Capital increase of the Baloise Swiss Property Fund

The new shares will be issued on a best-efforts basis as part of the subscription offer in Switzerland. A maximum of 1,964,285 new shares will be issued, thereby increasing the number of shares in circulation from 2,750,000 to a maximum of 4,714,285 shares. Any unsubscribed shares will not be issued, thus reducing the issue amount. However, the fund management company reserves the right to acquire any unsubscribed shares at the end of the subscription period or place them on the market with the required diligence together with the custodian bank or third parties.

Baloise Real Estate Management Ltd will use the issue proceeds for the acquisition against cash of a real estate portfolio with 20 core / core plus properties of Baloise Insurance Ltd, Basel and Baloise Life Ltd, Basel in favour of the real estate fund. On 14 June 2019, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA granted the fund management company exemption from the takeover ban involving related parties under Art. 63para. 2 and 4 of the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act (CISA) in conjunction with Art. 32a of the Collective Investment Schemes Ordinance (CISO) in order for it to be able to acquire the 20 properties.

The real estate portfolio being acquired comprises residential properties and mixed use residential and business properties, most of which are located in conurbations with more than 100,000 residents spread over a total of nine cantons. The residential portion is 77 per cent and office usage 8 per cent. The portfolio is spread over Northwestern Switzerland (30 per cent), the Lake Geneva region (23 per cent), Zurich (21 per cent), Central Switzerland (20 per cent), Eastern Switzerland (4 per cent) and Ticino (2 per cent). In acquiring the portfolio, there will still be a broad geographical diversification in line with the strategy, at the same time the proportion of properties in the Lake Geneva region can be increased.

The issue prospectus for the capital increase of the Baloise Swiss Property Fund will be published in good time before the beginning of the subscription period on www.swissfunddata.ch and can be obtained for free from the fund management company, distribution agent or custodian bank.

About the Baloise Swiss Property Fund

The Baloise Swiss Property Fund is a contractual investment fund under Swiss law of the real estate fund variety for qualified investors. It offers investors the opportunity to participate in the development of a growing real estate portfolio with a focus on residential properties.

The Baloise Swiss Property Fund’s investment aim primarily consists of generating a stable regular income through direct investments in Swiss core / core plus properties that are situated in good locations and show high income and value stability. The real estate fund’s strategy is to buy properties throughout Switzerland with the intention of holding them for the long term and optimising their income potential. To do this, the fund aims for broad regional diversification as well as medium to long-term sectoral diversification with at least 50 per cent residential properties and at most 50 per cent commercial use properties.

Details of the capital increase

Disclaimer

The real estate fund described in this press release is intended solely for qualified investors within the meaning of Art. 10 para. 3, 3bis and 3ter of the Swiss Collective Investment Schemes Act (KAG). Full details on this real estate fund can be found in the currently available management report and the documents that form the basis for any investment. These documents can be requested free of charge from the fund management company Baloise Real Estate Management Ltd, Aeschengraben 21, 4051 Basel, the distribution agent Baloise Asset Management Switzerland Ltd, Aeschengraben 21, 4002 Basel, or the custodian bank UBS Switzerland AG, Bahnhofstrasse 45, 8001 Zurich.