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Investment & Asset Management - Co-investment activities


I. Asset Under Management

The information reported below, relating to portfolios owned by the Group at December 31st, 2007, is taken from valuations performed by CB Richard Ellis for the entire portfolio, with the exception of:

–  the Armilla Fund and the assets of DGAG and BauBeCon, all valued by Reag;
–  the Progetti Uffici Fund (not invested in by the Group), valued by Cushman & Wakefield;
–  the Immobiliare Pubblico Regione Siciliana Fund (FIPRS), valued by Scenari Immobiliari;
–  the land portfolio owned by Nowe Ogrody 4, valued by Knight Frank.

The following chart presents assets under management by product type in both 2007 and 2006, with the real estate component stated at market value.


Asset

(*)   Net Book Value.

(**) The total amount of the principated vehicles and fund was approximately 14.4 billion euro in 2007 compared with 12.5 billion euro of 2006.



The following chart compares the geographical breakdown of real estate assets, stated at market value, in 2006 and 2007.


Asset
Development projects account for 1.1 billion euro out of the total of 12.6 billion euro and have a finished product value of 4.2 billion euro, of which 3,2 billion euro in Italy, 0.2 billion euro in Germany and 0.8 billion euro in Poland. Poland’s share of total AUM would therefore rise to 5%.



Assets under management (16) amounted to 15.0 billion euro at the end of 2007, up 3% from 14.5 billion euro in December 2006, ranking Pirelli RE as one of the principal asset managers in Continental Europe. The assets under management comprise 12.6 billion euro in real estate and development projects and 2.4 billion euro in non performing loans. Total participated assets under management amounted to around 14.4 billion euro compared with 12.5 billion euro at the end of 2006. The development projects, valued as part of the real estate portfolio at 1.1 billion euro by the independent appraisers, have an estimated finished product value of over 4 billion euro.
Approximately 29% of the real estate assets managed are in Germany and Poland, while 8.9 billion euro in assets are managed in Italy, of which almost 80% through funds.

Sales of real estate under management amounted to 1,804.9 million euro in 2007 compared with 2,805.7 million euro in 2006. A total of 541 million euro in NPLs were collected during the year compared with 470 million euro in the prior year.

Real estate and non performing loan purchases amounted to some 3.3 billion euro (3.6 billion euro in the prior year), on top of which there were around 500 million euro in binding purchase commitments at year end.

16) Assets under management are stated at market value as estimated by independent appraisers, except for non performing loans which are reported at book value.



II. Net Asset Value immobiliare

The Net Asset Value of Pirelli RE’s co-investments excluding NPLs (17) is estimated at about 1 billion euro by the independent appraisers. This amount consists of the difference between the Pirelli RE share of the assets’ market value (3.5 billion euro) and its share of the related net financial position (2.5 billion euro) as reported in the following table.

(17) Non performing loans are reported at book value.



(in milioni di Euro)
100%
Pro quota

Book
Value
Market
Value
Net
Financial
Position
Net
Asset
Value
Book
Value
Market
Value
Net
Financial
Position
Net
Asset
Value
TOTAL ASSET UNDER MANAGEMENT 13.7 15.0 10.0 3.9 4.2 3.2
of which non-participated funds 0.5 0.6
TOTAL REAL ESTATE ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT

13.2

14.4

10.0


3.9

4.2

3.2

of which non performing loans (book value) 2.4 2.4 2.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 -
of which Real Estate ASSETS UNDER
MANAGEMENT in participated
companies and funds

10.8

12.0

8.0

4.0

3.2

3.5

2.5

1.0 (*)
(*) The item includes 50 million euro of consolidated net financial position.




As regards the difference between book value and market value, the core-core plus portfolio is stated at fair value (under IAS 40) while the trading portfolio reports an unrealized capital gain of 316 million euro (Pirelli RE share), or 294 million euro excluding the newly-acquired residential portfolios of DGAG and BauBeCon, with a margin of 16%, as shown in the following table.

(euro/billion)
Book Value
PRE share
December 2007
Market Value
PRE share
December 2007
Unrealized
Capital Gain
December 2007

Residential
 
Hold portfolio
Trading portfolio 1.28 1.38 0.10
Development 0.17 0.20 0.03
Total 1.45 1.58 0.13
Commercial  
Hold portfolio 0.70 0.70 0.00
Trading portfolio 0.71 0.85 0.14
Development 0.15 0.18 0.02
Total 1.57 1.73 0.16
Other 0.19 0.22 0.03
TOTAL NET ASSET VALUE IMMOBILIARE 3.21 3.52 0.32
Of which total trading portfolio excluding German
residential portfolio

1.53

1.83

0.29 16% (*)
(*) % margin calculated as ratio between UCG and PRE share Market Value.



III. Results

(euro/million)
INVESTMENT & ASSET MANAGEMENT - ATTIVITÀ DI COINVESTIMENTO
 
December 2007
December 2006
  Real Estate NPL Totale Real Estate NPL Totale
Pro-rata aggregate revenues 798.2 4.4 802.6 994.1 3.8 997.9
EBIT 26.1 0.6 26.8 34.4 2.2 36.6
Net income from investments 102.1 14.2 116.3 98.5 7.0 105.4
EBIT including net income from
investments

128.3

14.8

143.1

132.8

9.2

142.0
of which fair value adjustment (IAS 40) (*)     70.5     11.0
Real estate and loan portfolio purchases
(Book Value) (**)

2,452.5

844.5

3,297.0

2,607.7

977.3

3,585.0
(*) Pro-rata IAS 40 revaluations in 2006 amounted to 33.5 million euro of which 22.5 million euro realized from third parties through the tender of Spazio Industriale fund.

(**) The 2007 figure excludes 503 million euro in binding purchase commitments. while the 2006 figure includes 1.406 million euro for the acquisition value of the DGAG platform.




Pro-rata aggregate revenues from capital (co-investment) activities came to 802.6 million euro compared with 997.9 million euro in 2006 due to the smaller volume of sales.

EBIT including net income from investments generated by capital (co-investment) activities (18) amounted to 143.1 million euro, a 1% increase on the prior year figure of 142.0 million euro: 15.4 million euro from the residential portfolio (40.4 million euro in 2006); 112.9 million euro from the commercial portfolio (92.4 million euro in 2006) and 14.8 million euro from non performing loans (9.2 million euro in 2006). EBIT including net income from investments includes 70.5 million euro in fair value adjustments (under IAS 40) to assets in core-core plus funds compared with 11.0 million euro in 2006.

EBIT including net income from investments generated by capital activities indicated above consists of 26.8 million euro in consolidated activities and 116.3 million euro for the Group’s share of income from vehicle companies/ funds in which it has invested, as shown in the following table.

(18) This means net income from rents, capital gains on sales of real estate and/or companies and fair value adjustments and includes 21.2 million euro arising from the temporary 100% consolidation of DGAG.


 
December 2007
December 2006
  Not consolidate initiatives Consolidated
initiatives
Total Not consolidate initiatives Consolidated
initiatives
Total
Real estate sales 1,698.8 106.1 1,804.9 2,596.7 209.0 2,805.7
Rental income 477.8 57.8 535.7 421.5 2.9 424.4
Revaluations 213.2 213.2 98.5 95.8
Other 28.7 26.8 55.5 14.4 9.4 23.8
Total revenues 2,418.5 190.7 2,609.2 3,128.4 221.3 3,349.7
Cost of sales (1,335.4) (74.5) (1,410.0) (1,932.3) (155.2) (2,087.5)
Selling fees (29.0) (1.1) (30.1) (57.5) (1.5) (59.0)
Other costs (126.8) (86.9) (213.7) (135.3) (27.2) (162.5)
Total costs (1,491.2) (162.5) (1,653.7) (2,125.2) (183.9) (2,309.1)
EBITDA 927.3 28.2 955.5 1,003.2 37.4 1,040.6
Depreciation (50.3) (1.4) (51.7) (42.0) (0.8) (42.8)
EBIT 877.0 26.8 903.8 961.3 36.6 997.9
Financial income and expenses (391.1)     (323.3)    
PBT 485.9     638.0    
Income taxes (44.8)     (252.6)    
Net Income 100% 441.1     385.4    
EBIT including net income from investments

116.3


26.8


143.1


105.4


36.6


142.0
% PRE 26%     27%    
             


The following table shows how EBIT including net income from investments in 2007 is broken down between Real Estate and Non Performing Loans, amounting to 128.3 million euro and 14.8 million euro respectively.


 
REAL ESTATE - December 2007
NPL - December 2007
Total
  Not consolidate initiatives Consolidated
initiatives
Total Not consolidate initiatives Consolidated
initiatives
Total  
Real estate sales 1,696.4 105.8 1,802.3 2.4 0.2 2.6  
Rental income 477.8 57.8 535.7 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Revaluations 213.2 0.0 213.2 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Other 28.7 23.3 52.1 0.0 3.4 3.4  
Total revenues 2,416.2 187.0 2,603.2 2.4 3.7 6.0  
Cost of sales (1,333.4) (74.3) (1,407.8) (2.0) (0.2) (2.2)  
Selling fees (29.0) (1.1) (30.1) 0.0 0.0 0.0  
Other costs (170.1) (84.0) (254.1) 43.3 (2.9) 40.4  
Total costs (1,532.5) (159.5) (1,691.9) 41.3 (3.0) 38.2  
EBITDA 883.7 27.5 911.2 43.7 0.6 44.3  
Depreciation (50.3) (1.4) (51.7) 0.0 (0.0) (0.0)  
EBIT 833.4 26.2 859.5 43.7 0.6 44.3  
Financial income and expenses (376.8)     (14.3)      
PBT 456.5     29.4      
Income taxes (44.8)     (0.0)      
Net Income 100% 441.1     29.3      
EBIT including net income from investments
102.1

26.2

128.3

14.2

0.6

14.8

143.1
(*) For Non performing loans: net of recovery and positive effect of impairment ammortizzed cost.