CTP doubles in size only three years after Euronext listing

Regulatory News:

CTP, Europe’s largest listed owner, developer and manager of logistics and industrial real estate by gross lettable area (GLA) has marked the third anniversary of its listing on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange, which at the time was the largest real estate IPO in Europe since 2014, with remarkable success.

The subsequent three years from CTP's listing in March 2021 have been a time of accelerated growth for the company, highlighted by a 103% increase in GLA from 5.9 million sqm to 12.0 million sqm across CTP's European portfolio and 162% growth in its landbank, from 8.8 million sqm to 23.1 million sqm, thereby locking in future expansion by enabling CTP to develop more space to meet strong demand.

CTP's rapid growth is only set to accelerate further, given the 116% increase in the next 12 months of contracted revenues (from €344 million to €742 million) over the same period. This upward trajectory supports CTP’s ambitious target to reach over 1.2 billion of annualised rental income before the end of the decade.

CTP's IPO in 2021 enabled the company to enter new markets, including Germany through the circa €800 million acquisition and delisting of Deutsche Industrie REIT-AG (“DIR”), which had a portfolio of 1.6 million sqm of GLA that was under rented and adjacent land plots for future development. The proceeds raised through the listing also enabled CTP to enter other markets like Poland, through the acquisition of a 2.5 million sqm landbank from 7R in 2022.

Having established this strong platform, CTP will be investing €1 billion in Germany over the coming years. As part of this CTP recently announced it will develop a major new high tech 160,000 sqm business park in Mülheim in west Germany, while it has also recently signed a deal with leading Taiwanese company Quanta Computer Inc. for a high-tech pioneering production facility at CTPark Jülich in the Brainergy Park Jülich in northwest Germany.

The IPO has also supported CTP's growth by enhancing its access to capital markets, with CTP receiving investment-grade credit ratings from both Moody’s and S&P. Since receiving the credit rating in 2020, CTP has successfully issued €5 billion in Green Bonds at attractive conditions.

CTP has also delivered on the promises set out to shareholders during the IPO process. Since March 2021, CTP’s EPRA Net Tangible Asset (“NTA”) per share has increased by 98% (from €8.32 to €16.50), while Company Specific Adjusted EPRA earnings per share (“EPS”) has grown by 66% (from €0.44 to €0.81¹).