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CPI PROPERTY GROUP reports financial results for the first quarter of 2019

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Press Release

Luxembourg, 22 May 2019

CPI PROPERTY GROUP reports financial results for the first quarter of 2019


CPI PROPERTY GROUP (hereinafter "CPIPG" the "Company" or together with its
subsidiaries the "Group"), the largest owner of income-generating real
estate in the Czech Republic, Berlin and the CEE region, hereby publishes
its financial results for the first quarter of 2019.

"In the first quarter of 2019, CPIPG continued our strong trajectory," said
Martin Nemecek, CEO of CPIPG. "Income and profitability are rising, and our
capital structure is extremely strong."

Key highlights for the first quarter of 2019, plus recent events, include:

  * Total assets of EUR8.7 billion at the end of Q1, an increase of EUR0.5
    billion from the end of 2018, primarily driven by an increase in cash
    and cash equivalents.

  * Total revenues in Q1 of EUR163 million (up 12% versus Q1 2018),
    reflecting the combined effects of acquisitions in 2018 and 2019 and
    3.2% like-for-like growth in rental income.

  * Group occupancy increased to 94.7% in Q1, versus 94.5% at year-end.

  * Funds from operations increased to EUR50 million for the quarter (up 8%
    versus Q1 2018).

  * EPRA NAV remained unchanged at EUR4.5 billion.

  * Net Interest Coverage Ratio increased to 7.7x for Q1 2019 (compared to
    4.2x for 2018), reflecting the Group's successful refinancing activities
    during 2017 and 2018.

  * Net Loan to Value (LTV) increased slightly from 36.7% at year-end to
    37.4%.

  * Unencumbered assets as a percentage of total assets rose to 67%, versus
    65% at the end of 2018.

  * Secured debt was reduced to 32% of total debt, relative to 37% at the
    end of 2018.

  * Issuance of HKD 450 million (approximately EUR50 million) of senior
    bonds under the Group's EMTN programme in February 2019.

  * Issuance of USD 350 million (approximately EUR312 million) of senior
    bonds under the Group's EMTN programme in March 2019.

  * Issuance of senior unsecured Schuldschein (assignable loans) totaling
    EUR170 million in March 2019.

  * New 3-year unsecured revolving credit facility of EUR510 million signed
    in March 2019 with 11 regional and international banks.

  * Total available liquidity at the end of Q1 of about EUR1 billion,
    currently exceeds EUR1.5 billion following the issuance of hybrid bonds
    in April 2019.

  * The Group's EMTN programme was increased to EUR5 billion in April 2019.

"Once again, our teams delivered excellent results for the Group," said
David Greenbaum, CFO of CPIPG. "We remain focused on creating long-term
sustainable value for all our stakeholders, and will continue investing in
our portfolio throughout 2019."

U.S. Litigation

On 10 April 2019, a group of Kingstown companies, Investhold LTD and Verali
Limited (together, the Kingstown Plaintiffs) filed a claim in the United
States District Court of the Southern District of New York against, among
others, CPIPG and Mr Radovan Vitek. The claims brought by the Kingstown
Plaintiffs against CPIPG include alleged violations of RICO. CPIPG believes
that the claims are without merit, and were designed to create negative
press attention for CPIPG and force an undue settlement. CPIPG intends to
vigorously contest the claims and has retained an international law firm,
Hogan Lovells, with an experienced team of litigators and significant
experience in RICO cases. At this time, CPIPG has no further comments on
developments in the case, aside from the Group's previously published
statements.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

  Performance                                   31-Mar-19  31-Mar-18  Chang-
                                                                      e

  Gross rental income                   EUR     77         73         6%
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  Total revenues                        EUR     163        145        12%
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  Net rental income                     EUR     73         67         10%
                                        mil-
                                        lion

  Consolidated adjusted EBITDA          EUR     72         64         12%
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  Funds from operations (FFO)           EUR     50         46         8%
                                        mil-
                                        lion

  Profit before tax                     EUR     33         29         17%
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  Net Interest expense                  EUR     (9)        (19)       (50%)
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  Net profit for the period             EUR     29         24         23%
                                        mil-
                                        lion


  Assets                                        31-Mar-19  31-Dec-18  Chang-
                                                                      e

  Total assets                          EUR     8,719      8,259      6%
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  Property Portfolio                    EUR     7,594      7,555      1%
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  Gross leasable area*                  sqm     3,308,000  3,318,000  0%
  Occupancy                             %       94.7       94.5       0.2
                                                                      p.p.

  Total number of properties**          No.     376        375        0%
  Total number of residential units     No.     11,915     11,917     0%
  Total number of hotel beds***         No.     11,670     11,300     3%

  * Excluding hotels ** Excluding
  residential properties in the Czech
  Republic *** Including hotels
  operated, but not owned by the Group

  Financing structure                           31-Mar-19  31-Dec-18  Chang-
                                                                      e

  Total equity                          EUR     4,384      4,362      0.5%
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  EPRA NAV                              EUR     4,494      4,480      0%
                                        mil-
                                        lion

  Net debt                              EUR     2,842      2,775      2.4%
                                        mil-
                                        lion
  Loan to value ratio (Net LTV)         %       37.4       36.7       0.7
                                                                      p.p.
  Secured consolidated leverage ratio   %       12.2       12.9       (0.7
                                                                      p.p.)
  Secured debt to total debt            %       31.8       36.7       (4.9
                                                                      p.p.)
  Unencumbered assets to total assets   %       66.7       65.1       1.6
                                                                      p.p.
  Net ICR                               mul-    7.7x       4.2x       3.5x
                                        ti-
                                        ple


STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The income statement for the 3 months period ended on 31 March 2019 and 31
March 2018 was as follows:

                                  INCOME STATEMENT (EUR         31-M-    31-M-
                                  million)                      ar-1-    ar-1-
                                                                9        8

   Gross rental income                                          77       73
   Service charge and other                                     31       28
   income*
   Cost of service and other                                    (23)     (21)
   charges*
   Property operating expenses                                  (12)     (13)
   Net rental income                                            73       67
   Development sales                                            15       7
   Development operating                                        (15)     (8)
   expenses**
                                  Net development income        -        (1)
   Hotel revenue                                                19       18
   Hotel operating expenses                                     (17)     (15)
   Net hotel income Revenues                                    2        3
   from other business
   operations
   Other business revenue                                       21       19
   Other business operating                                     (12)     (12)
   expenses**
                                  Net other business income     9        7
                                  Total revenues*               163      145
                                  Total direct business         (79)     (69)
                                  operating expenses*
                                  Net business income           84       76
   Net valuation gain /                                         4        (5)
   (loss)***
   Amortization, depreciation                                   (14)     (7)
   and impairment
   Administrative expenses                                      (12)     (12)
   Other operating income                                       1        1
   Other operating expenses                                     (2)      (1)
                                  Operating result              61       52
   Interest income                                              3        4
   Interest expense                                             (12)     (23)
   Other net financial                                          (18)     (4)
   result***
                                  Net finance costs             (27)     (23)
                                  Share of profit of            -        -
                                  equity-accounted investees
                                  (net of tax)
                                  Profit before income tax      33       29
   Income tax expense                                           (4)      (5)
                                  Net profit from continuing    29       24
                                  operations


* In connection with the adoption of IFRS 15, the Group changed, in respect
of service charges, revenue recognition from net to gross, before deduction
of cost of services (refer to the annual management report for 2018 for
further detail). The presentation of the statement of profit or loss for the
three months period of 2018 was adjusted due to the changes in the
accounting policy as follows:

                              31 March  Effect of IFRS 15  31 March 2018
                              2018      adoption           Adjusted
  Gross rental income         73        -                  73
  Net service revenue         7         (7)                -
  Service charge and other    -         28                 28
  income
  Cost of service and other   -         (21)               (21)
  charges
  Property operating expense  (13)      -                  (13)
  Net rental income           67        -                  67
  Total revenues              124       21                 145
  Total direct business       (48)      (21)               (69)
  operating expenses
  Net business income         76        -                  76
** To provide reliable and more relevant information, the Group reclassified
(firstly as at 31-Dec-2018) the following items, which are no longer
presented separately, in the consolidated financial statements:

  * Cost of goods sold related to Development sales and Other business were
    reclassified to Development operating expenses and Other business
    operating expenses. Comparative information of EUR 7 million and EUR 1
    million as at 31 March 2018 was adjusted accordingly.

*** The Group reclassified effect of changing foreign exchange rates on the
revaluation of the investment properties from the Other net financial result
to the Net valuation gain or loss. Management finds the adjusted
presentation reliable and more relevant, because the effect is already
included in determination of the fair value of the relevant investment
properties by the Group's subsidiaries.

Comparative information as of 31 March 2018 was adjusted accordingly. The
change in the accounting policy had no impact on the statement of financial
position, the impact on the statement of comprehensive income is presented
in the table below:

                           31 March  Effect of the      31 March 2018
                           2018      accounting policy  Adjusted
                                     change
    Net business income    76        -                  76
    Net valuation gain     (3)       (2)                (5)
    Operating result       54        (2)                52
    Other net financial    (6)       2                  (4)
    result
    Net finance costs      (25)      2                  (23)
    Profit before income   29        -                  29
    tax
    Net profit from        24        -                  24
    continuing operations
Net rental income

Net rental income increased by 10% to EUR73 million compared to EUR67
million in Q1 2018, driven primarily by an increase in gross rental income
reflecting 2018's acquisitions of Futurum Hradec Králové shopping centre
(net increase of EUR2 million) and Atrium office complex in Poland (net
increase of EUR1.6 million). The better performance of our Berlin portfolio
(net increase of EUR2.2 million) contributed to the overall increase in net
rental income.

Net development income

Development sales in Q1 2019 were represented by sales of apartments in Nice
(revenue of EUR11.6 million) and sales of family houses in Bezinves
(revenue of EUR3.3 million).

Net valuation gain / (loss)

Valuation gain in Q1 2019 relates mainly to an FX gain on our property
portfolio.

Amortization, depreciation and impairments

The increase in amortization, depreciation and impairments in Q1 2019 was
affected by the write-off of goodwill (EUR7 million), which was recognized
in 2014 in connection with the acquisition of the Group's agriculture
business.

Interest expense

Interest expense was EUR12 million in Q1 2019 compared to EUR23 million in
Q1 2018. Interest expense dropped due to the substantial change in the
Group's financing structure, resulting into a significant decrease in
interest expense from bank loans (net decrease of EUR4.7 million) and bonds
(net decrease of EUR5.4 million).

Other net financial result

Other net financial result in Q1 2019 was adversly affected by foreign
exchange losses of EUR14 million.

BALANCE SHEET

       BALANCE SHEET (EUR million)                     31-Mar-19    31-Dec-18

       NON-CURRENT ASSETS
       Intangible assets and goodwill                  103          110
       Investment property                             6,717        6,687
       Property, plant and equipment                   754          736
       Deferred tax assets                             195          195
       Other non-current assets                        135          91
       Total non-current assets                        7,904        7,819
       CURRENT ASSETS
       Inventories                                     64           72
       Trade receivables                               83           68
       Cash and cash equivalents                       464          99
       Assets linked to assets held for sale           61           67
       Other current assets                            143          134
       Total current assets                            815          440
       TOTAL ASSETS                                    8,719        8,259
       EQUITY
       Equity attributable to owners of the Company    3,789        3,776
       Perpetual notes                                 549          542
       Non-controlling interests                       46           44
       Total equity                                    4,384        4,362
       NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
       Bonds issued                                    2,011        1,648
       Financial debts                                 1,178        1,062
       Deferred tax liabilities                        761          762
       Other non-current liabilities                   58           53
       Total non-current liabilities                   4,008        3,525
       CURRENT LIABILITIES
       Bonds issued                                    15           7
       Financial debts                                 103          158
       Trade payables                                  85           98
       Other current liabilities                       124          109
       Total current liabilities                       327          372
       TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                    8,719        8,259
Total assets

Total assets increased by EUR460 million (6%) to EUR8,719 million as at 31
March 2019. The predominant driver of this growth was the increase in cash
and cash equivalents by EUR365 million.

Increase in investment property by EUR29 million reflects primarily capex
and development costs incurred in Q1 2019. Due to the acquisition of Orchard
hotel in Ostrava the Group's property portfolio rose by of EUR11 million.

Total liabilities

Non-current and current liabilities totalled EUR4,335 million as at 31 March
2019, an increase of EUR438 million (11.2%) compared to 31 December 2018.
During the first quarter, the Group raised USD bonds (EUR312 million), HKD
bonds (EUR50 million), and Schuldschein (EUR170 million). The Group also
signed a new secured bank loan of EUR170 million from Unicredit Bank AG and
repaid loans totaling EUR102 million.

NAV AND EPRA NAV

Total equity increased from EUR4,362 million as at 31 December 2018 to
EUR4,384 million as at 31 March 2019. The main elements impacting equity
were:

  * an increase in equity due to profit for three months of 2019 in the
    amount of EUR29 million;

  * a decrease by EUR12 million due to a shift in hedging and translation
    reserves;

  * an increase by EUR5 million due to the change in revaluation reserve.

EPRA NAV was EUR4,494 million as at 31 March 2019, an increase of 0.3%
relative to 31 March 2018. The main positive effect was the positive equity
elements described above.

     EPRA NAV (EUR million)                             31-Ma-    31-De-
                                                        r-19      c-18

     Equity per the financial statements (NAV)          3,790     3,776
     Effect of exercise of options, convertibles and    0         0
     other equity interests
     Diluted NAV, after the exercise of options,        3,790     3,776
     convertibles and other equity interests
     Revaluation of trading property and PPE            5         7
     Fair value of financial instruments                (3)       (5)
     Deferred tax on revaluations                       745       745
     Goodwill as a result of deferred tax               (43)      (43)
     Total                                              4,494     4,480
Investor Contact:

David Greenbaum
Chief Financial Officer
CPI Property Group
d.greenbaum@cpipg.com


Media / PR Contact:

Kirchhoff Consult AG
Andreas Friedemann
Borselstraße 20
22765 Hamburg
T +49 40 60 91 86 50
F +49 40 60 91 86 16
E andreas.fridemann@kirchhoff.de


GLOSSARY

   Alter-    Definition                  Rationale
   nati-
   ve
   Per-
   for-
   mance
   Measu-
   res
   (APM)
   EPRA      Net Asset Value adjusted    Makes adjustments to IFRS NAV to
   NAV       to include properties       provide stakeholders with the most
             and other investment        relevant information on the fair
             interests at fair value     value of the assets and
             and to exclude certain      liabilities within a true real
             items not expected to       estate investment company with a
             crystallise in a            long-term investment strategy.
             long-term investment
             property business model.
   Lo-       It is calculated as Net     Loan-to-value provides a general
   an-to-    debt divided by fair        assessment of financing risk
   -Va-      value of Property           undertaken.
   lue       Portfolio.
   or
   Net
   LTV
   Net       It is calculated as         This measure is an important
   ICR       Consolidated adjusted       indicator of a firm's ability to
             EBITDA divided by a sum     pay interest and other fixed
             of interest income as       charges from its operating
             reported and interest       performance, measured by EBITDA.
             expense as reported.
   Secu-     It is calculated as a       This measure is an important
   red       sum of secured bonds and    indicator of a firm's financial
   debt      secured financial debts     flexibility and liquidity. Lower
   to        as reported divided by a    levels of secured debt typically
   total     sum of bonds issued and     also means lower levels of
   debt      financial debts as          mortgage debt - properties that
             reported.                   are free and clear of mortgages
                                         are sources of alternative
                                         liquidity via the issuance of
                                         property-specific mortgage debt,
                                         or even sales.
   Unen-     It is calculated as         This measure is an important
   cumbe-    total assets as reported    indicator of a commercial real
   red       less a sum of encumbered    estate firm's liquidity and
   as-       assets as reported          flexibility. Properties that are
   sets      divided by total assets     free and clear of mortgages are
   to        as reported.                sources of alternative liquidity
   total                                 via the issuance of
   as-                                   property-specific mortgage debt,
   sets                                  or even sales. The larger the
                                         ratio of unencumbered assets to
                                         total assets, the more flexibility
                                         a company generally has in
                                         repaying its unsecured debt at
                                         maturity, and the more likely that
                                         a higher recovery can be realized
                                         in the event of default.
   Conso-    Net business income as      This is an important economic
   lida-     reported deducted by        indicator showing a business's
   ted       administrative expenses     operating efficiency comparable to
   adjus-    as reported.                other companies, as it is
   ted                                   unrelated to the Group's
   EBITD-                                depreciation and amortization
   A                                     policy and capital structure or
                                         tax treatment. It is one of the
                                         fundamental indicators used by
                                         companies to set their key
                                         financial and strategic
                                         objectives.
   Funds     It assumes net income       Funds from operations provide an
   from      (computed in accordance     indication of core recurring
   opera-    with IFRS), excludes        earnings.
   tions     non-recurring (non-cash)
   or        items like gains (or
   FFO       losses) from sales of
             property and inventory,
             impact of derivatives
             revaluation and
             impairment transactions.
             Calculation excludes
             accounting adjustments
             for unconsolidated
             partnerships and joint
             ventures.
   Secu-     Secured consolidated        This measure is an important
   red       leverage ratio is a         indicator of a firm's financial
   conso-    ratio of a sum of           flexibility and liquidity. Lower
   lida-     secured financial debts     levels of secured debt typically
   ted       and secured bonds to        also means lower levels of
   lever-    Consolidated adjusted       mortgage debt - properties that
   age       total assets.               are free and clear of mortgages
   ratio     Consolidated adjusted       are sources of alternative
             total assets is total       liquidity via the issuance of
             assets as reported          property-specific mortgage debt,
             deducted by intangible      or even sales.
             assets and goodwill as
             reported.

   Non-finan-    Definition
   cial
   definiti-
   ons
   Company       CPI Property Group S.A.
   Property      The sum of value of Property Portfolio owned by the Group
   Portfolio
   value or
   PP value
   Gross         Gross leasable area is the amount of floor space
   Leasable      available to be rented. Gross leasable area is the area
   Area or       for which tenants pay rent, and thus the area that
   GLA           produces income for the property owner.
   Group         CPI Property Group S.A. together with its subsidiaries
   Net debt      Net debt is borrowings plus bank overdraft less cash and
                 cash equivalents.
   Occupancy     Occupancy is a ratio of estimated rental revenue
                 regarding occupied GLA and total estimated rental
                 revenue, unless stated otherwise.
   Property      Property Portfolio covers all properties held by the
   Portfolio     Group, independent of the balance sheet classification,
                 from which the Group incurs rental or other operating
                 income.
APM RECONCILIATION

     EPRA NAV reconciliation (EUR million)              31-Ma-    31-De-
                                                        r-19      c-18
     Equity per the financial statements (NAV)          3,790     3,776
     Effect of exercise of options, convertibles and    0         0
     other equity interests
     Diluted NAV, after the exercise of options,        3,790     3,776
     convertibles and other equity interests
     Revaluation of trading property and PPE            5         7
     Fair value of financial instruments                (3)       (5)
     Deferred tax on revaluation                        745       745
     Goodwill as a result of deferred tax               (43)      (43)
     EPRA NAV                                           4,494     4,480

     Net LTV reconciliation (EUR million)    31-Mar-19    31-Dec-18
     Financial debts                         1,281        1,219
     Bonds issued                            2,026        1,655
     Net debt linked to AHFS                 0            0
     Cash and cash equivalents               (464)        (99)
     Net debt                                2,842        2,775
     Total property portfolio                7,594        7,555
     Net LTV                                 37.4%        36.7%

   Net Interest coverage ratio reconciliation (EUR    31-Mar--    31-Dec--
   million)                                           19          18
   Interest income                                    3           14
   Interest expense                                   (12)        (78)
   Net Business Income                                84          320
   Administrative expenses                            (12)        (49)
   Net Interest coverage ratio                        7.7x        4.2x

   Secured debt as of Total debt reconciliation    31-Mar--    31-Dec--
   (EUR million)                                   19          18
   Secured bonds                                   0           0
   Secured financial debts                         1,052       1,055
   Total debts                                     3,306       2,874
   Secured debt as of Total debt                   31.8%       36.7%

     Unencumbered assets reconciliation (EUR    31-Mar-1-    31-Dec-1-
     million)                                   9            8
     Bonds collateral                           0            0
     Bank loans collateral                      2,902        2,883
     Total assets                               8,719        8,259
     Unencumbered assets ratio                  66.7%        65.1%

   Consolidated adjusted EBITDA reconciliation (EUR    31-Mar--    31-Mar--
   million)                                            19          18
   Net business income                                 84          76
   Administrative expenses                             (12)        (12)
   Consolidated adjusted EBITDA                        72          64

   Funds from operations reconciliation (EUR       31-Mar--    31-Mar--
   million)                                        19          18
   Net profit for the period                       29          24
   Deferred income tax                             1           3
   Net valuation gain or loss on investment        (4)         3
   property
   Net valuation gain or loss on revaluation of    (4)         1
   derivatives
   Net gain or loss on disposal of investment      0           0
   property
   Net gain or loss on disposal of inventory       0           0
   Net gain or loss on disposal of assets          (1)         0
   Amortization, depreciation and impairments      14          7
   Other non-recurring / non-cash items            16          9
   Funds from operations                           50          46

     Secured consolidated leverage ratio    31-Mar--    31-Dec--
     reconciliation (EUR million)           19          18
     Secured bonds                          0           0
     Secured financial debts                1,052       1,055
     Consolidated adjusted total assets     8,616       8,149
     Secured consolidated leverage ratio    12.2%       12.9%


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   Unternehmen:    CPI PROPERTY GROUP
                   40, rue de la Vallée
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                   Luxemburg
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   Fax:            +352 264 767 67
   E-Mail:         contact@cpipg.com
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