a portfolio of 3 fully operational purpose-built care homes in the United Kingdom.

St Fillans Care Home - Colchester

Description of the sites

The three care homes of this portfolio are conveniently located in residential areas of cities in Essex, East of England (Harlow, 90,000 inhabitants; Saffron Walden, 16,000 inhabitants; Colchester, 112,000 inhabitants). Constructed between 2010 and 2016, the properties are all modern, purpose-built care homes with single bedrooms offering en-suite facilities that are specifically tailored to suit the needs of elderly people requiring continuous care. The care homes accommodate up to 263 residents. All three properties offer good care quality ratings.

Name

Location

Year of

Capacity

Operator

build

(units)

Abbot Care Home (1)

Partridge Road in Harlow, CM18 6TD

2016

117

Excelcare

Stanley Wilson Lodge Care Home (2)

Four Acres in Saffron Walden, CB11 3JE

2010

75

Excelcare

St Fillans Care Home (3)

St Fillan Road in Colchester, CO4 0PT

2012

71

Excelcare

Total

263

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Stanley Wilson Lodge Care Home - Saffron Walden

Description of the transaction

On 14 January 2021, Aedifica UK Ltd (a UK subsidiary of Aedifica NV/SA) acquired ownership of the three sites. The total contractual value1 of the three care homes amounts to approx. £40 million.

Description of the operator and the leases

The care homes are operated by Excelcare, a family-owned company with more than 30 years of experience in the UK elderly care sector. Excelcare provides high quality residential care in more than 30 care properties in the south and east of England to over 1,900 elderly people who are no longer able to live independently at home. The company has experience not only in operating care homes but also in developing them.

Aedifica welcomes this new partnership with an established, reputable player in the UK elderly care sector.

The care homes are let on the basis of new irrevocable 30-year triple net leases. The initial net rental yield amounts to approx. 5.5%.

1 The contractual value complies with the provisions of article 49 § 1 of the Belgian Act of 12 May 2014 on regulated real estate companies.

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Investments since the October 2020 capital increase

On 27 October 2020, Aedifica successfully completed a €459 million capital increase, the largest ever in the history of the Belgian RREC sector. The investments made by the Group following the capital increase are listed in the table below2.

(in € million)

Date

Location

Investments

Pipeline 1

Total

carried out

BE

Le Jardin Intérieur

30/10/2020

Frasnes-lez-

22

-

22

Anvaing

FI

Portfolio of 7 healthcare sites

10/12/2020

Finland

27

-

27

NL

Joint venture with Korian: Lelystad, Soest, Woudenberg,

10/12/2020

Netherlands

6

11

17

Hengelo (50/50)

UK

Development project in Chard 3

15/12/2020

Chard

-

14

14

DE

Specht Gruppe: Cuxhaven, Gera, Gummersbach & Schwerin 2

16/12/2020

Germany

4

66

70

BE

De Gouden Jaren

17/12/2020

Tienen

8

-

8

FI

Portfolio of 10 healthcare sites

17/12/2020

Finland

82

-

82

NL

OZC Orion

17/12/2020

Leiderdorp

6

-

6

NL

Redevelopment project in Zwolle

17/12/2020

Zwolle

8

-

8

NL

Pachterserf

17/12/2020

Apeldoorn

8

-

8

NL

Care campus Uden

24/12/2020

Uden

20

-

20

UK

Portfolio of 3 care homes

14/01/2021

United

45

-

45

Kingdom

Total as of 14 January 2021

235

92

327

  1. The pipeline includes development projects and acquisitions subject to outstanding conditions.
  2. Completions of previously concluded agreements.
  3. Amounts in £ were converted into € based on the exchange rate of the transaction date.

2 The figures in this table are rounded amounts. Subsequently, the sum of certain figures might not correspond to the stated total.

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