21 October 2024
Impact Healthcare REIT plc
("Impact" or the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
Change of company name to Care REIT plc and stock market ticker to CRT
Further to the Company's announcement on 8 August 2024, the Company name has changed, effective immediately, to Care REIT plc in order to better reflect the real estate we invest in and to align with the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) updated Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR).
Further, the Company's stock market ticker will become "CRT". Dealings under the new name and ticker will commence at 8.00 am (GMT) on 22 October 2024. In conjunction, the Company's website has also been refreshed and changed to www.carereit.co.uk.
The Company's ISIN, SEDOL and Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) remain unchanged.
Shareholders should note that their shareholdings will be unaffected by the change of name. Existing share certificates should be retained as they will remain valid for all purposes and no new share certificates will be issued.
The name change follows changes to the FCA's SDR, which restrict companies from using certain sustainable terms and labels, such as "Impact", in investment products which can be bought and sold by retail investors unless strict criteria are adopted.
The Company confirms that its investment policy, strategy and objectives remain unchanged and that there will be no change to its business and operations. Through its investments in UK healthcare real estate, the Company remains focused on providing shareholders with attractive and stable returns over the long-term and also remains committed to contributing positively to social outcomes.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
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Impact Health Partners LLP
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Via H/Advisors Maitland
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Andrew Cowley
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Mahesh Patel
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David Yaldron
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Jefferies International Limited
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020 7029 8000
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Tom Yeadon
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[email protected]
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Ollie Nott
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[email protected]
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Winterflood Securities Limited
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020 3100 0000
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Neil Langford
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[email protected]
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Joe Winkley
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[email protected]
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H/Advisors Maitland (Communications advisor)
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[email protected]
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James Benjamin
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07747 113 930
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Rachel Cohen
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020 7379 5151
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Billy Moran
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020 7379 5151
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The Company's LEI is 213800AX3FHPMJL4IJ53.
Further information on Care REIT plc is available at www.carereit.co.uk.
NOTES
Care REIT plc (formerly Impact Healthcare REIT plc) acquires, renovates, extends and redevelops high quality healthcare real estate assets in the UK and lets these assets on long-term full repairing and insuring leases to high-quality established healthcare operators which offer good quality care, under leases which provide the Company with attractive levels of rent cover.
The Company aims to provide shareholders with an attractive sustainable return, principally in the form of quarterly income distributions and with the potential for capital and income growth, through exposure to a diversified and resilient portfolio of UK healthcare real estate assets, in particular care homes for the elderly.
The Company's dividend policy is to seek to maintain a progressive dividend that is covered by adjusted earnings.
On this basis, the target total dividend for the year ending 31 December 2024 is 6.95 pence per share*, a 0.18 pence increase over the 6.77 pence in dividends paid per ordinary share for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The Group's Ordinary Shares were admitted to trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, premium segment, on 8 February 2019. The Company is a constituent of the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT index.
* This is a target only and not a profit forecast. There can be no assurance that the target will be met and it should not be taken as an indicator of the Company's expected or actual results.