British Land Company PLC To Host investor presentation Transcript
Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us at what is quite short notice. We really appreciate that. I'm Simon Carter, CEO of British Land. I'm joined today by David Walker, our CFO; and Jonty McNuff, our Head of IR and Strategy.
Today we want to take you through our recommended acquisition of Life Science REIT, a transaction that is both strategically and financially attractive. It strengthens our science and technology platform, a part of the business where we're seeing growing demand and real momentum, and it's immediately EPS accretive.
We highlighted in November and in our recent trading update, the accelerating science and technology backdrop in the UK. VC funding is at its highest level since 2022, with AI and tech demand particularly strong more than offsetting any softness in Life Sciences activity. This deal represents an attractive entry price for a portfolio of well located assets in the Golden Triangle.
With significant scope to grow rents through both the lease up of
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