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ABACUS GROUP Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Feb 17, 2016

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710 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC

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Abacus Property Group – HY16 Results Presentation Appendices: 18 February 2016

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Appendix A ABP balance sheet

Abacus Balance Sheet 31 December 2015 30 June 2015
Investment property portfolio1 976.2 847.7
Storage portfolio 514.3 457.2
Funds management 149.6 140.9
Property ventures 449.6 418.9
Other investments 11.5 12.2
Cash 22.8 28.2
Other assets 22.2 18.7
Goodwill and intangibles 32.5 33.3
Total Assets 2,178.7 1,957.1
Interest bearing liabilities 577.6 388.9
Other liabilities including derivatives 117.1 128.8
Total liabilities 694.7 517.7
Net assets 1,484.0 1,439.4
  1. Includes those assets held in joint venture

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Appendix B
Net tangible asset reconciliation
31 December 2015 30 June 2015
Consolidated Group net assets 1,486.2 1,438.1
Less
Total external non–controlling interest (42.9) (31.0)
Total stapled security holders’ interest in equity 1,443.3 1,407.1
Less
Intangible assets and goodwill (32.5) (33.3)
Deferred tax assets/liabilities (net) (2.2) 3.9
Total net tangible assets 1,408.6 1,377.7
Securities on issue 553.8 553.2
Net tangible assets per security 2.54 2.49

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Appendix C Segment earnings (underlying profit)

Property Storage Funds Property
Ventures
HY16 Total HY15 Total
Rental, Storage and Hotel income 33.4 30.0 63.4 66.4
Finance income1 29.5 29.5 12.6
Funds management income 6.5 6.5 4.9
Share of profit from equity accounted investments2 6.3
~~3~~
0.2 3.6 10.1 12.8
Sale of inventory4 0.4 1.0 1.4 7.2
Net change in fair value of investments derecognised4 0.5 0.5 25.1
Interest income 0.2 0.3
Total Underlying Revenue 40.6 30.0 6.7 34.1 111.6 129.3
Expenses (7.3) (11.3) (18.6) (20.8)
Cost of inventory sales4 (0.3) (1.0) (1.3) (5.0)
Net loss on sale of property, plant & equipment / impairment charges (0.1) (0.1) (2.1)
Segment result before corporate overheads5 32.9 18.7 6.7 33.1 91.6 101.4
Corporate and other costs6 (5.0) (2.8) (1.1) (2.3) (11.2) (14.3)
Underlying EBITDA 27.9 15.9 5.6 30.8 80.4 87.1
Finance costs6 (14.6) (15.8)
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment expense (1.0) (0.2) (1.2) (1.3)
Tax expense (7.1) (0.2)
Non-controlling interests (0.4) (0.7)
Underlying Profit 26.9 15.7 5.6 30.8 57.1 69.1
Change in fair value of investments 42.7 6.0 0.0 (4.3) 44.4 17.6
Change in fair value of derivatives (2.1) (11.9)
Impairment of land development (40.6) (40.6) -
Tax benefit on significant items 12.1 -
Statutory Profit 69.6 21.7 5.6 (14.1) 70.9 74.8
1.
Interest on loans
3. Excludes fair value gain of $11.8 million 5. Excludes depreciation
2.
Distributions from joint ventures
4. Transactional activities 6. Associated holding costs are allocated to transactional activities

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Appendix D Segment balance sheet

Appendix D
Segment balance sheet
Appendix D
Segment balance sheet
Abacus balance sheet total assets
Dec 2015
Property
Storage
Funds
PV
OP
Other
($m)
($m)
($m)
($m)
($m)
($m)
($m)
Property, plant and equipment
4.3
0.7
3.6
Inventory
66.3
0.0
66.3
Investment properties
1,335.2
824.5
510.7
Property loans and other financial assets
Loans and interest
480.2
140.6
339.6
Other investments and financial assets
61.6
22.5
9.0
27.8
2.3
Equity accounted investments
155.9
128.5
15.9
11.5
Cash and cash equivalents
22.8
22.8
Other assets
19.9
19.9
Goodwill and intangibles
32.5
32.5
Total assets
2,178.7
976.2
514.3
149.6
449.6
11.5
77.5
Allocation of otherproperty
-
11.5
(11.5)
Total segment assets
2,178.7
987.7
514.3
149.6
449.6
-
77.5

Notes:

PV – Property Ventures and includes Investments (minorities) OP – Other Property

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Appendix E Abacus cashflow analysis[1]

Appendix E
Abacus cashflow analysis1
$'000
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Income receipts 98,026
Interest received 741
Distributions received 207
Income tax paid (4,993)
Borrowing costs paid (13,278)
Operating payments (39,917)
Payment for land acquisition (2,468)
NET CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES2 38,318
CASHFLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Payments for investments and funds advanced (105,324)
Proceeds from sale / settlement of investments and funds repaid 25,063
Purchase and disposal of property, plant and equipment 3,222
Purchase of investment properties (119,770)
Disposal of investment properties 16,275
Payment for other investments (2,034)
NET CASHFLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES (182,568)
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from issue of stapled securities and return of capital 7,264
Payment of finance and issue costs (3,255)
Repayment of borrowings (3,107)
Proceeds from borrowings 183,032
Distributionspaid (45,071)
NET CASHFLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES 138,863
NET (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (5,387)
Net foreign exchange differences 42
Cash and cash equivalents at beginningofperiod 28,175
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD 22,830
  1. 31 December 2015 cashflow statement for ABP excluding the consolidation of funds under AASB10

  2. Cashflow from operations of $40.6 million deducts sale of transactional inventory ($0.2m) and adds back the purchase of non–current inventory and development costs $2.47m

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Appendix F Debt facilities

Capital management metrics December 2015 June 2015
Total debt facilities $786m $770m
Total debt drawn $574m $388m
Term to maturity 3.7 yrs 4.3 yrs
% hedged 55% 88%
Weighted average hedge maturity 2.7 yrs 2.9 yrs
Average cost of debt – drawn 5.5% 6.1%
Group gearing1 25.1% 18.2%
Look through gearing2 30.1% 22.6%
Covenant gearing 29.0% 22.8%
Covenant gearing limit 50.0% 50.0%
Interest Coverage Ratio 4.3x 5.1x
Interest Coverage Ratio covenant 2.0x 2.0x
  1. Abacus max target group gearing of up to 35%

  2. Includes joint venture and fund assets and debt consolidated proportionately with Abacus’ equity interest

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Appendix G Debt maturity profile as at 31 December 2015

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($’m)
12
400
Available bank facility Drawn bank debt
300
200
385
100
189
150
50
0
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20+
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Appendix H Portfolio revaluations

Revaluation process for Abacus resulted in a net increase in the investment properties values for HY16 of approximately 2.8% or $36.8 million

  • $30.8 million across the wholly owned commercial properties

  • $6.0 million across the storage portfolio

  • Revaluation of assets owned across our third party capital platform resulted in a net increase of $11.8 million

Average cap rate across the Abacus commercial portfolio has decreased to 7.77%

Market transactions illustrative of a tightening cap rate environment across all commercial sectors. Abacus’ storage portfolio increase in value largely due to improved occupancy rates over the period. The WACR for the storage portfolio remained constant at 8.6%.

Valuation 31 December 2015 Weighted average cap rate
Abacus investment portfolio by sector $’000 31 December 2015
Retail 374,611 6.93%
Office 490,304 7.52%
Industrial & Other 111,252 8.27%
Total commercial portfolio 976,167 7.29%
Storage 514,259 8.56%
Total investment portfolio 1,490,426 7.77%

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Appendix I Summary portfolio metrics

Key portfolio metrics Dec 15 Jun 15
Investment portfolio value1 ($m) 1,490 1,305
Commercial portfolio1 ($m) 976 848
Storage portfolio ($m) 514 457
No. of commercial assets1 34 37
NLA (sqm)2 303,884 297,874
WACR1,2,3, 4 (%) 7.77 8.05
Occupancy2,3 (% by area) 93.5 93.4
WALE2,3 (yrs by income) 4.1 4.1
Like for like rental growth2 (%) 3.0 2.2
  1. Includes assets acquired under our third party capital platform, inventory and PP&E

  2. Excludes storage assets

  3. Excludes development assets

  4. Weighted Average Cap Rate

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Industrial and
Other
7% Office
33%
Retail
25%
Storage
35%
VIC
NSW
28%
30%
ACT
10%
NZ
7%
QLD
20%
SA
5%
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Appendix I Summary portfolio metrics

Portfolio metrics Office Retail Industrial Storage
Dec 15
Jun 15
Dec 15
Jun 15
Dec 15
Jun 15
Dec 15
Jun 15
Portfolio ($m) 490
440
375
275
111
133
514
457
No. of assets 17
16
8
7
9
14
59
54
Lettable area (sqm)1 89,273
81,167
83,799
66,575
130,812
150,132
272,000
254,000
WACR (%) 7.52
7.71
6.93
7.35
8.27
8.65
8.56
8.62
Occupancy1 (% by area) 94.4
93.7
89.4
88.4
95.6
95.5
86.0%3
84.9%3
Average rent psqm $457
$453
$439
$420
$89
$84
A$2573
A$2543,4
WALE1 (yrs by income) 3.5
4.0
5.0
4.6
3.4
3.7

Rental growth1,2 (%) 2.1
1.0
5.2
2.9
1.4
3.5

RevPAM (per available sqm)


A$2213
A$2153,4
  1. Excludes development assets

  2. Like for like rent growth

  3. Average over last 6 months (by area) of all trading assets

  4. Adjusted to HY16 FX rate of $1.0667 for comparison purposes

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Appendix I Summary portfolio metrics - lease expiry profile

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17.2%
12.8%
11.1% 10.9%
FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20+
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Appendix J Property ventures

Appendix J
Property ventures
Projects
Type
Equity
Loans
Total
Interest rate
Security
Returns
RCL Portfolio, NSW
JV/Loan
$59.1m
$84.9m
$144.0m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Merivale, QLD
JV
-
$38.8m
$38.8m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Campsie, NSW
Loan
-
$35.2m
$35.2m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Bouquet St, QLD
Loan
-
$33.7m
$33.7m
2nd Mortgagee
50% profit share
Erskineville, NSW
JV
$4.9m
$14.8m
$19.7m
2nd Mortgagee
50% profit share
Grand Ave, Camellia, NSW
Loan
-
$17.0m
$17.0m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Werrington, NSW
Loan
-
$15.5m
$15.5m
2nd Mortgagee
25% profit share
Queensberry St, VIC
JV
-
$12.6m
$12.6m
2nd Mortgagee
50% profit share
Tuggeranong, ACT
JV
$0.3m
$12.0m
$12.3m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Doncaster, VIC
JV
-
$11.8m
$11.8m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Belmore, NSW
Loan
-
$11.7m
$11.7m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Bosch, Bentleigh East, VIC
Inventory
$11.3m
-
$11.3m
Equity
100% ownership
Settlers Estate, NSW
Loan
-
$10.2m
$10.2m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Quay St, QLD
JV
-
$8.8m
$8.8m
2nd Mortgagee
50% profit share
107 George St, NSW
Loan
-
$8.8m
$8.8m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
Ashfield Central, NSW
Inventory
$8.4m
-
$8.4m
Equity
100% ownership
Lane Cove, NSW
Loan
-
$7.4m
$7.4m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
55 Aird St, NSW
Loan
-
$6.7m
$6.7m
1st Mortgagee
50% profit share
The Prince, ACT
JV
$0.3m
$2.7m
$3.0m
2nd Mortgagee
50% profit share
Hawthorn, VIC
JV
-
$2.8m
$2.8m
2nd Mortgagee
50% profit share
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9 small projects and investments
-
$25.7m
$4.2m
$29.9m
Total
$110.0m
$339.6m
$449.6m
10.7%
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Appendix J Residential pipeline - developments

Schedule of major projects due for development

  • Targeted profit on cost of c.20%

  • Average interest rate on ABP loans c.10.7%

Project name Settlement Units/Sold Status ETR1 Ave. Unit
Price
ABP Profit share Comments
Quay Street, QLD FY16 78/70 Completed ~$32m $436k 50% Settlements Feb-May 2016
Bouquet Street, FY17 274/270 Under construction ~$132m $534k Structured with Completion in Oct 2016
QLD minimum 50%
The Prince, ACT FY17 153/144 Under construction ~$75m $550k 50% Completion in Oct 2016
Queensberry, VIC FY18 193/193 Under construction ~$112m $640k 50% Completion in June 2017
Ashfield Central, FY18 101/66 Planning: DA approved ~$88m $820k 100% Construction to commence Mar16
NSW with completion in Aug17
Erskineville, NSW FY18 174/96 Planning: DA submitted ~$152m $950k 50% Construction to commence Mar 16
with completion in Oct 2017
Merivale, QLD FY18 IVY:252/228 Planning: DA approved ~$242m $515k 49% Early works started. Construction to
EVE:220/152 commence in early 2016 with
completion in 2018
Hawthorn, VIC FY18/19 28/0 Planning: DA submitted ~$36m $1.4m 50% Construction to commence FY17
with completion in FY18/19
Tuggeranong, ACT TBD - Planning: DA to be - - 50% Planning stage
submitted for townhouses
  1. ETR: Estimated Total Revenue (net of sales costs and GST)

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Appendix J Residential pipeline - approvals

Schedule of major projects awaiting sale to third parties upon rezoning approval


Average interest rate on ABP loans c.10.7%

Average interest rate on ABP loans c.10.7%

Average interest rate on ABP loans c.10.7%

Average interest rate on ABP loans c.10.7%
Project name Timeline Units Status Est. Unit/Lot
Price1
ABP Profit
share
Comments
Doncaster, VIC FY16 296 SOLD for $21.6m N/A 50% $19.4m to settle ABP loan and JV
partner loan of c.$4.2m in Feb16
Campsie, NSW FY16/17 Site 1: 270+83
Site 1+2: DA approved. New
~$160k 50% Site 1: exchanges in H216
Site 2: 86+21 DA submitted for extra units Site 2: settles in H117
Camellia, NSW FY17 14,000m2 of Awaiting final approval post ~$100+k 50% Abacus is reviewing strategic options for the sale
retail + 3,250 exhibition and/or development of the site following strong
joint venture interest
Belmore, NSW FY17/18 211 + DA lodged but looking to ~$175k 50% Stage payment for site up to $24m. Trying to
additional 89 increase height achieve additional floors from DA height
extension
Lane Cove, NSW FY18 700+ High density – DA to be 50% Planning Proposal prepared in
submitted in late 2016 consultation with Council
Parramatta: George St, FY18 125+ Planning: seeking rezoning 50% Apartment/Retail building in
NSW to residential Parramatta CBD
Parramatta: Aird St, FY18 100+ Planning: seeking rezoning 50% Apartment/Retail building in
NSW to residential Parramatta CBD
Grand Ave, Camellia, FY19 Long term rezoning to 50% Seeking rezoning inline with area
NSW residential regeneration
  1. Estimated Unit/Lot Price based on market evidence

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Appendix J Residential pipeline – land sub-divisions

Schedule of land sub-divisions due for development

Project name Timeline Land
lots/Sold
Status Price
per lot
Cost to
prepare lot
ABP share Comments
Werrington (Stage 1), FY16 108/108 Sold Out $270k $100k 25% DA approved. Settlements to begin in Mar 2016 and
NSW will repay debt, capital and accrued interest
Werrington (Stage 2), FY16 30/30 Sold Out $280k $100k 25% DA submitted. Settlements to begin in Mar 2016 and
NSW will repay debt, capital and accrued interest
Werrington (Stage 3), FY17 111/0 Rezoning $270k $100k 25% DA submitted: rezoning of 111 small lots has been
NSW approved approved
Werrington (Stage 4), FY17/18 121/0 Awaiting $270k $100k 25% DA to be submitted upon gazettal approval
NSW gazettal
Riverlands, NSW FY17/18 495/0 Progressing ~$500k $120k 50% Council have adopted the planning proposal (PP) for a
rezoning residential sub-division. Rezoning can be approved by
council following public exhibition of PP. NSW
gazettal of PP to follow final council approval.
Development application can then be progressed.
Settler’s Estate, NSW FY18 152/0 Seeking ~$330k $100k 50% Development application anticipated soon for 152
rezoning blocks averaging 220m2. Abacus anticipated to fund
lot preparation with additional $15m of equity
required.

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Appendix K Consolidated funds under management

Funds ADIF II AHF AWLF
Assets 11 3 1
Assets Under Management $171.0m $135.9m N/A
WAV cap rate 8.66% 7.98% N/A
Occupancy 77% 79% N/A
Bank debt $66m $51m N/A
WAV bank debt maturity 1.5 yrs 1.3 yrs N/A
Covenant gearing1 40% 43% N/A
NAV per unit2 65c 51c Nil
  1. Secured loans as a percentage of bank approved security

  2. Assumes that the Abacus Working Capital Facilities are treated as equity on a fund wind up

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Disclaimer

The information provided in this document is general, and may not be suitable for the specific purposes of any user of this document. It is not financial advice or a recommendation to acquire Abacus Property Group securities (ASX: ABP). Abacus Property Group believes that the information in this document is correct (although not complete or comprehensive) and does not make any specific representations regarding its suitability for any purpose. Users of this document should obtain independent professional advice before relying on this document as the basis for making any investment decision and should also refer to Abacus Property Group’s financial statements lodged with the ASX for the period to which this document relates. This document contains non-AIFRS financial information that Abacus Property Group uses to assess performance and distribution levels. That information is calculated in accordance with the AICD/Finsia principles and is not audited.

Any forecasts or other forward looking statements contained in this presentation are based on assumptions concerning future events and market conditions. Actual results may vary from forecasts and any variations may be materially positive or negative.

The information in this document is current only as at the date of this document, and that information may not be updated to reflect subsequent changes.

To the extent permitted by law, the members of Abacus Property Group and those officers responsible for the preparation of this document disclaim all responsibility for damages and loss incurred by users of this document as a result of the content of, or any errors or omissions in, this document.

Abacus Property Group:

Abacus Group Holdings Limited ACN: 080 604 619

Abacus Group Projects Limited ACN: 104 066 104

Abacus Funds Management Limited ACN: 007 415 590 AFSL No. 227819

Abacus Storage Funds Management Limited ACN: 109 324 834 AFSL No. 277357

Abacus Storage Operations Limited ACN: 112 457 075

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