ICADE

PRESS RELEASE

Paris, July 26, 2016

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AND 2016 HALF- YEAR RESULTS ON THE RISE - ICADE WELL ON TRACK TO DELIVER ITS GUIDANCE Indicators have improved strongly

+6.3% in EPRA Earnings from Property Investment per share vs. June 30, 2015 to €1.85

+4.1% in portfolio value across all asset classes (vs. December 31, 2015) to €9.5bn1

+1.5% in triple NAV per share (vs. December 31, 2015) to €74.2 as early as June 30, post dividend

Increase in financial occupancy rate of +0.9 pp for the Commercial Property Investment Division (vs. December 31, 2015) to 87,7%

Active liability management

Extended average debt maturity (+1 year vs. December 31, 2015) to 5.5 years

Lower financing costs (-25 bps vs. December 31, 2015) to 2.46%

The Disposal of Property Services activities is underway Confirmed and strengthened guidance: 2016 NCCF up by over 3%

06/30/2016

06/30/20152

Change

EPRA earnings from Property Investment (in €m)

EPRA Earnings from Property Investment per share

136.1

€1.85

128.1

€1.74

+6.3%

+6.3%

Group net current cash flow (in €m)

Group net current cash flow per share

145.9

€1.98

143.8

€1.95

+1.5%

+1.5%

Net profit/(loss) attributable to the Group (in €m)

15.4

(78.4)

-

06/30/2016

12/31/20152

Change

EPRA net asset value per share

€77.7

€76.0

+2.2%

EPRA triple net asset value per share

€74.2

€73.1

+1.5%

Average cost of debt

2.46%

2.71%

- 25bps

LTV ratio

39.7%

38.0%

+170bps

Property Development ROE3

4.2%

4.3%

- 10bps

1 Property investment portfolio (including Healthcare at 56.51%)

2 After restatement of the Property Services business results in accordance with IFRS 5

3 ROE (Net profit attributable to the Group/average equity over the period) calculated over a 12-month rolling period

Olivier Wigniolle, CEO of Icade, declared:

"Icade recorded solid performance in the first half of 2016. As market conditions improved, the Property Investment and Property Development Divisions performed well, driven by strong leasing activity, active portfolio management and new acquisitions in the Healthcare segment. The sharp rise in our EPRA EPS and NAV reflects the first fruits of the effective implementation of our strategic roadmap. Thanks to this positive trend, which is expected to continue in H2, we are more than confident in our ability to grow our Net current cash flow per share by over 3% in FY 2016".

  1. Streamlined shareholding structure and enhanced governance

    The merger by acquisition by Icade of HoldCo SIIC, its holding company, was approved during the General Meeting of May 23, 2016.

    Three independent directors were appointed during the General Meeting of May 23, 2016:

    • Ms Florence Peronnau,

    • Mr Georges Ralli,

    • Mr Frédéric Thomas, who replaces Mr Jérôme Grivet.

      The Board of Directors now consists of 15 members including 5 independent directors.

      The Board of Directors of Icade includes 40% of women and one-third of independent directors, in compliance with the recommendations of the AFEP-MEDEF Code of Corporate Governance and with legal requirements.

      Board committees will be chaired by independent directors.

  2. A very busy first half of the year
    1. Commercial Property Investment: strong business performance / an improving occupancy rate Robust leasing activity

      In H1 2016, the Commercial Property Investment Division renewed 45 leases covering a total floor area of 71,316 sq.m, with an average remaining lease term to first break of

      9.7 years.

      New leases that took effect in H1 represented 56,665 sq.m.

      73 new leases were signed in H1, representing a total floor area of 65,800 sq.m and

      €16.9 million in annualised headline rental income. Leasing activity expanded by 33% relative to H1 2015. These new leases mainly concerned the following assets:

      • Offices: PB5 Tower (La Défense), Cézanne (Saint-Denis), Défense 2 (Nanterre),

      • Business parks: Millénaire 4 (Paris, 19th district), Séville (Rungis business park), Rostand (Paris Nord 2).

        It should be noted that in July 2016, Icade signed an amendment to its lease agreement with a tenant in order to lease an additional 4,321 sq.m, increasing the financial occupancy rate of the EQHO Tower to 96%.

        Exits from the portfolio of leased space, resulting from the disposals and redevelopments made in H1, represented 13,287 sq.m. Like-for-like exits resulting from tenant departures totalled 53,156 sq.m.

        The financial occupancy rate of the Commercial Property Investment Division improved by 0.9 pp compared to December 31, 2015 (87.7% incl. 93.4% for Offices and 83.2% for Business Parks).

        Gross rental income was stable on a like-for-like basis and down 3.3% to €186.7 million including changes in scope of consolidation:
      • impact of completions: +€3.1 million (Le Monet in Saint-Denis in June 2015),

      • impact of asset disposals: -€5.6 million (Millénaire 2, Reflet Défense and 2 non-strategic buildings in Evry),

      • impact of redevelopments: -€4.6 million (Open building completed at the end of 2016, Défense 4/5/6, Défense 1 which will be demolished to make room for the Campus Défense project),

        On a like-for-like basis, leasing activity showed a net positive balance of +€0.7 million including:

      • changes in indices (Cost-of-Construction (CCI) and Tertiary Activities Rent Index (TARI) indices): +€0.2 million,

      • leases signed for the EQHO Tower: +€8.8 million (full-period impact of leases entered into in 2015 and impact of H1 2016 new leases),

      • 45 leases renewed: -€3.4 million (implying a 14% decrease in rents),

      • balance of additions to and exits from the portfolio of leased space of Business Parks: -€3 million,

        Margin rates (net rental income/gross rental income) rose by 1.7 pps to 88.4% (primarily driven by strong leasing activity in the Office segment),

        The average remaining lease term went up from 4.2 to 4.6 years.

        Active portfolio management Investments carried out in H1 2016 in the Commercial Property Investment Division amounted to €107.6 million. These investments were mainly related to developments (€84.5 million):
      • Veolia's headquarters for €33.4 million: the building was completed according to schedule on July 18 (Le Millénaire business park),

      • Millénaire 4 building for €23.3 million: it is scheduled to be completed in October 2016 and it was fully pre-committed in March 2016 (Le Millénaire business park),

      • Open building being redeveloped for €7.2 million, due to be completed at the end of 2016,

      • Campus Défense office project for €17.1 million,

        On July 20, Icade signed a final agreement to buy an office building (for around

        €50 million) with a strong value creation potential in the immediate vicinity of Paris, in Gentilly (13,000 sq.m, fully leased), implying a net initial yield of 6%.

        Disposals of non-strategic assets made in H1 2016 totalled €29.1 million. This amount is mainly related to the sale of two office buildings: one in Nanterre (Reflet Défense, 5,804 sq.m) and one in Maisons-Alfort (4,032 sq.m).

        The marketing plan "Coach Your Growth with Icade" was launched in the Business Parks on July 5, 2016

        This plan is based on three commitments to tenant companies:

      • Vibrant business parks fostering excellence through a transformation in their structure in order to offer higher quality services and make them more functional and efficient,

      • Better quality of life and work, through the creation of convivial spaces and a very extensive range of innovative services,

      • A sharing and learning community, through the provision of tools to help tenant companies develop business relationships within their community.

        This plan represents an investment of €30 million over 2016 and 2017, it will be first implemented in the Paris Orly-Rungis business park as soon as September 2016 and then in 6 of Icade's main business parks by the end of 2017.

        Icade intends to grow the financial occupancy rate of its Business Parks by 5% by 2018/2019.

    2. Healthcare Property Investment: consolidation of the leadership position

      The portfolio of the Healthcare Property Investment Division experienced vigorous growth in H1 2016, thanks to significant acquisitions completed in 2015 (over €700 million). The acquisition of 4 clinics operated by Ramsay Générale de Santé on June 17, 2016 will have a full-period impact on H2 2016 revenues.

      Gross rental income soared by 28.1% to €102.7 million.

      • Impact of acquisitions: +€22.8 million,

      • Slight like-for-like increase of +0.4% driven by rent indexation, The financial occupancy rate remains at 100%.

    3. Property Development Division: promising performance indicators
    4. In H1 2016, the Property Development Division's business performance indicators improved significantly:

      • the backlog grew sharply (+7.8% vs. 12/31/2015) to €1,626 million, fuelled by the surging backlog of the Residential segment (+14.4%) and an increase in that of the Commercial segment (+9.1%) thanks, in particular, to a number of off-plan sale agreements for Office properties entered into with leading institutional investors, especially in Lyon (OXAYA office building, UnitY office building and Ynfluence Square retail units), and also in Paris (Twist building in the Clichy-Batignolles development zone),

      • growing sales of residential units (reservation volumes increased by 35.2% vs. 06/30/2015), boosted by the impact of the "Pinel" tax incentive scheme,

        In H1 2016, IFRS revenue was down 13.5% to €365.7 million (including 69% for the Residential segment), reflecting the limited performance of Property Development in 2013/2014.

      • Residential revenue was down 19.9% (€253.9 million): unfavourable base effect due to the completion of the North East Paris project in 2015 (1,126 housing units in the 19th district of Paris, revenue of €80 million in 2015),

      • Commercial revenue was up 5.7% (€111.7 million): impact of contracts signed in 2015.

    5. H1 2016 results
    6. EPRA Earnings from Property Investment reached €136.1 million, implying a +6.3% change compared to June 30, 2015, including €91.5 million for the Commercial segment (-1.7%) and €44.6 million for the Healthcare segment (+27.7%). Group net current cash flow, which includes EPRA Earnings from Property Investment and cash flow from Property Development and Property Services, was up 1.5% to €145.9 million. EPRA triple net asset value rose by 1.5% to €5,473.6 million. This positive evolution results primarily from the increase in portfolio value.

      As at June 30, 2016, the value of the whole property portfolio increased by 4.1% compared with 2015.

      It expanded by 2.7% on a like-for-like basis:

      • The value of the Healthcare portfolio rose by 7.6% as a result of a strong yield compression in this segment between December 31, 2015 and June 30, 2016,

      • The value of the Office portfolio improved by 2.9% from 2015, positively impacted by yield compression and higher occupancy rates,

      • The value of Business Parks improved by +0.4%, propelled by a slight yield compression and better leasing activity.

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