Wrap Text
Update On Acquisitions And The Sale Of Mature Assets And Results Date
SIRIUS REAL ESTATE LIMITED
(Incorporated in Guernsey)
Company Number: 46442
Share Code: SRE
ISIN Code: ISIN GG00B1W3VF54
1 June 2017
Sirius Real Estate Limited
("Sirius Real Estate", “Sirius” or the "Company")
Update on Acquisitions and the Sale of Mature Assets
&
Results Date
Sirius Real Estate, a leading operator of branded business parks providing conventional space and flexible
workspace in Germany, is pleased to announce the following update, regarding €18m of disposals of ma-
ture assets and €66.4m of property acquisitions, all progressed over the past six weeks, as follows:
- Notarisation of the sale of a mature asset in Kiel for €7m;
- Completion of the €11m Dusseldorf sale;
- Notarisation of the acquisition of three sites with a combined value of €43.5m; and
- Completion of the €22.9m Cologne acquisition.
The Company has been successfully pursuing its policy of re-cycling capital into new assets with greater
opportunities to extract value through its asset management activities.
Disposals
On 21 April 2017, the Group notarised the sale of a mature asset located in Kiel for €7.0m, in line with
book value and representing an EPRA net initial yield of 7.4% (including acquisition costs). Since the ac-
quisition of this mixed-use business park in 2007 at less than half of the disposal price, Sirius’s asset man-
agement activity has increased net operating income from a small loss to €0.56m and increased the occu-
pancy from 19% to 92% over a net lettable area of 10,000 sqm.
On 19 May 2017, the Group completed the sale of a mature asset located in Dusseldorf for €11.0m, rep-
resenting an EPRA net initial yield of 7.2% (including acquisition costs). Since this site was acquired in
2008, Sirius's asset management activity has significantly improved the tenant mix and lease terms. The
sale is at a 25% premium to the site’s book value of €8.7m as at 30 September 2016. The asset is a mixed-
use business park generating €0.85m of net operating income with occupancy of 96% over a net lettable
area of 16,600 sqm.
Acquisitions
On 3 May 2017, the Group notarised the acquisition of a property in Grasbrunn, an area on the Munich
ring road. The property is located in a well-developed commercial area and is being purchased for a total
consideration of €18.1m. The property comprises four office buildings and has a net lettable area of
14,791 sqm. Currently the property is nearly fully vacant with an annual rental income of €0.10m.
On 23 May 2017, the Group notarised the acquisition of a property in Neuss for a total consideration of
€15.8m. Neuss is an active commercial centre, located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf.
The property comprises one office building and has a net lettable area of 18,258 sqm. The property is
38.3% occupied and let to six tenants, producing an annual rental income of €0.67m and having a remain-
ing weighted average lease term of 5.1 years.
On 23 May 2017, the Group notarised the acquisition of a property located in Neu-Isenburg for a total
consideration of €9.7m. Situated close to Frankfurt, Neu-Isenburg benefits from excellent transport links
and will combine well with the nearby Sirius site in Dreieich. The property is a mixed-use business park
comprising office and warehouse space and has a net lettable area of 7,996 sqm. The property is 41.3%
occupied and let to three tenants, producing an annual rental income of €0.47m and having a remaining
weighted average lease term of 1.5 years.
On 31 May 2017, the Group completed the purchase of an asset in Cologne for a total consideration of
€22.9m. The site offers 20,342 sqm of gross lettable space, of which 93.6% is office space, and is currently
99% let to multi-tenants. The largest tenant occupies over 50% of the gross lettable area and has 2.9 years
remaining on their lease. The total tenant base has a weighted average lease length term of 2.4 years.
The asset is being acquired on an 8.1% EPRA net initial yield.
Final Results Date
The Company confirms that it will announce its final results for the 12 months to 31 March 2017 on Mon-
day 26 June 2017.
Andrew Coombs Chief Executive Officer of Sirius Real Estate, said,
“This has been an active six weeks for Sirius during which we have notarised a further €43.5m of acquisi-
tions and completed the Cologne acquisition for €22.9m. The three recently notarised sites are currently
underutilised and under occupied, however, all are situated in good locations for our customer base.
We are confident therefore that we can significantly enhance the appeal of each site we have acquired
just as we have done in the past with other similar assets. Our focus will be on rebranding, re-configuring
and introducing specialist SME workspace and storage products to match demand in each local area. With
the aim, as ever, to increase rental income and market value of each site.
This, combined with the sales of mature assets all of which are being transacted at prices in line with or
above book value, clearly demonstrates the Sirius business model working in practice.”
For further information, please contact:
Sirius Real Estate +49 (0)30 285010110
Andrew Coombs, CEO
Alistair Marks, CFO
Novella +44 (0)20 3151 7008
Tim Robertson
Toby Andrews
About Sirius Real Estate
Sirius is a property company listed on the main market and premium segment of the London Stock Ex-
change and the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. It is a leading operator of branded busi-
ness parks providing conventional space and flexible workspace in Germany. The Company’s core strategy
is the acquisition of business parks at attractive yields, the integration of these business parks into its
network of sites under the Company’s own name as well as offering a range of branded products within
those sites, and the reconfiguration and upgrade of existing and vacant space to appeal to the local mar-
ket, through intensive asset management and investment. The Company’s strategy aims to deliver attrac-
tive risk adjusted returns for shareholders by increasing rental income and improving cost recoveries and
capital values, as well as by enhancing those returns through financing its assets on favourable terms.
Once sites are mature and net income and values have been optimised, Sirius may consider their disposal
in order to recycle equity into assets which present greater opportunity for the Group’s asset manage-
ment skills.
For more information, please visit: www.sirius-real-estate.com
JSE Sponsor:
PSG Capital
Date: 01/06/2017 10:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE').
The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of
the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct,
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,
information disseminated through SENS.
Sharenet Sites 
