Mercialys’ CSR Performances Receive Further Recognition in the Real Estate Industry’s Top Rankings

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For its second participation in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), Mercialys (Paris:MERY) retained its Green Star* status and was ranked 26th in the Global Retail category, up 42 places.

Each year, this leading international benchmark assesses the CSR policies and performances of real estate companies. With an excellent overall result of 84/100, Mercialys is demonstrating its ability to successfully implement its strategy and meet its environmental, societal and governance commitments.

Mercialys climbed 42 places this year and was ranked 26th out of 138 firms in the Global Retail category. It achieved outstanding scores in particular for its governance (90/100) and environmental management (84/100). Mercialys retained its 2nd place for the France Retail scope. Lastly, all sectors combined, Mercialys moved into the top decile of the global GRESB benchmark, ranked 75th out of the 823 companies assessed.

Eric Le Gentil, Mercialys’ Chairman and CEO, announced: "We are very proud of Mercialys’ progress in this benchmark. This result recognizes the dedication and quality of work achieved by our teams on all aspects of our ambitious CSR strategy, Mery’21. This performance reflects our commitments in terms of sustainable development and long-term value creation for all our stakeholders”.

The ambition with Mery’21 is to enable Mercialys to actively engage in its region’s social and ecological transition. Adopted in 2015, it sets various targets looking ahead to 2020 in 15 key areas and maps out an operational action plan to be deployed across the portfolio, while taking specific local features into consideration.

*Green Star: highest category in the GRESB rankings

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This press release is available on www.mercialys.com

About Mercialys

Mercialys is one of France's leading real estate companies, focused exclusively on retail property. At June 30, 2017, Mercialys had a portfolio of 2,108 leases, representing a rental value of Euro 174.6 million on an annualized basis.
At June 30, 2017, it owned properties with an estimated value of Euro 3.7 billion (including transfer taxes). Mercialys has had "SIIC” real estate investment trust (REIT) tax status since November 1, 2005 and has been listed on Euronext Paris Compartment A (ticker: MERY) since its initial public offering on October 12, 2005. At June 30, 2017, there were 92,049,169 shares outstanding.

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