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Intervest Offices & Warehouses NV

Earnings Release Apr 27, 2011

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Interim statement on the first quarter of 2011 of the board of directors

Regulated information - embargo 27/04/2011, 17:45

Antwerp, 27 April 2011

Operating distributable result per share: € 0,37 (- 31 %)

Stable value of the real estate portfolio1

Low debt ratio: 43 %

Operating activities of the first quarter of 2011 1.

Rental activity

On 31 March 2011, the occupancy rate2 of Intervest Offices amounts to 82 % (85 % on 31 December 2010).

The office portfolio has an occupancy rate of 84 % compared to 85 % on 31 December 2010. This decrease results mainly from the renegotiation of the lease contract with Ingram Micro who leases since 1 January 2011 less space in the building 3T Estate in Vilvorde.

In April 2011, Intervest Offices has obtained with Biocartis an agreement in principle regarding the conclusion of a lease contract for 1.333 m² laboratories and 2.154 m² offices in Intercity Business Park in Malines. The lease contract has a fixed duration of 15 years, with a possibility of termination after 9 years and starts on 15 May 2011. This contract is concluded at market rent. Biocartis is a biotechnology company from Swiss origin founded in 2007 by, among others, Rudi Pauwels (who is also at the basis of Tibotec, Virco and Galapagos). Biocartis has decided to establish in Malines its R&D centre and the first production line for the further development and production of a medical diagnosis platform in one of the buildings formerly occupied by Tibotec-Virco. For the period from May 2011 till November 2013 half of the net rental income from this lease contract will be shared with Tibotec-Virco in the framework of an agreement from 2010 regarding the retrocession of rental income (see press release of 3 June 2010).

Further, the market circumstances for new lettings in the office market remain difficult. The most important lettings in the first quarter of 2011 are concluded in Mechelen Campus with MC Square for a surface area of 717 m² and also in Intercity Business Park with SGS Belgium for an extension of 826 m².

The occupancy rate of the semi-industrial portfolio decreases by 7 % and reaches 77 % on 31 March 2011 compared to 84 % on 31 December 2010. This decrease results from the departure of tenants in Duffel Notmeir and Herentals Logistics 1 and 2, that was temporary let.

Herentals Logistics 1 - Herentals

1 By unchanged composition of the real estate portfolio.

2 The occupancy rate is calculated as the ratio of the commercial rental income to the same rental income plus the estimated rental value of the vacant locations for rent. The commercial rental income is the contractual rental income (including the spread rental income from early termination of lease contracts) and the rental income of already signed lease contracts regarding locations which are contractually vacant on balance sheet date.

Acquisition logistic site in Huizingen through a sale-and-rent-back transaction with DHL - Pharma Logistics

On 16 February 2011, Intervest Offices acquired a logistic site in Huizingen through a saleand-rent-back transaction with DHL - Pharma Logistics. The logistic site is located on the industrial area 'De Gijzeleer' in the southern periphery of Brussels and is easily accessible by the E19 Brussels-Mons-Paris.

The site mainly consists of 3 buildings, build in 1987 and 1993. Since then, a lot of modifications and renovations have been made to the buildings in order to use them as warehouses for pharmaceutical products. In this way, there is an entire warehouse equipped with air conditioning. The total surface area of these buildings amounts to 14.878 m² warehouses, 2.151 m² office space and 85 parking spaces.

The site is integrally re-let by DHL - Pharma Logistics on the basis of a lease contract of 9 years with the possibility of termination after six years. The rental income amounts to € 605.000 on an annual basis. The acquisition was subject to registration rights. The purchase price amounts to € 7,7 million (registration rights included), which corresponds to a gross initial yield of 7,85 %. The investment value determined by the independent property expert of the property investment fund also amounts to € 7,7 million. The transaction is financed with the existing credit lines of the property investment fund.

Evolution investment properties

REAL ESTATE PATRIMONY 31.3.2011 31.12.2010
Fair value of investment properties (€ 000) 534.194 526.680
Investment value of investment properties (€ 000) 547.631 539.929
Occupancy rate (%) 82 % 85 %
Total leasable space (m²) 553.221 535.420

On 31 March 2011, the fair value of the investment properties of Intervest Offices amounts to € 534 million compared to € 527 million on 31 December 2010. This increase in fair value by 1,4 % or € 7,5 million is mainly due to the acquisition of the logistic site in Huizingen with a fair value of € 7,5 million.

DHL - Pharma Logistics - Huizingen

2. Financial results3

Consolidated income statement

31.3.2011 31.3.2010
9.003 10.063
-34 -18
398 168
9.367 10.213
-1.195 -749
-291 -273
7.881 9.191
-455 -3.313
7.426 5.878
-2.770 -1.838
1.561 -401
-5 0
6.212 3.639
5.106 7.353
-455 -3.313
1.561 -401
Data
per
share
31.3.2011 31.3.2010
Number of shares entitled to dividend 13.907.267 13.907.267
Net result per share (€) 0,45 0,26
Operating distributable result per share (€) 0,37 0,53

3 Between brackets comparable figures for the first quarter 2010.

Interim statement on the first quarter of 2011 of the board of directors

The property result of Intervest Offices decreases during the first quarter 2011 by € 0,8 million to € 9,4 million (€ 10,2 million) mainly as a result of the decrease of the rental income. In the first quarter of 2011 the rental income is € 0,3 million lower than in the fourth quarter of 2010. Compared to the first quarter of 2010 the rental income of the property investment fund is € 1,1 million lower, mainly as a result of the departure of tenants and of the renegotiation of lease contracts at lower rental prices.

In the first quarter of 2011, the property charges amount to € 1,2 million (€ 0,7 million). This increase of € 0,5 million comes mainly from the higher maintenance and repair costs and the rise of the management costs of the property investment fund.

In the first quarter of 2011, the general costs of the property investment fund amount to € 0,3 million which is unchanged compared to the same period of previous year.

The decrease of the rental income and the increase of property charges lead to a decrease of the operating result before result on portfolio of 14 % or € 1,3 million to € 7,9 million (€ 9,2 million).

In the first quarter of 2011, the changes in fair value of the investment properties are limited to - € 0,5 million (- € 3,3 million).

The financial result (excl. the changes in fair value - IAS 39) amounts for the first quarter of 2011 to - € 2,8 million (- € 1,8 million). The increase in interest charges comes from the issuance of the bond loan in June 2010 at an interest rate of 5,1 %. For the first quarter of 2011, the average interest rate of the property investment fund amounts to approximately 4,9 % including bank margins (3,2 %).

The changes in fair value of financial assets and liabilities (ineffective hedges - IAS 39) comprise the change of the market value of interest rate swaps which, in accordance with IAS 39, cannot be classified as cash flow hedging instrument, for an amount of € 1,6 million (- € 0,4 million).

For the first quarter of 2011, the net result of the property investment fund Intervest Offices amounts to € 6,2 million (€ 3,6 million) and can be divided in:

  • ▶ the operating distributable result of € 5,1 million (€ 7,4 million) or a reduction by € 2,3 million or 31 %. This result mainly comes from the decrease of the rental income, the increase of the property charges and the increase of the financing costs of the property investment fund
  • ▶ the result on portfolio of € 0,5 million (- € 3,3 million) which comprises the decrease in value of the real estate portfolio
  • ▶ the changes in fair value of financial assets and liabilities (ineffective hedges IAS 39) for an amount of € 1,6 million (- € 0,4 million).

This generates per share for the first quarter 2011 an operating distributable result4 of € 0,37 per share (€ 0,53).

4 As legally speaking only the profit of the statutory annual accounts can be distributed and not the consolidated profit, the profit distribution has been based on the statutory figures.

On 31 March 2011, the debt ratio of the property investment fund is unchanged compared to 31 December 2010 and amounts to 43 %, calculated in accordance with the Royal Decree of 7 December 2010.

Balan
ce sheet
data
per
share
31.3.2011 31.12.2010
Number of shares entitled to dividend 13.907.267 13.907.267
Net asset value (fair value) (€) 21,15 20,59
Net asset value (investment value) (€) 22,13 21,57
Share price on closing date (€) 25,24 23,49
Premium to net asset value (fair value) (%) 19 % 14 %

On 31 March 2011, the net asset value (fair value) of the share is € 21,15 (€ 20,59 on 31 December 2010). As on 31 March 2011, the share price of Intervest Offices is € 25,24, the share is quoted at the end of the first quarter 2011 at a premium of 19 % compared to the net asset value (fair value).

Forecast 3.

Intervest Offices expects that the rental market for logistic real estate as well as for offices will recover in 2011. The increasing interest of candidate tenants in several available logistic and office buildings of the property investment fund indicates the recovering of the rental market.

Currently, several investment opportunities are analysed. The focus of the property investment fund remains on offices and logistic real estate, targeting a portfolio growth of approximately 5 % in 2011.

Mechelen Campus - Malines

Note to the editors: for more information, please contact: INTERVEST OFFICES SA, public property investment fund under Belgian law, Jean-Paul Sols - CEO or Inge Tas - CFO, T + 32 3 287 67 87, www.intervestoffices.be

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Consolidated income statement

in thousands € 31.3.2011 31.3.2010
Rental income 9.003 10.063
Rental related expenses -34 -18
NET RENTAL RESULT 8.969 10.045
Recovery of property charges 427 157
Recovery of rental charges and taxes normally payable by tenants on let properties 1.662 2.554
Costs payable by tenants and borne by the landlord for rental damage and refurbishment -31 -3
Rental charges and taxes normally payable by tenants on let properties -1.664 -2.547
Other rental related income and expenses 4 7
PROPERTY RESULT 9.367 10.213
Technical costs -342 -63
Commercial costs -47 -68
Charges and taxes on unlet properties -214 -179
Property management costs -511 -432
Other property charges -81 -7
PROPERTY CHARGES -1.195 -749
OPERATING PROPERTY RESULT 8.172 9.464
General costs -296 -279
Other operating income and costs 5 6
OPERATING RESULT BEFORE RESULT ON PORTFOLIO 7.881 9.191
Changes in fair value of investment properties -455 -3.313
OPERATING RESULT 7.426 5.878
Financial income 25 12
Interest charges -2.790 -1.805
Other financial charges -5 -45
Changes in fair value of financial assets and liabilities (ineffective hedges - IAS 39) 1.561 -401
FINANCIAL RESULT -1.209 -2.239
RESULT BEFORE TAXES 6.217 3.639
TAXES -5 0
NET RESULT 6.212 3.639
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent company 6.212 3.639
Minority interests 0 0
Note:
Operating distributable result 5.106 7.353
Result on portfolio -455 -3.313
Changes in fair value of financial assets and liabilities (ineffective hedges - IAS 39) 1.561 -401

Interim statement on the first quarter of 2011 of the board of directors

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income

in thousands € 31.3.2011 31.3.2010
NET RESULT 6.212 3.639
Changes in fair value of financial assets and liabilities (effective hedges - IAS 39) 1.591 -951
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 7.803 2.688
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent company 7.803 2.688
Minority interests 0 0

Consolidated balance sheet

ASSETS in thousands € 31.3.2011 31.12.2010
Non-current assets 534.481 526.959
Intangible assets 42 47
Investment properties 534.194 526.680
Other tangible assets 231 218
Trade receivables and other non-current assets 14 14
Current assets 6.834 5.644
Trade receivables 1.938 1.726
Tax receivables and other current assets 1.908 1.943
Cash and cash equivalents 1.252 816
Deferred charges and accrued income 1.736 1.159
TOTAL ASSETS 541.315 532.603
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES in thousands € 31.3.2011 31.12.2010
Shareholders' equity 294.127 286.324
Shareholders' equity attributable to the shareholders of the parent company 294.086 286.283
Share capital 126.729 126.729
Share premium 60.833 60.833
Reserves 98.621 98.621
Net result of previous financial year 17.432 17.432
Net result of the financial year - first quarter 6.212 0
Impact on fair value of estimated transaction rights and costs resulting from the hypothetical
disposal of investment properties
-13.606 -13.606
Changes in fair value of financial assets and liabilities -2.135 -3.726
Minority interests 41 41
Liabilities 247.188 246.279
Non-current liabilities 137.781 177.239
Provisions 990 990
Non-current financial debts 136.226 175.659
Credit institutions 61.852 101.322
Bond loan 74.363 74.325
Financial lease 11 12
Other non-current liabilities 565 590
Current liabilities 109.407 69.040
Provisions 426 426
Current financial debts 92.372 53.425
Credit institutions 92.367 53.419
Financial lease 5 6
Trade debts and other current debts 3.027 2.110
Other current liabilities 439 476
Accrued charges and deferred income 13.143 12.603
TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 541.315 532.603

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