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Workspace Group PLC Investor Presentation 2011

Mar 31, 2011

5282_ip_2011-03-31_ffe7e8db-c750-4746-95a0-21f644e06c00.pdf

Investor Presentation

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Welcome Harry Platt

Financial Performance Graham Clemett

Regeneration Angus Boag

Trading Chris Pieroni

The Future Harry Platt

Q & A

The Workspace Model

To achieve profit and capital growth from:

  • •Providing workspace to SMEs
  • • Investing in properties with potential for
  • Income growth
  • -Capital growth
  • -Alternative use
  • • Increasing scale of portfolio, spreading overheads and developing the brand

Performance Highlights

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Business Overview

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Good demand for space

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Achieving planning consents and releasing valueBlackRock Workspace Property Trust established

5

Graham Clemett

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Trading Profit after Interest

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BlackRock Workspace Property Trust

  • •Joint venture with BlackRock UK Property Fund
  • •5 year life, could be extended for further 2 years
  • •Initial equity commitment of up to £100m (Workspace 20.1%)
  • •Seeded with 8 properties with book value of £35m from Workspace
  • •All properties to be branded by Workspace
  • • Acquisition focus is London, opportunities under review and in active negotiation on a number of properties

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Financial Summary

  • •Strong trading performance
  • •Good cash generation
  • •Resumption of progressive dividend policy
  • •Strengthened balance sheet
  • •Growth in valuation driven by added value

Chris Pieroni

OCCUPANCY AND RENT ROLL GROWTHLike-for-Like Occupancy & Rent Roll

OCCUPANCY AND RENT ROLL GROWTHLike-for-Like Occupancy Spread

March 2011

March 2010 Denotes top 20 property by rent roll

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OCCUPANCY AND RENT ROLL GROWTHThe Occupancy and Pricing Dynamic

To drive pricing

'the growth pricing premium'

To drive new income

  • •Club Workspace
  • •Anyspacedirect

Angus Boag

TO CREATE VALUE

  • •Alternative uses
  • •New business space for old
  • •Redevelopment

RESULTING IN

  • •Increased rental income
  • •Increased asset value
  • •Release of cash for reinvestment

Achieved last Year

  • •Sales of £9m
  • •Further sales contracted £13m
  • •Redevelopment agreement at Wandsworth Business Village
  • •Planning consent at Bow Enterprise
  • •Planning application Poplar
  • •Consent for 100,000 sq. ft new business space
  • •Development Phase 2 Kennington Park

Targets for Current Year

  • •Complete £13m sales
  • •Redevelopment Agreements at Aberdeen Studios & Highway
  • •Planning Consent for a further 350 apartments
  • •Planning Application for a further 300 apartments
  • •Planning Consent for 30,000 sq .ft commercial space
  • •Significant progress at Tower Bridge
  • •Redevelopment of Canalot Studios

Wandsworth Business Village

Canalot Studios

What does this mean?

  • •Significant upgrading of portfolio
  • •Substantial uplift in asset values
  • •Opportunity to significantly grow the rent roll
  • •Generating cash for reinvestment

Harry Platt

  • •Continuing growth in occupancy – closing the gap to 90% ERV
  • • Redeveloping and regeneration – achieving value and enhancingrental income
  • •Using the brand

The Future – London and SMEs

  • •London is leading the recovery
  • •London is THE global city in an international world
  • • 180,000 SMEs are in our target space. They are energetic, creative and growing. We are creating the right space, environment and community for their businesses to thrive.
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Other OpportunitiesBeing progressed

Strong and committed management team

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