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GLOBE TRADE CENTRE S.A. - Reviewed Q1 2024 Results (3 months period ended 31 March 2024)

Release Date: 28/05/2024 07:05
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Reviewed Q1 2024 Results (3 months period ended 31 March 2024)

GLOBE TRADE CENTRE S.A.
(Incorporated and registered in Poland with KRS No. 61500)
(Share code on the WSE: GTC.S.A)
(Share code on the JSE: GTC ISIN: PLGTC0000037)
("GTC" or "the Company")

REVIEWED Q1 2024 RESULTS (3 months period ended 31 March 2024)

RENTAL REVENUES            FFO I               NET LTV              OCCUPANCY             CASH


EUR 46m                   EUR 19m             48.1%                86%                   EUR 122m


  12M 2023 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS                                    12M 2023 PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS

- Revenues from rental activity up 7% to EUR 46m in              - Occupancy at 86% as of 31 December 2023 (87%
  Q1 2024 (EUR 43m in Q1 2023); Like-for-like rental               as of 31 December 2023)
  revenue growth of 7%                                           - Leasing activity reached 19,000 sq m in Q1 2024
- Gross margin from rental activity up 9% to EUR                 - Average weighted lease term at 3.4 yrs.
  32m in Q1 2024 (EUR 30m in Q1 2023)                            - 87% of real estate portfolio is recurring income-
- FFO I at EUR 19m in Q1 2024 (EUR 16m in Q1                       producing
  2023), FFO per share at EUR 0.03                               - 65% of recurring income-producing portfolio is
- EPRA NTA at EUR 1,247m as of 31 March 2024                       office
  (EUR 1,232m as of 31 December 2023)                            - 92% of assets green certified
  EPRA NTA per share at EUR 2.17 (PLN 9.34)
- Net LTV at 48.1%¹ (49.3%¹ as of 31 December 2023);
  Net LTV adjusted for cash on escrow accounts at
  47.0%
- Cash of EUR 122m; cash on the escrow accounts of
  EUR 27m.
- Profit after tax of EUR 10m, profit per share of
  EUR 0.02

NATURE OF BUSINESS

GTC Group is an experienced, established, and fully integrated real estate group of companies operating in the CEE
and SEE region with a primary focus on Poland and Budapest and capital cities in the SEE region, including
Bucharest, Belgrade, Zagreb, and Sofia, where it directly acquires, develops and manages primarily high-quality
office and retail real estate assets in prime locations. The Company is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The Group operates an asset management platform and is represented by local
teams in each of its core markets.

As of 31 March 2024, the book value of the Group's total property portfolio including non-current financial assets
(related to investment property) was EUR 2,489.0.
As of 31 March 2024, the book value of the Group's property portfolio was EUR 2,352.6. The breakdown of the
Group's property portfolio was as follows:

     -   46 completed commercial buildings, including 40 office buildings and 6 retail properties with a total combined
         commercial space of approximately 755 thousand sq m of GLA, an occupancy rate at 86% and a book value
         of EUR 2,008.5 which accounts for 85% of the Group's total property portfolio;
     -   three office projects under construction with a total GLA of approximately 51 thousand sq m and a book
         value of EUR 81.8, which accounts for 4% of the Group's total property portfolio;
     -   investment landbank intended for future development (including 1 land plot in Poland and 1 plot in Budapest
         held for sale in the amount of EUR 13.6) with the book value of EUR 172.9 which accounts for 7% of the
         Group's total property portfolio;
     -   residential landbank with book value of EUR 26.2, which accounts for 1% of the Group's total property
         portfolio; and
     -   right of use of land under perpetual usufruct, including assets held for sale with value of EUR 63.2 (including
         EUR 1 from residential landbank) which accounts for 3% of the Group's total property portfolio.

Additionally, GTC holds non-current financial assets in the amount of EUR 136.4 mainly including:

     -   25% of notes issued to finance Kildare Innovation Campus (technology campus) project, which currently
         comprises nine completed buildings with the total GLA of approximately 102 thousand sq m (the project
         extends over 72 ha of which 34 ha are undeveloped). Fair value of these notes as at 31 March 2024
         amounted to EUR 119.1, which accounts for 5% of the Group's total property portfolio including non-current
         financial assets;
     -   34% of units in Regional Multi Asset Fund Compartment 2 of Trigal Alternative Investment Fund GP S.á.r.l.,
         which holds 4 completed commercial buildings including 3 office buildings and 1 retail property with a total
         combined commercial space of approximately 41 thousand sq m of GLA. Fair value of these units amounted
         to EUR 15.2, which accounts for 1% of the Group's total property portfolio including non-current financial
         assets.

This short form announcement is the responsibility of the directors and is only a summary of the information in the
full announcement.

The full announcement is available at https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2024/jse/isse/GTCE/Q12024.pdf , and
can be found on the Company's website at www.gtcgroup.com.

Any investment decision should be based on the full announcement published. The Company's independent auditor,
PricewaterhouseCoopers Polska spólka z ograniczona odpowiedzialnoscia Audyt sp.k., has reviewed the Q1 2023
Results for the three-month period ended 31 March 2023 and has expressed an unqualified conclusion thereon.

The review report is available on the Company's website at https://www.gtcgroup.com/en/investors/results-reports-
and-announcements


Management Board                               Supervisory Board
Gyula Nagy (CEO)                               János Péter Bartha (Chairman)
Zsolt Farkas                                   Csaba Cservenák
Balázs Gosztonyi                               Lóránt Dudás
                                               László Gut
                                               Dominik Januszewski
                                               Artur Kozieja
                                               Leonz Meyer
                                               Marcin Murawski
                                               Slawomir Niemierka
                                               Tamás Sándor
                                               Bálint Szécsényi


Registered office of the Company               Date: 28 May 2024
KOR 45A, 02-146 Warsaw, Poland                 Sponsor: Investec Bank Limited


Footnotes:(1) FFO - profit before tax less tax paid, after adjusting for non-cash transactions (such as fair value or real estate remeasurement,
depreciation and amortization share base payment provision and unpaid financial expenses) share of profit/(loss) of associates and joint ventures and
one-off items (such as FX differences and residential activity and other non-recurring items); (2) LTV - Includes non-current financial assets; (3) EPRA
NTA - is a net asset value measure under the assumption that the entities buy and sell assets, thereby crystallising certain levels of deferred tax liability.
It is computed as the total equity less non-controlling interest, excluding the derivatives at fair value as well as deferred taxation on property (unless
such item is related to assets held for sale);

Date: 28-05-2024 07:05:00
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