40 and 44 Bowen Street sale

GENERAL

Tue, Feb 04 2025 12:31 pm

Precinct Properties Group (Precinct) (NZX: PCT) announces today PAG will acquire the remaining 20% minority interest in 40 and 44 Bowen Street in Wellington for a total purchase price of $48 million. The purchase price is consistent with the initial 80% interest purchased by PAG in 2022.

This sale will recycle capital to support the delivery of Precinct’s strategy. The transaction is expected to settle in Q2 2025.

Ends
For further information, please contact:
Scott Pritchard
Chief Executive Officer
Mobile: +64 21 431 581
Email: [email protected]

George Crawford
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Mobile: +64 21 384 014
Email: [email protected]

Richard Hilder
Chief Financial Officer
Mobile: +64 29 969 4770
Email: [email protected]

About Precinct
Listed on the NZX Main Board under the ticker code PCT and ranked in the NZX top 30, Precinct is the largest owner, manager and developer of premium city centre real estate in Auckland and Wellington. Precinct is predominantly invested in office buildings and also includes investment in Generator, Commercial Bay retail and a multi-unit residential development business.

As at 30 June 2024, Precinct's directly-held portfolio (on-completion value) totalled $3.3 billion and Precinct had a further $1.6 billion of capital partnering assets under management: $1.1 billion of these were assets in which Precinct holds a minority interest; with the balance being managed on behalf of third party partners. For information visit: www.precinct.co.nz

On 1 July 2023, Precinct effected a restructuring to create a stapled group structure. A stapled group comprises two listed parent companies whose shares are held by the same shareholders in equal proportions. The shares in each parent company can only be transferred or dealt with together. Shareholders in Precinct Properties Group (“Precinct”) hold an equal number of shares in Precinct NZ and Precinct Investments Limited and these shares can only be dealt with together. The stapled issuers are described as “Precinct Properties NZ Ltd & Precinct Properties Investments Ltd (NS)” on NZX systems and the ticker code for the stapled shares remains PCT.