SILIC : Quarterly financial reporting - 1st Quarter 2012
04/19/2012| 01:16pm US/Eastern

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SOCIETE IMMOBILIERE DE LOCATION POUR L'INDUSTRIE ET LE
COMMERCE
- S I L I C -
Société Anonyme with a share capital of €69,874,728
Registered office: 31 Boulevard des Bouvets, 92000
Nanterre
572 045 151 RCS NANTERRE
NAF Code 6820 B - Registration no. 572 045 151 00063
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORTING
1ST QUARTER 2012
Good activity levels at end-2011 continue into the first
quarter.
32 new leases totalling 28,700 m² were signed in the
first three months of 2012, an 8% increase on the same period
of 2011.
In February, a prime tenant took up 10,400 m² in the
Cézanne building at Saint Denis, effective May 2012.
All in all, the leases signed in late 2011 (especially
System U for Montréal) and early
2012, which will become effective progressively during the
year, totalled 37,800 m².
Business indicators in line with expectations
These recent commercial successes have not yet had an
impact on rental income.
First quarter rental income rose 2.0% year-on- year to
€44.4 million (vs. €43.5 million in Q1-
2011), driven mainly by indexation and the partial
contribution of Cézanne, completed in Q3-2011. These items
offset the impact of the end-December 2011 sale of place Rio
de Janeiro in Paris.
Newly completed buildings (Cézanne, Montréal and Axe
Seine) put pressure on pre-tax ordinary cash flow during the
quarter due to their operating costs and financial carrying
costs. EBITDA was stable before non-recurring expenses
related to the merger operation currently in progress.
Investments
Construction work continued during the quarter on
Sisley at Saint Denis, a 22,000 m² office building started in
late 2011 and scheduled for completion at end-2013.
An architecture competition for the Mozart project at
Nanterre-Préfecture is currently under review. The process of
evicting the tenants of the existing building
continues.
Financial structure
Debt stood at €1,360.6 million at end-March
2012, leaving €155.3 million of available cash.
The change of control that took place on 16
February 2012 gave the holders of the €175 million of net
share-settled bonds (Ornane) issued at end-2010 an early
redemption option,
which was taken up by 25% of them (€45 million). Redemption
took place on 2 May using a specific backup credit line
negotiated with a pool of Silic's historic banking
partners.
The change of control had no other impact on
Silic's current financing facilities.
Merger with Icade
Groupama has contributed its 44% interest in Silic (in
two blocks of 6.5% then 37.5%) to a holding company
controlled by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, which had
already contributed its
56% interest in Icade.
These contributions were made with a view to merging Silic
and Icade and were finalised on 16
February 2012.
Icade then filed a mandatory public exchange offer for
Silic shares and a public cash offer for the net
share-settled bonds with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers
(the "Offer").
On 12 March 2012, Silic's Board of Directors agreed by
majority vote of its members not subject to a potential
conflict of interest, to recommend the proposed Offer, based
on the work of the independent accountants and Silic's own
advising bank.
To date, the AMF has not yet issued its opinion on the
proposed Offer.
Dividend of €4.65
On 12 March 2012, the Board of Directors agreed to
recommend a dividend of €4.65 per share at the annual general
meeting to be held on 22 June
2012.
If approved, the dividend will be paid on 29
June
2012.
2012 outlook confirmed
First quarter results are in line with expectations and
confirm that Silic will gradually draw the benefit of recent
relettings and lettings of new buildings. Cash flow should
therefore move back to its long-term growth trend as of the
second half.
FINANCIAL COMMUNICATION
Bruno Meyer - Tel.: +33(0)1 41 45 79 65 Nanterre, 20 April
2012
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