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TORONTO, March 31, 2022 /CNW/ - NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: NWH) ("NorthWest" or the "REIT") is pleased to announce today that it has completed its previously announced public offering (the "Public Offering") of 12,500,500 trust units ("Units") of the REIT at a price of $13.80 per Unit for total gross proceeds of $172,506,900, which includes proceeds from the full exercise of an over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 1,630,500 Units. The Public Offering was conducted on a bought deal basis through a syndicate of underwriters (the "Underwriters") co-led by Scotiabank and RBC Capital Markets.
Together with the previously announced $15 million private placement to NorthWest Value Partners Inc. ("NWVP"), which is expected to close in May 2022 (the "Private Placement" and together with the Public Offering, the "Offering"), the total gross proceeds of the Offering are expected to be approximately $187.5 million.
Upon closing of the Private Placement, NWVP will hold an approximate 12.8% effective interest in the REIT through ownership of Units and Class B LP units.
The REIT intends to use the net proceeds of the Offering to partially fund its previously announced binding agreement to acquire a portfolio of US healthcare real estate for $764.3 million, as described in its March 15, 2022 press release (the "US Acquisition"). The remaining proceeds, if any, will be used to fund future acquisitions, to repay amounts outstanding on its credit facilities and for general trust purposes.
The Units were offered in each of the provinces and territories of Canada pursuant to the REIT's base shelf prospectus dated November 27, 2020. The terms of the Offering are described in a prospectus supplement filed with Canadian securities regulators. A copy of the prospectus supplement is available under the REIT's profile on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com.
About NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust
NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:NWH.UN) is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established under the laws of the Province of Ontario. As at Q4-2021 and pro forma the US Acquisition, the REIT provides investors with access to a portfolio of high quality international healthcare real estate infrastructure comprised of interests in a diversified portfolio of 224 income-producing properties and over 17.6 million square feet of gross leasable area located throughout major markets in Canada, Brazil, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The REIT's portfolio of medical office buildings, clinics, and hospitals is characterized by long term indexed leases and stable occupancies. With a fully integrated and aligned senior management team, the REIT leverages over 250 professionals across 11 offices in eight countries to serve as a long term real estate partner to leading healthcare operators.
Forward Looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including statements about the Public Offering and the proposed use of proceeds thereof, the expected closing of the Private Placement and the US Acquisition, NWVP's expected ownership levels, and the repayment of debt. The forward-looking statements in this news release are based on certain assumptions, including without limitation that all conditions to completion of the Private Placement will be satisfied or waived and that the REIT will be able to complete the US Acquisition on the terms previously proposed and disclosed. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations, including the risk that the Private Placement and the US Acquisition will not be completed on the terms proposed or at all. The statements in this news release are made as of the date of this release. Although the REIT believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. A discussion of the risk factors applicable to the REIT is contained under the heading "Risk Factors" in the REIT's annual information form dated March 29, 2021, and the REIT's prospectus supplement dated March 25, 2022 and the REIT's other public filings, copies of which each may be obtained on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by these forward looking statements. The REIT does not intend to, nor assume, any obligation to update these forward looking statements whether as a result of new information, plans, events or otherwise, unless required by law.
These securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons except in compliance with the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or pursuant to an exemption therefrom. Accordingly, this news release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities in the United States.
SOURCE NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust
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