COIMA RES - PRESS RELEASE

ALSTRIA, COIMA RES, COLONIAL, GECINA, GREAT PORTLAND ESTATES AND NSI

CREATE A SUSTAINABILITY AND INNOVATION THINK TANK

  • Six leading European real estate companies pool their best practices and experience and create a sustainability and innovation think tank

Milan, December 20th, 2017 - Olivier Elamine (CEO of alstria), Manfredi Catella (Founder & CEO of COIMA RES), Pere Viñolas Serra (CEO of Colonial), Méka Brunel (CEO of Gecina), Toby Courtauld (CEO of Great Portland Estates) and Bernd Stahli (CEO of NSI) agreed to create a think tank that will group together the sustainability and innovation best practices and research of the six European REITs.

This forum for exchanges and initiatives will be complementary with the actions taken by each of the companies. It will be a framework for research projects, and any other initiative aimed at strengthening their capacity for innovation and implementing sustainability best practices.

alstria, COIMA RES, Colonial, Gecina, Great Portland Estates and NSI are leaders in their respective real estate markets. Their complementary positioning will make it possible to benefit from a pan-European scale with deep expertise across the German, Italian, Spanish, French, British and Dutch markets.

Olivier Elamine, Manfredi Catella, Pere Viñolas Serra, Méka Brunel, Toby Courtauld and Bernd Stahli declare in a joint statement:

"The real estate industry faces some major changes in terms of the expectations of its customers and prospects and it is also witnessing a genuine technological revolution. The idea to bring together the research and best practices of major European operators such as alstria, COIMA RES, Colonial, Gecina, Great Portland Estates and NSI illustrates the conviction that concrete initiatives will be triggered by carrying out joint research and exchanging experiences from our respective markets and projects".

COIMA RES is a real estate company listed on Borsa Italiana. COIMA RES manages real estate assets in Italy, primarily focusing on commercial properties. The company operates with the beneficial tax status granted to SIIQs (Società di Investimento Immobiliare Quotate), equivalent to the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) structure in other jurisdictions. The investment strategy of COIMA RES is focused on creating a high-quality portfolio of real estate assets with the potential for capital appreciation and with the objective of generating a stable, growing and sustainable cash flow for its shareholders.

Contacts:

COIMA RES

Alberto Goretti (Investor Relations Director) -alberto.goretti@coimares.com

COIMA SGR

Kelly Russell (Managing Director, Marketing & Investor Relations) -kelly.russell@coimasgr.comLorenzo Barbato (Director, Marketing & Communication) -lorenzo.barbato@coimasgr.com

Italia

SEC Relazioni Pubbliche +39 02 624 999 1

Daniele Pinosa -pinosa@secrp.com - +39 335 723 3872 Fabio Leoni -leoni@secrp.com - +39 348 869 1144

International

Tancredi Group +44 (0) 207 887 7632

Giovanni Sanfelice -giovanni@tancredigroup.com- +44 777 585 8152 Salamander Davoudi -salamander@tancredigroup.com- +44 787 205 7894

COIMA RES S.p.A. SIIQ - Piazza Gae Aulenti, 12 - 20154 Milan

Phone +39 02 65.56.09.72 | Fax +39 02 73.96.50.49

Share capital € 14,450,800 fully paid-up. - Tax Identification and VAT No. 09126500967

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