Foreign real estate investments in Norway

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1 NORWEGIAN ECONOMY ROCK SOLID Foreign real estate investments in Norway Catella Real Estate AG KAG Dr. Andreas Kneip MIPIM 2012 As at

2 Table of content I. Catella Real Estate AG KAG II. Norway III. Catella investments in Norway.. 10 IV. Outlook

3 I. Catella Real Estate AG KAG Facts Catella Group Founded 1987; based in Stockholm Catella is specialised in financial and asset management services and is one of the leading, independent investment and advisory groups in Scandinavia Approx. 440 employees in 12 European countries 4.4 bn Assets under Management 85 m Equity Catella Real Estate AG KAG Launch 2007 Assets under Management: I.3 bn 3

4 I. Catella Real Estate AG KAG 4

5 II. Norway Norway s superior development in comparison to EU-27 GDP per capita to purchasing power standards * (2011) * elimination of exchange rate fluctuations by considering the actual country-specific consumer purchasing power 5 Source: WKO November 2011

6 II. Norway Real estate investment market Rental Growth Rates (Change in prime rent Q Q2 2011) Direct Property Investment Volumes in H Source: JLL Autumn 2011

7 II. Norway How do international investors look at Norway in particular? Scored in the top ten among 181 economies in the World Bank Group s Doing Business 2012 report (on ease of doing business, registering property, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, closing a business) World Economic Forum ( ): Norway as the 16 th ( : 14 th ) most competitive economy among 131 countries in the Global Competitiveness Index (protection of minority shareholders interests, public trust of politicians, government surplus, ease of access to loans, venture capital availability, technological readiness, higher education and training, reliance on professional management) But: IMF warns on housing bubble in Norway Bloomberg/Norway s Real Estate Brokers Association January 2012: Household debt in Norway will surge to 204 percent of disposable incomes this year, the highest since at least 1988, the central bank estimates. House prices doubled from 2001 to 2010, and jumped an annual 8.5 percent last month 7

8 II. Norway How do international investors look at Norway? Strengths: + Economic strength + Low national debt + High private consumption + Low unemployment rate + Excellent infrastructure especially in the IT, traffic and logistic sector + Well-educated population + Efficient administration + Legal /tax environment similar to the EU Weaknesses: - High household debt - Comparatively small domestic market - Extremely high level of costs - No euro zone - Currently high hedging costs - Tax: unclear status of open-ended funds (problem of withholding tax) Strengths of the real estate market: + High rental level + Low inflation + Sustainable tenant companies + No special restrictions apply to foreign investors of real estate + Acquisition of shares of Norwegian companies is possible without limitation + No transfer tax on the acquisition of shares in Norwegian corporation Weaknesses of the real estate market: - Currently decreasing prime rents in the office market of Oslo - Real estate market partially not transparent (the need of local partners) - Local sellers less experience with international companies - Risk of a housing bubble 8

9 II. Norway Buyers and sellers of commercial property German real estate investors in Norway Catella Real Estate AG KAG UBS Real Estate KAG Aberdeen Property Investors Union Investment Gruppe RREEF Real Estate Transaction volumes of commercial Properties as per 09/2011 Total sales of commercial real estate segmented by type of investors Mill. NOK 9 Source: Akershus Eiendom Autumn 2011, Akershus Newsletter January 2012

10 III. Catella investments in Norway Our partners in Norway (Tax & Commercial) FIRST BUSINESS SERVICES AS 10

11 III. Catella investments in Norway Investments in Norway Helsfyr Panorama - Oslo Hotel Victoria - Stavanger Purchase: August 2008 Type of use: office Anchor tenant sector: construction, real estate Floor space: 18,294 sqm Market value*: approx m Purchase: December 2007 Type of use: hotel, gastronomy Anchor tenant sector: hotel, gastronomy Floor space: 6,090 sqm Market value*: approx m Hotel Norge - Kristiansand Kiellands Hus - Oslo Purchase: December 2007 Type of use: hotel, gastronomy Anchor tenant sector: hotel, gastronomy Floor space: 9,950 m² Market value*: approx m Purchase: May 2009 Type of use: retail Anchor tenant sector: retail Floor space: 6,013 sqm Market value*: approx m Bogstadveien 1 - Oslo Wergelandsveien - Oslo Purchase: October 2009 Type of use: retail Anchor tenant sector: retail, shop for sportsware Floor space: 2,082 sqm Market value*: approx m Purchase: March 2011 Type of use: office Anchor tenant sector: IT Floor space: 2,165 sqm Market value*: approx. 9.5 m Pilestredet 57 Oslo* Purchase: December 2009 Type of use: residential, retail Anchor tenant sector: residential operator (until 2024) Floor space: 1,528 m² Market value**: approx. 9.9 m Total: m 11 Market value and rent p.a. according to annual report as at 31st of August 2011 ** Market value and rent p.a. according to semi-annual report as at 31st of October 2011

12 III. Catella investments in Norway Transaction Structure Helsfyr Panorama 1. Initial situation: 2. Acquisition structure: Sameiet Aberdeen Eiendomsfond Norge 1 100% Aberdeen Eiendomsfond Hjemmel AS Acquisition of title holding company Focus Nordic Cities Fund owns 100% API Innspurten 9 AS Helsfyr Panorama AS owns property Helsfyr Panorama property title Helsfyr Panorama Acquisition of property 12

13 III. Catella investments in Norway Transaction Structure Helsfyr Panorama 3. Result after merger of Helsfyr Panorama AS and API Innspurten 9 AS: Focus Nordic Cities Fund Helsfyr Panorama AS owns owns property Helsfyr Panorama property title Helsfyr Panorama 13

14 III. Catella investments in Norway Transaction structure Bogstadveien 1 1. Initial situation: 2. Transfer: 2. Acquisition structure: Owner I Owner II Owner I Owner II Focus Nordic Cities Fund Bogstadveien 1 Holding AS New established SPV owns Bogstadveien 1 ANS Bogstadveien 1 ANS transfer Bogstadveien 1 AS Acquisition of all shares of Bogstadveien 1 AS property (section title) Bogstadveien 1 Separate transfer of the title to the property on closing (causing stamp duty) 14 property (section title) Bogstadveien 1

15 IV. Outlook Norway s future at the end of the oil and gas reserves? Crude oil and natural gas is the largest part of export: 47% Share of the GDP: Services sector: 64.9 % Oil, natural gas and mining industry: 21.0% Industry: 8.3% Building sector: 4.4% Agriculture, forestry, fishing: 1.4 % Further important economy branches: Shipping (5th biggest mercantile marine of the world) Clean energy (biggest natural potential in Europe, pioneering country in the development of green technologies, products and services) Drilling technology High education (highest level of education: approx. 35% of the year-old population one of the best of the OECD countries) 15