AIG International Real Estate GmbH&Co. KGaA
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International Real Estate announces additional dispositions from portfolio,
expects record profits for Q3 and full year 2008
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03.10.2008
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AIG International Real Estate announces additional dispositions from portfolio, expects record profits for Q3 and full year 2008
Frankfurt am Main, October 3, 2008 - AIG International Real Estate announces additional dispositions from portfolio, expects record profits for Q3 and full year 2008, cash on hand rises, will suspend new investments, and will seek to return cash to investors through dividends or share repurchases over the medium term.
AIG International Real Estate GmbH & Co. KGaA (the "Company", and along with its consolidated subsidiaries, the "Group") announced today the sale of four additional properties from the Group portfolio in Japan and the final distribution from another investment in Europe that was sold earlier in the year. The four investments sold, with closing dates between September 26 and September 30, were Chaymachi, Oyamacho, and the two remaining properties in the Forest Green portfolio. Proceeds to the Group from these sales are expected to be approximately EUR 8 million gross of Japanese withholding taxes and substantially all of these proceeds are expected to be received by the Group during October. In addition, the Group received an additional EUR 1.5 million relating to the sale of its Metropole investment in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Following the receipt of the Metropole proceeds, and initial proceeds of EUR 1.3 million from the Japanese exits, the Group's cash on hand (including USD 2.9 million of restricted cash) is in excess of EUR 26 million, with approximately EUR 6 million in additional proceeds from the Japanese investments expected to be received during October.
Without including the exits discussed above (which will be booked in the fourth quarter), the Group expects to report gross income of more than EUR 21 million for the third quarter alone and more than EUR 34 million for the first three quarters. Net income for the first three quarters is expected to be more than EUR 20 million, which would represent earnings of more than EUR 4.50 per share, and would be more than twice the net income recorded by the Group in any full calendar year since the Company's IPO in 2002. Additional income generation in the fourth quarter is expected to be strong due to the gains generated by the sales described above and due to further expected gains generated by distributions from the Group's Marina Boulevard investment in Singapore and, potentially, from additional exits.
Although the Group will continue to make follow-on investments in existing properties and to pay additional amounts into investment funds as these funds call commitments, the Group has decided to make no additional investments until further notice. This measure will allow the Group to further strengthen its liquidity. Consistent with its commitments to existing investments and funds, the Company will seek to return cash to shareholders over the next six to nine months in the form of either a dividend or a repurchase of outstanding shares by the Company. The Company's management will continue to monitor investment cash flows during the fourth quarter and expects to make a further announcement before the end of the year regarding any expected dividend payments or share repurchase programs.
Contact: AIG International Real Estate GmbH & Co. KGaA Andrew Fletcher Phone: +49 (0)69 9711 3225 E-Mail: andrew.fletcher@aig-ire.de
Share Data: WKN: 634421 ISIN: DE0006344211
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Further inquiry note:
AIG International Real Estate Gmbh & Co. KGaA
Nicole Gauchat
Telefon: +49(0)69 97 11 32 25
E-Mail: nicole.gauchat@aig-ire.de
Branche: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0006344211
WKN: 634421
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