DGAP-News: ADLER Real Estate AG: Successful start to 2016


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ADLER Real Estate AG: Successful start to 2016

13.05.2016 / 12:31
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ADLER Real Estate AG: Successful start to 2016

  - Rental income up more than 60 percent

  - FFO I improves more than 50 percent

  - FFO II almost trebles

  - LTV reduces further

 

Hamburg, 13 May 2016. ADLER Real Estate AG, Frankfurt/M. began 2016 with
substantial growth in its income from letting and trading residential
properties. Rental income came to EUR 42.0 million in the first quarter of
2016, 66.8 percent higher than in the previous year's quarter (EUR 25.2
million). This increase reflects the growth in the property portfolio
resulting from various acquisitions in the past year. As of 31 March 2016,
the ADLER Group owned a total of 48,055 units. Income from the sale of
properties, the ADLER Group's second segment, also grew sharply and almost
trebled to reach EUR 21.6 million in the first quarter of 2016 (Q1 2015:
EUR 7.6 million).

The substantial growth in rental income and income from the sale of
properties were reflected in a corresponding increase in funds from
operations (FFO), the key operating performance figure for real estate
companies. FFO I, which presents operating results net of disposal
proceeds, rose to EUR 5.7 million in the first quarter of 2016 and exceeded
the comparable previous year's figure by more than 50 percent (Q1 2015: EUR
3.8 million). FFO II, which also includes income from the sale, i.e.
trading and privatisation, of residential properties, almost trebled to EUR
8.9 million (EUR 3.0 million).

"In the first quarter, we benefited for the first time in full from the
acquisitions made last year. What's more, we are all well on track in terms
of our expectations for the 2016 financial year", comments Arndt Krienen,
Management Board member at ADLER Real Estate AG. "Having said that, this
strong operating performance is not directly reflected in the earnings
figures reported in the income statement as the previous year's figures
were significantly influenced by non-cash, non-recurring items."

Net of these one-off items, first-quarter EBITDA came to EUR 31.0 million,
equivalent to growth of 123 percent on the same period in the previous year
(EUR 13.9 million).

The balance sheet at the end of the first quarter did not show any material
changes compared with the end of the previous year, as ADLER did not make
any acquisitions or implement any financing measures in the first three
months. As bank liabilities have declined due to scheduled repayments,
however, the ratio of net financial liabilities to assets excluding cash
(loan-to-value) improved further. Excluding convertible bonds, the LTV
ratio came to 67.3 percent at the end of March 2016, as against 68.0
percent at the end of 2015.

The company's value - expressed in terms of its EPRA NAV (Net Asset Value)
- grew from EUR 879.5 million at the end of 2015 to EUR 882.7 million at
the end of March 2016. Per share, that corresponds to EUR 15.57, as against
EUR 15.51 at the end of the past year.

The complete interim report of ADLER Real Estate AG for the 1st quarter of
2016 is available at ADLER's homepage (www.adler-ag.com).

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EUR million                                                     Change in %
Income statement     01.01.- 31.03 2016      01.01.- 31.03.
                                                       2015
Rental income                      42.0                25.2              67
Income from sale of                21.6                 7.7             180
properties
FFO I                               5.7                 3.8              50
FFO I per share                    0.12                0.12               0
(EUR)
FFO II                              8.9                 3.0             197
FFO II per share                   0.19                0.09             111
(EUR)

Balance                      31.03.2016          31.12.2015
Investment                      2,279.8             2,270.2               1
properties
EPRA NAV                          882.7               879.5               0
EPRA NAV per share                15.57               15.51               0
(EUR)
LTV in %                           67.3                68.0              -1

Proprietary rental               48,055
units in portfolio
As at 31 March 2016


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ADLER Real Estate AG: ADLER Real Estate AG, headquartered in Frankfurt and
with its administrative headquarters in Hamburg, focuses on the
acquisition, management and administration of residential property
privatisation. ADLER invests primarily in portfolios with residential
property companies in B-locations of major conurbations with units that
achieve a positive cash flow and can demonstrate a sustained appreciation
potential.

The ADLER subsidiary, ACCENTRO Real Estate AG, is one of the largest
privatisers of residential property in Germany. ACCENTRO markets suitably
targeted residential property from the holdings of the ADLER Group and
procures condominiums for third party owner-occupiers and investors seeking
to provide for their retirement.

In addition, ADLER holds a 23.5 percent stake (31 December 2015) in conwert
Immobilien Invest SE, Vienna, one of the leading real estate companies in
Austria. conwert holds more than 82 per percent of its property portfolio
in Germany, many of them in A-cities.

With nearly 50,000 residential units, ADLER is among the top five largest
German residential property companies listed in Germany. In addition to the
listing on the FTSE EPRA / NAREIT Global Real Estate Index in London and
the GRP General Index, shares in ADLER are also listed in the small cap
index SDAX of the Deutschen Börse.

For enquiries please contact:

Press:      
german communications dbk ag   
Jörg Bretschneider        
Milchstr. 6 B, 20148 Hamburg     
Tel.: +49 40/46 88 33 0         
Fax: +49 40/46 88 33 40      
presse@german-communications.com  

Investor Relations:
Hillermann Consulting
Christian Hillermann  
Poststraße 14, 20354 Hamburg 
Tel.: +49 40/32 02 79 10 
Fax: +49 40/32 02 79 114   
c.hillermann@adler-ag.com


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   Language:    English                                                    
   Company:     ADLER Real Estate AG                                       
                Herriotstr. 5                                              
                60528 Frankfurt am Main                                    
                Germany                                                    
   Phone:       +49 (0)40 - 29 8130-0                                      
   Fax:         +49 (0)40 - 29 8130-99                                     
   E-mail:      info@adler-ag.com                                          
   Internet:    www.adler-ag.com                                           
   ISIN:        DE0005008007, XS1211417362, DE000A1R1A42, DE000A11QF02     
   WKN:         500800, A14J3Z, A1R1A4, A11QF0                             
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                Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg           
 
 
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