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Altarea

Earnings Release Apr 16, 2015

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Q1 2015 revenue and business activity increase in all sectors

Retail property: Performance in line with forecasts

  • Good performance of portfolio indicators
  • Tenant revenue: +0.5%
  • Rental income: +0.4% like-for-like
  • 100% controlling interest in Quartz regional shopping center
  • Win of the competition for Gare d'Austerlitz (4th Parisian rail station for the Group)
  • E-commerce: Growth in business volume (+4.3%)

Residential: Market recovery

  • Strong upturn in reservations: €298 million incl. tax (+41% in value terms / +42% in volume)
  • Percentage-of-completion revenue: €203.2 million (+21.4%)

Office property: Growth and development in line with forecasts

  • Revenue: €25.3 million (+71.5%)
  • Numerous ongoing negotiations

Consolidated indicator

Consolidated sales: €347.1 million (+15.8%).

Unaudited figures at March 31, 2015

I. BUSINESS

1. RETAIL

Shopping centers: Growth in tenant revenue and rental income1

Tenant revenue was up by 0.5%2 in Q1 2015, despite an overall decline in spending in France (CNCC Index down 0.7% over the same period).

(€ millions)
Q1 2014 rental income 43.1
Net impact of disposals -1.3
Impact of deliveries 1.2
Shopping centers undergoing
redevelopment
-0.6
Like-for-like change 0.2 (+0.4%)
Q1 2015 rental income 42.6 (-1.1%)

This quarter stood out for several significant transactions:

  • 100% controlling interest taken in Qwartz regional shopping center in March 2015 (acquisition of the 50% held by Orion). The impact on the rents remains slight in Q1 20153 .
  • The choice of Altarea Cogedim to work with the SNCF for the transformation of Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris and the subsequent operation of nearly 215,300 ft² (20,000 m²) of retail space.
  • Finally, delivery of the renovation and extension program at the Jas-de-Bouffan shopping center in Aix-en-Provence early April, bringing the total area of the center over 376,700 ft² (35,000 m²) 4 .

E-commerce: Strong sales performance

€ millions including tax 3/31/2015 3/31/2014 Change
Own-brand business volume (High-Tech) 68.2 64.3 +6.0%
Galerie Marchande business volume 28.8 28.7 +0.4%
Total business volume 97.0 93.0 +4.3%
Galerie Marchande Commissions 2.7 2.4 +10.6%
Rue du Commerce revenue 70.7 69.1 +2.4%

2. RESIDENTIAL: Strong growth in reservations and percentage-of-completion revenue

Reservations: +42% in volume (1,262 units) and +41% in value terms (€298 million incl. tax)

Number of units 3/31/20155 3/31/2014 Change
Sales to institutional investors 514 278 +85%
Sales to individuals 748 612 +22%
o/w individual investors 40% 38% +2 pts
Total reservations 1,262 units 890 units +42%
€ million including tax €298 million €211 million +41%

Growth was driven by sales of entry-level and midscale products to both individual and institutional investors.

1 Like-for-like.

2 Figure at 100% on a comprehensive "same-floor area basis" in late February 2015 in France, excluding property being redeveloped.

3 On an annual basis, 2015 net rents for Quartz come to approximately €16 million at 100%.This asset, which was previously consolidated under the equity method, will now be fully consolidated in the Group accounts.

4 Including the area of the hypermarket, which is not held by the Group.

5 Including Histoire & Patrimoine reservations, recognized at 55%.

Strong growth for percentage-of-completion revenue

€ millions including tax 3/31/2015 3/31/2014 Change
Percentage-of-completion revenue 203.2 167.3 +21.4%

Backlog & pipeline

€ millions 3/31/2015 12/31/2014
Backlog6 1,498 1,459
Number of months of sales 21 months 22 months
Property for sale 626 562
Future offering 4,150 4,380
=> Pipeline7 4,776 4,942

At March 31, entry-level and midscale programs accounted for more than 70% of the pipeline.

3. OFFICES: Excellent business results

€ millions including tax 3/31/2015 3/31/2014
Take-ups 68.8 8.9
Revenue 25.3 14.7
Backlog8
(off-plan / Property
Development contracts)
158 1679

A significant pipeline is currently being negotiated and should lead to the signature of new agreements in the coming weeks.

II. ALTAREA COGEDIM Q1 2015 REVENUE

€ millions Q1 2015 Q1 2014 2015/2014
Rental income 42.6 43.1 -1.1%
Services 5.7 5.2 8.3%
"Brick-and-mortar" retail 48.3 48.3 0.0%
Distribution sales 68.1 66.6 2.1%
Galerie Marchande commissions 2.7 2.4 10.6%
"Online" retail 70.7 69.1 2.4%
Revenue 203.2 167.3 21.4%
Services (0.3) 0.2 n/a
Residential 202.8 167.5 21.0%
Revenue 24.1 14.2 70.3%
Services 1.1 0.6 101.4%
Offices 25.3 14.7 71.5%
Revenue 347.1 299.7 15.8%

6 The residential backlog comprises revenues excluding tax from notarized sales to be recognized on a percentage-of-completion basis and reservations to be notarized.

7 The pipeline consists of tax-inclusive revenues from properties for sale and the land bank, which includes all plots on which contracts (generally unilateral) have been signed.

8 The office property off-plan / Property Development contract backlog comprises revenues excluding tax from notarized sales to be recognized on a percentage-of-completion basis.

9 Backlog at December 31, 2014.

FINANCIAL AGENCA (FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY)

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders June 05, 2015 H1 2015 Results: July 30, 2015, after market

ABOUT ALTAREA COGEDIM - FR0000033219 - ALTA

Altarea Cogedim is a leading property group. As both a commercial land owner and developer, it operates in all three classes of property assets: retail, residential and offices. It has the know-how in each sector required to design, develop, commercialize and manage made-to-measure property products. With operations in France, Italy and Spain, Altarea Cogedim manages a shopping center portfolio of €4 billion and ranks among the leading e-commerce sites in France thanks to its subsidiary, Rue du Commerce. Listed in compartment A of NYSE Euronext Paris, Altarea had a market capitalization of €1.7 billion at Wednesday, December 31, 2014.

Eric Dumas, Chief Financial Officer [email protected], tel: + 33 1 44 95 51 42

Catherine Leroy, Analyst and Investor Relations [email protected], tel: +33 1 56 26 24 87

ALTAREA COGEDIM CONTACTS CITIGATE DEWE ROGERSON CONTACTS

Agnès Villeret, Analyst and Investor Relations [email protected], tel: + 33 1 53 32 78 95

Nicolas Castex, Press relations [email protected], tel: + 33 1 53 32 78 94

DISCLAIMER

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to purchase Altarea shares. For more detailed information concerning Altarea, please refer to the documents available on our website: www.altareacogedim.com.

This press release may contain declarations in the nature of forecasts. While the Company believes such declarations are based on reasonable assumptions at the date of publication of this document, they are by nature subject to risks and uncertainties which may lead to differences between real figures and those indicated or inferred from such declarations.

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