Corporate | 10 August 2011 07:13
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PATRIZIA Immobilien AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results/Interim Report
PATRIZIA ends the first half-year in line with expectations – Residential property resales increase: 161 units sold, 22% up on the first quarter of 2011 – Operating result (Adjusted EBT) of EUR 1.1 million for the first half of 2011, of which EUR 0.5 million came in the second quarter – Forecast confirmed: operating profit of EUR 16-17 million for 2011 Augsburg, August 10, 2011. PATRIZIA Immobilien AG (ISIN DE000PAT1AG3) ended the first half of 2011 with an operating result of EUR 1.1 million. EUR 0.5 million of this was generated in the second quarter. The trend in the first half-year was as expected, since a growth in business is not anticipated until the second half of the year, as a result of new properties that have been released for sale.
Sales of single residential units increased significantly in the second quarter. With 161 units sold, the residential property resale segment surpassed the first quarter (132 units) by 22%, but was 9% below the very good performance in the same quarter of the previous year (second quarter of 2010: 177 units). The selling price also increased slightly in the course of the year to EUR 2,324/sqm. As far as block sales are concerned, there have been no large volume transactions so far; in the first half-year, several smaller transactions were completed, amounting to 132 units (first half of 2010: 297 units, -55.6%). With a total of 425 residential units sold, the first half of 2011 remained 35 % below the same period of last year (657 units). The average monthly rent per square meter remained stable at EUR 7.95.
The market value adjustment of the interest rate hedges had a positive effect (EUR 10.6 million) on the finance result of EUR -11.1 million. In the second quarter alone, this effect was negative, amounting to EUR -1.4 million. The adjusted cash finance result improved by 10.7% and came to EUR -21.7 million (first half of 2010: EUR -24.3 million). The financing costs (interest and margin) are currently running at an average of 4.90%. The EBIT in accordance with IFRS fell from EUR 29.3 million in the first half of 2010 to EUR 21.8 million currently. By contrast, the pre-tax result (EBT) under IFRS grew strongly from EUR -5.6 million to EUR 10.7 million, as a result of the positive effect of the market value adjustment of the interest rate hedges. A year-on-year comparison of quarters shows that, at EUR -1.5 million, the figure was below that for the same quarter of last year (second quarter of 2010: EUR -0.5 million). Adjusted for the non-cash effects of the interest rate hedges (EUR 10.6 million) and for the amortization of the fund administration contracts (EUR -1.0 million), which are recorded as other intangible assets and which came about in the course of the acquisition of PATRIZIA GewerbeInvest KAG mbH (formerly LB Immo Invest GmbH), the operating result for the first six months of 2011 is EUR 1.1 million (first half of 2010: EUR 5.0 million, -79%). As a result of the financing of new investments in residential property resale and project development, bank loans increased slightly once again to EUR 849.9 million (March 31, 2011: EUR 834.8 million), in contrast to the trend of previous quarters. Cash and cash equivalents also fell again as a consequence of the capital contribution for the new finance; as of June 30, 2011 they amounted to EUR 21.4 million (March 31, 2011: EUR 42.2 million). The equity ratio of 24.7% could not quite be maintained at the level of the previous quarter (March 31, 2011: 25.1%).
Outlook
We can confirm our forecast of an adjusted pre-tax profit of EUR 16-17 million for the fiscal year 2011.
The full Interim Report for the first half of 2011 is available at
Summary of the key items in the profit and loss account:
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adjusted for the amortization of other non-tangible assets (fund management contracts)
The Managing Board
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG
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| Language: | English | |
| Company: | PATRIZIA Immobilien AG | |
| Fuggerstraße 26 | ||
| 86150 Augsburg | ||
| Germany | ||
| Phone: | +49 (0)821 – 509 10-000 | |
| Fax: | +49 (0)821 – 509 10-999 | |
| E-mail: | investor.relations@patrizia.ag | |
| Internet: | www.patrizia.ag | |
| ISIN: | DE000PAT1AG3 | |
| WKN: | PAT1AG | |
| Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart | |
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