DGAP-News: Aroundtown Property Holdings Plc

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AROUNDTOWN ANNOUNCES FIRST HALF 2017 RESULTS:
STRONG OPERATIONAL RESULTS WHILE MAINTAINING ROBUST FINANCIAL PROFILE

- Rental and operating income in the first half year of 2017 at EUR237 million, up from EUR110 million

- Adjusted EBITDA increased by +71% to EUR195 million compared to EUR114 million in half year 2016

- FFO I growth of 83% to EUR130 million from EUR71 million in the comparable period of previous year

- FFO I per share up by 64% to EUR0.18, from EUR0.11 in H1 2016

- Net profit up by 52% to EUR777 million from EUR510 million in H1 2016

- EPS (basic) at EUR0.88 up by 47% from H1 2016; diluted EPS at EUR0.74 up by 61% from H1 2016

- EPRA NAV including perpetual notes of EUR6.2 billion, equivalent to EUR7.0 per share compared to EUR5.4 per share at the end of last year

- EPRA NAV amounted to EUR5.1 billion as of June 30, 2017, increased to EUR5.9 per share compared to EUR4.9 per share end of last year

- Total assets increased by +34% to EUR10.8 billion from EUR8.1bn year end 2016

- Strong and conservative leverage with an LTV of 36%

- Strong financial coverage with an Interest Coverage Ratio of 5.7x

- Equity ratio up by 7 percentage points from 49% in year end 2016 to 56% in June 2017

- On a like-for-like basis, net rent increased by 6.2% with 2.7% from occupancy and 3.5% from in-place rent increases

30 August 2017.

Solid operational key figures reflecting strong development

Aroundtown (the "Company" or "AT") continues successfully on its growth path. The listing of the Company's share on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange achieved in the beginning of June 2017 and the redomiciliation to Luxembourg, which will be finalized in mid-September 2017, will provide the Company with greater visibility and tradability affirming the successful development of the Company. These milestones constitute an opportunity for inclusion in major stock indices, such as the Dax family and major EPRA indices.

Part of Aroundtown's corporate achievements has also been the recent improvement in its ESG score from Sustainalytics positioning the Company at the 88^th percentile, ranking 35 among 280 real estate peers world-wide, and ranking outperformer in all sub-factors (environmental, social and governance).

Accelerated growth consistently supported by capital markets

To support its solid growth, the Company once again successfully accessed capital markets on the way to reach its 2016 level where Aroundtown was the largest European real estate issuer. Year to date, AT issued in total a volume of EUR2.3 billion, confirming its strong investor demand while maintaining its conservative capital approach. This is reflected in the low LTV of 36%, which is comfortably below the policy limit of 45%, and the high diversification of financing sources from equity, perpetuals and straight bonds.

The H1 2017 financial report is available on the Company's website:
http://www.aroundtownholdings.com/downloads.html

About the Company
Aroundtown Property Holdings Plc (trading symbol: AT1 on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange) is a specialist real estate company with a focus on value-add and income generating properties primarily in the German/NL real estate markets. Aroundtown Property Holdings Plc (ISIN: CY0105562116) is a public limited liability company incorporated in 2004 under the laws of Cyprus, having its registered office at Artemidos & Nikou Dimitriou, 54 B, 6027, Larnaca, Cyprus (registered number HE148223).

Contact:
Timothy Wright
T: +357-2420-1312
E: info@aroundtownholdings.com
www.aroundtownholdings.com

Disclaimer:

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