INTRODUCTION TO REITs -
THE RIGHT WAY TO
INVEST IN INDIAN
COMMERCIAL
What are REITs?
 REITs or Real Estate            REITs allows investors to   REITs are tax efficient         REITs provide stable
 Investment Trusts are the       buy ownership in            vehicles that distribute        distribution yields with a
 most efficient way for any      commercial real estate      majority of their cash          capital appreciation
 investor, particularly retail   (offices, hotels, retail,   flows as distributions          opportunity inbuilt
 investors, to invest in         industrial, healthcare)
 commercial real estate on       through a publicly traded
 the stock exchanges in the      unit
 form of shares
Why were Indian REITs created?
 Historically, Indian real estate has been illiquid and      REITs have been able to fill this gap by providing retail
 primarily residential-focused                               investors a perfect investment vehicle to invest in
                                                             commercial real estate without actually having to buy,
                                                             own and manage a physical real estate asset
Benefits of REITs
Why Invest in Indian REITs?
           Accessibility                                                Transparency                                                   Liquidity
Ownership in professionally-managed                          Strong governance framework and                                 REIT units are freely traded in stock
Grade A commercial assets                                    disclosure requirements from SEBI                               markets like equity shares
           Distributions                                                Growth                                                         Diversification
Requirement to distribute at least                           Participation in capital appreciation                           Investment in a high-quality diversified
90% of net distributable cash flows                          from organic / inorganic growth                                 portfolio across sectors / cities
semi-annually
EMBASSY REIT OVERVIEW:
Ticker: Embassy Office Parks REIT (NSE: EMBASSY / BSE: 542602)
• India’s first listed REIT and the largest                                                   • Delivering on Distributions
  office REIT in Asia by area
     Own and operate a word-class commercial                                                        Distributed 100% payout for 18
     office portfolio                                                                               consecutive quarters
     45.3 msf Total Portfolio | 13 Commercial Offices |                                             Over 90,000 Unitholders | ~ ₹8,900 crores
     4 Gateway Cities (Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Noida)                                              Distributions since IPO in April 2019 | ~₹30,000
     240 Corporates (81% are multinationals and 47% are                                             crores Market Capitalization
     Fortune 500 companies)
• Post-tax yield – 6.1%
High Quality and Diverse Unitholders Base
Unitholder base continues to expand and diversify since listing; public float well distributed among
institutions and retail unitholders
• Evolving Unitholder Base                                                                       • Increasing Acceptance of REIT as an
                                                                                                   Investment Class
                             Others           Sponsors
                             9.2%             7.7%
Retail Investors                                                                                                     > 22x Growth in
16.2%                                                                                                              Unitholders since IPO           90k
                                                                   FIIs
                                                                   40.4%
Insurers
4.0%
                                                                                                             4k
     MFs
     22.5%
                                                                                                            IPO                                 Q3FY24
1.   FIIs - Foreign institutional investors, MFs – Mutual Funds, Insurers – Insurance Companies, Retail Investors – Residents, NRIs,
     HUFs, Others – Alternative Investment Funds, Trusts, Clearing Members and Body Corporates
2.   Refers to unitholding pattern as of December 31, 2023