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Covivio — Earnings Release 2008
Oct 28, 2008
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Paris, 28 October 2008
Press Release
Foncière des Régions undertakes its first sales transaction (€ 95.1m) with an OPCI, confirming its 2008 sales targets and continuing its process of deleveraging
First transactions with an OPCI
Foncière des Régions has signed a sales agreement, with Technical Property Fund 1, OPCI1 of the BNP Paribas REIM Group, for the disposal of 30 office assets for €95.1m excluding transfer tax. The portfolio, consisting of 98,916 m2 of office assets located mainly outside Paris region, is leased to France Telecom. The sale will be finalised before the end of 2008.
Foncière des Régions is pleased to announce its first transaction structured with an OPCI, enabling the company to continue to recycle capital. It also demonstrates investor interest in assets in the French regional market that are leased to a good quality tenant.
Foncière des Régions will closely monitor changes in the OPCI market so that additional opportunities can be taken advantage of.
Disposals: 2008 target confirmed
In spite of more difficult market conditions, since September 2008 Foncière des Régions has
successfully continued to sale assets. Sales signed to date total €686m, an increase of 67% since H1 2008 results (€411m as at the end of July). Including this transaction of €95.1m sales agreements amount €410m of which more than €320m should be completed by the end of 2008. On average, these transactions have been done 7% above the appraised values as at the end of 2007.
In total, with other negotiations now underway, sales and sales agreements at the end of the year should total € 1.2 to 1.3 billion.
The disposal plan enables Foncière des Régions to continue to reduce its Net Debt in 2008 and in 2009.
Changes in 2008 disposals programme since the end of July 2008
| in millions of € | Disposals | Sales agreements |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H1 2008 activity2 | Consolidated | 459 | 704 | 1 163 |
| Group share | 411 | 585 | 996 | |
| 2008 activity (at 27 October 2008) | Consolidated | 766 | 535 | 1 301 |
| Group share | 686 | 410 | 1 096 | |
| Variation vs. H1 2008 | Group share | + 67% | - 30% |
+ 10% |
1 Organisme de Placement Collectif Immobilier (New category of non-listed French open-ended funds) 2 Updated at the analysts' meeting of 28 July
Distribution of disposal programme by activity
| Offices - France Consolidated Consolidated Group share Consolidated Group share Consolidated |
583 105 72 |
204 253 172 24 |
787 358 244 31 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offices - Italy | ||||
| Logistics Residential |
||||
| 7 | ||||
| 4 71 |
14 54 |
18 125 |
||
| Group share | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| Total Consolidated Group share |
766 | 535 | 1 301 410 |
1 096 + 7% |
Upcoming financial events:
13 November 2008: Publication of the turnover of the 3rd quarter of 2008
About Foncière des Régions
Foncière des Régions is a listed real estate investment company (société d'investissements immobiliers cotée - SIIC), approximately 70% of whose assets (€17.8bn on a consolidated basis and 11bn in group share at the end of June 2008) are comprised of offices in France and in Italy (through Beni Stabili), leased to major industrial and service groups.
Foncière des Régions is also a benchmark shareholder and operator in listed real estate companies dedicated to specialised asset classes: operating facilities via Foncière des Murs , logistics and business parks via Foncière Europe Logistique , and residential via Foncière Développement Logements , which is present in France and in Germany.
Foncière des Régions is managed by Christophe Kullmann.
Foncière des Régions is listed on Euronext Paris compartiment A of Euronext (FR0000064578 - FDR) and admitted to the SRD. The Foncière des Régions shares are included in the composition of the Euronext IEIF "SIIC France"
index, the Eurolist Mid 100 index, as well as in the EPRA (www.epra.com) index.
Contacts:
Investor Relations
Philippe Le Trung
Tel.: + 33 (0)1 58 97 52 04 [email protected] Sébastien Bonneton Tel.: + 33 (0)1 58 97 52 44 [email protected]
Media Relations Philippe Boyer Tel.: + 33 (0)1 58 97 52 23 [email protected]