Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: SHUAA Capital Saudi Arabia has announced today the launch of the Real Estate Investment Trust ‘SHUAA REIT’ (The Fund), a closed-ended publicly traded real estate investment fund, approved by the Capital Market Authority (CMA) of Saudi Arabia.

The subscription period for SHUAA REIT commences today March 25, 2019 and will continue until April 7 2019 inclusive. The fund will offer 30,515,000 units to the public at a price of SAR 10 per unit, equivalent to SAR 305,150,000, which accounts for 51.5% of the REIT's total size of SAR 591,500,000.

The Fund intends to acquire 6 income-generating real estate assets in four key sectors and in vital areas of the city of Riyadh. Some of the key differentiating factors of SHUAA REIT are the independency of the REIT Manager from all assets and property owners, alignment of interest between the investors and the REIT Manager by having the management fees structured in a way whereby the bulk of the fees are based on a percentage of the rental pool generated from the underlying assets, considerably high returns for high quality assets in comparison with the competitive set of assets of the same category located in major cities around the Kingdom; whereby the targeted return is approximately 7% p.a. based on freehold ownership structures and excludes lease-interest contracts. SHUAA REIT is structured in accordance with the updated REIT regulations issued by the Capital Market Authority, which aims to increase the efficiencies of REITs by following strict principles that contribute to reducing the risks associated with REITs, ensuring the readiness of the assets and the solidity of the contracts from a regulatory and legal perspectives as well as the diversification of tenants, in addition to adopting the revised valuation methodologies’ that ultimately reflects the fair market price of the underlying asset by relying on the prevailing average rental prices of similar assets in the market and not relying solely on the value of the signed rental contracts. The updated regulations also include a newly introduced 12-month lock-up period for majority unitholders that begins from the start of unit trading in the Saudi stock market, which ultimately contributes to a more stable market price for the unit.

Commenting on the launch of the REIT, is SHUAA Capital Saudi Arabia’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Omar Al Jaroudi, who said, “The launch of SHUAA REIT today is a significant milestone for SHUAA Capital Saudi Arabia. REITs are globally acknowledged as long-term real estate alternative investment instruments, geared to provide a steady stream of income through periodic distributions whilst providing liquidity through tradable units in the market, full transparency on transactions. Furthermore, REITs are not considered speculative high growth instruments that generates high capital returns. We remain focused on offering our clients and investors distinctive financial solutions within the Saudi Arabian market.”

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About SHUAA Capital Saudi Arabia

SHUAA Capital Saudi Arabia is an investment firm with a paid-up capital of 50million Saudi Riyals. Since 2008 it has played a prominent role in shaping the real estate asset management landscape in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and continues to be a leader in managing CMA licensed funds with a focus on real estate.

Investment opportunities are developed through extensive in-house and third-party research that identify market gaps with competitive risk-adjusted returns, providing investment banking, corporate advisory, and custody services.

It currently manages five funds spread across the residential and hospitality sectors with plans to expand its offering and provide its clients with diverse products in high-growing market segments. We do not have any dealings in financial markets and stock exchanges. www.shuaacapital.com.sa   

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