Whitbread profits from property sale and leaseback
Whitbread has raised over 50m pounds from the sale and leaseback of seven Premier Inns and joint-site restaurants.
Whitbread has raised over 50m pounds from the sale and leaseback of seven Premier Inns and joint-site restaurants.
NFU Mutual and Standard Life Assurance will pay Whitbread £51.04m in cash and enter into 25-year leases who will continue to operate the properties.
This represents a net initial yield of under 5.3%, Whitbread said.
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The company said that the price represents a profit over book value of £19.6m and is 95% of the 2007 valuation of the individual properties.
"This sale and leaseback is a continued evolution of our overall funding portfolio, and follows our successful 2011 US private placement and bank refinancing," said Finance Director Nicholas Cadbury.
"The significant book profit is a useful reminder of the value we create from our freehold developments, and the strong asset backing to Whitbread's balance sheet."
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