cls year end results 2013 v4 4
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CLS Holdings plc Annual Results 2013TRANSCRIPT
Annual Results 2013
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ContentsOverview
Financials
Portfolio
Looking forwards
Summary
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Henry KlotzExecutive Vice Chairman
John WhiteleyChief Financial Officer
Simon WigzellHead of Group Property
About CLS
• Top TSR performance since 2008 in UK listed property sector: 324.3% (27.2% pa compound)
• Specialist in high-yielding offices and opportunistically adding value
• Cash generative: high yield (7.0%) vs low cost of debt (3.64%)
• Rental income £85.6m Property portfolio £1.1bn
• Management strong alignment of interest via shares
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31 December 2013
Achievements in 2013 A Good Time to be Buying Property
• Healthy growth in NAV
• Acquisitions: £165.3m of acquisitions at a yield of 11.6%
• Disposals: £26.9m1, at a yield of 3.3%
• Good progress on developments at Vauxhall Square, Spring Mews and Clifford’s Inn
– Including conditional exchange with student operator at Vauxhall Square
• Low cost of debt maintained
• 1.6m shares issued at 0.5% discount to prevailing share price
• Delivered Total Shareholder Return of 80.3%
41. 100% value
ContentsOverview
Financials
Portfolio
Looking forwards
Summary
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Financial Highlights In Good Health
• EPRA NAV up 9.9% to 1,268.4p (2012: 1,154.4p)
• Profit after tax up 35.3% to £63.2m (2012: £46.7m)
• Interest cover 3.2x (2012: 3.5x)
• Low cost of debt 3.64% (2012: 3.67%)
• Issue of innovative institutional secured notes
• TSR 80.3% in 2013; 324.3% in 6 years
• Full year distributions up 13.5% like-for-like Proposed £10.0m buy-back at 1 in 66 at 1,495p
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Strong NAV Growth Movement in EPRA NAV
Pence
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1 Jan 2013
Underlying profit
Reclassify Catena
Bond / equity sales
FX Property revaluation
before costs
Purchase costs
BLD impairment
31 Dec 2013
Strong Income Generation Profit after Tax
£m
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EPRA Profit after tax
Property revaluation
Gain on disposals
Gain / (loss) on sale of
bonds
Reclassify Catena
Other Profit after tax
1. Includes unfavourable £2.4m movement in FX
Cash Management via Corporate Bonds
• Portfolio sold in August to finance acquisition of Neo portfolio
• Reinvested into 21 bonds from 21 issuers valued at £69.4 million
• ROCE since late 2008: 88.8%
• Return in 2013: 10.8%
• Running yield 7.8%
• Income £5.4m pa
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Debt Profile As at 31 December 2013
£m
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2015: 4 loans 2016: 2 loans account for £105m•Swedish bond•Loan on a building let until 2026
Diverse Financing Strategy to lower risk
• Spread risk
– 22 banks (73%)
– 2 unsecured bonds (12%)
– 1 secured note (10%)
– 1 debenture (5%)
– Ring fencing model
• 70% fixed or hedged
• 71% floating rate
• Weighted avg. cost of debt 3.64% (2012: 3.67%)
• Balance sheet LTV 52.8% (2012: 52.5%)
Hedging of Finance
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Hedged
Floating
29%Fixed
41%Capped
30%
ContentsOverview
Financials
Portfolio
Looking forwards
Summary
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Property Portfolio Overview
• Diversified investment portfolio, primarily in major European cities:
– 469 customers in 109 properties (2012: 71)
– 544,000 sqm1 (2012: 424,000 sqm)
– Cost-effective rents
• 60% of rents indexed
• Secure income: 72% from governments & major corporates
• WAULT 7.0 years (5.8 years to first break)
• Cash generating investments = Core activity Developments <10% portfolio value
141. Excludes developments
Actively Managed Portfolio
• In-house property management – +150 asset management transactions in the year– Successful integration of 129,150 sqm acquisitions
• Low vacancy rate of 4.4% vs European office average of over 9.7%(2)
• Rented in line with market rates with growth potential, especially in UK
Rented in line with market rates(1) (£m pa)
Source: 1. CLS Holdings plc 2. JLL 15
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• £165m invested in 42 properties• Highly cash generative – blended NIY 11.6%; 4.0% avg cost of debt• Low average rent: £148 psm • Low average capital value: £1,277 psm • Looking for more purchases
South Wales & South West
Cardiff (x2), Plymouth, Bridgewater, Chippenham, Swansea,
North Wales & North West
Manchester (x2), Birkenhead, Chester, St Helens, St Asaph (Clwyd)
South East
Acton, Basildon, Bromley, Hayes, Southampton
Scotland
Aberdeen (x2), Dundee (x2), Edinburgh, Paisley
Yorkshire & North East
Billingham, Redcar, Bradford (x2), Rotherham
Midlands
Birmingham, Norwich, Peterborough, Bedford, Northampton, Wolverhampton
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• Receivership sale of 34 properties across the UK• Purchase price including costs: £123.7 million• NIY: 12.23%• Rent: £15.1 million, 66% index-linked• 99% Government occupied• 14 Government departments in occupation• Asset management opportunities encouraging
Expiry ProfileAs at end Dec 2013
Financed December 2013: •£80 million @ 4.17% •9 years (partially amortising)
Investment Property Portfolio
At 31 December 2013
Contracted Rent
£mValuation
£m
Revaluation in local
currency2
EPRA Net Initial
Yield %
Vacancy by rent
%WAULT(Years)
Rent £ psm
Capital Value1
£ psm
London 29.9 497.9
3.1% 5.8 3.2 8.0 216 3,119
Neo 15.2 119.9
3.2% 11.9 0.9 7.9 146 1,124
Total UK 45.1 617.8
1.9% 7.1 2.4 8.0 186 2,266
France 18.0 240.6
3.6% 6.6 10.6 4.8 206 2,495
Germany 16.2 214.4
0.2% 6.9 3.5 8.3 110 1,408
Sweden 6.3 60.1
2.3% 8.4 1.7 3.4 144 1,325
Total portfolio 85.6 1,132.9
0.1% 7.0 4.4 7.0 165 1,988
181 Excludes development sites: Spring Mews and Clifford’s Inn2 £7.9m purchase costs written off for 2013 purchases, average 5%
Movement in Rental Income£m
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Movement in Investment PropertiesPortfolio Value £m
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1 Jan 2013
Additions Development Refurbish Disposals Revaluation FX 31 Dec 2013
Vauxhall & Nine Elms Central London’s largest regeneration
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Vauxhall SquareVauxhall Square
Spring MewsSpring Mews
Vauxhall Regeneration Intense Activity
US EmbassyUS Embassy
TfL Station upgrade
TfL Station upgrade
Vauxhall SquareVauxhall Square
Spring MewsSpring Mews
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Dutch EmbassyDutch Embassy
Possible Chinese Embassy
Possible Chinese Embassy
Wanda 5 star hotel & residential
Wanda 5 star hotel & residential
Berkeley Group2 schemes
Berkeley Group2 schemes
St ModwenSt ModwenBarratt / SainsburyBarratt / Sainsbury BTBT
Adding Value Vauxhall Square, SW8 - First deal agreed
Gross internal area 143,000 sqm
• Section 106 signed, full consent in place
• 520 apartments – 410 private in 2 x 50 storey towers, 110 affordable homes
• 22,732 sqm offices; 3,119 sqm of retail; 3,777 sqm multi-screen cinema
• 278 bedroom hotel, 123 bedroom suite hotel
– Four-star hoteliers short-listed
• 359 student bedrooms
– Exchanged (conditional) with student operator to build and manage
– Attractive terms, no Group cash involved; commence 2015
• Development cost c.£500m
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Adding Value Spring Mews, SE11 - On site
Gross internal area 20,800 sqm
• 378 student rooms; 22 later phase
– Heads of Terms agreed with university: 210 rooms, 10 year deal
• 93 bedroom suite hotel
– IHG management deal signed, Staybridge brand
• 245 sqm retail space; 1,000 sqm offices
• Started on site Q4 2012
• Completion late 2014
• Development cost c.£55m ex. land
• Estimated rental value £5.5m
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Adding Value
Clifford’s Inn, Fetter Lane, EC4 – On site• 3,423 sqm office refurbishment and
8 residential apartments• Construction to complete Q3 2014• £10.1m refurbishment cost, income £1.4m pa• Heads of Terms agreed for single pre-let 100% offices
Catena, Stockholm• 150,000 sqm Haga Norra site:
– 800 apartments – 73,000 sqm commercial– Exploring phasing and funding options
• CLS stake 13.8%, valued at £32.6m
CGI of Clifford’s Inn
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SustainabilityLondon
• Helped reduce customers’ gas costs by £87,000
• 1,300 sqm refurbishment at Falcon House with the aim of achieving a SKA Gold sustainability standard
• Reduced gas usage within the UK managed portfolio by 33% and carbon dioxide emissions by a further 290 tonnes
• Ground source energy system under construction at Spring Mews
Sweden
• Reduction of 65% energy cost and 80% emissions from ground source system at Vänerparken
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Falcon House: SKA sustainable fit-out
France
•Reduced energy withdrawn from district heating and cooling schemes by 23%
•Reduced energy usage from fuels by 17%
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Portfolio
Looking forwards
Summary
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UK• Economic data improving
• Investors returning to non-prime markets, prices responding
• More capital and debt investing in property
• Genuine occupier demand increasing
• Across the board reduction in lettable available space
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UK Gathering momentum
• UK momentum powered by London
• Clear rental growth emerging in suburbs
• Office vacancy at 6.9% around M25 - lowest for 10 years2
• Foreign capital prevalent – safe haven status increasing
• Vauxhall Nine Elms regeneration zone – successes continue
• New rules enhance residential conversion potential
M25 Office Take Up1
1. Source: Knight Frank 2. Source: Knight Frank, Q4 2013 29
10 Year Avg
Continental Europe Wide variations
Germany• Employment at all time high, almost 42 million; economy feels better than the data• Investment volumes up 21% y-on-y; Q4 highest since end 2007 • Vacancy levels at 10 year low of 8%1
• German IFO Index highest for 2 years at 109.5 (Dec 2013)• Most advantageous availability of bank debtFrance• Pressure for further reform to generate growth• GDP growth negligible for foreseeable future• Unemployment at 10.8%; gap with Germany increasingly unsustainable• Greater Paris: letting and investment volumes down 25% and 9% y-on-ySweden• GDP growth steady at 1.5% in 2013, 2.4% forecast consensus for 20142
• Central bank rate cut to 0.75%; inflation low at 0.1%3
• Exports held back by low growth in Eurozone• 4% vacancy in Stockholm CBD; rents stable2
30Source: DTZ, CLS, 1. Savills, 2. Swedish Statistic Central Office / CLS, 3. Riksbank
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Conclusion Continuing Momentum
• A year of substantial progress
• Further TSR performance
• Strong management team delivering for shareholders
• Performing on developments, adding value
• Confidently investing into recovering markets
• Retaining high levels of liquidity for future opportunities
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Appendices
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www.clsholdings.comCLS Holdings plc86 Bondway Tel: +44 (0) 20 7582 7766London Fax: +44 (0) 20 7820 7728SW8 1SF Email: [email protected]
Corporate Bond Portfolio At 31 December 2013
Banking InsuranceTravel and
TourismFood
Producers Other Total
Value £27.0m £4.6m £10.2m £7.7m £19.9m £69.4m
Running yield 8.0% 7.2% 5.9% 8.8% 8.3% 7.8%
Issuers RBS
Lloyds
Investec
SNS Bank*
Rothschild
Commerzbank
Societe Generale
Brit
Phoenix Life
TUI
SAS
British Airways
Findus
Boparan
Dell
Enel
Stora Enso
Bombardier
Manutencoop
Corral Finans
Telecom Italia
34* Less than £0.1m market value
UK
• 65 properties• 250,000 sqm
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• 26 properties• 17 in Paris• 96,400 sqm
France
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LUXEMBOURG
PARIS
LILLE
LYON
ANTIBES
Germany
• 17 properties• 152,300 sqm
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SÜDERHASTEDT
HAMBURG
BERLIN
BOCHUM
DÜSSELDORF
LANDSHUT
MUNICHFREIBURG
Sweden
1 property• 45,400 sqm office park
1 associate• Cood Investments
1 investment• Catena AB
– 150,000 sqm mixed-use development in Stockholm
– SEK 3.85 bn logistics portfolio
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VÄNERPARKEN
GOTHENBURG
STOCKHOLM
EPRA Profit After Tax £m 2013 2012 DifferenceRental income 76.0 66.1 9.9
Other income 1.2 0.8 0.4
Net service charges (4.1) (4.0) (0.1)
Net rental income 73.1 62.9 10.2
Expenses (15.9) (13.4) (2.5)
Operating profit 57.2 49.5 7.7
Finance income 7.6 10.0 (2.4)
Finance costs (25.2) (24.1) (1.1)
FX (1.8) 0.6 (2.4)
Share of associates (0.8) 0.2 (1.0)
37.0 36.2 0.8
Tax (8.5) (7.4) (1.1)
EPRA Profit after Tax 28.5 28.8 (0.3)
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Total Shareholder Return TSR of listed property companies 2008 – 2013
40Source: BloombergLondon-listed property investment and development companies with a market cap of over £50m, 6 Year TSR to 31 Dec 2013
CLS
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