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Southern Cross - Sale and leaseback of 16 homes

September 2008

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  • Epic Code:
  • SCHE
  • Price:
  • 155p
The shares shot ahead to 160p after the company announced the sale-and-leaseback of some of its freehold properties. Of the 29 remaining freeholds, 16 have now been sold for a total of £52.1m and the rent has been set at £4.2m, representing a yield of 8% to the buyer. The disposal results in a book loss of £9.1m but nicely pares down debt. Southern Cross’ total debt, which comprises two parts - facilities for running the operations and facilities for making acquisitions. The latter has had £81m drawn down and most of the money raised from the sales will go towards reducing this. Investec forecasts net debt is now £75m, well below earlier expectations.That is a positive development but the big sw ...

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