Land Securities increases its 2016 full year dividend by 10%

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Land Securities increases its 2016 full year dividend by 10%

Activity

£28m of investment lettings

£13m of development lettings

Acquisitions, development and refurbishment expenditure of £301m

Disposals of £413m

Supported a further 183 people from disadvantaged backgrounds into jobs through our Community Employment Programme

Reduced carbon intensity (kgCO2/m2) by 18.5% compared to 2013/14 baseline

Performance

Ungeared total property return of 3.7% (IPD Quarterly Universe 4.6%)

Total business return of 1.4%

Combined Portfolio valued at £14.4bn, with a valuation deficit of 1.0%

Voids in the like-for-like portfolio: 4.6% (31 March 2016: 2.4%)

Financials

Group LTV ratio at 22.2% (31 March 2016: 22.0%), based on adjusted net debt of £3.3bn (31 March 2016: £3.2bn)

Weighted average maturity of debt at 9.4 years (31 March 2016: 9.6 years)

Weighted average cost of debt at 4.2% (31 March 2016: 4.9%)

Cash and available facilities of £1.6bn

Full year dividend of 38.55p, up 10.1%

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