PADLOCK PARTNERS UK FUND IV COMPLETES INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING AND RAISES APPROXIMATELY C$45.2 MILLION

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TORONTO, July 12, 2023 /CNW/ - Padlock Partners UK Fund IV (the "Trust") announced today that it has completed its initial public offering of trust units (the "Offering"). Pursuant to the Offering, the Trust issued an aggregate of approximately C$45.2 million of trust units, comprised of 2,541,920 Class A Units, 1,617,250 Class F Units and 209,400 Class U Units of the Trust at a price of C$10.00 per Class A Unit and Class F Unit and £10.00 per Class U Unit.

The trust units were offered to the public through a syndicate of agents led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and which included Richardson Wealth Limited, Wellington-Altus Private Wealth Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Raymond James Ltd. and iA Private Wealth Inc. (collectively, the "Agents").

The Trust is an unincorporated investment trust and was established for the primary purpose of investing in a portfolio of income producing commercial real estate properties in the United Kingdom with a focus on self-storage properties. The Trust is currently in the process of indirectly acquiring one existing self-storage property and two redevelopment properties, each located in the United Kingdom, and expects to close on the acquisitions of such properties on or before July 31, 2023. The balance of the net proceeds of the Offering will be used for capital expenditures on the three to-be-acquired properties (including to redevelop the redevelopment properties) and to subsequently acquire one or more additional properties in the United Kingdom, consistent with the Trust's investment objectives to, among other things, provide unitholders with an opportunity to invest in a portfolio of income-producing commercial real estate properties in the United Kingdom, with a particular focus on self-storage properties.

Padlock Capital Partners IV, LLC (the "Manager"), an affiliate of Clear Sky Capital Inc. ("Clear Sky"), is the promoter of the Trust and will also act as manager of the portfolio of properties. Since its inception in 2009 and through the first quarter of 2023, Clear Sky and its affiliates have acquired or developed approximately US$1.35 billion of real estate investments in the U.S. and the UK, investing approximately US$535 million of equity through various investment vehicles. Clear Sky's investments in real estate are diversified across various sectors including self-storage, multifamily, and manufactured housing communities.

The securities described herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws.

Gross proceeds noted in this press release have been calculated based on a rate of exchange of £1.00 to C$1.7117.

The Trust is an unincorporated investment trust and was established for the primary purpose of investing in a portfolio of income producing commercial real estate properties in the United Kingdom with a focus on self-storage properties.

This news release contains statements that include forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations of the Trust, Clear Sky and the Manager regarding future events, including statements concerning the expected closing of the Trust's acquisitions of the properties and the anticipated use of proceeds of the Offering. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terms such as "may", "might", "will", "could", "should", "would", "occur", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "seek", "aim", "estimate", "target", "project", "predict", "forecast", "potential", "continue", "likely", "schedule", or the negative thereof or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts.

Material factors and assumptions used by management of the Trust to develop the forward-looking information include, but are not limited to, the Trust's current expectations about: the availability of properties for acquisition and the price at which such properties may be acquired; the availability of mortgage financing; the Manager's expectations regarding the expected timeline for the Trust's redevelopment plans in respect of the properties; the Manager's expectations regarding the operation and redevelopment of the properties, including, but not limited to, the planned conversion of open warehouse space into self-storage units; the capital structure of the Trust; the extent of competition for self-storage properties; assumptions about the markets in which the Trust intends to operate; the global and United Kingdom economic environment, including changes in interest rates and the rate of inflation; the impact of negative geopolitical events, including the conflict in Ukraine; foreign currency exchange rates; and governmental regulations or tax laws. While management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on currently available information, they may prove to be incorrect.

Although management believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable and represent the Trust's internal projections, expectations and beliefs at this time, such statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities may not be achieved. A variety of factors, many of which are beyond the Trust's control, could cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from current expectations of estimated or anticipated events or results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include the risks identified in the final prospectus of the Trust dated June 23, 2023, including under the heading "Risk Factors" therein, as well as, among other things, risks related to the availability of suitable properties for purchase by the Trust, the availability of mortgage financing for such properties, and general economic and market factors, including interest rates, prospective purchasers of real estate, business competition, negative geo-political events, changes in government regulations or income tax laws. Readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Except as required by applicable Canadian securities laws, the Trust undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

SOURCE Padlock Partners UK Fund IV