Divestment of

Sofitel Sydney Wentworth

29 October 2021

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  • Divestment of Sofitel Sydney Wentworth (SSW) on a freehold basis for AUD 315.0m (~SGD 309.1m1) to an unrelated third- party acquirer (Acquirer)
  • Deal Structure
    • FH-REIT,through its wholly-ownedsub-trust, enters into a put and call option agreement with a wholly-owned subsidiary of Frasers Property Limited (FPL) to acquire the freehold reversionary interest of the land ("Reversionary Interest Acquisition") for AUD 10.55m (~SGD 10.4m) ("Acquisition Purchase Price")
    • The freehold reversionary interest will be amalgamated with FHT's existing 75-year leasehold interest, creating a new freehold title for SSW to onsell to the Acquirer
    • This title re-structuring of amalgamating the freehold reversionary interest and 75-year leasehold interest, enables the unlocking of a value greater than if it had been sold as a leasehold property
  • Sold at 34.3% premium over total combined purchase price of AUD 234.55m, comprising the purchase consideration of AUD 224m for the acquisition of the 75-year leasehold interest in 2015 and the Acquisition Purchase Price

Property details

Number of rooms

Land tenure

436

  1. 75-yearleasehold interest held by FHT
  2. Freehold reversionary interest held by FPL

Upon completion of Reversionary Interest Acquisition, freehold reversionary interest will be amalgamated with its existing 75-year leasehold interest

Master lessee

Purchase price (Freehold basis)

Latest valuation (75-year leasehold)

Latest valuation (Freehold after amalgamation)

Ananke Holdings Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of FPL

AUD 234.55m2

AUD 270.0m as at 30 Sep 2021

AUD 281.0m3 (~SGD 275.8m) as at 30 Sep 2021

1.

All currency conversions in this document are based on an assumed exchange rate of SGD 1.00 = AUD 1.0190 as at 30 Sep 2021

2.

Purchase price of 75-year leasehold interest bought in 2015 (AUD 224.0m) plus purchase price of freehold reversionary interest (AUD 10.55m)

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3.

Includes Savill's valuation of the freehold reversionary interest of AUD 11.0m as at 30 Sep 2021

1 Purchase of freehold reversionary interest from FPL & combine the titles

Pre-sale amalgamation of titles

FPLFHT

2 Divestment of Sofitel Sydney Wentworth on freehold basis

Deal structure

FHTAcquirer

Held through its respective

Australia subsidiary

SSW

FHT to

SSW

amalgamate

(Freehold

Acquisition of

(75-year lease)

the titles to

reversionary interest)

one single

Freehold

freehold title

Reversionary

Interest at

AUD 10.55m

Purchase price of

Not applicable

AUD 224.0m

leasehold interest

(in 2015)

Latest valuations

AUD 11.0m (Savills)

AUD 270.0m

AUD 10.1m (HVS)

Purchase price

AUD 10.55m1

of reversionary

(~SGD 10.4m)

interest

(FHT to buy interest

from FPL)

Held through its

Australia subsidiary

SSW

SSW

(Freehold)

Divestment on

(Freehold)

freehold basis

Purchase price

at AUD 315.0m

(Post-acquisition of

AUD 234.55m2

reversionary interest

Latest valuation

AUD 281.0m3

(amalgamated basis)

(~SGD 275.8m)

Divestment price

AUD 315.0m

(~SGD 309.1m)

1.

Average of the two valuations from Savills and HVS

2.

Purchase price of 75-year leasehold interest bought in 2015 (AUD 224.0m) plus purchase price of reversionary freehold interest (AUD 10.55m)

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3.

Includes Savill's valuation of freehold reversionary interest of AUD 11.0m as at 30 Sep 2021

  1. Unlock value at optimal stage of life cycle to enhance value for Stapled Securityholders
  2. Active portfolio management strategy
  3. Opportunity to optimise capital structure and increase financial flexibility

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