conwert Immobilien Invest SE

conwert achieves success in operating business and increases FFO I in first quarter 2016 - Seite 3

Wolfgang Beck, conwert CEO, on the interim results: "In the first quarter of 2016 conwert has achieved further, sustainable improvements in its operating performance. The progress made in increasing rents, reducing vacancies, cutting costs and streamlining the portfolio have given us the confidence to increase our FFO I guidance from EUR 65 mn to EUR 70 mn".

CFO Thomas Doll added: "In the first quarter of 2016 conwert managed to achieve a further fall in interest costs with an impact on cash to 2.2%, whereby we see further room for improvement in 2016".

The interim report 1-3/2016 of conwert Immobilien Invest SE is available on the website http://www.conwert.com.

Key performance indicators		1-3/2016	1-3/2015	Change	1-12/2015
Rental income	EUR mn	52.6	55.2	-4.6%	226.1
Proceeds from the sale of properties	EUR mn	38.2	50.1	-23.8%	272.6
Revenues from property services	EUR mn	1.5	1.6	-6.7%	7.7
Total revenue	EUR mn	92.3	106.9	-13.7%	506.4
EBITDA	EUR mn	24.1	29.9	-19.4%	116.6
EBIT	EUR mn	25.1	32.5	-22.9%	181.3
EBT	EUR mn	0.4	6.7	NM	100.7
Group earnings after tax	EUR mn	(4.0)	2.5	NM	83.3
Funds from operations before sales income (FFO I) *)	EUR mn	18.2	12.7	42.6%	53.4
Funds from Operations after sales income (FFO II) **)	EUR mn	19.4	14.5	33.9%	64.8
Net rental result (NRR)	EUR mn	36.1	38.0	-4.9%	148.8
NRR margin	%	68.7	68.9	-0.3%	65.8%
Adjusted NRR margin ***)	%	88.8	87.7	1.3%	87.2%
Basic earnings/share	EUR	(0.05)	0.02	NM	0.95
Diluted earnings/share	EUR	(0.05)	0.02	NM	0.85
FFO I *)/share	EUR	0.20	0.15	28.6%	0.64
Financial result	EUR mn	(24.7)	(25.8)	-4.2%	(80.6)

*) FFO I: Earnings before tax (EBT) - difference between sales and carrying amount of sold properties + operating expenses of sales income -/+ revaluation gains/losses + depreciation and value adjustments + non-cash components of financial income and other non-cash costs not including interests of associates + restructuring costs/one-off costs