Ascendas REIT (A-REIT) has announced a distribution per unit (DPU) of 2.73 Singapore cents for the fourth quarter ended March 31. This is down 15.5 percent from the 3.23 Singapore cents a year earlier. For the full year, A-REIT reported a DPU of 13.1 Singapore cents, up 11.4 per cent on year. Net income for the year stood in at around S$226 million, 12 per cent higher than the year-ago period. The...
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INDUSTRIAL landlord Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) has enhanced its capital structure through a series of capital management initiatives. As a result, the trust has effectively extended its weighted average debt maturity to 4.5 years - from 2.4 years - and secured funds for acquisitions, it said yesterday. The trust has extended a $300 million loan that was due this month by seven years...
Mainboard-listed Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) said it has enhanced its capital structure through a series of capital management initiatives. It said it has conducted a successful offering of S$300 million of exchangeable collaterised securities (ECS) due in 2017 with a put option in 2015. The ECS was priced at a coupon and yield to maturity of 1.6 per cent with an initial exchange price...
DPU falls as equity base grows after fund-raising, occupancy slips ASCENDAS Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday reported a net property income of $81.1 million for the second quarter ended Sept 30 - up 11.7 per cent from a year ago. Distributable income also increased as a result, rising 15.4 per cent from the same period last year to $61.6 million. But distributable income per unit (DPU)...
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) is distributing 3.48 cents per unit, down 13.2 per cent on-year, for the second quarter ended September. However, total distributable income is up 15.4 per cent at S$61.6 million, compared to the same period last year. The drop in distribution per unit is largely attributed to share dilution after the private placement of new units in August this...
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) has announced a 11.7% y-o-y increase in net property income to $81.1 million for 2Q FY09/10 due to an enlarged portfolio compared to $97.3 million for 2Q FY08/09. Distributable income increased by 15.4% to $61.6 million from a year ago. However, DPU for the quarter fell 13.2% to 3.48 cents for the quarter from 4.01 cents a year ago. Reflecting the severe...
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) has said its first-quarter distribution per unit rose nearly 18 per cent due to additional rental income from completed acquisitions. Unit holders will receive 3.62 Singapore cents per unit for the three months ended June, compared with 3.07 cents a year earlier. All in, A-REIT had an income of S$61 million to distribute to unit holders in the first...
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) has booked a 12.6 per cent increase in distributable income to nearly S$211 million for the financial year ended March 31. It also reported a net property income of S$296.6 million, up 21.8 per cent on-year. And though it said that 2009 will be a difficult year, it expects to maintain a similar level of income for the current financial year. This is because...
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) is buying a business park building in Jurong for S$246.8 million. The property at 31 International Business Park is currently owned by multimedia firm Creative Technology. It has a gross floor area of about 62,000 square metres and a net lettable area of some 50,000 square metres. It includes three office towers, an auditorium and a 2,000-capacity outdoor...
Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) has posted a 14.3 percent rise in full-year earnings to S$187.3 million. Revenue jumped by 13.9 percent to S$322 million. A-REIT has also reported strong occupancy rates for its portfolio. Overall occupancy rates stood at 98.4 percent at the end of last month. The industrial trust said organic growth and investments will continue to be the main income...