About Árima
- Árima is a Spanish real estate investment company (SOCIMI) listed in the Mercado Continuo.
- Created by the former Axiare management team (total shareholder return of c.97% in three and a half years, from its listing on the Spanish Stock Exchanges in July 2014, until its takeover in January 2018), its strategy consists of identifying assets with high revaluation potential to invest in their repositioning and commercialisation through a value added strategy.
- The business has an internally managed investment vehicle (team exclusively dedicated to Árima) with the aim of generating annual total shareholder returns of 12% to 15%.
Transaction objective
- Target: Successfully cover Árima’s IPO, an investment vehicle with no assets (“blind pool”) for the acquisition of real estate properties.
- Transaction executed despite uncertainty in the macro environment suffered by the capital markets in October 2018 which led to the cancellation of several other IPOs.
- Since the start of bookbuilding (ITF (Intention To Float) on October 9th) to the closing of the books (October 19th): IBEX 35 ▼3,3%; S&P ▼4,0%, with the main Spanish SOCIMI trading at a strong discount to NAV (Colonial: ▼2.1% and; Merlin: ▼20.2%).
- In addition to Mirabaud, Árima was advised by: Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and JB Capital Markets (together with Mirabaud the “Joint Global Coordinators”) and by BBVA, Kempen and ING as “Co-Leads”.
Mirabaud contribution and added value
- Mirabaud ensured that the deal was oriented to both former Axiare investors and to new investors with interest in Spanish Real Estate.
- Mirabaud helped Árima to achieve a diversified investor base (no investor with more than 10% of the equity), attracting interest from top-tier institutional investors (more than 200 meetings in 15 cities).
- Deal mainly oriented to real estate specialists and “long-only” investors achieving a solid shareholding structure that will accompany Árima in the long-term.
- Mirabaud attracted investors with strong market visibility.
Spain
Enrique Aguado
Head of Corporate Finance & Capital Markets
MIRABAUD SECURITIES LIMITED, SUCURSAL EN ESPAÑA
Paseo de la Castellana 21
2ª Planta
28046 Madrid
T +34 91 793 78 20
Árima official website
Visit website“In spite of the challenging environment and capital markets uncertainty, we managed to successfully place the IPO for a new quoted REIT in Spain. Moreover, our specialised equity sales platform reached the perfect investors for this transaction; institutional specialised RE funds with high market recognition that, as well as covering a relevant part of the book, also attracted smaller funds that improved the share liquidity.”
Key data
Public Listing (23rd October 2018)
| Issuer | Árima Real Estate Socimi, S.A. |
| Sector | Real Estate (SOCIMI) |
| Transaction type | Initial Public Offering (IPO) |
| Mkt. Cap. | €100 m (10m shares; €10 face value) |
| Mirabaud Role | Joint Global Coordinator and Joint Bookrunner |
