R&R REIT Issues Units to Trustees in Connection with 2024 Units for Services Agreements, Enters into New Units for Services Agreements for 2025 and Issues Deferred Units to Executive Officers
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 21, 2025 /CNW/ - R&R Real Estate Investment Trust (TSXV: RRR.UN) (the "REIT") announces that it has issued REIT units to participating trustees in connection with its 2024 units for services agreements (the "2024 Units for Services Agreements"), pursuant to which trustees could elect to receive all or a portion of their trustee retainer fees for 2024 in units, rather than in cash. The units issued pursuant to the 2024 Units for Services Agreements serve as compensation for past services provided by such trustees to the REIT for the 2024 fiscal year. The units were issued at a price of C$0.16 per unit and the amount of trustee fees paid in units and the number of units issued to each participating trustee is as follows:
Trustee | Amount of 2024 Trustee | Number of Units |
Graham Blyth | US$15,000 | 133,013 |
Louise Dermott | US$15,000 | 133,013 |
Irfan Lakha | US$15,000 | 133,013 |
Geoffrey Morphy | US$15,000 | 133,013 |
TOTAL | US$60,000 | 532,052 |
(1) | Based on an issuance price of C$0.16 and an exchange rate of C$1.4188 per US$1.00, the daily average exchange rate reported by the Bank of Canada on February 20, 2025. |
The REIT also announces that it has entered into new units for services agreements with participating trustees in respect of issuing units in lieu of all or a portion of the cash trustee retainer fees that will be payable to such trustees for the 2025 fiscal year (the "2025 Units for Services Agreements"). The 2025 Units for Services Agreements with each such trustee, which have been conditionally approved by the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV"), set out the dollar amount of 2025 trustee fees to be paid in units. Details regarding the amount elected by each of the trustees are set out below:
Trustee | Amount of 2025 Trustee |
Graham Blyth | US$15,000 |
Louise Dermott | US$15,000 |
Irfan Lakha | US$15,000 |
Geoffrey Morphy | US$15,000 |
TOTAL | US$60,000 |
The number of units issuable will be calculated using the volume-weighted average trading price for the units of the REIT on the TSXV for the five trading days immediately prior to the date of issuance (provided that the price per unit shall not be less than the maximum permitted discounted market price on the date of issuance pursuant to the TSXV rules) and the daily average exchange rate for CAD:USD reported by the Bank of Canada on the business day prior to the issuance. The trust units that are issued will be subject to a four month hold period. The issuances are expected to occur in February 2026.
The REIT also announces today that it has granted 255,791 deferred trust units to two of its executive officers at a price of C$0.16 per deferred trust unit in accordance with the REIT's long-term incentive plan. One third of the deferred trust units will vest annually on the anniversary of the award date.
About R&R REIT
R&R REIT is an open-ended real estate investment trust focused on increasing unitholder value through the acquisition and ownership of hotel properties located in the United States.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purposes of assisting the reader in understanding the REIT's financial performance, financial position and cash flows as at and for the periods ended on certain dates and to present information about management's current expectations and plans relating to the future, and readers are cautioned such statements may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking information may relate to future issuances of units, pricing of units to be issued in the future and the receipt of the TSXV's final approval in connection with the units for services agreements. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by such terms as "may", "will", "should", "occur", "expect", "plan", "intend", "estimate", "potential", "schedule", or the negative thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, assumptions may not be correct and objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond the REIT's control, affect the operations, performance and results of the REIT and its business, and could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations of estimated or anticipated events or results. These factors include, but are not limited to, the risks discussed in the REIT's materials filed with Canadian securities regulatory authorities from time to time on www.sedarplus.com, risks related to the units and risks related to the REIT and its business. The reader is cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance actual results will be consistent with such forward-looking statements. Information contained in forward-looking statements is based upon certain material assumptions that were applied in drawing a conclusion, including the TSXV providing final approval for the issuances pursuant to the units for services agreements. While management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently available information, they may prove to be incorrect. The forward-looking statements made in this press release are dated, and relate only to events or information, as of the date of this press release. Except as specifically required by law, the REIT undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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SOURCE R&R Real Estate Investment Trust