Annual Report
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2017 ANNUAL REPORT OLAV THON GROUP 2017 ANNUAL REPORT Contents 04 Olav Thon Group 2017 Group structure 07 Key figures 08 The Olav Thon Foundation The Olav Thon Foundation 10 This is Olav Thon Group 12 Thon Eiendom 100% 28 Thon Hotels 32 Financial matters Olav Thon Gruppen AS 34 Other operations 100% 72% Olav Thon Thon Holding AS Eiendomsselskap ASA 100% 100% 100% Thon Eiendomsdrift Thon Hotels AS Amfi Eiendom AS AS Executive management team OLAV THON OLE-CHRISTIAN DAG TANGEVALD-JENSEN MORTEN THORVALDSEN ARNE B. SPERRE CEO/President HALLERUD Executive Vice President Executive Vice President and Executive Vice President Deputy CEO/Executive Vice and CEO OTE ASA CEO Thon Hotels Finance President Property 2 3 OLAV THON GROUP OLAV THON GROUP Olav Thon Group 2017 GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE SHOPPING CENTRES AND 1,010 HOTELS 80 flats hotels In 2017, 171 flats were completed for sale in Lillestrøm and a total of 839 flats were Central/Northern Norway Book equity increased to NOK 16.2 At the end of the year, under construction in Oslo and Akers- billion, while the equity ratio was 30%. Thon Hotels had 11,338 hus. Thon Eiendom's rental portfolio of 35 · 19 The net asset value is considered to be rooms in 80 hotels. around 1,450 flats makes it one of the significantly higher. NET INVESTMENTS largest rental players in Oslo. TOTALLED NOK Sweden 2.9 BILLION 11 · 0 AT THE END OF AROUND 5,500 Western Norway THE YEAR, CASH TENANTS IN OUR 25 · 19 Southern/ RESERVES WERE SHOPPING CEN- Eastern Norway NOK 12.3 BILLION Thon Eiendom is Norway's lead- TRES IN NORWAY 38 · 34 ing property company and had 98 shopping centres and around 500 commercial properties in its NINE OF THE TEN portfolio at the end of 2017. 2.3 LARGEST + % Shopping Hotels The Group's property portfolio 1.5 Brussels/Rotterdam billion centres The Group either owns or manages saw annual rental income increase Retail sales for the shopping cen- nine of the ten largest shopping by 3.3% to around NOK 5.5 billion, Profit before tax amounted tre portfolio owned by the Group in 109 80 · 8 centres in Norway. while the vacancy rate was 2.5%. to NOK 2.3 billion. Norway increased by 1.5% to NOK 67 billion. SHOPPING CENTRES COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES 4 5 Thon Hotel Alta OLAV THON GROUP OLAV THON GROUP KEY FIGURES Figures in NOK millions 2017 2016 2015 PROFIT Operating income 10,935 10,172 9,383 Operating profit 3,213 2,775 2,668 Net interest expenses 1,003 1,031 1,011 Profit before tax 2,314 1,668 1,667 FINANCIAL STRENGTH Book equity 16,173 14,557 13,382 Equity ratio 30% 28% 29% Total assets 54,713 52,054 46,764 LIQUIDITY Net cash flow from operations1) 3,037 2,606 1,998 Cash reserves 2) 12,284 7,173 6,892 Amortisation next 12 months 10,682 6,928 3,872 Net interest-bearing debt/Net cash flow from operations 10.4 11.3 13.5 Interest coverage ratio 3) 4.1 3.5 3.3 FINANCING Interest-bearing debt 32,817 32,163 28,616 Share of foreign currency loans 22% 23% 21% Average duration debt (years) 2.6 2.7 3.1 Interest rate at 31 Dec 3.00% 3.29% 3.63% Interest rate hedging (> 1 year) 56% 52% 60% PROPERTY Net investments 2,892 7,294 4,406 Annual rental income 4) 5,500 5,275 4,900 Vacancy rate 2.7% 2.9% 2.5% Book value of property portfolio 48,720 46,684 42,177 Shopping centre sales 5) 80,179 79,190 74,047 HOTELS 6) Hotel rooms 11,338 11,610 11,482 RevPAR (revenue per available room) 516 477 476 Room rates 891 837 835 Occupancy rate 58% 57% 57% 1) Net cash flow from operating activities – Change in working capital 2) Bank deposits etc. + Undrawn borrowing facilities 3) (Operating profit + Depreciation/write-downs) / Net interest expenses 4) Includes market rents for vacant premises 5) Owned and/or managed shopping centres 6) Thon Hotels 6 7 OLAV THON GROUP OLAV THON GROUP The Olav Thon Foundation The Olav Thon Foundation was established in December 2013. All of the shares in Olav Thon Gruppen AS were transferred from Olav Thon to the foundation upon its establishment. The foundation's purpose is to own and operate Olav Thon Group's business activities. The foun- dation can also make donations to non-profit causes. Olav Thon's goal throughout his entire career has been to create value and establish secure jobs. Olav Thon, personally, and Olav Thon Group have increasingly become active contributors to changing society for the better. LONG-TERM OWNERSHIP OF OLAV THON GROUP The job of the foundation's board is, through its management of Olav Thon The Olav Thon Foundation Group, to ensure that the Group develops in line with the values, vision and awarded its first research prizes and research funding ideas on which Olav Thon has based his business career. on 5 March 2015 and will do so at the same time each year. The awards were The foundation will continue to own all of the shares in Olav Thon Gruppen presented in a ceremony in AS, which will remain domiciled in Norway. The Group's largest business the University of Oslo's great hall, which was followed area will be property management and acquisition. A substantial part of its by a banquet in honour of operations will take place in Norway. The aim is to grow the business. Priority the winners at Hotel Bristol. will be given to ensuring that the Group is in an unconditionally strong Other donations to causes are made on a more informal financial position at all times. basis by the foundation over the course of the year. SUPPORT FOR NON-PROFIT CAUSES The foundation can provide support within the fields of mathematics/ science and medicine. This may be provided both by awarding prizes to Norwegian and international researchers and through direct support to research projects. Support may also be provided both for general non-profit causes and for the construction of properties for use for non-profit purposes in Norway. In addition to this, support may be provided to promote outstanding entrepreneurship in Norway. 8 9 OLAV THON GROUP Olav Thon Group Olav Thon Group is owned by the Olav Thon Foundation and is primarily involved in the property and hotel business. Thon Hotel Alta In 2017, Olav Thon Group's operating income amounted with a total of around 9,800 rooms. Abroad, Thon Hotels to around NOK 11 billion and it employed around 3,160 has around 1,581 rooms in five hotels and two apartment FTEs. The Group consist of two divisions: Thon Eiendom hotels in Brussels, Belgium and one in Rotterdam, the and Thon Hotels. Netherlands. Thon Hotels is the dominant player in the metropolitan regions of Oslo and Bergen. THON EIENDOM Thon Eiendom is Norway's leading property company In addition to Thon Hotels' food and beverage services, and had 109 shopping centres and around 500 Olav Thon Group operates a number of separate bars commercial properties in its portfolio at the end of and pubs under the Resthon name. These include 2017. Thon Eiendom includes the listed company, Olav places such as Scotsman and Tostrup Uteservering in Thon Eiendomsselskap ASA. Annual rental income level Oslo. amounted to NOK 5.45 billion at 1 January 2018. Retail Olav Thon Group consists of the Thon Hotels and Thon Eiendom divisions. properties account for the largest segment of the OTHER OPERATIONS Thon Eiendom is a market leader within property and is involved in residential property portfolio at 67% of annual rental income. Other operations encompass all of the companies that properties, commercial properties and shopping centres. At the end of the fall outside the property and hotels business areas. The year, the shopping centre portfolio consisted of a total of 109 centres, of Thon Eiendom's shopping centre portfolio consists of: largest unit is the industrial company Unger Fabrikker in which 31 are managed for external owners. 11 of the shopping centres are Norway: Fredrikstad. located in Sweden. Olav Thon Group also includes other operations, the Total 98 largest of which is the industrial company Unger Fabrikker in Fredrikstad. Wholly/partly owned 68 THE OLAV THON FOUNDATION Managed 30 The Olav Thon Foundation was established in December 2013. Upon its formation Olav Thon transferred all of the Sweden: shares in Olav Thon Gruppen AS to the foundation. Total 11 Wholly/partly owned 10 The purpose of the foundation is to exercise stable, Managed 1 500 long-term ownership of Olav Thon Group and its subsidiaries. The foundation can also distribute funds to Thon Eiendom is a market leader within THON HOTELS property with around 500 commercial Thon Hotels is one of Norway's leading hotel chains. non-profit causes. 109 SHOPPING CENTRES AT properties and 109 shopping centres At the start of 2018, the chain had 72 hotels in Norway THE END OF THE YEAR 10 11 OLAV THON GROUP OLAV THON GROUP TOTAL RENTAL INCOME LEVEL (NOK MILLIONS) Thon Eiendom 6.000 5.000 Olav Thon Group started its commercial operations with a single investment in Karl Johans Gate in 1950. The city block 4.000 Karl Johans Gate 5-7 is today the site of a shopping centre, 3.000 Arkaden, and a modern office building. 2.000 1.000 Storotunet, Oslo 0 2014 2015 2015 2017 2018 HandelRetail KontorOffices HotellHotels DiverseMiscellaneous The properties in Olav Thon Group are managed by the property TOTAL RENTAL INCOME BY SEGMENT division, Thon Eiendom, and consist of residential properties, 8 % shopping centres and commercial properties.