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Covivio Earnings Release 2021

Feb 22, 2022

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Paris, 22 February 2022, 6.00 p.m.

Strong increase of 2021 annual results growth momentum expected to continue in 2022

"Success in development pipeline, record year for offices commercialization, strong growth for values and rents in German residential, rebound and positive outlook in Hotels: Covivio performs on all its activities. Thus, not only the quality of the portfolio continues to improve, with more than 90% of Green certified assets in Europe, but it is also our clients and partners trust in our strategy that strengthens."

Christophe Kullmann, Covivio Chief Executive Officer

A growing and constantly adapting portfolio

  • ► €27 billion portfolio (€18bn Group share), increase of €1 billion year-on-year
  • ► Growth of 4% on a like-for-like basis driven by the German Residential and office developments
  • ► €901 million in new disposal commitments with a +4% margin, 80% in offices
  • ► Offices development pipeline success: €485 million of deliveries pre-let at 96% and €1.1bn of new commitments already 53% pre-let
  • ► Selective residential acquisitions in Berlin, for €208 million, with substantial growth potential in rents and values

Very good operating activity, which accelerated in the second half of the year

  • ► A record year for office rentals: 180,000 m² let and pre-let, two-thirds of which in the 2nd half of the year
  • ► Recovery of the Hotels activity in the second half of the year: like-for-like revenue growth of 27%
  • ► Strong rental growth in the German Residential market (up 4.5%)
  • ► Revenue up 3.2% on a like-for-like basis (vs 2.6% in H1)

ESG strategy: new progress in all areas

  • ► Carbon trajectory: target of -40% reduction by 2030 on scopes 1, 2 and 3 (including construction)
  • ► Increase in the share of green assets: at the end of 2021, 91% of the Covivio portfolio has environmental certification, twice as much as five years ago
  • ► Customer-centric strategy: very good results in the Offices tenants survey, winning the "Fairest Landlord" award in German Residential, with an average satisfaction rating on localisation of 8.8/10 in hotels
  • ► Launch of the Covivio Foundation: support for 12 European projects focused on promoting equal opportunities, in line with Covivio's Purpose
  • ► Strengthening the expertise of the Board of Directors: proposal to appoint Daniela Schwarzer as independent director

2021 results exceeded our goals

  • ► Sharp decrease in LTV by two points to 39%
  • ► Increase in NAVs by +6% to +10% year-on-year (EPRA NTA per share of €106.4 and EPRA NDV of €97.8)
  • ► Adjusted EPRA Earnings up 6.6% to €410 million (€4.35 and +3.3% per share) and historic net income of €924 million
  • ► Proposed cash dividend of €3.75 per share, up by 4.2%

Outlook

► Adjusted EPRA Earnings guidance for 2022 of €4.5 per share, assuming that the hotel recovery continues

EPRA Earnings and EPRA NTA, NDV and NRV are Alternative Performance Indicators as defined by the AMF and are detailed in Sections 3. Financial data, 5. EPRA reporting and 7. Glossary for this document. The audit procedures on the consolidated financial statements have been carried out. The certification report will be issued after the specific verifications.

Strong market fundamentals1

Offices: business recovery and market polarization

The recovery that began at the end of the first half was confirmed in the second half with a significant increase in rental activity. Greater Paris recorded take-up of 1.9 million m² (up 32% on 2020), of which more than a third was completed in the final quarter. In Milan, take-up was up by 32% compared to 2020, at 390,000 m², 11% higher than its ten-year average. In Germany, the top six cities saw their take-up reach 3.2 million m², up by 27% compared to 2020, with nearly 60% of rental agreements signed in the second half of the year.

At the same time, demand has polarized towards central locations (city centre, locations close to public transport) and prime assets. As a result, inner-city Paris saw its take-up increase by 46% compared to 2020. In Milan, the CBD and the centre saw a year-on-year increase of 69%. This dynamic is reflected in changes to rental income, with growth concentrated on prime assets in the best locations (up 3% in Paris, up 8% in Berlin or Milan).

German Residential: positive structural trends

The structural housing shortfall in Germany increased further in 2021 to reach 400,000 housing units. The lack of supply on the market is driving the major market trends. In Berlin in particular, the vacancy rate reached an alltime low of 2.2%, and rents rose again by around 13% year-on-year (to €19.95/m²/month for new buildings and €12.90 euros/m² for second hand). The scarcity of apartments is also driving up prices, with average prices index growing by +11% in 2021 according to Destatis, with an average price of €5,220/m² in Berlin and €6,250/m² in Hamburg.

Hotels: 2021 is the year of bounce-back and recovery for the industry

Following the first half of the year which was still heavily impacted by the pandemic and various government restrictions, the second half proved to be very dynamic, in some cases exceeding 2019 performance. Overall, in Europe, the market performance is much better than in 2020, with a RevPAR increase of 42% (although this figure is still down by 54% compared to 2019).

The performance confirmed the strong bounce-back effect in countries with high levels of domestic customers, notably France, the United Kingdom and Germany, which account for the bulk of Covivio's hotel income. Hotel fundamentals were also good, particularly the leisure segment.

2021 change in RevPAR2 in Europe by country compared to 2019 (%)

1 Sources: Cushman & Wakefield, BNPP RE, Guthmann.de

2 RevPAR: Revenue per available room - Source: MKG

Covivio: a growing and constantly adapting portfolio

With a portfolio worth €26.7 billion (€17.7 billion Group share) in Europe, up by €1 million year-on-year, Covivio has built its development on diversification in activities in which it plays a leading role:

  • 57% of the portfolio comprises offices in France, Italy and Germany, mainly in central locations in Paris, Milan and major German cities;
  • German Residential accounts for 28% of the portfolio (up 3 points on 2020). It is located in the city centres of Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Hamburg, and in major cities in North Rhine-Westphalia;
  • Hotels (15% of the portfolio), located in major European tourist destinations (Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, London, etc.), are let or managed directly by major operators such as Accor, IHG, B&B, NH Hotels, etc.

41% of buildings by value are located in Germany, compared to 38% in France and 16% in Italy.

This portfolio is managed according to three strategic pillars:

    1. Location in the heart of major European cities, in particular Paris, Berlin and Milan. As a result, 97% of the properties are within a five-minute walk of public transport.
    1. Development, to deliver new buildings combining energy performance, well-being and adaptation to changing trends. Covivio is currently developing a €1.8 billion Group share of Offices projects and nearly €437 million Group share of housing units in Europe. The majority of these developments concern existing assets.
    1. Customer culture with a user-centric strategy. Covivio supports its tenant customers in their property strategies over the long term, by jointly defining their projects and forging strong partnerships (fixed average lease maturity of 7 years). This is reflected in a practical consulting approach, an ambitious service policy and ever more flexibility, with, for example, hybrid offers combining commercial leases and flexible contracts.

Offices development pipeline success

Covivio delivered 112,200 m² of office buildings in 2021 in Paris, Milan, Lyon, Montrouge (Greater Paris) and Montpellier, already leased at an average rate of 96% to major customers including EDF, Orange, NTT Data and Expertise France. Beyond commercial success, these assets contribute to the continuous improvement of the portfolio. The real estate managers of major French companies recognised the Gobelins buildings (Paris 5th) and Silex² (Lyon), which received SIMI 2021 Grands Prix awards. Lastly, there was a total value creation of nearly 40% compared to cost price (€485m Group share).

At the same time, Covivio launched 9 new development projects in 2021, already 53% pre-let to key accounts (including L'Oréal and Moncler in Italy), and mainly located in the Paris, Berlin and Milan city-centres. The total cost amounted to €1.1 billion Group share, with a value creation goal of more than 30%.

At the end of December, the Group had a committed pipeline of 286,000 m² of offices (or mixed-use) projects, worth €1.8 billion, Group share. 82% of this space is located in the city centres of Paris, Berlin, Milan and Lyon, and nearly 50% is pre-let.

Ramping up of residential development programmes

Residential development activity also intensified with the ramping up of the transformation of offices into housing units in France. 8 projects are under construction, covering 1,472 housing units, in Bordeaux and Greater Paris, for a cost price of €247 million and a target margin on sale of more than 10%. Adding residential development projects totalling €114 million under construction in Germany, a total of 2,000 housings are being built with nearly

half of which that have been pre-sold. The property development business generated margins of €15 million in 2021.

Selective residential acquisitions in Berlin

Covivio continued to strengthen its residential exposure in Germany with €208m Group share of acquisitions mainly located in Berlin city centre. The immediate 3.3% yield will benefit from reversion potential of 55% on average compared to regulated rents. Lastly, the purchase price of €3,400/m² on average, is much lower (55% on average) than the market retail value, while most of the units are divided in condominium.

€901 million of new disposal commitments with a margin of +4% on appraisal values

In 2021, Covivio continued its portfolio rotation strategy by signing commitments for disposals amounting to €901 million Group share (€1.3 billion at 100%), with a margin of 3.7% on appraisal values. Almost 80% of the volume concerns office assets (€713 million signed). Since the beginning of 2020, the Group has sold office assets worth €1.4 billion, with an average margin of 4.4% on appraisal values. In December 2021, Covivio signed off the sale of the Carré Suffren buildings (25,000 m² in Paris 15th) and Campus Eiffage (33,000 m² in Vélizy-Villacoublay). These two assets, acquired in 2004 and 2010, illustrate the ability to create value over time with good quality and highly relevant development and asset management policies.

In German Residential, Covivio also saw a reversion on appraisal values with sales of €126 million (€82 million Group share) and +26% in margins on the latest appraisal values, of which 53% on detail sales (€37 million, Group share). In hotels, Covivio sold assets for a total of €134 million at 100% and €31 million Group share, based on an average yield rate of 4.8% and a margin of 23% on the appraisal value.

Finally, Covivio sold the remainder of its car park concessions business and its final shopping centre in Italy.

Portfolio growth of 4% on a like-for-like basis

The Group's portfolio increased by €1 billion over the half year, to €26.7 billion and €17.7 billion, Group share (up €0.6 billion, Group share). On a like-for-like basis, the value of assets increased by 3.8%.

In offices, asset values rose by 0.8% on a like-for-like basis. The declines in value are concentrated on a few assets facing specific rental challenges or located in locations affected by the crisis (such as La Défense, Peri-Défense or outside Milan in Italy). They are more than offset by the very good performance of buildings delivered or under development, which posted an increase in values of 7%.

In German Residential, appraisal values rose by 13.7% and are moving in the right direction across all regions: North Rhine-Westphalia (+18.2%), Hamburg (+16.8%), Dresden & Leipzig (+12.4%) and Berlin (+11.3%). This performance is due to a structural shortage of housing, strong appeal to investors, as evidenced by the record volume of investments made in 2021 (€51 billion), and retail values well above block values (over 50%). The average value of the portfolio is €3,370/m² in Berlin and €1,940/m² in North Rhine-Westphalia.

In hotels, the value of the portfolio was stable compared to the end of 2020 (down 0.3% like-for-like): the performance upturn in the second half of the year enabled leased assets to return to growth in value (up 1.3%) and operating property assets to stabilize (up 0.2%).

Good operating activity, which accelerated in the second half

A 3.2% increase in rental income on a like-for-like basis

2021, in € million Revenues
2020
Group share
Revenues
2021
100%
Revenues
2021
Group share
% like-for-like
change
Group share
Occupancy
rate
%
Firm lease
duration
in years
France Offices 207.1 218.7 189.5 -2.8% 93.2% 4.6
Italy Offices 126.8 152.3 115.5 -0.2% 96.6% 7.1
Germany Offices 49.3 51.3 44.8 +0.6% 78.8% 4.4
Total Offices 383.2 422.4 349.9 -1.7% 92.2% 5.4
German Residential 157.7 260.2 168.4 +4.5% 99.1% n.a.
Hotels in Europe 57.6 197.3 80.4 +27.5% 100% 13.3
Total Strategic activities 598.5 879.8 598.7 +3.2% 95.0% 7.0
Non-strategic (retail) 11.0 8.4 5.3 -35.7% 100.0% 8.9
TOTAL 609.5 888.2 604.0 +3.0% 95.0% 7.0

Offices: a record year for lettings

Covivio signed a record number of leases with 180,000 m² of office rental commitments, over an average fixed period of 10 years. After a first half-year impacted by pandemic restrictions (63,200 m² sold), activity accelerated sharply with two-thirds of the year's lettings carried out between July and December. These leases were mainly covered by the pre-letting of nearly 110 000 m² of assets in the development portfolio. The quality of the assets has attracted many internationally renowned companies which have decided to set up their global or regional headquarters there. This is the case for Moncler (38,000 m²), SNAM (19,000 m²), L 'Oréal (11,600 m²) and LVMH (4,000 m²) for Symbiosis and The Sign in Milan, and Samsung (10,500 m²), Roland Berger (3,900 m²) or One Point (9,100 m²) in Paris and Bordeaux.

In addition, Covivio has renewed close to 104,000 m² of leases in 2021, of which 45% in France, 45% in Italy and 10% in Germany with an average lease extension of 3 years.

On a like-for-like basis, rental income was impacted by releases in 2020 and early 2021, while the occupancy rate rose back to 92% in the second half of the year.

Hotels: business recovery in the second half of the year

Revenues from the Hotels business in Europe, which were down by 20% in the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020, caught up in the second half of the year, benefiting from the market recovery that began in May 2021. Income increased by 27% on a like-for-like basis over the year, driven by the increase of 146% in variable rents (35% of the hotel portfolio, mainly let to AccorInvest) and by strong 356% recovery in operating properties (20% of the hotel portfolio). Lastly, fixed-lease assets (45% of the hotel portfolio) were down by only 1% on a likefor-like basis, due to the exemptions granted in 2020 and 2021 in exchange for the extension of the lease terms. The rental income collection rate reached 96% (85% including deferred payments and exemptions granted).

In early 2022, Covivio and InterContinental Hotels Group reviewed their agreements on the portfolio of 12 hotels in premium locations in the heart of major British cities (such as London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, representing €344 million Group share and 2% of the Covivio portfolio). The parties signed a term sheet relating to the conclusion of amendments to the leases. This agreement provides for a readjustment of the minimum guaranteed rent and the introduction of a variable rent indexed to revenues, as well as performance tests. Binding agreement should occur by the end of March, which allows to reach a portfolio yield of 6%, after a complete recovery of the hotel activity.

Strong rental growth in German Residential

The persistent shortfall in the supply of housing in Germany (40,000 units added to the shortfall in 2021) combined with an active asset management strategy drove rents up in 2021, by 4.5% on a like-for-like basis. Rents increased in all geographical areas: Berlin (+5.0%), North Rhine Westphalia (+4.7%), Hamburg (+2.9%) and Dresden & Leipzig (+2.3%). More than a third of the growth in rents is the result of the modernisation program undertaken for the portfolio, which tends to renovate an average of 3% of the portfolio each year. The second third is due to indexation, with re-letting counting for the remaining third.

ESG strategy: new progress in all areas

The new carbon trajectory approved by SBT initiative

Covivio has announced in 2021 a new carbon trajectory and raised its ambitions to reach its new target at 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (compared with previous target of 34%). This target, which encompasses scopes 1, 2 and 3, covers the full range of activities in Europe and the entire life cycle of the assets: materials, construction, renovation, and operation. Covivio is also targeting net zero carbon from 2030 for scopes 1 and 2.

These greenhouse gas emission reduction objectives have just been approved by SBT initiative and will be published in their website on 24th February.

In addition, the average eligibility Covivio's activities to Taxonomy reaches 94.5%3 : 89% on the turnover (the hotels in operating lease are not in the scope of the Taxonomy yet), and 100% on capex.

91% green portfolio

Covivio continued its greening momentum: the proportion of the portfolio with HQE, BREAM, LEED or equivalent certification, in operation and/or under construction, reached 91% (up by 3 points).

This portfolio greening strategy plays an active role in achieving the new carbon trajectory. It is accompanied by a commitment to low-carbon construction on a European scale. For example, for the Silex² project in Lyon delivered at the end of 2021, where there was a choice of redevelopment vs. demolition, Covivio was able to save 17,500 tCO2e compared to a demolition/reconstruction, and the building will emit up to 30 tCO2e/year less during its operational phase, compared to an office building renovated to the RT 2012 energy level. Another example in Milan is The Sign A building, which obtained the highest LEED certification in Europe in 2021 (LEED Platinium,

3 Figures in Group share. Eligibility rate on total share IFRS data: 86% of turnover and 100% of capex

90/100) and became the first building in Italy to receive the BiodiverCity label.

A user-centric strategy

Covivio has a good relationship with its customers, and regularly conducts satisfaction surveys. The results of a study carried out by OpinionWay in France on the Offices activity show a satisfaction rate of 86%4 among new customers and 89% for existing tenants. As for the Wellio business, 96% of occupants gave a positive response and were either satisfied or very satisfied, both with the quality of the support provided by the Covivio teams and the quality of the spaces or services offered. At the same time, Covivio's Residential business was once again awarded the "Fairest Landlord" label in Germany by Focus Money magazine. Lastly, portfolio hotels received a very good rating on Booking.com of 8.8/10 for location.

Launch of the Covivio Foundation

After incorporating "Build sustainable relationships and well-being" into its Purpose, in 2020 Covivio set up its Corporate Foundation and chose to focus its actions on two main areas: promoting equal opportunities and environmental protection. In its first year of operation, the Foundation has prioritised associations and projects that help the people who have been most exposed to impacts from the pandemic. Thanks to the sourcing carried out by the Covivio teams in Europe and following the publication of a call for expressions of interest (AMIs) in France, 12 projects received support from the Foundation, which has access to a five-year budget of €1.7 million. In 2022, Covivio plans to launch two AMIs in Germany and Italy to ramp up the process and increase its impact.

Strengthening the expertise of the Board of Directors

At the General Meeting of 21 April 2022, the Board of Directors will propose the appointment of Daniela Schwarzer as an independent director.

Mrs Schwarzer is the Executive Director of the Open Society Foundations in Europe and Asia, the largest private donor in the world for NGOs and associations, working to defend human rights, justice and democracy. From 2016 to 2021 she headed the German Council on Foreign Relations, of which she is now a non-executive member of the Board of Directors. She is also a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas. She is an honorary professor at Freie Universität Berlin, where she teaches courses on European integration and international affairs.

She brings her in-depth knowledge of the German economic and social context, which will help maintain the highest standards of commitment, independence and competence within the Board of Directors.

Further improvement of ESG ratings

The ratings agencies once again recognised the performance and relevance of Covivio's CSR policy. As a result, the Group has seen its ratings rise with GRESB (90/100), Sustainalytics (8.3) and MSCI (AAA), making Covivio one of the leaders in its sector.

2021 results exceeding goals

Sharp drop in LTV to 39%

The high rate of disposals and the good performance of appraisal values reduced the LTV ratio by two points, to 39% at the end of 2021. The average interest rate on debt fell again, to 1.2% compared to 1.3% at the end of 2020, and the ICR improved at 6.7x compared to 6.1x at the end of 2020.

Rated BBB+, outlook stable by S&P, Covivio has a solid balance sheet, with diversified and long-term debt (maturity of 5.4 years). The hedging rate reached 84% for an average hedging instrument maturity of 6.8 years.

NAVs increase of 6% to 10% year-on-year

The increase in asset values, driven by Offices and Residential development in Germany, was responsible for the 7% growth in EPRA NTA per share, to €106.4 and €10.1 billion. The EPRA NDV amounted to €9.3 billion and €97.8 (+10%) while the EPRA NRV stood at €11.1 billion and €116.9 per share (up 6%).

Adjusted EPRA Earnings up by 6.6%

Adjusted EPRA Earnings amounted to €410 million, up 6.6% year-on-year (€4.35 per share and up 3.3% following the payment of the 2020 share dividend). The decrease in rental income related to portfolio rotation, mainly in offices, was more than offset by growth in hotels and performance in German Residential. Income also benefited from the good performance of operating costs and the reduction in the cost of financial debt. In 2021, net income of Covivio reached a record level of €924 million.

Proposed cash dividend of €3.75 per share, up 4.2%

Covivio will put to the General Meeting of 21 April a vote on the cash payment of a dividend of €3.75 per share, up by 4.2% compared to 2020, i.e. a payout ratio of 86%. The ex-dividend date will be 25 April 2022, with payment on 27 April 2022.

Outlook

Over the course of 2022, Covivio intends to continue its growth momentum by focusing on three main areas:

  • Continuation of the development pipeline, which mainly involves the redevelopment of existing assets in Paris, Berlin and Milan. Located in prime areas sought after by users, these buildings also have significant rental income potential. Covivio has just pre-let the entire Anjou project, a 9,300 m² building located in the Paris CBD, to a large French luxury group, three years before delivery. A preliminary agreement was also signed for 9,000 m² on the Stream Building in Paris 17th arrondissement, with the project therefore achieving a pre-letting rate of 100%.
  • Asset management work to extract rental growth reserves via the rental reversion in German Residential, the reduction of vacancy on manage to core assets (16% of the Offices portfolio) and a ramping up of the office services offer. In this respect, new rental agreements have been signed in recent weeks at the Wellio site in the Milan CBD, bringing the pre-letting rate to 90% three months before delivery.
  • Hotels recovery The outlook for STR, MKG and Tourism Economics forecasts a return of overnight stays at 2019 levels by 2023-2024. Compared to 2019 income, the Group has €54 million in growth potential.

In this context, and assuming that the Hotels recovery continues, Covivio has set itself an adjusted EPRA Earnings target of €4.5 per share.

AGENDA

  • ► General Meeting: 21 April 2022 ► 2022 First quarter activity: 21 April 2022
  • ► Ex-dividend date: 25 April 2022
  • ► Dividend payment: 27 April 2022
  • ► 2022 first-half results: 21 July 2022

Press Relations Géraldine Lemoine Tel: + 33 (0)1 58 97 51 00 [email protected]

Louise-Marie Guinet Tél : + 33 (0)1 43 26 73 56 [email protected]

Investor Relations Paul Arkwright Tel: + 33 (0)1 58 97 51 85 [email protected]

Quentin Drumare Tel: + 33 (0)1 58 97 51 94 [email protected]

Thanks to its partnering history, its real estate expertise and its European culture, Covivio is inventing today's user experience and designing tomorrow's city.

A preferred real estate player at the European level, Covivio is close to its end users, capturing their aspirations, combining work, travel, living, and co-inventing vibrant spaces.

A benchmark in the European real estate market with €27 billion in assets, Covivio offers support to companies, hotel brands and territories in their pursuit for attractiveness, transformation and responsible performance. Build sustainable relationships and well-being, is the Covivio's Purpose who expresses its role as a responsible real estate operator to all its stakeholders: customers, shareholders and financial partners, internal teams, local authorities but also to future generations and the planet. Furthermore, its living, dynamic approach opens up exciting project and career prospects for its teams.

Covivio's shares are listed in the Euronext Paris A compartment (FR0000064578 - COV) and on the MTA market (Mercato Telematico Azionario) of the Milan stock exchange, are admitted to trading on the SRD, and are included in the composition of the MSCI, SBF 120, Euronext IEIF "SIIC France" and CAC Mid100 indices, in the "EPRA" and "GPR 250" benchmark European real estate indices, EPRA BPRs Gold Awards (financial + extra-financial), CDP (A-), 5 Star GRESB and in the ESG FTSE4 Good, DJSI World & Europe, Euronext Vigeo (World 120, Eurozone 120, Europe 120 and France 20), Euronext® CDP Environment France EW, ISS ESG, Ethibel and Gaïa ethical indices.

Notations solicited:

Financial part: BBB+/Stable outlook by Standard and Poor's Extra-financial part: A1+ by Vigeo-Eiris

1. BUSINESS ANALYSIS 12
2. BUSINESS ANALYSIS BY ACTIVITY
FRANCE OFFICES
ITALY OFFICES
GERMAN OFFICES
GERMAN RESIDENTIAL
HOTELS IN EUROPE
26
29
37
43
48
55
3. FINANCIAL INFORMATION 61
4. FINANCIAL RESOURCES 70
5. EPRA REPORTING 75
6. FINANCIAL INDICATORS 85
7. GLOSSARY 86

1. BUSINESS ANALYSIS

Changes in scope:

Two changes occurred between 2020 and 2021, with impact on Covivio's percentage of ownership of its subsidiaries:

  • Covivio's stake in its hotel subsidiary, Covivio Hotels, increased following the asset contribution from Covivio to Covivio Hotels, from 43.5% at year-end-2020 to 43.8% at year-end-2021.
  • Covivio shared its flagship Alexanderplatz mixed-use project in Berlin which detention rate went from 100% to 55% now.

A. REVENUES: €604 MILLION IN 2021

100% Group share
(€ million) 2020 2021 Change
(%)
2020 2021 Change
(%)
Change
(%)
LfL 1
% of
revenue
France Offices 237.3 218.7 -7.8% 207.1 189.5 -8.5% -2.8% 31%
Paris 87.8 80.9 -7.8% 82.3 76.3 -7.2% -2.3% 13%
Greater Paris (excl. Paris) 103.8 100.8 -2.8% 85.4 83.2 -2.5% -5.8% 14%
Major regional cities 35.9 30.7 -14.4% 29.6 23.7 -19.9% +2.9% 4%
Other French Regions 9.8 6.3 -36.4% 9.8 6.3 -36.4% -20.6% 1%
Italy Offices 166.6 152.3 -8.6% 126.8 115.5 -8.9% -0.2% 19%
Offices - excl. Telecom Italia 85.4 77.1 -9.7% 85.4 77.2 -9.6% -0.6% 13%
Offices - Telecom Italia 81.2 75.2 -7.4% 41.4 38.3 -7.4% +0.6% 6%
German Offices 60.3 51.3 -14.9% 49.3 44.8 -8.9% +0.6% 7%
Berlin 10.2 10.0 -2.2% 7.2 6.9 -3.7% +0.2% 1%
Other cities 50.1 41.4 -17.5% 42.1 37.9 -9.8% +63.8% 6%
German Residential 245.6 260.2 +6.0% 157.7 168.4 +6.8% +4.5% 28%
Berlin 118.5 127.2 +7.3% 76.7 83.4 +8.8% +5.0% 14%
Dresden & Leipzig 24.6 22.9 -6.8% 15.7 14.8 -5.9% +2.3% 2%
Hamburg 16.3 17.1 +4.9% 10.7 11.2 +5.2% +2.9% 2%
North Rhine-Westphalia 86.2 93.0 +7.9% 54.6 59.0 +8.0% +4.7% 10%
Hotels in Europe 147.2 197.3 +34.0% 57.6 80.4 +39.6% +27.5% 13%
Hotels - Lease Properties 139.3 175.4 +25.9% 54.3 71.0 +30.8% +18.2% 12%
France 50.9 58.1 +14.1% 16.1 19.8 +23.2% 25.9% 3%
Germany 30.7 29.5 -3.9% 13.1 12.7 -2.9% -0.5% 2%
UK 0.0 12.0 n.a. 0.0 5.2 n.a. n/a 1%
Spain 29.6 29.1 -1.8% 12.9 12.7 -1.0% -2.4% 2%
Belgium 8.9 10.2 +14.1% 3.9 4.5 +15.0% 11.3% 1%
Others 19.2 36.6 +90.6% 8.3 16.0 +92.0% 0.5% 3%
Hotels - Operating Properties (EBITDA) 7.9 21.9 +176.4% 3.3 9.4 +185.2% 356.0% 2%
Total strategic activities 857.0 879.8 +2.7% 598.5 598.7 +0.0% +3.2% 99%
Non-strategic 17.7 8.4 -52.7% 11.0 5.3 -51.8% -35.7% 1%
Retail Italy 5.4 2.9 -47.3% 5.4 2.9 -47.3% n.a. 0%
Retail France 11.9 5.5 -54.0% 5.2 2.4 -53.5% -35.7% 0%
Other (France Residential) 0.4 0.0 -91.7% 0.4 0.0 -91.7% n.a. 0%
Total revenues 874.7 888.2 +1.5% 609.5 604.0 -0.9% +3.0% 100%

1 LfL : Like-for-Like

Group share revenues stand at €604 million vs €609 million in 2020 under the following effects:

The revenues of strategic activities increase by +3.2% (+€16.1 million) on like-for-like basis due to :

  • o Hotels activity, the like-for-like revenues increased by 27.5% (+€14.5 million) due to the start of recovery in H2 2021 with a like-for-like evolution of +356% on the operating properties EBITDA and +146% on variable rents;
  • o German Residential +4.5%, driven by strong rental reversion;
  • o Office portfolio -1.7% on like-for-like with mainly increase in vacancy in 2020 in France.
  • Deliveries of new assets (+€20.6 million), mainly in France with five deliveries in 2021 (+€14.7 million) in major regional cities and in the 1st ring, and in Milan with two buildings (+€5.8 million).
  • Acquisitions (+€16.2 million) especially in Hotels (+€7.8 million), and German residential (+4.3 million) German Offices (+€4.0 million) through Godewind.

  • Asset disposals: (-€41.4 million), especially:

  • o In France Offices (-€16.7 million), in 2020 and 2021 of mature assets in Western Crescent and French regions;
  • o In Italy (-€15.4 million) non-core and mature assets;
  • o In German Residential (-€3.8 million) mainly involving a portfolio of mature assets in Berlin and Leipzig in 2020 as well as some privatisations in Berlin;
  • o In Hotels (-€0.6 million);
  • o Non-strategic assets (-€4.9 million) mainly retail in Italy and France.
  • Vacating for redevelopment (-€12.8 million), mainly in Paris and Milan CBDs.
  • Other effects (-€4.3 million), mainly from We Work indemnity accounted for in 2020.

B. LEASE EXPIRIES AND OCCUPANCY RATES

1. Annualized lease expires: 7.0 years average lease term

Average lease duration by activity

(Years) By lease end date
(1st break)
By lease end date
Group share 2020 2021 2020 2021
France Offices 4.6 4.6 5.5 5.5
Italy Offices 7.4 7.1 7.9 7.5
Germany Offices 4.9 4.4 5.8 5.2
Hotels in Europe 14.2 13.3 15.7 14.6
Total strategic activities 7.3 7.0 8.2 7.8
Non-strategic 7.4 8.9 7.7 9.4
Total 7.3 7.0 8.2 7.8

The average firm residual duration of leases stays stable at 7.0 years at end December 2021.

Lease expiries schedule

(€ million ; Group share) By lease
end date
(1st break)
% of
total
By lease
end date
% of
total
2022 66 9% 56 8%
2023 51 7% 29 4%
2024 25 4% 19 3%
2025 51 7% 34 5%
2026 15 2% 16 2%
2027 34 5% 27 4%
2028 37 5% 36 5%
2029 10 1% 30 4%
2030 74 11% 84 12%
2031 20 3% 31 4%
Beyond 113 16% 134 19%
Total Offices and Hotels leases 495 71% 495 71%
German Residential 174 25% 174 25%
Hotel operating properties 31 4% 31 4%
Total 701 100% 701 100%

Out of the €66 million of lease expiries scheduled for 2022, representing 9% of Covivio annualized revenues:

4.1% relate to assets to be redeveloped after the tenant departure, including 3 mature assets in Paris CBD occupied by Orange.

2.4% relate to tenants with no intent to vacate the property.

2.7% to be managed of which:

o 2% relate to core assets, mostly located in Paris CBDs, and fully accessible in public transports;

o 0.7% relate to Manage-to-core Assets, located in major European cities.

In 2023, the €51 million of lease expiries representing 7% of Covivio annualized revenues are mainly split as follow:

  • 3.8% is already managed due to assets that will be vacated for redevelopment (2.5%), mostly located in Paris CBD or to break option that will not be exercised and disposal (1.3%).
  • 3.2% to be managed in France (61%), Italy (11%) and Germany (28%), of which:
  • o 2.1% related to assets well located in Paris, Lyon, Milan, and Berlin CBDs, and with good accessibility in public transports;
  • o 1.1% relate to Manage-to-core Assets, mainly located in the Western Crescent, La Défense and other major European cities.
2. Occupancy rate: 95%
(%) Occupancy rate
Group share 2020 2021
France Offices 93.1% 93.2%
Italy Offices 96.8% 96.6%
German Offices 76.7% 78.8%
German Residential 98.7% 99.1%
Hotels in Europe 100.0% 100.0%
Total strategic activities 94.7% 95.0%
Non-strategic 99.4% 100.0%
Total 94.8% 95.0%

The occupancy rate is slightly increasing to 95.0% for strategic activities.

C. BREAKDOWN OF ANNUALIZED REVENUES

By major tenants

(€ million, Group share) Annualized
revenues 1
2021 %
Telecom Italia 35 5%
Orange 34 5%
Accor 34 5%
Suez 21 3%
IHG 19 3%
NH 19 3%
B&B 14 2%
Tecnimont 14 2%
Dassault 13 2%
Thalès 12 2%
Vinci 10 1%
Natixis 8 1%
EDF / Enedis 6 1%
Fastweb 6 1%
Eiffage 6 1%
Creval 6 1%
Cisco 5 1%
Intesa San Paolo 5 1%
Hotels lease properties 21 3%
Other tenants <€5M 240 34%
German Residential 174 25%
Total 701 100%

By activity

1 : The hotels annualized revenues are based on the 2021 fixed revenues and 2019 variable revenues

Covivio can rely on a strong tenant base, with around 90% of large corporates in offices, resilient revenue base in German residential and partnerships with major hotel operators in Hotels.

D. COST TO REVENUE RATIO BY BUSINESS

(€ million, Group
share)
France
Offices
Italy Offices
(incl. retail)
Germany
Offices
German
Residential
Hotels in
Europe
(incl. retail)
Other
(Mainly France
Residential)
Total
2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2020 2021
Rental Income 189.5 118.4 37.9 175.4 73.4 0.0 606.2 594.6
Unrecovered property
operating costs
-12.3 -13.2 -6.6 -1.5 -0.9 -0.1 -30.3 -34.7
Expenses on
properties
-2.9 -6.1 -1.4 -13.0 -0.4 0.1 -21.5 -23.7
Net losses on
unrecoverable
receivable
0.4 1.9 -0.4 -2.0 -5.6 0.1 -15.4 -5.5
Net rental income 174.8 101.0 29.5 158.8 66.6 0.1 539.0 530.7
Cost to revenue ratio 7.8% 14.6% 22.2% 9.4% 9.3% n.a 11.1% 10.7%

E. RESERVES FOR UNPAID RENT

Collection rate: 96% for hotels excluding rent free and deferred payment.

Provisions: At December-2021, a €5.5 million provision has been accounted for and is focused on hotels.

F. DISPOSALS: €901M OF NEW AGREEMENTS IN 2021 WITH 3.7 % MARGIN

(€ million) Disposals
(agreements
as
of end of
2020
closed)
Agreements
as of end
of 2020
to close
New
disposals
FY 2021
New
agreements
FY 2021
Total
FY 2021
Margin vs
2020
value
Yield Total Realized
Disposals
1 2 3 = 2 + 3 = 1 + 2
France Offices 100 % 295 22 106 599 705 2.8% 4.2% 401
Group share 251 22 106 350 456 2.8% 4.2% 357
Italy Offices 100 % 32 - 234 52 286 2.3% 6.9% 265
Group share 26 - 145 51 196 1.8% 6.8% 171
Germany Offices 100 % - - - - - 0.0% n.a. 0
Group share - - 61 - 61 0.0% n.a. 61
Germany
Residential
100% 14 - 104 22 126 26.0% 2.8% 118
Group share 9 - 68 14 82 26.0% 2.5% 77
Hotels in Europe 100 % 13 19 - 134 134 21.1% 4.9% 13
Group share 6 8 - 31 31 22.7% 4.8% 6
Non-strategic 100 % 21 1 57 41 98 -6.1% 9.4% 78
Group share 10 1 35 39 74 -7.7% 10.9% 45
Total 100 % 375 42 500 847 1,348 5.4% 5.2% 875
Group share 302 31 415 485 901 3.7% 5.5% 717

New disposals and agreements were signed for €901 million Group share (€1,348 million at 100%) with 3.7% average margin on last appraisal values. Covivio maintained its strategy of mature offices' disposals on which the value creation potential is fully extracted, together with disposal of non-core assets. In details, the disposals agreements include:

  • Mature assets and sharing of development project: €651 million Group share (€944 million in 100%):
  • o Core Mature offices €460 million Group share with a 4.1% margin on average, in Milan (6 assets), Paris, Paris inner ring and Lyon;
  • o Some privatizations and bloc sales in German residential: €82 million Group share, generating a 26.0% margin on average compared to last year market value;
  • o Alexanderplatz: €61 million (share of development project);
  • o Other Italian disposal agreements for €48 million.
  • Non-core assets: €145 million Group share (€172 million at 100%) in secondary French and Italian locations, and disposals of Telecom Italia assets;
  • Hotels: €31 million Group share (€134 million at 100%) with +23% margin;
  • Non-strategic assets: €74 million Group share (€98 million at 100%), mainly retail stores in Italy and in France (Jardiland and Courtepaille).

G. INVESTMENTS: €607M REALIZED IN 2021 GROUP SHARE

€607million Group share (€825 million at 100%) of investments were realized in 2021:

  • Reinforcement in German residential with €208 million Group share (€262 million at 100%) acquisitions:
  • o 4 portfolios in Berlin, totaling 1071 units on 32 assets at a 3.3% yield. Most of the assets are divided in condominium and offer a high growth potential, both on price (acquisition price of c.€3,400 per sqm, while the median condominium price in Berlin is €5,220/m²) and rent (reversion potential of +24% vs Federal rental brake and +55% vs average market rate); and
  • o Buyback shares of some minority stake in German residential portfolios.
  • Capex in the development pipeline total €279 million Group share (€390 million at 100%), mostly related to:
  • o Development projects in France, mainly in Paris (€164 million Group share);
  • o Development projects in Milan (€53 million Group share);
  • o Development projects including land (€54 million Group share), mainly in Berlin, to fuel future Residential and Office developments.
  • €120 million Group share (€173 million at 100%) works on the operating portfolio were realized including €56 million (€87 million at 100%) of Capex in German Residential (see next pages for more details on German residential Capex).

H. DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS:

  • 1- Deliveries
  • 2- Committed Office Pipeline
  • 3- Committed Residential Pipeline – Germany
  • 4- Build-to-sell pipeline – Germany and France
  • 5- Managed Pipeline

1. Deliveries: 112,200 m² of offices delivered in 2021

Seven projects were delivered in 2021 totaling 112,200 m² of office spaces in France and Italy with an average occupancy rate of 96%. These were:

  • Flow in Montrouge (23,500 m²), 100% let to Edvance (EDF Group);
  • Gobelins in Paris (4,400 m²), 100% let to Expertise France;
  • Two buildings in Montpellier (18,000 m²), one fully let to Orange and the other one, also a 100% let building with services;
  • Silex 2 in Lyon (30,900 m²), 91% let mainly to Solvay;
  • The Sign B+C in Milan (16,900 m²), 100% let mainly to NTT Data;
  • Symbiosis D in Milan (18,500 m²), 100% let on the office part to LVMH and Boehringer.

The gross yield on costs achieved upon delivery of these projects is about 6.5% at full occupancy.

2. Committed Office Pipeline: €1.8 BN Group share pre-let at 47%

Covivio has a pipeline of office buildings in France, Germany, and Italy:

Committed projects Surface¹
(m²)
Total
Budget²
(€m, 100%)
Total
Budget ²
(€m, Group share)
Pre-let
(%)
Target yield 3
(%)
France offices 142,000 1,360 1,090 54% 4.6%
Italy offices 77,100 420 420 67% 5.9%
Germany Offices 67,500 562 317 0% 5.1%
Total offices 286,250 2,342 1,827 47% 5.0%

1 Surface at 100%, 2 Including land and financial costs, 3 Gross yield on total rents including car parks, restaurants, etc

  • Nine projects were committed in 2021 : Paris Anjou (100% pre-let), Paris Madrid St-Lazare (100% pre-let), Bordeaux Jardin de l'Ars (51% pre-let), Lyon Sévigné, Milan Corso Italia, Milan The Sign D (92% pre-let), Milan Symbiosis G+H (100% pre-let), Berlin Loft and Berlin Alexanderplatz.
  • The current pipeline is composed of 16 projects representing 286,250 m², a total cost of €1.8 billion Group Share (€2.3 million at 100%) with currently an average occupancy rate of 47% and a 5.0% target yield on costs.

For detailed figures on the committed projects, see next pages of this document.

Pipeline at end-2021:

Capex still to be spent on the development pipeline at end-2021 : €735m

Committed projects Location Project Surface 1
(m²)
Delivery Target rent
(€/m²/year)
Pre-leased
(%)
Total
Budget 2
(M€, 100%)
Total
Budget 2
(M€, Group share)
Target Yield 3
Jean Goujon Paris Regeneration 8,600
2022 930 58% 196 196 4.0%
N2 Batignolles (50% share) Paris Construction 15,600
2022 575 26% 168 84 4.2%
So Pop (50% share) Paris Regeneration 31,300
2022 400 33% 230 114 5.7%
Alis Levallois Regeneration 19,800
2022 500 0% 208 208 4.8%
Sévigné Lyon Regeneration 4,200
2022 240 10% 17 17 5.4%
To be delivered in 2022 79,500
27% 818 618 4.6%
DS Campus Ext. (50% share) Vélizy Construction 27,500
2023 325 100% 141 71 7.2%
Madrid -
St Lazare
Paris Regeneration 5,850
2023 800 100% 101 101 3.8%
Jardins de l'Ars Bordeaux Construction 19,200
2024 220 51% 72 72 6.1%
Anjou Paris Regeneration 9,300
2025 890 100% 227 227 3.5%
To be delivered in
2023 and beyond
61,850
90% 542 472 4.5%
Total
France Offices
141,350
54% 1,360 1,090 4.6%
Duomo Milan Regeneration 4,500
2022 480 100% 47 47 4.6%
To be delivered in 2022 4,500
100% 47 47 4.6%
Corso Italia Milan Regeneration 11,600
2023 500 0% 109 109 5.0%
The Sign D Milan Construction 13,200
2024 300 92% 64 64 6.5%
Vitae Milan Construction 10,000
2024 315 18% 42 42 6.5%
Symbiosis G+H Milan Construction 38,000
2024 319 100% 159 159 6.5%
To be delivered in
2023 and beyond
72,800
64% 373 373 6.0%
Total
Italy Offices
77,300
67% 420 420 5.9%
Loft (65% share) Berlin Regeneration 7,600 m² 2023 280 0% 40 26 5.3%
Alexanderplatz (55% share) Berlin Construction 60,000
2025 449 0% 522 291 5.1%
To be delivered in
2023 and beyond
67,600 m² 0% 562 317 5.1%
Total
Germany Offices
67,600 m² 0% 562 317 5.1%
Total committed pipeline 286,250
47% 2,342 1,827 5.0%

1 Surface at 100%

2 Including land and financial costs

3 Yield on total rents

3. Committed Residential Pipeline – Germany

  • Two projects were delivered in Berlin in 2021 for a total budget of €11 million (€17 million at 100%) generating a €6 million value creation with an average yield on cost 5.9%.
  • Five residential projects build-to-let were committed, mainly located in Berlin, totaling 133 residential units and for a total cost of €22 million Group share.
  • At end of 2021, the pipeline is composed of 13 projects, mainly located in Berlin, totaling 419 residential units and a total cost of €76 million Group share with a value creation target of 18%. €42 million Group share remains to be spent.
Committed projects Units Total
Budget1
(€M, 100%)
Total
Budget 1
(€M, Group
share)
Target Yield
Berlin - Müllerstraße NB 57 18 12 5.0%
Berlin - PrenzlauerPromenadeL 113 32 21 4.3%
To be delivered in 2022 170 50 33 4.6%
To be delivered in 2023 and beyond (11
projects)
249 66 43 4.6%
Total Germany Residential (Build to let) 419 116 76 4.6%

1 Including land and financial costs

4. Build-to-sell pipeline

Germany

  • Two projects were delivered and sold in 2021 for a total budget of €17 million (€25 million at 100%), generating a €8 million promotion margin.
  • One residential project build-to-sell was committed in Berlin totaling 92 residential units and for a total cost of €14 million Group share.
  • At end of 2021, the pipeline is composed of five projects all located in Berlin, totaling 534 residential units and a total cost of €114 million Group share with a target promotion margin of 26%.
Committed projects Units Total
Budget1
(€M, 100%)
Total
Budget 1
(€M, Group
share)
Pre-sold rate (%)
Berlin - Biesdorf NB 106 36 24 66 %
Berlin - PrenzlauerPromenadeS 165 45 29 30 %
To be sold in 2022 271 81 53 46 %
Berlin - Großbeerenstraße 73 12 8 -
Berlin - Markelstraße 92 21 14 -
Berlin - Iceland Sales 98 60 40 -
To be sold in 2023 and beyond 263 93 61 -
Total Germany Residential 534 174 114 22 %

France

The current pipeline is composed of 8 projects located mainly in the Greater Paris and Bordeaux, representing 88,500 m², a total cost of €247 million Group Share, with a target margin above 10%.

Units Total
Budget1
(€M, 100%)
Total
Budget 1
(€M, Group
share)
Pre-sold rate
(%)
97 20 20 100 %
26 12 12 100 %
83 13 13 100 %
206 45 45 100 %
110 15 15 64 %
199 39 39 90 %
405 55 55 0 %
122 26 26 0%
24 12 12 90 %
248 64 32 73 %
158 34 23 90 %
1,266 245 202 49%
1,472 290 247 59%

1 Including land and financial costs

5. Managed Pipeline

Offices to be committed in 2022:

  • Covivio will launch 3 projects with an estimated total cost including land at €330 million, of which €150 million of remaining CAPEX to spend. Two of those projects are located in European CBDs (Paris & Berlin), and the other is a dedicated development for a Covivio's historical tenant.
  • In 2023-2024, Covivio plans to launch additional projects for an estimated total cost of ~€740 million.

Landbanks:

In the long-term, Covivio also owns more than 350,000 m² of landbanks that could welcome new development projects:

  • in Greater Paris (70,000 m²) and Major French Cities (110,000 m²) mainly for turnkey developments;
  • in Milan with Symbiosis (20,000 m²) and Porta Romana (70,000 m²);
  • in Germany with the potential for a second tower of 70,000 m² in Alexanderplatz in Berlin;
  • And more than 50,000 m² in Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden.

French residential managed projects:

  • Since 2017 Covivio has been constantly looking for opportunities to transform its secondary location offices into residential. To date 71,000 m², corresponding to 1,040 flats, are to be committed as from 2022.
  • In addition, approximately 200,000 m² are under study with the will to progressively be launched after 2022. This pipeline amounts to 2,800 flats, 80% of which being in Greater Paris while the remainder is located in major regional cities.

* Including 1,200 units from mixed-use projects

Germany residential managed projects:

Covivio continues to strengthen its medium-term pipeline thanks to existing landbanks and acquisition of new lands:

  • ~130,000 m² of residential area with a letting strategy, in order to generate high reversion and increase values. It will be gradually launch from 2022 represent a total cost of ~€520 million (€340 million Group share);
  • ~40,000 m² of residential area with a sales strategy, in order to generate more promotion margins. It represents a total cost of ~€170 million (€111 million Group share).

I. PORTFOLIO

(€ million, Excluding Duties) Value
2020
Group Share
Value
2021
100%
Value
2021
Group share
LfL 1
12 months
change
Yield ²
2020
Yield ²
2021
% of
portfolio
France Offices 5,933 7,236 5,880 +1.6% 4.8% 4.6% 33%
Italy Offices 2,719 3,244 2,653 +0.2% 5.2% 5.3% 15%
German Offices 1,541 1,772 1,515 -1.0% 3.4% 3.4% 9%
Residential Germany 4,257 7,730 5,010 +13.7% 3.7% 3.5% 28%
Hotels in Europe 2,532 6,584 2,578 -0.3% 5.5% 5.3% 15%
Total strategic activities 16,982 26,566 17,636 +3.9% 4.4% 4.4% 100%
Non-strategic 123 102 68 -9.3% 9.4% 7.1% 0%
Total 17,104 26,669 17,703 +3.8% 4.5% 4.4% 100%

1LfL: Like-for-Like

2 Yield excluding development projects. Yield on hotels based on 2021 fixed revenues and 2020 variable revenues

The portfolio grew by €0.6 billion to reach €17.7 billion Group share (€26.7 billion in 100%) mostly due to the increase in value of the German Residential portfolio. At constant scope, Covivio proved its solidity with a +3.8% increase explained by:

  • +6.5% driven by the office development pipeline, as an acknowledgement for Covivio's development strategy for high quality assets in attractive locations.
  • +13.7% like-for-like growth on German residential. All German cities where Covivio's residential portfolio is located showed like-for-like growth: in Berlin (+11.3%), in North Rhine-Westphalia, the second largest exposure (+18.2%), Hamburg (+16.8%) and Dresden & Leipzig (+12.4%).

Geographical breakdown of the portfolio in 2021 94% in major European cities and +3 pts in Germany vs 2020

J. LIST OF MAIN ASSETS

The value of the ten main assets represents almost 15% of the portfolio Group share, stable vs end 2020.

Top 10 Assets Location Tenants Surface
(m²)
Covivio
share
CB 21 Tower La Défense (Greater Paris) Suez, Verizon, BRS 68,100 75%
Garibaldi Towers Milan Maire Tecnimont, LinkedIn, etc. 44,700 100%
Herzogterassen Düsseldorf NRW Bank, Deutsche Bank, Mitsui 55,700 94%
Jean Goujon Paris 8th Roland Berger, etc. 8,700 100%
Dassault Campus Velizy (Greater Paris) Dassault Systèmes 97,000 50%
Carré Suffren Paris 15th AON, Institut Français, OCDE 25,200 60%
Frankfurt Airport Center Frankfurt Lufthansa, Fraport, Operational Services 48,100 94%
Zeughaus Hamburg Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf 43,500 94%
Art&Co Paris 12th Wellio, Adova, Bentley, AFD 13,500 100%
Alis Levallois (Greater Paris) In development 19,800 100%

2. BUSINESS ANALYSIS BY SEGMENT

A. OFFICES: 57% OF COVIVIO'S PORTFOLIO

The offices' market is recovering after 2 years of crisis, marked by strong transformation and structural changes. To adapt to the market trends, Covivio is continuing improving its portfolio quality, focusing on attractive locations (city-centers and well-connected business districts) and develops high-quality assets offering a full range of services that ensure optimal well-being for its tenants.

Covivio owns offices in France (33% of Covivio's portfolio), Italy (15%), and Germany (9%) with a portfolio of €12.3 billion (€10.0 billion Group share) at end-2021. For several years now, the Group has implemented an active asset rotation with selective acquisitions and development policy, reinforcing its footprint on strategic locations.

Thus, Covivio's portfolio has been strategically splitted as follows:

  • Core assets (52% of Covivio's office portfolio): including assets with strong value resiliency and liquidity, in good locations (60% in city-centers and 40% in well-connected top-business districts), with high occupancy (96%) and long WALB (6.7 years). They benefit from a strong asset management work to catch their reversionary potential before strategically disposing to finance new acquisitions and development capex.
  • Manage-to-Core assets (16%): including assets with good fundamentals but high vacancy (28%) or short-term lease expiries. They are mostly in established areas (84% in major Business Districts) with attractive locations (83% <5 min to public transports). These assets can provide significant upside potential, that is why they benefit from strong asset management initiatives to turn them into 'Core' assets.
  • Development Pipeline (21%): this bucket includes current and future office developments with high value creation potential (>30% value creation).
  • Transformation into residential (4%): gathers obsolete office assets in France with opportunities to be converted into residential on a build to sell strategy.
  • Telecom Italia portfolio (6%): includes Italian assets, fully let to Telecom Italia on a long-term basis (10-year WALB).

CORE ASSETS (52% ; €5.2 billion Group share)

Core assets in City – centers in Paris, Milan, Top German cities and french regional cities

Core assets in Top business districts: Attractive locations

MANAGE-TO-CORE ASSETS (16% ; €1.6 billion Group share)

DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE (21% ; €2.1 billion Group share)

B. FRANCE OFFICES: 33% OF COVIVIO'S PORTFOLIO

Covivio owns an office portfolio in France of €7.2 billion (€5.9 billion Group share) located:

  • o 51% in Paris & Neuilly / Levallois;
  • o 36% in top business districts of Greater Paris;
  • o 12% in the centre of major regional cities.

1. Rebound in letting activity with investment traction restored

2021 was marked by the pandemic and its two lockdowns in the first half and a notable rebound of rental activity in the second half of the year. Overall, the investment activity remained dynamic through the year:

  • Take-up in Paris region reached 1.9 million m² (+32% YoY), thanks to an acceleration of recovery in the fourth quarter that amounts to 631,000 m² (+29% YoY):
  • o In Paris, take-up increased by 49% to 791,700 m²;
  • o In Greater Paris (excl. 2nd ring), the take-up (860,200 m²) increased by 26% excluding the Total transaction in La Défense which has driven take-up in this area last year (126,000 m²);
  • o The number of transactions for surfaces over 5,000 m² has doubled up to 56 (vs 20 in 2020).
  • o Good performance of major regional cities, where the Take-up increased by 34% in Lyon and remained stable in Bordeaux compared to 2020.
  • Vacancy rate increased to 7.4% from 6.8% end-2020, still close to the 10-year vacancy rate at 6.7%. The immediate supply is now up to 4 million m². The new spaces represent 34% of this vacancy:
  • o In Paris, the vacancy remained stable at 3.27% (vs 3.21% in 2020) of which 3.1% in Paris CBD
  • o In La Défense, the vacancy rate stood at 12.86%.
  • o In major regional cities, where the vacancy rates stood at: 4.92% in Lyon and 4.83% in Bordeaux.
  • Future available supply at end-2021 decrease from 2.4 million m² stock under construction in 2020 to 1.7 million m² in 2021, with 31% pre-let.
  • Average headline rents for new or restructured space rose by 1.5% year-on-year to €414/m² and for secondhand space by 3.0% to €415/m²:
  • o Prime rents in Paris remains at its all-time high of €930 m²/year (record reached by Covivio in one of its flagship development projects in Paris CBD);
  • o Incentives in the Paris region increased by 20.8% over the year to 24.4%, above the 5-year average of 21%.
  • Office investments in Greater Paris totalled €12.5 billion in 2021, down 20% YoY and still below the last 10 years average (€15.1 billion). However, this asset class largely remains the most popular among investors, accounting for 85% of total investments in Greater Paris. Prime yields remain stable YoY at 2.5% in Paris CBD.

Investment volume since 2010 and 10-year average

At end December 2021, the France Offices activity was marked by:

  • +1.6% like-for-like value growth over one year, thanks mainly to value creation on our development projects offsetting decreases on temporary challenging assets.
  • Deliveries of 5 assets in Paris, Montrouge, Lyon and Montpellier (2 buildings including a Service building), with average occupancy of 96%.

2. Accounted rental income: -2.8% at a like-for-like scope

(€ million) Rental
income
2020
Rental
income
2020
Rental
income
2021
Rental
income
2021
Change (%) Change (%)
LfL 1
100% Group share 100% Group share Group share Group share
Paris Centre West 35.5 35.5 29.3 29.3 -17.4% +1.4%
Paris South 31.7 26.2 31.1 26.5 +1.4% -6.4%
Paris North- East 20.6 20.6 20.5 20.5 -0.6% -0.6%
Total Paris 87.8 82.3 80.9 76.3 -7.2% -2.3%
Western Crescent and La Défense 51.0 48.7 39.2 37.8 -22.5% -7.5%
First ring 49.5 33.4 59.0 42.8 +28.1% +1.1%
Second ring 3.3 3.3 2.7 2.7 -18.5% +0.6%
Total Paris Region 191.6 167.7 181.8 159.6 -4.8% -3.0%
Major regional cities 35.9 29.6 30.7 23.7 -19.9% +2.9%
Other French Regions 9.8 9.8 6.3 6.3 -36.4% -20.6%
Total 237.3 207.1 218.7 189.5 -8.5% -2.8%

1LfL: Like-for-Like

Overall, rental income evolution, mainly as a result of:

  • disposals (-€16.7 million), in 2020 and 2021 of mature assets in Western Crescent and French regions;
  • decrease of rental performance (-€5.1 million) with -2.8% on a like-for-like basis mostly driven by releases of 2020 in Paris South (Carré Suffren) and La Défense partially re-let since then;
  • deliveries (+€14.7 million) in 2020 and 2021 in major regional cities and in the 1st ring;
  • releases of assets, essentially for redevelopment (-€10.7 million), half from last year releases and half from releases of 2021 (5,1 M€) especially in Paris Centre West.

3. Annualized rents: €216.2 million Group share

(€ million) Surface
(m²)
Number
of assets
Annualized
rents
2020
Group Share
Annualized
rents
2021
100%
Annualized
rents
2021
Group Share
Change
(%)
% of
rental
income
Paris Centre West 89,557 11 33.4 20.8 20.8 -38% 10%
Paris South 43,253 8 25.7 35.8 29.7 16% 14%
Paris North- East 139,658 7 20.8 21.4 21.4 3% 10%
Total Paris 272,468 26 79.8 78.0 71.9 -10% 33%
Western Crescent and La Défense 182,923 11 61.3 59.2 52.5 -14% 24%
First ring 446,440 23 46.3 87.8 58.3 26% 27%
Second ring 38,951 12 3.1 2.6 2.6 -15% 1%
Total Paris Region 940,781 72 190.5 227.7 185.3 -3% 86%
Major regional cities 395,562 37 33.2 39.1 28.0 -16% 13%
Other French Regions 78,401 26 8.3 2.9 2.9 -65% 1%
Total 1,414,744 135 232.0 269.7 216.2 -6.8% 100%

Thanks to the restructuring of the asset portfolio in the past years, the portfolio is now focused on:

  • 26 assets in Paris, new or with high potential for redevelopment (46% of portfolio value);
  • 62 assets of high quality in Greater Paris and centre of major regional cities (52% of portfolio value);
  • 27 non-core assets, of which 7 are under disposal agreements (1%);
  • 20 assets under study for residential development (1%).

The 7% decrease is mainly explained by the following variations:

  • In the Western Crescent including La Défense (-14%). This decrease is explained by the disposal of EDO;
  • The decrease in Paris Center West (-38%) is mainly due to release for restructuring of 3 main Parisian assets (Paris Madrid St Lazare, Paris Monceau and Paris Anjou) in last quarter of 2021;
  • Partially offset by deliveries in the First Ring (+26%) and in Paris South (+16%).

4. Indexation

The indexation effect is +€0.6 million (Group share). For current leases:

  • 88% of rental income is indexed to the ILAT (Service Sector rental index);
  • 11% to the ICC (French construction cost index);
  • The balance is indexed to the ILC or the IRL (rental reference index).

5. Rental activity: 116,000m² renewed or let during 2021

Surface
(m²)
Annualized Top up
rents 2021
(€m, GS)
Annualized rents
2021
(€/m²,100%)
Vacating 93,427 24.7 274
Letting 38,230 8.2 253
Pre-letting 32,621 10.1 407
Renewals 45,185 9.6 343

Covivio proved its ability to sign contracts in a challenging environment, and benefitted from the market acceleration in H2:

  • More than 45,000 m² were renegotiated or renewed in 2021 with a +3-year lease extension on average. Covivio has notably renegotiated more than 33,000 m² in Velizy with Eiffage at the same level of rent with a 10 year lease.
  • 70,900 m² have been let or pre-let in 2021, including 32,600 m² on development projects, with:
  • o 10,500 m² on So Pop, to be delivered in 2022 and 33% pre-let with a 9-year lease to Samsung;
  • o 9,100 m² on Jardin de l'Ars in Bordeaux, to be delivered in 2024 and 50% pre-let with a 12-year lease to Onepoint;
  • o 5,500 m² on Stream Building, to be delivered in 2022 and 26% pre-let with a 12-year lease to Zoku through a management contract;
  • o 5,100 m² on Jean Goujon in Paris CBD, to be delivered in 2022 and now 58% pre-let with a 9-year lease to Roland Berger and a 6-year lease to an executive search firm;
  • o 10,400 m² in Silex 2 in Lyon, to Axa, Archimed and Accenture, in a building in the heart of the Part-Dieu district, now 92% let;
  • o 3,400 m² in La Défense-CB21 with 5 new tenants.

93,400 m2 were vacated, mostly in major regional cities (40,000 m²), Paris Centre West (23,600 m²), and Western Crescent & La Défense (11,300 m²) including:

  • o 64,000 m² for redevelopment (47,625 m² and € 15 million of top up GS) or residential (13,324 m² & €1.4 million of Top up GS)) and mixed (2,624 m² and € 0.2 million of Top up GS) redevelopment, mostly in Paris Centre West and major regional cities (Montpellier, Nice);
  • o 21,000 m² on well positioned assets in central locations mainly in Paris, La Défense and Levallois, and well connected to public transports (in front of metro stations);
  • o 9,000 m² to be sold in regional cities (Creil, Le mans).

6. Lease expiries and occupancy rate

6.1. Lease expiries: firm residual lease term of 4.6 years

(€ million) By lease
end date
(1st break)
% of
total
By lease
end date
%
of total
2022 40.1 19% 32.0 15%
2023 34.4 16% 19.8 9%
2024 13.9 6% 6.5 3%
2025 33.7 16% 27.8 13%
2026 3.4 2% 1.9 1%
2027 20.1 9% 13.4 6%
2028 6.9 3% 18.0 8%
2029 5.2 2% 22.1 10%
2030 37.9 18% 45.9 21%
2031 2.6 1% 10.1 5%
Beyond 18.0 8% 18.6 9%
Total 216.2 100% 216.2 100%

The firm residual duration of leases was stable vs year-end-2020 (4.6 years).

In 2022, the €40 million of lease expiries representing 6% of Covivio annualized revenues are split as follow:

  • 3.7% of Covivio annualized revenues (€26 million) already managed due to assets that will be vacated for redevelopment (€25 million), mostly located in Paris CBD (€15 million);
  • 2.0% of Covivio annualized revenues (€14 million) to be managed:
  • o 1.4% relate to Core Assets, well located in Paris CBD and in the first rim, and with good accessibility in public transports;
  • o 0.5% relate to Manage-to-core assets, mainly located in Western Crescent and La Défense.

6.2. Occupancy rate: 93.2% at end 2021

(%) 2020 2021
Paris Centre West 99.8% 99.9%
Southern Paris 95.3% 99.6%
North Eastern Paris 95.3% 98.6%
Paris 97.1% 99.4%
Western Crescent and La Défense 92.9% 90.1%
Inner ring 87.3% 89.2%
Outer ring 86.8% 96.2%
Total Paris Region 92.9% 93.3%
Major regional cities 96.8% 96.4%
Other French Regions 84.1% 65.9%
Total 93.1% 93.2%
  • In Paris, the occupancy rate is exceptionally high and close to 100% at end-2021, with no vacancy excepted for few spaces in Cap 18, a tertiary activity area in the North of Paris that aims to be fully redeveloped in the coming years.
  • In the Western Crescent, the vacancy increase is mainly related to the releases happened on CB21 at the beginning of the year: 81% occupancy rate in 2021 vs 89% in 2020.
  • The main variations in the outer Rim and in other French regions compensate each other and represent less of 1% of Covivio annualized rents.

7. Disposals: €705M secured in 2021

(€ million) Disposals
(agreements as
of end of 2020
closed)
Agreements
as of end
of 2020 to
close
New
disposals 2021
New
agreements
2021
Total
2021
Margin vs
2020
value
Yield Total Realized
Disposals
1 2 3 = 2 + 3 = 1 + 2
Total Paris - 11 3 388 392 n/a 3.0% 3
Total Paris Region 147 6 2 190 192 n/a 5.7% 149
Major regional cities 109 2 94 - 94 5.7% 4.6% 202
Other French Regions 39 4 7 21 27 -10.7% 9.1% 46
Total 100% 295 22 106 599 705 2.8% 4.2% 401
Total Group share 251 22 106 350 456 2.8% 4.2% 357

Covivio secured €705 million of disposals (€456 million Group share), enabling it to finance development projects with strong value-creation potential.

4 Core mature assets: €420 million Group share

  • o €327 million in Paris and Vélizy (share deal of respectively 60% on Carré Suffren and 50% on Velizy) on mature assets; and
  • o €94 million located in Lyon and Lille on which Covivio extracted the full potential of value creation through the entire real estate cycle: development, full letting at delivery achieving top rent, asset management and disposal.
  • 20 non-core assets in French regions: €36 million Group share. Now, only 33 non-core assets remain in the portfolio, equivalent to 1% of the France Offices portfolio, with 16 under disposal agreements.

8. Portfolio values

8.1. Change in portfolio values: -€53 million in Group Share since 2020

(M€, Including Duties
Group share)
Value
2020
Acquis. Invest. Disp. Value creation on
acquis./disp.
Change in
value
Change in
scope
Value 2021
Assets in operation 4,898 - 84 -357 6 23 227 4,880
Assets under
development
1,036 120 - - 70 -227 1,000
Total 5,933 - 203 -357 6 93 - 5,880

The portfolio value decreased by -€53 million since year-end-2020 (-0.9%) mainly driven by:

    • €93 million from like-for-like value growth, mostly resulting from development assets;
    • €203 million invested in development projects and in upgrading work on assets in operations;
  • €357 million from disposals that allowed Covivio to crystallize the value from mature assets and to finance investments in the development pipeline.

8.2. Like-for-like portfolio evolution: +1.6%

on: +1.6%
(€ million, Excluding Duties) Value
2020
100%
Value
2020
Group share
Value
2021
100%
Value
2021
Group share
LfL (%)
change 1
12 months
Yield ²
2020
Yield ²
2021
% of
SubTotal
Paris Centre West 1,287 1,233 1,466 1,389 +8.4% 3.4% 3.1% 24%
Paris South 861 711 898 743 +3.2% 3.9% 4.0% 13%
Paris North- East 617 515 680 554 +1.3% 5.0% 5.0% 9%
Total Paris 2,764 2,459 3,044 2,686 +5.4% 3.9% 3.9% 46%
Western Crescent 1,432 1,281 1,298 1,148 -3.2% 5.3% 5.4% 20%
Neuilly / Levallois 6%
La Défense/ Péri Défense/ Rueil 10%
Issy-les-Moulineaux / Boulogne 3%
Inner ring 1,789 1,262 1,810 1,271 -1.1% 5.1% 5.1% 22%
Montrouge / Malakoff / Châtillon 7%
Vélizy / Meudon 10%
Other 5%
Outer ring 54 54 40 40 -2.2% 5.6% 6.5% 1%
Total Paris Region 6,038 5,056 6,192 5,145 +1.7% 4.6% 4.6% 87%
Major regional cities 1,107 774 991 682 +2.0% 5.5% 4.3% 12%
Lyon / Marseille / Bordeaux 6%
Other 6%
SubTotal 7,145 5,830 7,183 5,827 99%
Other French Regions 103 103 53 53 -7.5% 8.0% 5.5% 1%
Total 7,249 5,933 7,236 5,880 +1.6% 4.8% 4.6% 100%

1 LfL: Like-for-Like

2 Yield excluding assets under development

Covivio's France Office portfolio locations breaks down as follows:

  • 51% in Paris and Neuilly Levallois;
  • 36% in top business districts in Greater Paris;
  • 12% in top locations in major regional cities (Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux).

The high quality of the portfolio explains the increase in values by 1.6% on a like-for-like basis at end of December 2021 despite the crisis, further illustrating Covivio's secured profile in France Offices made up of:

  • A dynamic development portfolio with significant value increase (+7.5%) explained by its strong and attractive locations.
  • Increases on assets delivered in the year 2021 in Paris CBD, Greater Paris, or major regional cities, highlighting Covivio's ability to bear development projects and successfully extracting value creation in every area of France with an average +6.4% LFL:
  • o Paris Gobelins, delivered in March already fully occupied by Expertise France through our Wellio brand;
  • o Montrouge Flow delivered in March already fully let to a subsidiary of Edvance (EDF Group);
  • o Two buildings in Montpellier, one already fully let to Orange and the other one dedicated to services.
  • o Silex 2 in Lyon, delivered in July, 91% let mainly to Solvay
  • Decreases on the temporarily challenged assets mainly in La Défense/Peri-Defense/Rueil area.

9. Assets partially owned

Partially owned assets are the following:

  • CB 21 Tower (75% owned) in La Défense.
  • Carré Suffren (60% owned) in Paris, under disposal agreement at year end.
  • The Silex 1 and 2 assets in Lyon (50.1% owned and fully consolidated).
  • So Pop project in Paris 17th (50.1% owned and fully consolidated).
  • N2 Batignolles project in Paris 17th (50% owned and fully consolidated).
  • The Eiffage (Under sales agreement) and Dassault campuses in Vélizy (50.1% owned and fully consolidated).
  • The New Vélizy campus for Thales (50.1% owned and accounted for under the equity method).
  • Euromed Centre in Marseille (50% owned and accounted for under the equity method).
  • Bordeaux Armagnac (34.7% owned and accounted for under the equity method Exchange process with Icade completed in Jan 2022).
  • Coeur d'Orly in Greater Paris (50% owned and accounted for under the equity method).

C. ITALY OFFICES: 15% OF COVIVIO'S PORTFOLIO

Covivio's Italy strategy is focused on Milan, where the Group's acquisitions and developments are concentrated. At end-December 2021, the Group owned offices worth €3.2 billion (€2.7 billion Group share) composed of:

  • 77% (€2.0 billion) of offices in Milan, mostly in the CBD and centre of the city;
  • 17% (€0.5 billion Group share) Telecom Italia assets, 100% occupied with 9.8 years firm lease;
  • 6% (€0.2 billion) non-core assets outside Milan.

1. Milan Office market: Strong market fundamentals

  • Milan Office take-up stood at 390,000m² at end 2021 (+32% vs 2020) 11% above 10-year average, with an increase in the number of transactions from 162 to 267. Grade A buildings were the most in demand, representing 73% of the take-up.
  • The vacancy rate increased to 11.1% (vs 9.4% at the end-2020), with strong disparity between the center where most of Covivio's portfolio is located (6.1% in the CBD; 5.5% in semi-center) and the periphery (14.3%).
  • Prime rents in Milan increased by +8.3% in the CBD at €650/m². This evolution is mainly due to the search for centrality and quality spaces.
  • Total investment volumes in Milan reached €1.8 billion, down 30% year-on-year and in line with the 10-year average.
  • Prime yields slightly decreased to 3.0% (vs 3.1% at end-2020) as investors have been focusing on core assets.

Investment volume since 2010 and prime yield

Covivio's activities in Italy in 2021 were marked by:

  • A resilient occupancy rate of 97%;
  • Acceleration of non-core disposals, with €108 million Group share, from Telecom Italia assets and non-core properties outside Milan;
  • Success of the development pipeline (lettings in Symbiosis D, Symbiosis GH, built to sell for SNAM);
  • Stability of values with a +1.1% like-for-like in Milan.

2. Accounted rental income: -0.2 like-for-like -0.2%

(€ million) Rental
income
2020
100%
Rental
income
2020
Group
share
Rental
income
2021
100%
Rental
income
2021
Group share
Change
(%)
Change (%)
LfL1
% of
total
Offices - excl. Telecom Italia 85.4 85.4 77.1 77.2 -9.6% -0.6% 50.6%
of which Milan 68.9 68.9 61.8 61.8 -10.3% -0.7% 40.6%
Offices - Telecom Italia 81.2 41.4 75.2 38.3 -7.4% 0.6% 49.4%
Total 166.6 126.8 152.3 115.5 -8.9% -0.2% 100%

1 LfL: Like-for-Like

Overall, rental income decreased by €11.3 million compared to 2020 due to:

  • disposals of non-core and core-mature assets (-€15.4 million);
  • Stable like-for-like rents (-€0.2 million) mainly because of:
  • o vacancy on high street retail spaces in Milan Via Dante and Symbiosis AB (-0.9%),
  • o partially offset by new leases on Garibaldi Complex (+0.4%) with +41% LFL on IFRS rent vs old rents
  • o inflation impact mostly on Telecom Italia portfolio (+0.2%);
  • deliveries of The Sign B and The Sign C in Milan (+€5.8 million);
  • vacating for redevelopment (-€1.5 million), in Milan CBD.

3. Annualized rental income: €128 million Group share

(€ million) Surface
(m²)
Number
of assets
Annualized
rents
2020
Group share
Annualized
rents
2021
100%
Annualized
rents
2021
Group share
Change
(%)
% of
total
Offices - excl. Telecom Italia 373,559 43 83.9 92.8 92.8 10.6% 73%
Offices - Telecom Italia 826,371 92 40.9 68.5 34.9 -14.5% 27%
Development portfolio 89,492 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 - n.a
Total strategic 1,289,423 140 124.7 161.3 127.7 2.4% 100%
(€ million) Surface
(m²)
Number
of assets
Annualized
rents
2020
Group share
Annualized
rents 2021
100%
Annualized
rents
2021
Group share
Change
(%)
% of
total
Milan 452,605 45 75.3 92.3 85.2 13.2% 67%
Rome 66,510 11 4.2 8.3 4.2 1.4% 3%
Turin 69,918 6 6.9 7.0 5.8 -16.0% 5%
North of Italy (other cities) 405,832 45 27.5 32.4 21.0 -23.4% 16%
Others 294,558 33 10.9 21.2 11.4 4.7% 9%
Total Strategic 1,289,423 140 124.7 161.3 127.7 2.4% 100%

Annualized rental income increased by 2.4% mainly due to the disposal.

4. Indexation

The annual indexation of rental income is usually calculated by applying the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on each anniversary of the signing of the agreement.

During the 2021, the average monthly change in the CPI was +1.9%.

5. Rental activity: 88.500m² let or prelet in 2021

(€ million) Surface
(m²)
Annualized Top
up rents 2021
Group Share
Annualized
rents
2021
(100%, €/m²)
Vacating 11,857 4.6 390
Lettings on operating portfolio 11,806 6.0 511
Lettings on development portfolio 57,737 17.0 295
Renewals 45,809 10.3 225
Sell to end-user 19,036 n.a n.a

In 2021, around 88,500 m² of new leases were signed:

  • 11,800 m² on the operating portfolio, of which 2,400 m² on the Garibaldi complex with a 41% increase vs old IFRS rent;
  • 57,700 m2pre-letting on development portfolio. Of which 4,000 m² on Symbiosis D to LVMH Italia, highlighting the recognized quality of Covivio's buildings; 11,600 m² on The Sign D to L'Oréal Italia with expected delivery in 2024; 37,600 m² on Symbiosis G+H fully let to Moncler showing the great attractiveness of the area around Scalo di Porta Romana that will be redeveloped in the coming years and will host 2026 winter Olympic village;
  • 19,000 m² in a sell to end-user deal with SNAM.

Additionally, 31,300 m² have been renewed with a duration extension of 2.8 years, mostly on one building in Milan, let to a large Italian group.

11,900 m² were vacated during 2021 in Milan:

  • 10,300 m² have already been re-let or sold;
  • 1,600 m² are under negotiation, located in excellent locations.

6. Lease expiries and occupancy rates

7.1 of average firm lease term

The firm residual lease term stabilized at 7.1 years thanks to new deliveries (The Sign B and The Sign C) and the renewal signed in Milan.

In 2022, the €16.6 million of lease expiries representing 2.4% of Covivio annualized revenues are split as follows:

  • 2.2% of Covivio annualized revenues (€15.5 million) already managed due to break option not exercised and new contracts already signed (€12.1 million) and also vacating for redevelopment (€3.5 million);
  • 0.1% of Covivio annualized revenues (€1.0 million) to be managed.

6.2. Occupancy rate: a high-level of 96.6%

(%) 2020 2021
Offices - excl. Telecom Italia 95.4% 95.4%
Offices - Telecom Italia 100.0% 100.0%
Total 96.8% 96.6%

7. Disposal agreements: €286M secured in 2021

(€ million, 100%) Disposals
(agreements as
of end of 2020
closed)
Agreements
as of end
of 2020 to
close
New
disposals
2021
New
agreements
2021
Total
2021
Margin
vs
2020
value
Yield Total
Realized
Disposals
1 2 3 = 2 + 3 = 1 + 2
Milan 19 - 25 50 74 3.8% 4.8% 44
Rome - - - - - n.a. n.a. -
Other 13 - 209 2 211 1.8% 7.3% 222
Total 100% 32 - 234 52 286 2.3% 6.9% 265
Total Group share 26 - 145 51 196 1.8% 6.8% 171

During 2021, Covivio signed new agreements for €196 million of disposals of mature assets in Milan and non-core assets outside Milan (mostly Telecom Italia portfolios) at a 1.8% margin, in line with Covivio's strategy to focus on Milan.

8. Portfolio values

8.1. Change in portfolio values

(€ million, Group share
Excluding Duties)
Value
2020
Acquisitions Invest. Disposals Change
in value
Transfer Value
2021
Offices - excl. Telecom Italia 1,678 - 15 -58 -8 178 1,805
Offices - Telecom Italia 704 - - -95 5 - 615
Development portfolio 337 - 66 - 9 -178 234
Total strategic activities 2,719 - 81 -153 6 - 2,653
(€ million, Excluding Duties) Value
2020
Group share
Value
2021
100%
Value
2021
Group share
LfL1
change
Yield ²
2020
Yield ²
2021
% of
total
Offices - excl. Telecom Italia 1,678 1,805 1,805 -0.4% 5.0% 5.2% 68%
Offices - Telecom Italia 704 1,206 615 0.9% 5.8% 5.7% 23%
Development portfolio 337 234 234 4.1% n.a. n.a. 9%
Total strategic activities 2,719 3,244 2,653 0.2% 5.2% 5.3% 100%
1
LfL: Like-for-Like

2Yield excluding development projects

(€ million, Excluding Duties) Value
2020
Group share
Value
2021
100%
Value
2021
Group share
LfL 1
change
Yield ²
2020
Yield ²
2021
% of
total
Milan 1,983 2,203 2,049 1.1% 4.6% 4.7% 77%
Turin 123 121 102 -4.2% 5.6% 6.2% 4%
Rome 88 175 89 0.3% 4.7% 4.7% 3%
North of Italy 309 426 242 -2.7% 7.6% 8.4% 9%
Others 216 319 172 0.1% 6.8% 7.1% 6%
Total 2,719 3,244 2,653 0.2% 5.2% 5.3% 100%

1 LfL: Like-for-Like

2Yield excluding development projects

The weight of Milan Offices now represents 77% of the portfolio (+4.3 pts vs end-2020) and 93% excluding Telecom Italia assets. Milan's exposition is in line with Covivio's strategy to focus on major European cities.

  • Milan portfolio values have grown (+1.1%), sustained by the development portfolio's good performance (+4.1%) despite some value adjustments on high street retail surfaces (-3.1%).
  • Telecom Italia portfolio slightly increased (+0.9%), relying on its strong fundamentals:
  • o 100% occupancy;
  • o 9.9 years average lease term.
  • Non-core offices (outside Milan) continue to show a decrease (-14.9%) due to the general market situation. Covivio has greatly reduced its exposure in the last few years to these assets, which now represent only 6% of the portfolio.

D. GERMANY OFFICES: 9% OF COVIVIO'S PORTFOLIO

1. Stable letting market, appetite for investments

  • Take-up in German's top six markets in 2021 increased by 27% year-on-year to 3.2 million m², with strong disparity between the cities: Cologne (+60%), Hamburg (+43%), Frankfurt (+40%), Berlin (+17%), Munich (+16%) and Düsseldorf (+14%).
  • Immediate supply increased by 17% to 4.7 million m². The vacancy rate stood at 4.3% on average (+0.80pts compared to 2020) with strong disparities, Berlin displaying the tightest vacancy level at 2.5%, Munich (4.0%) Frankfurt (7.5%) and Düsseldorf (7.1%).
  • Future supply is also limited, with around 3.7 million m² under construction of which 1.9 million m² will be delivered by the end of 2022 in German top six cities:
  • o Little risk of oversupply in short-term: high pre-let ratio of 48 %
  • o Future available space until 2022 represents 1.2 year of take-up (2021)
  • Prime rents have continued growing at an overall 3.7% rate with +8% in Berlin (€516/m²) +9% in Munich (€516/m²) and +3% in Hamburg (€396/m²).
  • Investment in German Offices in 2021 amount to €30.7 billion of which €23.8 billion in the top six cities (+23% compared to 2020), +30% above the 10-year average.
  • o Berlin (+22%), Munich (+125%) and Frankfurt (+20%) showed great dynamism being the most attractive cities in Germany.
  • o The office prime yield of 2.7% in the top six cities offers is stable year-on-year.
(€ million) Rental
income
2020
100%
Rental
income
2020
Group share
Rental
income
2021
100%
Rental
income
2021
Group share
Change (%)
LfL 1
Group share
% of
rental
income
Berlin 10.2 7.2 10.0 6.9 +0.2% 15%
Frankfurt 19.7 16.0 19.1 17.5 +0.0% 39%
Düsseldorf 15.5 14.1 9.0 8.5 +83.2% 19%
Hamburg 10.5 8.7 9.0 8.5 -4.4% 19%
Munich 2.6 2.2 2.4 2.3 +0.0% 5%
Other 1.8 1.2 1.9 1.2 +2.7% 3%
Total 60.3 49.3 51.3 44.8 +0.6% 100%

2. Accounted rental income: - €4.5 million Group share in 2021

1 LfL: Like-for-Like

Rental income amounted to €44.8 million in Group Share, down by €4.5 million compared to 2020 due to:

  • Break-up fee from We Work received in 2020 following the cancellation of their lease agreement on Herzogterrassen in Düsseldorf.
  • Rental income increased by €2.1 million, thanks to the full-year impact of the acquisition of Godewind assets executed in 2020. The rental income deriving from this portfolio was fully consolidated in FY 2021 whilst it amounted to 84% on average in FY 2020.

LFL on rental income excludes Godewind, bought in 2020, and therefore covers a small scope. The +0.6% is mainly linked to relettings on small assets located in Berlin and in Düsseldorf.

3. Annualized rents: €47.4 million Group share

Geographic breakdown

(€ million) Surface
(m²)
Number
of assets
Annualized
rents
2020
Group share
Annualized
rents
2021
100%
Annualized
rents
2021
Group share
Change
Group
share
(%)
% of
rental
income
Berlin 75,766 14 7.2 10.2 7.0 -2.1% 15%
Frankfurt 118,649 4 19.1 20.7 19.0 -0.5% 40%
Düsseldorf 68,882 2 8.3 8.8 8.3 -0.1% 18%
Hamburg 70,920 2 8.2 9.7 9.1 10.8% 19%
Munich 37,104 2 2.7 3.0 2.8 5.5% 6%
Other 21,428 3 1.2 1.9 1.2 3.8% 3%
Total 392,749 27 46.6 54.3 47.4 1.8% 100%

4. Indexation

Rents are indexed on the German consumer price index for 42% of lease, 10% have a fixed uplift and 33% have an indexation clause id CPI goes above ana annual increase between 5% and 10% the other percent are not indexed (16%).

5. Rental activity

Surface
(m²)
Annualized Top up rents
2021
(€m, GS)
Annualized rents
2021
(€/m²,100%)
Vacating 9,243 1.4 181
Letting 21,223 3.7 208
Renewals 12,974 2.6 215

The rental activity in 2021 was marked by:

  • More than 21,000 m² let, of which 5,900 m² in Hamburg (Zeughaus); 3,100m² in Munich (Sunsquare); 3,300 m² in Frankfurt (several assets).
  • About 13,000 m² renewed during the past 12 months, with +7.2 years maturity, on assets in Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, and Düsseldorf.
  • 9,200 m² of vacated space, including 1,800 m² in Munich (Eight Dornach).

6. Lease expiries and occupancy rate

6.1. Lease expiries: firm residual lease term of 4.4 years

(€ million) By lease
end date
(1st break)
% of
total
By lease
end date
%
of total
2022 8.1 17% 6.2 13%
2023 7.6 16% 6.2 13%
2024 6.0 13% 6.6 14%
2025 6.3 13% 3.2 7%
2026 3.7 8% 4.0 8%
2027 6.1 13% 4.7 10%
2028 1.1 2% 1.2 2%
2029 1.8 4% 4.7 10%
2030 0.8 2% 3.8 8%
2031 0.0 0% 0.7 1%
Beyond 6.0 13% 6.2 13%
Total 47.4 100% 47.4 100%

The firm residual duration of leases stands at 4.4 years (vs 4.9 years at end-2020).

€8.1 million of expiries are coming in 2022, representing 1.2% of Covivio annualized revenues. They include:

  • 0.6% already managed, including rental agreements on small office spaces, renewed automatically once a year and made with companies in the liberal professions (e.g. Medical doctors' offices).
  • 0.6% to be managed mainly in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich, among which 0.4% is expected to be renewed.
(%) 2020 2021
Berlin 96.8% 94.7%
Frankfurt 86.2% 87.4%
Düsseldorf 58.3% 58.5%
Hamburg 77.4% 85.9%
Munich 51.4% 55.3%
Other 98.2% 99.7%
Total 76.7% 78.8%

The occupancy rate has improved and stands at 78.8% (+2.1 pts compared to year-end 2020) due mainly to lettings in Hamburg and Munich.

73% of the vacancy (15 pts) is focused on Herzogterrassen in the centre of Düsseldorf, Zeughaus in Hamburg and Eight Dornach in Munich. A refurbishment of Herzogterrassen is ongoing in order to reposition the asset as an attractive offer in Düsseldorf city center.

Covivio sold 45% of its shares in Alexanderplatz development project to Covéa and Generali, a flagship development project in Berlin.

8. Portfolio values

8.1. Change in portfolio values

(€ million, Group
share, Excluding
Duties)
Value
2020
Acqu. Invest. Disposals Value creation on
Acquis.
/Disposals
Change in
value
Other Value
2021
Berlin 333 1 27 -61 0 17 1 317
Frankfurt 471 0 9 0 0 -12 1 470
Düsseldorf 317 0 3 0 0 -14 1 306
Hamburg 285 0 2 0 0 2 1 290
Munich 114 0 4 0 0 -9 0 110
Other 21 0 1 0 0 0 0 22
Total 1,541 1 45 -61 0 -15 4 1,515

The portfolio value in Group Share has decreased by €26 million since year-end 2020, mainly due to the disposal of 45% of shares of the Alexanderplatz project in Berlin for €61 million, investment of €27 million into development projects and investment of €18 million into existing assets.

8.2. Like-for-like portfolio evolution: -1.0%

(€ million, Excluding
Duties)
Value
2020
100%
Value
2020
Group
share
Value
2021
100%
Value
2021
Group
share
LfL 1
change
Yield
2020
Yield
2021
% of
total value
Berlin 413 333 477 317 +5.5% 4.1% 3.7% 21%
Frankfurt 513 471 510 470 -2.5% 4.0% 4.1% 31%
Düsseldorf 337 317 325 306 -4.4% 2.7% 2.7% 20%
Hamburg 305 285 310 290 +0.8% 2.9% 3.1% 19%
Munich 121 114 117 110 -7.2% 2.3% 2.5% 7%
Other 33 21 34 22 +0.8% 5.6% 5.6% 1%
Total 1,722 1,541 1,772 1,515 -1.0% 3.4% 3.4% 100%

1LfL: Like-for-Like

Covivio Germany Office portfolio reaches a critical size with €1.8 billion of assets:

  • The like-for-like change (-1.0%) includes decreases in valuation for assets in Munich and Dusseldorf which are still recovering from last year's tenant departures.
  • In the meantime, assets in Berlin and Hamburg registered +5.5% and +0.8% like-for-like growth respectively.

E. GERMANY RESIDENTIAL: 28% OF COVIVIO PORTFOLIO

Covivio operates in the German Residential segment through its 61.7% held subsidiary Covivio Immobilien. The figures presented are expressed as 100% and as Covivio Group share.

Covivio owns around ~40,800 apartments in Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig and North Rhine-Westphalia, representing €7.7 billion (€5.0 billion Group share) of assets.

1. Strong market fundamentals

The housing shortage widens with a deficit of around 400,000 units in Germany at end-2021

Imbalance between supply and demand in Berlin

This shortage continues to drive an important increase in rents and values in Germany. In Berlin in 2021:

o The median asking rent on new buildings increased by 12.7% to €19,95/m² over a year while asking rent on existing buildings increased by 12.2% to €12,90/m².

  • o The median asking price increased by 3.4% and now stands at €5,220 /m², well above the current valuation of Covivio's residential portfolio (€3,368/m² in Berlin). The square meter price for new buildings also reached a new high of €8,390/m² (+21.8%).
  • In February 2020, Berlin implemented the Mietendeckel law to freeze housing rent for five years and in November 2020 it set rent caps on residential units. This law was cancelled in April 2021 and a petition has been launched by the citizens to expropriate big corporate landlords by over 3,000 housing units.
  • The German residential market registered its highest transaction volume with €51 billion, +160% compared to 2020 (including the €22 billion DW/Vonovia deal and the €5 billion Heimstaden deal), which represents 47% of the German real estate investment with €111 billion in 2021.

Around 62% of the transaction are made in the top six German cities.

In 2021, Covivio's activities were marked by:

  • Continued rental growth: +4.5% on a like-for-life basis, driven by NRW and Berlin where the Mietendeckel has been cancelled in April;
  • Strong value growth: +14% increase on a like-for-like basis;
  • Acquisition of 1,071 units in Berlin for an average of €3,397 /m².

2. Accounted rental income:

+4.5% at a like-for like scope

(In € million) Rental
income
2020
100%
Rental
income
2020
Group
share
Rental
income
2021
100%
Rental
income
2021
Group share
Change
Group
share
(%)
Change
Group share
(%) LfL 1
% of
rental
income
Berlin 118.5 76.7 127.2 83.4 8.8% +5.0% 50%
of which Residential 96.4 62.3 103.2 67.6 8.6% +5.5% 40%
of which Other commercial 2 22.2 14.4 24.0 15.8 9.5% +2.9% 9%
Dresden & Leipzig 24.6 15.7 22.9 14.8 -5.9% +2.3% 9%
Hamburg 16.3 10.7 17.1 11.2 5.2% +2.9% 7%
North Rhine-Westphalia 86.2 54.6 93.0 59.0 8.0% +4.7% 35%
Essen 30.8 19.1 34.0 21.2 10.8% +4.9% 13%
Duisburg 15.4 9.6 16.2 10.1 5.8% +3.5% 6%
Mulheim 10.2 6.5 10.6 6.7 3.8% +2.9% 4%
Oberhausen 9.7 6.5 10.2 6.8 4.3% +3.9% 4%
Other 20.2 12.8 21.9 14.1 9.6% +6.5% 8%
Total 245.6 157.7 260.2 168.4 6.8% +4.5% 100%
of which Residential 216.0 138.5 228.0 147.3 6.4% +4.8% 87%
of which Other commercial 2 29.6 19.2 32.2 21.1 9.8% +2.8% 13%

1 LfL: Like-for-Like

2 Ground-floor retail, car parks, etc

Rental income amounted to €168 million Group share in 2021, up 6.8% (+€10.7 million) due to:

  • In Berlin, the like-for-like rental growth is +5.0% (+€3.5 million) with the cancellation of the Mietendeckel at +2.8 pts and 2.2 pts due to the reletting and the indexation. On the residential side only, the growth is +5.5% (+€3.2 million);
  • Outside Berlin, like-for-like rental growth was strong in all areas (+4.1% on average, +€3.2 million) due to the reletting impact (including modernisation) and the indexation;
  • Acquisitions mainly in Berlin in 2020 and 2021 (+€4.3 million);
  • Disposals (-€3.8 million) mainly involving a portfolio of mature assets in Berlin and Leipzig in 2020 as well as some privatisations with high margins in Berlin;
  • Others (+€3.5 million) which include the increase of Covivio detention.
(In € million) Surface
(m²)
Number
of units
Annualized
rents
2020
Group
share
Annualized
rents
2021
100%
Annualized
rents
2021
Group
share
Change
Group
share
(%)
Average
rent
€/m²/month
% of
rental
income
Berlin 1,293,882 17,663 73.4 135.3 90.0 22.5% €8.7 /m² 52%
of which Residential 1,128,051 16,711 58.6 110.5 73.5 25.4% €8.2 /m² 41%
of which Other commercial 1 165,831 952 14.8 24.9 16.4 11.1% €12.5 /m² 9%
Dresden & Leipzig 270,117 4,373 14.4 23.1 15.0 4.2% €7.1 /m² 9%
Hamburg 141,864 2,340 11.1 17.3 11.3 1.6% €10.1 /m² 6%
North Rhine-Westphalia 1,098,654 16,516 57.5 92.4 58.2 1.2% €7.0 /m² 33%
Essen 392,986 5,755 20.6 34.1 21.2 2.5% €7.2 /m² 12%
Duisburg 204,364 3,146 9.9 16.3 10.1 1.9% €6.6 /m² 6%
Mulheim 126,733 2,129 6.7 10.6 6.6 -0.7% €6.9 /m² 4%
Oberhausen 124,775 1,831 6.7 9.8 6.4 -4.6% €6.5 /m² 4%
Others 249,795 3,655 13.6 21.7 13.9 2.4% €7.2 /m² 8%
Total 2,804,517 40,892 156.4 268.0 174.4 11.5% €8.0 /m² 100%
of which Residential 2,587,283 39,613 136.5 235.2 152.8 12.0% €7.6 /m² 88%
of which Other commercial 1 217,234 1,279 20.0 32.9 21.6 8.3% €12.6 /m² 12%

3. Annualized rental income: €174.4 million Group share

1 Ground-floor retail, car parks, etc

The portfolio breakdown has been relatively stable for the past few periods, with Berlin generating slightly above 50% of the rental income, through residential units and some commercial units (mainly ground-floor retail).

Rental income per m² (€8.0 /m²/month on average) offers solid growth potential through reversion in all our markets including, Berlin (20-25%), Hamburg (20-25%), Dresden and Leipzig (10-15%) and in North Rhine-Westphalia (15-20%).

4. Indexation

Rental income from residential property in Germany changes depending on multiple mechanisms:

Rents for re-leased properties:

In principle, rents may be increased freely, provided the property is not financed through governmental subsidies.

As an exception to the unrestricted rent setting principle, cities like Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Düsseldorf have introduced rent caps (Mietpreisbremse) for re-leased properties. Discussions are currently ongoing in Dresden and Leipzig to implement such a measure by the summer 2022. In these cities, rents for re-leased properties cannot exceed the public rent reference (Mietspiegel) by more than 10%, except in the following conditions:

If the property has been modernised in the past three years, the rent for the re-let property may exceed the +10% limit by a maximum of 8% of the costs to modernise it.

In the event the property is completely modernised (work amounting to more than one-third of new construction costs), the rent may be increased freely.

If the rent received from the previous tenant is higher than the +10% limit, then the previous rent will be the limit in the case of re-letting.

Properties built after 1 October 2014 do not adhere to the rent cap.

For current leases:

For residential tenants, the rent can generally be adjusted based on the local comparative rent (Mietspiegel), which is usually determined based on the rent index. In addition to this adjustment method, an index-linked or graduated rent agreement can also be concluded. A successive combination of adjustment methods can also be contractually agreed (e.g. graduated rent for the first 5 years of the contract, followed by adjustment to the local comparative rent).

Adjustment to the local comparative rent: The current rent can be increased by 15% to 20% within three years, depending on the region, without exceeding the local comparative rent (Mietspiegel).

For current leases with work carried out:

If works have been carried out, rents may be increased by up to 8% of the cost of work, in addition to the possible increase according to the rent index. This increase is subject to three conditions:

  • The works aim to save energy, increase the utility value, or improve the living conditions in the long run.
  • The tenant must be notified of this rent increase within three months.
  • The rent may not be increased by more than €3/m² for work to modernise the property within a six-year period (€2/m² if the initial rent is below €7/m²).
(%) 2020 2021
Berlin 98.3% 98.7%
Dresden & Leipzig 99.3% 99.5%
Hamburg 100.0% 100.0%
North Rhine-Westphalia 98.9% 99.5%
Total 98.7% 99.1%

The occupancy rate remains high, at above 99%. It has remained above 98% since the end of 2015 and reflects the Group's very high portfolio quality and low rental risk.

6. Disposals and disposals agreements:

€126 with a 26% margin on appraisal value

(In € million) Disposals
2020
(agreements
as
of end-2020
closed)
Agreements
as of end
2020
to close
New
disposals
2021
New
agreements
2021
Total
2021
Margin vs
end-2020
value
Yield Total
Realized
Disposals
1 2 3 = 2 + 3 = 1 + 2
Berlin 13 - 51 12 62 49% 1.5% 64
Dresden & Leipzig 1 - - - - - - 1
Hamburg - - - - - - - -
North Rhine-Westphalia - - 53 10 63 10% 4.1% 54
Total 100% 14 - 104 22 126 26% 2.8% 118
Total Group share 9 - 68 14 82 26% 2.5% 77

M

In 2021, Covivio secured €126 million of disposals (€82 million group share), with a balanced split between privatizations and bloc sales:

  • Privatizations (mainly in Berlin): 168 units sold for €57 million (€37 million group share) at 53% margin.
  • Bloc sales (mostly in NRW): disposal of a portfolio in NRW consisting in 472 units sold for €58 million (€38 million group share) with a 5% margin.
  • Other disposals for the remaining part including the sale of empty land plots, single houses disposals and adjustment price for a 2020 operation.

7. Acquisitions: €208M realized in 2021

Acquisitions 2021 realized
(In € million, Including Duties) Surface
(m²)
Number of
units
Acq. price
100%
Acq. price
Group share
Gross yield
Berlin 76,973 1,071 262 167 3.3%
Dresden & Leipzig - - 0 0 -
Hamburg - - - - -
North Rhine-Westphalia - - - - -
Total Acquisitions 91,029 1,265 262 167 3.3%
Shares buyback of minority stakes n.a. 41 n.a.

In 2021, Covivio closed several deals for €208 million group share, all of them in Berlin:

  • Acquisition of 1,071 existing units for €167 million Group share in the centre of Berlin at an average of €3,400 /m² with a reversionary potential of near 25%;
  • Buyback shares of some minority stake in German residential portfolio (€41 million Group share).

8. Portfolio values: €7.7 billion (€5.0 billion Group share)

8.1. Change in portfolio value: 17.7% growth

(In € million, Group
share, Excluding
Duties)
Value
2020
Acq. Invest. Disposals Value creation on
Acquis./Disposals
Change in
value
Change of
scope (1)
Value
2021
Berlin 2,387 166 17 -31 6 246 68 2,859
Dresden & Leipzig 371 - 4 - - 43 6 424
Hamburg 327 - 5 - - 50 2 384
North Rhine-Westphalia 1,172 - 30 -32 - 176 -4 1,342
Total 4,257 166 56 -63 6 515 72 5,010

(1) Including shares buyback operation for €41m

In 2021, the portfolio's value increased by +17.7%, to €5.0 billion Group share. The growth was first driven by the likefor-like increase in value (€515 million) and second, by the contribution of acquisitions and investments net of disposals (€237 million).

8.2. Change on a like-for-like basis: +14% growth

(In € million, Excluding
Duties)
Value
2020
Group share
Surface
100%
in m²
Value
2021
100%
Value
2021
in €/m²
Value
2021
Group
share
LfL 1
change
Yield
2020
Yield
2021
% of
total
value
Berlin 2,387 1,293,882 4,358 3,368 2,859 +11.3% 3.1% 3.1% 57%
of which Residential 2,054 1,128,051 3,750 3,324 2,460 +11.1% 2.9% 2.9% 49%
of which Other commercial 2 333 165,831 608 3,666 399 +12.1% 4.4% 4.1% 8%
Dresden & Leipzig 371 270,117 653 2,418 424 +12.4% 3.9% 3.5% 8%
Hamburg 327 141,864 587 4,139 384 +16.8% 3.4% 2.9% 8%
North Rhine-Westphalia 1,172 1,098,654 2,132 1,940 1,342 +18.2% 4.9% 4.3% 27%
Essen 445 392,986 839 2,135 521 +19.3% 4.6% 4.1% 10%
Duisburg 188 204,364 354 1,730 220 +18.1% 5.3% 4.6% 4%
Mulheim 132 126,733 231 1,821 145 +13.3% 5.1% 4.6% 3%
Oberhausen 115 124,775 188 1,509 123 +18.7% 5.8% 5.2% 2%
Other 292 249,795 520 2,083 333 +18.8% 4.7% 4.2% 7%
Total 4,257 2,804,517 7,730 2,756 5,010 +13.7% 3.7% 3.5% 100%
of which Residential 3,805 2,587,283 6,926 2,677 4,484 +13.9% 3.6% 3.4% 90%
of which Other commercial 2 451 217,234 804 3,700 526 +12.2% 4.4% 4.1% 10%

1LfL: Like-for-Like

2 Ground-floor retail, car parks, etc

Covivio's residential portfolio in Germany is valued at €2,756 /m² on average, offering a significant growth potential, especially in Berlin where the current valuation of residential units stands at €3,324 /m², significantly below the average asking price of condominiums (€5,220 /m² at end 2021).

In 2021, values increased by +13.7% on a like-for-like basis since end-2020 which represents yet another very dynamic period of growth:

  • +11.3% in Berlin due to the increase in values in highly sought-after locations;
  • Strong increase in NRW (+18.2%), Hamburg (+16.8%) and Dresden and Leipzig (12.4%) thanks to the continued dynamic of rental growth and the increase in value in large German cities.

9. Maintenance and modernisation CAPEX

In 2021, CAPEX totalled €87 million, (€31 /m²; €56 million in Group share) and OPEX came to €19 million (€6.7 /m² ; €12 million in Group share), 11% below the Capex spent in 2020.

Modernisation CAPEX, used to improve asset quality and increase rental income, accounts for 67% of the total (vs 59% in 2020). Due to a restrictive regulation in Berlin most of them were invested in NRW. The quality of the portfolio in NRW enables us to benefit both from rent and value increase in this area.

Dresden & Leipzig - €22,2 /m² €14,8 /m² modernisation €7,4 /m² maintenance

F. HOTELS IN EUROPE: 15% OF COVIVIO'S PORTFOLIO

Covivio Hotels, a 43.8%-owned subsidiary of Covivio as of 31 December 2021, is a listed property investment company (SIIC) and leading hotel real-estate player in Europe. It invests both in hotels under lease and hotel operating properties.

The figures presented are expressed at 100% and in Covivio Group share (GS).

Covivio owns a high-quality hotel portfolio worth €6.6 billion (€2.6 billion in Group share), focused on major European cities and let or operated by 16 major hotel operators such as Accor, B&B, IHG, NH Hotels, etc. This portfolio offers geographic and tenant diversification (across 12 European countries) and asset management possibilities via different ownership methods (hotel lease and hotel operating properties).

1. Sustained recovery in 2021

Continued lockdowns weighed on hotels performances at the beginning of the year, but the roll-out of the vaccination campaign coupled with the gradual lifting of restrictions and the lower impacts of Covid-19 waves led to accelerate the recovery from second half of the year.

  • In Europe, the hotel recovery was sustained in H2, RevPar rebounding from -66% (vs 2019) in June to -36% in December.
  • The summer performance confirmed the strong rebound in countries with a large domestic clientele, notably France and Germany, which account for 57% of Hotel's revenues, and testified to the good fundamentals of the hotel industry, particularly the leisure segment.
  • Compared to its European neighbors, France and Paris in particular, recorded a strong recovery throughout the second half of the year, with RevPAR up 110% between July and November 2021, demonstrating that, in addition to leisure, business customers have also recovered rapidly.
  • German growth was interrupted in November with the introduction of new restrictions (RevPar down 63% vs. 2019). Still below 2019 levels, some other European countries benefited more from the recovery in H2:

Rebound in performances (RevPar) in H2 2021 vs. 2019

  • On the investment side, the volume of transactions recorded in Europe in 2021 amounts to €16 billion, an increase of 59% compared to 2020 (€10 billion investment volume).
  • The UK and Germany represent respectively 30% and 14% of the transactions, with relatively stable average prices per room (from €200,000 to €250,000).
  • Spain accounted for 15% of total transactions (vs. 6% in 2019): the number of assets exchanged appears stable compared to 2019 (c. 50 assets), but prices were much higher (€210,000 per room on average vs. €143,000 in 2019). The second half of the year accounted for 67% of total transaction volume.

Assets not wholly owned by Covivio Hotels include:

  • o 8 operating properties in Germany (94.9% owned)
  • o 90 B&B assets in France (50.2%)
  • o 11 B&B assets in Germany (93.0%)
  • o 8 B&B assets in Germany, 5 of them 84.6% held and the other 3, 90.0% held
  • o 2 Motel One assets in Germany (94.0%)
  • o Club Med Samoëns (50.1%) under disposal agreement
  • o 32 AccorInvest assets in France (30 assets) and Belgium (2 assets), 31.2% (26 assets) and 33.3% (6 assets) owned respectively

2. Recognised revenues: +27% on a like-for-like basis

(In € million) Revenues
2020
100%
Revenues
2020
Group share
Revenues
2021
100%
Revenues
2021
Group share
Change
(%)
Group share
Change
Group share
(%) LfL1
Hotel Lease properties - Variable 16.2 7.0 26.7 11.7 66% 69%
Hotel Lease properties - Fixed 123.1 47.3 136.7 54.1 14% -1%
Hotel properties - UK 0.0 0.0 12.0 5.2 n.a n.a
Operating properties - EBITDA 7.9 3.3 21.9 9.4 185% 356%
Total revenues Hotels 147.2 57.6 197.3 80.4 39.6% 27.5%

1LfL: Like-for-Like

Hotel revenues increased by +40% in 2021 (+€22.8 million Group share) compared to 2020, due to:

Leased hotels:

  • − The AccorInvest hotel portfolio (22% of the hotel portfolio), which is indexed on hotel turnover, increased by 69% like-for-like compared to 2020, due to the suspension of restrictions in Europe in the third quarter of 2021. These midscale and economy hotels are located in France and Belgium.
  • Hotels located in the UK (13% of the hotel portfolio): We note a reversal of booked rents of €12 million (vs 0M 2020) thanks to the re-opening in the summer 2021.
  • Other leases: increase of €6.8 million Group share mainly due to the integration of an acquisition in September 2020. On a like-for-like basis the -1% performance is explained by free-rent periods granted to sustain our tenants.
  • Operating hotels: mainly located in Germany and in the north of France. The increase is due to the less restrictive health measures in the summer of 2021. However, France recorded better performance thanks to its health crisis management (+630% vs 2020) than Germany (+49% vs 2020).

Collection rate: 96% for hotels excluding rent free and deferred payment.

3. Annualized revenue

Breakdown by operators and by country (based on 2021 fixed revenues and 2019 variable revenues) which amount to €133 million in Group share.

Rents are splitted using the following breakdown: fixed (42%), variable (22%) UK (12%), and EBITDA (24%)

4. Indexation

Fixed-indexed leases are indexed to benchmark indices (ICC and ILC in France and the consumer price index for foreign assets).

5. Lease expiries: 13.3 of firm residual lease term years

(In € million, Group share) By lease
end date
(1st break)
% of
total
By lease
end date
% of
total
2022 1.2 1% 0.0 0%
2023 4.4 4% 0.0 0%
2024 1.0 1% 2.2 2%
2025 2.0 2% 0.6 1%
2026 3.3 3% 2.3 2%
2027 0.0 0% 0.0 0%
2028 13.6 13% 0.9 1%
2029 0.0 0% 0.0 0%
2030 10.3 10% 14.6 14%
2031 3.7 4% 10.3 10%
Beyond 62.5 61% 71.0 70%
Total Hotels in lease 101.9 100% 101.9 100%

The hotel firm lease duration remains very high at 13.3 years (-0.9 years vs end-2020), the main operation in 2021 being the renegotiation on one asset in Spain extending the lease by 8 years.

Despite the crisis, all our hotels are fully let to operators.

6. Disposals and disposal agreements: €134M

(In € million) Disposals
(agreements as
of end of 2020
closed)
Agreements
as of end
of 2020 to
close
New
disposals
2021
New
agreements
2021
Total
2021
Margin
vs
2020
value
Yield Total
Realized
Disposals
1 2 3 = 2 + 3 = 1 + 2
Hotel Lease properties 13 19 - 134 134 21% 4.9% 13
Hotel Operating properties - - - - - - - -
Total Hotels - 100% 13 19 - 134 134 21% 4.9% 13
Total Hotels - GS 6 8 - 31 31 23% 4.8% 6

In 2021, Covivio signed two new engagements for a total of €134 million (€31 million GS), mostly one leisure asset in French ski resort, with a staggering 21% margin. Closings of both sales are expected in H1 2022.

7. Portfolio values

7.1. Change in portfolio values

(In € million, Excluding Duties,
Group share)
Value 2020 Acquis. Invest. Disposals Change in
value
Others Value 2021
Hotels - Lease properties 2,022 - 12 -6 -8 37 2,057
Hotels - Operating properties 510 - 8 - -1 4 521
Total Hotels 2,532 - 20 -6 -9 41 2,578

At the end of December 2021, the portfolio amounted to €2.6 billion Group share, up €47 million compared to year-end 2020, essentially explained by the positive impact of the GBP variation (+€25 million) and the investments realized during the year (+€20 million).

7.2. Change on a like-for-like basis: -0.3%

(In € million, Excluding Duties) Value
2020
Group share
Value
2021
100%
Value
2021
Group share
LfL 1
change
Yield 2
2020
Yield 3
FY 2021
% of
total value
France 716 2,283 730 +0.6% 5.0% 4.9% 28%
Paris 304 827 304 12%
Greater Paris (excl. Paris) 132 498 133 5%
Major regional cities 187 583 193 7%
Other cities 93 374 100 4%
Germany 269 650 280 +3.5% 4.9% 4.7% 11%
Frankfurt 31 74 31 1%
Munich 21 48 21 1%
Berlin 30 73 34 1%
Other cities 187 454 193 8%
Belgium 112 283 112 -1.5% 6.2% 6.3% 4%
Brussels 35 100 35 1%
Other cities 77 183 77 3%
Spain 276 630 276 -1.4% 5.5% 5.2% 11%
Madrid 119 283 124 5%
Barcelona 98 213 93 4%
Other cities 59 134 59 2%
UK 340 785 344 -6.4% 5.5% 4.8% 13%
Italy 113 265 116 +1.2% 5.2% 5.1% 4%
Other countries 196 454 199 +3.0% 5.2% 5.2% 8%
Total Hotel lease properties 2,021 5,351 2,057 -0.4% 5.3% 5.0% 80%
France 111 261 114 -0.1% 5.5% 5.4% 4%
Lille 47 106 47 2%
Other cities 63 155 68 3%
Germany 347 847 352 -0.3% 6.8% 6.7% 14%
Berlin 242 596 248 10%
Dresden & Leipzig 82 198 82 3%
Other cities 23 53 22 1%
Other countries 52 125 55 +0.9% 7.3% 7.1% 2%
Total Hotel Operating properties 510 1,234 521 -0.1% 6.4% 6.3% 20%
Total Hotels 2,532 6,584 2,578 -0.3% 5.5% 5.3% 100%

1 LfL : Like-for-Like

2Yield excluding assets under development; EBIDTA yield for hotel operating properties

3 Yields calculated on the basis of 2021 fixed revenues and 2019 variable revenues

At the end of December 2021, Covivio held a unique hotel portfolio of €2.6 billion (€6.6 billion at 100%) in Europe. This strategic portfolio is characterised by:

  • High-quality locations: average Booking.com location grade of 8.8/10.
  • Diversified portfolio: in terms of countries (12 countries, none representing more than 33% of the total portfolio), and segment (69% economic/midscale and 31% upscale).
  • Major hotel operators with long-term leases: 16 hotel operators with an average lease duration of 13.3 years.

The portfolio value decreased by -0.3% Like-for-Like a mix of:

  • 1- Value adjustments on the UK portfolio (13% of hotels): a -6.5% decrease was accounted during H1 on these 12 assets leased to IHG. Values remained stable during H2 (+0.1%) and take into consideration the new lease agreement found with IHG.
  • 2- Slight increase on other leased assets (+0.9%): resilience on these assets, in line with the high margin on new disposal agreements and slightly better visibility on Accor variable rent cash-flows (+0.6%).
  • 3- Stable values on operating portfolio (-0.1%): resilience on these assets, thanks to excellent locations and start of recovery in H2.

3. FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND COMMENTS

Covivio's activity involves the acquisition or development, ownership, administration, and leasing of properties, particularly Offices in France, Italy and Germany, Residential in Germany, and Hotels in Europe.

Registered in France, Covivio is a public limited company with a Board of Directors.

The German Residential information in the following sections include some Office assets owned by the subsidiary (Covivio Immobilien).

CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS

3.1. Scope of consolidation

On 31 December 2021, Covivio's scope of consolidation included companies located in France and several European countries. The main equity interests in the fully consolidated but not wholly owned companies are as follows:

Subsidiaries 31 Dec.
2020
31 Dec.
2021
Covivio Hotels 43.5% 43.8%
Covivio Immobilien 61.7% 61.7%
Covivio Office 6 GmbH 89.7% 89.9%
Covivio Office GmbH (Godewind) 99.8% 100.0%
Sicaf (Telecom Italia portfolio) 51.0% 51.0%
OPCI CB 21 (CB 21 Tower) 75.0% 75.0%
Fédérimmo (Carré Suffren) 60.0% 60.0%
Covivio Alexanderplatz 50.1% 55.0%
SCI Latécoëre (DS Campus) 50.1% 50.1%
SCI Latécoëre 2 (DS Campus extension) 50.1% 50.1%
SCI 15 rue des Cuirassiers (Silex 1) 50.1% 50.1%
SCI 9 rue des Cuirassiers (Silex 2) 50.1% 50.1%
Sas 6 Rue Fructidor (So Pop) 50.1% 50.1%
SCI 11, Place de l'Europe (Campus Eiffage) 50.1% 50.1%
SCCV Fontenay sous bois (France Residential) 50.0% 50.0%
SCCV Bobigny (France Residential) 60.0% 60.0%
SNC N2 Batignolles promo (Paris N2) 50.0% 50.0%
SCI N2 Batignolles (Paris N2) 50.0% 50.0%

3.2. Accounting principles

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the international accounting standards issued by the IASB (International Accounting Standards Board) and adopted by the European Union on the date of preparation. These standards include the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards), as well as their interpretations. The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 22 February 2022.

3.3. Simplified income statement - Group share

(In € million, Group share) 2020 2021 var. %
Net rental income 539.0 530.7 -8.3 -2%
EBITDA from hotel operating activity & flex-office 9.0 17.6 +8.6 +96%
Income from other activities (incl. Property development) 31.5 42.8 +11.3 +36%
Net revenue 579.5 591.1 +11.6 +2%
Net operating costs -83.2 -77.6 +5.6 -7%
Amortisations of operating assets -41.5 -49.5 -8.0 +19%
Net change in provisions and other 1.7 7.7 +6.0 n.a.
Current operating income 456.5 471.7 +15.2 +3%
Net income from inventory properties -3.8 -2.1 +1.7 n.a.
Income from value adjustments 148.3 553.9 +405.6 n.a.
Income from asset disposals -1.1 -1.3 -0.2 n.a.
Income from disposal of securities 8.1 -1.2 -9.3 n.a.
Income from changes in scope & other -13.8 -10.6 +3.2 n.a.
Operating income 594.2 1,010.4 +416.2 +70%
Cost of net financial debt -101.0 -94.7 +6.3 -6%
Interest charges linked to financial lease liability -6.6 -6.9 -0.3 +5%
Value adjustment on derivatives -79.5 86.4 +165.9 n.a.
Discounting of liabilities-receivables, and Result of change -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 n.a.
Early amortisation of borrowings' cost -0.7 -2.1 -1.4 n.a.
Share in earnings of affiliates 7.8 21.4 +13.6 +174%
Income before tax 413.9 1,014.1 +600.2 +145%
Deferred tax -34.8 -67.0 -32.2 +93%
Corporate income tax -19.3 -23.5 -4.2 +22%
Net income for the period 359.8 923.6 +563.8 +157%

€591.1 million net revenue (+2.0%)

Net rental income in Group share increased mainly due to recovery in hotels activity and rental growth in german residential.

(In € million, Group share) 2020 2021 var. %
France Offices 193.5 174.8 -18.8 -9.7%
Italy Offices (incl. retail) 109.1 101.0 -8.1 -7.4%
German Offices 35.4 29.5 -5.9 -16.7%
German Residential 148.5 158.8 +10.3 +6.9%
Hotels in Europe (incl. retail) 52.3 66.6 +14.3 +27.3%
Other (incl. France Residential) 0.3 0.1 -0.2 -66.7%
Total Net rental income 539.0 530.7 -8.3 -1.5%
EBITDA from hotel operating activity & flex-office 9.0 17.6 +8.6 +95.6%
Income from other activities 31.5 42.8 +11.3 +35.9%
Net revenue 579.5 591.1 +11.6 +2.0%

France Offices: decrease mainly due to the sale of assets.

Italy Offices: decrease due to the disposals in secondary locations outside Milan.

Germany Offices: -€5.9 million due to the one-off indemnity received from Wework in 2020.

German Residential: increase driven by acquisition and continuing rental growth.

Hotels in Europe: increase in variable revenues in H2 following the recovery in the activity.

  • EBITDA from the hotel operating activity and flex-office: The first 4 months of 2021, the hotel activity remained heavily impacted by the health crisis and various government restrictions. The recovery was sustained in the 2nd half of 2021. The flex-office activity increased slightly thanks to the ramp-up of this activity and the opening of new spaces in Milan.
  • Income from other activities: net income from other activities comes from the income generated by the property development activity (€15 million), asset and development fees on partnerships (€22 million) and marginally by car park activity (€5.2 million).
  • Net operating costs: -€77.6 million including +€25.1 million in property management fees. Net operating costs decreased by €1.1 million (-21.8%) due to savings on staff costs and travel expenses.

Amortisation of operating assets:

Note that this item includes the amortisation linked to the right of use according to IFRS 16. This amortisation of right of use is mainly related to owner-occupied buildings and headquarters. The increase for the year is mainly due to a refurbishment in our own-occupied building (Gobelins operated under our Wellio flexible workspace brand).

Net change in provision and other:

Before the application of IFRS 16, ground lease expenses and ground lease recharge were reported within net rental income. Because of the application of IFRS16 "Leases", there is no longer a ground lease expense (this expense is replaced by an interest charge), therefore the ground lease recharge is reported under "Net change in provision and other" so as to not artificially increase Net rental income. During 2020 there was no ground lease recharge in UK companies whereas the amount is €2.8 million in 2021.

Net income from inventory properties:

This item refers to a marginal real estate trading activity, mainly in Italy.

Change in the fair value of assets:

The income statement recognises changes in the fair value (+€553.9 million) of assets based on appraisals carried out on the portfolio.

This line item does not include the change in fair value of assets recognised at amortised cost under IFRS but is taken into account in the EPRA NAV calculation (hotel operating properties, flex-office assets and other own-occupied buildings).

For more details on changes in the portfolio by activity, see section 1 of this document.

Income from asset disposals & disposal of securities:

Income from asset disposals contributed -€2.5 million during the year. This loss is mainly in Italy Office activity with depreciation of receivables relating to disposal (-€5.6 million).

Income from changes in scope and other:

This item negatively impacted the income statement by around -€10.6 million. It includes costs linked to the acquisition of a Germany Offices listed company (squeeze-out costs) and goodwill depreciation tied to the hotel operating activity (-€7.8 million).

Cost of net financial debt:

The cost of net financial debt decreased thanks to continuous debt restructuring efforts.

Interest charges linked to finance lease liability:

The Group rents some land under long term leasehold. According to IFRS 16, such rental costs are stated as interest charges. The interest charges refer to the hotel activity for an amount equal to -€5.5 million.

Value adjustment on derivatives:

The fair value of financial instruments (hedging instruments) is positively impacted by an average 50 bps increase in the long term interest rates. For the year, the P&L impact is a revenue of +€86.4 million, while for 2020 it was -€79.5 million.

Share of income of equity affiliates

Group share %
interest
Contribution
to earnings
(€million)
Value Change in
equity
value
(%)
OPCI Covivio Hotels 8.6% 2.9 38.8 6.9%
Lénovilla (New Vélizy) 50.1% 8.6 65.0 4.2%
Euromed 50.0% 0.3 31.4 -44.1%
Cœur d'Orly 50.0% 6.1 30.4 18.0%
Bordeaux Armagnac (Orianz / Factor E) 34.7% 1.7 17.4 11.0%
Phoenix (Hotels) 14.6% 1.8 46.9 3.9%
Total 21.4 230.1 -9.8%

The equity affiliates include Hotels in Europe and the France Offices sectors:

  • OPCI Covivio Hotels: two hotel portfolios, Campanile (32 hotels) and AccorHotels (39 hotels) 80%-owned by Crédit Agricole Assurances.
  • Lénovilla: the New Vélizy campus (47,000 m²), let to Thalès and co-owned with Crédit Agricole Assurances.
  • Euromed in Marseille: one office building (Calypso) and a hotel (Golden Tulip) in partnership with Crédit Agricole Assurances. One office building (Astrolabe) has been sold in the first half of 2021.
  • Coeur d'Orly in Greater Paris: two buildings in the Orly airport business district in partnership with ADP.
  • Bordeaux Armagnac: development project, delivered in 2019 in partnership with Icade, of three buildings near the new high-speed train station. In early 2022, the partnership has been closed by exchanging the respective interests in the assets. Covivio owns since January 2022 100% of one office building.
  • Phoenix hotel portfolio: 32% stake held by Covivio Hotels (43.8% subsidiary of Covivio) in a portfolio of 32 Accor Invest hotels in France & Belgium.

Taxes

The corporate income tax corresponds to the tax on:

  • Foreign companies that are not or are only partially subject to a tax transparency regime (Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, United Kingdom and Portugal).
  • French subsidiaries with a taxable activity.

The corporate income tax amounted to -€23.5 million, including taxes on sales (-€16 million).

Adjusted EPRA Earnings increased by +7 % to €410.5 million (+€25.5 million vs 2020)

Net income
Group share
Restatements Adjusted
EPRA E.
2021
Adjusted
EPRA E.
2020
Net rental income 530.7 530.7 539.0
EBITDA from the hotel operating activity & flex-office 17.6 17.6 9.0
Income from other activities (incl. Property development) 42.8 42.8 31.5
Net revenue 591.1 0.0 591.1 579.5
Net operating costs -77.6 -77.6 -83.2
Management & administration income 25.1 25.1 21.8
Operating costs -102.7 -102.7 -105.1
Amortisations of operating assets -49.5 29.1 -20.4 -22.6
Net change in provisions and other 7.7 -2.9 4.8 -1.1
Operating income 471.7 26.3 498.0 472.6
Net income from inventory properties -2.1 2.1 0.0 0.0
Income from asset disposals -1.3 1.3 0.0 0.0
Income from value adjustments 553.9 -553.9 0.0 0.0
Income from disposal of securities -1.2 1.2 0.0 0.0
Income from changes in scope & other -10.6 10.6 0.0 0.0
Operating result 1,010.4 -512.4 498.0 472.6
Cost of net financial debt -94.7 4.3 -90.3 -92.9
Interest charges linked to finance lease liability -6.9 4.2 -2.7 -2.6
Value adjustment on derivatives 86.4 -86.4 0.0 0.0
Discounting of liabilities-receivables and Foreign Exchange
Result
-0.3 -0.3 -0.2
Early amortisation of borrowings' costs -2.1 2.1 -0.1 -0.1
Share in earnings of affiliates 21.4 -7.9 13.5 13.5
Pre-tax net income 1,014.1 -596.1 418.0 390.2
Deferred tax -67.0 67.0 0.0 0.0
Corporate income tax -23.5 16.0 -7.5 -5.2
Net income for the period 923.6 -513.1 410.5 385.0
Average number of shares 94,334,096 91,383,658
Per share 4.35 4.21
  • The restatement of the amortisation of operating assets (+€29.1 million) offsets the real estate amortisation of the flex-office and hotel operating activities.
  • The restatement of the net change in provisions (-€2.9 million) consists of the ground lease expenses linked to the UK leasehold.
  • There was a €4.3 million impact on the cost of debt due to early debt restructuring costs.
  • Concerning the interest charges linked to finance lease liabilities relating to the UK leasehold, as per IAS 40 §25, €4.2 million was cancelled and replaced by the lease expenses paid (see the amount of -€2.9 million under the line item "Net change in provisions and other").
  • The restatement of the share in earnings of affiliates allows for the EPRA earnings contribution to be displayed.
  • The restatement of the corporate income tax (+€16 million) is linked to the tax on disposals.

Adjusted EPRA Earnings by activity

(In € million, Group share) France
Offices
Italy
Offices 1
Germany
Offices
Germany
Residential
Hotels in
lease 1
Hotel
operating
properties
Corporate
or non
attributable
sector
2021
Net rental income 174.8 101.0 29.5 158.8 66.6 - 0.1 530.7
EBITDA from Hotel operating activity &
flex-office
6.2 2.0 0.0 - - 9.4 - 17.6
Income from other activities (incl.
Property development)
22.9 3.3 0.6 10.8 0.0 - 5.2 42.8
Net revenue 203.8 106.4 30.1 169.6 66.5 9.4 5.3 591.1
Net operating costs -31.2 -7.2 -3.3 -28.0 -3.1 -1.0 -3.7 -77.6
Amortisation of operating assets -6.9 -1.5 -0.9 -2.4 -1.9 -6.8 -20.4
Net change in provisions and other 8.0 -1.6 -1.4 -0.4 -1.3 0.7 0.8 4.8
Operating result 173.7 96.0 24.5 138.9 62.1 7.2 -4.4 498.0
Cost of net financial debt -20.5 -14.6 -8.4 -23.1 -19.0 -5.0 0.3 -90.3
Other financial charges -0.1 -0.2 -0.5 0.1 -1.6 -0.6 -0.3 -3.1
Finance lease interest -0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.0 -1.3 -0.6 -0.3 -2.7
Discounted receceivable/payable - - - - -0.3 - - -0.3
Irregular financial amortisation - -0.1 - 0.1 - - - -0.1
Share in earnings of affiliates 11.1 - - 2.4 - - 13.5
Corporate income tax -0.6 - -0.3 -4.5 -1.9 -0.2 -0.1 -7.6
Adjusted EPRA Earnings 163.6 81.3 15.4 111.3 42.1 1.4 -4.5 410.5
Promotion margin -0.7 -3.3 - -11.0 - - - -15.0
EPRA Earnings 162.8 77.9 15.4 100.4 42.1 1.4 -4.5 395.5

1: Including non-strategic retail in the subsidiary

scope

EPRA Earnings of affiliates

(In € million, Group share) France Offices Hotels
(in lease)
2021
Net rental income 13.5 3.8 17.3
Net operating costs -0.6 -0.5 -1.1
Amortisation of operating properties 0.0 0.0 0.0
Operating result 12.8 3.3 16.2
Cost of net financial debt -1.7 -1.0 -2.7
Corporate income tax 0.1 0.1
Share in EPRA Earnings of affiliates 11.1 2.4 13.5

3.4. Simplified consolidated income statement (at 100%)

(In € million, 100%) 2020 2021 var. %
Net rental income 776.1 779.3 +3.2 +0.4%
EBITDA from hotel operating activity & flex-office 13.6 30.1 +16.5 +121.3%
Income from other activities (incl. Property development) 26.4 28.8 +2.4 +9.1%
Net revenue 816.1 838.2 +22.1 +2.7%
Net operating costs -116.5 -114.2 +2.3 -2.0%
Amortisation of operating assets -67.3 -75.2 -7.9 +11.7%
Net change in provisions and other 4.4 17.0 +12.6 n.a.
Current operating income 636.7 665.8 +29.1 +4.6%
Net income from inventory properties -3.4 -2.0 +1.4 -41.2%
Income from asset disposals -1.2 4.6 +5.8 n.a.
Income from value adjustments 128.2 835.3 +707.1 n.a.
Income from disposal of securities 12.1 -0.8 -12.9 n.a.
Income from changes in scope -16.1 -23.3 -7.2 n.a.
Operating income 756.3 1,479.6 +723.3 +95.6%
Cost of net financial debt -172.4 -167.0 +5.4 -3.1%
Interest charge related to finance lease liability -14.0 -14.8 -0.8 +5.7%
Value adjustment on derivatives -115.5 142.6 +258.1 n.a.
Discounting of liabilities and receivables -0.1 -0.7 -0.6 n.a.
Early amortisation of borrowings' costs -1.2 -4.1 -2.9 n.a.
Share in earnings of affiliates 0.2 27.4 +27.2 n.a.
Income before tax 453.3 1,463.0 +1,009.7 +222.7%
Deferred tax -25.8 -137.7 -111.9 n.a.
Corporate income tax -35.3 -31.5 +3.9 -10.9%
Net income for the period 392.3 1,293.9 +901.7 +229.8%
Non-controlling interests -32.5 -370.3 -337.8 n.a.
Net income for the period - Group share 359.8 923.6 +563.9 +156.7%

The +€563.9 million (+€156.7%) increase in net income for the period is related to the increase in value of the properties of +€128.2 million last year vs +€835.3 million this year (gain €707.1 million), and the positive impact of derivatives' value of -€115.5 million last year vs +€142.6 million this year (gain €258.1 million).

Net revenue increased by c.€22.2 million, mainly due to the recovery of activity in the hotel sector and rental growth in german residential.

(In € million, 100%) 2020 2021 var. %
France Offices 222.9 202.3 -20.6 -9.3%
Italy Offices (incl. Retail) 145.3 134.5 -10.8 -7.4%
German Residential 231.5 245.6 +14.1 +6.1%
German Offices 41.4 31.6 -9.8 -23.8%
Hotels in Europe (incl. Retail) 134.8 164.7 +29.9 +22.2%
Other (mainly France Residential) 0.2 0.6 +0.4 +183.5%
Total Net rental income 776.1 779.3 +3.2 +0.4%
EBITDA from the hotel operating activity
& flex-office
13.6 30.1 +16.5 +121.2%
Income from other activities 26.4 28.8 +2.4 +9.2%
Net revenue 816.1 838.3 +22.2 +2.7%

3.5. Simplified consolidated balance sheet (Group share)

Assets 2020 2021 Liabilities
2020
2021
Investment properties 14,127 14,640
Investment properties under development 1,411 1,341
Other fixed assets 903 852
Equity affiliates 255 230
Financial assets 408 304
Deferred tax assets 83 94
Financial instruments 77 45 Shareholders' equity 8,582 9,194
Assets held for sale 296 505 Borrowings 8,995 8,728
Cash 1,134 929 Financial instruments 312 142
Inventory (Trading & Construction
activities)
190 153 Deferred tax liabilities 684 769
Other 395 668 Other liabilities 705 927
Total 19,279 19,760 Total 19,279 19,760

(In € million, Group share)

Investment properties, Properties under development and Other fixed assets

The portfolio (including assets held for sale) at the end of December by operating segment is as follows:

(In € million, Group share) 2020 2021 var.
France Offices 5,523 5,496 -26
Italy Offices (incl. Retail) 2,749 2,653 -96
German Offices 1,393 1,349 -43
German Residential 4,440 5,202 762
Hotels in Europe (incl. Retail) 2,587 2,600 13
Car parks (and other) 45 37 -8
Total Fixed Assets 16,737 17,337 600

The decrease in France Offices (-€26 million) was mainly due to the disposals (-€314 million) and the depreciation tied to own-occupied buildings (-€11 million), partly offset by +€232.3 million of CAPEX and the change in fair value (+€69 million).

In Italy Offices, the change (-€96 million) was mainly due to disposals for the year (-€173 million), the slight decrease in fair value (-€2 million) due to the negative performance on assets outside Milan and non-strategic retail assets, offset by the CAPEX & acquisition of the year (+€86.8 million).

The increase in German Residential (+€762 million) was mainly due to the growth in fair value (+€529 million), CAPEX and acquisitions (+€234.6 million), offset by disposals for the year (-€63.6 million) and transfer from inventories (development activity) to investment properties (+€6.9 million).

German Offices (-€43 million) was mainly due to the change in fair value (-€28 million).

The decrease in the Hotels in Europe portfolio (+€13 million) was mainly driven by the disposals (-€30 million) and the change in fair value (-€14 million), offset by foreign currency exchange gains mainly in the UK portfolio (+€30 million) and the CAPEX (+€33.6 million).

Assets held for sale (included in the total fixed assets above), €505 million at the end of December 2021

Assets held for sale consists of assets for which a preliminary sales agreement has been signed. The breakdown by segment is as follow:

  • o 74.3% of offices in France (mostly Carré Suffren and Eiffage campus).
  • o 8.7% of offices in Italy.
  • o 8% of hotels in Europe.
  • o 6.4% of parking.

Total Group shareholders' equity

Shareholders' equity increased from €8,582 million at the end of 2020 to €9,194 million at 31 December 2021, i.e +€612 million, mainly due to:

  • o Income for the period: +€924 million.
  • o The dividend distribution: -€339.6 million.
  • o Change in detention rate: +€23 million.
  • o Change in Other Comprehensive Income +€0.6 million.

Deferred tax liabilities

Net deferred taxes represent €675.8 million in liabilities versus €601.2 million on 31 December 2020. This €74.6 million increase is mainly due to the growth of appraisal values in Germany (+€84 million).

3.6. Simplified consolidated balance sheet (at 100%)

(In € million, 100%)

Assets 2020 2021 Liabilities 2020 2021
Investment properties 20,912 21,450
Investment properties under development 1,713 1,707
Other fixed assets 1,602 1,525
Equity affiliates 361 340
Financial assets 282 138 Shareholders' equity 8,582 9,194
Deferred tax assets 104 106 Non-controlling interests 3,986 4,430
Financial instruments 99 64 Shareholders' equity 12,568 13,623
Assets held for sale 335 902 Borrowings 12,296 11,834
Cash 1,246 1,063 Financial instruments 429 201
Inventory (Trading & Construction activity) 249 212 Deferred tax liabilities 1,077 1,222
Other 475 730 Other liabilities 1,009 1,357
Total 27,380 28,237 Total 27,380 28,237

4. FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Summary of the financial activity

Covivio is rated BBB+ with a stable outlook by S&P.

At end- 2021, Covivio's Loan-to-Value (LTV) ratio is down by 2pts vs 2020 at 39% (LTV policy < 40%) thanks to active portfolio rotation and strong value growth in German residential. Average cost of debt continues to decrease, at 1.20%, and maturity of debt is stable at 5.4 years.

The liquidity position is also strong, with €2.1 billion available at end-December 2021 on Covivio SA, including €1.3 billion of undrawn credit lines and €0.8 billion of cash.

4.1. Main debt characteristics

Group share 31 Dec. 2020 31 Dec. 2021
Net debt, Group share (€ million) 7,861 7,799
Average annual rate of debt 1.29% 1.20%
Average maturity of debt (in years) 5.7 5.4
Debt active hedging average rate 81% 78%
Average maturity of hedging 6.5 6.8
LTV including duties 40.9% 39.1%
ICR 6.1 6.7

4.2. Debt by type

Covivio's net debt stands at €7.8 billion in Group share at end-2021 (€10.8 billion on a consolidated basis), €0.1 billion lower compared to end-2020.

As regards the commitments attributable to the Group, the share of corporate debts (bonds and loans) grows up to 55% at end-December 2021. Additionally, Covivio had €1.5 billion in commercial paper outstanding at 31 December 2021.

4.3. Debt maturity

The average maturity of Covivio's debt stands at 5.4 years at end-December 2021 (excluding commercial paper). Until 2024, there is no major maturity that has not already been covered or is already under renegotiation.

The next large maturities occur in 2024 and are mainly composed of a bond of €300 million and a mortgage debt of €285 million Group share linked to the Telecom Italia portfolio.

Debt amortization schedule by company € million (Group share)

1Excluding commercial papers

4.4. Hedging profile

At end-December 2021, the hedging management policy remained unchanged, with debt hedged at 85% on average over the year, at least 75% of which through short-term hedges, and all of which with maturities equivalent to or exceeding the debt maturity.

Based on net debt at 31 December 2021, Covivio is hedged at 84% with an average term of the hedges of 6.8 years Group share.

4.5. Average interest rate on debt and sensitivity

The average interest rate on Covivio's debt decreased again by 9 bps to 1.20% in Group share. For information purposes, an increase of 25 basis points in the three-month Euribor rate would have a negative impact of 1.2% on the adjusted EPRA Earnings.

Financial structure

Excluding debts raised without recourse to the Group's property companies, the debts of Covivio and its subsidiaries generally include bank covenants (ICR and LTV) applying to the borrower's consolidated financial statements. If these covenants are breached, early debt repayment may be triggered. These covenants are established on a Group share basis for Covivio and Covivio Hotels and the other subsidiaries of Covivio (if their debt includes them).

  • The most restrictive consolidated LTV covenants amounted, at 31 December 2021, to 60% for Covivio and Covivio Hotels.
  • The most restrictive ICR consolidated covenants applicable to the REITs, at 31 December 2021, are of 200% for Covivio and Covivio Hotels.

With respect to Covivio Immobilien (German Residential), for which almost all of the debt raised is "non-recourse" debt, portfolio financings do not contain any consolidated financial covenants.

Lastly, with respect to Covivio, some corporate credit facilities are subject to the following ratios:

1 Excluding duties and sales agreements

All covenants were fully complied with at year end 2021. No loan has an accelerated payment clause contingent on Covivio's rating, which is currently BBB+, Stable outlook (S&P rating).

Detail of Loan-to-Value calculation (LTV)

(In € million Group share) 31 Dec. 2020 31 Dec. 2021
Net book debt 7,861 7,799
Receivables linked to associates (full consolidated) -173 -226
Receivables on disposals -119 -110
Preliminary sale agreements -325 -377
Purchase debt 82 72
Net debt 7,327 7,158
Appraised value of real estate assets (Including Duties) 17,838 18,414
Preliminary sale agreements -325 -471
Financial assets 15 18
Receivables linked to associates (equity method) 110 105
Share of equity affiliates 255 230
Value of assets 17,892 18,297
LTV Excluding Duties 43.1% 41.2%
LTV Including Duties 40.9% 39.1%

4.6. Reconciliation with consolidated accounts

Net debt

(In € million) Consolidated
accounts
Minority interests Group share
Bank debt 11,833 -3,105 8,728
Cash and cash equivalents 1,063 -134 929
Net debt 10,770 -2,971 7,799

Portfolio

(In € million) Consolidated
accounts
Portfolio of
companies
under the
equity
method
Fair value
of
operating
properties
Other
assets held
for sale
Right of
use of
investment
properties
Minority
interests
Group share
Investment &
development properties
23,157 1,207 1,701 -262 -8,571 17,232
Assets held for sale 902 -36 -395 471
Total portfolio 24,059 1,207 1,701 -36 -262 -8,965 17,703
Duties 921
Portfolio group share including duties 18,624
(-) portfolio of companies consolidated under the equity method -392
(-) Fair value of car park activity -37
(+) Fair value of trading activities 153
(+) Right of use of operating properties 28
(+) Advances and deposits on fixed assets 37
Portfolio for LTV calculation 18,414

Interest Coverage Ratio

(In € million) Consolidated
accounts
Minority interests Group share
EBITDA (net rents (-) operating expenses (+) results of other activities) 757.3 -211.7 545.6
Cost of debt 146.4 -65.1 81.3
ICR 6.72

5. EPRA REPORTING

The German Residential information in the following sections includes some Office assets owned by the subsidiary Covivio Immobilien.

5.1. Change in net rental income (Group share)

€ million 2020 Acquis. Disposals Developments
(deliveries &
vacating for
redevelopment)
Indexation,
asset
management
&
occupancy
Others 2021
France Offices 194 0 -17 +4 -5 -1 175
Italy Offices (incl. retail) 109 0 -18 +4 0 +6 101
German Offices 35 +4 0 0 -2 -8 29
German Residential 148 +4 -3 0 +8 +2 159
Hotels in Europe
(incl. Retail & excl. EBITDA from operating
properties)
52 +7 -4 0 +10 +1 67
Total 539 +15 -42 +7 +12 -0 531

The LFL growth (including EBITDA from Hotels) is 15M€ and +3% cf page 12.

Reconciliation with financial data

2021
Total from the table of changes in Net rental Income
(GS)
531
Adjustments -
Total net rental income GS (Financial data § 3.3) 531
Minority interests 249
Total net rental income 100% (Financial data § 3.4) 779

5.2. Investment assets – Information on leases

Annualized rental income corresponds to the gross amount of guaranteed rent for the full year based on existing assets at the period end, excluding any incentives.

Market rental value on vacant assets
Vacancy rate at end of period = Contractual annualized rents on occupied assets
+ Market rental value on vacant assets
Market rental value on vacant assets
EPRA vacancy rate at end of period =

Market rental value on occupied and vacant assets

(€ million, Group share) Gross
rental
income
(€m)
Net
rental
income
(€m)
Annualized
rents
(€ m)
Surface
(m²)
Average
rent
(€/m²)
vacancy rate
(excluding
Secured area)
(%)
ERV of spot
vacant
space
(€ m)
ERV of
the whole
portfolio
(€ m)
EPRA
vacancy rate
(%)
France Offices 190 175 216 1,414,744 191 6.8% 20 238 8.2%
Italy Offices (incl. retail) 118 101 128 1,289,423 125 3.4% 5 136 4.0%
German Offices 38 29 47 392,749 138 21.2% 15 66 22.5%
German Residential 175 159 174 2,804,517 96 0.9% 2 175 0.9%
Hotels in Europe
(incl. Retail & excl. EBITDA from
operating properties)
73 67 104 n.c n.c - 0 104 -
Total 1 595 531 670 5,901,433 174 5.0% 41 718 5.7%
  1. Including French residential and others

The spread between the vacancy rate excluding the secured area (5.0%) and the EPRA vacancy rate (5.7%) is due to the secured vacant area which are included in the EPRA vacancy as vacant even if already let.

Regarding the German Residential the 175 M€ of ERV doesn't include the potential reversion in all our markets Berlin (20-25%), Hamburg (20-25%), Dresden and Leipzig (10-15%) and in North Rhine-Westphalia (15-20%).

Average metric rents are computed on total surfaces, including land banks and vacancy on development projects.

5.3. Investment assets - Asset values

(€ million, Group share) Market value Change in fair
value over the
year
Duties EPRA NIY
France Offices 5,880 69 270 3.6%
Italy Offices (incl. Retail) 2,654 -2 93 3.8%
German Residential 5,010 529 362 3.0%
German Offices 1,515 -28 79 2.2%
Hotels in Europe (incl. Retail) 2,605 -14 118 4.5%
Other (France Resi. and car parks) 40 0 0 n.a.
Total 2021 17,703 554 921 3.4%

The EPRA net initial yield is the ratio of:

Annualized rental income after deduction of outstanding benefits granted to tenants (rent-free periods, rent ceilings) - unrecovered property charges for the year

EPRA NIY =

Value of the portfolio including duties

Reconciliation with financial data

€ million 2021
Total portfolio value (Group share, market value) 17,703
Fair value of the operating properties -941
Fair value of companies under equity method -392
Inventories of real estate companies and others 34
Right of use on investment assets 121
Fair value of car parks facilities -39
Investment assets Group share 1
(Financial data§ 3.5)
16,486
Minority interests 7,573
Investment assets 100% 1
(Financial data§ 3.5)
24,059

1Fixed assets + Developments assets + asset held for sale

Reconciliation with IFRS

€ million 2021
Change in fair value over the year (Group share) 554
Others -
Income from fair value adjustments Group share
(Financial data § 3.3)
554
Minority interests 281
Income from fair value adjustments 100%
(Financial data § 3.3)
835

5.4. Assets under development

Ownership
type 2
%
ownership
(Group
share)
Fair value
December
2021
Capitalized
financial
expenses
over the year
Total cost 1
(€m, Group
share)
%
progress
Delivery
date
Surface at
100%
(m²)
Pre
letting
Yield (%)
Paris So Pop (50% Share) FC 50% 126 2.0 114 87% 2022 31,300 m² 33% 5.7%
N2 (50% share) FC 50% 77 1.4 84 85% 2022 15,600 m² 26% 4.2%
DS Extension 2 (50%
share)
FC 50% 39 0.2 71 63% 2023 27,500 m² 100% 7.2%
Levallois Alis FC 100% 214 2.7 208 54% 2022 19,800 m² 0% 4.8%
Jean Goujon FC 100% 242 4.6 196 54% 2022 8,600 m² 58% 4.0%
Paris Anjou FC 100% 162 0.4 227 0% 2025 9,300 m² 100% 3.5%
Total France Offices 860 11.4 900 48% 112,100 m² 52% 4.5%
Duomo FC 100% 49 1.0 47 77% 2022 4,500 m² 100% 4.6%
Corso Italia FC 100% 70 1.6 109 12% 2023 11,600 m² 0% 5.0%
Symbiosis G+H FC 100% 47 1.2 159 1% 2024 38,000 m² 100% 6.5%
The Sign D FC 100% 22 0.5 64 6% 2024 13,200 m² 92% 6.5%
Total Italy Offices 187 4.3 378 14% 67,300 m² 70% 5.8%
Alexanderplatz FC 55% 162 3.8 291 45% 2025 60,000 m² 0% 5.1%
Total German Offices 162 3.8 291 45% 60,000 m² 0% 5.1%
Total 1,209 19.4 1,569 39% 239,400 m² 47% 5.0%

1 Total cost including land and financial cost

2FC : Full consolidation

The total cost of committed projects is therefore € 1.827 million (cf 1.G. Development projects).

Reconciliation with total committed pipeline

(€M, Group share) Capitalized
financial
expenses over
the year
Total cost incl.
financial cost
(Group share)
Projects fully consolidated 19.4 1,569
Projects on own-occupied buildings (Paris Madrid Saint
Lazare)
0.7 101
Others (Vitae + Lyon Sévigné + Bordeaux Jardin de l'Ars) 0.2 157
Total Offices Committed pipeline 20.4 1,827
German Residential - 190
French Residential - 247
Total Committed pipeline 20.4 2,264
Reconciliation with financial data 2021
Total fair value of assets under development 1,209
Project under technical review and non-committed
projects
131
Assets under development (Financial data § 3.5) 1,341

5.5 Information on leases

Firm
residual
lease term
(years)
Residual
lease term
(years)
Lease expiration by date of 1st exit option
Annualized rental income of leases
expiring
N+1 N+2 N+3 to 5 Beyond Total
(€m)
Section
France Offices 4.6 5.5 19% 16% 24% 42% 216 2.B.6
Italy Offices (incl. retail) 7.1 7.5 13% 4% 14% 69% 128 2.C.6
Germany Offices 4.4 5.2 17% 16% 34% 33% 47 2.D.6
Hotels in Europe (incl. retail)
Others (German Residential, Hotels
Ebitda, others)
13.2
n.a
14.5
n.a
1%
n.a
4%
n.a
6%
n.a
88%
n.a
104
206
2.F.5
Total1 7.0 7.8 9% 7% 13% 70% 701
  1. Percentage of lease expiries on

total revenues

In 2022, 6.5% of the lease expiries are managed as 2.4% have no intention to vacate the property and 4.1% are going to be redeveloped. The other part, 2.7%, has to be managed.

5.6 EPRA Net Initial Yield

The data below shows detailed yield rates for the Group and the transition from the EPRA topped-up yield rate to Covivio's yield rate.

EPRA topped-up net initial yield is the ratio of:

Annualized rental income
after expiration of outstanding benefits granted to tenants (rent-free periods, rent ceilings)
- unrecovered property charges for the year
EPRA Topped-up NIY = Value of the portfolio including duties
- charges non récupérées de l'exercices

EPRA NIY =

  • charges non récupérées de l'exercices

EPRA net initial yield is the ratio of:

Annualized rental income after deduction of outstanding benefits granted to tenants (rent-free periods, rent ceilings) - unrecovered property charges for the year -

Value of the portfolio including duties
(€ million, Group share)
Excluding French Residential and car
parks
Total
2020
France
Offices
Italy
Offices
(incl.
Retail)
German
Offices
German
Residen
tial
Hotels
in
Europe
(incl.
Retail)
Total
2021
Investment, disposable and operating
properties
17,105 5,880 2,654 1,515 5,010 2,605 17,703
Restatement of assets under
development
-1,347 -929 -234 -117 -39 -22 -1,340
Restatement of undeveloped land and
other assets under development
-206 -229 0 -11 - -20 -260
Duties 884 270 93 79 362 118 921
Value of assets including duties (1) 16,436 4,992 2,513 1,466 5,333 2,681 17,025
Gross annualized IFRS revenues 661 195 111 41 174 134 656
Irrecoverable property charge -72 -15 -16 -9 -16 -13 -70
Annualized net revenues (2) 589 180 95 32 158 122 586
Rent charges upon expiration of rent free
periods or other reductions in rental rates
45 21 17 6 - 1 45
Annualized topped-up net revenues (3) 634 201 111 38 158 123 631
EPRA Net Initial Yield (2)/(1) 3.6% 3.6% 3.8% 2.2% 3.0% 4.5% 3.4%
EPRA "Topped-up" Net Initial Yield (3)/(1) 3.9% 4.0% 4.4% 2.6% 3.0% 4.6% 3.7%
Transition from EPRA topped-up NIY to
Covivio yield
Impact of adjustments of EPRA rents 0.5% 0.3% 0.7% 0.7% 0.3% 0.5% 0.4%
Impact of restatement of duties 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Covivio reported yield rate 4.5% 4.6% 5.3% 3.4% 3.5% 5.3% 4.4%

(a) Including French Residential

(b) On Hotels the annualized revenues includes the 2021 fixed rents and the 2019 variable rents

5.7. EPRA cost ratio

(€million, Group share) 2020 2021
Cost of other activities and fair value -30.3 -34.7
Expenses on properties -21.5 -23.7
Net losses on unrecoverable receivables -15.4 -5.5
Other expenses -5.1 -4.0
Overhead -99.9 -98.7
Amortisation, impairment and net provisions -0.9 5.5
Income covering overheads 21.8 25.1
Cost of other activities and fair value -3.9 -2.7
Property expenses 0.7 0.8
EPRA costs (including vacancy costs) (A) -154.5 -137.9
Vacancy cost 12.8 18.8
EPRA costs (excluding vacancy costs) (B) -141.7 -119.1
Gross rental income less property expenses 605.5 593.8
EBITDA from hotel operating properties & coworking, income from other activities and fair
value
62.0 74.1
Gross rental income (C) 667.5 667.9
EPRA costs ratio (including vacancy costs) (A/C) 23.2% 20.6%
EPRA costs ratio (excluding vacancy costs) (B/C) 21.2% 17.8%

The EPRA cost ratio is decreasing due to the decrease of unpaid rents and improvement of overhead costs. The calculation of the EPRA cost ratio excludes car parks activities.

5.8. EPRA Earnings: €395 m in 2021

(€million) 2020 2021
Net income Group share (Financial data §3.3) 359.8 923.6
Change in asset values -148.3 -553.9
Income from disposal -3.2 4.7
Acquisition costs for shares of consolidated companies 13.8 10.6
Changes in the value of financial instruments 79.5 -86.4
Interest charges related to finance lease liabilities
(leasehold > 100 years)
4.0 4.2
Rental costs (leasehold > 100 years) -2.8 -2.9
Deferred tax liabilities 34.8 67.0
Taxes on disposals 14.1 15.9
Adjustment to amortisation 18.9 29.1
Adjustments from early repayments of financial
instruments
8.7 6.4
EPRA Earnings adjustments for associates 5.7 -7.9
Adjusted EPRA Earnings 385.0 410.5
Adjusted EPRA Earnings in €/share 4.21 4.35
Promotion margin -11.8 -15.0
EPRA Earnings 373.2 395.4
EPRA Earnings in €/share 4.08 4.19
Average number of shares (C) 91,383,658 94,334,096

5.9. EPRA NRV, EPRA NTA and EPRA NDV

2020 2021 Var. Var. (%)
EPRA NRV (€ m) 10,452 11,091 639 +6.1%
EPRA NRV / share (€) 110.3 116.9 6.6 +6.0%
EPRA NTA (€ m) 9,482 10,100 617 +6.5%
EPRA NTA / share (€) 100.1 106.4 6.3 +6.3%
EPRA NDV (€ m) 8,464 9,279 815 +9.6%
EPRA NDV / share (€) 89.3 97.8 8.5 +9.5%
Number of shares 94,773,299 94,882,277 108,978 +0.1%

Evolution of EPRA NTA

Reconciliation between shareholder's equity and EPRA NAV

2020 (€ m) 2020
(€/share)
2021 (€ m) 2021
(€/share)
Shareholders' equity 8,582 90.6 9,194 96.9
Fair value assessment of operating properties 124 175
Duties 884 921
Financial instruments and ORNANE 240 99
Deferred tax liabilities 621 702
EPRA NRV 10,452 110.3 11,091 116.9
Restatement of value Excluding Duties on some assets -839 -886
Goodwill and intangible assets -82 -78
Deferred tax liabilities -49 -27
EPRA NTA 9,482 100.1 10,100 106.4
Optimization of duties -45 -35
Intangible assets 24 28
Fixed-rate debts -185 -40
Financial instruments and ORNANE -240 -99
Deferred tax liabilities -572 -675
EPRA NDV 8,464 89.3 9,279 97.8

Valuations are carried out in accordance with the Code of conduct applicable to SIICs and the Charter of property valuation expertise, the recommendations of the COB/CNCC working group chaired by Mr Barthès de Ruyter and the international plan in accordance with the standards of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) and those of the Red Book of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The real estate portfolio held directly by the Group was valued on 31 st December 2021 by independent real estate experts such as Cushman, REAG, CBRE, HVS, JLL, BNPP Real Estate, MKG and CFE. This did not include:

  • assets on which the sale has been agreed, which are valued at their agreed sale price
  • assets owned for less than 75 days, for which the acquisition value is deemed to be the market value.

Assets were estimated at values excluding and/or including duties, and rents at market value. Estimates were made using the comparative method, the rent capitalisation method and the discounted future cash flow method.

Car parks were valued by capitalising the gross operating surplus generated by the business.

Other assets and liabilities were valued using the principles of the IFRS standards on consolidated financial statements. The application of fair value essentially concerns the valuation of debt coverages.

For companies co-owned with other investors, only the Group share was considered.

Fair value assessment of operating properties

In accordance with IFRS, operating properties are valued at historical cost. To take into account the appraisal value, a €113.9 million value adjustment was recognised in EPRA NRV.

Fair value adjustment for the car parks

Car parks are valued at historical cost in the consolidated financial statements. NAV is restated to consider the appraisal value of these assets net of tax. The impact on EPRA NRV was €20.8 million on 31 December 2021.

Fair value adjustment for own occupied buildings and operating hotel properties

In accordance with IAS 40, owner-occupied buildings and operating hotel properties are not recognised at fair value in the consolidated financial statements. In line with EPRA principles, EPRA NRV was adjusted for the difference resulting from the fair value appraisal of the assets for €40.2 million. The market value of these assets is determined by independent experts.

Fair value adjustment for fixed- rate debts

The Group has taken out fixed-rate loans (secured bond and private placement). In accordance with EPRA principles, EPRA NDV was adjusted for the fair value of fixed-rate debt. The impact was -€39,8 million at 31 December 2021.

Recalculation of the base cost excluding duties of certain assets

When a company, rather than the asset that it holds, can be sold, transfer duties are re-calculated based on the company's net asset value (NAV). The difference between these re-calculated duties and the transfer duties already deducted from the value had an impact of €35.1 million at 31 December 2021.

Deferred tax liabilities

The EPRA NTA assumes that entities buy and sell assets, thereby crystallising certain levels of unavoidable deferred tax.

For this purpose, the Group uses the following method:

  • Offices: takes into account 50% of deferred tax considering the regular asset rotation policy,
  • Hotels: takes into account deferred tax on the non-core part of the portfolio, expected to be sold within the next few years
  • Residential: includes the deferred tax linked to the building classified as Assets available held for sale, considering the low level of asset rotation in this activity.

5.10 CAPEX by type

€ million 2020 2021
100% Group share 100% Group share
Acquisitions 1 50 30 7 4
Renovation on portfolio excl. Developments 2 214 147 206 136
Developments 3 379 308 359 249
Capitalized expenses on portfolio 4
(except under equity method)
25 21 67 59
Total 668 507 639 448

1 Acquisitions including duties

2 Renovation on portfolio excluding developments

3 Total acquisition and renovation expenses (excl under equity method) on development projects

4Commercialization fees, financial expenses capitalized on development portfolio and other capitalized expenses

The €136 million GS of renovation Capex on operating portfolio is mainly composed of :

  • c.€65 million of refurbishment work to improve the quality and value of strategic offices properties (e.g. Carre Suffren or CB 21) and hotels, creating additional service offer, green areas, etc.
  • €37 million of modernization Capex on German Residential, generating revenues
  • €34 million maintenance Capex.

5.11. EPRA performance indicator reference table

EPRA information Section in % Amount in € Amount in
€/share
EPRA Earnings 5.8 - €395 m €4.2 /share
EPRA NRV 5.9 - €11,091 m €116.9 /share
EPRA NTA 5.9 - €10,100 m €106.4 /share
EPRA NDV 5.9 - €9,279 m €97.8 /share
EPRA net initial yield 5.6 3.4% - -
EPRA topped-up net initial yield 5.6 3.7% - -
EPRA vacancy rate at year-end 5.2 5.7% - -
EPRA costs ratio (including vacancy costs) 5.7 21.0% - -
EPRA costs ratio (excluding vacancy costs) 5.7 18.2% - -
EPRA indicators of main subsidiaries 5.2 & 5.3 - - -

6. FINANCIAL INDICATORS OF THE MAIN ACTIVITIES

Covivio Hotels Covivio Immobilien
2020 2021 Change.
(%)
2020 2021 Change. (%)
EPRA Earnings full-year (M€) 38.8 99.0 +155.5% 156.6 162.5 +3.8%
EPRA NRV 3,582 3,868 +8.0% 4,595 5,470 +19.0%
EPRA NTA 3,195 3,498 +9.5% 4,147 4,953 +19.4%
EPRA NDV 2,819 3,167 +12.3% 3,397 4,134 +21.7%
% of capital held by Covivio 43.5% 43.8% +0.3 pts 61.7% 61.7% 0.0 pts
LTV including duties 41.9% 37.1% -4.8 pts 34.4% 32.0% -2.4 pts
ICR 2.2 3.1 +88 bps 6.1 6.8 +66 bps

7. GLOSSARY

Net asset value per share (NRV/share), NTA and NDV per share

NRV per share (NTA and NDV per share) is calculated pursuant to the EPRA recommendations, based on the shares outstanding as at year-end (excluding treasury shares) and adjusted for the effect of dilution.

Operating assets

Properties leased or available for rent and actively marketed.

Rental activity

Rental activity includes mention of the total surface areas and the annualized rental income for renewed leases, vacated premises and new lettings during the period under review.

For renewed leases and new lettings, the figures provided take into account all contracts signed in the period so as to reflect the transactions completed, even if the start of the leases is subsequent to the period.

Lettings relating to assets under development (becoming effective at the delivery of the project) are identified under the heading "Pre-lets".

Cost of development projects

This indicator is calculated including interest costs. It includes the costs of the property and costs of construction.

Definition of the acronyms and abbreviations used:

MRC: Major regional cities, i.e. Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille, Aix-Marseille, Montpellier, Nantes and Toulouse ED: Excluding Duties ID: Including Duties IDF: Paris region (Île-de-France) ILAT: French office rental index CCI: Construction Cost Index CPI: Consumer Price Index RRI: Rental Reference Index PACA: Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur LFL: Like-for-Like GS: Group share CBD: Central Business District Rtn: Yield Chg: Change MRV: Market Rental Value

Firm residual term of leases

Average outstanding period remaining of a lease calculated from the date a tenant first takes up an exit option.

Green Assets

"Green" buildings, according to IPD, are those where the building and/or its operating status are certified as HQE, BREEAM, LEED, etc. and/or which have a recognised level of energy performance such as the BBCeffinergieR, HPE, THPE or RT Global certifications.

Unpaid rent (%)

Unpaid rent corresponds to the net difference between charges, reversals and irrecoverable loss of income divided by rent invoiced. These appear directly in the income statement under net cost of irrecoverable income.

Loan To Value (LTV)

The LTV calculation is detailed in Part 4 "Financial Resources"

Rental income

Recorded rent corresponds to gross rental income accounted for over the year by considering deferment of any relief granted to tenants, in accordance with IFRS standards.

The like-for-like rental income posted allows comparisons to be made between rental income from one year to the next, before taking changes to the portfolio (e.g. acquisitions, disposals, building works and development deliveries) into account. This indicator is based on assets in operation, i.e. properties leased or available for rent and actively marketed.

Annualized "topped-up" rental income corresponds to the gross amount of guaranteed rent for the full year based on existing assets at the period end, excluding any relief.

Portfolio

The portfolio presented includes investment properties, properties under development, as well as operating properties and properties in inventory for each of the entities, stated at their fair value. For the hotel operating properties it includes the valuation of the portfolio consolidated under the equity method. For offices in France, the portfolio includes asset valuations of Euromed and New Vélizy, which are consolidated under the equity method.

Projects

  • Committed projects: these are projects for which promotion or construction contracts have been signed and/or work has begun and has not yet been completed at the closing date. The delivery date for the relevant asset has already been scheduled. They might pertain to VEFA (pre-construction) projects or to the repositioning of existing assets.
  • Managed projects: These are projects that might be undertaken and that have no scheduled delivery date. In other words, projects for which the decision to launch operations has not been finalised.

Yields/return

The portfolio returns are calculated according to the following formula:

Gross annualized rent (not corrected for vacancy)

Value excl. duties for the relevant scope (operating or development)

The returns on asset disposals or acquisitions are calculated according to the following formula:

Gross annualized rent (not corrected for vacancy)

Acquisition value including duties or disposal value excluding duties

EPRA Earnings

EPRA Earnings is defined as "the recurring result from operating activities". It is the indicator for measuring the company's performance, calculated according to EPRA's Best Practices Recommendations. The EPRA Earnings per share is calculated using the average number of shares (excluding treasury shares) over the period under review.

Calculation:

(+) Net Rental Income

  • (+) EBITDA of hotels operating activities and Coworking
  • (+) Income from other activities

(-) Net Operating Costs (including costs of structure, costs on development projects, revenues from administration and management)

  • (-) Depreciation of operating assets
  • (-) Net change in provisions and other
  • (-) Cost of the net financial debt
  • (-) Interest charges linked to finance lease liability
  • (-) Net change in financial provisions
  • (+) EPRA Earnings of companies consolidated under the equity method
  • (-) Corporate taxes
  • (=) EPRA Earnings

Surface

SHON: Gross surface

SUB: Gross used surface

Debt interest rate

Average cost:

Financial Cost of Bank Debt for the period

  • Financial Cost of Hedges for the period

Average cost of debt outstanding in the year

Spot rate: Definition equivalent to average interest rate over a period of time restricted to the last day of the period.

Occupancy rate

The occupancy rate corresponds to the spot financial occupancy rate at the end of the period and is calculated using the following formula:

1 - Loss of rental income through vacancies (calculated at MRV)

rental income of occupied assets + loss of rental income

This indicator is calculated solely for properties on which asset management work has been done and therefore does not include assets available under pre-leasing agreements. Occupancy rate are calculated using annualized data solely on the strategic activities portfolio. Future leases secured on vacant spaces are accounted for as occupied.

The "Occupancy rate" indicator includes all portfolio assets except assets under development.

Like-for-like change in rent

This indicator compares rents recognised from one financial year to another without accounting for changes in scope: acquisitions, disposals, developments including the vacating and delivery of properties. The change is calculated using rental income under IFRS for strategic activities.

This change is restated for certain severance pay and income associated with the Italian real estate (IMU) tax.

Given specificities and common practices in German residential, the Lile-for-Like change is computed based on the rent in €/m² spot N versus N-1 (without vacancy impact) on the basis of accounted rents.

For operating hotels (owned by FDMM), like-for-like change is calculated on an EBITDA basis

Restatement done:

  • o Deconsolidation of acquisitions and disposals realised on the N and N-1 periods
  • o Restatements of assets under works, ie:
  • Restatement of released assets for work (realised on N and N-1 years)
  • Restatement of deliveries of assets under works (realised on N and N-1 years).

Like-for-like change in value

This indicator is used to compare asset values from one financial year to the next without accounting for changes in scope: acquisitions, disposals, developments including the vacating and delivery of properties.

The like-for-like change presented in portfolio tables is a variation taking into account CAPEX works done on the existing portfolio. The restated like-for-like change in value of this work is cited in the comments section. The current scope includes all portfolio assets.

Restatement done:

  • o Deconsolidation of acquisitions and disposals realised over the period
  • o Restatement of work realised on assets under development during period N