Nordika becomes new major shareholder in Logistea following transaction

Logistea AB (publ) has acquired the properties Lexby 11:242 and Lexby 11:14 in Partille, Gothenburg, from Nordika Fastigheter (“Nordika”), at an underlying property value of SEK 292 million. The properties consist of 18,000 square meters of lettable space for external retail, warehouses and a small portion of offices. The location and the nature of the property are suitable for external retail as well as last-mile logistics. The largest tenants are Elgiganten, Lindex and Leo’s Lekland. Rental income excluding additions amounts to SEK 18.7 million and the average remaining term is just over five years. 97 percent of the space is currently leased.

In connection with the deal, Logistea is issuing 1,455,643 A shares and 16,960,379 B shares to Nordika at a price of SEK 12.75 per share, corresponding to SEK 234.8 million. Nordika, which is a Swedish unlisted real estate company owned by a number of Nordic pension funds and institutions as well as the founders, thus becomes Logistea’s third largest owner with 13.2 percent of the capital and votes.

The acquisition is financed through the above share issue and bank loan. The new share issue also offsets certain claims that the seller has against the acquired property-owning company, which creates additional lending space and thus liquidity for Logistea of approximately SEK 105 million. Closing will be on 31 January 2023 and is conditional on an extraordinary general meeting at Nordika. The issue of Logistea shares takes place based on the authorization received at the ordinary annual general meeting of Logistea on 6 May 2022.

“For Logistea, this is an important transaction where we are partly acquiring two good properties in Gothenburg, partly broadening our ownership with an institutional player such as Nordika, and also injecting liquid funds. Nordika can contribute both with capital for future growth and to the company’s continued development”, said Niklas Zuckerman, CEO of Logistea.

“We have followed Logistea with interest for some time and were impressed by how the company has laid a good foundation for its continued growth. We strongly believe in the niche of the market in which Logistea operates, with good cash flows and which benefits from macro trends such as home-shoring and increasing e-commerce. Our ambition is to join and assist the company in its continued growth journey to achieve the ambitious volume goals they set for the coming years – to grow the company to a portfolio value of SEK 15 billion”, said Jonas Grandér, CEO and co-founder of Nordika.

“The interest in Logistea as a company and in warehouse and industrial properties is great despite new conditions on the property market. Nordika’s interest and investment is further proof of this. We are very much looking forward to having such a strong and experienced institutional real estate player as a new major owner”, said Patrik Tillman, Chairman of the Board of Logistea.

About Logistea
Logistea is a Swedish real estate company with a focus on warehouses, logistics and light industry. The company’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the short names LOGI A and LOGI B. In three years, Logistea’s property portfolio has grown from SEK 189 million in property value to just over SEK 4.9 billion. The company’s growth strategy is to build a property portfolio with strong cash flows in combination with a long average remaining contract period in well-located and growing logistics hubs in Sweden. After the above acquisition, the company owns 70 properties in Sweden with a lettable area of approximately 580,000 square meters, as well as a building rights portfolio of approximately 316,000 square meters