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Gecina: 2024 Earnings

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Sustaining Value: Another Year of Growth

PARIS, February 13, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

Gecina (Paris:GFC):

| Key takeaways

  • Financial performance: a third consecutive year of growth, with earnings up +6.7% (recurrent net income per share (Group share) of €6.42), above guidance, supported by a solid +6.3% like-for-like rental growth driven by a still high level of indexation and rental uplift in ever-polarized markets (+10% on the office portfolio, +12% on the residential portfolio), favoring prime and central assets as the return to the office in modern well-located assets is confirmed

  • Portfolio strategy delivering immediate value and preparing for future value creation:
    - Newly repositioned buildings delivered in 2024 (Mondo, 35 Capucines, Porte Sud) or to be delivered in early 2025 (Icône) achieving c. +30% value creation on the Paris office pipeline (vs total investment cost at the beginning of the projects) including the new landmark deal for Paris Central Business District (CBD) with Icône
    - Continuous asset rotation strategy with the disposal of mature assets, reflecting a +14% premium vs the latest valuations (5 residential assets between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025, as well as the student housing transaction project expected to close in H1 2025)
    - Launch of 3 new flagship projects to be delivered in 2027 in our clients’ preferred areas, representing a capex program of c. €500m still to invest and expected to generate c. €60 to €70m of revenues in 2027-2028

  • Strong and healthy balance sheet providing capacity to operate and grow with:
    - A 35.4% loan-to-value improved to a low of 32.7% when the disposals secured are completed
    - A recently confirmed best-in-class A-/A3 rating, securing the best financial conditions with an average cost of debt at 1.2% (drawn debt)
    - An optimized hedging profile providing strong visibility on the cost of debt (c. 100% hedged on 2025-2026 and 85% over the next 5 years based on end-2024 debt, adjusted for disposals to date)

  • Performance on energy and carbon still standing the test of time with another step forward through a -4.2% reduction in energy consumption (-31% since 2019), as well as a -12.3% decrease in carbon emissions (-60% since 2019)

  • 2024 dividend up + 15 cts to €5.45 per share to be submitted at the Shareholders’ General Meeting, full cash (interim payment of €2.70 on March 5 with an ex-date of March 3, €2.75 balance on July 4 with an ex-date of July 2)

  • 2025 guidance: recurrent net income (Group share) expected between €6.60 to €6.70 per share, reflecting another year of growth with +2.8%/+4.4% vs 2024