N o t e s t o t h e f i n a n c i a l s t a t e m e n t s
Year ended 31 March 2015
1 General (continued)
(b) Management fees
The Manager is entitled to receive the following remuneration:
(i)
a base management fee of 0.5% per annum of the Deposited Property or such higher percentage as may be
approved by an Extraordinary Resolution of a meeting of Unitholders; and
(ii)
an annual performance fee of:
•
0.1% per annum of the Deposited Property, provided that the annual growth in distribution per unit
in a given financial year (calculated before accounting for the performance fee in that financial year)
exceeds 2.5%; and
•
an additional 0.1% per annum of the Deposited Property, provided that the growth in distribution per
unit (“DPU”) in a given financial year (calculated before accounting for the performance fee in that
financial year) exceeds 5.0%.
With effect from 1 April 2014, the Manager has improved the basis of determining management fees by excluding
derivative assets and investment properties under development from the computation of Deposited Property (the
“Adjusted Deposited Property”).
The Manager will also unilaterally waive part of its performance fee to ensure equitable distribution of the growth in
distributable income such that any increase in DPU (which is calculated before accounting for the performance fee)
would not result in Unitholders receiving less DPU than the threshold percentage as a result of the payment of the
performance fee. In addition, the performance fee payable will be based on 0.1% per annum, or as the case may be,
0.2% per annum of the Adjusted Deposited Property instead of the Deposited Property.
(iii)
an acquisition fee of 1.0% of the purchase price of investment property acquired by the Trustee on behalf of
the Trust.
(iv)
a divestment fee of 0.5% of the sale price of investment property sold or divested by the Trustee on behalf
of the Trust.
(v)
a development management fee, not exceeding 3.0% of the total project cost incurred in development
projects undertaken by the Trust. In cases where the market pricing for comparables services is materially
lower, the Manager will reduce the development management fees to less than 3.0%. In addition, when
the estimated total project cost is greater than $100.0 million, the Trustee and the Manager's independent
directors will review and approve the quantum of the development management fee.
With effect from 19 November 2007, the Manager has elected to receive 20.0% of the base management fee in
units and 80.0% in cash for all properties.
With effect from 17 November 2004, the Manager may elect to receive performance fee in cash and/or units, in such
proportion as may be determined by the Manager. No performance fee was payable for the financial year ended 31
March 2014 and 31 March 2015.
The cash component of the base management fees will be paid monthly in arrears and the units component will be
paid on a six-monthly basis in arrears. The performance fee will be paid within 60 days from the last day of every
financial year.
ASCENDAS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST ANNUAL REPORT 2014/15
