Earnings Release • Nov 5, 2010
Earnings Release
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SIIC PAREF, a real estate investment company specialising in property investments and management for third parties, announces quarterly revenue of € 6.5 million (compared to € 6.4 million for the 3rd quarter 2009) and cumulative 9-month revenue of € 20.1 million, up 4.7% compared to the first 9 months of 2009.
| Revenue (€ thousands) | Q3 2010 | 30 Sept. 2010 (9 months) |
30 Sept. 2009 (9 months) |
% change (9 months) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rent and costs recovered | 5,673 | 16,799 | 16,925 | (0.7%) | |
| residential | 810 | 2,348 | 2,291 | 2.5% | |
| commercial | 4,863 | 14,451 | 14,634 | (1.3%) | |
| Management fees | 845 | 2,411 | 2,277 | 5.9% | |
| Total recurring activities | 6,518 | 19,210 | 19,202 | 0.0% | |
| Property dealing | 0 | 900 | 0 | ns | |
| IFRS consolidated revenue | 6,518 | 20,110 | 19,202 | 4.7% |
Rental income (and costs recovered) for the 3rd quarter 2010 totalled € 5.7 million, unchanged from the 3rd quarter 2009. Over the first 9 months of the year, rents declined by a moderate 0.7%.
The Group has not carried out any acquisitions or disposals since 1 January, except for the disposal of a building in Lisieux for a consideration of € 0.9 million and the contribution by Paref of 8 assets to SCPI Interpierre on 1 July, representing an asset value of € 27.4 million and annual rental income of € 3.0 million. Paref holds 80% of the SCPI capital following this contribution and as a result consolidated it in full in its consolidated financial statements. Consequently, the 5 buildings already owned by the SCPI prior to the transaction were included in the group structure from 1 July. These 5 buildings have an appraised value of € 7.7 million and generate annual rent of € 0.8 million.
The occupancy rate at the end of September remained unchanged from the 1st quarter at 90% (compared to 95% a year ago). Excluding the contribution, rental income declined by 4.7% over the first 9 months on a comparable group structure basis.
Management fees from the management on behalf of third parties business totalled € 0.85 million, compared to € 0.76 million in the 3rd quarter 2009. These fees grew by 5.9% over the first 9 months of the financial year compared to 2009, taking note that 2009 had benefited from an exceptional over-performance fee of € 0.2 million. Excluding this exceptional 2009 item and on a comparable group structure basis, the growth in management fees would have been 20% over the period.
This increase was notably due to the growth in fees from SCPI subscriptions, as market conditions substantially improved for raising capital. The increase in recurring OPCI management fees also contributed to this growth, primarily due to Vivapierre (holiday villages), which finalised a major works programme early in 2010 and Naos (shopping centres).
PAREF Group operates in two major complementary areas:
Commercial and residential investments: PAREF owns various commercial buildings in and out of the Paris region. The Group also owns the temporary usufruct of residential property in Paris.
Management on behalf of third parties: PAREF Gestion, an AMF-certified subsidiary of PAREF manages 3 SCPIs and 3 OPCIs.
At 30 September 2010, PAREF Group owned more than € 200 million in property assets and managed assets worth € 430 million on behalf of third parties.
Hubert LEVY-LAMBERT Chairman of the Management Board
Alain PERROLLAZ Chief Executive Officer
Tel: + 33 (0)1 40 29 86 86
Agnès VILLERET Analyst- Investor Relations
Lucie LARGUIER Financial Press Relations
Tel: + 33 (0)1 53 32 78 89 / 95 [email protected] / [email protected]
For further information, please visit the PAREF Group website: www.paref.com
Over the quarter, Foncière PAREF continued to focus its efforts on deriving value from its property assets and developing its management on behalf of third parties business. The quarter was also marked by the launch of capital increase in cash for € 4.6 million, which was finalised in October.
Movements in the property portfolio since 1 January were as follows:
Paref holds 80% of the SCPI share capital following the contribution, which led to fully consolidating the SCPI in the consolidated financial statements. Consequently, the 5 buildings already owned by the SCPI prior to the transaction were included in the group structure from 1 July. These 5 buildings have an appraised value of € 7.7 million and generate annual rent of € 0.8 million.
The Group's property portfolio was valued at € 206 million at the end of September 2010, including € 7.7 million relating to the integration of SCPI Interpierre. This figure also comprises € 1.8 million in other SCPI shares held by the Group (excluding the consolidated SCPI Interpierre), recognised as financial assets in the IFRS balance sheet, and € 7.0 million in the Vivapierre OPCI shares, of which PAREF holds 27% of the capital and which are equity accounted.
Aside from the regular amortisation of the capital of borrowings taken out to finance property assets, the main movements since 1 January include the repayment of the Investec loan (€ 3 million) and the renewal of the overdraft facility by the CIC bank, which was increased from € 2 million to € 3 million (€ 0.8 million had been drawn down at 30 September). The € 4.6 million cash capital increase finalised on 25 October will allow a significant reduction in Group debt
Financial debt (including overdraft facilities) totalled € 129 million at 30 September 2010 before the integration of Interpierre, a decline of € 2.5 million compared to 30 June. Following the integration of Interpierre, consolidated financial debt amounted to € 133.2 million. The ratio between consolidated debt (net of escrow accounts held as loan security) and the value of property assets, taking account of
1 (Unaudited data)
the property assets of Interpierre and SCPI and OPCI shares ("LTV" ratio), was thus 63.3% at the end of September, compared to 64.2% at the end of June.
After the capital increase, consolidated financial debt was € 129.5 million. The LTV ratio, as defined above, was thus 61.5%.
The Group's bank borrowings were either contracted at a fixed rate or at a capped variable rate. At 30 September 2010, 100% of outstanding debt was at a fixed rate or hedged by a swap, except for shortterm loans and 2 other loans which represented a total of € 5.9 million (being 4.5% of outstanding debt).
The quarterly consolidated revenue amounted to € 6.5 million, compared to € 6.4 million in the 3rd quarter 2009. Revenue for the first 9 months totalled € 20.1 million, up 4.7% compared to € 19.2 million over the corresponding period of 2009.
| Revenue (€ thousands) | Q3 2010 | 30 Sept. 2010 (9 months) |
30 Sept. 2009 (9 months) |
% Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rent and costs recovered | 5,673 | 16,799 | 16,925 | (0.7%) |
| residential | 810 | 2,348 | 2,291 | 2.5% |
| commercial | 4,863 | 14,451 | 14,634 | (1.3%) |
| Management fees | 845 | 2,411 | 2,277 | 5.9% |
| Total recurring activities | 6,518 | 19,210 | 19,202 | 0.0% |
| Property dealing | 0 | 900 | 0 | ns |
| IFRS consolidated revenue | 6,518 | 20,110 | 19,202 | 4.7% |
Rent and costs recovered during the 3rd quarter totalled € 5.7 million, unchanged compared to the same period last year. Over the first 9 months, rent and costs recovered declined by 0.7% to 16.8 million.
The 4.7% decline in rental income on a comparable group structure basis was offset by the integration of SCPI Interpierre and rent from the new Vitry building rented out to La Poste.
The occupancy rate remained stable since the start of the year at 90%, compared to 95% at the end of September 2009.
Management fees from third parties totalled € 0.85 million in the third quarter, a 12% increase compared to the same period of 2009.
Over the first 9 months of the financial year, the Group generated € 2.4 million in fees, compared to € 2.2 million to 30 September 2009. Excluding the € 0.2 million overperformance commission recognised in 2009 following the launch of Vivapierre, the growth in management fees was particularly significant (up 20%).
This performance was due in particular to improved market conditions for raising capital. SCPI subscriptions are thus picking up and recurring OPCI management fees increased, primarily due to Vivapierre, which finalised a major works programme early in 2010 in its holiday villages, and to Naos (shopping centres).
At 30 September, the assets managed by PAREF GESTION (including those of the Paref Group) totalled € 641 million (compared to € 622 million at 31 December and € 584 million 12 months ago). Out of this total, assets managed on behalf of SCPIs and OPCIs amounted to € 282 million and € 142 million, respectively. The capitalisation of SCPI Novapierre grew by 11% since 1 January; the significant movement of Interpierre was due to the contribution carried out by Paref on 1 July (see section 1 above).
The assets managed by PAREF GESTION at 30 September 2010 (including those managed on behalf of the Group) may be analysed as follows:
| Capital | 30 Sept. 2010 | 31 Dec. 2009 | Change | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| under management | m2 | € thousands | m2 | € thousands | m2 | € thousands |
| Groupe Paref (1) | 247,401 | 205,559 | 235,317 | 191,426 | 5% | 7% |
| Interpierre | 47,624 | 15,501 | 11,617 | 5,167 | 310% | 200% |
| Novapierre 1 | 22,176 | 58,763 | 22,176 | 52,706 | 0% | 11% |
| Pierre 48 | 51,792 | 207,477 | 52,238 | 211,504 | (1%) | (2%) |
| Total SCPI (2) | 121,592 | 281,740 | 86,031 | 269,377 | 41% | 5% |
| Vivapierre (1) | 53,833 | 113,840 | 53,833 | 108,850 | 0% | 5% |
| Naos | 5,982 | 28,200 | 5,982 | 27,300 | 0% | 3% |
| Total OPCI | 59,815 | 142,040 | 59,815 | 136,150 | ns | ns |
| Third parties | 13,524 | 28,112 | 13,524 | 25,459 | 0% | 10% |
| Usufructs counted twice (3) | (16,661) | (16,661) | ||||
| Interpierre (4) | (47,624) | (15,501) | ||||
| Grand total | 378,047 | 641,950 | 378,026 | 622,412 | 0% | 3% |
(1) appraised value of assets at 30 June
(2) capitalisation at 30 September based on the share issue prices at that date
(3) floor areas counted both by Pierre 48 (bare owner) and Paref or third party management (usufruct).
(4) value included twice in Paref Group (consolidated data) and the SCPI
On 25 October, PAREF finalised a capital increase of € 4.575.000 (share premium included), through the issue of 91,500 shares with no pre-emption rights as part of a private placement; this transaction, which came within the framework of the delegation of authority approved by the Annual General Meeting of 19 May 2010 in its 17th resolution, represented just under 10% of the capital prior to the issue. The subscription price was set at € 50 (€ 25 share premium included), which was in excess of the average price of the last 3 and last 20 trading days of the PAREF share that preceded 4 October, the date of the Management Board's decision to launch this issue.
The number of shares comprising the share capital of the Company thus increased from 915,753 to 1,007,253.
The € 4.6 million capital increase enables PAREF Group to strengthen its financial position and to accelerate the development of its management on behalf of third parties business. The funds raised will also be used by PAREF to participate on an equity level in the launch of new institutional funds managed by Paref Gestion, primarily in OPCIs, in order to fully play its role as a sponsor.
Over the coming months, PAREF Group will continue to implement its growth strategy, which will be based on:
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