CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC - Great Capital Partnership sells Park Crescent for GBP105m

Great Capital Partnership sells Park Crescent for GBP105m

Capital & Counties Properties PLC
(Incorporated and registered in the United Kingdom and Wales with registration Number 07145041
and registered in South Africa as an external company with Registration Number 2010/003387/10)
JSE code: CCO
ISIN: GB00B62G9D36
CAPITAL & COUNTIES PROPERTIES PLC

Great Capital Partnership sells Park Crescent West for £105 million
26 June 2013

The Great Capital Partnership (“GCP”), the 50/50 Joint Venture between Great Portland Estates plc
(“GPE”) and Capital & Counties Properties PLC (“Capco”) announces that it has exchanged contracts
on the sale of its last remaining asset, Park Crescent West.

Subject to freeholder approval, PCW Property Holding Limited advised by Amiri Capital, has
acquired Park Crescent West for £105 million. The sale price is 8.6 per cent ahead of both the
December 2012 and March 2013 valuations and reflects a net initial yield of circa 2.0 per cent and a
capital value of £813 per sq. ft. on the net internal area.

Park Crescent West includes 77/83 Portland Place, 16 Park Crescent, 18/25 Park Crescent, 22 Park
Crescent and 26 Park Crescent. The crescent comprises a mix of commercial, court and residential
uses and extends to a total of 129,165 sq. ft. NIA. Current tenants include the Royal Institute of
British Architects, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators and the Secretary of State
for the Environment. The properties generate an annual income of circa £2.2 million and are held on a
long lease from The Crown Estate expiring in December 2157 at a current ground rent of £15,000 per
annum. The headlease provides that the premises can be used for a variety of uses including
residential.

Ian Hawksworth, Chairman of GCP and Chief Executive of Capco commented, “Following the sale of
Park Crescent East in April 2012, this disposal represents the culmination of GCP’s asset sales. In
line with the strategy it allows significant capital to be returned to the joint venture partners for re-
allocation within their respective groups.”

Contacts:

Capital & Counties Properties PLC
Ian Hawksworth
Chief Executive
+44 (0)20 3214 9188

Great Portland Estates plc
Toby Courtauld
Chief Executive
+44 (0)20 7647 3042

Hudson Sandler (Capco Financial PR)
Michael Sandler
Wendy Baker
+44 (0)20 7796 4133

RLM Finsbury Group (GPE Financial PR)
James Murgatroyd
Gordon Simpson
+44 (0)20 7251 3801

College Hill Associates (Capco public relations)
Nicholas Williams/Vanessa Hillary
+27 (0)11 447 3030



Notes to editors:
About Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco):
Capco is one of the largest investment and development property companies that specialises in central
London real estate and is a constituent of the FTSE-250 Index. CAPCO holds 2.8 million square feet
of assets valued at £1.7 billion (as at 31 December 2012) in two landmark London estates: Covent
Garden, which has assets valued at £952 million, including the historic Market Building and Earls
Court & Olympia Group amounting to aggregate property assets of £721 million. The company is
listed on the London Stock Exchange and the JSE, Johannesburg.

www.capitalandcounties.com

About Great Portland Estates plc (GPE):

Great Portland Estates plc is a central London property investment and development company listed
on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and owning 3.6 million square feet of assets valued
at more than £2.3 billion (as at 31 March 2013). 81% of the Group’s assets are situated in the West
End with the Group’s portfolio mix being 81% offices and 19% retail. The Group aims to generate
superior portfolio and shareholder returns from investing in and improving central London real estate
through an intense customer focused approach to managing its assets combined with an effective
reading of the property cycle, across a market that it knows inside out.

www.gpe.co.uk


Sponsor

Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited

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