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Invista European Real Estate Trust

25 July 2011

25 July 2011

INVISTA EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE TRUST SICAF (the "Company")

INVISTA EUROPEAN REAL ESTATE TRUST COMPLETES EUR20.7 MILLION SALE OF FRENCH LOGISTICS ASSET AND SECURES REDUCED DEBT COSTS

Invista European Real Estate Trust announces that it has completed an important strategic sale which has enabled the Company to reduce the Loan to Value ("LTV") on its senior debt facility and therefore benefit, on an ongoing basis, from a reduced margin and resultant lower interest charges.

Disposal

The Company has completed the sale of a 33,000 sqm prime warehouse property located in Trappes, Paris to Cordea Savills for a total consideration of EUR20.7 million.

The property, which was substantially extended and refurbished by the Company during the last three years, is mainly let to Nature et Decouvertes on the basis of a nine-year lease. The sale consideration represents a 1.15% discount to the Company's 31 March 2011 independent property valuation.

Reduction of debt

Following on from the recent disposals in France and Poland and in accordance with the stated strategy to reduce borrowings, all sale proceeds have been applied to pay down debt. In addition, EUR4.6 million from its existing cash balances has been applied to reduce the senior loan facility with the Bank of Scotland to an LTV ratio of less than 65%.

As advised in previous announcements, an LTV of less than 65% triggers a lower loan margin with the Bank of Scotland, decreasing from 2.50% per annum to 2.25% per annum. The 2.25% per annum loan margin will be applied with immediate effect.

The saving in the interest charge, resulting from the reduced quantum of debt and the lower margin, is EUR1.8 million per annum.

Further information will be provided in the Company's Net Asset Value and Interim Management Statement which will be announced on 3 August 2011.

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For further information, please contact:

Invista Real Estate

Tony Smedley/Chris Ludlam +44 20 7153 9369

Financial Dynamics

Dido Laurimore/Olivia Goodall +44 20 7831 3113

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