Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust T.AAR.UN

Older News (Dec 17) - PIRET announces Buy Back of 500K share

[maypeters]

They purchased 350K shares in the last 12 months at average price of $4.30

Quote from article below:

PIRET believes that its Units have been trading in a price range which does not adequately reflect the value of such Units in relation to PIRET's business and its future business prospects. Accordingly, depending upon future price movements and other factors, PIRET believes that the purchase of outstanding Units may from time to time be an appropriate use of available resources and benefit remaining unitholders by increasing their proportionate equity interest in PIRET.

Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust Announces Normal Course Issuer Bid and Cash Distribution for December 2014

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VANCOUVER, Dec. 17, 2014 /CNW/ - Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust ("PIRET") (TSX: AAR.UN) announced today that the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") has accepted its notice of intention to make a normal course issuer bid (the "Bid").

The notice provides that PIRET may, during the twelve-month period commencing December 19, 2014 and ending December 18, 2015, purchase for cancellation on the TSX up to 5,000,000 Class A units (each, a "Unit") in total, being approximately 2.64% of the outstanding Units as of the date hereof. The daily repurchase restriction for the Units is 133,623 Units, which represents 25% of the average daily trading volume of 534,493 Units on the TSX for the six months ended November 30, 2014.

All purchases under the Bid will be made on the open market through the facilities of the TSX, Alpha or alternate trading systems inCanada at market prices prevailing at the time of purchase. The actual number of Units which may be purchased and the timing of any such purchases will be subject to compliance with the TSX rules. Any Units that are purchased under the Bid will be cancelled.

PIRET believes that its Units have been trading in a price range which does not adequately reflect the value of such Units in relation to PIRET's business and its future business prospects. Accordingly, depending upon future price movements and other factors, PIRET believes that the purchase of outstanding Units may from time to time be an appropriate use of available resources and benefit remaining unitholders by increasing their proportionate equity interest in PIRET.

During the past 12 months, PIRET purchased 350,000 Units at a weighted average price of $4.30 per Unit pursuant to a previous normal course issuer bid. PIRET currently has 189,410,770 Units issued and outstanding.

Cash Distribution

PIRET today announced that its Board of Trustees has approved a cash distribution of $0.026 per trust unit for the month ofDecember 2014 (equivalent to $0.312 per trust unit on an annualized basis). This distribution will be paid on January 15, 2015 to unitholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2014.

The policy of PIRET is to pay cash distributions on or about the 15th day of each month to the unitholders of record on the last business day of the preceding month.

PIRET units are listed on the TSX under the symbol AAR.UN. PIRET currently has 189,410,770 units issued and outstanding.

About Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust

PIRET is an unincorporated, open-ended investment trust that owns and operates a diversified portfolio of income-producing industrial properties in leading markets. PIRET is an internally managed REIT that focuses exclusively on investing in industrial properties.

Additional information about PIRET is available at www.piret.ca or www.sedar.com.

THE TORONTOSTOCK EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED NOR APPROVED THE CONTENTS OF THIS PRESS RELEASE AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.

SOURCE Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET)

Andrew Greig, Director of Investor Relations, Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust, Suite 910, 925 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2, Phone: [phone] or [phone], E-mail: [e-mail], www.piret.ca, Toronto Stock Exchange - AAR.UNCopyright CNW Group 2014

[maypeters]

Sorry - Title in Subject should read 5 MILLION shares (2.64% of float) Can buy back 133,000 shares daily which represents 25% of average daily trading volume. 

[emba33]

Hi maypeters: Is this approach usually successful in increasing the stock price?  On paper, there is really no difference, correct? Emba33

[maypeters]

Hi Emba it has worked for lot of companies in the US who have picked up debt at negligible interest to buy back shares. But most US companies are buying back shares when their share price is at an all time high (which does not make sense). But that is the way they increase EPS (earnings per share). Revenue &/or earnings may be flat or declining but EPS is higher due to lower share count

[generaldisc]

It does provide a small short term boost because EPS increases. However, I don't believe there is any long term benefit to the stock price. Sharebuybacks are basically shell games - borrow at low rates & buyback shares. It makes the balance sheet worse because you are replacing equity with debt. For REITs it makes a little more sense because their distribution yields are usually higher