Slate Grocery REIT Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Slate Grocery REIT (TSX: SGR.U) (TSX: SGR.UN) (the "REIT"), an owner and operator of U.S. grocery- anchored real estate, today announced its financial results and highlights for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025.

"The strength of our portfolio is reflected in another quarter of healthy same-property NOI growth, supported by sustained demand for our high-quality spaces and consistent double-digit renewal spreads," said Blair Welch, Chief Executive Officer of Slate Grocery REIT. "At the same time, we remain focused on prudently managing the REIT’s balance sheet and upcoming debt maturities. Against a backdrop of favorable fundamentals and attractive supply-demand dynamics in the grocery-anchored sector, we believe our portfolio – anchored by below-market rents – is well positioned to drive stable growth and long-term value."

For the CEO's letter to unitholders for the quarter, please follow the link here.

Highlights

• Several consecutive quarters of strong leasing volumes at attractive spreads continued to drive same-property Net Operating Income (“NOI”) growth of 3.6% or $5.7 million on a trailing twelve-month basis, adjusting for completed redevelopments
  • The REIT completed 423,894 square feet of total leasing in the quarter; renewals¹ were completed at 13.8% above expiring rents, and new deals were completed at 28.8% above comparable average in-place rent
  • Portfolio occupancy remained stable at 94.0% as at June 30, 2025
  • The REIT's average in-place rent of $12.77 per square foot remains well below the market average of $24.00², providing significant runway for continued rent increases
• The REIT has only $171.4 million of debt maturing through the end of 2026, at the REIT's proportionate interest, which represents just 12.3% of the total debt outstanding and provides a stable outlook for the REIT's near-term financing costs
  • During the second quarter, the REIT refinanced a four-property portfolio for $39.3 million and entered into a credit facility totaling $17.4 million at attractive spreads, highlighting continued demand for high-quality grocery-anchored real estate assets in the lending space
  • Subsequent to quarter end, the REIT amended two of its existing interest rate swaps, extending the total maturity to 2.8 years and achieving a blended weighted average interest rate of 5.0% on a proportionate interest basis
  • The REIT's current portfolio valuation continues to provide significant positive leverage; this attractive valuation, combined with continued NOI growth, is expected to increase portfolio valuation over time
• The REIT's units continue to trade at a discount to net asset value, presenting a compelling investment opportunity for unitholders looking for an attractive total return

Summary of Q2 2025 Results

Conference Call and Webcast

Senior management will host a live conference call at 9:00 am ET on August 7, 2025 to discuss the results and ongoing business initiatives of the REIT.

The conference call can be accessed by dialing (289) 514-5100 or 1 (800) 717-1738. Additionally, the conference call will be available via simultaneous audio found at https://onlinexperiences.com/scripts/Server.nxp?LASCmd=AI:4;F:QS!10100&ShowUUID=FFF8E68E-BEA4-45E5-BFEE-1A5FCF4310EE&LangLocaleID=1033. A replay will be accessible until August 21, 2025 via the REIT’s website or by dialing (289) 819-1325 or 1 (888) 660-6264 (access code 47849#) approximately two hours after the live event.

About Slate Grocery REIT (TSX: SGR.U / SGR.UN)

Slate Grocery REIT is an owner and operator of U.S. grocery-anchored real estate. The REIT owns and operates approximately $2.4 billion of critical real estate infrastructure across major U.S. metro markets that communities rely upon for their everyday needs. The REIT’s resilient grocery-anchored portfolio and strong credit tenants are expected to provide unitholders with durable cash flows and the potential for capital appreciation over the longer term. Visit slategroceryreit.com to learn more about the REIT.

About Slate Asset Management

Slate Asset Management is a global investor and manager focused on essential real estate and infrastructure assets. We focus on fundamentals with the objective of creating long-term value for our investors and partners across the real assets space. We are supported by exceptional people and flexible capital, which enable us to originate and execute on a wide range of compelling investment opportunities. Visit slateam.com to learn more, and follow Slate Asset Management on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Instagram.

Supplemental Information

All interested parties can access Slate Grocery’s Supplemental Information online at slategroceryreit.com in the Investors section. These materials are also available on SEDAR+ or upon request to the REIT at info@slateam.com or (416) 644-4264.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain information herein constitutes “forward-looking information” as defined under Canadian securities laws which reflect management’s expectations regarding objectives, plans, goals, strategies, future growth, results of operations, performance, business prospects and opportunities of the REIT. The words “plans”, “expects”, “does not expect”, "forecasts", “scheduled”, “estimates”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “does not anticipate”, “projects”, “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or statements to the effect that certain actions, events or results “may”, “will”, “could”, “would”, “might”, “occur”, “be achieved”, or “continue” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Management believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, however, management can give no assurance that actual results, performance or achievements will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations.

Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management as of the date hereof, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. When relying on forward-looking statements to make decisions, the REIT cautions readers not to place undue reliance on these statements, as forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties, and should not be read as guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or not the times at or by which such performance or results will be achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from the results discussed in the forward- looking statements. Additional information about risks and uncertainties is contained in the filings of the REIT with securities regulators.

Non-IFRS Measures

This news release and accompanying financial statements are based on IFRS® Accounting Standards (“IFRS Accounting Standards”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).

We disclose a number of financial measures in this news release that are not measures used under IFRS Accounting Standards, including NOI, same-property NOI, FFO, FFO payout ratio, AFFO, AFFO payout ratio, adjusted EBITDA, fixed charges and the fixed charge coverage ratio, in addition to certain measures on a per unit basis.

• NOI is defined as rental revenue less operating expenses, prior to straight-line rent, IFRIC 21, Levies ("IFRIC 21") property tax adjustments and adjustments for equity investments. Same-property NOI includes those properties owned by the REIT for each of the current period and the relevant comparative period, excluding those properties under development.
• FFO is defined as net income adjusted for certain items including transaction/disposition costs, change in fair value of properties, change in fair value of financial instruments, deferred income taxes, unit income (expense), adjustments for equity investments and IFRIC 21 property tax adjustments.
• AFFO is defined as FFO adjusted for straight-line rental revenue and revenue sustaining capital, leasing costs and tenant improvements.
• FFO payout ratio and AFFO payout ratio are defined as distributions declared divided by FFO and AFFO, respectively.
• FFO per WA unit and AFFO per WA unit are defined as FFO and AFFO divided by the weighted average class U equivalent units outstanding, respectively.
• Adjusted EBITDA is defined as NOI less general and administrative expenses at the REIT's proportionate interest.
• Fixed charges include principal payments and cash interest paid, net at the REIT"s proportionate interest.
• Fixed charge coverage ratio is defined as adjusted EBITDA divided by fixed charges at the REIT's proportionate interest.
• Net asset value is defined as the aggregate of the carrying value of the REIT's equity, deferred income taxes and exchangeable units of subsidiaries.
• Proportionate interest represents financial information adjusted to reflect the REIT's equity accounted joint ventures and financial real estate assets and its share of net income (losses) from equity accounted joint ventures and financial real estate assets on a proportionately consolidated basis at the REIT's ownership percentage of the related investment.

We utilize these measures for a variety of reasons, including measuring performance, managing the business, capital allocation and the assessment of risk. Descriptions of why these non-IFRS measures are useful to investors and how management uses each measure are included in Management’s Discussion and Analysis. We believe that providing these performance measures on a supplemental basis to our IFRS Accounting Standards results is helpful to investors in assessing the overall performance of our businesses in a manner similar to management. These financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for similar financial measures calculated in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards. We caution readers that these non-IFRS financial measures may differ from the calculations disclosed by other businesses, and as a result, may not be comparable to similar measures presented by others.

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Calculation and Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures

The table below summarizes a calculation of non-IFRS measures based on financial information in accordance with IFRS Accounting Standards.