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CHARTER HALL GROUP Interim / Quarterly Report 2021

Feb 16, 2021

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Charter Hall Group Half Year FY21 Results

17 February 2021

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David Harrison
Managing Director
& Group CEO
Sean McMahon
Chief Investment
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Russell Proutt
Chief Financial
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Agenda

  1. Highlights and Strategy

  2. Property FundsManagement

  3. Property Investment

  4. Financial Result

  5. Outlook and Guidance

  6. Additional Information

Cover: David Jones Castlereagh Street, Sydney (Settlement anticipated March 2021)

Left: 130 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

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Highlights and Strategy

ALDI Distribution Centre, Dandenong, Melbourne

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Highlights and Strategy

Group Highlights[1]

Investment Capacity

Group Returns

Group Returns Property Investments Funds Management Investment Capacity
Operating earnings (6 months) Property Investment portfolio FUM growth (6 months) Group investment capacity6
$129m $2.0bn $5.8bn $6.4bn
Statutory profit2 (6 months) to
$173m $46.4bn
Balance sheet
OEPS (6 months) Total Property Investment return4 Gross transactions (6 months) NTA growth (6 months)
27.8cps 10.9% $6.2bn 3.8%
Return on Contributed Equity3 Property Investment yield Property Funds Management yield5 Net balance sheet gearing
13.1% 6.0% 4.8% 0.0%
  1. Figures and statistics throughout this presentation are for the six months to 31 December 2020 unless otherwise stated

  2. Attributable to stapled securityholders

  3. Return on contributed equity is calculated as total operating earnings post-tax per security divided by the opening contributed equity per security for the 12 months to 31 December 2020

  4. Property Funds Management (PFM) yield is calculated as PFM operating earnings post tax per security (includes 50% allocation of net interest) divided by the opening NTA per security for the 12 months to 31 December 2020

  5. Investment capacity calculated as cash plus undrawn debt facilities for CHC and the funds management platform. At 31 December 2020, cash was $1.1bn. Excludes committed and unallotted equity.

  6. Total Property Investment (PI) return is calculated as distributions received from Funds plus growth in investment value divided by the opening investment value of the PI portfolio for the six months to 31 December 2020 (annualised). This excludes investments in new vehicles held for less than a year and investments in Direct funds

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Highlights and Strategy

Our Strategy

We use our property expertise to access, deploy, manage and invest equity in our core real estate sectors to create value and generate superior returns for our customers

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Access

Accessing equity from listed, wholesale and retail investors

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Deploy

Creating value through attractive investment opportunities

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Manage

Funds management, asset management, leasing and development services

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Invest

Investing along side our capital partners

6 months
3 years
5 years
Gross equity deployed
$2.8bn
Gross transactions
$6.2bn
FUM
$46.4bn
PI Portfolio stable at $2.0bn
Divestments
$1.3bn
Acquisitions
$4.9bn
FUM growth
$5.8bn
Total PI return
10.9%
Gross equity deployed
$12.1bn
Gross transactions
$21.0bn
FUM growth
$24.5bn
Increase in Pl
$397m Up 24.3%
Divestments
$3.7bn
Acquisitions
$17.3bn
Total PI return
10.2%
Gross equity deployed
$16.1bn
Gross transactions
$30.8bn
FUM growth
$30.5bn
Increase in Pl
$0.9bnUp 79.4%
Divestments
$6.9bn
Acquisitions
$23.4bn
Total PI return
11.7%

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Highlights and Strategy

Operating Earnings Growth

Operating earnings per security growth

  • 5 Year CAGR (post-tax) 20.3%[1]

  • 5 Year CAGR (pre-tax) 25.8%[1]

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86.6cps
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OEPS (pre tax) cps
OEPS (post-tax) cps
69.3cps
56.3cps
43.5cps
40.5cps 47.4cps
33.6cps
37.7cps
30.4cps
35.9cps
27.5cps
27.8cps
FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 1H FY21
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Operating earnings per security growth (excluding CHOT Performance fee)

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5 Year CAGR (post-tax) 14.4% [1]
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55.0cps [2]
53.9cps
39.4cps
33.6cps 33.8cps
30.4cps
27.5cps
27.8cps
FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 1H FY21
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  1. 5 Year CAGR’s from period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2020

  2. Based on upgraded FY21 earnings guidance of no less than 55.0cps

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Highlights and Strategy

Charter Hall Performance

Outperformance relative to AREIT Index

Total Shareholder Return vs ASX 200 Property Accumulation Index (XPJAI): 1-Year, 3-Year, 5-Year & Since Listing Returns (Compound Annual Growth Rate)

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CHC XPJAI
39.6% p.a.
37.0% p.a.
32.1% p.a.
19.0% p.a.
7.0% p.a.
5.4% p.a.
4.5% p.a.
-4.6% p.a.
1
1 Year 3 Years 5 Years Since Listing
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  1. Listed July 2005 Source: UBS

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Property Funds Management

2 Chifley Square, Sydney

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Group Funds Management Portfolio

14.4% FUM growth over six months

Portfolio value Lettable area No. of Net rent WALE Occupancy WACR
($bn) (m sqm) Properties ($m) (years) (%) (%)
31 December 2020 46.4 8.5 1,395 2,317 9.1 97.2 5.11
30 June 2020 40.5 7.9 1,104 2,167 8.6 97.5 5.27

FUM by equity source

FUM by sector

WALE by sector

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SC Retail
$3.8bn 15.1
14.1
8.1%
Social Infrastructure Industrial & Logistics
Direct (Retail) Equity
$6.8bn Wholesale Equity $3.1bn $12.3bn 11.0
$30.1bn 6.7% 26.5%
14.6%
64.9% 11.6 year
Anchor WALE
Listed
6.7
Funds
5.6
$9.5bn
20.5%
$46.4bn $46.4bn
Long WALE Retail
Office
$6.0bn SC Retail Office Industrial & Long WALE Social
$21.2bn
12.9% Logistics Retail Infrastructure
45.8%
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Property Funds Management

Diversified Tenant Customers

The top 20 tenants make up 58% of platform rent

  • 25% of platform leases are NNN

  • Cross-sector relationships continue to drive platform growth

Top 20 platform tenants by net income

12.5%
6.4%
5.9%
5.2% 5.1%
3.3%
2.7%
2.1% 1.9% 1.8% 1.6% 1.5% 1.5% 1.4% 1.1% 1.0% 0.8% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7%
FUM ($bn)
Rent ($bn)
WACR (%)
Government %
of Sector (%)
GLA/NLA m2 mil
$/m2 NLA
Social
Infrastructure
/ Other
3.1
0.1
5.39
-
0.4
6,175
Industrial
&
Logistics
Long
WALE
Retail
Office Shopping
Centre
Retail
Total
12.3 6.0 21.2 3.8 46.4
0.6 0.3 1.0 0.3 2.3
4.94 5.08 4.99 6.15 5.11
4.8 - 26.0 0.3 12.5
4.8 1.0 1.6 0.7 8.5
2,557 6,236 12,990 5,632 5,403

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Property Funds Management

Funds Under Management Growth FUM growth of 14.4% in 1H FY21, to $46.4bn

Funds under management movement ($bn)

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$1.2bn $46.4bn
$4.9bn
($1.3bn) $1.1bn
$40.5bn
June-20 Acquisitions Divestments Net Capex 1H FY21
revaluations
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Funds under management by equity source ($bn)

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$46.4bn
$40.5bn $6.8bn
$6.1bn
$9.5bn
$30.4bn
$8.2bn
$5.0bn $30.1bn
$23.2bn
$26.3bn
$19.8bn $2.9bn $6.3bn
$17.5bn
$2.8bn $4.4bn
$19.2bn
$2.5bn
$4.1bn
$2.5bn $15.9bn
$12.4bn $12.9bn
Jun-16 Jun-17 Jun-18 Jun-19 Jun-20 1H FY21
YoY Growth
13.7% 17.0% 31.1% 33.2% 14.4%
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4.5-year FUM CAGR Wholesale 21.7% Listed 34.0%

Retail 25.0%

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Property Funds Management

1H FY21 Transactional Activity

Transactional activity led by Industrial & Logistics and Long WALE Retail sectors

– 27 funds participated in transactions during the half

Social
Industrial & LongWALE Infrastructure/ Shopping Centre
Logistics Retail Office Other Retail Total
Acquisitions 1,446 1,904 923 588 - 4,861
Divestments (370) (217) (477) (214) (57) (1,335)
Net transactions 1,076 1,687 446 374 (57) 3,526
Gross
transactions 1,816 2,122 1,400 802 57 6,196

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Bunnings, 450 Stafford Road, Stafford

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bp Greenlane, Auckland

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Telstra Exchange, 76-78 Pitt Street, Sydney

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Coles Distribution Centre, 2 Sturton Road, Adelaide

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Property Funds Management

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Development Drives FUM Growth

$5.2bn of completions and committed projects

Completion value($m)

Completions Committed Uncommitted Total
(last 12 projects projects2 pipeline3
months)
Industrial & Logistics 465 1,062 890 1,952
Long WALE Retail - 75 - 75
Office 1,319 2,052 2,2684 4,320
Social Infrastructure 51 169 34 203
Shopping Centre Retail1 - 19 32 51
Total / weighted average 1,835 3,376 3,224 6,600

Artist impression: 555 Collins Street, Melbourne

  1. Reflects development spend only and excludes existing centre value

  2. Includes potential end value of uncommitted development projects

  3. $3.6bn included in FUM at 31 December 2020

  4. All $2.3bn of uncommitted Office developments have approved DA’s

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2021 Half Year Results

Property Funds Management

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– Strong period of inflows from all equity sources – Continued creation of new Wholesale Partnerships, including the ALDI & Ampol portfolios, together with the PGGM Partnership

  • Growth in equity inflows continues with growth in scale

  • Over 45,000 investors across FUM platform

Equity Inflows

($m) FY18 FY19 FY20 1H FY21
Wholesale pooled funds 649 1,802 1,272 766
Wholesale partnerships 322 219 1,298 1,140
Listed funds 77 692 1,369 392
Direct funds 653 691 1,136 520
Gross equity inflows 1,701 3,404 5,076 2,819
Net equity inflows 1,487 3,287 4,585 2,433

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Property Investment

ALDI Distribution Centre, Dandenong, Melbourne

Property Investment

Property Investment Portfolio

80% east coast weighting

– Property investment WALE increased from 8.7 to 9.1 years

Portfolio Value No. of WALE Occupancy WARR WACR WADR
($bn) Properties (years) (%) (%) (%) (%)
31 December 2020 2.0 1,322 9.1 97.1 3.0 5.15 6.3
30 June 2020 2.0 1,027 8.7 97.6 3.3 5.25 6.5

Diversification by sector

Geographic allocation

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NZ
SC Retail WA
1%
$217m 14%
10.7%
Industrial & Logistics TAS
$344m
1%
Social Infrastructure 17.0% ACT
$247m 1%
12.2%
SA
4%
NSW
42%
$2,028m $2,028m
Long WALE Retail
$404m
19.9%
Office
VIC
$816m 23%
40.3%
QLD
15%
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Property Investment

Property Investment Portfolio Movement

PI yield of 6.0% remains attractive

Property Investment portfolio movement

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$67m ($67m)
$2,028m $2,028m
Jun-20 Change in valuation Net investments Dec-20
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Property Investment portfolio yield

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10.0%
$2,028m $2,028m
8.0%
$1,844m
$1,706m
$1,527m
6.0%
$1,098m
4.0%
2.0%
-
Jun-16 Jun-17 Jun-18 Jun-19 Jun-20 Dec-20
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Portfolio value $m PI Yield %

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Property Investment

Diversified Property Investment Earnings

Top 10 asset exposures represent only 10.4% of Group earnings (post-tax)

  • 77% repeat customers across 2,547 leases

  • Tenant retention rate of 85.6% for the 6 months to 31 December 2020

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Top 10 tenants by net income [1] Property Investment earnings Top 10 asset exposures [2]
(by sector)
Government 11.7% # 1 1.8%
SC Retail
Industrial & Logistics
Wesfarmers 10.0% 14% # 2 1.6%
15%
Telstra 6.4% # 3 1.2%
Social Infrastructure
Woolworths 5.9% # 4 1.2%
11%
Long WALE Retail
Coles Group 4.6% 16% # 5 1.1%
BP 4.3% # 6 0.8%
Commonwealth Bank 3.0% # 7 0.7%
Amazon 2.9% # 8 0.7%
Macquarie Group 2.3% # 9 0.6%
Office
44%
AMPOL 2.2% # 10 0.6%
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  1. Proportion of CHPT net income by tenant

  2. Asset exposure measured as net income of property, weighted for CHPT ownership stake, divided by post-tax group OEPS

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2021 Half Year Results

Property Investment

ESG

Ronald McDonald House Charities Jessie Street Centre, Sydney

Urban farm 1 Shelley Street, Sydney

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Environment

Climate resilience

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Social

Strong Communities

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Governance

Responsible Business

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Recognised in 2020 PRI Leaders Group for our work in climate reporting

Progressing with our roadmap to align with TCFDrecommendations

Signatory to World Green Re cognised in 2020 PRI Leveraging our spaces, Recognised as early Progressing with our
Building Council Net Zero Leaders Group for our profits and peoples adopter and amongst roadmap to align with
Buildings commitment work in climate reporting time towards the first building portfolio TCFDrecommendations
community internationally
64% of Retail energy needs Increased Australia’s largest organisations Charter Hall Published our first Modern Slavery
being powered by 14 MW Green Star footprint, with 234
Partnered with community
workplaces, CHOT Statement outlining our efforts to
solar across operating assets Green Star rated buildings and social enterprises to and CPOF achieved a prevent occurrences of modern
Industrial & logistics portfolio
renewable footprint increased
by 3.3MW of solar since June
15 Funds completed GRESB
Assessment, and Group achieved
A Public Disclosure Rating. CPIF
create meaningful
employment for young and
disadvantage people
WELL portfolio score
Activated precincts to
improve experience
slavery in our supply chain
Ongoing implementation of
COVIDSafe return to work
(total solar in sector 12.5MW) awarded Industrial Global
Foundation for Young
as our customers initiatives following government
Development Sector Leader Australians (FYA) return to their guidelines to safeguard the
2020
Ongoing climate change
adaptation planning across

Kick Start Cafe

Two Good Co.
workplaces health, safety and wellbeing of our
customers, people and the
community
portfolios

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Financial Result

12 Shelley Street, Sydney

Financial Result

Earnings Summary

  • PI EBITDA increased by 6.3%, with continued recycling of capital into new funds and partnerships

  • PFM EBITDA in 1H FY20 included $98m for the CHOT performance fee

  • DPS growth of 6.0% on 1H FY20 to 18.6cps

  • Distribution payout ratio of 67% in the half

  • 3.2cps of franking credits distributed

($m) 1HFY20 1HFY21 Change%
PI EBITDA 56.8 60.4 6.3%
DI EBITDA 14.8 7.2 (51.4%)
PFM EBITDA1 228.2 97.1 (57.5%)
EBITDA 299.8 164.7 (45.1%)
Depreciation (3.8) (4.3) 13.2%
Interest income/expense (5.5) (3.7) (32.7%)
Operatingearnings pre-tax 290.5 156.7 (46.1%)
Tax (64.7) (27.4) (57.7%)
Operatingearnings post-tax 225.8 129.3 (42.7%)
Non operating items
Change in Property Investment valuation2 97.4 66.6 (31.6%)
Other non-operating items2 (10.0) (22.7) 126.9%
Statutory profit after tax 313.2 173.2 (44.7%)
OEPSpre-tax (cps) 62.4 33.6 (46.1%)
OEPSpost tax(cps) 48.5 27.8 (42.7%)
OEPSpost tax excludingCHOT 33.1 27.8 (16.1%)
Distributionper security (cps) 17.5 18.6 6.0%
Payout Ratio 36% 67%
  1. In assessing the financial performance of the business, net operating expenses are considered to be primarily related to the Property Funds Management business

  2. Includes the Group’s proportionate share of non-operating items of equity accounted investments on a look through basis and investments held at fair value through profit and loss

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Financial Result

Property Funds Management

  • Funds management fees up 25.4% driven by continued momentum in FUM growth

  • Transaction and performance fees in 1H FY20 included $98m for the CHOT performance fee

  • Property services revenue up 16.7% to $33.5m:

  • Growth in FUM driving increases across property management, facilities and project management fees

  • Development fees driven by continued development activity

  • Total PFM expenses down by 10.7% through cost control measures implemented during CY2020

($m) 1HFY20 1HFY21 Change%
Fund management fees 71.2 89.3 25.4%
Transaction and performance fees 187.4 27.1 (85.5%)
Investment management revenue 258.6 116.4 (55.0%)
Property management fees 8.3 9.4 13.3%
Development fees 9.0 12.5 38.9%
Leasing fees 7.5 7.6 1.3%
Facilities and project management fees 3.9 4.0 2.6%
Property services revenue 28.7 33.5 16.7%
PFM revenue 287.3 149.9 (47.8%)
PFM expenses (43.3) (36.4) (15.9%)
Corporate expenses (15.8) (16.4) 3.8%
Total PFM expenses (59.1) (52.8) (10.7%)
PFM EBITDA 228.2 97.1 (57.5%)
  • PFM EBITDA margin expansion to 57.0% (excluding Transaction & Performance fees)

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Financial Result

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Operating Cashflow

Sydney CBD

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$8m ($16m)
$129m
($32m)
$90m $86m
Operating Earnings Non-cash items Change in working Tax expense vs cash Operating Cashflow Distribution
capital tax paid
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– 1H FY21 distribution covered 150% by operating earnings and 105% by operating cashflow

Note: Figures do not add due to rounding

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Financial Result

Balance Sheet and Return Metrics

  • Further strengthened cash position to $264m, balance sheet gearing remains 0%

  • NTA per security growth of 3.8% since June 2020 to $4.44, driven by revaluations and retained earnings

  • Strong return metrics on capital employed in the business

($m) 30 Jun 2020 31 Dec 2020
Cash 237 264
Property investment 2,028 2,028
Development investment 48 52
Other assets1 107 116
Intangibles 119 115
Total assets 2,538 2,575
Borrowings1 232 232
Other liabilities 227 189
Total liabilities 458 421
Total equity 2,080 2,154
Contributed equity per stapled security $3.71 $3.69
NTAper stapled security2 $4.28 $4.44
Balance sheet gearing 0.0% 0.0%
Look through gearing 29.1% 28.1%
Return metrics
Return on NTA(pre-tax)3 22.2% 13.2%
Return on NTA(post-tax)3 17.8% 11.1%
Return on contributed equity (post-tax)4 18.6% 13.1%

Note: Balance sheet presented excludes the consolidation of the Charter Hall Direct Long WALE Fund (LWF). Reconciliation to financial statements can be found on slide 39.

  1. Net of swap mark-to-market of $36m relating to the USPP notes (representing USPP repayment value of $231.5m)

  2. Net tangible assets (NTA) per stapled security ($) is calculated using assets less liabilities, net of intangible assets and related deferred tax

  3. Return on NTA is calculated as total operating earnings pre-tax/post-tax per security divided by the opening NTA per security for the 12 months to 31 December 2020

  4. Return on contributed equity is calculated as total operating earnings post-tax per security divided by the opening contributed equity per security for the 12 months to 31 December 2020

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Financial Result

Capital Management

Substantial funding capacity available across the Group with $6.4bn of available liquidity plus committed and uncalled equity

– $3.7bn of new and refinanced debt facilities agreed in 1H21 with no material maturities in FY21 or FY22

  • Weighted average gearing across the funds is 28%

Funds Platform Balance Sheet Gearing (by Equity Source)

Funds platform debt metrics1 30 Jun 20 31 Dec 20
Total platform facility limits ($m) 16,553 18,394
Total platform undrawn debt ($m) 3,585 5,270
Total platform cash ($m) 1,411 1,084
Look through weighted average debt maturity (yrs)2 4.2 4.2
Look through weighted average cost of debt3 2.5% 2.3%
Look through interest rate hedging (%) 61% 52%

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35.0%
30.0% Average Gearing
29.5% 28.2%
28.4%
25.0%
23.5%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
-
Wholesale Direct Listed
% Platform
FUM
65% 15% 21%
Balance Sheet Gearing (%)
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  1. Total platform includes Corporate debt facility limits of $462m, drawn to nil net of cash

  2. Duration is based on facility limits

  3. Passing cost of debt is on a look through basis and includes floating rate, hedge rate, margins, line fee but excludes undrawn line fees and amortised borrowing costs

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Outlook and Guidance

Coles Distribution Centre, 2 Sturton Road, Adelaide

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Outlook and Guidance

FY21 Operating Earnings Guidance

The Group’s previous FY21 guidance was for post-tax operating earnings per security (OEPS) growth of approximately 53.0cps.

Based on no material change in current market conditions and assuming the COVID-19 operating environment does not deteriorate markedly, FY21 guidance is for post-tax operating earnings per security of no less than 55.0 cps, excluding any accrued performance fees.

FY21 distribution per security guidance is unchanged at 6% growth over FY20.

242 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

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Additional Information

Management Team Property Funds Management Property Investment

201 Elizabeth Street, Sydney

Additional Information

Management Bench Experience Charter Hall Executive Leadership Group

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David Harrison Managing Director & Group CEO

33 years industry experience

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Sean McMahon Chief Investment Officer

  • 31 years industry experience

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Russell Proutt Chief Financial Officer

  • 30 years industry experience

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Carmel Hourigan Office CEO

  • 29 years industry experience

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Richard Stacker Industrial & Logistics CEO

  • 26 years industry experience

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Natalie Devlin Chief Experience Officer

  • 23 years industry experience

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Sheridan Ware Chief Information & Technology Officer

Greg Chubb

Steven Bennett

Retail CEO

Direct CEO

  • 31 years industry 19 years industry 21 years industry experience experience experience

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Additional Information

Charter HallGroup Property Overview[1]

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$0.1bn
$3.9bn $7.5bn
$2.0bn
$20.7bn
$10.9bn
$0.5bn
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  1. Excludes New Zealand assets; Maxim and other smaller investments

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Charter Hall Managed Funds

Wholesale Equity
Retail Equity
Listed Equity
Industrial
& Logistics
$12.3bn
CPIF
$6.3bn
CLP
$2.0bn
CHALWF
$0.5bn
CHPIP
$0.3bn
DIFs
$1.8bn
LWF
$38m
CLW
$1.3bn
CQR
$0.1bn
Long WALE
Retail
$6.0bn
LWHP
$1.8bn
LWIPs3
$0.7bn
BPH
$0.2bn
DVP
$0.1bn
Ampol/bp
$0.7bn
DJs
$0.1bn
BW Trust
$0.1bn
LWF
$0.2bn
CLW
$1.5bn
CQR
$0.6bn
Office
$21.2bn
CPOF
$7.7bn
CHOT
$3.6bn
BSWF1
$0.6bn
CCT
$0.5bn
Mandates
$0.9bn
DVP
$0.5bn
Chifley
$1.1bn
242X/201E
$0.7bn
CHAIT
$0.4bn
DOF
$2.4bn
PFA
$1.8bn
CLW
$1.0bn
Social
Infrastructure/
Other
$3.1bn
DVAP
$0.1bn
CHET
$0.4bn
Other
$0.3bn
MAXIM
$0.2bn
CQE
$1.5bn
CLW
$0.7bn
Shopping
Centre Retail
$3.8bn
CPRF
$0.3bn
RPs2
$0.6bn
CQR
$2.8bn

Note: Numbers on this page may not add due to rounding

  1. CPOF holds 49.9% of the units in the Brisbane Square Wholesale Funds (BSWF) 2. RPs include RP1, RP2 and RP6

  2. LWIPs include LWIP and LWIP2. CLW hold 49.9% of the units in LWIP

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Wholesale Pooled and Partnerships

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Gearing 29.5% WALE 8.3yrs CHC investment $1.3bn

FUM $30.1bn

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Occupancy 96.8%

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Cap rate 4.92%

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No. 1 Martin Place, Sydney

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Wholesale Platform

Wholesale Partnership deals in 1H FY21

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Partner Tenant Size (m)
$682m
$353m
$141m [2]
Various $190m
Future
Development
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Wholesale Platform, FUM by Equity Origin[1]

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North America
9%
Middle East
1%
Europe
Asia Pacific
11%
26%
$30.1bn
99 Investors
Australia
53%
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  1. Graph reflects external equity investors only and does not include investments held by CHPT

  2. Tranche 2 only. Tranche 1 ($324m) was acquired in June 2020.

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Major Wholesale Property Investment Portfolio Returns Relative to sector specific benchmark indices

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22.2%
14.2%
12.3% 12.5% 12.6%
11.3% 11.3% 11.3% 11.2% 11.2%
1.3% 1.3%
CHOT CPOF CPIF CLP LWHP LWIP
2015 to 2020 2015 to 2020 2015 to 2020 2015 to 2020 2015 to 2020 2015 to 2020
Net Return (% p.a) MSCI/IPD Sector Benchmarks
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Listed

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FUM $9.5bn

Occupancy 97.8%

Cap rate 5.64%

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Gearing 23.5%

WALE 11.2yrs CHC investment[1] $0.6bn

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Woolworths, Distribution Centre, Dandenong

  1. Held at accounting value not market value

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Charter Hall Direct

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FUM $6.8bn

Occupancy 97.9%

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Cap rate 5.22%

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Gearing 28.4%

WALE 9.0yrs CHC investment $0.1bn

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10 Shelley Street, Sydney

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Direct Funds have returned an average of 12.0% p.a. since inception

Outperforming their respective MSCI/IPD indices by a factor of approximately 1.5x

-5.0%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
14.3%
12.4%
19.2%
10.4%
8.9%
9.0%
9.6%
15.1%
10.2%
11.1%
8.4%
8.3%
8.2%
7.5%
6.8%
5.0%
5.4%
8.2%
6.1%
-1.3%
DIF2 (WS)
2013-2020
Australian Industrial
& Logistics
DIF3 (WS)
2014-2020
Australian Industrial
& Logistics
BW Trust
2014-2020
Australian
Diversified
/ Long WALE
DAT
2015-2020
Australian
Diversified
/ Long WALE
DAT2
2016-2020
Australian
Diversified
/ Long WALE
LWF
2017-2020
Australian
Diversified
/ Long WALE
PFA (Ordinary)
2017-2020
Australian Office
DOF (WSA)
2014-2020
Australian Office
DIF4
2016-2020
Australian Industrial
& Logistics
WPS1
2020-2020
Australian
Diversified
/ Long WALE
Direct Fund (%p.a.)
Benchmark (% p.a.)
  1. Benchmark refers to the MSCI/IPD Unlisted Core Wholesale Property Fund Index as at December 2020. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance

  2. DIF2, DIF3, DIF4, LWF, DAT, DAT2, DOF – returns assume Bonus Units or Entitlement Offer as per respective PDS

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CHPT Property Investment Portfolio

Industrial & Logistics Ownership stake
(%)
Charter Hall
Investment
($m)
Charter Hall
PI Income
($m)
WALE
(years)
WACR
(%)
WADR
(%)
WARR
(%)
PI Yield2
(%)

Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund(CPIF)
3.0
142.4
3.3
10.6
4.8
6.3
2.9
5.0
Core Logistics Partnership (CLP) 5.8
78.9
2.3
9.2
4.9
6.3
3.0
5.7
Charter Hall PGGM Industrial Partnership (CHPIP) 12.0
18.8
0.4
10.7
5.0
6.4
2.7
6.7
Long WALE Retail
LongWALE Hardware Partnership (LWHP) 14.9
155.8
3.4
8.1
4.8
6.2
2.7
5.2
Ampol Service Stations(CHAPF) 5.0
34.7
0.1
18.9
5.5
5.2
1.0
1.3
Other Long WALE Retail investments 33.3
0.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Office
Charter Hall Prime Office Fund(CPOF) 6.0
310.9
7.7
7.0
4.9
6.2
3.6
4.7
Charter Hall Office Trust(CHOT) 15.7
261.4
9.6
6.4
4.7
6.2
3.6
6.0
Brisbane Square Wholesale Fund(BSWF) 16.8
103.3
4.4
6.2
5.5
6.6
3.5
7.8
Other Office investments 57.7
2.2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Social Infrastructure
Charter Hall Social Infrastructure REIT(ASX:CQE)3 8.8
93.3
2.6
14.0
6.1
n/a
2.3
5.2
Charter Hall Exchanges Trust(CHET)
14.5
50.7
1.9
19.6
4.3
5.6
0.2
6.6
Shopping Centre Retail
Charter Hall Retail REIT(ASX:CQR)3 10.0
210.3
7.5
7.5
6.0
6.7
3.31
6.9
Charter Hall Prime Retail Fund(CPRF) 29.4
47.2
2.2
4.3
6.2
7.1
4.11
7.5
Other Shopping Centre Retail investments 0.3
0.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Diversified
Charter Hall LongWALE REIT(ASX:CLW)3 11.1
299.6
9.0
14.1
5.2
6.0
2.2
6.6
Charter Hall Direct LongWALE Fund(LWF) 42.7
49.0
1.8
6.8
5.7
6.8
2.5
8.5
Charter Hall DVP Fund(DVP) 11.1
32.5
0.6
6.9
4.8
6.2
3.5
3.5
Other investments 47.7
0.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Property Investment Total4



11.9
2,027.8
60.4
9.1
5.1
6.3
3.0
6.0
  1. Refers to contracted weighted average rent reviews of the specialty tenants only

  2. PI Yield is calculated as operating earnings divided by weighted average investment during the period. Excludes MTM movements in NTA during the year

  3. Held at accounting value not market value

  4. Weighted average ownership stake, excluding other investments

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Statutory Balance Sheet Reconciliation

($m)
Statutory Balance Sheet
Adj. 1:
Reclassify LWF as Equity Accounted
investment
Adj 2:
Reclassify mark-to-market on
derivatives
Investor Presentation (slide 24)
($m)
Statutory Balance Sheet
Adj. 1:
Reclassify LWF as Equity Accounted
investment
Adj 2:
Reclassify mark-to-market on
derivatives
Investor Presentation (slide 24)
($m)
Statutory Balance Sheet
Adj. 1:
Reclassify LWF as Equity Accounted
investment
Adj 2:
Reclassify mark-to-market on
derivatives
Investor Presentation (slide 24)
($m)
Statutory Balance Sheet
Adj. 1:
Reclassify LWF as Equity Accounted
investment
Adj 2:
Reclassify mark-to-market on
derivatives
Investor Presentation (slide 24)
($m)
Statutory Balance Sheet
Adj. 1:
Reclassify LWF as Equity Accounted
investment
Adj 2:
Reclassify mark-to-market on
derivatives
Investor Presentation (slide 24)
Cash
267
(3)
-
264
Property Investment
1,968
60
2,028
Development Investment
52
-
-
52
Investment Properties
181
(181)
-
-
Other assets
169
(17)
(36)
116
Intangibles
115
-
-
115
Total assets
2,752
(141)
(36)
2,575
Borrowings
327
(59)
(36)
232
Other liabilities
190
(1)
-
189
Total liabilities 517 (60) (36) 421
Total equity 2,235 (81) - 2,154

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Portfolio Performance Review Dates

Fund Portfolio Performance ReviewDates
Charter Hall Prime Office Fund (CPOF) 3 yearly – FY21, FY24, etc
Brisbane Square Wholesale Fund (BSWF) 3 yearly – FY22, FY25, etc
Charter Hall Direct Industrial Fund No. 4 (DIF4) 5 yearly – FY22, FY27, etc
Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund (CPIF) 3 yearly – FY22, FY25, etc
Long WALE Hardware Partnership (LWHP) 7 yearly – FY22 plus individual asset divestment performance fees
Retail Partnership No. 2 (RP2) 7 yearly – FY22, etc
Retail Partnership No. 6 (RP6) 7 yearly – FY22, etc
Charter Hall Direct Industrial Fund No. 3 (DIF3) FY22
Charter Hall Direct Automotive Trust (DAT) FY22
Charter Hall Direct Automotive Trust No. 2 (DAT2) FY22
Core Logistics Partnership (CLP) FY23 plus individual asset divestment performance fees
Charter Hall Direct Long WALE Fund (LWF) 5 yearly – FY23, etc
Charter Hall PFA Fund (PFA) 5 yearly – FY23, etc plus individual asset divestment performance fees
Charter Hall Direct BW Trust (BW Trust) FY24
Counter Cynical Trust (CCT) FY25
Direct Office Fund (DOF) 5 yearly – FY25, etc

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Fund Key and Glossary

Listed entities

ASX:CHC Charter Hall Group
ASX:CQR Charter Hall Retail REIT
ASX:CLW Charter Hall Long WALE REIT
ASX:CQE Charter Hall Social Infrastructure REIT
Wholesale funds
BSWF Brisbane Square Wholesale Fund
CHALWF Charter Hall Aldi Logistics Wholesale Fund
CHOT Charter Hall Office Trust
CCT Charter Hall Counter Cyclical Trust
CLP Core Logistics Partnership
CPIF Charter Hall Prime Industrial Fund
CPOF Charter Hall Prime Office Fund
CPRF Charter Hall Prime Retail Fund
LWHP Long WALE Hardware Partnership
LWIP, LWIP2 Long WALE Investment Partnership series
RP1, RP2, RP6 Retail Partnership series
DVP Charter Hall DVP Fund
CHAIT Charter Hall Australian Investment Trust
CHET Charter Hall Exchanges Trust
BPP Charter Hall bp Partnership
BPH Charter Hall BP Holding Trust
CHAPF Charter Hall Ampol Property Fund

Direct funds

Direct funds
BW Trust Charter Hall Direct BW Trust (Direct syndicate)
DIF2, DIF3, DIF4 Charter Hall Direct Industrial Fund series
DOF Charter Hall Direct Office Fund
PFA Charter Hall Direct PFA Fund
DAT, DAT2 Charter Hall Direct Automotive Trust Series
LWF Charter Hall Direct Long WALE Fund
WPS1 Charter Hall Wholesale Property Series No.1

Other

Other
CAGR Compound Annual Growth Rate
DI Development Investments
FUM Funds Under Management
NTA Net Tangible Assets
OEPS Operating Earnings per Security
PFM Property Funds Management
PI Property Investments
WACR Weighted Average Cap Rate
WADR Weighted Average Discount Rate
WALE Weighted Average Lease Expiry
WARR Weighted Average Rent Review

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Further information

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David Harrison

Managing Director & Group CEO

Charter Hall Group

+61 2 8651 9142 [email protected]

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Sean McMahon

Chief Investment Officer

Charter Hall Group

+61 2 8651 9147 [email protected]

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Russell Proutt

Chief Financial Officer

Charter Hall Group

+61 2 8651 9493 [email protected]

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Philip Cheetham

Head of Listed Investor Relations

Charter Hall Group

+61 2 8651 9214 [email protected]

Presentation authorised by the Board

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