With effect from 1 August 2019 Palace Capital converted to a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). As a REIT the Company must follow certain rules relating to the distributions it makes to shareholders, and how those distributions are taxed. 90% of the tax-exempt profit from Palace Capital’s property rental business has to be distributed to shareholders. This is known as a Property Income Distribution, or ‘PID’. Palace Capital can also distribute taxed income from its other activities, known as a Non-Property Income Distribution, or ‘non-PID’.
The Company paid its first PID in December 2019 in relation to the quarter ending 30 September 2019. All dividends paid in respect of periods ending before 1 August 2019 will be ordinary dividends not subject to the REIT regime.
