DO DEUTSCHE OFFICE AG Cologne - 28 September 2015. DO Deutsche Office AG ('Deutsche Office' symbol: PMOX, ISIN: DE000PRME020) took advantage of the favorable interest rate environment to repay swap contracts with a nominal value of around EUR 87.5 million ahead of schedule.
In addition, Deutsche Office has reduced the original fixed rates of 1.6575% by 121 basis points to 0.445% on swaps with a total volume of approx. EUR 117 million.
'Due to the recent measures on the financing side, we reduced our average financing cost from 3.3% to 2.9%. Overall, Deutsche Office has very competitive financing terms and a conservative financing structure,' says Christof Okulla, CFO at Deutsche Office. 'This is also underscored by the attractive terms for financing the of the recently acquired office property at Vaihinger Straße in Stuttgart. It was financed with a margin of 115 basis points for a 6 year term,' Christof Okulla adds.
Deutsche Office expects that the latest optimization of its financing costs will have a positive effect on the Funds from Operations for fiscal year 2015 amounting to approximately EUR 2 million, annualized at around EUR 4 million.
Against this backdrop, the Executive Board specifies guidance for fiscal 2015: Based on the existing portfolio, rental income from investment properties is expected to remain unchanged at approx. EUR 107 million. Due to improvements in the financial result, the Executive Board increases its previous FFO forecast of EUR 52 million to around EUR 54 million for fiscal year 2015. Plans to distribute 50 - 60% of FFO as dividend for fiscal 2015 remain unchanged.
Contact for corporate queries:
DO Deutsche Office AG
Richard Berg
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Email rberg@deutsche-office.de
Telephone +49 (0)221 - 888 29 160
About Deutsche Office
Deutsche Office is a leading, SDAX index listed office property company, focusing on German metropolitan regions and conurbations. As at 30 June 2015, its geographically diversified real estate portfolio currently contains 49 properties held as investment properties, with a total rental area of about 866,000 square meters and an attractive and broad tenant base. As at 30 June 2015, the properties had a market value of about EUR 1.7 billion. Deutsche Office's business model is based on the profit-oriented, active asset management of office properties in German metropolitan regions, underpinned by investment to increase and to maintain the value of the properties in the portfolio. The strategy includes the acquisition of properties with potential for appreciation as well as exploiting sales opportunities applied throughout the entire property cycle in order to capitalise the appreciation achieved and to invest in new properties.
Additional information on Deutsche Office is available online at:
http://deutsche-office.com
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