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Significant increase of 59% in recurring net income for the first half of 2020

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        Press release – Friday 10 July 2020 – 5:45 p.m.Significant increase of 59%
in recurring net income for the first half of 2020On 08 July 2020, the Executive Board approved the interim consolidated accounts as at 30 June 2020. Limited review procedures on these accounts have been completed and the report of the statutory auditors regarding the half-year financial information is about to be issued.Commenting on the results, Jean-Claude Le Lan, Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board said:  « In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, our priority has been to ensure the safety and health of our teams whom I thank for their reactivity and their unfailing mobilisation. Changing consumption patterns, and in particular the development of e-commerce, reinforce our strategy and position logistics warehouses as key players at the heart of distribution networks. Despite uncertainties that remain, notably as to the economic consequences of this crisis, we believe that we are in a good position to deal with these and we maintain our €140m rental income guidance for the financial year 2020. This is driven by the quality of our tenants, operating in sectors that have shown resilience. »Recurring net income up +59%Significant increase of the recurring net income up +59% to €50.6m as at 30 June 2020, now representing 73% of the rental income compared to 71% for the previous financial year. In contrast, the decrease of 68% in net income at €49.6m is mainly due to the drop in the creation of value within the portfolio to €5.7m in the first half of 2020 compared to €127.7m last year.Premium portfolio valued at €2.69bn excluding transfer taxes (€2.81bn including transfer taxes)The built portfolio (excluding real estate assets under development) amounts to 2,865,000 sqm as at 30 June 2020, compared to 2,860,000 sqm at the end of 2019. The portfolio’s total valuation (including land reserves valued at €12m) was worth €2.69bn excluding transfer taxes (€2.81bn including transfer taxes).In details, the valuation of the built portfolio amounts to €2.68bn excluding transfer taxes (€2.80bn including transfer taxes) resulting in a capitalisation rate of 5.30% excluding transfer taxes (5.10% including transfer taxes) unchanged vs. 31 December 2019.The average remaining fixed length of the leases is down slightly at 5.4 years compared to 5.8 years as at 31 December 2019.The occupancy rate for the portfolio is 98% and its weighted average age is 8.9 years.LTV ratio unchanged at 56% and cost of debt down at 1.65%Gross financial debt relating to assets delivered amounts to €1.53bn, including bond issues of €155m.
Including residual cash, net LTV (net financial debt/appraisal value excluding transfer taxes) remains at 56% as of 30 June 2020.Debt consists of 10% of fixed rate bonds, 42% of fixed rate amortising loans, 38% of hedged variable rate amortising loans and 10% of variable rate amortising loans. The average cost of debt as of 30 June 2020 fell to 1.65% compared to 1.70% as at 31 December 2019 and its maturity is 8 years.Stable triple NAV /share: €56.0 excluding transfer taxes, €61.4 including transfer taxesThe triple NAV excluding transfer taxes amounts to €1.25bn as of 30 June 2020, compared to €1.24bn as at 31 December 2019. The NAV per share excluding transfer taxes is up +0.4% to €56.0 per share compared to €55.8 per share as at 31 December 2019. This increase of 20 cents comes from net income (+€2.1), the change in the fair value of the portfolio (+€0.2), the payment of the dividend in cash (-€1.7) and in shares (-€0.2) and the change in the value of hedging instruments (-€0.2).Financial calendar 2020 (Publication of the press release after closing of the stock exchange)01 October: 3rd quarter sales 202004 January: Annual revenue 202020 January: Annual results 2020About ArganARGAN is the only French real estate company specialising in the DEVELOPMENT & RENTAL OF PREMIUM WAREHOUSES listed on Euronext.
As at 31 December 2019, ARGAN’s portfolio amounted to 2.9 million sq. meters, comprising 85 warehouses located exclusively in France, valued at €2.7 billion and generating annual rental income of €140 million.  ARGAN is listed on Compartment A of Euronext Paris (ISIN FR0010481960 – ARG) and is included in the CAC All-Share and IEIF SIIC France indices.  The company opted for the listed real estate investment companies (SIICs) tax regime on 01 July 2007.
www.argan.fr
 Simplified consolidated income statement (IFRS)Recurring net incomeSimplified consolidated balance sheet (IFRS) Attachment20200710 – ARGAN – Half year results 2020

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