Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust announced that the Board of the Manager has declared an interim distribution per unit of 12.2 HK cents, or HKD199.6 million, which implies a payout ratio of 97.3%. The interim DPU was 1.7% ahead of the 12.0 HK cents paid in the same period last year, and represented an annualised distribution yield of 5.5% based on the closing unit price of HKD 4.47 on the last trading day of the Reporting Period. The ex-distribution date and record date for the interim distribution are 22 February 2017 and 28 February 2017 respectively. Payment of the interim distribution will be made to unitholders on 14 March 2017.