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5 March 2021
Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited
("Globalworth" or the "Company")
Condensed Unaudited Financial Results for the year ended 31 December 2020
Globalworth, the leading office investor in Central and Eastern Europe, announces the release of its Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income and Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Financial Position for the year ended 31 December 2020.
The Company intends to announce its audited Financial Results for the year ended 31 December 2020 and publish its 2020 Annual Report towards the end of March 2021.
Key Highlights for the year ended 31 December 2020
• | Total combined portfolio value remained effectively unchanged at €3.0 billion. |
• | Performed an extensive review of our cost base, passing on service charges savings to our tenants and reducing our administrative expenses by c.7.0% vs. 2019. |
• | Development capex focused only on projects with significant pre-lets or advance level of construction, delivering two class "A" office and two high-quality industrial facilities in Romania and Poland with 95.8k sqm of GLA. |
• | Overall standing portfolio footprint increased by 4.7% to 1,271.3k sqm of GLA. |
• | Leasing transactions for a total of 303.5k sqm of commercial space at an average WALL of 3.9 years, of which 74.3% related to lease renegotiations/extensions with our existing tenants. |
• | Standing commercial occupancy remained high at 90.9% (91.7% including tenant options) as at 31 December 2020 (vs 94.7% and 95.0% including tenant options as at 31 December 2019), impacted however by the delivery of properties under development still in lease-up stage and a 3.3% decrease in like-for-like occupancy due to the very challenging market conditions. |
• | Annualised contracted rent of €183.4 million, of which 91.3% from office and industrial properties (down 4.0% vs 2019). |
• | Rate of collections for rents invoiced and due remained high at 98.9% for the year. |
• | Net Operating Income increased by 6.5% to €157.3 million, despite the negative effect (-2.3%) of the Covid-19 pandemic. |
• | Maintained our investment grade rating with all three major rating agencies. |
• | Further improvement in debt maturity profile, through the repurchase of c.41% of the notes maturing in 2022 at a 2.0% premium to their par value and effectively extending their maturity through the issuance of our inaugural green bond, raising €400 million with a 6-year term, which was more than 2x oversubscribed. |
• | Loan to Value of 37.8% at 31 December 2020, consistent with the Group's strategy to manage its long-term LTV target at below 40% while still pursuing strong growth. |
• | Liquidity position remained high with €527.8 million of cash available as of 31 December 2020 and an additional undrawn €215 million Revolving Credit Facility available to the Group. |
• | EPRA Net Asset Value per share decreased by 6.7% to €8.68 per share at 31 December 2020 (31 December 2019: €9.30), mainly due to the impact of negative revaluations due to the increased uncertainty in the market caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. |
• | IFRS Earnings per share -21 cents in 2020 (2019: +93 cents) as a result of the negative impact of revaluations. |
• | Maintained our strong focus of giving back to our community with Globalworth and the Globalworth Foundation contributing c.€2.0 million in 27 initiatives, with the majority targeted directly or indirectly in the fight against Covid-19 in Romania and Poland. |
• | CPI Property Group became the largest shareholder in Globalworth in February 2020. |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2020
31 December | 31 December | |
2020 | 2019 | |
€'000 | €'000 | |
Revenue | 223,309 | 222,246 |
Operating expenses | (66,031) | (74,534) |
Net operating income | 157,278 | 147,712 |
Administrative expenses | (17,986) | (19,302) |
Acquisition costs | (2,689) | (240) |
Fair value (loss)/gain on investment property | (116,153) | 117,718 |
Share-based payment expense | (1,071) | (496) |
Depreciation on other long-term assets | (466) | (406) |
Other expenses | (2,565) | (7,192) |
Other income | 494 | 932 |
Gain resulting from acquisition of joint venture as subsidiary | - | 2,864 |
Foreign exchange loss | (395) | (888) |
(Loss)/gain from fair value of financial instruments at fair | ||
value through profit or loss | (47) | 1,898 |
(140,878) | 94,888 | |
Profit before net financing cost | 16,400 | 242,600 |
Net financing cost | ||
Finance cost | (51,140) | (45,050) |
Finance income | 2,383 | 2,416 |
(48,757) | (42,634) | |
Share of profit of equity-accounted investments in joint ventures | 1,897 | 7,750 |
(Loss)/profit before tax | (30,460) | 207,716 |
Income tax expense | (16,335) | (31,535) |
(Loss)/profit for the year | (46,795) | 176,181 |
Other comprehensive income | - | - |
Total comprehensive income | (46,795) | 176,181 |
(Loss)/profit attributable to: | (46,795) | 176,181 |
- Equity holders of the Company | (46,795) | 170,177 |
- Non-controlling interests | - | 6,004 |
Earnings per share | Cents | Cents |
- Basic | (21) | 93 |
- Diluted | (21) | 93 |
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020
2020
| 2019 | |
€'000 | €'000 | |
ASSETS | ||
Non-current assets | ||
Investment property | 3,013,014 | 3,048,955 |
Goodwill | 12,349 | 12,349 |
Advances for investment property | 4,215 | 32,440 |
Investments in joint ventures | 28,358 | 17,857 |
Equity investments | 10,369 | 9,840 |
Other long-term assets | 2,148 | 1,493 |
Prepayments | 432 | 619 |
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | - | 3,098 |
Deferred tax asset | 786 | 2,869 |
3,071,671 | 3,129,520 | |
Current assets | ||
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 7,695 | 20,487 |
Trade and other receivables | 16,025 | 28,963 |
Contract assets | 2,819 | 5,257 |
Guarantees retained by tenants | 894 | 858 |
Income tax receivable | 931 | 255 |
Prepayments | 2,227 | 4,653 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 527,801 | 291,694 |
558,392 | 352,167 | |
Total assets | 3,630,063 | 3,481,687 |
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | ||
Issued share capital | 1,704,374 | 1,704,374 |
Treasury shares | (12,977) | (8,379) |
Share-based payment reserve | 6,184 | 5,571 |
Retained earnings | 57,783 | 213,101 |
Equity attributable to ordinary equity holders of the | ||
Company | 1,755,364 | 1,914,667 |
Non-current liabilities | ||
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings | 1,604,043 | 1,299,616 |
Deferred tax liability | 144,843 | 134,302 |
Lease liabilities | 27,324 | 30,190 |
Guarantees retained from contractors | 2,235 | 1,074 |
Deposits from tenants | 3,449 | 3,460 |
Trade and other payables | 692 | 1,316 |
1,782,586 | 1,469,958 | |
Current liabilities | ||
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings | 26,051 | 24,304 |
Guarantees retained from contractors | 4,032 | 4,754 |
Trade and other payables | 40,209 | 44,633 |
Contract liability | 2,088 | 1,824 |
Other current financial liabilities | 875 | 1,498 |
Current portion of lease liabilities | 1,765 | 1,887 |
Deposits from tenants | 16,245 | 15,988 |
Provision for tenant lease incentives | 46 | 1,353 |
Income tax payable | 802 | 821 |
92,113 | 97,062 | |
Total equity and liabilities | 3,630,063 | 3,481,687 |
For further information visit www.globalworth.com or contact:
Enquiries
Stamatis Sapkas Tel: +40 732 800 000
Deputy Chief Investment Officer
Jefferies (Joint Broker) Tel: +44 20 7029 8000
Stuart Klein
Panmure Gordon (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker) Tel: +44 20 7886 2500
Alina Vaskina
About Globalworth / Note to Editors:
Globalworth is a listed real estate company active in Central and Eastern Europe, quoted on the AIM-segment of the London Stock Exchange. It has become the pre-eminent office investor in the CEE real estate market through its market-leading positions both in Poland and Romania. Globalworth acquires, develops and directly manages high-quality office and industrial real estate assets in prime locations, generating rental income from high quality tenants from around the globe. Managed by over 220 professionals across Cyprus, Guernsey, Poland and Romania, a combined value of its portfolio is €3.0 billion, as at 31 December 2020. Approximately 92.5% of the portfolio is in income-producing assets, predominately in the office sector, and leased to a diversified array of over 650 national and multinational corporates. In Poland Globalworth is present in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz, Krakow, Gdansk and Katowice, while in Romania its assets span Bucharest, Timisoara, Constanta and Pitesti.
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