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Q3 25/26

Feb 2, 2026

Summary

Q3 FY 2026 saw 15% year-over-year NOI growth, record distributions, and robust leasing demand. Jewellery and fashion segments led category growth, while proactive debt management and acquisitions strengthened the balance sheet. Strong consumption momentum and a healthy acquisition pipeline support positive outlook.

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to the earnings conference call of Nexus Select Trust for Q3 FY 2026. As a reminder, all participant lines will be in the listen-only mode, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions after the presentation concludes. Should you need assistance during the call, please signal an operator by pressing star then zero on your touch-tone phone. Please note that this conference is being recorded. I now hand the conference over to Mr. Pratik Dantara, Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy from Nexus Select Trust. Thank you, and over to you, sir.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you, Reo. Good evening, everyone, and thank you for joining the earnings conference call of Nexus Select Trust for the quarter ended December 2025. Before we proceed, I'd like to highlight that the management may make certain statements that may constitute forward-looking statements. Please be advised that our actual results may differ from these statements. Nexus Select Trust does not guarantee these statements or results and is not obligated to update them at any point of time. Specifically, any financial guidance and pro forma information that we share on this call are management estimates based on certain assumptions and have not been subjected to audit review examination procedures. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such information. Joining me today on the call is Dalip Sehgal, Executive Director and CEO, Rajesh Deo, CFO, Jayen Naik, President Operations, and Nirzar Jain, President Leasing.

We'll start off with brief remarks on our business and financial performance and then open the floor for questions. Over to you, sir.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you, Pratik. Good evening, everyone. It's my pleasure to welcome you to the earnings update call for quarter three FY 2026 for Nexus Select Trust, India's first listed retail REIT. We are pleased to report another robust financial quarter marked by 15% year-on-year NOI growth. On the back of this strong performance, we are announcing a dividend of a distribution of INR 359 crores, translating to INR 2.367 per unit. This marks our highest-ever quarterly distribution since listing, underscoring the robustness and consistency of our cash flow generation. Just to repeat, INR 359 crores, INR 2.367 per unit. Cumulatively for the year, we have distributed INR 1,029, which is INR 6.795 per unit, achieving 75% of our full-year guidance. We remain firmly on track to achieve our FY 2026 NOI and distribution guidance.

Turning to the performance of our recently acquired assets, Vega City Bangalore continued its strong momentum during the quarter, delivering 14% year-on-year tenant consumption growth and an 11% increase in footfall growth. Just to remind you, when we acquired the asset, the sales and consumption growth was a - 10%. So from -10%, it has gone up to +14%. So that is a big swing. MBD Neopolis in Ludhiana witnessed a sustained rebound in footfalls, driving robust year-on-year tenant sales growth of 15% during the quarter. I think our playbook of buying the assets and then turning them around continues to be strong. On the consumption front, we continue to witness strong momentum in Q3 of FY 2026 with a 16% year-on-year growth. This is on the back of a 12% growth in Q1 and 16% in Q2.

During the quarter, the growth was broad-based, driven by targeted marketing campaigns and robust consumer demand. Let me walk you through some of the category-wise trends. Fashion. While we know that Fashion constitutes almost 50% of our overall consumption, it has continued to not perform so well in the first half, but in the quarter that is under discussion, it has grown, and there is a 6% like-for-like growth. We are seeing a reversal in trend as far as Fashion is concerned, which at one point in time was a bit of a laggard. Family entertainment centers, including multiplexes, sustained healthy momentum aided by blockbuster titles like Dhurandhar, Kantara 2 , Avatar, et cetera. We remain optimistic about this segment given a very strong slate of upcoming releases in the current quarter as well.

Jewellery, which constitutes approximately 7% of our overall consumption, continued to see very strong sales growth of 57% year-on-year. The sales growth momentum has continued into January 2026, indicating sustained demand across categories. So January, again, has been a very strong month. Let me now walk you through leasing and marketing performance. On the leasing front, we continue to see very strong demand from both international and domestic brands. Supported by this robust demand, we re-leased approximately 200,000 sq ft during the quarter at 20% mark-to-market spreads. Over the past nine months, out of the total 800,000 sq ft that we have re-leased, we have strategically churned more than 300,000 sq ft of space ahead of expiry, achieving healthy spreads reflecting proactive asset management. During the quarter, Foot Locker opened its first flagship store in South India in Nexus Koramangala, further reinforcing our position as a preferred destination.

COS opened their first store in India at Select CITYWALK in Delhi. We curated a high-end jewellery zone, as we had spoken about earlier, at Nexus Elante, spanning over 30,000 sq ft on the lower ground floor, housing 10 marquee brands including Tanishq, Indriya, Malabar, CaratLane, and Forevermark. Forevermark would be the first store in that market. We are planning to replicate similar category-specific zones across other malls, with a strategic focus on premiumizing our brand mix and improving the quality of footfall. From a marketing perspective, we introduced 25 immersive ticketed experiences across our malls during the quarter, driving strong engagement and augmenting footfalls. Our NexusONE app now has 8 lakh users and remains among India's top-performing mall apps. The app is now live across 17 malls, including seamless onboarding of Nexus Vega City and Nexus MBD Neopolis Ludhiana.

Coming to our robust balance sheet, during the quarter, we have raised INR 700 crores, anchored by IFC. We are first in the industry to raise a 10-year sustainability-linked bond with a floating rate of tranche of INR 200. This is expected to result in an annualized saving of INR 6 crores. Since listing, our proactive debt management has resulted in approximately 120 basis point reduction in debt cost. In addition, I am also pleased to report that our average outstanding receivables remain at a historic low of approximately only three days, reflecting strong operational discipline and tenant relationships. Let me walk you through our recent acquisition in Chandigarh and our future pipeline. We are delighted to have successfully completed a strategic bolt-on acquisition of 60,000 sq ft of prime retail space within the Nexus Elante complex.

This will enable activation of high street frontage within the courtyard, and we expect to lease this space with couture brands, the best in the country. We intend to selectively replicate this acquisition and expansion strategy across our portfolio where similar opportunities exist. This is our Elante Boulevard complex. Coming to the acquisition pipeline, we have a robust pipeline of 11 assets across India with four assets under due diligence. Very strong pipeline even now, supported by a strong balance sheet, low leverage, and close to $1 billion of debt headroom. We are very well-positioned to execute the next phase of our inorganic growth strategy. On sustainability, Nexus continues to lead the sector. We have been recognized as a regional sector leader, retail Asia by GRESB.

Under our Lakes of Happyness initiative, we have now rejuvenated 10 lakes and are targeting a total of 15 lakes restoration by 2026. During the quarter, we also launched Arunya, an education program for frontline staff in strategic collaboration with Medhavi Skills University India, first higher education program in mall management, reinforcing our leadership and long-term talent vision. Before concluding, I would like to share that Nexus has been certified as a Great Place to Work for the sixth consecutive year. I would like to thank my fellow colleagues and employees of Nexus for the achievements. Lastly, summarizing our quarter performance. Number one, consumption momentum remains strong with double-digit growth, and we expect this to sustain in the coming months. Our inorganic growth strategy remains firmly on track, supported by a strong acquisition pipeline and a playbook that allows us to turn around assets in pretty quick time.

Leasing demand continues to be robust across categories and geography, and clearly, the demand of A-grade space outstrips the supply. Retail NOI grew 15% year-on-year in Q3 FY 2026, and we remain on track to meet our full-year guidance. Retail NOI grew at 15% year-on-year, and we are on track to meet our full-year guidance. We declared our 10th consecutive 100% payout distribution with total payout since listing approximately INR 22 per unit, with overall 80% total returns and an IRR of excess of 27% since we listed in May of 2023. With this, let me now move on to the Q&A. Over to you, Pratik.

Operator

Thank you very much. We will now begin the question- and- answer session. Anyone who wishes to ask questions may press star and one on the touchtone telephone. If you wish to remove yourself from the question queue, you may press star and two. Participants are requested to use handsets while asking questions. Ladies and gentlemen, we will wait for a moment while the question queue assembles. To ask questions, please press star and one. The first question is from Mohit Agrawal from IIFL. Please go ahead.

Mohit Agrawal
Analyst, IIFL

Yeah, good evening, everyone, and thanks for the opportunity.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Mohit, we can't hear you very clearly. If you're on hands-free, we request you to use the handset.

Mohit Agrawal
Analyst, IIFL

Yeah, is this better?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Yes.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah, better.

Mohit Agrawal
Analyst, IIFL

Yeah. My first question is on the consumption numbers. You have mentioned 9% like-for-like growth. On the NOI, what would that translate into on a rental growth basis? 15% is the reported number. What would be the like-for-like rental growth, considering that your jewellery has grown 57%? That becomes important to understand.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Mohit, the retail NOI growth is about 8% like-for-like, versus reported of 15%.

Mohit Agrawal
Analyst, IIFL

Oh, perfect. My next question is, Dalip, sir, in your opening remarks, you mentioned that the growth has been broad-based and led by marketing campaigns. I did not find the mention of the entire GST cuts which have happened. Fair to say that at your price points, at your segments, it does not matter much. That is first. Secondly, what segments would you still consider are a laggard? Would Fashion at 6% LFL would be among the weakest within your consumption basket?

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

I think you asked two different questions. One is the impact of the GST reduction. Our sense overall is that while I think there is a positive impact, a little difficult to pinpoint by category what has been the impact. Clearly, I think on, let's say, electronics and white goods, et cetera, maybe even automobiles, because the post-GST discounts are much higher, there is probably some pent-up demand that got taken up. As far as our mass-market categories are concerned, especially fashion, footwear, et cetera, I think there has been some impact for sure, positive impact, but very difficult to put a number to it. That would be my first response.

The second one, where you said which are the other categories which are laggards and which are doing well, I think Fashion at 6%, while it is a laggard, please remember that there were at least four or five quarters where Fashion was either zero or very low- single- digits. So 6% is a good change from where it was. Will it get better as we go forward? My answer is yes, primarily because the inventory overhang that was there a couple of quarters over back is now over. Number two, I think the whole supply chain, which did take a bit of a hit during GST, has now stabilized, both for footwear as well as for fashion. The categories which are still doing very well is jewellery you've seen has done extremely well. The other is beauty. I think beauty and healthcare has done, again, extremely well.

All the brands in our malls have done well, primarily because of the fact that personal care and beauty still has a very low degree of penetration amongst consumers, and hence, potentially this will, in the future, become a big category as well. Entertainment did well, thanks to movies like Dhurandhar and Kantara and all. So by and large, entertainment also has done reasonably well. I think it is far more broad-based than what it was in the past. So while it is still 16% this quarter versus 16% last quarter, I think if you see how the growths have shifted between categories, I think quarter three saw far more broad-based growth than the previous quarter.

Rajesh Deo
CFO, Nexus Select Trust

Mohit, we are seeing this momentum also continue in Jan. So Jan's also kind of clocking similar kind of overall growth.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah. The momentum has continued. And yeah, our sense is that it is. Fashion being 50% of the business, if that does well, then overall getting to strong double-digit growth is possible.

Mohit Agrawal
Analyst, IIFL

Yeah, that is very clear. My second question is, how is the acquisition pipeline looking in the near term? And maybe if you can guide something for FY 2027, broadly, what kind of assets you are looking at, and what is the kind of NOI growth addition that you plan to do for FY 2027? And if there is some plan for FY 2026 also for the remaining two months.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Okay, let me hand this over to Pratik, I think.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Mohit, over the next 4four to six mo nths, we are looking to close the four assets which are currently under diligence. Hopefully over the next few months, you will see us signing and closing some of these deals. We had kind of earlier guided for adding close to about INR 150 crores of annual NOI through inorganic growth every year, starting FY 2026. We did a couple of acquisitions this year. I think we are pretty much on track for that number. So INR 150 crores every year for the next five years is what we will add through acquisitions.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah, and the pipeline is still very strong. As of today, apart from the four that Pratik mentioned, which are under diligence, I think there are another seven to 10 malls which are there in the pipeline, and we are actively looking at that as well. I think the pipeline is still very strong, even as we get into the next financial year. Our overall objective, if you remember, for 2030, was that we would get to about 35 odd malls from 19, 20. I think that's still very much achievable.

Mohit Agrawal
Analyst, IIFL

My last question is, any update on the greenfield acquisition that we had earlier guided to?

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah. It is progressing. I think there are a couple of issues that need to get sorted out, and hopefully this will also materialize pretty soon.

Mohit Agrawal
Analyst, IIFL

Okay. That's all from my side. Thank you so much, and all the best.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Thanks.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you. Thanks so much.

Operator

Thank you. The next question is from Pritesh Sheth from Axis Capital. Please go ahead.

Pritesh Sheth
Analyst, Axis Capital

Yeah. Am I audible?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah.

Pritesh Sheth
Analyst, Axis Capital

Yeah. Thanks for the opportunity. Good evening to everyone. First on, again, the consumption growth on like-for-like that we saw. Slightly lower than what we saw last quarter. Generally, the tendency is like Q3 is better than Q2. What explains this slight dip in growth? Is it just base effect or some category thing? Just trying to delve into that.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Pritesh, Pratik here. See, a couple of our malls and a couple of our top malls, as in Select and Elante, where we had certain stores which were under fit-out and we were kind of churning a few tenants. If you see, there has been some bit of occupancy impact also. Therefore, the growth there has been slightly lower, but it is all transitionary in phase, so it should kind of come back. You should have seen a little bit higher growth had those stores not been under fit-out, et cetera.

Pritesh Sheth
Analyst, Axis Capital

Sure. Got it. Then, in terms of the 60,000 sq ft acquisition that we have done in Elante, you have mentioned a comment on slide that we will keep exploring such opportunities in other assets. Can you quantify how much such opportunities are available right now in our portfolio where we can consolidate a third-party space or a space which is not owned by us?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah. I think I will request Jayen.

Jayen Naik
President Operations, Nexus Select Trust

Hi. I think, in Elante, there is a beautiful opportunity to add 60,000 sq ft of GLA and our positioning strategy there is to do high-end couture brands and bringing in a new flavor as we kind of make our asset more stronger while we reposition the lower ground as a gold souk. This also gives us an opportunity to add more flavor to this high consumption center. Handing over to Pratik to add.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Pritesh, in our top five malls, we kind of see this opportunity at least in about two or three of them. While not getting into too many details at this point of time, because some of those conversations are confidential, I would say in the top five, six malls that we have, we are actually seeing this in top two, three of them.

Pritesh Sheth
Analyst, Axis Capital

Got it. This is helpful. One last on the interest side. Large part of the lower interest cost benefit it seems like largely has flown through this quarter. Is it right? Because I back calculate that number should be INR 110 crore a quarter kind of interest expense between SPV and re-debt. Large part of that is already there or there is some more benefit to come in?

Rajesh Deo
CFO, Nexus Select Trust

This is Rajesh. I think the large part of it is already there. Additionally, whatever we have refinanced INR 700 crore this quarter, I think that benefit will come in quarter four. The reduction is around 90 basis points on around INR 700 crore. This benefit of INR 6 crore should flow in next quarter.

Pritesh Sheth
Analyst, Axis Capital

Sure. Got it. That's helpful. That's it from my side and all the best. Thank you.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you.

Operator

Thank you. The next question is from Jatin Please go ahead.

Jatin Kalra
Analyst, Bank of America

Hi team. Thanks for taking my question. Great set of numbers. Just had a follow-up from one of the previous questions. The five to six targets that you had for acquisitions, and you mentioned that for four of them, you're looking to close them in the next four to six months. Just wanted to check that the Hyderabad portfolio, the three malls that you had, that is in addition to that, right? Any expected closing timelines for that bit?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Hi, Jatin. Pratik here. The five to six month timeline and the four assets that we are looking to close, that does not include the Hyderabad one. We have kind of spoken, the Hyderabad ones are a part of our pipeline, but currently at this point of time, not as a part of the diligence list.

Jatin Kalra
Analyst, Bank of America

Understood. Got it. The second one, in FY 2026, working capital adjustments have been sort of help to us. That has been a good number. Any guidance on this particular number for next year? Just thinking that you are already at 97 odd percent occupancy. What is sort of the plan to sort of offset, let us say if this number were to come down next year? How to think about that? Thank you.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

I think we are pretty much there in terms of the number, in terms of operating leverage and efficiency that we have on working capital are pretty much there. There could be a few basis points reduction or the number of days reduction, but I do not see it materially changing.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Our outstandings are less than three days now. Meaning, I do not think you can get better than that. A large part of this is built in, but from where we are in this quarter, which is 96 odd, I think there is another 100 basis points to 150 basis points of increased occupancy that will result in better cash flows.

Jatin Kalra
Analyst, Bank of America

Understood. Got it. Sure. Thank you so much.

Operator

Thank you. Before we take the next question, a reminder to participants that you may press star and one to join the question queue. The next question is from Parvez Qazi, from Nuvama Group. Please go ahead.

Parvez Qazi
Analyst, Nuvama Group

Hi. Good evening, and thanks for taking my question. So two questions from my side, and probably this has been asked earlier. Our MG and revenue share obviously will be different across categories. So for something like a jewellery where we have seen 57% year-over-year growth, obviously, it will not translate to similar kind of increase in rentals over the medium term. How should we look at consumption translating into rentals over the medium term? That's the first question. Second, of the 8%-10% like-to-like increase that we have seen in consumption, how much would have come from increase in trading densities, and what proportion would have come from maybe increase in footfall? Thank you.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Okay. Parvez, It's Pratik. The first question on NOI lagging consumption growth. That was the question. So, the gap typically between them is about 100-150 basis points. If you see, even in this quarter, whether it's reported, whether it is like for like, that's the gap that typically, and the lag that typically is there between consumption growth and NOI growth, and NOI growth, which is primarily driven by rental growth. So that's the gap that we would see, and we should kind of see that gap going ahead as well.

Parvez Qazi
Analyst, Nuvama Group

Sure.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Does that answer your first question, Parvez?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

No, I think it was about jewellery.

Parvez Qazi
Analyst, Nuvama Group

It was about jewellery in a sense that, and across different categories, obviously, you will have different revenue share, et cetera.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah.

Parvez Qazi
Analyst, Nuvama Group

For higher ticket items, maybe the increase in consumption does not translate into rental growth over the medium term. So your view on that.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Just to give you a perspective, without getting into too many specific numbers, the trading density of what we have currently ranges from INR 1,000 to INR 2,000. If you look at jewellery, by and large, it could be anywhere between INR 15,000 to INR 20,000 per square foot. Overall, there will be better realization of rentals as we go forward. Of course, we have to establish the zone, we have to establish the brands. But these are all very well-known brands. You are looking at a Tanishq, you are looking at Kalyan , Indriya, and now Forevermark, which is probably the first store outside of Delhi, opening in North India. My overall sense is that, yes, there will be revenue share and MG, which is a little different from other categories. But overall, given the throughputs that are there, I think it will work to our advantage.

Our numbers also on contribution of jewellery is now up to almost 10% for the top eight malls. All of them, I think, have done better in terms of rentals overall. That is the sense I have.

Parvez Qazi
Analyst, Nuvama Group

Sure. What would have been the footfall growth this quarter?

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Overall footfall growth, as reported, would be around 4%.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

6%.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

6%. Like for like, it would be a low- single- digits.

Parvez Qazi
Analyst, Nuvama Group

Sure. Lastly, there definitely is different trading occupancy across some of our malls, as Pratik highlighted because some of the stores are under fit-outs.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah.

Parvez Qazi
Analyst, Nuvama Group

What would have been the consumption growth on a like-to-like basis, assuming let's say same trading and occupancy across malls?

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Sure.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

For the ones in North, it would have been at least 150-200 basis points higher, especially in Chandigarh and Lucknow.

Parvez Qazi
Analyst, Nuvama Group

Sure. Thanks, and all the best.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you.

Operator

The next question is from Sarvesh Gupta from Maximal Capital. Please go ahead.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah.

Sarvesh Gupta
Analyst, Maximal Capital

Yeah, good evening, sir, and thank you for the opportunity. Sir, this mark-to-market slide that you have mentioned around 48% is going to be up for mark-to-market. Generally, is it done with the existing tenants or you replace them with the new tenants? If you can throw some light on that.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Hi, Sarvesh. It's Pratik. Typically, this is where we try and kind of release it back to the existing tenant. But of course, the rentals kind of go up. There are case studies wherein we've actually partially released it and taken some area back from them and given it to a newer brand or a different brand, which originally occupied that space. It's a combination. Typically, it goes back to the same brand.

Rajesh Deo
CFO, Nexus Select Trust

Yeah. Hi, this is Rajesh here. Our churn rate is between 30%-40% of the total area. It also gives us an opportunity to introduce newer brands as per what the catchment requires. About 60% would be with the same tenant, 40% out of that would be newer tenants.

Sarvesh Gupta
Analyst, Maximal Capital

Okay. And secondly, on the overall acquisition pipeline, let's say over FY 2027 and FY 2028, we are at maybe around 11 sq ft. Where will this square feet, in terms of our total square feet, where will it reach, let's say, by end of FY 2027 and FY 2028, given the kind of the acquisitions that are there in the pipeline, which are meeting your price target also?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

See, we had kind of laid out on our analyst day presentation that we want to kind of double our reach and count, et cetera, and square footage. We have indicated about 18 million to 20 million sq ft over a period of five years, by 2030. I think with the pipeline that we have, we will be closer to the 18 number over a period of five years.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

And just to give you a sense, over the last five years, six years, including COVID, we have added 1.5 million every year. That will give you a sense of how this will pan out.

Sarvesh Gupta
Analyst, Maximal Capital

Okay. The kind of malls which are up for acquisition, obviously, some of these are the smaller ones. Are you finding enough larger malls also in the market? For example, in Mumbai, now you have Jio, then Oberoi . These are larger ones and new ones, but they are probably not there in the market. What may be available for acquisition would be smaller ones. One phenomena which probably we are also seeing is that people want to go to one large mall where they get everything in one place. Smaller malls may not get enough footfalls. How do you see that scenario playing out when you look at your inorganic approach?

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Sure. I think you must look at the current portfolio and what we have acquired, in the context of what we have. If you look at Bangalore, while Vega was a smaller mall, with Vega, now we have four malls in Bangalore, and put together they will probably be close to-

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

1.6

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

huh?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

1.6

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

1.6, 1.7 million sq ft. We have a substantial presence, and this allows us synergies and savings in terms of marketing costs, admin costs, et cetera. That is one way of looking at malls which are slightly smaller, but very strategic and synergistic in terms of our acquisition. The other is that some of the smaller towns, you take Ludhiana, for example, the mall is at the center of the city and does extremely well, and our entire focus would be to bring in better brands, bring in better F&B, et cetera, and improve the throughput. There is no 1 million sq ft mall in Ludhiana competing with this. I think they are two different markets. Oberoi, et cetera, Bombay is a different market.

You take Bhubaneswar, where we opened our mall in 2018, I think, is now at the center of a whole consumption area of Odisha, not just Bhubaneswar. People come from all over Cuttack, other cities, et cetera. That then becomes the focal point. You do not again need 2 million square feet or 1 million square feet. It depends on the consumption pattern in the city. That is really been our approach. A, is it synergistic to what we have on board? Two, do we have the capability to build it into the marquee mall for that city? That marquee mall does not have to be, like I said, a million square feet. That is the context in which we would acquire malls. If it is smaller, but still we have the ability to make it a center of the city, we would do that.

Sarvesh Gupta
Analyst, Maximal Capital

At the sponsor level, are there some greenfield developments? What we are seeing in the office REIT space that the developers are developing that and taking the development risk and then sort of onward selling it to the REITs. Here, is that also a thought process of the plan at the sponsor level to develop some of these greenfield stuff at their end and then sort of forward roll it to the REIT?

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

I think it's a fair question, but as of now, like we have said earlier, we're evaluating the whole process of doing a greenfield and in what form, what shape, where, et cetera. It's all being worked out. The point you make is a fair one, but again, like I said, this is something that is still under investigation, and you'll probably hear about it in the next few months.

Sarvesh Gupta
Analyst, Maximal Capital

Okay, sir. Thank you, and all the best.

Dalip Sehgal
Executive Director and CEO, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Operator

Thank you. The next question is from Gaurav Khandelwal from JP Morgan. Please go ahead.

Gaurav Khandelwal
Analyst, JP Morgan

Hi. Thanks for taking my questions. I have got a couple of those. First question is on a comment which was made earlier that NOIs would often lag consumption. Can I just understand that better? Does it mean that my NOI as a percentage of consumption will continue to trend down? In FY 2025, retail NOI to consumption was about 12.5%. That has been coming off for almost four quarters in a row now. Can I just understand this entire thing better? Thank you.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Typically, a large part of the rentals is fixed rentals. A small part of that is typically revenue share. In our case, anywhere between 10%- 12% would be the revenue share contribution, and the balance would be a minimum guaranteed number. The increase in consumption fills in the bucket on revenue share. Consumption increases first, it crosses a threshold, after which the revenue share starts kicking in, basis the contract. When contracts come up for renegotiation, what we would typically do is you would try and subsume the revenue share component into the minimum guaranteed rental for whenever you are renewing the contract. At that point of time, what happens is that your rentals go up, but you do not get the revenue share because consumption does not cross a particular threshold.

Once it kind of crosses over a period of, let us say one and a half, two years, only then the revenue share comes in. You will always see revenue share lagging consumption growth because of the way contracts are structured and the fact that large part of our rentals are fixed rent.

Gaurav Khandelwal
Analyst, JP Morgan

Got it. That is clear, Pratik. But in this case, where are we right now in this resetting cycle? The other way to ask this is over medium-term, how should I think about what is the right ratio on NOI to consumption or rent to consumption?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Okay. From a rent to consumption. I see the way NOI grows typically for a business like ours would be anywhere between 8.5% to 9%. You would see 5% growth coming in on account of minimum guaranteed rentals. That escalates at 15% every three years, and therefore 5% or little less than 5% every year. We typically have, if you see what we have disclosed in our earnings deck as well, our expiry schedule and the gross rentals expiring, we typically get a 20% mark-to-market on those rentals that are expiring. So you would earn anywhere up to 2% growth from the rentals that are expiring every year. So about 4.5% add 2%, 5.5%, 6.5%. If consumption grows at about 8%, we see revenue share contributing to about 1%, 1.5% of growth. That takes it to about 7.5%, 8%.

Cost saving measures, hotels, offices, some of these things put together add another half a percent to a percentage on our NOI growth. So I think on a steady state basis, you should see about 8.5%, 9% NOI growth in this business.

Rajesh Deo
CFO, Nexus Select Trust

I think just to add, your NOI to consumption will always kind of remain between 10% to 12% in a business like this, which is 12% for this quarter.

Gaurav Khandelwal
Analyst, JP Morgan

Got it. Thanks for that. If I can just ask one more housekeeping question. Can you share details on segment mix by trading occupancy?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Gaurav, can you just repeat that question? I don't think we followed that.

Gaurav Khandelwal
Analyst, JP Morgan

Yeah. No. Am I audible?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

No, you were audible, but we weren't able to follow the question.

Gaurav Khandelwal
Analyst, JP Morgan

So the category mix or segment mix by trading occupancy across your retail assets.

Rajesh Deo
CFO, Nexus Select Trust

Trading. So leasing occupancy or trading occupancy?

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

You are saying the category salience is what you are asking?

Gaurav Khandelwal
Analyst, JP Morgan

Yes.

Rajesh Deo
CFO, Nexus Select Trust

What category contribution, no, to the entire leased area?

Gaurav Khandelwal
Analyst, JP Morgan

Yes.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Broadly, 50% is fashion, and that's the biggest contributor. Like Dalip indicated in his opening speech, about 7% will be now, but it is kind of broadly spread out between electronics, F&B, entertainment, et cetera.

Gaurav Khandelwal
Analyst, JP Morgan

Got it. Okay. Thank you. Those were all my questions.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Okay.

Rajesh Deo
CFO, Nexus Select Trust

Okay.

Operator

Thank you very much. That was the last question in queue.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Okay.

Operator

On behalf of Nexus Select Trust, that concludes the conference. Thank you for joining us, ladies and gentlemen. You may now disconnect your lines.

Rajesh Deo
CFO, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you.

Pratik Dantara
Chief Investor Relations Officer and Head of Strategy, Nexus Select Trust

Thank you.