This REIT went XR today. Closing at 22c, it shows a great deal of resilience and is much better than the expected TERP (theoretical ex-rights price) of 21c. If we look at the trade summary, of the total 3,307 lots which changed hands today, most of these, 2,487 lots to be exact, were bought up at 22c. There is still a great deal of demand for this REIT. In fact, anyone who went ahead and bought some at 22c or 22.5c when the counter first went CR would be in the money now.
We will get 7 rights for every 20 units which we currently hold. If we had bought these 20 units at 22c, we could sell these 7 rights when the nil-paid rights start trading on 23 Sep. Since the price to pay to convert these rights is set at 15.5c, theoretically, they are worth 6.5c a piece (22c - 15.5c = 6.5c). This would bag a gain of 6.5c x 7= 45.5c. Based on an initial investment of 22c x 20 = 440c, 45.5c represents a gain of more than 10% if we sell away the nil-paid rights! Detractors' aplenty but I believe the numbers here speak for themselves. Of course, bear in mind that these calculations are done assuming that this is a perfect world (which it is not). So, it would be realistic to expect some deviation.
The question some might have on their minds is whether this is still a good time to enter? Well, the estimated DPU, XR, is 2.08c per year. This gives a yield of 9.45% at the current price of 22c. If that is good enough for you, why not?
Personally, I would wait to see what the the nil-paid rights might be trading at come 23 Sep. I do not expect the nil-paid rights to trade below 5.5c since 5.5c + 15.5c = 21c which is the expected TERP and would enjoy a yield of almost 10% per annum. However, if I were proven wrong and the nil-paid rights do trade at 5c or less, I would probably end up buying more. The yield would be simply irresistable at more than 10% per annum.
See slides from EGM here.
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