The information contained in this
announcement is restricted and is not for publication, release or
distribution in the United States of America, any member state of
the European Economic Area, Canada, Australia, Japan or the
Republic of South Africa.
24 October 2024
Care REIT
plc
(the "Company" or, together with its
subsidiaries, the "Group")
DIVIDEND
DECLARATION
The Board has today declared the
Company's third interim dividend for the year ending 31 December
2024 of 1.7375 pence per ordinary share, payable on 22 November
2024 to shareholders on the register on 8 November 2024. The
ex-dividend date will be 7 November 2024. This dividend will be
paid as a Property Income Distribution ("PID").
This is in
line with the
Company's target annual dividend for the year to 31 December 2024
of 6.95 pence per
share(1), a 0.18 pence
increase from the prior year, and
the Company's
dividend policy, which seeks to maintain a progressive
dividend that is covered by its adjusted
earnings.
Notes:
(1)
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.
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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+44 20 7029 8000
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Tom Yeadon
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tyeadon@jefferies.com
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Ollie Nott
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onott@jefferies.com
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Winterflood Securities Limited
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+44 20 3100 0000
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Neil Langford
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neil.langford@winterflood.com
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Joe Winkley
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joe.winkley@winterflood.com
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H/Advisors Maitland (Communications advisor)
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carereit-maitland@h-advisors.global
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James Benjamin
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+44 7747 113 930
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Rachel Cohen
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+44 20 7379 5151
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Billy Moran
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+44 20 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(1), a 0.18 pence increase over
the 6.77 pence in dividends paid or declared 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.
