CMT’s FY 2016 net property income increases 2.9% year-on-year
Singapore, 20 January 2017 – CapitaLand Mall Trust Management Limited (CMTML), the manager of CapitaLand Mall Trust (CMT), is pleased to announce that CMT has achieved net property income (NPI) of S$479.7 million for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016 (FY 2016), an increase of 2.9% over the S$466.2 million for the same period last year (FY 2015). Distributable income for FY 2016 was S$394.3 million, 0.6% higher than the S$392.0 million for FY 2015.
For the period from 1 October 2016 to 31 December 2016 (4Q 2016), distributable income was S$102.0 million, 0.2% higher than S$101.9 million for the same period last year (4Q 2015). Distribution per unit (DPU) for 4Q 2016 was 2.88 cents, bringing the total DPU for FY 2016 to 11.13 cents.
Based on CMT’s closing price of S$1.970 per unit on 19 January 2017, the distribution yield is 5.82%. Unitholders can expect to receive their DPU for 4Q 2016 on 28 February 2017. The Books Closure Date is 31 January 2017.
Mr Richard R. Magnus, Chairman of CMTML, said, “Singapore’s economy grew 1.8% for the whole of 2016, its slowest since 2009 when the global financial crisis hit. Against this challenging backdrop, CMT’s performance has remained resilient, underpinned by its
Mr Wilson Tan, CEO of CMTML, said, “Amidst the challenges of softening economic conditions and ongoing business restructuring, CMT has delivered a steady set of results in 2016. As at 31 December 2016, our malls registered a high occupancy rate of 98.5%. For FY 2016, tenants’ sales per square foot and shopper traffic increased 0.9% and 2.3% respectively year-on-year.”
“For the quarter under review, we completed the asset enhancement initiatives at Plaza Singapura and Tampines Mall. Plaza Singapura now boasts a refurbished mall interior with brighter corridor lighting, new nursing rooms, refreshed lift lobbies and escalator landings, as well as a new shoppers’ lounge on Level 1. Similarly, the interior of Tampines Mall and
Summary of CMT’s results
1Q 2017 |
1Q 2016 |
Variance |
FY 2016 |
FY 2015 |
Variance |
|
Gross revenue (S$'000) |
169,346 |
180,380 | (6.1%) | 689,732 | 669,002 | 3.1% |
Net Property income (S$’000) |
116,192 |
125,697 | (7.6%) | 479,679 | 466,164 | 2.9% |
Distributable income to unitholders (S$’000) |
102,0691 | 101,894 |
0.2% | 394,3232 | 392,0013 | 0.6% |
Distribution per unit (cents) |
2.88 |
2.88 | - | 11.13 | 11.25 |
(1.1%) |
Annualised DPU (cents) | 11.46 | 11.43 | 0.3% | 11.13 |
11.25 | (1.1%) |
Annualised distribution yield (Based on closing unit price of S$1.970 on 19 January 2017) |
5.51% | - | - | 5.65% | - | - |
1 In 4Q 2016, CMT had released S$12.0 million of its taxable income available for distribution to its Unitholders. In the same quarter, S$17.1 million of capital distribution received from Infinity Office Trust (IOT) had also been retained for general corporate and working capital purposes.
2 Capital distribution and tax-exempt income of S$12.9 million received from CapitaLand Retail China Trust (CRCT) in FY 2016 had been retained for general corporate and working capital purposes. In addition, S$17.1 million of capital distribution received from IOT had also been retained for general corporate and working capital purposes.
3 For FY 2015, CMT had retained S$12.5 million of capital distribution and tax-exempt income received from CRCT for general corporate and working capital purposes.
Operational performance
For FY 2016, CMT recorded S$689.7 million and S$479.7 million in gross revenue and net property income respectively, a growth of 3.1% and 2.9% as compared to the same period last year. The increase was mainly due to the acquisition of Bedok Mall on 1 October 2015, and higher rental achieved for IMM Building, Tampines Mall and Bukit Panjang
Proactive capital management
As at 31 December 2016, CMT’s average cost of debt and aggregate leverage were 3.2% and 34.8% respectively.