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Press release
Paris, 30th January 2008
Eric Berlizon appointed Chief Financial Officer.
Closing of the acquisition of an office building in Marseille.
Eric Berlizon appointed Chief Financial Officer
In line with its strategy, Züblin Immobilière has strengthened its team with
the appointment of Eric Berlizon as Chief Financial Officer.
Mr Berlizon, 37, is a graduate of the Reims Ecole Supérieure de Commerce. He
was previously Senior Manager with the Financial Institution and Real Estate
team in KPMG Audit's Transaction Services department. During his eleven years
with KPMG, he worked in both the Paris and New York offices providing audit and
advisory services to real estate companies and financial institutions. His
responsibilities included auditing the financial statements of REITS, taking
part in studies on the implications of regulatory and accounting developments
for financial reporting by real estate investment companies and carrying out
financial due diligence for acquisitions made by real estate companies.
Closing of the acquisition of an office building in Marseille
Züblin Immobilière France announces that it has closed on 30 January 2008 the
acquisition of an office building totalling 5,835 sqm in the Euroméditerranée
complex at 36-40 rue Roger Salengro in Marseille, having signed a conditional
purchase agreement on 4 May 2007.
The building, which was completed on 17 December 2007, is fully let to the city
of Marseille's information systems department at an annual rent of €1.3m. The
purchase cost is €14m, hence a rental yield of 9.3%. The nine-year lease
includes an annual purchase option for the city of Marseille at a pre-set price
. The rent and the purchase option price are both indexed to the French
construction cost index (ICC).
The purchase is entirely financed by equity and will contribute €0.11 to net
cash flow per share (on a fully diluted basis).
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Including the purchase of the Danica building in Lyon and the Salengro building
in Marseille, Züblin Immobilière France's portfolio value (including transfer
taxes) now amounts to €402m. Annualised rental income is €26.8m. Portfolio
yield is 6.7%.
About Züblin Immobilière France
Züblin Immobilière France is a listed property company, which has elected for
REIT status (SIIC status). The company invests in commercial properties (offices
, shops, logistics), and its real estate in France consists of 8 office
buildings in the Paris Western Business district (Neuilly-sur-Seine,
Gennevilliers, Nanterre and Suresnes), in Lyon and Marseille.
Key figures:
- Appraised real estate holdings: €402 m (real estate transfer tax included)
- Annualised rental income: €26.8 m
- Operating cash flow: €4.2m (30.09.2007)
- Diluted liquidation NAV: €14.60 per share (30.09.2007)
Shares of Züblin Immobilière France trades on compartment C of Euronext Paris
market of Nyse Euronext - ISIN: FR0010298901
Contacts
Eric Berlizon, CFO, Züblin Immobilière France, 52 rue de la Victoire, 75009
Paris
Tel. +33 (0)1 40 82 72 40, info@zueblin.fr
Emmanuel Huynh, Steve Grobet, NewCap., Financial communication
Tel. +33 (0)1 44 71 94 94, Fax +33 (0)1 44 71 94 90, Email zueblin@newcap.fr
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Other persons should not act or rely on this press release. This document or
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