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GPT GROUP — Investor Presentation 2004
Jan 28, 2004
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Annual Resule Presentation PAUG
Etchlichts
- Earnings per unit up $5.6\%$
- Distribution per unit up 3.9%
- Strong underlying portfolio performance
- Future growth
- Retail development pipeline
- Recent acquisitions
- Masterplanned Urban Communities
Growth Profile Enhanced
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distribution (cpu) Growth |
19.3 2.3% |
19.7 2.1% |
20.4 3.5% |
21.2 3.9% |
| Earnings (cpu) EPU Growth Underlying Growth* |
19.3 2.3% 2.3% |
19.7 2.1% $2.1\%$ |
20.4 3.6% 3.6% |
21.6 5.6% $3.1\%$ |
| 1 Yr Total Return | $20.1\%$ | 9.9% | 12.8% | $8.2\%$ |
GP
* Excludes the impact of the change in fee
Financial Performance
| 2002 | 2003 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Net Operating Income | $+6.0%$ | $+7.3%$ | |
| Total Assets | \$6.7b | \$7.7b | |
| Total Borrowings | \$1.4b | \$2.1 b | |
| Interest Cover | 5.6x | 5.1x | |
| Gearing | 20.3% | 27.6% | |
| NTA per unit | \$2.60 | \$2.73 |
Retail SS 3151110n (50%)

Key Results: Shooding Cenires
- Total Portfolio income up 11.2%
- Portfolio delivering growth
- Total Centre MAT up 2.9%
- Total Centre MAT/sqm up 1.7%
- Regional specialty productivity at \$8,755/sqm
- Regional specialty occupancy costs at 14.6%
- $-$ Base rent up 4.2%
- Positive revaluations
Homene kersteledwoch kering
- Income up $18.8\%$
- Rental growth 8.7% at review (6 months to Dec)
- Occupancy remains high at 99%
- Portfolio grown to \$415 million
- $-$ Epping
- Potential expansions
- Rouse Hill Regional Centre
- Positive valuations
- Actively pursuing opportunities
Erina Fair

Erina Fair
- \$212m expansion (\$106m GPT 50% share)
- Expansion included
- Town Square restaurants
- Leisure facilities ice rink, gymnasium
- Community facilities library, community & youth centres
- Additional retail fashion, food & homewares
- Completed ahead of schedule
- Trading very well
- Year 1 Yield of $8.5\%$ +
Melooure (eenitel

Meloourre Genral
- 65% of construction complete
- 80% of income committed
- First stage (90 new retailers) now open
- On track for completion end 2004
- Project cost \$245 million/8.5% yield
- Additional tenancies
- Increases in scope
Future Protects
- Macarthur Square
- \$160m expansion (\$80m GPT 50% share)
- DA approved December 2003
- Commencement mid 2004/complete late 2005
- Penrith Plaza
- \$130m expansion
- DA submitted
- Commencement late 2004/complete mid 2006
- Rouse Hill Town Centre
- Approx \$300m development
- Masterplan submitted
- Anticipate approval 2004/complete late 2006
Strong Davalognehusiak 16
| 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floreat Forum | \$48M | |||||||
| Erina Fair | \$106M | |||||||
| Melbourne Central |
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| Macarthur Square |
S80M* | Complete | ||||||
| Penrith Plaza | \$130M* | Planned | ||||||
| Rouse Hill Regional Centre |
\$300M* | * Approximate value & timing |
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| Charlestown Square |
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| Chirnside | ||||||||
| Wollongong | ||||||||
| Sunshine Plaza | \$20M | GP |
Office \$2.9 billion (39%)

Key Results: Office
- Income up 3.8%
- Portfolio quality enhanced
- 1 Farrer Place
- Stage 1 National Building complete
- Stage 2 due to complete July 04
- Refurbishments
- Occupancy remains high
- Over 47,000 sqm leased
- Leasing momentum starting to build
- Even lease expiry profile
- Average lease term 5.5 years
Manageable Expiry Risk
Office Lease Expiry Profile by Area
31 December 2003

- Manageable forward expiry
- Melbourne assets well positioned
Current Leasing Foous
- Australia Square
- Melbourne Central
- 179 Elizabeth Street
- 2004/05 Expiries
- Telstra (Transit Centre)
- Telstra (Melb Central)
- Merrill Lynch (MLC Centre)
- HSBC (HSBC Centre)
Office Pontoio Outlook
- Portfolio in good shape
- Quality improved
- Acquisitions
- Refurbishments
- Minimal vacancy majority in Sydney
- Balanced expiry profile
- Early indicators of improving market
Hotel/Tourism \$530 million (7%)

Key Results: HotelToursm
- Portfolio income up 4.1%
- Ayers Rock Resort
- $(5.8\%)$ - Revenue - Room Nights Sold $(7.4\%)$ - Room Rate $+2.5%$ - GPT Income Flat
- Four Points by Sheraton Sydney
- $+9.1%$ - Revenue
- Room Nights Sold $+2.4%$
- Room Rate $+8.6%$
- GPT Income $+11.8%$

KOY ReSults, Industrial Business Parke
- Income up 38.3%
- Occupancy 94%
- Acquisitions
- Austrak Business Park
- Just Jeans facility
- $-$ Quad 3
- 8 Herb Elliot Drive, Homebush Bay
- Future Growth Potential
- 350,000 sqm development land across Portfolio
- Austrak Business Park
- $-$ Quad 4 (option June 04)
- Stage 3 Camellia (future opportunity)
- Average lease expiry 5.9 years
Masterplanned Urban Communites

Masterolande Urban Communities
- Entered sector in Feb 2003
- Strong partner Delfin Lend Lease
- Rouse Hill to commence late 2004
- $-$ \$1 billion development
- Average capital commitment \$30m (max \$40m)
- 1,500 dwellings/lots over 10 years
- Twin Waters to commence 2005
- Cost \$20.6m (excluding acquisition costs)
- Average capital commitment \$20m (max \$30m)
- 370 dwellings/lots over 7 years
- Actively pursuing other opportunities
Oapital Manageneri
- Total Assets \$7.7 billion
- Gearing of 27.6% (limit 40%)
- Borrowings
- Maturities from within one month to 2029
- $-83%$ hedged
- Current effective interest rate 5.98%
- Average duration 3.8 years
- S&P ratings (Long term: A+, Short term: A-1)
h Summery.
- Performance strong
- Retail high productive quality portfolio
- $\sim$ Office well positioned, dependent on strength of market recovery
- Hotel refurbished assets, stable performance medium term growth expected
- Industrial well leased, significant expansion and acquisition potential
- Masterplanned Urban Communities impact on growth from 2005
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