ARTIS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST ANNOUNCES TERMINATION OF DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

WINNIPEG, MB, Jan. 19, 2026 /CNW/ - Artis Real Estate Investment Trust ("Artis" or the "REIT") (TSX: AX.UN) announced today that it intends to terminate its unitholder distribution reinvestment plan (the "DRIP") effective on the same date as the closing of the previously-announced plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement") in accordance with the terms of the DRIP. Upon the closing of the Arrangement, RFA Capital Holdings Inc. ("RFA") will acquire all of the outstanding common units and preferred units of Artis, which is anticipated to occur during the week of February 1, 2026, subject to the continued satisfaction of all closing conditions. Unitholders who are not enrolled in the DRIP are unaffected by this termination.

The DRIP was suspended on January 13, 2017 and has not been reinstated. The plan agent under the DRIP, Odyssey Trust Company, will record a book entry in each participant's account (or to his or her nominee, as applicable) for whole common units held for such participant's account under the DRIP and a cheque in payment for any remaining fractions of common units in such participant's account. No action is required from DRIP participants to receive common units and fractional payments, as applicable. Fractional unit payments will be based upon the five-day volume weighted average closing price of the Artis common units on the Toronto Stock Exchange preceding the applicable payment date.

Each whole common unit held on behalf of a participant under the DRIP will entitle such participant to receive the consideration payable to Artis unitholders in connection with the Arrangement upon closing. Participants who submit a valid letter of transmittal to Odyssey Trust Company for their Artis common units will also receive the consideration to which they are entitled under the Arrangement for their common units held under the DRIP. Participants seeking further information with respect to their entitlements under the DRIP may contact the plan agent under the DRIP, Odyssey Trust Company at 1.888.290.1175.

About Artis

Artis is a diversified Canadian real estate investment trust with a portfolio of industrial, office and retail properties in Canada and the United States. For more information, please visit www.artisreit.com.

Cautionary Statement and Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "outlook", "objective", "opportunity", "potential", "growth", "become", "expects", "anticipates", "continue", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "strategy", "believes", "plans", "seeks", "commit", "goal", "focus", "target" and similar expressions or variations of such words and phrases suggesting future outcomes or events, or which state that certain actions, events or results ''may'', ''would'', "should" or ''will'' occur or be achieved are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In particular, statements regarding the Arrangement, including anticipated closing of the Arrangement, termination of the DRIP, security issuances and payments under the DRIP, the expected benefits to Artis and its unitholders, RFA and its shareholders, and other stakeholders as a result of the Arrangement, are or involve forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking information reflects management's current beliefs and is based on information currently available to management.

Forward-looking statements are based on a number of factors and assumptions which are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which have been used to develop such statements, but which may prove to be incorrect. Although Artis believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievement since such expectations are inherently subject to significant business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Assumptions have been made regarding, among other things: the general stability of the economic and political environment in which Artis and RFA operate, general stability of the Canadian real estate and mortgage lending industries, treatment under governmental regulatory regimes, securities laws and tax laws, continuity of current Artis and RFA management until closing of the Arrangement, the availability of suitable capital reallocation investment opportunities following closing of the Arrangement, the continued activity of RFA Bank of Canada as a Schedule I bank, timely and successful integration of the Artis and RFA businesses, the ability of Artis, RFA, RFA Financial and their respective service providers to obtain and retain qualified staff, equipment and services in a timely and cost efficient manner, currency, exchange and interest rates, global economic, financial markets and economic conditions, including the imposition of tariffs, in Canada and the United States.

Artis is subject to significant risks and uncertainties which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the REIT to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to risk related to: the parties' ability to satisfy conditions in the arrangement agreement; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the arrangement agreement; material adverse changes in the affairs of Artis or RFA; the parties' ability to obtain required regulatory approval and consents in order to complete the Arrangement; adverse reactions or changes in business relations resulting from the announcement or completion of the Arrangement; risks related to the diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations while the Arrangement is pending; restrictions imposed on the parties while the Arrangement is pending; completion of tax matters; credit, market, currency, operational, liquidity and funding risks generally and relating specifically to real property ownership, real property asset management and mortgage lending; disruption to supply chains; geographic concentration; current economic conditions including the imposition of tariffs; strategic initiatives; debt financing; interest rate fluctuations; foreign currency; tenants; SIFT rules; availability of suitable capital reallocation investment opportunities; other tax-related factors; changes to accounting principles; illiquidity; competition; reliance on key personnel; delays to the integration of the Artis and RFA lines of business as a result of the Arrangement; financial condition of the resulting issuer following the combination of Artis and RFA under the Arrangement; future property transactions; general uninsured losses; dependence on information technology; cyber security; integration of artificial intelligence; imposition of litigation; environmental matters and climate change; land and air rights leases; public markets; market price of Artis units; changes in legislation; investment eligibility; availability of cash flow; fluctuations in cash dividends/distributions; nature of Artis units; legal rights attaching to Artis common units and Artis preferred units; dilution of securityholders; unitholder liability; failure to obtain additional financing; potential conflicts of interest; and other risks described under the headings "Risk Factors Relating to the Arrangement" in the management information circular of Artis dated November 10, 2025, "Risk Factors" in Artis' current Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2024 and "Risks and Uncertainties" in Artis' Q3-25 Management's Discussion and Analysis, posted under its profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Artis cannot assure investors that actual results will be consistent with any forward-looking statements and Artis assumes no obligation to update or revise such forward-looking statements to reflect actual events or new circumstances other than as required by applicable securities laws. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release are qualified by this cautionary statement. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

SOURCE Artis Real Estate Investment Trust

For further information please contact Mr. Samir Manji, President and Chief Executive Officer; Ms. Jaclyn Koenig, Chief Financial Officer or Ms. Heather Nikkel, Senior Vice-President - Investor Relations and Sustainability of the REIT at 1.204.947.1250; Suite 600 - 220 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB   R3C 0A5, T 204.947.1250, F 204.947.0453, www.artisreit.com, AX.UN on the TSX