RomReal hereby announces the
third quarter 2017 results highlights:
Net Asset Value (NAV)
· Net
Asset value was EUR 0.44 (NOK 4.07) per share, at the end of Q3
2017
· The NAV would have
been EUR 0.48 (NOK 4.41) per share if the value from all binding
sales agreements had been applied.
Operational highlights
· During the third
quarter 2017, the Company managed to close further sales of assets
for a total price 22% over the carrying value based on the end 2016
independent valuation. Total sales price net of fees was EUR
0.61million.
· Carrefour plot (No. 8 on the list): presale agreement
signed in July 2017 for a total price of EUR 65,000 of which EUR
5,000 received. The transaction for this farmland plot is
expected to be concluded immediately after the pre-emption right
legal period is over. Expected to be finalised and the difference
in price collected by December 2017.
· Alexandriei plot (No. 9 on the list): The Urbanization
Certificates referring to the main building characteristics of the
plot is obtained and the demolition application process is ongoing.
The plot is a highly attractive development project in
Bucharest.
· Ovidiu Lakeside (No. 1 on the list): the new planning
permission (PUZ) was obtained on 2 August 2017. The Company is
currently negotiating some utilities infrastructure investment on
the plot. This investment is expected to further improve the
attractiveness of the most important project in the portfolio.
· The Company is
presently simplifying the Romanian Group structure. The ongoing
process is expected to be finalized during Q1 2018.
Financial Results
· Net Result for the
quarter was a loss of EUR 360,000 compared to a gain of EUR 277,000
in Q3 2016. Operating cash flow for the quarter was a negative EUR
195,000 compared to a negative EUR 68,000 in the same period last
year.
· By the end of the
quarter, the Company has a cash position of EUR 3.4 million plus
the remainder of the seller's credit of about EUR 0.8 million,
totalling at about EUR 4.2 million or about EUR 0.10 per share.
Macro and real estate market
highlights
· Romania scored the
highest growth in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) among the 28
European Union member states, of 8.6 per cent compared to the same
period last year, according to the preliminary data of the European
Statistical Office (Eurostat).
· According to the
online real estate platform immobiliare.ro, asking prices in
Romania were up by 12.4% in in the last twelve months from a
national average of EUR 1,042/sqm to EUR 1,171 /sqm. Still these
prices are about 43% below peak prices in 2008. Prices in Constanta
have reached in October 2017 EUR 1,059 /sqm, a 10.7% increase year
on year.
A recorded investor presentation will be made
available on Friday 24 November after 10:00am CET at
www.romreal.com
For further information
please contact:
Harris Palaondas
IR
investors@romreal.com
This information is subject
to the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the
Norwegian Securities Trading Act.