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KMC Properties ASA

Investor Presentation Feb 22, 2024

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Industrielaan 39, Olen Belgium

The preferred real estate partner for logistics and industrial companies

KMC Properties ASA Q4 2023 results presentation | 22 February 2023

Q4 AND FULL-YEAR 2023 HIGHLIGHTS

A strong platform for continued growth

Q4 2023

  • Completed NOK 209m acquisition of two of the seven properties in the last part of the large transaction with BEWI ASA
  • Raised new equity of NOK 275m from new strategic investor, Nordika
  • Completed sale of low-WAULT Swedish property at book value
  • Successful listing of NOK 900m bonds at Euronext Oslo Børs

Full-year 2023

  • Secured NOK 2 080m debt refinancing at improved terms, and entered interest rate swaps securing 47% of floating interest at attractive terms
  • Completed WAULT and Yield accretive transactions and agreements:
    • NOK 672m of completed acquisitions
    • NOK 101m of property sale
    • NOK 205m development and upgrade projects
    • NOK 431m acquisition agreements to be completed in H1 2024 (included pro-forma figure)

Accretive transaction with BEWI to be completed first half 2024

NOK 2 billion property transaction with BEWI ASA

950 310 Phase 1 June'22 Phase 2 Mar'23 H1 2024 Phase 3 Sep'23 "BEWItransaction" 625 1,885 H1 2024 Completed 16.7 years 7.3 % % WAULT Gross yield

3

NOK million

Three phase transaction:

    1. NOK 2bn agreement with BEWI ASA following competitive process, bid range 5.9% - 6.7% yield. Initial acquisition of NOK 950 million in 2022 (6.3% acquisition gross yield)
    1. Acquired Danish and Finish assets for NOK 310 million at renegotiated yield of 7.7% plus WAULT extensions valued NOK 46 million in March 2023
    1. Acquired remaining assets in agreement in Germany, Belgium, Poland for NOK 625m at renegotiated yield of 8.75%

Two of seven properties in phase three acquired in 2023, with remaining properties to be acquired in the first half 2024

Portfolio breakdown post BEWI-transaction

Flexible units Industry critical Tenant critical Total portfolio
# of units 50 13 8 71
% of GAV 69% 22% 9% 100%
Gross yield 7.4% 7.7% 8.4% 7.6%
# in industrial clusters 43 9 4 56

Example assets

Lettable area (m^2) breakown

Major refinancing transforming KMC Properties' capital structure

Debt structure and interest margin improvement

NOK million, % interest margin

Improving lending relationships

KMC Properties ASA
KMCP AS KMCP II AS KMCP III
KMCP IV
AS
AS
KMCP VI
AS
KMCP VII
AS
Senior
Secured
Bond
SB1 SR
SB1 SMN
SB1 NN
DNB Danske
Bank
Nordea DNB/SR
New lender thru
transaction in
Q4 2023
  • Refinancing of NOK 1,850 million senior secured bond and fully drawn RCF completed in July
  • The final five properties of the BEWI-transaction to be financed by approx. DKK 107 million of new bank debt at 1.08% interest margin
  • Overall interest-margin further reduced to 3.12% from 3.21% at Q4 2023
  • Post transaction bank loans to represent ~70% of overall long-term company debt
  • Equity financing from new strategic investor Nordika in phase three of BEWI-transaction

Strenghtened and diversified Northern European foothold

Pro-forma Q4 2023

Broadened access to capital New strategic investor Wider range of banks

Attractive opportunities in changing market conditions

Debt structure with attractive terms compared to observed acquisition yields

Industriparkveien 35, Jøsnøya, Hitra Norway

Financial review

Demonstrating strong operational leverage

Profit and loss1

NOK million
Q4 2023 Q4 2022 2023 2022
Rental income 107 80 409 273
Property expenses -2 -1 -5 -3
Net operating income 105 79 404 270
Administration expenses -18 -17 -51 -45
Transaction expenses -2 -3 -4 -7
EBITDA2 85 59 349 218
Net realised financials -50 -42 -200 -122
Net income from property management 35 17 149 96
Net unrealised financials -6 -15 -18 23
Change in value of financial instruments -47 1 -65 111
Changes in value of investment properties3 45 18 -117 41
Profit before tax 27 22 -52 282
Profit from continued operations 6 30 -78 163
ICR 1.7x 1.8x 1.7x 1.8x

1) Excluding discontinued operations

2) See Alternative Performance Measure (APM) description in KMC Properties financial report

3) The valuation of the properties on 31 December 2023 has been performed by the independent expert valuers

  • 34% rental income increase Q4'23 vs Q4'22
    • Weighted average CPI adjustment of 7.5% on 1 January 2023
  • Property expenses slightly up quarter on quarter
  • Administration expenses in line with guidance
  • 44% EBITDA increase Q4'23 vs Q4'22 showcasing KMCP's strong operational leverage
  • Net income from property management more than doubled year-on-year despite rising financing costs

Significant non-cash items impacting profits in the quarter

Q4 2023 non-cash impact break down NOK million

  • Losses from interest and currency swaps NOK 47 million in the quarter
  • Amortised debt issue costs and bond discount negative with NOK 7 million
  • Unrealised foreign exchange gains NOK 1 million
  • Property value adjustments positive NOK 45 million
    • Negative 2.2% (NOK 117m) value reduction for the year
  • Profit before tax negative NOK 27 million

Financial and operational visibility improving

Annualized run-rate1

NOK million, 12 months forward

Q4'23
pro forma
Q4'23 Q3'23 Q2'23 Q1'23 Q4'22
Rental income 498 460 421 424 412 371
Property expenses -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
Net operating income 493 455 416 419 407 366
Administration expenses2 -46 -46 -44 -44 -44 -41
EBITDA 447 409 372 375 364 325
Net realised financials3 -231 -224 -218 -210 -205 -181
Net income from property
management
216 185 154 165 159 144

1) Based on completed agreements at period end.

2) Does not include transaction costs and variable remuneration to employees

3) Based on interest rates and swap agreements at period end. Does not include amortisation of capitalised borrowing cost.

  • Increase in rental income run rate from Q3'23 due BEWI property acquisitions
  • Property related expenses flat due to triple net bare house contract structure
  • Slight increase in administrative expenses
  • Financing cost increase driven by increase in interest-bearing debt but stable floating interests
  • Interest margin reduced to 3.21% post refinancing in July 2023 and further down to 3.12% post BEWI transaction

Earnings driven by income from property management

Earnings per share (EPS) last twelve months

NOK per share

Financial terms

Debt terms

30 Sept 2023 31 Dec 2023 Q4'23Pf Shareholder loan taken out with RCF at 100bps lower margin
Volume Margin Floating All-in Volume Margin Floating All-in All-in Drawdown of DKK 86m (of total 193m) Nordea facility with
margin 1.08% and fixed reference rate of 3.04%
Bond loan 900 5.00% 4.73% 9.73% 900 5.00 % 4.72% 9.72% 9.72%
Construction
3m NIBOR
loan refinanced in January at 2.25% margin plus
Bank loan 2 386 2.67% 4.48% 7.15% 2 453 2.58% 4.57% 7.15% 6.97%
Hedge
ratio
48%
per
31
December
of
45%. Pro forma hedge ratio of
Construction loan 119 2.75% 7.48% 7.48% 121 2.75% 4.72% 7.47% 7.47%
Revolving Credit Facility - - - - 108 3.25% 4.72% 7.97% 7.97% New
derivatives Q4
Shareholder loan 100 4.25% 4.73% 8.98% - - - - -
New SEK 100 5-yr fixed STIBOR 2.4%
New SEK 75 5-yr fixed STIBOR 2.4%
Total 3 505 3.32% 4.56% 7.86% 3 582 3.21% 4.62% 7.83% 7.67% New NOK 135 5-yr fixed 3.53%, and replaced NOK 35m (2027)
Swap agreements -1.64% -1.54 % -1.48% Split and converted DKK 120 (2027) into DKK 75 and NOK 70
Total including swap
agreements
6.24% 6.29 % 6.20%
Net yield 7.0% 7.3% 7.4%
Yield GAP 0.76% 1.01% 1.20%
  • Drawdown of DKK 86m (of total 193m) Nordea facility with margin 1.08% and fixed reference rate of 3.04%
  • Construction loan refinanced in January at 2.25% margin plus 3m NIBOR
  • Hedge ratio per 31 December of 45%. Pro forma hedge ratio of 48%

New derivatives Q4

  • New SEK 100 5-yr fixed STIBOR 2.4%
  • New SEK 75 5-yr fixed STIBOR 2.4%
  • New NOK 135 5-yr fixed 3.53%, and replaced NOK 35m (2027)
  • Split and converted DKK 120 (2027) into DKK 75 and NOK 70

Maintaining a conservative leverage ratio

. 57.4% 30 Sept '23 56.4% 31 Dec '23 31 Dec '23 pro forma 55.6% Adj. 53.2%1

LTV per quarter end and post BEWI transaction

Debt maturity profile (NOKm)

Comfortable headroom to ICR covenants

14 1) Full completion of BEWI transaction 2) Per 16 February 2023

ICR forecast

3M CIBOR

3M EURIBOR

Per share development since listing

NAV1 per share / Run rate earnings2 per share

  • Shares outstanding increased the last twelve months from 324m to 394m per Q4 2023
  • Earnings per share up from 0.44 NOK/sh in Q4 2022 to 0.47 NOK/sh in Q4 2023
  • NAV per share today 7.6 NOK/sh flat vs one year ago
  • Reference rates up from 3.3% to 4.7% the last year
  • All in interest up 100 bps since last year and 200 bps since Q4 2020

15 Note: Pretax returns 1) NAV = equity plus def tax. 2) Earnings per share = NIFPM per share

Resilient strategy - high operational leverage

On track to deliver NOK 8bn 2024 target

A strong platform for continued growth

  • Lean organization with modest increases in operational costs
  • Robust property portfolio with strong tenants, and CPI-adjusted contracts
  • Reduced interest margins through debt refinancing and financing of BEWI-transaction
  • Wider access to long-term equity and debt financing
  • Closely monitoring attractive acquisition opportunities

Gross asset value development and target NOK million

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