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Southern Cross - Divests freehold for Â£30m

October 2007

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In line with its policy of releasing as much capital from its properties as possible, care home operator Southern Cross has divested its freehold interest in nine care homes for £30m. At the same time it has also exercised a call option to acquire a further five homes from the same vendor. The homes, which are based in Scotland, add a further 284 beds to its portfolio. Meanwhile, Southern Cross is marketing the freeholds, acquired by its £96m acquisition of Avery in June, for sale and leaseback, with the proceeds likely to be ploughed back into yet more eps enhancing acquisitions. UBS has left its price target at 660p. Tipped at 303p in November ‘06 we think the shares have further to go. Strong ho ...

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