Magyar Telekom is rationalizing its real estate portfolio
Magyar Telekom continuously monitors potential efficiency improvement
opportunities and has decided to rationalize its current real estate portfolio.
As part of the transaction, the Company will sell its three main office
buildings in Budapest to WING Group, including the headquarters at Krisztina
körút, after moving into the new office building. In addition, Magyar Telekom
will be able to free up further office space capacity allowing the sale of an
additional 5-7 smaller office buildings in the future. In total, the Company
will vacate ca. 90 thousand square meters of office space, relocating the
majority of its Budapest based functional units to the new headquarters that
will comprise approximately 55 thousand square meters.
In order to minimize its sales risk, the Company and WING Group have
agreed a forward sales contract on its three main office buildings that will
result in expected cash inflows of EUR 6 million in 2015, EUR 9 million in 2016
and EUR 45 million in 2018. Furthermore, in 2018, Magyar Telekom will realize
ca. HUF 4 billion related profit by selling these office buildings involved in
the transaction.
Besides the innovative office space helping to contribute to a more
efficient and productive workplace, the Company’s real estate operating costs
are expect to decrease significantly, partly offsetting the increase in rental
costs, resulting in an overall annual negative EBITDA impact of less than HUF
800 million from the second half of 2018.
Following the fulfillment of the transaction’s preconditions, the
agreement is planned to come into force in the fourth quarter of 2015.
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