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Citycon Oyj

Quarterly Report Oct 16, 2014

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Citycon Oyj's Interim Report for 1 January–30 September 2014

Citycon in Brief

Citycon is an owner, developer and manager of urban grocery-anchored shopping centres in the Nordic and Baltic region, managing assets that total approximately EUR 3.3 billion and with market capitalisation of EUR 1.6 billion. Citycon is the No. 1 shopping centre owner in Finland and Estonia and among the market leaders in Sweden. Citycon has also established footholds in Lithuania and Denmark.

Citycon is seeking growth both through value-add management, extensions and (re)developments of its existing shopping centres as well as selective shopping centre acquisitions. The largest and well-established shopping centres represent the core of the company's portfolio.

At the end of September 2014, Citycon owned 36 shopping centres and 31 other retail properties. Of the shopping centres owned by the company, 21 are located in Finland, 10 in Sweden, including Kista Galleria, 4 in the Baltic region and 1 in Denmark.

Citycon has investment-grade credit ratings from Standard & Poor's (BBB) and Moody's (Baa2). Citycon Oyj's share is listed in Nasdaq OMX Helsinki.

Contents

Summary of the Third Quarter of 2014 Compared with the Previous Quarter Summary of January–September 2014 Compared with the Corresponding Period of 2013 Main Events January–September 2014 CEO's Comment Events after the Reporting Period Outlook Business Environment Changes in the Property Portfolio Leasing Activity Financing Financial Performance Statement of Financial Position Cash Flow Statement Financial Performance of Business Units Finland Sweden Baltic Countries and New Business Environmental Responsibility Risks and Uncertainties General Meetings Shares and Shareholders EPRA Performance Measures Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 1 January–30 September 2014, IFRS Notes to Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements Auditor's Report

Citycon Oyj's Interim Report for 1 January–30 September 2014

Summary of the Third Quarter of 2014 Compared with the Previous Quarter

  • Turnover decreased to EUR 61.4 million (Q2/2014: EUR 61.9 million) mainly due to lower capital and gross rents and the weaker Swedish krona.
  • Net rental income increased by EUR 0.6 million, or 1.4%, to EUR 44.0 million (EUR 43.4 million), mainly as a result of lower property operating expenses reflecting normal seasonal variation.
  • EPRA Operating profit increased by EUR 1.6 million, or 4.1%, to EUR 40.2 million (EUR 38.6 million), mainly due to higher net rental income and lower direct administrative expenses.
  • EPRA Earnings increased to EUR 29.4 million (EUR 24.0 million) mainly due to higher EPRA Operating profit and lower direct financial expenses. EPRA Earnings per share (basic) decreased to EUR 0.050 (EUR 0.052) mainly due to higher number of shares resulting from the share issuances in June–July.
  • The fair value change in investment properties was EUR 0.1 million (EUR 1.4 million), and the fair value of investment properties totalled EUR 2,759.0 million (EUR 2,741.5 million). The weighted average net yield requirement for investment properties remained at 6.2% (6.2%).

Summary of January–September 2014 Compared with the Corresponding Period of 2013

  • Turnover decreased to EUR 184.5 million (Q1–Q3/2013: EUR 186.6 million) mainly due to divestments and a weaker Swedish krona.
  • Net rental income increased by EUR 1.1 million, or 0.9%, to EUR 128.0 million (EUR 126.9 million) mainly due to strict property operating expenses management supported by mild winter conditions in the beginning of the year. Net rental income of like-for-like properties increased by EUR 3.0 million, or 3.0%, excluding the impact of the weaker Swedish krona, while the completion of (re)development projects increased net rental income by EUR 1.7 million.
  • Earnings per share were EUR 0.12 (EUR 0.12). The higher earnings for the period was offset by the higher number of shares.
  • EPRA Earnings increased by EUR 11.0 million, or 17.0% mainly as a result of higher net rental income and lower financing and administrative expenses. EPRA Earnings per share (basic) was EUR 0.152 (EUR 0.153).
  • Net cash from operating activities per share increased to EUR 0.13 (EUR 0.06).
  • The company specifies its guidance relating to turnover, EPRA Operating profit, EPRA Earnings and EPRA EPS (basic).
IFRS based key figures Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Q2/2014 Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
% 1)
2013
Turnover, EUR million 61.4 62.1 61.9 184.5 186.6 -1.1 248.6
Net rental income, EUR million 44.0 43.9 43.4 128.0 126.9 0.9 168.9
Profit/loss attributable to parent company
shareholders, EUR million
20.1 30.1 11.9 61.3 52.1 17.7 94.9
Earnings per share (basic), EUR 2) 0.03 0.07 0.03 0.12 0.12 -0.3 0.22
Net cash from operating activities per share, EUR 3) 0.06 0.06 0.00 0.13 0.06 112.1 0.14
Fair value of investment properties, EUR million 2,759.0 2,739.4 2,741.5 2,759.0 2,739.4 0.7 2,733.5
Equity ratio, % 4) 54.9 41.7 47.6 54.9 41.7 31.7 43.2
Loan to Value (LTV), % 4) 5) 36.7 50.5 39.9 36.7 50.5 49.3
EPRA based key figures Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Q2/2014 Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
% 1)
2013
EPRA Operating profit, EUR million 40.2 39.5 38.6 114.9 112.6 2.0 149.1
% of turnover 65.5 63.6 62.4 62.3 60.4 - 60.0
EPRA Earnings, EUR million 29.4 24.2 24.0 75.7 64.7 17.0 86.7
EPRA Earnings per share (basic), EUR 2) 0.050 0.055 0.052 0.152 0.153 -0.9 0.203
EPRA Cost Ratio (including direct vacancy costs) (%) 6) 17.1 19.1 19.4 21.5 -9.7 22.4
15.0
EPRA Cost Ratio (excluding direct vacancy costs) (%) 6) 13.1 15.9 17.1 17.2 19.1 -10.0 20.0
EPRA NAV per share, EUR 3.01 3.09 3.02 3.01 3.09 -2.4 3.13
EPRA NNNAV per share, EUR 2.65 2.69 2.61 2.65 2.69 -1.5 2.78

Key figures

1)  Change-% is calculated from exact figures and refers to the change between 2014 and 2013.

2) Result per share key figures have been calculated with the issue-adjusted number of shares resulting from the directed share issue executed in June 2014 and rights issue executed in July 2014.

3) Citycon changed the reporting of cash flows in the first quarter of 2014. Realised exchange rate gains and losses have been moved from net cash flow from operating activities to net cash flow from financing activities. The change has been applied also to the comparison periods.

4) Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014 which impacts both equity ratio and LTV. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

5) Citycon changed the reporting of LTV in the period by including also 'Investments in joint ventures' in the investment properties. The change has been applied also to the comparison periods.

6) Citycon made an adjustment to its reporting of parking income during the year 2014. Previously Citycon reported parking income within service charge income, but starting from current year part of gross rental income. The change affects the calculation of EPRA Cost Ratios. The change has been applied also to the comparison periods.

Main Events January–September 2014

  • Citycon Group successfully placed a EUR 350 million 10-year Eurobond on 22 September. The guaranteed eurodenominated bond carries a fixed annual interest of 2.50%. The bond offering was oversubscribed and allocated to a broad base of international investors. The settlement date for the bond was 1 October and hence it is not included in the figures for the reporting period.
  • On 9 September Citycon announced that it has signed a joint venture agreement with NCC Property Development for the (re)development of Mölndals Galleria in Gothenburg. Citycon's total investment will be approximately EUR 120 million.
  • Citycon's two investment grade long-term corporate credit ratings were upgraded in July. On 8 July Standard & Poor's upgraded Citycon's credit rating to BBB (previous BBB-) and on 30 July Moody's upgraded Citycon's credit rating to Baa2 (previous Baa3). The outlook for both ratings is stable.
  • In June–July Citycon carried out a directed share issue and a consecutive rights issue, whereby the company raised approximately EUR 400 million of new capital. The directed share issue of EUR 206.4 million to CPP Investment Board European Holdings S.àr.l. ("CPPIBEH") was executed on 9 June and the rights issue of EUR 196.5 million was executed on 8 July.
  • Jurn Hoeksema started as Citycon's Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Corporate Management Committee as from 1 June.

CEO's Comment

Comments from Citycon Oyj's Chief Executive Officer Marcel Kokkeel on the reporting period:

'Citycon's financial performance during the first three quarters of 2014 was stable, driven by continued strong like-for-like net rental income growth of 3.0%. The results demonstrate Citycon's resilient business model and capacity to perform in a difficult macro-economic environment, such as we are experiencing today in Finland.

We have strengthened our financial profile considerably during the two last quarters. The proceeds of the share issuances in June−July were mainly used to delever the company's balance sheet. The credit rating upgrades and successful placing of a strategic EUR 350 million 10-year Eurobond support our goal of extending our average debt maturities and reducing our cost of debt. Going forward the company is committed to maintain or improve its current credit ratings.

During the third quarter we entered into a joint venture agreement with NCC Property Development for the (re) development of Mölndals Galleria in Gothenburg. This property fits perfectly with Citycon's strategy of investing in strong urban shopping centres driven by daily needs and also further balances the share between Finland and Sweden in our portfolio.'

Events after the Reporting Period

No material events after the reporting period.

Outlook

In 2014, Citycon expects its turnover to change by EUR -4 to 2 million (Q2/2014: EUR -1 to 7 million) compared with the previous year and its EPRA Operating profit to change by EUR -2 to 4 million (Q2/2014: EUR -2 to 6 million). The specified guidance regarding turnover and EPRA Operating profit reflects mainly the weakened Swedish krona. The company expects its EPRA Earnings to change by EUR 8 to 14 million (Q2/2014: EUR 7 to 15 million) from the previous year. The company forecasts an EPRA EPS (basic) of EUR 0.18–0.19 (Q2/2014: EUR 0.175–0.195). The guidance for EPRA EPS (basic) reflects the increased number of shares after the share issuances executed in June–July.

These estimates are based on the existing property portfolio as well as on the prevailing level of inflation, the eurokrona exchange rate, and current interest rates. Premises taken offline for planned or ongoing (re)development projects reduce net rental income during the year.

Business Environment

The economic outlook in Citycon's operating countries continues to show a mixed picture with Finland suffering from a drawn-out downturn while Sweden's macro environment remains strong. The European Commission forecasts Euro area GDP growth to reach 1.2% in 2014, with Sweden (2.8%), Estonia (1.9%), Lithuania (3.3%) and Denmark (1.5%) coming in ahead of this. The GDP growth for Finland (forecast 0.2%) is, however, expected to remain modest or negative for a third year in a row and is dependent on both the recovery of the European export markets as well as domestic demand. During the reporting period, consumer confidence levels have stayed relatively stable in Citycon's operating countries except for in Finland where the consumer confidence has decreased after a peak in June. The consumer confidence levels in the Nordics remain positive, while Estonia, Lithuania and the Euro area on average still struggle with negative consumer confidence. The unemployment rates are substantially below the Euro area average (11.5%) in all Citycon's operating countries except for Lithuania. (Source: Eurostat) Consumer prices have continued to increase modestly in Finland, while Citycon's other operating countries are facing close to zero or even negative inflation. (Sources: Statistics Finland/ Sweden/Estonia/Lithuania/Denmark)

Retail sales growth for the first eight months of 2014 has been strong in Estonia (6.5%), Lithuania (5.3%) and Sweden (3.1%), but negative in Finland (-0.7%) and Denmark (-0.2%). (Sources: Statistics Finland/Sweden/Estonia/Lithuania/ Denmark) Year-on-year prime shopping centre rents remained stable in Finland, while increasing 1.5% in Sweden. In Estonia prime shopping centre rents increased 1.5–3.0% in relation to indexation and increases in turnover rents. In Finland the weak outlook for retail sales limits the rental growth potential going forward and in Estonia the prime rental growth will continue at a moderate pace around 2%. In Sweden prime retail rents are forecasted to increase by 2.0–2.5% as retail sales growth improves. (Source: JLL)

Investment activity has continued positively in Finland and Sweden. The demand for core assets remains strong and accordingly prime shopping centre yields have remained stable. In Finland the positive trend seen during the first half of the year has continued, though compared by volumes Q3 remained slightly lower than previous quarters. In Sweden the transaction volume in Q1–Q3 increased by 24% compared with the same period in 2013. In Estonia the investment market remained active and prime shopping centre yields have remained around 7.3%. (Source: JLL)

The figures shown in the following sections are for the period January–September, and the figures in brackets are the reference figures for the corresponding period in 2013, unless otherwise indicated.

Changes in the Property Portfolio

At the end of September, the fair value of Citycon's property portfolio totalled EUR 2,759.0 million (31 December 2013: EUR 2,733.5 million), of which 61% (61%) comes from properties in Finland, 26% (26%) from Sweden and 13% (13%) from Baltic Countries and New Business. Of the fair value of the total property portfolio 92% (92%) comes from shopping centres and 8% (8%) from other retail properties.

Citycon has defined other retail properties (supermarkets and shops) as non-core properties and announced its intention to divest these properties within the next few years, after the completion of value enhancing activities.

Property summary

30 September 2014 31 December 2013
No. of
properties
Fair value,
EUR million
Portfolio, % No. of
properties
Fair value,
EUR million
Portfolio, %
Shopping centres 21 1,491.1 54 22 1,468.4 54
Other retail properties 29 199.2 7 33 202.8  1) 7
Finland, total 50 1,690.3 61 55 1,671.2 61
Shopping centres 2) 9 694.1 25 9 700.3 26
Other retail properties 2 19.6 1 2 19.8 1
Sweden, total 11 713.6 26 11 720.1 26
Shopping centres 5 355.0 13 5 342.2 13
Baltic Countries and New Business,
total
5 355.0 13 5 342.2 13
Shopping centres, total 35 2,540.2 92 36 2,510.8 92
Other retail properties, total 31 218.8 8 35 222.7 8
Citycon, total 66 2,759.0 100 71 2,733.5 100

1)  Fair value does not include one property held for sale.

2) Excludes Kista Galleria.

The fair value change of investment properties amounted to EUR 13.5 million (EUR 21.4 million). The company recorded a total value increase of EUR 46.4 million (EUR 44.9 million) and a total value decrease of EUR 33.0 million (EUR 23.6 million). Fair value gain of the shopping centres was EUR 17.2 million and the fair value loss of the supermarket and shop properties was EUR 3.8 million.

Fair value changes

EUR million Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Q2/2014 Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Finland -9.2 -2.1 -4.0 -7.5 8.7 -186.1 2.3
Sweden 5.3 0.0 0.2 8.5 1.8 375.7 8.1
Baltic Countries and New Business 4.0 8.5 5.2 12.5 10.9 14.7 15.8
Shopping centres, total 2.6 7.3 1.3 17.2 19.6 -11.9 25.2
Other retail properties, total -2.5 -1.1 0.1 -3.8 1.8 -305.1 0.9
Citycon, total 0.1 6.3 1.4 13.5 21.4 -37.1 26.1

On 30 September 2014, the average net yield requirement defined by JLL for Citycon's entire property portfolio was 6.2% (31 December 2013: 6.3%). The average net yield requirement for properties in Finland, Sweden and the Baltic Countries and New Business was 6.1%, 5.8% and 7.3% respectively. The weighted average market rent used for the valuation rose to EUR 25.4/sq.m. (31 December 2013: EUR 25.3/sq.m.). (cf. Note 6: Investment Property). JLL's Valuation Statement for the period-end can be found on the corporate website at www.citycon.com/valuation.

Citycon's gross capital expenditure (including acquisitions) for the period totalled EUR 70.7 million (EUR 203.2 million). Gross capital expenditure in the corresponding period includes acquisition of Kista Galleria (Q1/2013).

Capital expenditure

EUR million Q1–Q3/2014 Q1–Q3/2013
Acquisitions of properties 0.0 1.7
Acquisitions of and investments in joint ventures 17.3 151.2
Property development 51.1 49.5
Other investments 2.3 0.6
Total capital expenditure incl. acquisitions 70.7 203.2
Capital expenditure by segment
Finland 52.5 43.9
Sweden 15.7 150.9
Baltic Countries and New Business 0.3 7.9
Group administration 2.2 0.4
Total capital expenditure incl. acquisitions 70.7 203.2
Divestments 1) 8.8 40.2

1)  Excluding divestments transferred into 'Investment properties held for sale' -category.

Acquisitions and divestments

During the reporting period, Citycon divested five non-core properties as shown in the table below.

In addition, on 30 June Citycon sold Espagalleria Oy to Mutual Pension Insurance Company Ilmarinen and terminated the asset management agreement regarding shopping centre Galleria Esplanad.

Citycon has agreed on the sale of two non-core properties and two residential portfolios for a total value of approximately EUR 25 million. These transactions are expected to close in 2014–2015.

Since the publication of its strategy update in July 2011, the company has divested 19 non-core properties and three residential portfolios for a total value of approximately EUR 92 million.

Location Date Gross leasable
area, sq.m.
Price,
EUR million
Divestments
Laajasalon Liikekeskus Retail property Helsinki, Finland 11 September 2,660 3.3
Soukan Itäinentorni Retail property Helsinki area, Finland 11 September 1,600 1.7
Lauttasaaren Liikekeskus Retail property Helsinki, Finland 28 February 1,500 2.8
Koskikara Shopping centre Valkeakoski, Finland 31 January 5,800 2.6
Säkylän Liiketalo Retail property Säkylä, Finland 30 January 1,200 0.3
Divestments, total 12,760 10.7

Acquisitions and divestments Q1–Q3/2014

(Re)development projects

At the end of the period, the company had two major (re)development projects underway: the Iso Omena extension and (re)development project in Espoo, and the IsoKristiina extension and (re)development project in Lappeenranta.

The estimated investment for the Iso Omena extension project, including partial (re)development of the existing shopping centre, will total approximately EUR 175 million. The first phase of the project, covering a EUR 120 million investment, will be carried out in a 50/50 partnership with NCC Property Development. The amount of preleased space in the area of the extension stood at approximately 40% at the end of the reporting period.

The total investment for the IsoKristiina extension and (re)development project is estimated to be approximately EUR 110 million. Mutual Pension Insurance Company Ilmarinen owns 50% of the shopping centre, and will provide its 50% share of the project financing. The amount of preleased space in the area of the extension stood at approximately 70% at the end of the reporting period.

In September, Citycon announced that it has signed a joint venture agreement with NCC Property Development for the (re)development of Mölndals Galleria in Gothenburg. Citycon's total investment will be approximately EUR 120 million. The construction of the new shopping centre is expected to start during 2015.

One of the (re)development projects in Kista Galleria was finalized in August when the new digital library opened.

Further information on the company's completed, ongoing and planned (re)developments can be found on pages 71–73 of the Annual and Sustainability Report for 2013.

Location Area before and
after project
completion, sq.m.
Citycon's (expected)
gross investment
need,
EUR million
Actual gross
investments by
30 September 2014,
EUR million
Completion
Iso Omena Helsinki area, Finland 63 300 / 90 000 88.0 27.8 Q3/2016
IsoKristiina Lappeenranta, Finland 22 400 / 34 000 56.0 32.6 Q4/2015
Stenungs Torg Gothenburg area, Sweden 36 400 / 41 400 18.0 5.7 Q4/2015
Kista Galleria Stockholm, Sweden 94 600 / 95 100 6.0 3.0 Q4/2015
Kista Galleria Stockholm, Sweden 94 200 / 94 600 5.0 5.0 Completed Q3/2014

(Re)development projects completed in 2014 and in progress on 30 September 2014

Leasing Activity

The economic occupancy rate for Citycon's portfolio totalled 95.7% (95.8%). The decrease in the occupancy rate was mainly due to increased vacancy in shopping centres in Finland. The economic occupancy rate for shopping centres was 96.0% (96.4%) and for supermarkets and shops 93.0% (91.9%).

The gross leasable area decreased by 2.7% to 949,230 square metres. The decrease was due to divestments. At the period-end, Citycon had a total of 3,196 (3,636) leases. The average remaining length of the lease portfolio decreased to 3.3 (3.6) years.

The average rent increased from EUR 21.5/sq.m. to EUR 21.7/sq.m. mainly due to index increments and divestments. The rolling twelve-month occupancy cost ratio for like-for-like shopping centre properties was 8.7%.

Lease portfolio summary
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Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Q2/2014 Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Number of properties at the end of the period 66 72 68 66 72 -8.3 71
Gross leasable area, sq.m. 949,230 975,790 953,290 949,230 975,790 -2.7 961,790
Annualised potential rental value, EUR million 1) 246.2 249.1 246.5 246.2 249.1 -1.2 246.1
Average rent (EUR/sq.m.) 21.7 21.5 21.7 21.7 21.5 0.9 21.5
Number of leases started during the period 139 156 128 411 448 -8.3 611
Total area of leases started, sq.m. 2) 27,999 26,507 29,705 88,400 97,317 -9.2 150,013
Average rent of leases started (EUR/sq.m.) 2) 18.1 18.4 20.0 19.0 19.5 -2.6 18.8
Number of leases ended during the period 166 209 132 502 659 -23.8 1,117
Total area of leases ended, sq.m. 2) 28,711 19,101 31,061 97,054 120,309 -19.3 186,567
Average rent of leases ended (EUR/sq.m.) 2) 21.6 22.3 20.2 21.5 18.7 15.0 18.6
Occupancy rate at end of the period (economic), % 95.7 95.8 95.7 95.7 95.8 - 95.7
Average remaining length of lease portfolio at the end
of the period, years
3.3 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.6 -8.3 3.5
Net rental yield, % 3) 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.4 - 6.4
Net rental yield, like-for-like properties, % 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.1 6.2 - 6.1

1)  Annualised potential rental value for the portfolio includes annualised gross rent based on valid rent roll at the end of the period, market rent of vacant premises and rental income from turnover based contracts (estimate) and possible other rental income.

2) Leases started and ended do not necessarily refer to the same premises.

3) Includes the value of unused building rights.

Tenants' sales and footfall in Citycon's shopping centres

During the period, total sales in Citycon's shopping centres remained the same while footfall decreased by 1%, year-onyear. The decrease in footfall derived mainly from ongoing (re)developments. Like-for-like (LFL) shopping centre sales and footfall remained the same.

Shopping centre sales and footfall 1)

Year-on-year, % Sales Sales, LFL Footfall Footfall, LFL
Finland -3 -2 -3 -1
Sweden 2 1 2 2
Batlic Countries and New Business 11 11 2 4
Shopping centres, total 0 0 -1 0

1)  Sales and footfall figures include estimates.

Financing

During the reporting period, Citycon completed and initiated several actions to strengthen its financing position.

Citycon Group successfully placed a EUR 350 million 10-year Eurobond. The issuer of the bond is Citycon Treasury B.V. and the guarantor is Citycon Oyj. The 10-year guaranteed euro-denominated bond matures on 1.10.2024 and carries fixed annual interest at the rate of 2.50%, payable annually on 1.10. The bond was allocated to a broad base of international investors and the bond offering was oversubscribed within a few hours which is a sign of the strength of Citycon's credit profile. The bond has been rated BBB by Standard & Poor's and Baa2 by Moody's, in line with Citycon's corporate credit rating.

As the bond was settled after the period end it is not yet included in the Q3 figures or in any of the financing key figures. The bond proceeds will to a large extent be used to prepay existing debt in order to extend average debt maturities and decrease the average cost of debt. The fair values of the swaps hedging the loans that will be repaid during October are, however, expensed already in Q3 as they are no longer under hedge accounting.

In June–July Citycon carried out a directed share issue and a consecutive rights issue, whereby the company raised approximately EUR 400 million of new capital. The directed share issue of EUR 206.4 million to CPPIBEH was executed on 9 June and the rights issue of EUR 196.5 million was executed on 8 July. Please see section "Shares and Shareholders" for further details on the share issuances.

The proceeds of the share issuances were used to make approximately EUR 300 million of debt prepayments in June and July and the remaining EUR 100 million will be used for select acquisitions and (re)developments.

The equity transactions clearly strengthened the company's balance sheet and thus the credit profile and as a result Citycon's two investment grade long-term corporate credit ratings were upgraded in July. On 8 July Standard & Poor's upgraded Citycon's credit rating to BBB (previous BBB-) and on 30 July Moody's upgraded Citycon's credit rating to Baa2 (previous Baa3). The outlook for both ratings is stable.

Net financial expenses for January–September decreased by EUR 9.2 million compared to the corresponding period last year to EUR 65.7 million (EUR 74.9 million). Financial expenses decreased mainly as a result of a lower amount of debt, weaker Swedish krona and a slightly lower average interest rate.

The financial expenses for the period include EUR 13.3 million non-recurring indirect realised financial expenses from unwinding of interest rate swaps related to debt prepayments in June–July as well as EUR 0.6 million of direct non-recurring expenses related to the write-off of unamortised arrangement fees of the prepaid debt. In addition the financial expenses include EUR 13.1 million non-recurring indirect unrealised financial expenses related to unwinding of interest rate swaps in relation to the debt prepayments that will take place during Q4/2014. The fair value of the swaps is expensed in Q3 due to discontinued hedge accounting.

Citycon uses interest rate swaps to hedge the floating interest rate risk exposure and applies hedge accounting when marking these swaps to market in the balance sheet. Changes in fair values are reported under other comprehensive income, taking the tax effect into account. Due to mark to market valuation, the swap unwinding has no major impact on equity nor total comprehensive income, as the unwinding loss is largely offset by a gain under other comprehensive income.

The losses of the swaps that were realised in June–July were booked from other comprehensive income/loss to financial expenses, taking the tax effect into account. In October Citycon will prepay more bank loans with the proceeds from the EUR 350 million Eurobond and the related interest rate swaps will be unwound. The negative market value of these interest rate swaps were booked in indirect financial expenses in this quarter. The debt prepayments and the unwinding of related swaps will reduce Citycon's future interest expenses and increase headroom under the interest cover ratio covenant.

Interest-bearing debt showed a year-on-year decrease of EUR 296.3 million to EUR 1,193.9 million. The fair value of interest-bearing debt decreased year-on-year by EUR 298.6 million to EUR 1,200.9 million. Cash and cash equivalents increased year-on-year by EUR 91.1 million to EUR 116.1 million as part of the proceeds from the rights issue are still available. The average loan maturity, weighted for the amount of the loans' principal was 3.8 years. Due to the prepayment of debt with shorter maturities it stayed at the same level as in previous quarter.

The period-end weighted average interest rate, including interest rate swaps was 4.03% which is slightly higher than in previous quarter and slightly lower compared to last year's corresponding level. The year-to-date weighted average interest rate for interest-bearing debt, including interest rate swap 4.01% is slightly lower than previously.

Key financing figures

30 September
2014
30 September
2013
30 June
2014
31 December
2013
Interest bearing debt, carrying value, EUR million 1,193.9 1,490.2 1,301.2 1,462.4
Interest bearing debt, fair value, EUR million 1,200.9 1,499.5 1,308.6 1,471.3
Net interest bearing debt, fair value, EUR million 1,084.8 1,474.5 1,169.7 1,433.3
Cash, EUR million 116.1 25.0 138.9 38.0
Available liquidity, EUR million 514.2 405.0 419.9 435.4
Average loan maturity, years 3.8 4.3 3.8 4.1
Average interest-rate fixing period, years 3.7 4.2 3.7 3.9
Interest rate hedging ratio, % 87.4 91.1 85.7 83.4
Weighted average interest rate, incl. interest rate swaps, % 4.03 4.07 3.98 4.12
Year-to-date weighted average interest rate, incl. interest rate swaps, % 4.01 4.08 4.07 4.06
Loan to Value (LTV), % 1) 36.7 50.5 39.9 49.3
Equity ratio (financial covenant > 32.5), % 2) 54.4 44.1 49.3 45.2
Interest cover ratio (financial covenant > 1.8), x 2.8 2.3 2.6 2.4

1)  Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014 which also impacts LTV. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

2) Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014 which also impacts the equity ratio loan covenant from Q3 2014 onwards.

Financial Performance

Turnover

Citycon's turnover came to EUR 184.5 million (EUR 186.6 million). Turnover decreased by EUR 2.1 million, or 1.1%, with divestments reducing the turnover by EUR 3.5 million and the weaker Swedish krona by EUR 2.4 million. Like-for-like gross rental income grew by EUR 1.9 million, or 1.4%.

Property operating expenses

Property operating expenses decreased by EUR 3.4 million, i.e. 5.8% from EUR 58.8 million to EUR 55.4 million. Likefor-like property operating expenses decreased by EUR 0.7 million, mainly due to lower heating and electricity expenses resulting mainly from favourable weather conditions in the first half year (cf. Note 4: Property Operating Expenses).

Other expenses from leasing operations

Other expenses from leasing operations, consisting of tenant improvements and credit losses, totalled EUR 1.1 million (EUR 0.9 million). The increase was mainly attributable to higher credit losses.

Net rental income

Citycon's net rental income increased by EUR 1.1 million or 0.9% and was EUR 128.0 million (EUR 126.9 million). Like-forlike net rental income grew by EUR 3.0 million, or 3.0%. Like-for-like net rental income in shopping centres increased by 3.0% and in supermarkets and shops by 2.4%. Larger shopping centres, such as Iso Omena and Liljeholmstorget Galleria contributed to the positive development in like-for-like net rental income of shopping centres. (Re)development projects increased net rental income by EUR 1.7 million while divestments reduced net rental income by EUR 1.8 million.

The following table shows like-for-like net rental income growth by segment. Like-for-like properties are properties held by Citycon throughout two full preceding periods, excluding properties under (re)development or extension and undeveloped lots. 73.1% of like-for-like properties are located in Finland, measured in net rental income.

Net rental income and turnover by segment and property portfolio

Net rental income
EUR million Finland Sweden Baltic
Countries and
New Business
Other Total Total
Q1–Q3/2012 72.5 29.3 18.1 - 119.9 177.1
Acquisitions 0.7 - 0.7 - 1.3 2.8
(Re)development projects 1.0 0.3 0.2 - 1.5 2.3
Divestments -0.1 -0.7 - - -0.8 -1.8
Like-for-like properties 3.0 1.4 0.0 - 4.4 5.3
Other (incl. exchange rate diff.) - 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9
Q1–Q3/2013 77.2 30.7 19.0 0.0 126.9 186.6
Acquisitions - - -0.2 - -0.2 -0.1
(Re)development projects -0.7 0.4 2.1 - 1.7 1.6
Divestments -1.3 -0.4 - - -1.8 -3.5
Like-for-like properties 2.0 0.8 0.2 - 3.0 2.6
Other (incl. exchange rate diff.) - -1.6 0.0 0.0 -1.6 -2.4
Q1–Q3/2014 77.1 29.8 21.1 0.0 128.0 184.5

Administrative expenses

Administrative expenses totalled EUR 14.4 million (EUR 15.1 million). This represented a reduction of EUR 0.7 million, or 4.9%, mainly resulting from lower personnel related expenses.

At the end of September, Citycon Group employed a total of 152 (125) persons, of whom 95 worked in Finland, 44 in Sweden, 10 in the Baltic countries and 3 in the Netherlands.

Net gains/losses on fair value and sale of investment properties

Net fair value gains on investment properties totalled EUR 13.5 million (EUR 21.4 million). Net loss on the sale of investment properties totalled EUR 0.3 million (loss on sale of EUR 0.0 million).

Operating profit

Operating profit came to EUR 128.0 million (EUR 134.0 million), being lower than in the corresponding period previous year mainly due to decrease in net fair value gains on investment property.

Net financial expenses

Net financial expenses for January–September decreased by EUR 9.2 million compared to the corresponding period last year to EUR 65.7 million (EUR 74.9 million). Financial expenses decreased mainly as a result of a lower amount of debt, weaker Swedish krona and a slightly lower average interest rate.

Share of profit of joint ventures

The share of profit of joint ventures totalled EUR 9.5 million (EUR 1.4 million). The growth came mainly from the positive fair value change of the Kista Galleria shopping centre.

Income taxes

Current tax expense for the period was EUR 0.4 million (EUR 0.6 million). Change in deferred taxes amounted to EUR -4.5 million (EUR -4.9 million). The change resulted mainly from a deferred tax liability booked related to the changes in the fair value of investment properties and a deferred tax asset related to the one-off losses from the loan prepayments.

Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

Profit for the period

Profit for the period came to EUR 66.9 million (EUR 55.0 million). Profit for the period was increased by lower financial expenses and a higher share of profit of joint ventures.

Statement of Financial Position

Investment properties

The fair value of investment properties increased by EUR 25.5 million to EUR 2,759.0 million from the end of 2013 (31 December 2013: EUR 2,733.5 million) due to gross capital expenditure of EUR 51.1 million, offset by divestments totalling EUR 8.8 million and transfers of certain residential units in Sweden and Finland into the 'Investment Property Held for Sale' -category, amounting to EUR 7.7 million. In addition, net fair value gains on investment properties increased the value of investment properties by EUR 13.5 million. Exchange rate changes decreased the fair value of investments properties by EUR 22.6 million.

Shareholders' equity

At the period-end, the shareholders' equity attributable to parent company's shareholders was EUR 1,644.2 million (EUR 1,197.9 million). This figure increased from the end of 2013 (31 December 2013: EUR 1,236.2 million) by EUR 408.0 million, mainly due to the directed share issue and rights issue, the combined net proceeds of which amounted to EUR 401.2 million in addition to the profit of EUR 61.3 million for the reporting period attributable to parent company's shareholders. On the other hand, the shareholders' equity was decreased by the dividend payments and equity returns of EUR 66.2 million. Citycon applies hedge accounting, which means that fair value changes of applicable interest derivatives are recorded under Other Items of Comprehensive Income, which affects shareholders' equity. A gain on the fair value of interest derivatives of EUR 16.3 million was recorded for the period, taking into account their tax effect (a gain of EUR 39.0 million) (cf. Note 10: Derivative Contracts).

Due to the aforementioned items and the increased amount of shares resulting from the share issuances, equity per share decreased to EUR 2.77 (31 December 2013: EUR 2.80). The equity ratio increased to 54.9% (31 December 2013: 43.2%). The company's equity ratio, as defined in the loan agreement covenants, increased to 54.4% (31 December 2013: 45.2%).

Liabilities

Liabilities totalled EUR 1,401.9 million (EUR 1,731.7 million), with short-term liabilities accounting for EUR 156.1 million (EUR 100.0 million).

Interest-bearing debt showed a year-on-year decrease of EUR 296.3 million to EUR 1,193.9 million. The fair value of interest-bearing debt decreased year-on-year by EUR 298.6 million to EUR 1,200.9 million.

Cash Flow Statement

Net cash from operating activities totalled EUR 62.4 million (EUR 24.9 million) in the reporting period. Net cash used in investing activities totalled EUR 66.3 million (EUR 163.7 million). Capital expenditure related to investment properties, shares in joint ventures and tangible and intangible assets totalled EUR 77.4 million (EUR 202.0 million). Negative cash flow from investing activities was partly offset by sales of investment properties totalling EUR 11.2 million (EUR 40.0 million). Net cash from financing activities was EUR 82.6 million (EUR 113.0 million).

Citycon changed the reporting of cash flow statement in the period by transferring the realised exchange rate gains and losses from net cash flow from operating activities to net cash flow from financing activities. The change has been applied also to the comparison period.

Financial Performance of Business Units

Citycon's business operations are divided into three business units: Finland, Sweden and Baltic Countries and New Business. The business units are further subdivided into clusters. The Finnish unit is composed of 4 clusters, the Swedish unit of 3 and Baltic Countries and New Business unit of 1 cluster.

Finland

Citycon's net rental income from Finnish operations during the period totalled EUR 77.1 million (EUR 77.2 million). Like-for-like properties increased net rental income in Finland by EUR 2.0 million, or 2.8%. Growth was a result of good performance of both the shopping centres and supermarket and shop properties. Divestments and (re)development projects reduced net rental income by EUR 2.0 million. The business unit accounted for 60.2% (60.8%) of Citycon's total net rental income. Net rental yield was 6.3% (6.4%).

At period-end, the Finnish property portfolio accounted for a total gross leasable area of 558,830 square metres (582,990 sq.m.). The gross leasable area decreased due to property divestments. The annualised potential rental value decreased to EUR 150.3 million, due to divestment of two non-core shopping centres and four supermarket- and shop properties.

Lease agreements started during the period applied to a GLA of 64,980 square metres (69,338 sq.m.) and the ended lease agreements applied to 77,510 square metres (80,735 sq.m.). The average rent for new lease agreements was lower than the average rent for the ended leases, mainly due to new leases concerning large retail units while the ended leases consisted of smaller retail units. Also leases were renewed at lower levels. The average rent rose from EUR 22.2/sq.m. to EUR 22.5/sq.m., mainly thanks to index increments. The economic occupancy rate decreased to 94.7% (95.4%) mostly due to increased vacancy in shopping centre properties. In shopping centres, the economic occupancy rate was 95.1% (96.2%) and the average rent increased from EUR 25.7/sq.m. to EUR 26.0/sq.m.

Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Q2/2014 Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Number of properties at the end of the period 50 56 52 50 56 -10.7 55
Gross leasable area, sq.m. 558,830 582,990 563,190 558,830 582,990 -4.1 571,890
Annualised potential rental value, EUR million 1) 150.3 153.3 151.4 150.3 153.3 -2.0 150.5
Average rent (EUR/sq.m.) 22.5 22.2 22.7 22.5 22.2 1.4 22.4
Number of leases started during the period 95 95 99 282 281 0.4 390
Total area of leases started, sq.m. 2) 20,366 16,057 25,488 64,980 69,338 -6.3 110,292
Average rent of leases started (EUR/sq.m.) 2) 16.6 19.9 19.3 18.1 19.7 -8.1 18.8
Number of leases ended during the period 124 102 89 369 335 10.1 498
Total area of leases ended, sq.m. 2) 22,956 14,959 26,713 77,510 80,735 -4.0 133,770
Average rent of leases ended (EUR/sq.m.) 2) 20.5 22.5 19.9 21.2 19.3 9.8 19.0
Occupancy rate at end of the period (economic), % 94.7 95.4 94.9 94.7 95.4 - 95.1
Average remaining length of lease portfolio at the end
of the period, years
3.5 4.0 3.7 3.5 4.0 -12.5 3.9
Gross rental income, EUR million 3) 35.4 36.1 35.6 106.6 108.6 -1.8 144.4
Turnover, EUR million 37.0 37.6 37.3 111.4 113.0 -1.4 150.4
Net rental income, EUR million 26.7 26.8 26.0 77.1 77.2 -0.1 103.5
Net rental yield, % 4) 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.4 - 6.4
Net rental yield, like-for-like properties, % 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.3 - 6.3
Fair value of investment properties, EUR million 1,690.3 1,677.3 1,689.6 1,690.3 1,677.3 0.8 1,671.2

Key figures, Finland

1)  Annualised potential rental value for the portfolio includes annualised gross rent based on valid rent roll at the end of the period, market rent of vacant premises and rental income from turnover based contracts (estimate) and possible other rental income.

2) Leases started and ended do not necessarily refer to the same premises.

3) Citycon made an adjustment to its accounting policy related to parking income during the year 2014. Previously Citycon reported parking income within service charge income, but starting from current year part of gross rental income. The change has been applied also to the 2013 comparison figures.

4) Includes the value of unused building rights.

Sweden

The company's net rental income from Swedish operations decreased by EUR 0.9 million or 2.9% to EUR 29.8 million (EUR 30.7 million). Excluding the impact of the weakened Swedish krona, net rental income from the Swedish operations increased by EUR 0.7 million compared to corresponding period in 2013. Net rental income from like-for-like properties grew by EUR 0.8 million, or 3.2%, mainly thanks to improved net rental income from Liljeholmstorget Galleria. On the other hand, divestments reduced net rental income by EUR 0.4 million. The business unit accounted for 23.3% (24.2%) of Citycon's total net rental income. Net rental yield was 5.5% (5.7%).

At period-end, the Swedish property portfolio accounted for a total gross leasable area of 254,900 square metres (258,400 sq.m.). The gross leasable area decreased due to the divestment of one residential portfolio. The annualised potential rental value decreased to EUR 61.6 million due to the weakened Swedish krona.

Lease agreements started during the period applied to a GLA of 19,448 square metres (11,365 sq.m.) and ended lease agreements applied to 15,267 square metres (24,788 sq.m.). The average rent level for new lease agreements was lower than the average rent level for ended lease agreements due to new short term retail leases started during the third quarter of the year.

The average rent decreased to EUR 20.1/sq.m. due to the weakened Swedish krona. The economic occupancy rate increased to 95.9% (95.2%), due to improved occupancy rate e.g. in shopping centre Liljeholmstorget Galleria and Högdalen Centrum.

Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Q2/2014 Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Number of properties at the end of the period 11 11 11 11 11 0.0 11
Gross leasable area, sq.m. 254,900 258,400 254,600 254,900 258,400 -1.4 254,500
Annualised potential rental value, EUR million 1) 61.6 63.9 62.1 61.6 63.9 -3.6 63.5
Average rent (EUR/sq.m.) 20.1 20.7 20.4 20.1 20.7 -2.9 20.8
Number of leases started during the period 35 25 19 96 94 2.1 133
Total area of leases started, sq.m. 2) 6,569 2,883 3,256 19,448 11,365 71.1 16,780
Average rent of leases started (EUR/sq.m.) 2) 17.7 23.9 19.9 19.2 22.0 -12.7 21.3
Number of leases ended during the period 33 86 28 95 244 -61.1 529
Total area of leases ended, sq.m. 2) 4,814 3,015 3,096 15,267 24,788 -38.4 34,597
Average rent of leases ended (EUR/sq.m.) 2) 23.0 21.0 16.5 19.9 16.7 19.2 16.6
Occupancy rate at end of the period (economic), % 95.9 95.2 95.6 95.9 95.2 - 95.1
Average remaining length of lease portfolio at the end
of the period, years
2.9 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.7 7.4 2.8
Gross rental income, EUR million 3) 14.3 15.2 14.8 43.3 45.8 -5.6 60.5
Turnover, EUR million 15.0 15.8 15.4 45.2 47.8 -5.5 63.3
Net rental income, EUR million 10.2 10.6 10.4 29.8 30.7 -2.9 39.7
Net rental yield, % 4) 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.7 - 5.6
Net rental yield, like-for-like properties, % 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.6 - 5.5
Fair value of investment properties, EUR million 713.6 727.2 701.0 713.6 727.2 -1.9 720.1

Key figures, Sweden

1)  Annualised potential rental value for the portfolio includes annualised gross rent based on valid rent roll at the end of the period, market rent of vacant premises and rental income from turnover based contracts (estimate) and possible other rental income.

2) Leases started and ended do not necessarily refer to the same premises.

3) Citycon made an adjustment to its accounting policy related to parking income during the year 2014. Previously Citycon reported parking income within service charge income, but starting from current year part of gross rental income. The change has been applied also to the 2013 comparison figures.

4) Includes the value of unused building rights.

Baltic Countries and New Business

Net rental income from the Baltic Countries and New Business operations increased by EUR 2.1 million, or 10.9%, to EUR 21.1 million (EUR 19.0 million), mainly due to completions of the (re)development projects in Rocca al Mare and Kristiine shopping centres. The business unit accounted for 16.5% (15.0%) of Citycon's total net rental income. Net rental yield was 8.3% (8.3%).

At the period-end, the property portfolio in Baltic Countries and New Business accounted for a total gross leasable area of 135,500 square metres (134,400 sq.m.). The annualised potential rental value increased to EUR 34.3 million, mainly due to index increments and the completion of the Kristiine tenant fit-out project in the fourth quarter of 2013. The average rent increased to EUR 21.3/sq.m., mostly due to indexation and new lease agreements.

Lease agreements started during the period applied to a GLA of 3,973 square metres (16,614 sq.m.) and ended lease agreements applied to 4,277 square metres (14,786 sq.m.). The average rent level for new lease agreements was higher than average rent for the ended lease agreements mostly due to new retail leases started in the third quarter of 2014. The economic occupancy rate decreased to 99.1% (99.2%).

Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Q2/2014 Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Number of properties at the end of the period 5 5 5 5 5 - 5
Gross leasable area, sq.m. 135,500 134,400 135,500 135,500 134,400 0.8 135,400
Annualised potential rental value, EUR million 1) 34.3 31.9 33.0 34.3 31.9 7.5 32.1
Average rent (EUR/sq.m.) 21.3 20.0 20.4 21.3 20.0 6.5 19.8
Number of leases started during the period 9 36 10 33 73 -54.8 88
Total area of leases started, sq.m. 2) 1,064 7,567 962 3,973 16,614 -76.1 22,941
Average rent of leases started (EUR/sq.m.) 2) 49.6 13.1 41.2 33.6 17.2 95.3 16.7
Number of leases ended during the period 9 21 15 38 80 -52.5 90
Total area of leases ended, sq.m. 2) 942 1,127 1,252 4,277 14,786 -71.1 18,200
Average rent of leases ended (EUR/sq.m.) 2) 39.4 23.3 34.6 31.3 18.9 65.6 19.0
Occupancy rate at end of the period (economic), % 99.1 99.2 99.3 99.1 99.2 - 99.7
Average remaining length of lease portfolio at the end
of the period, years
3.4 3.3 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.3
Gross rental income, EUR million 8.4 7.6 8.2 24.8 22.5 10.1 30.4
Turnover, EUR million 9.4 8.7 9.2 27.9 25.8 8.4 34.9
Net rental income, EUR million 7.1 6.4 7.0 21.1 19.0 10.9 25.6
Net rental yield, % 8.3 8.3 8.2 8.3 8.3 - 8.2
Net rental yield, like-for-like properties, % 9.5 8.9 9.4 9.5 8.9 - 9.3
Fair value of investment properties, EUR million 355.0 334.8 350.9 355.0 334.8 6.0 342.2

Key figures, Baltic Countries and New Business

1)  Annualised potential rental value for the portfolio includes annualised gross rent based on valid rent roll at the end of the period, market rent of vacant premises and rental income from turnover based contracts (estimate) and possible other rental income.

2) Leases started and ended do not necessarily refer to the same premises.

Environmental Responsibility

Citycon's strategy is to be among the forerunners in sustainable shopping centre management. The location of Citycon's shopping centres in urban environments in growing cities and directly connected to public transportation, means that they are well positioned to face the demands of sustainable development.

Citycon continuously improves the energy efficiency of its shopping centres. The objective in 2014 is to continue to invest in measures that generate savings in consumption and costs, such as renewing lighting and lighting control solutions, or the greater use of frequency transformers and control in ventilation systems. Furthermore, Citycon ensures the continuous optimisation of adjustments and temperature settings for technical systems, in order to meet consumption and cost saving targets. By the end of September 2014, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy had granted energy support for energy saving measures in eight shopping centres covering 20–25%, or EUR 1,030,000 of the investment costs.

In its sustainability reporting, Citycon applies the construction and real estate sector specific (CRESS) guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative, as well as the guidelines published by EPRA in autumn 2011. The objectives, results and indicators for environmental responsibility are shown on pages 42 and 74–79 of the Annual and Sustainability Report 2013.

During the January–August period, electricity consumption saw a year-on-year decrease in like-for-like shopping centres in all of Citycon's operating countries. The decline in electricity consumption in like-for-like properties was around 4% in total. During the same time period, heating consumption in like-for-like properties decreased 15%, mainly due to the relatively warm weather in the beginning of the year.

Risks and Uncertainties

The company's core risks and uncertainties, along with its main risk management actions and principles, are described in detail on pages 58–59 of the Annual and Sustainability Report 2013 and on pages 53–56 of the Financial Statements 2013.

Citycon's Board of Directors believes there have been no material changes to the risks outlined in the Annual Report. The main risks are associated with property development projects, weaker economic development, rising operating expenses, environment and human related risks, decreasing fair values of investment properties and availability and cost of funding.

General Meetings

Annual General Meeting 2014

Citycon's Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in Helsinki, Finland, on 19 March 2014. The decisions made by the AGM are reported on the corporate website at www.citycon.com/agm2014. The AGM minutes are also available on this website.

Extraordinary General Meeting 2014

The Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of Citycon took place in Helsinki on 6 June 2014. The EGM decisions are reported on the corporate website at www.citycon.com/egm2014. Also the EGM minutes are available on this website.

Shares and Shareholders

At the period-end, Citycon had a total of 7,694 (8,789) registered shareholders, of which nine were account managers of nominee-registered shares. Nominee-registered and other international shareholders held 407.7 million (341.5 million) shares, or 68.7% (77.4%) of shares and voting rights in the company.

The company has a single series of shares, with each share entitling to one vote at general meeting of shareholders. The shares have no nominal value.

Information on shares and share capital

Q1–Q3/2014 Q1–Q3/2013 Change-% 2013
Low 2.46 2.12 16.0 2.12
High 2.92 2.67 9.4 2.67
Average 2.68 2.41 11.2 2.44
Latest 2.65 2.49 6.4 2.56
Market capitalisation at period-end, EUR million 1,572.3 1,098.8 43.1 1129.7
Share trading volume
Number of shares traded, million 67.2 88.7 -24.3 104.5
Value of shares traded, EUR million 180.2 214.1 -15.8 255.0
Share capital and shares
Share capital at period-start, EUR million 259.6 259.6 0.0 259.6
Share capital at period-end, EUR million 259.6 259.6 0.0 259.6
Number of shares at period-start, million 519.2 326.9 58.8 326.9
Number of shares at period-end, million 593.3 441.3 34.4 441.3

During the period, there were no changes in the company's share capital. Following the rights issue, the number of the company's shares increased by 74,166,052 shares on 9 July 2014. At the period-end the total number of shares outstanding in the company was 593,328,419.

Board authorisations

At the period-end, the Board of Directors had two authorisations granted by the general meeting:

  • Board of Directors may decide on an issuance of a maximum of 10 million shares or special rights entitling to shares referred to in Chapter 10 Section 1 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, which corresponded to approximately 1.69% of all the shares in the company at the period-end. The authorisation will be valid until the close of the next AGM, however, no longer than until 30 June 2015.
  • Board of Directors may decide on the repurchase and/or on the acceptance as pledge of the company's own shares in one or several tranches. The amount of own shares to be repurchased and/or accepted as pledge shall not exceed 20 million shares, which corresponded to approximately 3.37% of all the shares in the company at the period-end. The authorisation will be valid until the close of the next AGM, however, no longer than until 30 June 2015.

Own shares

During the reporting period, the company or its subsidiaries held no shares in the company.

Share-Related Events

Directed share issue

On 8 June 2014, Citycon's Board of Directors decided on a directed share issue and offered 77,874,355 new shares to CPPIBEH at a subscription price of EUR 2.65, pursuant to an authorisation granted by the EGM on 6 June 2014. The subscribed 77,874,355 shares were entered in the Finnish Trade Register on 10 June 2014 and trading in the new shares commenced on 11 June 2014. The directed issue shares represented approximately 17.6% of the total number of shares and voting rights in the company prior to the directed share issue, and approximately 15.0% of the total number of shares and voting rights in the company after the directed share issue. More information on the directed share issue is available in the stock exchange releases issued by the company in May and June 2014.

Rights issue

On 8 June 2014, Citycon's Board of Directors decided on a share issue and offered a maximum of 74,166,052 new shares based on shareholders' pre-emptive subscription right at a price of EUR 2.65 per share, pursuant to an authorisation granted by the EGM on 6 June 2014. The offered shares represented approximately 14.3% of the total shares and voting rights in the company prior to the rights issue and approximately 12.5% of the total shares and voting rights in the company after the rights issue. The subscription period began on 17 June and ended on 2 July 2014. All the offered 74,166,052 shares were subscribed for in the rights issue. The new shares were entered in the Finnish Trade Register on 9 July 2014 and public trading in the new shares commenced on 10 July 2014. More information on the rights issue is available in the stock exchange releases issued by the company in May, June and July 2014.

Flagging notices

The company did not receive any flagging notices during the period

Shareholder agreements

Gazit-Globe Ltd. and CPPIBEH have signed an agreement regarding certain governance matters relating to Citycon on 12 May 2014. More information on the agreement between Gazit Ltd. and CPPIBEH is available in the stock exchange release published by the company on 13 May 2014 and on the corporate website at

www.citycon.fi/for_investors/shares/shareholder_agreements.

The company has no knowledge of any other shareholder agreements.

Stock options 2011

The Board of Directors of Citycon Oyj decided on 3 May 2011, by virtue of an authorisation granted by the AGM held on 13 March 2007, to issue stock options to the key personnel of the company and its subsidiaries.

The maximum total number of stock options which can be issued is 7,250,000. As a consequence of the rights issue carried out in June–July 2014, the Board of Directors of the company has adjusted the subscription ratio and the subscription price of the 2011 stock options in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 2011 stock options. The adjustments to the terms and conditions of the 2011 stock options are effective as of 9 July 2014. At the period-end the subscription ratio of the stock options was 1.3446 (1.1765), thus, the stock options entitled their owners to subscribe for a maximum total of 9,748,350 (8,529,625) new shares in the company or existing shares held by the company. The stock options are marked with the symbols 2011A(I), 2011A(II) and 2011A(III); 2011B(I), 2011B(II) and 2011B(III); 2011C(I), 2011C(II) and 2011C(III); and 2011D(I), 2011D(II) and 2011D(III).

Share subscription prices, ratios and distributed stock options 2011 on 30 September 2014

Option category Subscription price,
EUR 1)
Subscription
ratio
Distributed
options
Number of shares
which can be
subscribed with the
distributed options
2011A–D(I) 2.7820 (2.8009) 1.3446 2,250,000 3,025,350
2011A–D(II) 2.8862 (2.9199) 1.3446 1,950,000 2,621,970
2011A–D(III) 2.3804 (2.3419) 1.3446 2,025,000 2,722,815
Total 6,225,000 8,370,135

1)  Each year, the per-share dividends and equity returns, differing from the company's normal practice, may be deducted from the share subscription price.

Share subscription period of the stock options 2011

Option category 2011A(I–III) 2011B(I–III) 2011C(I–III) 2011D(I–III)
Share subscription period begins 1 April 2012 1 April 2013 1 April 2014 1 April 2015
Share subscription period ends 31 March 2018 31 March 2018 31 March 2018 31 March 2018

The stock option plan 2011 is covered in more detail in the company's Financial Statements 2013. The terms and conditions of stock options 2011 in their entirety are available on the corporate website at www.citycon.com/options.

Helsinki, 15 October 2014 Citycon Oyj Board of Directors

Additional information:

Marcel Kokkeel CEO Tel. +358 20 766 4521 or +358 40 154 6760 [email protected]

Eero Sihvonen Executive Vice President and CFO Tel. +358 20 766 4459 or +358 50 557 9137 [email protected]

EPRA Performance Measures

EPRA (European Public Real Estate Association) is a common interest group for listed real estate companies in Europe. EPRA's mission is to promote, develop and represent the European publicly traded real estate sector. EPRA's objective is to strive for 'best practices' in accounting, financial reporting and corporate governance in order to provide highquality information to investors and to increase the comparability of different companies. Since 2006, Citycon has been applying the best practices policy recommendations of EPRA for financial reporting. This section in Citycon's financial results release presents the EPRA performance measures and their calculations. For more information about EPRA's performance measures is available in Citycon's Financial Statements 2013 under section 'EPRA Performance Measures'.

EPRA performance measures

Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Change-
%
Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
EPRA Earnings, EUR million 29.4 24.2 21.3 75.7 64.7 17.0 86.7
EPRA Earnings per share (basic), EUR 1) 0.050 0.055 -8.5 0.152 0.153 -0.9 0.203
EPRA Cost Ratio (including direct vacancy costs) (%) 2) 15.0 17.1 -12.5 19.4 21.5 -9.7 22.4
EPRA Cost Ratio (excluding direct vacancy costs) (%) 2) 13.1 15.9 -18.1 17.2 19.1 -10.0 20.0
EPRA NAV per share, EUR 3.01 3.09 -2.4 3.01 3.09 -2.4 3.13
EPRA NNNAV per share, EUR 2.65 2.69 -1.5 2.65 2.69 -1.5 2.78
EPRA Net Initial Yield (NIY) (%) 6.2 6.3 - 6.2 6.3 - 6.2
EPRA 'topped-up' NIY (%) 6.3 6.4 - 6.3 6.4 - 6.3
EPRA vacancy rate (%) 4.3 4.2 - 4.3 4.2 - 4.3

1)  Result per share key figures have been calculated with the issue-adjusted number of shares resulting from the directed share issue executed in June 2014 and rights issue executed in July 2014.

2) Citycon made an adjustment to its reporting of parking income during the year 2014. Previously Citycon reported parking income within service charge income, but starting from current year part of gross rental income. The change affects the calculation of EPRA Cost Ratios. The change has been applied also to the comparison periods.

The following tables present how EPRA Performance Measures are calculated.

1) EPRA Earnings

EPRA Earnings increased by EUR 11.0 million to EUR 75.7 million in the first nine months of 2014 from EUR 64.7 million in the corresponding period in 2013. The increase was mainly a result of EUR 8.8 million lower direct financial expenses resulting mainly from the lower amount of debt and lower average interest rate. In addition, the like-for-like net rental income developed positively and (re)development projects provided additional growth whereas direct administrative expenses decreased by EUR 0.9 million. EPRA Earnings per share (basic) came to EUR 0.152 compared to EUR 0.153 in the corresponding period in 2013, due to the higher number of shares.

Change-
%
Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
20.1 30.1 -33.3 61.3 52.1 17.7 94.9
-0.1 -6.3 -98.4 -13.5 -21.4 -37.1 -26.1
0.3 -0.7 -137.5 0.3 0.0 - -0.8
0.1 0.0 - 0.2 0.0 - -
13.2 - - 26.4 26.8 -1.6 27.0
-2.8 0.4 - -7.9 0.8 - 1.4
-1.9 0.5 - 4.9 4.7 4.8 -15.0
0.6 0.2 190.1 4.0 1.5 158.5 5.3
29.4 24.2 21.3 75.7 64.7 17.0 86.7
587.0 442.7 32.6 497.3 421.4 18.0 426.8
0.050 0.055 -8.5 0.152 0.153 -0.8 0.203
Q3/2014 Q3/2013

1)  Result per share key figures have been calculated with the issue-adjusted number of shares resulting from the directed share issue executed in June 2014 and rights issue executed in July 2014.

The table below presents an alternative calculation of EPRA Earnings from the statement of comprehensive income from top to bottom.

EUR million Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Change-
%
Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Net rental income 44.0 43.9 0.2 128.0 126.9 0.9 168.9
Direct administrative expenses -4.1 -4.7 -11.3 -14.2 -15.1 -5.7 -20.6
Direct other operating income and expenses 0.3 0.2 36.8 1.1 0.8 41.0 0.9
EPRA operating profit 40.2 39.5 1.8 114.9 112.6 2.0 149.1
Direct net financial income and expenses -10.9 -15.4 -29.2 -39.3 -48.1 -18.3 -63.0
Direct share of profit/loss of joint ventures 0.7 0.7 -9.4 1.6 2.2 -27.9 3.1
Direct current taxes -0.1 -0.2 -58.8 -0.4 -0.6 -33.7 -0.7
Change in direct deferred taxes 0.1 0.1 38.1 0.4 -0.2 - 0.1
Direct non-controlling interest -0.6 -0.4 32.5 -1.6 -1.3 18.5 -1.9
EPRA Earnings 29.4 24.2 21.3 75.7 64.7 17.0 86.7
EPRA Earnings per share (basic), EUR 1) 0.050 0.055 -8.5 0.152 0.153 -0.8 0.203

2) EPRA Cost Ratios

Citycon started to report EPRA Cost Ratios at year-end 2013. Both cost ratios improved compared to previous year. Citycon's EPRA Cost Ratio including direct vacancy costs was 19,4% in the first nine months of 2014, compared with 21,5% in the same period of the previous year. The improvement in the cost ratio resulted mainly from lower property operating expenses, net service charge costs and administrative expenses. EPRA Cost Ratio excluding direct vacancy costs was 17,2% compared with 19,1% a year earlier. The improvement was mainly due to lower EPRA Cost Ratio including direct vacancy costs as well as a higher occupancy rate.

EUR million Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Change-
%
Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Include:
Administrative expenses 1) 4.2 4.7 -10.5 14.4 15.1 -4.9 20.6
Property operating expenses and other expenses
from leasing operations less service charge costs 1)
12.0 12.6 -4.4 38.2 39.5 -3.4 53.0
Net service charge costs/fees 2) 3.2 3.5 -10.1 11.9 13.9 -13.9 18.2
Management fees less actual/estimated profit element -0.3 -0.2 36.8 -1.1 -0.8 41.0 -0.9
Other operating income/recharges intended
to cover costs less any related profit
-1.1 -1.1 1.6 -3.5 -3.4 3.5 -4.7
Share of joint venture expenses 1.1 2.1 -48.5 5.6 6.5 -13.5 10.2
Exclude:
Ground rent costs -0.5 -0.4 10.0 -1.4 -1.4 1.5 -1.8
Service charge costs recovered through rents
but not separately invoiced
-10.6 -10.9 -2.7 -31.7 -32.1 -1.1 -42.8
Share of joint venture investment property depreciation,
ground rent costs and service charge costs recovered
through rents but not separately invoiced
-0.2 -1.2 -86.0 -2.2 -3.6 -37.4 -4.6
EPRA Costs (including direct vacancy costs) (A) 7.7 8.9 -13.7 30.2 33.8 -10.8 47.3
Direct vacancy costs -1.0 -0.6 60.9 -3.4 -3.7 -8.3 -5.0
EPRA Costs (excluding direct vacancy costs) (B) 6.7 8.3 -19.2 26.8 30.1 -11.1 42.3
Gross rental income less ground rent costs 57.6 58.5 -1.5 173.3 175.6 -1.3 233.6
Less: service fee and service charge cost components
of Gross Rental Income
-10.6 -10.9 -2.7 -31.7 -32.1 -1.1 -42.8
Add: share of joint ventures (Gross rental income
less ground rent costs less service fees in GRI)
4.5 4.7 -3.2 14.0 14.0 0.4 20.3
Gross Rental Income (C) 2) 51.5 52.2 -1.4 155.6 157.5 -1.2 211.1
EPRA Cost Ratio (including direct vacancy costs) (A/C, %) 15.0 17.1 -12.5 19.4 21.5 -9.7 22.4
EPRA Cost Ratio (excluding direct vacancy costs) (B/C, %) 13.1 15.9 -18.1 17.2 19.1 -10.0 20.0

1)  Administrative expenses are net of costs capitalised of EUR 1.4 million in the first nine months of 2014, EUR 0.8 million in the corresponding period in 2013 and EUR 1.0 million in 2013. Citycon's policy is to capitalise, for example, expenses related to property development projects and major software development projects.

2) Citycon changed the reporting of certain parking income in the first quarter of 2014. Parking income has been previously partly reporting in service income but now all parking income has been classified as gross rental income. The change has been applied also to the 2013 comparison figures

3) EPRA NAV per Share and EPRA NNNAV per Share

EPRA NAV per share decreased by EUR 0.11 to EUR 3.01 (31 December 2013: EUR 3.13) mainly due to a higher number of shares as a result of two share issues as well as a lower fair value of financial instruments. EPRA NNNAV per share decreased by EUR 0.13 to EUR 2.65 (31 December 2013: EUR 2.78), due mainly to the reasons mentioned above and the increased difference between the secondary market price and fair value of bonds and capital loans.

30 September 2014
30 September 2013
Number of
Number of
31 December 2013
Number of
EUR
million
shares on the
balance sheet
date (1,000)
per
share,
EUR
EUR
million
shares on the
balance sheet
date (1,000)
per
share,
EUR
EUR
million
shares on the
balance sheet
date (1,000)
per
share,
EUR
Equity attributable to parent
company shareholders
1,644.2 593,328 2.77 1,197.9 441,288 2.71 1,236.2 441,288 2.80
Deferred taxes from the difference
of fair value and fiscal value
of investment properties 1)
135.8 593,328 0.23 142.8 441,288 0.32 120.1 441,288 0.27
Fair value of financial instruments 6.5 593,328 0.01 20.8 441,288 0.05 22.8 441,288 0.05
Net asset value (EPRA NAV) 1,786.6 593,328 3.01 1,361.5 441,288 3.09 1,379.1 441,288 3.13
Deferred taxes from the difference
of fair value and fiscal value
of investment properties 1)
-135.8 593,328 -0.23 -142.8 441,288 -0.32 -120.1 441,288 -0.27
The difference between the
secondary market price and fair
value of bonds and capital loans 2)
-73.5 593,328 -0.12 -11.3 441,288 -0.03 -9.6 441,288 -0.02
Fair value of financial instruments -6.5 593,328 -0.01 -20.8 441,288 -0.05 -22.8 441,288 -0.05
EPRA NNNAV 1,570.7 593,328 2.65 1,186.5 441,288 2.69 1,226.6 441,288 2.78

1)  Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014. The change has been applied also to comparison figures. 2) Secondary market price

When calculating the EPRA NNNAV in accordance with EPRA's recommendations, the shareholders' equity is adjusted using EPRA's guidelines so that bonds and capital loans are valued based on secondary market prices. In accordance with Citycon's accounting policies, the carrying amount and fair value of bonds and capital loans are different from this secondary market price. Due to this, in the calculation of this key figure the bond 1/2009, bond 1/2012 and bond 1/2013 have been valued using the price derived from the secondary market on the balance sheet date. The secondary market price for the bond 1/2009 was 100.86% (104.24%) and for bond 1/2012 108.09% (105.42%) and for bond 1/2013 111.03% (100.57%) as of 30 September 2014. The difference between the secondary market price and the fair value of the bonds and capital loans was EUR 73.5 million (EUR 11.3 million) as of 30 September 2014.

4) EPRA Net Initial Yield (NIY) (%) and EPRA 'Topped-Up' NIY (%)

EPRA Net Initial Yield and EPRA 'Topped-Up' NIY at the end of the third quarter decreased slightly from the comparison period. However EPRA NIY and EPRA 'Topped Up' NIY are not fully comparable due to property disposals and started and completed (re)development projects.

EUR million 30 September
2014
30 September
2013
31 December
2013
Fair value of investment properties determined by the external appraiser 2,752.1 2,733.7 2,729.6
Less (re)development properties, lots, unused building right and properties
which valuation is based on the value of the building right
-150.5 -68.1 -136.4
Completed property portfolio 2,601.7 2,665.6 2,593.2
Plus the estimated purchasers' transaction costs 58.7 59.8 58.6
Gross value of completed property portfolio (A) 2,660.4 2,725.4 2,651.8
Annualised gross rents for completed property portfolio 227.0 236.4 226.3
Property portfolio's operating expenses -62.2 -63.9 -60.9
Annualised net rents (B) 164.8 172.5 165.4
Plus the notional rent expiration of rent free periods or other lease incentives 2.3 2.0 2.4
Topped-up annualised net rents ( C) 167.1 174.5 167.8
EPRA Net Initial Yield (NIY) (%) (B/A) 6.2 6.3 6.2
EPRA 'Topped-Up' NIY (%) (C/A) 6.3 6.4 6.3

5) EPRA Vacancy Rate (%)

EPRA vacancy rate at the end of the third quarter increased mainly due to increased vacancy in the Finnish shopping centre properties.

EUR million 30 September
2014
30 September
2013
31 December
2013
Annualised potential rental value of vacant premises 10.3 10.0 10.2
./. Annualised potential rental value for the whole portfolio 235.9 240.0 237.6
EPRA vacancy rate (%) 4.3 4.2 4.3

Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 1 January–30 September 2014

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, IFRS

Change- Q1–Q3/ Q1–Q3/ Change-
EUR million Note Q3/2014 Q3/2013 % 2014 2013 % 2013
Gross rental income 1) 58.1 58.9 -1.4 174.7 176.9 -1.3 235.4
Service charge income 1) 3.3 3.2 3.4 9.9 9.6 2.2 13.2
Turnover 3 61.4 62.1 -1.1 184.5 186.6 -1.1 248.6
Property operating expenses 4 16.8 17.8 -5.7 55.4 58.8 -5.8 78.4
Other expenses from leasing operations 0.5 0.4 22.0 1.1 0.9 25.1 1.3
Net rental income 44.0 43.9 0.2 128.0 126.9 0.9 168.9
Administrative expenses
Other operating income and expenses
4.2
0.3
4.7
0.2
-10.5
36.8
14.4
1.1
15.1
0.8
-4.9
41.0
20.6
0.9
Net fair value gains/losses on investment
property 0.1 6.3 -98.4 13.5 21.4 -37.1 26.1
Net losses/gains on sale of investment
property
-0.3 0.7 -137.5 -0.3 0.0 - 0.8
Operating profit 40.0 46.5 -14.0 128.0 134.0 -4.5 176.0
Net financial income and expenses -24.1 -15.4 56.2 -65.7 -74.9 -12.3 -90.1
Share of profit/loss of joint ventures 3.4 0.3 - 9.5 1.4 - 1.7
Profit/loss before taxes 19.3 31.4 -38.4 71.8 60.4 18.8 87.6
Current taxes
Change in deferred taxes 2)
-0.1
1.9
-0.2
-0.5
-58.8
-
-0.4
-4.5
-0.6
-4.9
-33.7
-
-0.7
15.1
Profit/loss for the period 21.2 30.7 -31.0 66.9 55.0 21.7 102.0
Profit/loss attributable to
Parent company shareholders 20.1 30.1 -33.3 61.3 52.1 17.7 94.9
Non-controlling interest 1.1 0.6 80.6 5.6 2.9 93.8 7.1
Earnings per share attributable to parent
company shareholders 3)
Earnings per share (basic), EUR 5 0.03 0.07 - 0.12 0.12 -1.1 0.22
Earnings per share (diluted), EUR 5 0.03 0.07 - 0.12 0.12 -2.0 0.22
Other comprehensive income
Items that may be reclassified subsequently
to profit or loss
Net losses/gains on cash flow hedges 12.9 2.1 - 23.9 49.8 -52.1 49.4
Income taxes relating to cash flow hedges -2.6 -0.5 386.6 -4.8 -11.8 -59.4 -12.8
Share of other comprehensive income
of joint ventures -0.6 0.0 - -2.8 0.9 - 0.3
Exchange losses/gains on translating
foreign operations
-0.6 1.3 -144.8 -4.7 -0.7 - -3.0
Net other comprehensive income to be
reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent
periods
9.1 2.9 210.8 11.5 38.2 -69.8 33.9
Other comprehensive income for the period,
net of tax 9.1 2.9 210.8 11.5 38.2 -69.8 33.9
Total comprehensive profit/loss for the period 30.3 33.8 -10.2 78.4 93.2 -15.9 136.0
Total comprehensive profit/loss attributable to
Parent company shareholders 29.3 33.2 -11.7 73.0 90.4 -19.3 129.0
Non-controlling interest 1.0 0.6 78.0 5.5 2.8 93.6 7.0

1)  Citycon made an adjustment to its reporting of parking income during the year 2014. Previously Citycon reported parking income within service charge income, but starting from current year part of gross rental income. The change has been applied also to the 2013 comparison periods.

2) Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

3) Result per share key figures have been calculated with the issue-adjusted number of shares resulting from the directed share issue executed in June 2014 and rights issue executed in July 2014.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, IFRS

EUR million
Assets
Non-current assets
Investment properties
6
2,759.0
2,739.4
Investments in joint ventures
172.9
153.6
Intangible assets and property, plant and equipment
4.6
2.9
Deferred tax assets
8.3
14.2
Total non-current assets
2,944.7
2,910.1
Investment properties held for sale
7
7.7
6.1
Current assets
Derivative financial instruments
9, 10
2.7
-
Trade and other receivables
23.0
26.8
Cash and cash equivalents
8
116.1
25.0
Total current assets
141.8
51.8
Total assets
3,094.1
2,968.0
Liabilities and shareholders' Equity
Equity attributable to parent company shareholders
Share capital
259.6
259.6
Share premium fund
131.1
131.1
Fair value reserve
-6.5
-20.8
Invested unrestricted equity fund
11
841.3
493.1
Retained earnings
11
418.8
334.9
Total equity attributable to parent company shareholders
1,644.2
1,197.9
Non-controlling interest
48.0
38.4
Total shareholders' equity
1,692.2
1,236.3
Long-term liabilities
Loans
12
1,102.3
1,461.1
Derivative financial instruments and other
non-interest bearing liabilities
9, 10
18.6
29.2
Deferred tax liabilities 1)
125.0
141.4
Total long-term liabilities
1,245.9
1,631.7
30 September 30 September
Note 2014 2013 31 December 2013
2,733.5
150.7
2.9
9.1
2,896.2
2.3
2.4
34.0
38.0
74.5
2,973.0
259.6
131.1
-22.8
493.0
375.3
1,236.2
42.6
1,278.8
1,317.5
27.9
117.1
1,462.5
Short-term liabilities
Loans
12
91.7
29.2
144.9
Derivate financial instruments
9, 10
1.3
7.0
5.2
Trade and other payables
63.1
63.9
81.5
Total short-term liabilities
156.1
100.0
231.7
Total liabilities
1,401.9
1,731.7
1,694.2
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
3,094.1
2,968.0
2,973.0

1)  Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, IFRS

EUR million Note Q1–Q3/2014 Q1–Q3/2013 2013
Cash flow from operating activities
Profit before taxes 71.8 60.4 87.6
Adjustments 43.8 53.2 62.5
Cash flow before change in working capital 115.6 113.6 150.2
Change in working capital 6.1 -14.2 -4.5
Cash generated from operations 1) 121.7 99.5 145.6
Paid interest and other financial charges -58.8 -74.1 -87.0
Interest income and other financial income received 0.1 0.2 0.2
Taxes paid/received -0.7 -0.7 -0.7
Net cash from operating activities 1) 62.4 24.9 58.1
Cash flow from investing activities
Acquisition of subsidiaries, less cash acquired 6.7 - -1.7 -2.0
Capital expenditure on investment properties,
investments in joint ventures, intangible assets and PP&E 6.7 -77.4 -202.0 -226.6
Sale of investment properties 6.7 11.2 40.0 60.2
Net cash used in/from investing activities -66.3 -163.7 -168.4
Cash flow from financing activities
Proceeds from rights and share issue 401.2 196.0 196.0
Proceeds from short-term loans 12 145.0 96.7 96.7
Repayments of short-term loans 12 -127.5 -170.5 -228.9
Proceeds from long-term loans 12 0.5 607.9 612.4
Repayments of long-term loans 12 -281.6 -561.1 -527.7
Dividends and return from the invested
unrestricted equity fund
11 -66.3 -49.1 -49.0
Realized exchange rate losses 1) 11.3 -6.9 -1.5
Net cash from/used in financing activities 1) 82.6 113.0 97.9
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 78.7 -25.9 -12.3
Cash and cash equivalents at period-start 8 38.0 51.0 51.0
Effects of exchange rate changes -0.5 -0.1 -0.6
Cash and cash equivalents at period-end 8 116.1 25.0 38.0

1)  Citycon changed the reporting of cash flows in the first quarter of 2014. Realised exchange rate gains and losses have been moved from net cash flow from operating activities to net cash flow from financing activities. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity, IFRS

Equity attributable to parent company shareholders Equity
EUR million Share
capital
Share
premium
fund
Fair
value
reserve
Invested
un
restricted
equity fund
Translation
reserve
Retained
earnings
attributable
to parent
company
share
holders
Non-con
trolling
interest
Share
holders'
equity,
total
Balance at 1 January 2013 1) 259.6 131.1 -59.8 333.0 -7.3 303.2 959.9 35.6 995.4
Total comprehensive profit/
loss for the period
39.0 -0.7 52.1 90.4 2.8 93.2
Share issues 200.2 200.2 200.2
Arrangement fee for share
issues
-4.2 -4.2 -4.2
Dividends and return from
the invested unrestricted
equity fund (Note 11)
-36.0 -13.1 -49.0 -49.0
Share-based payments 0.7 0.7 0.7
Balance at 30 September 2013 259.6 131.1 -20.8 493.1 -8.0 342.9 1,197.9 38.4 1,236.3
Balance at 1 January 2014 1) 259.6 131.1 -22.8 493.0 -10.3 385.6 1,236.2 42.6 1,278.8
Total comprehensive profit/
loss for the period
16.3 -4.6 61.3 73.0 5.5 78.4
Share issues 402.9 402.9 402.9
Arrangement fee for share
issues
-1.8 -1.8 -1.8
Dividends and return from
the invested unrestricted
equity fund (Note 11)
-53.0 -13.2 -66.2 -66.2
Share-based payments 0.3 0.3 0.3
Balance at 30 September 2014 259.6 131.1 -6.5 841.3 -14.9 433.8 1,644.2 48.0 1,692.2

1) Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Basic Company Data

Citycon is a real estate company specialised in retail premises. Citycon operates in the business units Finland, Sweden and the Baltic Countries and New Business. Citycon is a Finnish public limited liability company established under the Finnish law and domiciled in Helsinki. The Board of Directors has approved the interim financial statements on 15 October 2014.

2. Basis of Preparation and Accounting Policies

Citycon prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The interim financial statements for the nine month period ended on 30 September 2014 have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting. The figures are unaudited.

Citycon has not adopted IFRIC 21 Levies interpretation (effective on 1 January 2014). The EU approved the interpretation in June 2014 to be applied latest in the financial year starting on or after 17 June 2014. Citycon has decided to apply the interpretation as of 1 January 2015. The interpretation may change the way the company reports property taxes in the interim reports.

Citycon changed the reporting of cash flows in the first quarter of 2014. Realised exchange rate gains and losses have been moved from net cash flow from operating activities to net cash flow from financing activities. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes according to IFRS Interpretations Committee desicion 15–16 July 2014 in the third quarter of 2014. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are calculated from the difference between the properties' fair value and residual tax value of the underlying asset. The change has been applied also to comparison figures. The impact of the change on deferred tax liabilities was EUR 59.4 million, on total shareholders' equity EUR -64.0 million and on profit for the period EUR 4.6 million on investment properties as at 31.12.2013. The impact of the change on deferred tax liabilities was EUR 64,4 million and on total shareholders' equity was EUR -64.4 million on investment properties as at 1.1.2013.

Additional information on the accounting policies are available in Citycon's Financial Statements 2013 under the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements: in Note 1 'Accounting policies'.

3. Segment Information

Citycon's business consists of the regional business units Finland, Sweden and Baltic Countries and New Business.

In Citycon's reporting, Kista Galleria is treated as a joint venture and the shopping centre's result or fair value will not impact on the turnover, net rental income or fair value of investment properties of the group. Kista Galleria is consolidated in Citycon's financial statements based on the equity method, meaning that Citycon's share of Kista Galleria's profit for the period is recognised in the line 'Share of result in joint ventures' in the statement of comprehensive income and Citycon's share of Kista Galleria's total assets is recognised in the line 'Investments in joint ventures' in the statement of financial position. In addition, the management fee received by Citycon is reported in the line 'other operating income and expenses' and the interest income on the shareholder loan is reported in 'net financial income and expenses'. Kista Galleria contributed to the IFRS based profit for the period by approximately EUR 15.0 million in Q1–Q3. Citycon's management and Board of Directors also follow the performance of Kista Galleria as if it were fully consolidated with Citycon's net rental income and operating profit. Therefore, in the segment information numbers of Sweden are presented with (Segments) and without (IFRS) Kista Galleria.

EUR million Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Change-
%
Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Turnover
Finland 37.0 37.6 -1.7 111.4 113.0 -1.4 150.4
Sweden 25.0 26.9 -7.1 76.1 81.2 -6.3 107.8
Baltic Countries and New Business 9.4 8.7 8.7 27.9 25.8 8.4 34.9
Total Segments 71.4 73.2 -2.5 215.4 220.0 -2.1 293.1
Reconciliation to IFRS -10.0 -11.1 -9.9 -30.9 -33.4 -7.5 -44.5
Total IFRS 61.4 62.1 -1.1 184.5 186.6 -1.1 248.6
Sweden IFRS 15.0 15.8 -5.2 45.2 47.8 -5.5 63.3
Net rental income
Finland 26.7 26.8 -0.1 77.1 77.2 -0.1 103.5
Sweden 17.6 18.7 -5.9 52.1 54.5 -4.5 71.7
Baltic Countries and New Business 7.1 6.4 11.8 21.1 19.0 10.9 25.6
Total Segments 51.5 51.9 -0.7 150.3 150.7 -0.3 200.9
Reconciliation to IFRS -7.5 -8.1 -7.5 -22.2 -23.8 -6.4 -32.0
Total IFRS 44.0 43.9 0.2 128.0 126.9 0.9 168.9
Sweden IFRS 10.2 10.6 -4.6 29.8 30.7 -2.9 39.7
EPRA Operating profit
Finland 26.3 26.3 -0.1 75.6 75.0 0.9 100.3
Sweden 16.8 17.4 -3.4 49.1 50.3 -2.4 65.6
Baltic Countries and New Business 6.9 6.2 12.2 20.5 18.4 11.3 24.8
Other -2.6 -2.8 -8.4 -9.1 -8.9 2.5 -12.0
Total Segments 47.4 47.1 0.8 136.2 134.9 1.0 178.7
Reconciliation to IFRS -7.2 -7.6 -4.8 -21.2 -22.2 -4.4 -29.6
Total IFRS 40.2 39.5 1.8 114.9 112.6 2.0 149.1
Sweden IFRS 9.6 9.8 -2.3 27.9 28.1 -0.9 36.0
Net fair value losses/gains on investment property
Finland -9.2 -2.1 - -7.5 8.7 -186.1 2.3
Sweden 13.5 0.2 - 32.0 3.9 - 10.9
Baltic Countries and New Business 4.0 8.5 -53.0 12.5 10.9 14.7 15.8
Total Segments 8.3 6.6 25.8 37.0 23.5 57.5 28.9
Reconciliation to IFRS -8.2 -0.3 - -23.5 -2.1 - -2.8
Total IFRS 0.1 6.3 -98.4 13.5 21.4 -37.1 26.1
Sweden IFRS 5.3 0.0 - 8.5 1.8 375.7 8.1
Operating profit/loss
Finland 16.8 24.4 -31.0 67.9 83.8 -19.0 102.4
Sweden 30.3 18.1 67.3 80.9 54.0 49.8 77.5
Baltic Countries and New Business 10.9 14.6 -25.6 33.0 29.3 12.6 40.6
Other -2.6 -2.8 -8.4 -9.1 -8.9 2.4 -12.0
Total Segments 55.4 54.4 1.8 172.7 158.3 9.1 208.4
Reconciliation to IFRS -15.4 -7.9 95.8 -44.8 -24.3 84.2 -32.4
Total IFRS 40.0 46.5 -14.0 128.0 134.0 -4.5 176.0
Sweden IFRS 14.9 10.2 45.4 36.2 29.7 21.7 45.1
30 September 30 September
EUR million 2014 2013 Change-% 31 December 2013
Assets
Finland 1,700.4 1,684.6 0.9 1,690.1
Sweden 1,293.7 1,286.0 0.6 1,271.2
Baltic Countries and New Business 356.5 335.6 6.2 343.2
Other 305.2 210.0 45.4 203.7
Total Segments 3,655.9 3,516.1 4.0 3,508.2
Reconciliation to IFRS -561.8 -547.9 2.5 -535.2
Total IFRS 3,094.1 2,968.0 4.2 2,973.0
Sweden IFRS 731.9 738.0 -0.8 736.0
Liabilities
Finland 10.0 12.6 -20.5 15.5
Sweden 35.3 34.9 1.1 49.3
Baltic Countries and New Business 21.3 20.7 3.1 21.0
Other 1,355.3 1,680.2 -19.3 1,625.8
Total Segments 1,422.0 1,748.5 -18.7 1,711.6
Reconciliation to IFRS -20.1 -16.7 20.4 -17.5
Total IFRS 1,401.9 1,731.7 -19.0 1,694.2
Sweden IFRS 15.2 18.2 -16.5 31.8

The change in segment assets was due to the fair value changes in investment properties as well as investments and disposals.

4. Property Operating Expenses

EUR million Q3/2014 Q3/2013 Change-
%
Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Heating and electricity expenses 4.9 5.2 -6.0 17.1 18.9 -9.8 25.1
Maintenance expenses 5.7 6.3 -9.8 17.8 19.0 -6.5 25.4
Land lease fees and other rents 0.5 0.4 10.0 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.8
Property personnel expenses 0.6 0.6 -3.8 1.9 2.0 -1.8 2.7
Administrative and management fees 0.5 0.8 -28.5 1.8 2.2 -19.0 3.1
Marketing expenses 1.2 1.0 10.4 3.7 3.6 1.8 5.6
Property insurances 0.1 0.1 2.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5
Property taxes 1.9 1.9 0.4 5.6 5.5 0.9 7.1
Repair expenses 1.2 1.2 -1.1 5.1 5.4 -4.8 6.7
Other property operating expenses 0.2 0.1 113.7 0.6 0.3 84.4 0.5
Total 16.8 17.8 -5.7 55.4 58.8 -5.8 78.4

Two properties generated no income during the first nine months of 2014 ( in 2013 two properties ), while these generated expenses of EUR 0.0 million (EUR 0.1 million)

5. Earnings per Share

Q1–Q3/
2014
Q1–Q3/
2013
Change-
%
2013
Earnings per share, basic
Profit/loss attributable to parent company shareholders, EUR million 61.3 52.1 17.7 94.9
Issue-adjusted average number of shares, million 1) 497.3 421.4 18.0 426.8
Earnings per share (basic), EUR 1) 0.12 0.12 -0.3 0.22
Earnings per share, diluted
Profit/loss attributable to parent company shareholders, EUR million 61.3 52.1 17.7 94.9
Expenses from convertible capital loan, the tax effect deducted (EUR million) - 1.3 - 1.3
Profit/loss used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share (EUR million) 61.3 53.4 14.8 96.2
Issue-adjusted average number of shares, million 1) 497.3 421.4 18.0 426.8
Convertible capital loan impact, million - 8.1 - 6.0
Adjustment for stock options, million 1.4 - - -
Average number of shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share, million 498.8 429.5 16.1 432.8
Earnings per share (diluted), EUR 1) 0.12 0.12 -1.2 0.22

1)  Result per share key figures have been calculated with the issue-adjusted number of shares resulting from the directed share issue executed in June 2014 and rights issue executed in July 2014.

6. Investment Properties

Citycon divides its investment properties into two categories: Investment Properties Under Construction (IPUC) and Operative Investment Properties. On 30 September 2014, the first mentioned category included IsoKristiina in Finland, as well as Stenungs Torg in Sweden. On 30 September 2013, the first mentioned category included IsoKristiina in Finland.

IPUC-category includes the fair value of the whole property even though only part of the property may be under construction.

30 September 2014 Investment properties
under construction
Operative
investment
Investment
properties,
EUR million (IPUC) properties total
At period-start 96.6 2,636.8 2,733.5
Investments 20.0 28.9 48.9
Disposals - -8.8 -8.8
Capitalized interest 0.8 1.4 2.3
Fair value gains on investment property 2.9 43.5 46.4
Fair value losses on investment property - -33.0 -33.0
Exchange differences -2.1 -20.5 -22.6
Transfers between items -5.7 -2.0 -7.7
At period-end 112.6 2,646.4 2,759.0
30 September 2013 Investment properties Operative Investment
EUR million under construction
(IPUC)
investment
properties
properties,
total
At period-start 195.7 2,518.5 2,714.2
Acquisitions 1.5 0.3 1.7
Investments 7.3 40.4 47.7
Disposals -18.2 -1.8 -20.0
Capitalized interest 0.2 1.6 1.8
Fair value gains on investment property - 44.9 44.9
Fair value losses on investment property -0.4 -23.2 -23.6
Exchange differences - -6.4 -6.4
Transfers between items -159.0 138.0 -21.1
At period-end 27.0 2,712.4 2,739.4
31 December 2013 Investment properties Operative Investment
EUR million under construction
(IPUC)
investment
properties
properties,
total
At period-start 195.7 2,518.5 2,714.2
Acquisitions 1.5 0.5 2.0
Investments 8.3 64.6 72.9
Disposals -18.3 -18.7 -37.0
Capitalized interest 0.2 2.5 2.6
Fair value gains on investment property 0.3 61.0 61.2
Fair value losses on investment property -0.4 -34.8 -35.2
Exchange differences -0.6 -22.5 -23.1
Transfers between items -92.2 68.0 -24.2
At period-end 94.4 2,639.0 2,733.5

An external professional appraiser has conducted the valuation of the company's investment properties with a net rental income based cash flow analysis. Market rents, occupancy rate, operating expenses and yield requirement form the key variables used in the cash flow analysis. The segments' yield requirements and market rents used by the external appraiser in the cash flow analysis were as follows:

Weighted average yield requirement, % Weighted average market rents, EUR/m²
30 September
2014
30 September
2013
31 December
2013
30 September
2014
30 September
2013
31 December
2013
Finland 6.1 6.2 6.2 26.6 26.1 26.4
Sweden 5.8 5.9 5.9 24.9 25.8 25.3
Baltic Countries and New Business 7.3 7.6 7.3 20.4 20.4 20.4
Average 6.2 6.3 6.3 25.4 25.3 25.3

7. Investment Properties Held for Sale

On 30 September 2014, the Investment Properties Held for Sale comprised residential units in Stenungs Torg in Sweden and one residential property in Finland. These transactions are expected to be finalised during last quarter in 2014. On 31 December 2013, the Investment Properties Held for Sale comprised one property located in Finland. This transaction was finalised February 2014.

EUR million 30 September 2014 30 September 2013 31 December 2013
At period-start 2.3 5.4 5.4
Disposals -2.3 -20.2 -15.2
Exchange differences 0.0 0.0 -
Transfers from investment properties 7.7 21.0 12.1
At period-end 7.7 6.1 2.3

8. Cash and Cash Equivalents

EUR million 30 September 2014 30 September 2013 31 December 2013
Cash in hand and at bank 116.1 25.0 38.0
Other bank deposits 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total 116.1 25.0 38.0

Cash and cash equivalents in the cash flow statement comprise the items presented above. Other bank deposits consists of pledged cash accounts related to rental guarantees and redevelopment projects.

9. Fair Values of Financial Assets and Liabilities

Classification of financial instruments and their carrying amounts and fair values

30 September 2014 30 September 2013 31 December 2013
EUR million Carrying
amount
Fair
value
Carrying
amount
Fair
value
Carrying
amount
Fair
value
I Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss
Derivative financial instruments 2.7 2.7 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4
Financial liabilities
I Financial liabilities amortised at cost
Loans
Loans from financial institutions 537.1 539.3 834.3 838.0 806.1 809.6
Bond 1/2009 23.1 23.1 23.0 23.1 23.0 23.1
Bond 1/2012 138.1 138.4 138.0 138.4 138.0 138.4
Bond 1/2013 495.5 500.0 495.0 500.0 495.0 500.0
II Financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss
Derivative financial instruments 14.1 14.1 6.5 6.5 3.4 3.4
III Derivative contracts under hedge accounting
Derivative financial instruments 5.0 5.0 28.8 28.8 28.9 28.9

The principles for determining the fair values of financial instruments

Citycon applies IFRS valuation principles when determining the fair value of financial instruments. The following presents the principles for determining the fair values of all financial assets and liabilities.

Derivative financial instruments

Derivative financial instruments are initially measured at cost in the statement of financial position and subsequently re-measured at their fair value on each balance-sheet date. The fair value of interest rate swaps is calculated using the present value of estimated future cash flows. The fair value of Citycon's interest rate derivatives is determined by the counterparty banks based on customary valuation techniques used by market participants in the OTC derivative market. An interest rate curve is determined based on observable market rates. The curve is used to determine future interest payments, which are then discounted to present value.

The fair value of a forward agreement is based on the difference between the exchange rate of the agreement and the prevailing exchange rate fixing on each balance-sheet date as well as the currency basis spreads between the respective currencies. The fair value of derivative financial instruments is the estimated amount that Citycon would receive or pay to settle the related agreements.

The fair value of foreign exchange derivative contracts is based on quoted market prices.

The fair value of both interest rate and foreign exchange derivative financial instruments corresponds to level 2 of the fair value hierarchy according to IFRS13.72-90. For financial instruments that are recognised at fair value on a recurring basis, Citycon determines whether transfers have occurred between levels in the hierarchy by re-assessing categorisation (based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a whole) at the end of each reporting period. During the period there was no transfers between the levels of the fair value hierarchy.

Loans from financial institutions

Citycon's loans from financial institutions are floating rate loans which have a fair value equal to the nominal amount of the loan. The difference between the fair value and carrying amount is the unamortised capitalised arrangement fees of the loans. The fair value of loans from financial institutions corresponds to level 2 according to IFRS13.72-90.

Bond 1/2009, bond 1/2012 and bond 1/2013

The bonds 1/2009, 1/2012 and 1/2013 are fixed rate loans which has fair values equal to the nominal amount of the loans. The difference between the fair value and carrying amount is the unamortised capitalised arrangement fees for the bonds and for the 1/2013 bond also the unamortised reoffer discount. The fair value of the bonds corresponds to level 1 according to IFRS13.72-90.

10. Derivative Financial Instruments

30 September 2014 30 September 2013 31 December 2013
EUR million Nominal
amount
Fair
value
Nominal
amount
Fair
value
Nominal
amount
Fair
value
Interest rate derivatives
Interest rate swaps
Maturity:
less than 1 year 80.4 -0.3 25.0 -0.5 108.0 -1.8
1−2 years 32.8 -1.2 134.9 -3.5 65.0 -2.6
2−3 years 27.3 -1.0 49.7 -1.8 162.1 -9.4
3−4 years 187.5 -15.6 157.1 -9.6 140.3 -9.1
4−5 years - - 188.5 -13.3 100.7 -6.1
over 5 years - - 28.9 -0.2 - -
Subtotal 328.0 -18.1 584.0 -28.8 576.1 -28.9
Foreign exchange derivatives
Forward agreements
Maturity:
less than 1 year 313.2 1.7 437.2 -6.5 421.9 -0.9
Total 641.2 -16.4 1,021.2 -35.3 997.9 -29.8

The fair value of derivative financial instruments represents the market value of the instrument with prices prevailing at the end of the period. Derivative financial instruments are used in hedging the interest rate risk of the interest bearing liabilities and foreign currency risk.

The fair values include foreign exchange rate gain of EUR 2.2 million (loss EUR 5.5 million) which is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income under net financial income and expenses.

Hedge accounting is applied for interest rate swaps which have nominal amount of EUR 60.1 million (EUR 584.0 million). The change in fair values of these derivatives (net of taxes), EUR 19.1 million (EUR 38.0 million) is recognised under other comprehensive income, taking the tax effect into account. In addition, EUR -2.8 million (EUR 0.9 million) have been recognised in 'Share of other comprehensive income of joint ventures'from interest rate swaps hedging the Kista Galleria loan.

At the end of Q3 2014 the company also held interest rate derivatives to a nominal amount of EUR 267.8 million which are no longer under hedge accounting because they will be closed during October 2014. The fair value of these interest rate derivatives amounted to EUR -13.1 million.

11. Dividends and Return from the Invested Unrestricted Equity Fund

In accordance with the proposal by the Board of Directors, the Annual General Meeting held on 19 March 2014 decided on a dividend of EUR 0.03 per share for the financial year 2013 (EUR 0.04 for the financial year 2012) and EUR 0.12 per share was decided to be returned from the invested unrestricted equity fund (EUR 0.11 for the financial year 2012). Dividend and equity return of EUR 66.2 million in total for the financial year 2013 (EUR 49.0 million for the financial year 2012) were paid on 31 March 2014.

12. Loans

During the second quarter of 2014 the company repaid commercial paper for an amount of EUR 34.0 million.

During the period, repayments and prepayments of bank term loans debt amounting to EUR 75.0 million were made with the proceeds from the rights issue finalised in July and in line with repayment terms.

On top of the financial covenants, Citycon's debt financing agreements have other customary restrictive clauses. These include negative-pledge and change-of-control clauses. With respect to the negative pledge, Citycon's loan agreements limit the maximum amount of secured indebtedness to 7.5% of the total financial indebtedness of the group. Change of control provisions are associated with a situation wherein a person or group of persons acting in concert would hold more than 50% of the voting rights of Citycon and such change of control would, (i) in respect of the debt financing agreements, impose an obligation for the company to commence negotiations with the relevant lenders on an alternative basis for the continuation of financing or, alternatively, to repay the loans in question and, (ii) in respect of the debt securities, entitle the debt security holders to require the company to redeem such securities. Both clauses are subject to the applicable grace periods and possible waivers.

13. Contingent Liabilities

EUR million 30 September 2014 30 September 2013 31 December 2013
Mortgages on land and buildings - 10.7 10.3
Bank guarantees 52.0 74.3 79.5
Capital commitments 183.1 242.2 213.8

On 30 September 2014, Citycon had capital commitments of EUR 183.1 million (EUR 242.2 million) relating mainly to on-going (re)development projects.

Citycon owns 50% of Kista Galleria joint venture. Shares in the joint venture have been pledged as security for the loans of the joint venture.

14. Related Party Transactions

Citycon Group's related parties comprise the parent company Citycon Oyj and its subsidiaries, associated companies, minority companies; Board members; CEO; Corporate Management Committee members; and Gazit-Globe Ltd., whose shareholding in Citycon Oyj accounted for 42.2% on 30 September 2014 (30 September 2013: 49.3%).

During the first nine months of 2014 and 2013, Citycon had the following significant transactions with Gazit-globe Ltd.:

Rights issue 2014 and 2013

Citycon Oyj issued approximately 74 million new shares in a rights issue in June–July 2014. The gross proceeds raised by Citycon Oyj in the rights issue were approximately EUR 196.5 million. Gazit-Globe Ltd. subscribed for approximately 33.0 million shares in the rights issue. During the comparison period, Citycon Oyj issued approximately 114 million new shares in a rights issue (March 2013), raising approximately EUR 200 million gross proceeds in new equity. Gazit-Globe Ltd. subscribed for 56.1 million shares in this rights issue.

Purchases of services

Citycon has paid expenses of EUR 0.0 million (EUR 0.0. million) to Gazit-Globe Ltd. and its subsidiaries and invoiced expenses of EUR 0.0 million (EUR 0.2 million) forward to Gazit-Globe Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

15. Key Figures

Q1–Q3/2014 Q1–Q3/2013 Change-% 2013
Operating profit, EUR million 128.0 134.0 -4.5 176.0
% of turnover 69.4 71.8 70.8
Profit/loss before taxes, EUR million 71.8 60.4 18.8 87.6
Earnings per share (diluted), EUR 1) 0.12 0.12 -1.2 0.22
Equity per share, EUR 2.77 2.71 2.1 2.80
Loan to Value (LTV), % 2) 3) 36.7 50.5 - 49.3
Net interest-bearing debt (fair value), EUR million 1,084.8 1,474.5 -26.4 1,433.3
Personnel (at the end of the period) 152 125 21.6 127

1)  Result per share key figures have been calculated with the issue-adjusted number of shares resulting from the directed share issue to be executed in June 2014 and rights issue executed in July 2014.

2) Citycon changed the reporting of LTV in the first quarter of 2014 by including also 'Investments in joint ventures' in the investment properties. The change has been applied also to the comparison periods.

3) Citycon amended its accounting policy regarding deferred taxes in the third quarter of 2014 which also impacts LTV. The change has been applied also to comparison figures.

The formulas for key figures can be found from the 2013 annual financial statements.

Report on Review of Citycon Oyj's Interim Financial Information for the period January 1–September 30 2014

To the Board of Directors of Citycon Oyj

Introduction

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated condensed statement of financial position of Citycon Oyj as of September 30, 2014 and the related condensed statement of comprehensive income, condensed statement of changes in shareholders' equity, and condensed cash flow statement for the nine-month period then ended, and explanatory notes prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU. The Board of Directors and the Managing Director are responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of interim financial information in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU and in accordance with other laws and regulations governing the preparation of the interim financial information in Finland. Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on this interim financial information based on our review.

Scope of Review

We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements ISRE 2410, "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity." A review of interim financial information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with Standards on Auditing and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying interim financial information does not give a true and fair view of the financial position of the entity as at September 30, 2014, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the nine-month period then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the EU and in accordance with other laws and regulations governing the preparation of the interim financial information in Finland.

October 15, 2014

ERNST & YOUNG OY Authorized Public Accountants

Mikko Rytilahti, Authorized Public Accountant

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