Deutsche’s Socimi Trajano To List On MAB On 30 July

27 July 2015 – El Día

The Socimi Trajano Iberia, which is managed and promoted by a division of Deutsche Bank, will begin trading on the Alternative Investment Market (Mercado Alternativo Bursátil or MAB) on 30 July, whereby becoming the sixth listed real estate investment company to be publicly traded on the stock exchange.

Trajano will debut on the MAB once it has completed its €94.8 million capital increase, which is being led by investors of the Wealth Management division of Deutsche Bank in Spain.

Under the ticker “YTRA”, the company will debut on the stock market at a share price of €9.98, according to a statement by the Spanish Stock Exchanges and Markets (‘Bolsas y Mercados Españoles’ or BME).

The listing will be performed through a price-fixing system with the matching of supply and demand in two daily auctions or “fixing” periods (at 12:00h and 16:00h).

Trajano Iberia will invest in offices in “semi-prime” locations in Madrid and Barcelona and in “prime” areas of secondary cities. It will also seek out shopping centres and retail parks, as well as logistics assets in Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza, Valencia and the País Vasco.

According to the company’s strategic plan, Trajano Iberia will materialise its investments within a maximum period of 24 months, however the management team considers that this period could be reduced on the basis of the strong prospects that the real estate sector is currently enjoying.

The company will be managed by the team responsible for the real estate division of Deustche Asset & Wealth Management in Spain and Portugal.

Currently, Deutsche Bank manages real estate assets worth more than €46,000 million around the world and €740 million in Spain and Portugal.

Deloitte is acting as the registered advisor and BEKA Finance as the liquidity provider. Since last year, several companies have listed publicly under the Socimi structure.

The first company to debut on the stock exchange was Lar España Real Estate, on 5 March, with initial capital of €400 million. The next company to list in the sector was Hispania, the listed company controlled by the fund manager Azora and owned by the multimillionaires George Soros and John Paulson, who subsequently created a Socimi through which they have made several purchases.

Meanwhile on 30 June, the Socimi Merlin Properties, starred in the largest IPO since 2011 with a valuation of €1,250 million. Axiare also listed on the stock exchange, with a valuation of €360 million, as did Uro Property, the Socimi that owns one third of Santander’s branches.

Original story: El Día

Translation: Carmel Drake